King of the Mountain: Difference between revisions

''Cut to black. Fade in on a small patch of snow where a dead Ghost sits. A wolf walks into frame, sniffing the broken lens. It lifts its head, turning toward the horizon. The camera changes view, revealing a few more wolves and statues of the lupine. The wolf in the foreground walks towards a bridge, as Lord Saladin appears, alone. He approaches from the opposite end, towards the wolves. The camera cuts to black again, and cuts back to the earlier battle. The Iron Lord Jolder sprints toward the entrance, jumping over and sliding under falling pieces of the room; the area is taking heavy damage and appears unstable. She fires her weapon at a stream, and runs to the door as another red cloud starts to infect one of her fireteam. She stumbles against the frame of the chamber in pain, looking outside. Lord Saladin is in a hallway to them, swinging a flaming Battle Axe at a swarm of clouds surrounding him. The camera cuts to a closer perspective. Saladin is swinging ferociously, loosing a battle cry with each flaming strike. Cut to black. Saladin appears in the doorway of an apparent shrine. There are eight statues surrounding the center, each one modeled after an Iron Lord. A small fire pit sits at the feet of each statue. Two statues of wolves circle the larger flame pit in the center. Saladin looks up to a towering iron statue of Jolder. The scene once more cuts back to the battle. Jolder stands, and clutches her abdomen in pain; the front of her armor is barely visible under the strain of infection. She looks on as Saladin stands, having eradicated the clouds surrounding him. He turns to face her, wearing a puzzled expression. She shakes her head, and reaches to her left. The camera cuts to a view behind her, where her hand reaches toward a monitor reading "DOOR SAFETY OVERRIDE: PURGE", and presses a red button next to it. The door starts to close, and Saladin rushes towards it. Jolder pulls out a small detonating charge, and holds it to her face, as the red strains start to form en masse behind her. Jolder screams in shock as realization overwhelms him: she is sacrificing herself and the rest of the Iron Lords to keep the threat neutralized. In the last instant, Jolder sadly presses the detonator. Just as the doors close and the strain consumes her, Jolder's face erupts in white as the explosives detonate. Cut to black.''

{Cinematic}

Fade into a diagram of the Solar System. A drawing of the Traveler starts to form. Surrounding the drawing are a dozen tiny symbols of Hunters, Titans, and Warlocks.

    GHOST: The House of Devils is back, and they're digging into Golden Age research labs all across the system.  

The drawing swiftly zooms out to show Earth, in a dazzling display.

    GHOST: This isn't a simple smash-and-grab--they're on a mission.  

The drawing of Earth zooms in to Old Russia, where a large Vanguard symbol appears over it.

    GHOST: At first the Vanguard wasn't particularly concerned.  

The Vanguard symbol flashes, disappears and is quickly replaced by the symbol for SIVA technology.

    GHOST: At least, not until the Devils decided to move back into the Cosmodrome.  

The symbol floats to the northeastern corner of Old Russia. A thick white border begins to form around the territory, and more symbols appear within it. Small veins appear from the symbols, visualizing the swift territorial control the Devils are gaining in that area.

    GHOST: Now the Devils are shifting a massive amount of resources to an area nearby that's been dark for centuries! Normally I'd say this is just another day... (excitedly) except... what's really got everyone talking is that Lord Saladin has left his post at the Iron Banner to take charge of the situation personally!  

The symbol of the Iron Lords appears over the Devils' area, then moves southwest towards the Cosmodrome.

    GHOST: Only rather than go straight to the Cosmodrome, Saladin wants us to investigate an abandoned observatory in the mountains. Very strange...  

The camera swiftly moves to a southeast area of the map, showing a simple drawing of Felwinter Peak.

{Cutscene}