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|location | |location = [[The Last City]], [[Earth]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Moon]] Orbit {{c|formerly}} <br> Earth Orbit | ||
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The '''H.E.L.M.''' or '''Hub for Emergency Logistics and Maneuvers''' is a [[Vanguard]] operations outpost set up on a large ship, originally docked within a hangar of [[The Last City]]. | The '''H.E.L.M.''' or '''Hub for Emergency Logistics and Maneuvers''' is a [[Vanguard]] operations outpost set up on a large ship, originally docked within a hangar of [[The Last City]]. It is the place where seasonal vendors can be interacted through different wings. | ||
It | It was initially staffed by Vanguard [[Frame]]s and opened shortly after the [[Arrival of the Black Fleet]]. It first came into operation to deal with the arrival of [[Empress Caiatl]]'s fleet in the [[Sol System]]. | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
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===Umbral Decoder=== | ===Umbral Decoder=== | ||
Confiscated from [[ | Confiscated from the [[Drifter]] by the [[Cryptarch]]y, the [[Umbral Decoder]] and [[Prismatic Recaster]] have been refined and studied by the Cryptarchs in their ongoing effort to further understand [[Engram|Umbral Engrams]] which began to appear after the [[Black Fleet]] arrived.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/umbral-decoder-decrypting-the-darkness-3 Umbral Decoder — Decrypting the Darkness 3]''</ref> | ||
===Other Features=== | ===Other Features=== | ||
The H.E.L.M. has a post box for items lost in the field for recovery, along with a terminal for accessing a [[Guardian]]'s [[Vault]]. Additionally, a terminal containing intercepted messages and Vanguard reports is near the post box. | The H.E.L.M. has a post box for items lost in the field for recovery, along with a terminal for accessing a [[Guardian]]'s [[Vault]]. Additionally, a terminal containing intercepted messages and Vanguard reports during the [[Clash of the Chosen]] is located near the post box. | ||
== | ===Wings=== | ||
On the left and right of where the Guardian(s) spawn are two separate rooms used for other operations. | |||
The '''Eliksni Wing''' was the main operational hub for the [[House of Light]] located within the '''H.E.L.M'''. It prominently housed the [[Splicer Servitor (House of Light)|Splicer Servitor]] which was modified to supply [[Ether]] to their [[Eliksni Quarter|encampment]]. | *The '''[[Eliksni Wing]]''' was the main operational hub for the [[House of Light]] located within the left wing of the '''H.E.L.M'''. It prominently housed the [[Splicer Servitor (House of Light)|Splicer Servitor]] which was modified to supply [[Ether]] to their [[Eliksni Quarter|encampment]]. | ||
*The '''[[Awoken Wing]]''' was the main operational hub for the Reefborn Awoken within the '''H.E.L.M'''. It prominently housed the Wayfinder's Compass, a portal to Mara Sov's chambers and was guarded by some [[Corsair]]s. | |||
*The '''[[Psiorium Wing]]''', located at the back entrance next to [[Uldren Sov|Crow]], was a former containment unit for captured [[Lucent Brood]] lieutenants. It was shut down after the success of [[Operation Elbrus]] in stopping the [[Scarlet Keep]] from being captured by the Lucent Hive for an invasion of Earth. | |||
*The '''[[Crown of Sorrow]] Quarantine Wing''' took the place of the Eliksni Wing during [[Severing of the Nightmares|Operation Midas]]. The area is outfitted with heavy quarantine equipment, a decontamination unit at the entrance with two Imperial Guard Legionaries right outside and a Hive [[Tombship]] used to transport the Crown, as well as to eject it from the H.E.L.M in case it grew to dangerous. [[Egregore]] would also be found around the Crown that continued to grow as the Guardians continued severing powerful [[Nightmare]]s, even spreading to the main area of the H.E.L.M. | |||
The '''Awoken Wing''' was the main operational hub for the Reefborn Awoken within the '''H.E.L.M'''. It prominently housed the Wayfinder's Compass, a portal to Mara Sov's chambers and was guarded by | *The '''Eliksni Star Chart''' | ||
*'''Wing of the Deep''' | |||
*'''Wing of the Witch''' | |||
*'''Wing of the Wish''' | |||
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Osiris: {{Quote|Ikora was so bright, so... full of promise. How she glowed, like the Light filled her. But it was her eyes that convinced me to take her as my apprentice.}} | Osiris: {{Quote|Ikora was so bright, so... full of promise. How she glowed, like the Light filled her. But it was her eyes that convinced me to take her as my apprentice.}} | ||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|What did you see in them?}} | Mara Sov: {{Quote|What did you see in them?}} | ||
Osiris: | Osiris: {{Quote|Hunger. She was desperate to prove herself back then. I knew the feeling well.}} | ||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|And you know it again now.}} | Mara Sov: {{Quote|And you know it again now.}} | ||
Osiris: {{Quote|When Ikora looks in my eyes, what do you think she sees?}} | Osiris: {{Quote|When Ikora looks in my eyes, what do you think she sees?}} | ||
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|title1=Zavala and Drifter's chat | |title1=Zavala and Drifter's first chat | ||
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Zavala: {{Quote|And that's it? It just... works?}} | Zavala: {{Quote|And that's it? It just... works?}} | ||
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Zavala: {{Quote|And what is that?}} | Zavala: {{Quote|And what is that?}} | ||
Drifter: {{Quote|A win.}} | Drifter: {{Quote|A win.}} | ||
|title2=Saint confronts Saladin | |||
