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After months of preparation and saving the last of the Techeuns, Mara Sov had what she needed to excise the Witch-Queen's [[Savathûn's worm|worm]] but in doing so, Xivu Arath's forces will likely seek to stop the ritual. Gathering her Corsairs, Saint-14, and the | After months of preparation and saving the last of the Techeuns, Mara Sov had what she needed to excise the Witch-Queen's [[Savathûn's worm|worm]] but in doing so, Xivu Arath's forces will likely seek to stop the ritual. Gathering her Corsairs, Saint-14, and the Guardians, Mara Sov proceeded with her ritual as she is defended. Ultimately growing desperate, Xivu Arath sends her champion, [[Kelgorath]], to stop the ritual but fails, the Witch Queen's worm now excised from her form. | ||
Believing Savathûn to be vulnerable now and seeking justice for the Witch Queen's role in pushing Uldren into the destructive path he walked, Mara Sov released her from her crystal shell and prepared to deliver the killing blow. Unfortunately for the Awoken Queen, Savathûn had already long anticipated this and made a contingency. Just prior to her imprisonment, the Witch Queen wove her magics into the prison, allowing her to spirit away the moment her prison shatters. However, keeping her end of the "bargain", Savathûn returned Osiris alive.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/15)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Missions|Mission]]: [[Exorcism]]''</ref> | Believing Savathûn to be vulnerable now and seeking justice for the Witch Queen's role in pushing Uldren into the destructive path he walked, Mara Sov released her from her crystal shell and prepared to deliver the killing blow. Unfortunately for the Awoken Queen, Savathûn had already long anticipated this and made a contingency. Just prior to her imprisonment, the Witch Queen wove her magics into the prison, allowing her to spirit away the moment her prison shatters. However, keeping her end of the "bargain", Savathûn returned Osiris alive.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/15)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Missions|Mission]]: [[Exorcism]]''</ref> | ||
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[[The Guardian]] was undeterred and returned to the Throne World again, discovering [[Deepsight]] abilities and battling Savathûn's [[Lightbearer Wizard]]s. They also established a [[Transmat]] zone in [[Savathûn's Throne World]] which started [[Vanguard]] offenses against Savathûn. After investigating an old temple that was dedicated to Xivu Arath, the [[Temple of the Wrathful]], taken by the [[Scorn]], [[The Guardian]] finds [[Sagira's Shell]] with a "psychic fingerprint" from Savathûn. They can hear Savathûn saying, "Before me stands a being with a thousand names. It whispers one: The Witness. Remember it. Remember that name." <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR9YZdCh1Nw</ref> In addition, the renegade Hive Ghost, [[Fynch]], informs them of another temple, one dedicated to Oryx bearing a clue for the Guardian. Locating the [[Temple of the Navigator]] and defeating its keeper, [[Alak-Hul]], revived as the Lightblade, the Guardian finds a piece of the Tablets of Ruin. | [[The Guardian]] was undeterred and returned to the Throne World again, discovering [[Deepsight]] abilities and battling Savathûn's [[Lightbearer Wizard]]s. They also established a [[Transmat]] zone in [[Savathûn's Throne World]] which started [[Vanguard]] offenses against Savathûn. After investigating an old temple that was dedicated to Xivu Arath, the [[Temple of the Wrathful]], taken by the [[Scorn]], [[The Guardian]] finds [[Sagira's Shell]] with a "psychic fingerprint" from Savathûn. They can hear Savathûn saying, "Before me stands a being with a thousand names. It whispers one: The Witness. Remember it. Remember that name." <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR9YZdCh1Nw</ref> In addition, the renegade Hive Ghost, [[Fynch]], informs them of another temple, one dedicated to Oryx bearing a clue for the Guardian. Locating the [[Temple of the Navigator]] and defeating its keeper, [[Alak-Hul]], revived as the Lightblade, the Guardian finds a piece of the Tablets of Ruin. | ||
Taking Sagira's shell and the tablet piece to the [[Altar of Reflection]], an area discovered by the Hidden, the | Taking Sagira's shell and the tablet piece to the [[Altar of Reflection]], an area discovered by the Hidden, the Guardian learns that not only did she reject becoming the new master of the Taken but during her time posing as Osiris, she learned secrets of the Light and wanting to protect the Traveler from the Witness, the Witch Queen plans on taking the Traveler to her Throne World to seal it away. Shocked by this, the Guardian continues their investigation and taking a tip from [[Fynch]], they locate a temple dedicated to Savathûn's former identity, Sathona. Braving the temple's Scorn forces and its illusions, the Guardian finds a calcified worm familiar, the same one that whispered to Sathona so long ago. Though the Guardian attempted to take the familiar to the altar to see what memory it would show, they were rebuffed, forcing them to find a new lead. They would find one, after being informed by [[Eris Morn]], about a crystal that was part of her prison during her time in the Reef. Finding it within the [[Apothecary]], slaying [[Savathûn's Right Hand]] in the process, they take the crystal to the Altar and learn to their shock, of Savathûn's death and subsequent resurrection as a Lightbearer. At the memory's end, Savathûn herself enters and expresses gladness at remembering the moment of her death and where she "started", claiming that the Light offers a fresh start but ponders if we don't know where we came from, how will we know where to go. In this, Savathûn proves that she never stole the Light as the Guardian believed but had been ''blessed'' with it. Before she attacks, Savathûn "thanks" the Guardian for the memories but they managed to escape and inform the Vanguard of the horrific truth they had discovered. | ||
