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==Ghost Fragment: Hunter== | ==Ghost Fragment: Hunter== | ||
[[File:Grimoire GF Hunter.jpg|right|150px]] | [[File:Grimoire GF Hunter.jpg|right|150px]] | ||
She leaves the Sparrow and climbs a long way across spars of volcano rock and between vents of blue fire. Down below the Ishtar ruins spark with skirmish light but the guns seem as distant and brief as the constant starfall and the brooding crater high above. She is alone on the rock. She goes on with her head down so as to fight the sense that she is going to fall up off the world and burn like an inverse meteor. | She leaves the [[Sparrow]] and climbs a long way across spars of volcano rock and between vents of blue fire. Down below the [[Ishtar Academy|Ishtar]] ruins spark with skirmish light but the guns seem as distant and brief as the constant starfall and the brooding crater high above. She is alone on the rock. She goes on with her head down so as to fight the sense that she is going to fall up off the world and burn like an inverse meteor. | ||
The message that brought her to this place had no sign but she could hear Cayde in it. Draksis in the Cinders it said. Is it true? | The message that brought her to this place had no sign but she could hear [[Cayde-6|Cayde]] in it. [[Draksis, Winter Kell|Draksis]] in the Cinders it said. Is it true? | ||
And also: Remember your promise. | And also: Remember your promise. | ||
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She leaves the rifle and walks across the naked obsidian into the swarm firing from the hip as she goes, each kick of the old revolver a word, Draksis, Draksis, Kell of Winter, Kell of hate, lord of the kingdom of her vendetta. Her jaw aches. She used to imagine biting out his throat with armored teeth. | She leaves the rifle and walks across the naked obsidian into the swarm firing from the hip as she goes, each kick of the old revolver a word, Draksis, Draksis, Kell of Winter, Kell of hate, lord of the kingdom of her vendetta. Her jaw aches. She used to imagine biting out his throat with armored teeth. | ||
The stone smokes around her where the arc fire lashes it and the shrapnel guns throw up leaves of obsidian like glass butterflies. She shoots her bandoliers dry and a team of | The stone smokes around her where the arc fire lashes it and the shrapnel guns throw up leaves of obsidian like glass butterflies. She shoots her bandoliers dry and a team of [[Vandal]]s in glassy stealth leap up to rush her with knives but she raises her hand and burns them down with the golden gun, laughing, crying out Draksis, Draksis, I am come! | ||
She kills them all and takes the next ridge, high above the Cinders. She can see the blue-green pools and the cave mouths where the Vex lights dance. And there among them, gowned in smoke and ash, is the long shark shape of a Ketch, a Wintership, the Kell's ship, come down to nest. | She kills them all and takes the next ridge, high above the Cinders. She can see the blue-green pools and the cave mouths where the Vex lights dance. And there among them, gowned in smoke and ash, is the long shark shape of a [[Ketch]], a Wintership, the Kell's ship, come down to nest. | ||
She could go down there now and finish this. But she made a promise. | She could go down there now and finish this. But she made a promise. | ||
A Captain jumps her. She throws two knives into his armor and then staves his chest in with her own Ghost, wrapped up in her fist like a stone. | A [[Captain]] jumps her. She throws two knives into his armor and then staves his chest in with her own Ghost, wrapped up in her fist like a stone. | ||
"Tell the Vanguard," she says to her Ether-spattered fist. "Tell them Draksis is here." | "Tell the Vanguard," she says to her [[Ether]]-spattered fist. "Tell them Draksis is here." | ||
Her Ghost looks up at her in silence. When she makes no move to go down the cliff towards the ship it blinks once, in its own way, and makes a soft sound, like a sigh, like relief. | Her Ghost looks up at her in silence. When she makes no move to go down the cliff towards the ship it blinks once, in its own way, and makes a soft sound, like a sigh, like relief. | ||