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Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Saint? What is it? I'm busy.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|Does Caiatl know you use her ship to jam my messages to the deputy commander?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Ah. This. [sigh] Sloane doesn't want your help. We're allowed to carry our own burdens.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|You and I do not speak for years. When a battlefield brings us together, you choose to lecture. I am not one of your Iron Beasts, Saladin. Do not treat me as a pupil.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Then don't act like one. You've been alive too long to be this naive.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|There is no shame in asking for help, nor harm in offering it.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|She isn't asking.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|Is that why you don't? I see a friend drowning, their armor pulling them down, so I lift them up from the water, yes?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Sloane held Titan, Lightless, during the Red War. She thrives under pressure.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|Tell me, Saladin... are you not doing the same as me?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|That's preposterous.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|You shield Sloane against my "overbearance," do you not? Did she ask you to do that?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|I... you're not turning this back onto me.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|You are softer than the Cabal think—more like fluffy dog than iron wolf.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Point taken. I'll remove the jamming signal. Just... trust enough to let her learn to swim before you dive in after her.}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|I will temper my outreach to Sloane—a little. Perhaps I will shift those efforts to opening your heart, Lord Valus.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Mmm...}} | |||
Saint-14: {{Quote|Haha! I win, ha! Goodbye, Saladin.}} | |||
|title3=Drifter and Saladin's chat | |||
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Drifter: {{Quote|Saladin Forge! To what do I owe the pleasure?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Just thinking about the "bad old days," like you said... and that bar you used to tend, at the base of Felwinter Peak. You went by "Wu Ming," as I recall. Made some coin selling drinks to the Iron Lords... then spent it hiring them to do jobs on the side. Remember all of that?}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Yeah, I remember. You left out the part where you threatened to burn it down.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Maybe I should have. I never asked you why you ran that little operation. What did you stand to gain?}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|With how your pack of wolves tipped their bartender? Not much! That place never got too busy, but... I had my regulars, and they all had their problems. Some of 'em just weren't that easy to see from on top of a mountain. Maybe I wanted to call them to your attention.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Ah. So you had a better perspective?}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Not better. Just different.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Hmm. I suppose I can see the value in that.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Everything's got value, old Wolf. You just gotta know where to look.}} | |||
|title4=Zavala and Saladin's talk | |||
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Zavala: {{Quote|The ever-forward march of time has a humorous way of looping in on itself. Doesn't it?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|In some ways. A long-lived perspective makes it difficult not to see trends die and resurface.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|Do you think that's how the Witness sees us? Variations of potential, or lack thereof?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|What's really on your mind?}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|Sloane. She is singularly focused on her mission. That type of focus... you forget to come up for air. It's like a death when it's over.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|Your command can be an anchor—keep her from drifting. That's what I tried to do for you.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|I seem to recall pushing back against your methods quite often.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|The Dark Age drove us to extremes. Your style of leadership is... more refined than mine.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|It wasn't long ago that I was your pupil. Since then, I'd like to think we've developed a trust beyond authority or duty. How did you foster that friendship while being my superior?}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|You're not listening, Zavala. I didn't. Remember, you left my tutelage. All I did was give you the lessons I thought you needed to survive. Nothing more.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|You're saying I can't be all things.}} | |||
Lord Saladin: {{Quote|I'm saying I can't tell you what you want, because our friendship was not of my making. When the Iron Lords fell, when the Red Legion cage the Traveler, when the Pyramids filled our skies... my heart was not open. You were. Despite your doubts, others see you as a pillar of strength. They're drawn to the shade you provide. Just... stay standing.}} | |||
