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===The Endless Night===
===The Endless Night===
Following the successful armistice with the Cabal Empire, the Last City would find itself trapped in an [[Endless Night]], the result of a powerful Vex simulation, that has begun to drain the city of its power. Requiring aid from the one individual who has the knowledge to breach into the Vex's domain, the Vanguard reaches out to [[Mithrax]], Kell of the [[House of Light]]. After saving his people from a Vex attack, Mithrax agrees to lend his aid with Ikora offering his House shelter within the walls of the Last City, to which the Light Kell gratefully accepts. However, while many accepted the Vanguard's alliance with the Eliksni House of Light, others saw them as painful reminders of the bloodshed that has been committed for centuries between them, leading to paranoia and suspicion. Amanda Holliday however, was optimistic of the alliance with the House of Light, lending her mechanical expertise in helping the eliksni set up their homes in the [[Botza Ruins]] and their Ether production. She would even attempts to learn the eliksni language to help bridge the gap between humanity and eliksni but also try to assuage the discomfort Saint-14 had with the eliskni's presence, even as he managed to reach an understanding with Mithrax.
Following the successful armistice with the Cabal Empire, the Last City would find itself trapped in an [[Endless Night]], the result of a powerful Vex simulation, that has begun to drain the city of its power. Requiring aid from the one individual who has the knowledge to breach into the Vex's domain, the Vanguard reaches out to [[Mithrax]], Kell of the [[House of Light]]. After saving his people from a Vex attack, Mithrax agrees to lend his aid with Ikora offering his House shelter within the walls of the Last City, to which the Light Kell gratefully accepts. However, while many accepted the Vanguard's alliance with the Eliksni House of Light, others saw them as painful reminders of the bloodshed that has been committed for centuries between them, leading to paranoia and suspicion. Amanda Holliday however, was optimistic of the alliance with the House of Light, lending her mechanical expertise in helping the Eliksni set up their homes in the [[Botza Ruins]] and their Ether production. She would even attempts to learn the Eliksni language to help bridge the gap between humanity and Eliksni but also try to assuage the discomfort Saint-14 had with the eliskni's presence, even as he managed to reach an understanding with Mithrax.


Amanda would also conduct various projects, specifically with an eliksni named [[Niik]], creating a new sparrow in the process. Unfortunately, the Consensus Factions had grown increasingly wary of the House of Light, even as they succeeded in not only aiding the Guardians in locating the architect of the Endless Night, [[Quria, the Dreaming Mind]] but also managed to fully lift the veil and return daylight. It all came to a head when [[Lakshmi-2]], leader of the [[Future War Cult]], conducted a conspiracy with the other factions in using Vex portal tech to forcefully remove the Eliksni from the Last City and oust the Vanguard's current leadership. However, the coup ended disastrously when the portal allowed Vex to pour into the City, killing Lakshmi and anyone else. Racing to close the portal, the Guardians stormed the Vex realm and destroyed the Vex mind in control, stopping the Vex from entering the city, but enough of the machines remained and they were closing in on the eliskni. Gathering her shotgun, Amanda Holliday entered the fray to defend the House of Light alongside Mithrax, Saint-14, Zavala and Ikora, removing the Vex and saving the eliskni.
Amanda would also conduct various projects, specifically with an Eliksni named [[Niik]], creating a new sparrow in the process. Unfortunately, the Consensus Factions had grown increasingly wary of the House of Light, even as they succeeded in not only aiding the Guardians in locating the architect of the Endless Night, [[Quria, the Dreaming Mind]] but also managed to fully lift the veil and return daylight. It all came to a head when [[Lakshmi-2]], leader of the [[Future War Cult]], conducted a conspiracy with the other factions in using Vex portal tech to forcefully remove the Eliksni from the Last City and oust the Vanguard's current leadership. However, the coup ended disastrously when the portal allowed Vex to pour into the City, killing Lakshmi and anyone else. Racing to close the portal, the Guardians stormed the Vex realm and destroyed the Vex mind in control, stopping the Vex from entering the city, but enough of the machines remained and they were closing in on the eliskni. Gathering her shotgun, Amanda Holliday entered the fray to defend the House of Light alongside Mithrax, Saint-14, Zavala and Ikora, removing the Vex and saving the eliskni.