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/ A Ghost!<br> | / A Ghost!<br> | ||
/ Yes. Light be with you.<br> | / Yes. Light be with you.<br> | ||
/ Excuse me, little Ghost - Tubach, pass me my helmet - thank you. Little Ghost, what are you doing here?<br> | / Excuse me, little Ghost - [[Tubach]], pass me my helmet - thank you. Little Ghost, what are you doing here?<br> | ||
/ It's just looking around.<br> | / It's just looking around.<br> | ||
/ Where's your Guardian?<br> | / Where's your Guardian?<br> | ||
/ I don't think it has one.<br> | / I don't think it has one.<br> | ||
/ Well, any servant of the Light is welcome among us. We are Holborn's Host, and I'm Holborn. The City's hand on Mars.<br> | / Well, any servant of the Light is welcome among us. We are [[Holborn's Host]], and I'm [[Holborn]]. The City's hand on [[Mars]].<br> | ||
/ Tubach.<br> | / Tubach.<br> | ||
/ That's Tubach, my second. One of the finest Titans of the City. Now see here, little Ghost, on my shoulder? That's the mark of Holborn's Host. Record it. The twelve-pointed star. One for each of the - oh well, off it goes! It doesn't look well.<br> | / That's Tubach, my second. One of the finest Titans of the City. Now see here, little Ghost, on my shoulder? That's the mark of Holborn's Host. Record it. The twelve-pointed star. One for each of the - oh well, off it goes! It doesn't look well.<br> | ||
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/ This story again.<br> | / This story again.<br> | ||
/ Disrespectful youngster.<br> | / Disrespectful youngster.<br> | ||
/ Youngster? I could be older than you, Tibon!<br> | / Youngster? I could be older than you, [[Tibon]]!<br> | ||
/ True. The gardbrace is fine now. Stop worrying at it. Will you take the Jigoku?<br> | / True. The gardbrace is fine now. Stop worrying at it. Will you take the Jigoku?<br> | ||
/ Thought I'd take the long rifle. Bayle has the Jigoku.<br> | / Thought I'd take the long rifle. Bayle has the Jigoku.<br> | ||
/ Good. That Ghost - what do you think is wrong with it? It's echoing something ancient, an Old Earth language. You know what that Ghost reminds me of, flitting about over there?<br> | / Good. That Ghost - what do you think is wrong with it? It's echoing something ancient, an Old Earth language. You know what that Ghost reminds me of, flitting about over there?<br> | ||
/ I don't.<br> | / I don't.<br> | ||
/ The time Ghosts from Jagi's Host came back without them. Remember - they got in that fight at some point east of the Caspian? Seven Ghosts, damn near silent, buzzing with some sort of corruption. Drifting back to the Tower, one by one. Scared the Speaker well enough.<br> | / The time Ghosts from [[Jagi's Host]] came back without them. Remember - they got in that fight at some point east of the Caspian? Seven Ghosts, damn near silent, buzzing with some sort of corruption. Drifting back to the Tower, one by one. Scared the Speaker well enough.<br> | ||
/ I remember. A long time ago. Jagi tells the story differently.<br> | / I remember. A long time ago. [[Jagi]] tells the story differently.<br> | ||
/ Well. We all grow old. In our way. Little Ghost! Come back here!<br> | / Well. We all grow old. In our way. Little Ghost! Come back here!<br> | ||
/ It's not going to make it, wherever it's going.<br> | / It's not going to make it, wherever it's going.<br> | ||
/ I want to talk to it. Little Ghost!<br> | / I want to talk to it. Little Ghost!<br> | ||
/ Lyssa and Bayle are probably there already.<br> | / [[Lyssa, the Lighthearted|Lyssa]] and [[Bayle]] are probably there already.<br> | ||
/ Cabal move slowly. We've got time.<br> | / Cabal move slowly. We've got time.<br> | ||
/ But the Warlocks have had a vision.<br> | / But the Warlocks have had a vision.<br> | ||