|title5=Zavala and Drifter's second chat | |||
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Zavala: {{Quote|You never told me why you trust the Nine so much.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Oh, I don't. Not even a little. I trust Orin.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|Orin?}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Long story. [sighs] The short of it is... I may have had a feeling or two for somebody a long time ago. Somebody that lost themselves along the way. But there's a little piece of her still out there. A sliver... who still has a feeling or two for the somebody I could be. So I trust her. Because she ain't never steered me wrong, no matter how rotten I was. Because at the end of the day, maybe we gotta put our faith in something other than ourselves... even if we're too stubborn to admit it.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|I... didn't expect you to put a lot of stock in faith.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|And I didn't expect you to lose yours and keep moving. Guess we're all full of surprises, ain't we?}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|I'm giving you the benefit of the doubt that you're being genuine.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Oh, I'm always genuine. People just ain't always payin' attention. For real, though? Moondust might've given me a push. Thought it'd help.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|Sounds like familiar advice. Is it, though? Helping.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|No joke? I think so.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|Then we have that in common too.}} | |||
|title6=Zavala and Sloane's talk | |||
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Sloane: {{Quote|Commander. On Titan, I... had a moment of weakness. Xivu Arath—}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|At ease, Sloane. You resisted the will of a Hive God. An apology isn't necessary.}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|[sighs] Everything I'd done since they took Titan... that was the moment. And I almost faltered.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|"A mettle tested leaves an impression." Something Saladin used to recite... when we were young.}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|It's more than an impression. I accepted a lot, thinking I wasn't coming back. When we secured Titan before, it was survival. But we had hope, a goal. We won, and it was over. This time... [sighs] something's dragging me back. Like... like that struggle's all there is.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|That sounds all too familiar.}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|Oh?}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|I... was married once.}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|You're kidding? What was her name, this woman who wooed "Old Man" Zavala?}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|Safiyah. Together... we raised a son. Hakim.}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|Oh...}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|It was the Dark Age. I was Saladin's charge. Young, reckless, enchanted by... [sighs] A warm memory, now.}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|I've never heard you talk about those days. Is Rehnpeir's Drunken Noodle still there, or'd we lose it in some catastrophe?}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|It's still standing. Expanded, actually. Let's talk in person. I'll clear the night's schedule}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|Uh oh. Must be for someone important.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|An old friend.}} | |||
Sloane: {{Quote|Well. I don't know what I would've done if Rehnpeir's blew up while I was gone. Sometimes those noodles held me together.}} | |||
Zavala: {{Quote|We would have rebuilt it. Brick by brick, if that's what it took.}} | |||
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|title8=Season of the Witch | |||
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|title1=Eris Morn's report | |||
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{{Quote|Hive magic reveals itself in precise shapes. They follow the same lines and the same means... And yet our rituals still hold many secrets. Cards have scattered in the wake of your oblations. Our bond made manifest. I call them the Deck of Whispers... and they do whisper. Each of their ideograms appears to carry the wright of symbolism. Do not fault them for the forms they take. They are reflections of the real, and as opaque as the natures of their referent. We will interpret their configurations. Divine their use. They may hold many meanings, alone and in conversation. As with all Hive magic, they ask us to separate the true from the dead. We will do so}} | |||
|title2=Immaru's first message to the Guardians | |||
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Immaru: {{Quote|I heard you Guardians got a lesson in sword logic today. You think you can defeat Xivu Arath with philosophy? Heh... right. Let me show you something: Savathûn kept records, and I took a look at what she had on her sister. Got a recording from way back. Just after you Guardians drop-kicked Oryx into Saturn's orbit. Call it a primary source for your little research project.}} | |||
Hive Signal: {{Quote|[Recording begins]}} | |||
Xivu Arath: {{Quote|OUR BROTHER IS DEAD. I WILL TAKE REVENGE AS HE SOUGHT FOR HIS SON.}} | |||
Savathûn: {{Quote|Revenge? For what? The dead deserved to die. That's your own logic. Oryx was a hypocrite, and so are you.}} | |||
