Shin Malphur: Difference between revisions

|othernames=The Man with the Golden Gun<br>Zyre Orsa<br>Dredgen Vale

|notable= One of the Founders of the [[Shadows of Yor]]

Owner of [[The Last Word]]

'''Shin Malphur''', referred to by [[Guardians]] as '''The Man with the Golden Gun''', was a renegade [[Hunter]] [[Gunslinger]] and the protégé of [[Jaren Ward]]. He carried on his legacy, taking up his mentor's weapon, [[The Last Word]], as his own and used to avenge Jaren's death at the hands of the infamous murderer [[Dredgen Yor]]. Decades later, Shin dedicated himself to ending all vestiges of Dredgen Yor's influence by hunting the [[Shadows of Yor]]. Malphur would later come into contact with The Guardian, giving them access to The Last Word to aid in their quest to destroy the Hive who created the Weapons of Sorrow. Malphur later revealed to the Guardian that the Guardian known as Dredgen Vale was actually an alter ego created by him as a means of treading the path between light and dark with Malphur representing the light and Dredgen Vale representing the Dark. Malphur also used his Dredgen persona to draw out Guardians who were easily tempted and corruptible so that he could confront and if necessary, eliminate them.  

After years of hunting, they had all become capable warriors, although only Shin was close to Jaren, who became his mentor as a fighter. Eventually, they closed in on Yor, but he gunned down [[Brevin]], [[Trenn]], and [[Mel]] before escaping. Their deaths badly hurt Shin and the rest of the group's morale and confidence in stopping Yor but Jaren held them together and they continued their pursuit, although the trail began growing colder. Two months later they camped in a ravine after spotting two Fallen [[Fallen Skiff|Skiffs]] flying nearby, which scared [[Kressler]] and [[Nada]]. Jaren left the group to scout ahead, and during the night they heard a shootout echoing through the forest with the distinctive sounds of Jaren's Last Word and Yor's [[Thorn]], which was the last sound they heard. Shin realized that Jaren had known Yor was close and had gone to face him alone out of fear of getting the others killed. The rest of the group feared Jaren was dead and that they would share the same fate if they remained and despite Shin's protests, they departed by midday. Shin remained and decided that he would either help Jaren if he was wounded or die by Yor's hand. However, Jaren's Ghost soon arrived carrying the Last Word, and Shin knew his mentor was dead. The Ghost scanned him just as it had done the day they met, but for the first time it spoke to him and revealed that Shin carried the [[Traveler]]'s [[Light]] and that he could be a Guardian as well.<ref name="TLW3"/> Shin spent years training to become powerful enough to defeat Yor.

When Shin became aware of Guardians that had a morbid curiosity in Dredgen Yor's exploits, Shin saw that Dredgen Yor's toxic legacy was at risk of continuing. Therefore Malphur undertook his most ambitious task yet: he followed in Yor's footsteps and became someone else. Shin Malphur adopted the persona of "Zyre Orsa" and approached another Guardian, Teben Gray, whom he had noticed was interested in Yor's past. Together the two founded the Shadows of Yor, with Malphur using this as his way of determining which Guardians were in danger of following in the footsteps of Dredgen Yor. When the [[Shadows of Yor]] began emerging in the [[Crucible]], Shin approached [[Ikora Rey]] to express his frustration regarding the [[Vanguard]]'s lack of response to the cult's worship of Yor and their use of Thorn replicas. While Ikora shared Shin's concerns, she noted that he might be too close to the situation to see it objectively. Shin argued that he had seen videos of matches from [[Widow's Court]] and warned that the Shadows were playing with death.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible_Arenas#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Cauldron|Ghost Fragment: The Cauldron]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible_Arenas#Ghost_Fragment:_Blind_Watch|Ghost Fragment: Blind Watch]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible_Arenas#Ghost_Fragment:_Cathedral_of_Dusk|Ghost Fragment: Cathedral of Dusk]]''</ref>

*Shin has the distinction of being the only known Guardian who was not previously dead; he appears to have been born blessed by the Traveler's Light, as both Jaren and his Ghost could tell upon their first meeting that he was special.

**Another possible theory is that Shin is the child resurrected in [[Lore:Ghost Stories|Confession of Hope]], which would explain why Shin was blessed by the Light; due to the Ghost dying, Shin was not aware of this fact for most of his life until Jaren's Ghost found him.

*Shin is also the only known Guardian to use another Guardian's Ghost, although it is unknown whether or not he can be revived and healed by Jaren's Ghost, rather than it simply being a companion to him.

*It's possible Shin was among the first Guardians to use [[Golden Gun]], indicating he is a [[Gunslinger]], though he claims to have not invented the technique himself.

**The fact that the Golden Gun is modelled after the Last Word lends credence to this.

*Shin has been called a "renegade Hunter," "the lone gunman,” and “the man with the Golden Gun.”

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