Hunt for the Scorn: Difference between revisions

===Fall of a Legend===

{{Quote|Any last words?"<br>"How's your sister?|Uldren and Cayde.}}

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 remained defiant and unafraid, leaning in to the barrel of his own gun, and taunting Uldren as he fired the fatal shot.

===Betrayal===

{{Quote|As for you my friends, my Barons... you embraced me when I was cast out. And for that I gift to you the bounty of the Tangled Shore. Go! Unleash upon the Fallen... chaos.|Uldren addresses his Barons.}}

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.

===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.

===Deal with The Spider===

{{Quote|You go scratch your itch. Then we can just say... you owe me. Do we have a deal?"<br>"Deal.| The Spider and The Guardian.}}

Heading deeper within the Tangled Shore, Petra Venj makes contact with the mysterious Spider Syndicate, which became embroiled in a conflict with the Scorn, driving the Syndicate from their original territory in the Shore. After routing the Scorn's forces from the Spider's hiding place, Petra and the Guardian finally meet [[The Spider]] face to face. At first, the Spider was not very interested in getting involved in a man-hunt for Uldren, but he does greatly desire Uldren's head for driving him from his former territory. Thus, the Spider offers the Guardian and Petra a deal: the Spider would give the Guardian all the intel they need to hunt the Barons and in return, the Guardians would hunt them down and accept any favor the Spider asks within the future. Despite the terms, the Guardian agrees.

After a while, the Guardians were contacted by [[Kaniks, the Mad Bomber]] who challenges them. Tracking the message, the Guardian encounters the Mad Bomber who gleefully attacks them with his arsenal of explosives. The Guardian survives the initial attack and chase after Kaniks, who continues to mock Cayde's death, but despite his erratic tactics and explosives, the Guardian kills the Mad Bomber.

Following intel provided from the Spider, the Guardians follow evidence of Pirrha, the Rifleman, the one who killed Cayde's Ghost. The search leads them to Pirrha's initial sniper's nest in [[Hellrise Canyon]]. Once they enter, the Guardian realize the nest was a trap as Pirrha's forces attack them. Surviving the trap, Pirrha contacts them, threatening to destroy their Ghost just as he did with Cayde's. Fighting past Pirrha's forces and keeping their Ghost safe from Pirrha's snipping, the Guardians manage to corner the Rifleman. Despite his Crossbow weapon and bothersome decoys, the Guardian kills Pirrha, avenging Cayde's Ghost.

===Death of the Mad Prince===

With the Scorn's strength and leadership diminished, the Guardian receives new intel from the Spider who confirms that Uldren and Fikrul have been sighted at the Awoken Watchtower, a place which is said to house the Awoken's deepest secrets. Within the structure, Uldren orders Frikul to hold off the enemy while he finishes his work.  

===A Thousand Voices===

{{Quote|Assemble a team, Petra. Send them into the heart of the City. Kill that creature and extract its heart. I offer the riches of our realm as bounty. Open the gates, and let the Guardians in.|[[Mara Sov]].}}

Despite the victory over the Scorn, the question of the Taken's appearance in the Awoken Watchtower was a great concern to the Guardians and Petra. Soon enough, Taken forces began appearing across the Reef, originating from the gateway Uldren opened. Further investigations into the Taken reveal that the Awoken homeland found within the Dreaming City has been Taken and that the Awoken's deep secret within the City is responsible. Petra reveals that their secret is an Ahamkara, [[Riven]], said to be the last of her kind, who has been Taken after Oryx invaded the Reef years ago during the Taken War. Now Riven appears to serve a new master following Oryx's death; Savathûn, Witch-Queen of the Hive