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Whether before or after his banishment, Osiris held council with the other two powers of the Solar System, the [[Queen of the Reef]] and [[The Nine]]. His arrangements with the Queen extend to his followers, explaining their presence in the [[Vestian Outpost]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Quotes: [[Brother Vance]]</ref> He also receives reports from [[Eris Morn]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities#The Road to King's Fall|The Road to King's Fall]]''</ref> and has employed the [[Sunbreaker]]s to work for him. The Disciples of Osiris held a [[Crucible]] tournament in his honor called the [[Trials of Osiris]], where they sought to recruit the toughest [[Guardian]]s to their cause. During the events of the [[Red War]] Osiris makes contact with [[Failsafe]] during [[The Guardian|the Young Wolf]] and their [[The Ghost|Ghost]]'s attempt to steal data from the Vex network through nodes on [[Nessus]]. Greeting the [[Golden Age]] AI, he asked her to pass along his regards to the Guardian, whose Ghost decided that they needed to inform Ikora of Osiris' presence.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Deep Conversation]]</ref>

After solving several mysteries and eliminating several threats within the Infinite Forest, Osiris and the Young Wolf detected an old Vanguard signal being broadcast from within the Forest. Their investigation led to traces of Light that matched that of [[Saint-14]], who had gone missing looking for Osiris in the aftermath of the [[Battle of the Twilight Gap]]. Osiris lamented his role in his old friend's disappearance, and brushed off Sagira's attempt to console him. After locating a rift created with Light near an old battlefield where Vex from across time had fallen to the famed Titan, Osiris declared that if Saint-14 remained in the Infinite Forest they had to find him and continued to search the Infinite Forest for more clues while the Young Wolf consulted with Brother Vance at the Lighthouse.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Legends Lost]]: [[Signal Light]]</ref> With Vance's help, a location within the Infinite Forest was found with Saint-14's Light. As they searched, Osiris noted that when his old friend had entered the Infinite Forest he would not have known how easy it was to get lost and cast adrift in the shifting realities of the Vex construct, particularly when fighting the machines. In the [[Simulant Future]] the Young Wolf defeated [[Hagios, Reverent Mind]], which had been guarding a conflux that opened a gate, beyond which Saint-14's Light was coming from. Within, the Guardians discovered a tomb filled with thousands of defeated Vex and Saint-14 laid to rest, with the last of his Light having been drained long ago. Osiris grieved for his old friend, and they decided to leave his body within the Forest, as the Vex had seemed to honor the Guardian, although the Young Wolf recovered the legendary Titan's [[Shotgun|shotgun]], the [[Perfect Paradox]], from which remnants of Saint-14's Light had been emanating.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Legends Lost]]: [[Not Even the Darkness]]</ref>

However, Osiris stood no chance against the Celebrant himself. Amused with this show of violence, the High Celebrant attempted to transform Osiris into a [[Wrathborn]] by carving runes into either side of the latter's face and leaving him as a sacrifice to Xivu. In that moment, Sagira sacrificed herself, saving Osiris, but leaving him ghostless.

The death of his ghost drove Osiris into a rage as he attempted to hunt down the High Celebrant. Before embarking on his quest, however, he contact Zavala one last time, asking the Vanguard Commander to send the Young Wolf to his coordinates, before going dark.

Later, Osiris managed to track down the Celebrant to the [[Shrine of Oryx]]. However, it turned out to be a trap as the High Celebrant managed to confine Osiris in the Shrine and deployed a Cryptolith to command the Hive. However, the Guardian arrived just in time, managing to wipe out the Hive and chase the Celebrant back into the Ascendant Realm. Osiris attempted to meet up with the Guardian, when he was ambushed by another Hive Knight. Fortunately, he was saved by the resurrected [[Uldren Sov]], now known as the Crow. Together, all three of them departed from the Moon to continue their Hunt for the Wrathborn.

 

When the [[Imperial Cabal]] arrived in the Sol System, Osiris accompanied Zavala to a meeting with [[Empress Caiatl]]. She sought an alliance between the Cabal and humanity following the [[Fall of Torobatl|loss]] of the Cabal capital and homeworld of [[Torobatl]] to the Hive. Osiris cautioned Zavala against it, noting that the Cabal did not have allies but were instead conquerors. He also pointed out that Caiatl had previously betrayed her father [[Emperor Calus]] to [[Dominus Ghaul]] and warned that she would betray them as well. The Empress called her father soft, but Osiris noted he simply lacked ambition, leading Caiatl to accuse them of the same flaw and that it would doom humanity if they did not expand their horizons. However, her offer ended with the demand that Zavala bow and join the Cabal Empire, which the Commander immediately refused. As the Empress's bodyguards prepared to attack, Caiatl called them off and allowed Osiris and Zavala to leave peacefully with a declaration she would see them on the battlefield.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Battlegrounds]]: [[Behemoth (Battleground)|Behemoth]]''</ref>

 

Osiris was assigned to help advise a task force put together by Zavala to combat the Imperial Cabal under the command of Lord [[Saladin Forge]]. He brought Crow into the task force as their reconnaissance expert, with Shipwright [[Amanda Holliday]] providing air support. The Young Wolf struck the first blow by slaying [[Commander Dracus]] on [[Nessus]], capturing a [[Bell of Conquests]] in the process. Osiris informed them that the Bell allowed them to present themselves as a formal challenger to the Cabal Empire, which he believed they could use to their advantage.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[A Challenger Rises]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/the-war-table The War Table]''</ref> Osiris briefed Lord Saladin on the Bell and its role in the [[Rite of Proving]], comparing the ritual to the [[Crucible]] as a means of settling disputes.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Challenger's Proving]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/briefing Briefing]''</ref>

