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Orin's obsessive search for answers put her out of contact for months at a time. After returning to the Reef, she learned that Namqi had perished in an [[Aphelion]] attack and that no one had been able to reach her. She traveled to an Awoken outpost on [[324 Bamberga]] to view a transcript of Namqi's final words in which he professed his love for her. As Orin left the [[Gensym Scribes|Gensym]] lab, she was overwhelmed by grief and did not know what to do next. She met another Lightbearer who introduced themselves as Wu Ming and claimed to be an old friend of Namqi. Due to her grief and the mental toil | {{Quote|I'm going, Wu Ming. This "friendship", or whatever you want to call it… it's over. Try not to get shot."<br>"You wanna go back to a thousand years of the Traveler's dogma, kid? Give up your freedom? Fine. You do you.|Orin ends her friendship with the Drifter}} | ||
Orin's obsessive search for answers put her out of contact for months at a time. After returning to the Reef, she learned that Namqi had perished in an [[Aphelion]] attack and that no one had been able to reach her. She traveled to an Awoken outpost on [[324 Bamberga]] to view a transcript of Namqi's final words in which he professed his love for her. As Orin left the [[Gensym Scribes|Gensym]] lab, she was overwhelmed by grief and did not know what to do next.<ref name="ES"/> She met another Lightbearer who introduced themselves as Wu Ming and claimed to be an old friend of Namqi who had learned of her work for Queen Mara and investigation of the Nine. Orin admitted that was true but stated that in light of Namqi's death it no longer seemed important. Wu Ming offered to be there for her if she needed a shoulder to cry on.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Activision Blizzard - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Invitations from the Nine#Week Four|Invitations from the Nine - Week Six]]''</ref> Due to her grief and the mental toil the search for the Nine had inflicted upon her, Orin did not recognize Wu Ming as her old comrade Eli and found comfort in his presence in the absence of Namqi. They meet repeatedly, with Wu Ming questioning her about the Nine and what they could do. Unable to hold back, Orin told him everything she had learned of the Nine but also confessed her deepest fears and feelings. Wu Ming did the same, coming to see Orin as a kindred spirit, and confessed to her of his own fears and hatred of the Light as a burden he never asked for.<ref name="ES"/> | |||
After many conversations with Wu Ming, Orin was horrified to learn that | After many conversations with Wu Ming, Orin spoke with [[Callum Sol]] was horrified to learn that Wu Ming had lied about his friendship with Namqi and his identity.<ref name="INWS">'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Activision Blizzard - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[Invitations from the Nine#Week Four|Invitations from the Nine - Week Seven]]''</ref> He was in fact a rogue known as the Drifter and had gone under many names, including Dredgen Hope as a member of the [[Shadows of Yor]]. Orin believed that he had manipulated and tricked her for his own gain, learning of his past and considering him little more than a scared con man and murderer. Blaming herself for revealing too much to the Drifter and that there was no way to mend her mistake, Orin prepared to flee from the Reef.<ref name="ES"/> Before she departed she confronted the Drifter and declared she would find the Nine. He pleaded with her not to leave, but Orin accused him only pretending to care and disdainfully called him Dredgen. He insisted he did not go by that name anymore but Orin stated that Callum claimed otherwise. Ignoring Drifter's pleas that he was not lying and declared their "friendship" to be over. Angry at her dismissal, Drifter claimed that she was giving up her freedom and going back to the Traveler's dogma.<ref name="INWS"/> However, soon after leaving the Reef Orin's connection to the Light was severed along with every other Lightbearers when the [[Red Legion]] invaded the Last City and trapped the Traveler in a [[Traveler Cage|cage]]. Terrified by the sudden schism from her Light, Orin was vulnerable when the Nine reached out and began manipulating her to seek them and declared to her that Orin was not her name.<ref name="ES"/> | ||
Orin sought out nine [[Ghosts]] who had gone beyond the Solar System and inquired after their findings. Receiving only a set of coordinates, she left them.<ref name="Long"/> She also found several "deep-orbit minds" in the midst of her search, although these may be the same Ghosts.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: | Orin sought out nine [[Ghosts]] who had gone beyond the Solar System and inquired after their findings. Receiving only a set of coordinates, she left them.<ref name="Long"/> She also found several "deep-orbit minds" in the midst of her search, although these may be the same Ghosts.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Activision Blizzard, [[A Sudden Death]]''</ref> | ||
===Emissary of the Nine=== | ===Emissary of the Nine=== | ||