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'''Call of the Cryptolith''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in [[Beyond Light]]. | '''Call of the Cryptolith''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in [[Beyond Light]], with entries acquired by completing [[Season of the Hunt]] [[Triumphs]]. It follows a [[Fallen]] salvage crew working for the [[House of Spider]] and their encounter with a [[Cryptolith]]. | ||
==I. KETCH== | ==I. KETCH== | ||
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[[Ketch]] is Kin, Kin are All. | [[Ketch]] is Kin, Kin are All. | ||
Out in the [[Reef]], the detritus of civilization is all there is. Out in the Reef, ruins are as much landmarks as planets and moons. The flotsam of derelict colony | Out in the [[Reef]], the detritus of civilization is all there is. Out in the Reef, ruins are as much landmarks as planets and moons. The flotsam of derelict [[colony ship]]s from the [[Golden Age]] flood the atmosphere along with the ruined hulks of [[Hive]] ships from campaigns fought against the [[Awoken]]. For the Eliksni, finding the wreckage of a Ketch is like finding the ruins of a family home, and all the emotions that come with it. But the societal scars of Eliksni clans have long since vanished, and for those who bend a knee to the [[The Spider|Spider]] in the remote corner of the Reef known as the [[Tangled Shore]], they have lost the privilege of such sentimentality. | ||
A salvage crew was dispatched the week after a small scouting party from the Spider's personal fiefdom spotted the wreckage of a Ketch belonging to the lost [[House of Kings]]. The crew chief on the operation, an ambitious [[Vandal]] named [[Kosis]], had shed her attachments to a life within that very house years ago. But the choice to leave something behind and the act of doing so are two entirely different things. | A salvage crew was dispatched the week after a small scouting party from the Spider's personal fiefdom spotted the wreckage of a Ketch belonging to the lost [[House of Kings]]. The crew chief on the operation, an ambitious [[Vandal]] named [[Kosis]], had shed her attachments to a life within that very house years ago. But the choice to leave something behind and the act of doing so are two entirely different things. | ||
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Kosis had marked the Hive salvage specifically for the Spider's attention. It wouldn't be shipped off to marketplaces and storehouses like the remains of the Ketch—finds like this were of special interest to him. Kosis considered sending a missive ahead of the shipment but thought better of it. If she weren't there to present the find herself, another ambitious Vandal or Dreg might try and take the credit. Spider would probably promote the usurper strictly out of appreciation for their cunning. | Kosis had marked the Hive salvage specifically for the Spider's attention. It wouldn't be shipped off to marketplaces and storehouses like the remains of the Ketch—finds like this were of special interest to him. Kosis considered sending a missive ahead of the shipment but thought better of it. If she weren't there to present the find herself, another ambitious Vandal or Dreg might try and take the credit. Spider would probably promote the usurper strictly out of appreciation for their cunning. | ||
Kosis was so focused on ensuring the safety of her salvage that she hadn't noticed Savek and the other Dregs running into camp from the direction of the cave. Kosis stood, Sword in hand, half-expecting a mutiny. But from the fear in Savek's eyes, Kosis quickly realized it was anything but. | Kosis was so focused on ensuring the safety of her salvage that she hadn't noticed Savek and the other Dregs running into camp from the direction of the cave. Kosis stood, [[Shock Blade|Sword]] in hand, half-expecting a mutiny. But from the fear in Savek's eyes, Kosis quickly realized it was anything but. | ||
"It returned!" was all Savek could exclaim. The Dregs confirmed: the dismantled structure had regrown in a matter of hours. Kosis ordered the trio to lead her back to the site, to see it with her own eyes. A part of her yearned to see it again. | "It returned!" was all Savek could exclaim. The Dregs confirmed: the dismantled structure had regrown in a matter of hours. Kosis ordered the trio to lead her back to the site, to see it with her own eyes. A part of her yearned to see it again. | ||
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There, kneeling before her new god, Savek's mind is broken and remade in continuous motion. She watches as her memories are deconstructed into images without association. She observes her identity dissected into the unknowable motives of a stranger. She watches herself transform from She into It. | There, kneeling before her new god, Savek's mind is broken and remade in continuous motion. She watches as her memories are deconstructed into images without association. She observes her identity dissected into the unknowable motives of a stranger. She watches herself transform from She into [[Wrathborn|It]]. | ||
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