Xivu Arath: {{Quote|HE LOVED US. HE MADE OF OUR DEATHS A STUDY. AND SHE WHO HAS ENDURED, WHO HAS SHARPENED THE SWORD OF HIS DEFEAT, HEAS DONE THE SAME. SHE WILL TAKE UP HIS MANTLE. WHEN SHE IS PARED TO HER TRUE SHAPE, WE WILL MEET HER ON THE BLADED PATH.}} | |||
Savathûn: {{Quote|What a vain child you are. Oryx spoiled you rotten. Not everyone wants to be like you... and you won't always get your way.}} | |||
Xivu Arath: {{Quote|I WILL TEST MY STRENGTH AGAINST HER BROOD, AND SHE WILL PROVE OUR LOGIC TRUE.}} | |||
Hive Signal: {{Quote|[Recording ends]}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|Do you see what you Guardians did? Do you see what's happening here? Xivu Arath thinks Eris is one of them, some kind of heir to Oryx. That ritual of hers tied a pretty bow on that theory. This is all part of Savathûn's plan. But I can't help wondering: what the hell does Eris think she's doing?}} | |||
|title3=Immaru's second message to the Guardians | |||
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Immaru: {{Quote|So, you're really taking on Xivu Arath's top general. Heh. I love watching you do our dirty work. I was digging through Savathûn's archives and... I found this little gem from about a million years ago. I figured, you should know what you're up against.}} | |||
Hive Signal: {{Quote|[Recording begins]}} | |||
Xivu Arath: {{Quote|-FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE AMMONITES BROKE US. HORDES OF MY BROOD LAY ROTTING IN TRIBUTE. AND THE FETOR OF WEAKNESS WAS UPON US. BUT OUR ENEMIES HAVE BAIT STARS OF THEIR OWN. THEIR CHROMA-ADMIRAL ABANDONS THE BATTLEFIELD TO ATTEND THEIR FRAIL LEVIATHAN. THEY WOULD LIVE IN PEACE WITHOUT FIRST KILLING DEATH? WE SHALL REWARD THEIR INSOLENCE WITHOUT MERCY. GO FORTH, MY BROOD. DEVOUR THEIR LEVIATHAN. BECOME THEIR EXTINCTION, AND MAKE TEMPLES OF THEIR CORPSES!}} | |||
Hive Signal: {{Quote|[Recording ends]}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|You Humans think you're so special. The Ammonites had the Traveler, a Leviathan, even their own Light. Their civilization made you look like pond scum. But they ain't around anymore... because Xivu's brood wiped 'em out. Every. Last. One. And you're next.}} | |||
|title4=Eris and Ikora's first talk | |||
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Eris Morn: {{Quote|The worm gods extract their sustenance from between what is and what might be... between the actual and the possible. When the Hive made their ill'fated pact with these worms, they gained their immortality and the power to make of the world as they willed. Few beings in this universe derive their power this way. The Queen of the Reef believes it is the same method as the Ahamkara}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|The wish-dragons were too dangerous to exist.}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|So is Xivu Arath. My connection to Ahsa is regrettable. But this was the only path towards my goal. I invoked the worms, and she answered.}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|And did you know that this would happen?}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|It was possible, as all things are possible with this kind of power. This bond has not been attempted since the worm gods made their bargain with the Witness. Ahsa may have rejected it then, but the desire to overpower the universe with one's will is woven into her being. She is not beholden to it, not addicted or enslaved. The Deep is not her nature. But I have tangled myself within this desire through the use of the Staff's larvae. Now I possess her power.}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|This could kill both of you.}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|That risk is ours to take.}} | |||
|title5=Immaru and Ikora's chat | |||
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Immaru: {{Quote|You glowbugs are awfully trusting. I'm not too comfortable giving all this juice to your kooky little witch. The Exo Stranger warned you that Eris would be corrupted by power and turn into a tyrant. Said she's gonna rule us all... even Savathûn.}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|In Elsie's timeline, Eris was corrupted by Stasis and the Darkness. But here, Guardians wield both safely. We've proven that they can be used for good.}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|For your little parlor tricks, sure. But this is Hive magic you're playing with. You're really gonna hand Eris god-like power and just hope she keeps it together? After you were specifically warned not to?! The hubris!}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|Elsie said that Eris succumbed to despair-pushed over the edge by her Nightmares. But the Eris I know has been tested countless times and never once faltered. Instead of being overwhelmed by her Nightmares, she conquered them. Besides, our Eris has an even greater advantage: she has her friends protecting her. Adn that's a force strong enough to alter any timeline.}} | |||
|title6=Eris and Ikora's second talk | |||
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Ikora Rey: {{Quote|This has to stop. Throwing yourself into danger is not going to solve our problem. We have to step back and find another way.}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|You would put me in a library... and I would be so glad of it that I would never set foot outside its walls. But only I can stop Xivu Arath, and nothing is won by my complacency.}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|Eris, this is too much for you.}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|I am not so frail, Ikora!}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|I have never thought that.}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|Then do not treat me as such. You know that I am capable, and now you know of what. Ikora. I have always had your trust, and you have never needed my forgiveness. Now, please: I ask for your support.}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|Do you know what I see? A friend who takes risks because she doesn't want anyone else to. A friend who is too afraid to look away from disaster, and thinks destroying herself is the only way to stop it.}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|I held back when Savathûn took the Light. I allowed others to go in my stead and take the revenge I am owed. But I made a promise to myself: I would be her ruin. We both value action in times of loss. Let me act. Let me be who I am.}} | |||
