Hunt for the Scorn
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The Hunt for the Scorn was a heated and personal conflict within the Reef, between the Guardians of the Last City, their Awoken allies, and the morbid Fallen Scorn, led by its seven Barons and the renegade Awoken prince, Uldren Sov. Though the conflict was largely unsanctioned by the Vanguard, the Guardians ignored this command to hunt down Uldren in revenge for the murder of the Hunter Vanguard, Cayde-6. There after much struggle, the Guardians, making shaky alliances, the Guardians dismantle the Scorn's operations within the Reef and avenge Cayde.
In time, it was revealed that Uldren and the Scorn were naught but pawns in the machinations of the last known living Ahamkara, Riven, who serves the Hive Witch-Queen Savathûn and the Taken resurgence. This forces the Vanguard to acknowledge the threat within the Reef and pledge the Last City's support to the Awoken Reef.
Prelude
After a year with the Red War's conclusion and the following threats on Mercury and Mars, the Guardians maintained vigilance over the system but within the Reef, darker forces were at work. Most of the Reef fell into chaos without the leadership of Mara Sov, who remained missing after the Taken War, and without the Awoken armada, the Reef descended into chaos. However, Cayde-6, the Hunter Vanguard, worked alongside Petra Venj in containing the chaos, chiefly the Scorn, a mass band of mutated and deranged Fallen under the leadership of seven Barons. Cayde managed to imprison the Scorn Barons while Petra Venj ended up finding Uldren Sov, long thought dead by his people. However, to Petra, Uldren seemed different and discovered that he was working with the Scorn. Thus instead of revealing him to the Awoken, Petra imprisoned him with the Scorn Barons deep within the Prison of Elders, hoping that he wouldn't do any harm.
However, together in their prison, Uldren, driven by visions of what he perceived to be his sister, bided his time to await the prime opportunity to escape.
Course of the Hunt
Mass Breakout
After a time, somehow the Prison of Elders' systems malfunctioned. releasing all the prisoners within to run rampart, also allowing the Scorn to escape. Hoping to prevent the inmates from escaping to across the Solar System, Petra called in Cayde and the Guardian for aid. The Guardian and Cayde arrived as the prisoners continued to run wild. Fighting past countless prisoners, the Guardian manages to reset the prisons systems but Petra discovers too late, that the Scorn Barons and Uldren have successfully escaped.
Cayde, not wasting any time, destroyed the central structure of the prison for a quick way down to the escaping Barons. Petra and the Guardians are then forced to take the long way down to Cayde's position.
Fall of a Legend
Within the wreckage of the structure at the bottom level, Cayde-6 encounters the Barons but finds himself cornered and surrounded. Undaunted, Cayde uses all of his weapons and Light abilities to take out numerous Scorn enemies but ends up getting beaten and severely wounded. Summoning his Ghost to heal himself, Pirrha, the Rifleman, destroys Cayde's Ghost, rendering this his final life. Further beaten and damaged by the Barons, Uldren Sov reveals himself and takes Cayde's personal weapon, the Ace of Spades. Unable to defend himself, Cayde remains unafraid as Uldren fires the killing shot.
The Guardian races through the prison as they sense the death of Cayde's Ghost but unfortunately arrive too late to stop Uldren and the Barons from escaping or providing anything to save Cayde. Within in his final moments, Cayde wants the Guardians to know that his death is not their's to blame and to tell his fireteam that he was proud to serve as Hunter Vanguard.
Betrayal
After escaping from the prison, Uldren publicly revealed himself to the Reef Awoken and most pledged allegiance to him since he was technically next in line for the throne but after meeting with the Awoken, Uldren betrays them all. The mad prince unleashes his Scorn forces upon the Awoken, killing countless innocents and engulfing the entirety of the Reef into complete chaos. Once the deed was done, Uldren orders his Scorn Barons to continue their endevours to spread chaos throughout the Reef while he tends to his personal mission in finding Mara Sov, whom he believes is still alive and knows where to find her.
Desiring vengeance on Uldren for his crimes and murder of Cayde, Petra Venj heads out on her own for any lead on Uldren's whereabouts and for any intel on his Barons and whatever they have planned.
The Hunt Begins
Back at the Last City, the Guardians, the Vanguard and people mourn Cayde's loss but while Ikora Rey calls for Uldren's death and proposes that the Guardians storm the Reef to hunt the rouge prince and the Scorn, Zavala disagrees. Realizing that the Last City does not possess the strength for such a hunt in the wake of the recent conflicts, the Titan Vanguard maintains that the Guardians must focus on the Last City and not on vengeance. Despite the Warlock Vanguard's protests, Zavala declares the Reef off-limits and continues missions to hunt down other escaped inmates across the system.
Refusing to let Cayde's death go unanswered or let Uldren and his Scorn simply have the Reef, the Guardian, taking a lead from Ikora, head off on their own, unsupported from the Vanguard, to the Reef to hunt down Uldren and his Scorn. Their lead takes them to the Tangled Shore, where they encounter sparse Scorn forces and look for anything that could lead them to Uldren or his Barons.
Fortunately, the Guardians are contacted by Petra who offers her aid in hunting down Uldren. Together, they head out to meet with a shady figure who might possess the right intelligence needed to locate Uldren and his Barons.
