Savathûn, the Witch Queen: Difference between revisions

The Guardians were successful in lifting the Endless Night over the Last City after destroying Quria, which rattled Savathûn's control over the Taken, but the unrest with the House of Light's presence in the Last City came to a head when Lakshmi conspired with the other factions to expel the eliksni. The War Cult's leader attempted to sway the Guardians to her point of view but was rebuffed, leading her to make an attempt on using Vex portal to force the eliksni out of the Last City, apparently aided by Osiris himself. Unfortunately for Lakshmi, she had no control over the Vex portal as she believed, leading the Vex to make a direct assault on the Last City, threaten the House of Light and to her own death. Fortunately, the Guardians managed to close the portal, save the eliksni and destroyed the Vex. Strangely, Osiris disappeared during the chaos, leading many in the Tower to suspect he may have been involved in some capacity.

Tracking Osiris to the Reef, The Guardian, along with Saint-14 and Crow entered the Dreaming City and found "Osiris" speaking with Mara Sov herself. The three lightbearers attempted to convince "Osiris" to return but instead the formerly exiled warlock backed away and revealed that the Osiris they knew was actually Savathûn herself, to their utter horror. Mara Sov comes between them and encases the Witch Queen in a large crystal. Saint-14 demands answers and Savathûn reveals that she took Osiris' form to hide herself from her sister, Xivu Arath, who now hunts her on another's behalf. To further save herself, Savathûn agreed to a bargain with Mara Sov. In exchange for excising the worm inside her, Savathûn would release Osiris. Wary of the infamous Queen of Lies yet desperate to save their friend, agree to help Mara Sov with her bargain, as the Awoken Queen wishes to save her people lost in the Ascendant Plane.

Needing her Techeun Coven to help her excise Savathûn's worm and prevent Xivu Arath from fully corrupting reality through the dimensional Ley Lines, Mara Sov fully allies the Awoken with the Guardians of the Last City, having the Guardians traverse the Ascendant Realm and liberate the Techeuns. As they do so, Savathûn herself remains bound in crystal but requests meeting with the Guardian face to face. Warily, the Guardians agree to meet with the Witch Queen, who states the only "regret" she bears is how long it took for her to meet with the Guardian. Further, she states that for quite some time, she has been "helping" the Guardian during her time before posing as Osiris, "protecting" them from the Black Fleet, from guiding Crow to the Last City to be redeemed, preventing Zavala making war with Empress Caiatl, bringing the House of Light to the Last City to even exposing Lakshmi's conspiracy. She even states that she saved Osiris from Xivu Arath when he became Lightless. From there Savathûn states that while they may not agree with her methods, she states that she is no villain, the Guardian is no hero but that they are both "paracausal".