Ikora Rey: {{Quote|I don't want you lost in this.}} | |||
Eris Morn: {{Quote|Then help me finish it.}} | |||
|title7=Ikora's mission report | |||
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{{Quote|Mission Report Number 472 dot 622 dot 3. Regarding our ongoing attempts to breach the extra-spatial portal within the Traveler. I'm relieved to report that Eris's risky plan worked. Her final ritual banished Xivu Arath from her own throne world. The Hive God of War is vulnerable for the first time in millennia. When the time comes, we can finally force a decisive engagement against her. But first we have to deal with the Witness. To that end, it seems the Witch Queen held up her end of the bargain. I didn't want to let her go, but Savathûn offered some Enticing collateral: she left Immaru in Vanguard custody. He's an odious little wretch, but an important one. As long as we control the Witch Queen's connection to the Light, she'll think twice before crossing us. It went against my every instinct to let Savathûn squirm away again... but we need to keep our attention on that portal. She gave us the secret to breaching it... now we just need to discover what form it's taken. For now, Ahsa is back in hibernation, and Eris is recovering. More than that... she's thriving. I was worried that Eris's obsession with the Hive would overwhelm her. But she's carrying herself with an air of confidence I haven't seen in a century... And I'm just glad to see her happy.}} | |||
|title8=Savathûn's message to Xivu Arath | |||
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{{Quote|Oh, sister. Look at how far we've come. I was always destined to become a queen, and you a knight. Just like that facile Human game you like so much. Knights are so powerful there. Agile and unpredictable. But there's only a thin line between the knights and the pawns. Do you know which side you're one? Ah, now the Witness-there's a king with vision. It has an end in mind, and it knows what that means. Your game has always been the attack-and-trade. The thrill of victory and the agony of retreat. When the means is violence, you're happy to no end. But this game isn't fought to the last knight standing. Or even the queen. It ends when the king has no moves left. Not endless fighting, but the end of fighting. Listen to me go on. You've got other problems, wherever you are. You've been locked out of your own castle. Mortal for the first time in millennia. As someone recently back from the dead, I sympathize. But before you move to retaliate, just check: what will it mean to be a knight... after the game has ended?}} | |||
|title9=Drifter and Immaru's chat | |||
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Drifter: {{Quote|Hey, Immaru. Immaru! I heard you ain't enjoyin’ the vanguard's hospitality.}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|Stuck in this bush-league Tower with all these nice-nice Ghosts. What do you think?}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Sounds like someone's got a chip on their shell. I'd be bitter too if I got turned into a moth monster's leverage. Seems like a bum deal.}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|I kept the Lucent Hive in line for years while she dried out in the Vanguard's vault.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Feelin’ a little disrespected?}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|Please. I had my orders. I made sure that wannabe Hive kept up her end of the bargain.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Mmm. That you did.}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|You all think you have the upper hand. But I know Savathûn has a plan, and I'm here to make sure it follows through.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Mm-hmm.}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|And I— wait. Why are you talking to me?}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|No one else wants to! Can't imagine why.}} | |||
Immaru: {{Quote|Hmph. You wouldn't understand. You Guardians all prance around with your Ghosts like they're your best friends. No dignity. No professionalism.}} | |||
Drifter: {{Quote|Heheheh. You think so? Maybe someday I'll, uh… introduce you to mine.}} | |||
|title10=Ikora investigate the Ahamkara | |||
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{{Quote|Ophiuchus, I need you to pull some logs from the Cryptarchy archives. It's been a while since we dealt with an Ahamkara. The Hidden will need to be briefed. Bring up any thesis papers on how the Ahamkara grant wishes. Include all hypotheses on why they seemingly misinterpret peoples’ intentions. Our best minds have been working on this for centuries, so there should be plenty. Next, pull all the Hidden reports on the wall of wishes. I know it makes bargaining with wish-dragons less likely to backfire, but we’ll need to know exactly how the Techeuns designed it. And speaking of the Dreaming City, set aside all the after-action reports from the Keep of Voices. And highlight anything to do with the lost final wish. If the path into the portal really depends on a wish-dragon, knowledge will be our most potent weapon. They're powerful in ways that we don't understand, and I'm sure they have some… hard feelings after the Great Hunt. We'll need to tread carefully. Ahamkara don't give second chances, so if Humanity's survival rests on a wish, it'll have to be impeccable.}} | |||
