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'''The Once-Shipstealer''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in [[Beyond Light]]. Entries are acquired by progressing through the Beyond Light campaign and completing [[Deep Stone Crypt (raid)|Deep Stone Crypt]] [[Triumphs]]. | [[File:LoreOS.png|300px|thumb]] | ||
'''The Once-Shipstealer''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in [[Beyond Light]]. Entries are acquired by progressing through the Beyond Light campaign and completing [[Deep Stone Crypt (raid)|Deep Stone Crypt]] [[Triumphs]]. It describes the origins of the [[House of Salvation]] from the perspective of Fallen VIP members. | |||
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==I. The Prisoner== | ==I. The Prisoner== | ||
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But here, she has no house. Here, she reigns all on her own. | But here, she has no house. Here, she reigns all on her own. | ||
In the arena, where [[Eliksni]] runts and leaderless [[Cabal]] challenge her, she rules with a broken Arc spear for a scepter. It's the strongest weapon they'll give her, and she bends it to her will. | In the arena, where [[Eliksni]] runts and leaderless [[Cabal]] challenge her, she rules with a broken [[Arc Spear|Arc spear]] for a scepter. It's the strongest weapon they'll give her, and she bends it to her will. | ||
No matter how many times the [[Ether]]-fat guards try to send her to her death in that arena, she triumphs. She kills their champions; watches the Ether hiss from their masks. Watches the gel leak out of their suits. She begins to cherish the smell of a good fight. Blood. Sweat. Ether. Fear. | No matter how many times the [[Ether]]-fat guards try to send her to her death in that arena, she triumphs. She kills their champions; watches the Ether hiss from their masks. Watches the gel leak out of their suits. She begins to cherish the smell of a good fight. Blood. Sweat. Ether. Fear. | ||
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The neighboring cell holds a [[House of Wolves|Wolf]]. | The neighboring cell holds a [[House of Wolves|Wolf]]. | ||
She ignores him at first. He's too greedy for her acknowledgement. Sometimes, he reminds her of the needy [[Dreg|Dregs]] that followed her old Kell like carrion birds, squawking for attention and squabbling over his kills. | She ignores [[Praksis, the Technocrat|him]] at first. He's too greedy for her acknowledgement. Sometimes, he reminds her of the needy [[Dreg|Dregs]] that followed her old Kell like carrion birds, squawking for attention and squabbling over his kills. | ||
What the Eliksni have lost, more than anything else, is dignity. | What the Eliksni have lost, more than anything else, is dignity. | ||
Eventually, the Wolf learns to intrigue her. He calls himself | Eventually, the Wolf learns to intrigue her. He calls himself Praksis, and he has ideas. But he's young. He thinks every idea he conceives of is the first and best of its kind. She suspects he's never had to report directly to a Kell. | ||
He likes to talk about machines—building them and bending them to his will. He has a mad idea about recapturing the [[Traveler|Great Machine]], binding it in Arc wire, and making it give them its power. He's been listening to the stories about [[Ghaul]]. | He likes to talk about machines—building them and bending them to his will. He has a mad idea about recapturing the [[Traveler|Great Machine]], binding it in Arc wire, and making it give them its power. He's been listening to the stories about [[Ghaul]]. | ||
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She stands to her full, towering height, stretches her second set of arms. | She stands to her full, towering height, stretches her second set of arms. | ||
"No," she says. | "No," she says. Clarity has descended on her like a Riis rain shower. "The Devils are nothing." | ||
She begins to walk out of the room, purpose in her step, fire reignited in her belly. "The Devils are dead." | She begins to walk out of the room, purpose in her step, fire reignited in her belly. "The Devils are dead." | ||
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House of Anarchy. House of Ruin. | House of Anarchy. House of Ruin. | ||
House of Eramis. | |||
"We must become something new." | "We must become something new." | ||
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She looks back to see [[Kridis, Dark Priestess|Kridis]], shimmering with the purple glow of the [[Void]] as her [[Servitor]] shields her. Kridis tips her head in acknowledgement of Eramis and turns to fire the rifle into another cluster of Guardians. | She looks back to see [[Kridis, Dark Priestess|Kridis]], shimmering with the purple glow of the [[Void]] as her [[Servitor]] shields her. Kridis tips her head in acknowledgement of Eramis and turns to fire the rifle into another cluster of Guardians. | ||