The Vanguard would be left speechless and incredulous that the Traveler would raise one of humanity's most devious foes as a Lightbearer. Zavala himself was unable to fathom it, even as Eris Morn explained the Traveler's history of uplifting many civilizations and then abandoning them in the past. Ikora, however, stated that regardless of the Traveler's reasons, it didn't matter. What mattered was that they protect humanity and if the Witch Queen succeeds in her plan of taking the Traveler then they won't survive the return of the Witness. Believing that the Worm Familiar they had found in the [[Temple of the Cunning]] to be the key to defeating the Witch Queen, Ikora takes it to the [[Enclave]] on Mars, believing that the Relic would be able to reveal it's past. As hoped, Ikora looks into the Worm's past but discovers a shocking revelation: the whispers Sathona had heard about involving the end of Fundament and encouraging her to lead her siblings into the Deep had never been it's own but the Witness's. The Witness was aware that the Traveler would soon encounter the Krill and uplift them but wishing to claim them first, they had tricked Sathona into leading her sisters into meeting with the Worm Gods, leading to the birth of the Hive. | The Vanguard would be left speechless and incredulous that the Traveler would raise one of humanity's most devious foes as a Lightbearer. Zavala himself was unable to fathom it, even as Eris Morn explained the Traveler's history of uplifting many civilizations and then abandoning them in the past. Ikora, however, stated that regardless of the Traveler's reasons, it didn't matter. What mattered was that they protect humanity and if the Witch Queen succeeds in her plan of taking the Traveler then they won't survive the return of the Witness. Believing that the Worm Familiar they had found in the [[Temple of the Cunning]] to be the key to defeating the Witch Queen, Ikora takes it to the [[Enclave]] on Mars, believing that the Relic would be able to reveal it's past. As hoped, Ikora looks into the Worm's past but discovers a shocking revelation: the whispers Sathona had heard about involving the end of Fundament and encouraging her to lead her siblings into the Deep had never been it's own but the Witness's. The Witness was aware that the Traveler would soon encounter the Krill and uplift them but wishing to claim them first, they had tricked Sathona into leading her sisters into meeting with the Worm Gods, leading to the birth of the Hive. | ||
[[File:Defeat-of-Witch-Queen-Savathun.jpg|thumb|right|295px|Savathûn defeated as the hands of the | [[File:Defeat-of-Witch-Queen-Savathun.jpg|thumb|right|295px|Savathûn defeated as the hands of the Guardian.]] | ||
Ikora tasks the Young Wolf to take this memory to Savathûn, believing the truth would destabilize her and unravel her spell. Traveling to Savathûn's Throne World once more, they find, to their shock, that the Traveler was already in the Witch Queen's realm but with Ikora's support, they managed to breach past the Lucent Brood's defenses and ascend to the [[Court of Thorns]]. Unsurprised with the Guardian's return, the Witch Queen would continue to taunt them, even as they defeat some of her Lightbearing Hive and confront her at the [[Sanctum of the Brood Queen]]. Initially defeating her, the | Ikora tasks the Young Wolf to take this memory to Savathûn, believing the truth would destabilize her and unravel her spell. Traveling to Savathûn's Throne World once more, they find, to their shock, that the Traveler was already in the Witch Queen's realm but with Ikora's support, they managed to breach past the Lucent Brood's defenses and ascend to the [[Court of Thorns]]. Unsurprised with the Guardian's return, the Witch Queen would continue to taunt them, even as they defeat some of her Lightbearing Hive and confront her at the [[Sanctum of the Brood Queen]]. Initially defeating her, the Guardian gets caught in a threadbound spell, allowing Savathûn the time needed to revive and flee to the center point of her spell. As the Guardian pursued, Savathûn asked their Ghost how he feels being the villain in the eyes of the Traveler, to which he responded in abject anger pointing out all the horrendous things the Hive had done to Ghosts and Humanity, leaving Savathûn silent. Confronting the Witch Queen once more, her power with the Light proved too great, forcing the Guardian to enter a portal to find a memory altar. Though they know the memory won't likely stop her, they felt they had to try. At the memory altar, the Guardian sees Savathûn's spell wrapping a web around the Traveler. After slaying some of the spell's [[Threadweavers]], the Guardian shows Savathûn the memory of The Witness's lie. At first surprised, then confused, at the memory, denying that the Traveler actually wished to find the Krill, Savathûn enters into complete and utter rage, loosing all composure and forethought, as the Guardian undoes her spell and reveals the rest of the memory, further enraging the Witch Queen. | ||
Despite her power and efforts, Savathûn was defeated. In her final moments, the Witch Queen admits that she miscalculated but that the Guardian had done the same, being so protective of the Traveler, they wouldn't allow her to protect it. Nonetheless, Savathûn states that The Witness is coming, that the game is theirs to play now, whether to win or to lose before ultimately collapsing. As her Ghost, Immaru, observes his dead Lightbearer, held at gunpoint by the | Despite her power and efforts, Savathûn was defeated. In her final moments, the Witch Queen admits that she miscalculated but that the Guardian had done the same, being so protective of the Traveler, they wouldn't allow her to protect it. Nonetheless, Savathûn states that The Witness is coming, that the game is theirs to play now, whether to win or to lose before ultimately collapsing. As her Ghost, Immaru, observes his dead Lightbearer, held at gunpoint by the Guardian, he escapes as the Traveler returns back to the Last City in a massive flash of Light. Though Immaru had escaped, and now leads the Lucent Brood in Savathûn's stead, Ikora nonetheless took her defeat as a win, with the Guardian proclaiming that they must now prepare themselves for the Witness's return and prevent another Collapse. | ||
==Legacy== | ==Legacy== | ||