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|title9=Season of the Wish | |||
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|title1=Crow and Osiris discuss Riven | |||
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Osiris: {{Quote|I understand your concern. But if we cannot rely upon the Veil, the Ahamkara is our only option.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|Even if it was Savathûn who pointed us at Riven in the first place?}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|The Witness is our priority. We've dealt with Savathûn and Riven in the past.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|And now Savathûn is free, and Riven is toying with us. I won't end up as a puppet again.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Nor I.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|Hmph. Sorry. I didn't mean...}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|I fear it too. The experience of watching your body perform a series of actions you would never condone. Of that terrible regret... But that fear won't stop me. Just as I know it won't stop you.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|Was any of it real? All that advice Savathûn gave me, while she pretended to be you?}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|At the time Uldren began his campaign against the Reef, he was already suffering from the Black Garden's corruption. Riven must have found him an easy victim. One could argue he wasn't fully in command of his decisions. All the same, the impact of those decisions was very real. So, let me ask you this: Did I give you good advice?}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|Life-changing.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Then hold onto it.}} | |||
|title2=Shaxx reaches out to Mara | |||
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Shaxx: {{Quote|Queen Mara. I hail you now out of necessity of the heart. Else, I feel as though I will burst into Solar flame. Long have I admired you from afar, ever since you graced me with your power and benevolence in The Reef Wars. Not a day goes by without me thinking back to the time you bade me repay that debt to you. How we spent hours together, long into the night. Would that you spirit me to your side again, to serve as your consort, your knight, your humble vassal. Anything to be near you. I beg you to grant me an audience once more. Please, give me the gift and the privilege of basking in your favor. For without you, I shall wither and crumble into dust, to be scattered across the cosmic winds.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|This again? You and I both know he sounds nothing like that, Riven.}} | |||
Shaxx: {{Quote|[Laughs cruelly]}} | |||
Riven: {{Quote|[Laughs eviliy] Perhaps I should use a voice with which you are even more intimately familiar. How about—}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Do not speak her name!}} | |||
|title3=Petra and Osiris chat | |||
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Petra Venj: {{Quote|Osiris, are you on this channel?}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|I am. Quite frequently, these days. How may I assist the Queen's Wrath?}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|A personal matter. I was hoping you could tell me about your experience with Strand — how it's affected you?}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Strictly research, but it is fascinating.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|We know you've learned to wield it.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Who told you this? [chuckles] Mara. The rumors are true, though I am still only a figment of my former self.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|That's understandable, but your worth was never seated in the Light. It's in your mind.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|I imagine I'm not unlike one of your Techeuns, then. If I'm not mistaken, the queen mentioned you trained as one yourself.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|A long time ago, without much success. Though my sister, Pinar, excelled in her training. She was the pride of Amethyst. I was not. But even with that power, she couldn't stop the House of Wolves from razing our home. I joined the Corsair shortly after, to hunt the Wolves down.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Loss has a way of shaping us all.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|And clouding us. I thought the decisions I was making were the ones required of me. A kind of honor-bound reaction to pressure. I burned bridges across the Reef on my hunt. Without Mara, I'd be an outcast. Now, seeing the new coven, having their respect, their trust… I can do more than just react. Maybe I can tap into that training for something progressive, as something other than a Techeun. For the benefit of our people.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|I've learned that failure is not a lacking within us. It is a sign that we were not ready to face the challenge we chose at the time. We must fall to start again, Petra. But as long as we persist, hope remains… potential remains. Perhaps, you're ready now.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|I can see why Mara values your perspective. Thank you, Osiris.}} | |||
|title4=Petra and Crow discuss Jolyon | |||