After the coup was exposed, leading the factions to flee, the Vanguard reaffirmed their alliance with the House of Light. Amanda once again lent her mechanical skills to help the elisksni rebuild, with Mithrax offering the shipwright his thanks and was surprised that she wasn't a Lightbearer and yet still risked her life to defend his people.
After the coup was exposed, leading the factions to flee, the Vanguard reaffirmed their alliance with the House of Light. Amanda once again lent her mechanical skills to help the elisksni rebuild, with Mithrax offering the shipwright his thanks and was surprised that she wasn't a Lightbearer and yet still risked her life to defend his people.
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The trauma from her childhood journey to the Last City and loss of her mother and father gives her frequent nightmares.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:From_the_Front#III._Amanda_Dreams|From the Front III. Amanda Dreams]]''</ref> During her childhood, her father sang a jingle that she believed was from before the [[Collapse]] as a way of saying they were home whenever they bedded down somewhere on the way to the Last City. It become a ritual for Amanda to sing that jingle to herself whenever returning home to the Tower from a successful mission.<ref name="WoC"/>
The trauma from her childhood journey to the Last City and loss of her mother and father gives her frequent nightmares.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:From_the_Front#III._Amanda_Dreams|From the Front III. Amanda Dreams]]''</ref> During her childhood, her father sang a jingle that she believed was from before the [[Collapse]] as a way of saying they were home whenever they bedded down somewhere on the way to the Last City. It become a ritual for Amanda to sing that jingle to herself whenever returning home to the Tower from a successful mission.<ref name="WoC"/>


Amanda has shown and proven herself to be welcoming and open-minded, as she welcomed the eliksni of the House of Light to the Last City, lending what aid she could to them. Further, she was cautiously optimistic of the armitice with the Cabal Empire, believing it help end the fighting and ultimately lent enthusiatic support to the Vanguard-Cabal Coalition against the insurgents to Caiatl's rule.
Amanda has shown and proven herself to be welcoming and open-minded, as she welcomed the Eliksni of the House of Light to the Last City, lending what aid she could to them. Further, she was cautiously optimistic of the armitice with the Cabal Empire, believing it help end the fighting and ultimately lent enthusiatic support to the Vanguard-Cabal Coalition against the insurgents to Caiatl's rule.


Amanda had a close working relationship with all three members of the Vanguard and considered them family. She was particularly close to Cayde-6, as both were willing to bend or break the Vanguard's rules to get tasks done.<ref name="CS"/> The loss of Cayde-6 deeply affected her and Amanda supported the Young Wolf's execution of Uldren, believing that he got what was coming to him.<ref name="Behemoth"/> Ironically, she developed a friendship with Crow, Uldren Sov's new Lightbearer identity, but was unaware of this, due to Crow keeping his face hidden. Upon learning Crow's original identity, she basically rejected him, acting cold and snapping at him, calling the whole situation between them as a horrible twist of fate.
Amanda had a close working relationship with all three members of the Vanguard and considered them family. She was particularly close to Cayde-6, as both were willing to bend or break the Vanguard's rules to get tasks done.<ref name="CS"/> The loss of Cayde-6 deeply affected her and Amanda supported the Young Wolf's execution of Uldren, believing that he got what was coming to him.<ref name="Behemoth"/> Ironically, she developed a friendship with Crow, Uldren Sov's new Lightbearer identity, but was unaware of this, due to Crow keeping his face hidden. Upon learning Crow's original identity, she basically rejected him, acting cold and snapping at him, calling the whole situation between them as a horrible twist of fate.