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===The Recruitment of a Disciple===

{{Quote|"Love for them made you weak. Power over them made you strong. Upon reflection, you are filled with regret. Believing yourself to be under the spell of the Regime. Believing your actions in their tenure to be wrong. But morality, oh dear Rhulk, is subjective. And now that you are all that remains of Lubrae, isn't it time you made the rules? Isn't it time you looked back upon your life with pride? After all, your actions brought you to us. And only we can help you emerge from your cocoon." "We…? What even are you?" "We are your salvation. We are your judgment. And soon we will be… your Witness."|[[Rhulk]] ~~and the Witness~~}}.

{{Quote|"Love for them made you weak. Power over them made you strong. Upon reflection, you are filled with regret. Believing yourself to be under the spell of the Regime. Believing your actions in their tenure to be wrong. But morality, oh dear Rhulk, is subjective. And now that you are all that remains of Lubrae, isn't it time you made the rules? Isn't it time you looked back upon your life with pride? After all, your actions brought you to us. And only we can help you emerge from your cocoon." "We…? What even are you?" "We are your salvation. We are your judgment. And soon we will be… your Witness."|The Witness and [[Rhulk]]}}.

Billions of years ago, the Witness visited a dying world called [[Lubrae]], which had degenerated into a military dictatorship after the [[Traveler]] had blessed and left their civilization<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Provoked|Shattered Suns: Provoked]]''</ref>. There, it encountered a warrior named [[Rhulk]], who had fallen into a chasm after being betrayed by his family and clan<ref name="Lamented">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Lamented|Shattered Suns: Lamented]]''</ref>. The Witness healed Rhulk's injuries and gifted him a remade and empowered version of his Glaive, and told him that his destiny was to bring ruin to Lubrae<ref name="Lamented"/>. Rhulk went on to massacre the people of the city above the chasm, and eventually destroyed his entire planet by using the [[Upended]] to destroy Lubrae's [[Sapphiric Sun]]<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Liberated|Shattered Suns: Liberated]]''</ref>. As Rhulk fell once more into the chasm, the Witness saved him again by bringing him aboard its [[Pyramid]]. There, it converted Rhulk to worship of the Darkness by showing how, from the perspective of the Darkness, the lives that had been lost on Lubrae were never worth anything to begin with, and that he had proven his worth by destroying them and surviving the extinction of his species by his own hand. This caused Rhulk to swear himself to the Witness as one of its [[Disciples]].

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-{{Quote|"Love for them made you weak. Power over them made you strong. Upon reflection, you are filled with regret. Believing yourself to be under the spell of the Regime. Believing your actions in their tenure to be wrong. But morality, oh dear Rhulk, is subjective. And now that you are all that remains of Lubrae, isn't it time you made the rules? Isn't it time you looked back upon your life with pride? After all, your actions brought you to us. And only we can help you emerge from your cocoon."<br><br>"We…? What even are you?"<br><br>"We are your salvation. We are your judgment. And soon we will be… your Witness."|[[Rhulk]] and the Witness}}.
+{{Quote|"Love for them made you weak. Power over them made you strong. Upon reflection, you are filled with regret. Believing yourself to be under the spell of the Regime. Believing your actions in their tenure to be wrong. But morality, oh dear Rhulk, is subjective. And now that you are all that remains of Lubrae, isn't it time you made the rules? Isn't it time you looked back upon your life with pride? After all, your actions brought you to us. And only we can help you emerge from your cocoon."<br><br>"We…? What even are you?"<br><br>"We are your salvation. We are your judgment. And soon we will be… your Witness."|The Witness and [[Rhulk]]}}.
 Billions of years ago, the Witness visited a dying world called [[Lubrae]], which had degenerated into a military dictatorship after the [[Traveler]] had blessed and left their civilization<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Provoked|Shattered Suns: Provoked]]''</ref>. There, it encountered a warrior named [[Rhulk]], who had fallen into a chasm after being betrayed by his family and clan<ref name="Lamented">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Lamented|Shattered Suns: Lamented]]''</ref>. The Witness healed Rhulk's injuries and gifted him a remade and empowered version of his Glaive, and told him that his destiny was to bring ruin to Lubrae<ref name="Lamented"/>. Rhulk went on to massacre the people of the city above the chasm, and eventually destroyed his entire planet by using the [[Upended]] to destroy Lubrae's [[Sapphiric Sun]]<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Liberated|Shattered Suns: Liberated]]''</ref>. As Rhulk fell once more into the chasm, the Witness saved him again by bringing him aboard its [[Pyramid]]. There, it converted Rhulk to worship of the Darkness by showing how, from the perspective of the Darkness, the lives that had been lost on Lubrae were never worth anything to begin with, and that he had proven his worth by destroying them and surviving the extinction of his species by his own hand. This caused Rhulk to swear himself to the Witness as one of its [[Disciples]].