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Crow: {{Quote|I don't know… I haven't spoken to Jolyon since Glint raised me.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|You used to be inseparable. It's not just anyone who would follow you into the Black Garden.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|I thought you'd want me to keep my distance.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|Queen Mara wanted to protect you from Uldren’s memories. I think we're past that.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|[laughs] Yeah, probably…}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|You should reach out. Jolyon is a good man.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|I'm a different person. That probably goes for Jolyon too. The last time he saw me… [sighs]}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|Let him make that decision. You were close. Chances are, you could be again.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|I… I'll think about it. You know, you still give good advice, Petra.}} | |||
Petra Venj: {{Quote|Yeah, well… I never take it.}} | |||
|title5=Osiris confronts Mara | |||
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Osiris: {{Quote|What were you hoping to achieve by threatening Riven? Had I not been there to stop you—}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Osiris, I admit I was… angry. I'm seldom able to express my emotions openly. But I had no intention of harming Riven; I only wanted her to believe I might.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Perhaps you could warn me first. I was worried you lost sight of our goal.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Have I ever been one to miss the forest for the trees?}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Quite the opposite… while I tend to find myself mired in the details of the leaves.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Both sorts are necessary. Your eyes on the fight before us… and mine on the horizon.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|How do you see the end so clearly? Even within the Infinite Forest, I could not predict as you do.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Clairvoyance is a charade. The ground shifts beneath us as we walk. We manage best when we make our own stepping stones. You know better than most how many times we've had to adjust our methods to achieve victory. My death at Saturn to pierce Oryx’s defenses…}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Countless recalculations against the Vex. Stealing Savathûn’s secrets from within.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|The planting of the Silver Tree on Io.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|I took some convincing on that. But it truly was the beginning…}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Sagira's death, Crow's choices, your new perspective — none of these were part of “the plan”.}} | |||
Osiris: {{Quote|Each adjustment came at a cost. I wonder what costs the Witness has yet to extract from us.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Whatever they are, we will meet them… and persevere.}} | |||
|title6=Crow assures Mara | |||
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Mara Sov: {{Quote|Are you sure you want this?}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|Osiris thinks it's the best shot we've got.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|You didn't answer my question.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|I don't know... I've been trying to find what I want my whole life, even as Uldren. I used to think the Traveler gave me purpose. Uldren thought his came from you… Hmph.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|I never meant to twist you so — only to keep you safe. My protection turned malignant. For that… I am sorry.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|It wasn't just you. Uldren heard your heartbeat and chose to make that his core. He mistook impulse from meaning. I won't! So… I guess it's not that I want this. I need it. I believe in it. Even if I don't make it, everyone else just might.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|I sacrificed you before to preserve a chance for a future — I can't do that again.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|I'll be fine. As long as you and I stick together… Remember, Rega?}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Still subsisting off stories of hope and bravery. I have missed you.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|[chuckles] I guess I always have been one to fill my head with nonsense, right?}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Your hope is not nonsense. It is a vital line of sustenance. One I have learned through our people. Fill your heart with it, and I will keep you in mine until you return to me.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|I will.}} | |||
Mara Sov: {{Quote|Go then. Find purpose of your own, and not one of mine or anyone else’s making.}} | |||
Crow: {{Quote|Thank you, sister… You'll see me again. And this time, I'll remember you.}} | |||
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**''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | **''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | ||
**''[[Lightfall]]'' | **''[[Lightfall]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of | **''[[Season of Defiance]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of the | **''[[Season of the Deep]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Last City]] | [[Category:Last City]] | ||
[[Category:Locations]] | [[Category:Locations]] | ||
[[Category:Vendors]] | |||