Eramis rips her Sword free and forges ahead. They are closing in on the city now. Guardians are falling all around her. | Eramis rips her [[Shock Blade|Sword]] free and forges ahead. They are closing in on the city now. Guardians are falling all around her. | ||
They are so close. | They are so close. | ||
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A [[Knight]] stalks her deep into the catacombs, staying on the edge of her hearing, matching her footsteps. She lets it make the first strike, and when it does, she cracks its exoskeleton armor with her Sword. The thrill of the fight—hearing the Knight howl as it meets death—is almost comforting. A reprieve from her unsettling dreams. | A [[Knight]] stalks her deep into the catacombs, staying on the edge of her hearing, matching her footsteps. She lets it make the first strike, and when it does, she cracks its exoskeleton armor with her Sword. The thrill of the fight—hearing the Knight howl as it meets death—is almost comforting. A reprieve from her unsettling dreams. | ||
She's painted with Hive blood as she continues her advance, and when she finally comes upon the ship | She's painted with Hive blood as she continues her advance, and when she finally comes upon the [[The Lunar Pyramid|ship]]. a familiar sight causes her to freeze in her tracks. | ||
She remembers this fleet. | She remembers this fleet. | ||
She remembers seeing them in the sky like black arrows. She remembers the space where the Great Machine was, and then the blank space where it wasn't. | She remembers seeing them in the sky like [[Black Fleet|black arrows]]. She remembers the space where the Great Machine was, and then the [[Darkness|blank]] space where it wasn't. | ||
It was all a lesson in dependence, one that took many years to learn. | It was all a lesson in dependence, one that took many years to learn. | ||
This time, the black arrow speaks to her. She knows it's not Eliksni. It's not one of the clumsy tongues of Earth, nor the lilting speech of the [[Reef]]. It is something else: a whisper. But one that is so loud and somehow understood so perfectly. | This time, the black arrow [[The Witness|speaks]] to her. She knows it's not Eliksni. It's not one of the clumsy tongues of Earth, nor the lilting speech of the [[Reef]]. It is something else: a whisper. But one that is so loud and somehow understood so perfectly. | ||
Stop waiting, it says. | Stop waiting, it says. | ||
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You must be your own salvation. | You must be your own salvation. | ||
She feels something in all four of her hands, a tingle, a buzz. It reminds her of the broken Arc spear. She clenches and unclenches her fists, staring at the sleek surface of the ship. There's power here. Power that she can grasp. | She feels something in all four of her hands, a tingle, a buzz. It reminds her of the broken Arc spear. She clenches and unclenches her fists, staring at the sleek surface of the ship. There's power here. [[Stasis|Power]] that she can grasp. | ||
But not yet. | But not yet. | ||
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==VII. The Scribe== | ==VII. The Scribe== | ||
Eramis and Variks stand in the shadow of a half-constructed city. Her people have salvaged bits and pieces from the Eliksni hideouts across the system and lashed them to the ruins of a [[Golden Age]] facility, building something new from something old. It's Eliksni flesh on the bones of humanity's failure, nestled in the icy tundra of [[Europa]]. | Eramis and Variks stand in the shadow of a half-constructed [[Riis-Reborn|city]]. Her people have salvaged bits and pieces from the Eliksni hideouts across the system and lashed them to the [[Eventide Ruins|ruins]] of a [[Golden Age]] facility, building something new from something old. It's Eliksni flesh on the bones of humanity's failure, nestled in the icy tundra of [[Europa]]. | ||
She watches Variks's face as he looks up. There is something familiar there. An awe that she remembers from a long time ago. | She watches Variks's face as he looks up. There is something familiar there. An awe that she remembers from a long time ago. | ||
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==IX. The Kell of Darkness== | ==IX. The Kell of Darkness== | ||
When the [[The Europan Pyramid|obsidian ship]] descends on Europa, Eramis is prepared. Her council by her side—Variks, Phylaks, Kridis, Praksis, and Atraks—she greets its arrival with bated breath. | |||
When the [[Pyramid | |||
The foreign whispers return. This time, they say… | The foreign whispers return. This time, they say… | ||