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I had a broken vertebrae in my pocket that I'd borrowed from - yes, borrowed, I was going to put it back - what do you think you are, my conscience? It was a fossil, that means mineral replacement, a rock, basically. They can survive a few hours in my pocket. Do shut up. | I had a broken vertebrae in my pocket that I'd borrowed from - yes, borrowed, I was going to put it back - what do you think you are, my conscience? It was a fossil, that means mineral replacement, a rock, basically. They can survive a few hours in my pocket. Do shut up. | ||
The Cryptarchs weren't going to miss it. Everyone knows the | The Cryptarchs weren't going to miss it. Everyone knows the [[Ahamkara]]s were hunted to extinction. There's nothing to be afraid of anymore. | ||
Think of how mysterious this system is, I said. How much life sprang up when the Traveler came. Like the Ahamkara. Do you know the legends? The dragon that made promises? And I pulled out the fossil with a flourish - | Think of how mysterious this system is, I said. How much life sprang up when the Traveler came. Like the Ahamkara. Do you know the legends? The dragon that made promises? And I pulled out the fossil with a flourish - | ||
She pulled out her knife and started to pick the dirt from her nails. That set me off. | She pulled out her knife and started to pick the dirt from her nails. That set me off. | ||
You could never have brought down one of these, | You could never have brought down one of these, I said. Ever. Not the greatest Hunter, not the brawniest Titan. | ||
Her eyes narrowed. She said, Oh? Is that so? And I saw right then that she wasn't going to pass on the challenge. | Her eyes narrowed. She said, Oh? Is that so? And I saw right then that she wasn't going to pass on the challenge. | ||
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==Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2== | ==Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2== | ||
[[File:Grimoire GF Warlock 1-2.jpg|right|150px]] | [[File:Grimoire GF Warlock 1-2.jpg|right|150px]] | ||
My name is Eriana-3, disciple of the Praxic Warlocks, marked by the Cormorant Seal. We came here under one banner, united in a host of thousands, to claim the Moon. But the battle goes against us. I have taken a prisoner and this is the record of its interrogation. If I transgress in your eyes I ask for your forgiveness. | My name is [[Eriana-3]], disciple of the Praxic Warlocks, marked by the Cormorant Seal. We came here under one banner, united in a host of thousands, to claim the Moon. But the battle goes against us. I have taken a prisoner and this is the record of its interrogation. If I transgress in your eyes I ask for your forgiveness. | ||
[sound of current or discharge] | [sound of current or discharge] | ||
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[static event] | [static event] | ||
I can hear it. In my head. The swordbearer's name is CROTA. Record that. | I can hear it. In my head. The swordbearer's name is [[Crota, Son of Oryx|CROTA]]. Record that. | ||
/Should I burn it again? | /Should I burn it again? | ||
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[static event] | [static event] | ||
It showed me the battle. It showed me Wei Ning dead on Crota's blade. It showed me how Crota killed a Guardian with a screaming knife hammered out of his own Ghost. | It showed me the battle. It showed me [[Wei Ning]] dead on Crota's blade. It showed me how Crota killed a Guardian with a screaming knife hammered out of his own Ghost. | ||
So I will take a piece of its mind, and ask again. | So I will take a piece of its mind, and ask again. | ||
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==The Guardian== | ==The Guardian== | ||
[[File:Grimoire The Guardian.jpg|right|150px]] | [[File:Grimoire The Guardian.jpg|right|150px]] | ||
''<transmission 7484e_8 / Saladin Forge / tower actual / rebinding>''<br> | ''<transmission 7484e_8 / [[Saladin Forge]] / tower actual / rebinding>''<br> | ||
... to answer your question, when it came time to reach out, to find a Guardian to take on this mission, there was only one choice. | ... to answer your question, when it came time to reach out, to find a Guardian to take on this mission, there was only one choice. | ||