 

Meeting with the Young Wolf and Crow in the [[H.E.L.M.]], Osiris complimented Crow's new Hunter attire and brushed off his offer to pay for it by asking that he simply keep his new mask on to prevent anyone in the Last City from recognizing his face. Crow reassured him that he was willing to wear it if it meant being able to help the City. Osiris noted that he had once had to disguise himself to walk the City's streets during his long exile, but that he was now welcomed there and that Crow would one day be welcomed as well. Turning his attention to the Young Wolf, Osiris complimented his work on Nessus and listened as Crow reported that the Caiatl was attempting to build her [[War Council]] using the Rite of Proving. Osiris decided that they would kill all the contenders for the Council, preventing the Cabal from reorganizing and starting a new war in the system.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Challenger's Proving]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/while-the-iron-is-hot While the Iron is Hot]''</ref> The first target eliminated was [[Basilius the Golem]] on [[Europa]], from whom the Young Wolf acquired the [[Hammer of Proving]]. Returning it to the H.E.L.M., Osiris explained to the Young Wolf that the Hammer was to have been an offering to Caiatl and that with it they could wield the Cabal's own history and culture against them.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Challenger's Proving]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/helm-deployment H.E.L.M. Deployment]''</ref>

 

Following the elimination of [[Val Ma'rag]], Osiris was contacted by Caiatl for a meeting. Keeping her waiting until the Young Wolf arrived at the H.E.L.M., Osiris activated the holographic communicator on the war table and greeted the Empress, mockingly apologizing for the delay and blaming it on having to take time to handle her subordinate's antics. Caiatl corrected him by noting the Rite of Proving was a time-honored tradition that the Guardians should not interfere with. Osiris countered that since they were auditioning for her War Council it concerned him a great deal, but Caiatl simply offered once more to add Zavala to that council and that she was offering humanity a way out of war and that he was wise enough to understand that. Although impressed that she had learned from the mistakes of her predecessors by offering mercy, Osiris noted that she was falling back on old traditions to try and hold what remained of the Cabal together and that she was an empress without a true empire and thus not in the position to offer anything. Angered by this, Caiatl claimed the Cabal still had their honor if not their home and that her patience was running thin, ending the communication. Turning to the Young Wolf, Osiris informed them that their orders would remain the same and that even if Caiatl had honor, she would have no war without a council.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Challenger's Proving II]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/impasse Impasse]''</ref>

 

The next target of the taskforce was [[Ixel, the Far-Reaching]], a [[Psion]] seeking to gather data from the Vex prediction engines on Nessus. While the Young Wolf slew Ixel, three other Psions escaped with information stolen from the Vex that related to possible futures of Commander Zavala. Osiris met with the Young Wolf and Crow at the war table to hear their reports. He was interested in Crow's spying efforts on the Cabal, which revealed that while they were angry at the disruption of their Rites of Proving, many of them were also upset that Caiatl had offered humanity a place within the Cabal Empire. He believed that they might use this to disrupt the internal stability of the Cabal further, but Crow worried they might use the stolen data to retaliate against Zavala. Osiris noted that data was only possibility, not fate, and argued that they needed to know more. He ordered the Young Wolf and Crow to investigate further, but Crow protested that Zavala deserved to know. Osiris told them that he hoped there would be nothing to report if the two Guardians saw their task through.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Challenger's Proving III]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/through-the-fog-of-battle Through the Fog of Battle]''</ref>

 

 

Two weeks later, a lone Psion attempted to kill Zavala within one of the Last City's gardens using Light-draining technology developed from the [[Traveler Cage]]. Crow managed to warn the Commander in time, but was briefly seen without his mask. Osiris confronted Crow when he returned to the H.E.L.M. and angrily berated him for his mistake, but was lucky that Zavala was passing it off as a hallucination. Crow insisted that he had to do something, although Osiris dismissed his concerns again and stated that it was not the first time an assassin had infiltrated the City and he did not feel this was the crisis that Crow believed it to be. The two argued, with Osiris confidant that Zavala could have survived against one Psion without help and questioned why his mask had been removed, believing that working for the Spider should have taught him how small mistakes could have large consequences. Crow retorted that he supposed Osiris learned that chasing Xivu Arath, and after a moment of quiet fury Osiris warned him to choose his next words wisely. Crow apologized for not having his mask on but still believed Zavala to be in danger. Osiris agreed, and informed the Hunter that he would be assigned to Zavala as a bodyguard. A larger team would draw attention and prevent the assassins from being drawn out, but he ordered Crow to keep his mask on, stay quiet, and act with discretion, rules which the Crow promised he would abide by.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Challenger's Proving V]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/tensions Tensions]''</ref>

 

A day after the closing ceremony of the second [[Guardian Games]], the Last City was plunged into an [[Endless Night]] when the Vex activated a powerful simulation that encompassed the city and drained its power. Conferring with Ikora, Osiris admitted that even with all his knowledge of the Vex the situation was beyond his ability to halt. He recommended that they try and contact [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]], the [[Eliksni]] [[Kell]] of the [[House of Light]], who was said to be a powerful [[Splicer]] who could commune with machines.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[Missions|Mission]]: [[The Lost Splicer]]''</ref>