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'''The Warlock Aunor''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[ | [[File:LoreTWA.png|300px|thumb]] | ||
'''The Warlock Aunor''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[Season of the Drifter]]''. It consists of messages sent by the [[Warlock]] [[Aunor Mahal]] to [[The Guardian]] about their suspicions and investigation into [[The Drifter (character)|The Drifter]]. Entries are unlocked by messages sent to the postmaster by Mahal and progressing in the investigation of the Drifter. | |||
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This cannot last. Ontological and genocidal threats aside, Gambit encourages the use of [[Darkness]] to fight Darkness... and other Guardians. | This cannot last. Ontological and genocidal threats aside, Gambit encourages the use of [[Darkness]] to fight Darkness... and other Guardians. | ||
Since the City's foundation, the Praxic Order has existed to keep Darkness and other banned assets out of the hands of City Guardians. Despite our best efforts, pieces like the [[Red Death]], [[Crimson]]... and certain [[Weapons of Sorrow]]... continue to find their way into City arsenals. But even Guardian killers like those are nothing compared to the ideological threat of Gambit. Gambit leads to Darkness. | Since the City's foundation, the Praxic Order has existed to keep Darkness and other banned assets out of the hands of City Guardians. Despite our best efforts, pieces like the [[Red Death]], [[Crimson]]... and [[Thorn|certain]] [[Weapons of Sorrow]]... continue to find their way into City arsenals. But even Guardian killers like those are nothing compared to the ideological threat of Gambit. Gambit leads to Darkness. | ||
And Darkness is the Hive on the Moon, tearing our kind to pieces in the [[Great Disaster]]. The Darkness is the [[Red War]], the tower-fall—when the Cabal silenced the Traveler and killed thousands of the last humans on Earth in a single day. The Darkness is the Vex erasing our allies from existence, from memory itself. The Darkness is one man, with the power to deal final death in his fist. The Darkness was the [[Collapse]] of the [[Golden Age]]. | And Darkness is the Hive on the Moon, tearing our kind to pieces in the [[Great Disaster]]. The Darkness is the [[Red War]], the tower-fall—when the Cabal silenced the Traveler and killed thousands of the last humans on Earth in a single day. The Darkness is the Vex erasing our allies from existence, from memory itself. The Darkness is one man, with the power to deal final death in his fist. The Darkness was the [[Collapse]] of the [[Golden Age]]. | ||
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This pair were ideological followers of [[Dredgen Yor]]. | This pair were ideological followers of [[Dredgen Yor]]. | ||
No reason for veterans of the Red War to brush up on late [Dark Age]] history, so in case you haven't heard: Yor was among the first of our kind to kill another with the heretical use of Darkness. Even a Guardian can't come back from that. | No reason for veterans of the Red War to brush up on late [[Dark Age]] history, so in case you haven't heard: Yor was among the first of our kind to kill another with the heretical use of Darkness. Even a Guardian can't come back from that. | ||
All those who used his name in recent history belonged to an outlaw group called the Shadows of Yor. No two of them can agree on Yor's true ideology, but all strive to consort with the Darkness for power. According to the testimony of his former fireteams, Drifter was one of them. And might still be. | All those who used his name in recent history belonged to an outlaw group called the Shadows of Yor. No two of them can agree on Yor's true ideology, but all strive to consort with the Darkness for power. According to the testimony of his former fireteams, Drifter was one of them. And might still be. | ||
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//AUDIO UNAVAILABLE//<br> | //AUDIO UNAVAILABLE//<br> | ||
//TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS…/<br> | //TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS…/<br> | ||
[u.1:01] What do you have? Arcite's the only one watching up there.<br> | [u.1:01] What do you have? [[Arcite 99-40|Arcite]]'s the only one watching up there.<br> | ||
[u.2:01] [[European Dead Zone]], Earth: three Guardian fatalities.<br> | [u.2:01] [[European Dead Zone]], Earth: three Guardian fatalities.<br> | ||
[u.2:02] Dreaming City, the [[Reef]]: two Guardian fatalities.<br> | [u.2:02] Dreaming City, the [[Reef]]: two Guardian fatalities.<br> | ||
[u.2:03] [[Nessus]], Unstable Centaur: one Guardian fatality.<br> | [u.2:03] [[Nessus]], Unstable Centaur: one Guardian fatality.<br> | ||
[u.2:04] [[Tangled Shore]], the Reef: three Guardian fatalities.<br> | [u.2:04] [[Tangled Shore]], the Reef: three Guardian fatalities.<br> | ||
