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{{Quote|The Queen is clever. You did not share my father's single-minded ambition, nor my brother's taste for glory."<br/>"You wish to serve me?"<br/>"My life is spent: servitude to those who cast me away. Our blood is all that remains of the old pact."<br/>"Then let us make use of each other.|Nokris bargains with Savathûn}} | {{Quote|The Queen is clever. You did not share my father's single-minded ambition, nor my brother's taste for glory."<br/>"You wish to serve me?"<br/>"My life is spent: servitude to those who cast me away. Our blood is all that remains of the old pact."<br/>"Then let us make use of each other.|Nokris bargains with Savathûn}} | ||
Shortly prior to the Pyramids' arrival, [[Nokris]] attempted to enter the Ascendant Realm by way of trickery, instead of the Sword-Logic. This attracted the attention of his aunt. Savathûn drew her nephew into a [[Court of Savathûn (Io)|simulated]] version of her [[Court of Savathûn|throne world]] and struck a bargain: in her plans to defy the | Shortly prior to the Pyramids' arrival, [[Nokris]] attempted to enter the Ascendant Realm by way of trickery, instead of the Sword-Logic. This attracted the attention of his aunt. Savathûn drew her nephew into a [[Court of Savathûn (Io)|simulated]] version of her [[Court of Savathûn|throne world]] and struck a bargain: in her plans to defy the Witness, she had taken notice of his necromantic power. Knowing that the Witness' forces would soon converge on Sol to convert the Guardians to their side, she instructed Nokris to interfere in any of their attempts to communicate with the Guardian. | ||
To aid her nephew, she ordered the Taken under her command to attack [[Io]]. The moon had been chosen by the first [[Pyramid (Io)|Pyramid]] to make contact, and the vessel had taken position above the [[Cradle]], where a [[Tree of Silver Wings (Io)|Tree of Silver Wings]] had grown in the wake of the Traveler's departure. Savathûn's forces invaded the site in order to interfere in any communication attempts. As the Pyramids invaded [[Mercury]], [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] and [[Mars]] as well, multiple Eyes of Savathûn appeared in these locations; Eris Morn believed they were a way the Witch Queen spied on the assailed planets and could only be destroyed by the [[Ruinous Effigy]] - a | To aid her nephew, she ordered the Taken under her command to attack [[Io]]. The moon had been chosen by the first [[Pyramid (Io)|Pyramid]] to make contact, and the vessel had taken position above the [[Cradle]], where a [[Tree of Silver Wings (Io)|Tree of Silver Wings]] had grown in the wake of the Traveler's departure. Savathûn's forces invaded the site in order to interfere in any communication attempts. As the Pyramids invaded [[Mercury]], [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] and [[Mars]] as well, multiple Eyes of Savathûn appeared in these locations; Eris Morn believed they were a way the Witch Queen spied on the assailed planets and could only be destroyed by the [[Ruinous Effigy]] - a [[Trace Rifle]] consecrated in [[Darkness]] from the Tree's branch. | ||
Though Nokris was able to delay the Guardians' attempts to communicate with the | Though Nokris was able to delay the Guardians' attempts to communicate with the Witness for weeks, he was ultimately slain, ending Savathûn's interference and exposing her treachery. | ||
===The Hunt=== | ===The Hunt=== | ||