[u.1:02] | [u.1:02] …[[Shaxx|I]] know.<br> | ||
[a sudden distortion in the feed from Light-based radiation]<br> | [a sudden distortion in the feed from Light-based radiation]<br> | ||
[u.1:03] You missed. And you ruined my wall.<br> | [u.1:03] You missed. And you ruined my wall.<br> | ||
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==The Salt Mines== | ==The Salt Mines== | ||
In a campsite on a cliff above the salt mines of [[Trostland]], a man with a Golden Gun held two Guardians hostage. Behind them, an ashen silhouette smoldered on the cliffside. | In a campsite on a cliff above the [[Salt Mines|salt mines]] of [[Trostland]], a man with a Golden Gun held two Guardians hostage. Behind them, an ashen silhouette smoldered on the cliffside. | ||
"I gave you every chance," said the man with the Golden Gun. "Any last words?" | "I gave you every chance," said the man with the Golden Gun. "Any last words?" | ||
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She started the long swim toward shore, toward a road she knew would take her to the overpass. | She started the long swim toward shore, toward a road she knew would take her to the overpass. | ||
** | <nowiki>**</nowiki> | ||
She pulled up onto the overpass on a hijacked Pike and looked down at the smoldering wreckage of the bridge where she had fallen an hour ago. Bahaghari was nowhere in sight, but her helmet's visor picked up an echo of Void discharge from a sniper's vantage. It was consistent with the launch pattern of a shoulder-mounted Countess SA/2. | She pulled up onto the overpass on a hijacked Pike and looked down at the smoldering wreckage of the bridge where she had fallen an hour ago. Bahaghari was nowhere in sight, but her helmet's visor picked up an echo of Void discharge from a sniper's vantage. It was consistent with the launch pattern of a shoulder-mounted [[Countess SA/2]]. | ||
She patched it back to Drifter, and in return, he gave her the coordinates of three possible Shadow safehouses in the area. Without Bahaghari, she had to input them manually to her tracker HUD. | She patched it back to Drifter, and in return, he gave her the coordinates of three possible Shadow safehouses in the area. Without Bahaghari, she had to input them manually to her tracker HUD. | ||
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She selected the farthest one from her position and gunned the Pike. | She selected the farthest one from her position and gunned the Pike. | ||
** | <nowiki>**</nowiki> | ||
By the time she pulled up to an abandoned warehouse in District 125, the Shadows had already ransomed her Ghost on several City bands. They wanted clearance to take their jumpships out of the system by midnight. Without clearance, they'd kill Bahaghari. | By the time she pulled up to an abandoned warehouse in District 125, the Shadows had already ransomed her Ghost on several City bands. They wanted clearance to take their jumpships out of the system by midnight. Without clearance, they'd kill Bahaghari. | ||
The Vanguard ignored the missive entirely. Renegades were not to be negotiated with. Not even Osiris himself. And these Shadows were no Osiris. | The Vanguard ignored the missive entirely. Renegades were not to be negotiated with. Not even [[Osiris]] himself. And these Shadows were no Osiris. | ||
The maglev train coming from Core East roared on a rail above. The next train would arrive at midnight. | The maglev train coming from Core East roared on a rail above. The next train would arrive at midnight. | ||
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"Worry about that later. You said you're not on the top floor?" | "Worry about that later. You said you're not on the top floor?" | ||
"No. The basement. Under the street. Building's empty except for us. Don't even think about a breach, you'll need a team. Or a Gjallarhorn." | "No. The basement. Under the street. Building's empty except for us. Don't even think about a breach, you'll need a team. Or a [[Gjallarhorn]]." | ||
"Don't have either, Bighari." | "Don't have either, Bighari." | ||
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"You never call me that unless you're about to do something stupid." | "You never call me that unless you're about to do something stupid." | ||
** | <nowiki>**</nowiki> | ||
She had never driven a maglev train before. She liked the feel of power in the front car, watching the world hurtle past. | She had never driven a maglev train before. She liked the feel of power in the front car, watching the world hurtle past. | ||
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Down onto a rust-red warehouse building far below. | Down onto a rust-red warehouse building far below. | ||
** | <nowiki>**</nowiki> | ||
She could see everything Bahaghari could see, even in death. | She could see everything Bahaghari could see, even in death. | ||