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[[Fallen]] - [[House of Dusk]]

* [[Tikkis, Diminished Scrapper]]

* [[Maksor, Starving Scavenger]]

* [[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed]]

:::::The Guardian's [[Jumpship]], the ''[[Wandering]]'' comes gently over the hill, slowing down as it drops [[The Guardian]] off on a hill outside Quarantine Zone 236. As the ''Wandering'' takes back off into the sky the camera tracks towards the hulking wreck of the [[Shard of the Traveler]] looming in the background, deep inside the [[European Dead Zone]].

'''[[Suraya Hawthorne]]''': You sure you want to do this? That Shard is the reason this place is called a “Dead Zone.”

'''[[Ghost]]''': We have to, Hawthorne. It’s a sign.

''''''{Cutscene ends}'''''

====<center>''Gameplay''</center>====

:Quarantine Sector 236

:Find a way to the Shard of the Traveler

::Enter the quarantine zone

:::::The Guardian transmats into Quarantine Sector 236 on a hill outside the walls of the Quarantine Zone and begins making their way towards the entrance.

'''Hawthorne''': You know, I’ve been all over the [[European Dead Zone|EDZ]]. Charming enough. I mean nothing says “come visit” like a dark, haunted forest.

'''Ghost''': But non-[[Guardian|Guardians]] aren’t supposed to leave the [[City]]!

'''Hawthorne''': Here’s the thing about City rules – they stop applying once you leave the City.

:::::The wall has collapsed, blocking access along the road, forcing the player to divert through the rubble to the side of the entrance. If the player delays this, Hawthorne will say:

:::::The player moves through the wall, ducking under the car and other rubble and exiting out the other side. Beyond the wall the road continues leading the player on into a tunnel where it ends once more in a pile of collapsed stone. A small hole in the wall to the side opens into a dark cave which the player starts walking through.

'''Hawthorne''': Let me know when you’ve [static].

'''Ghost''': Hawthorne? Hawthorne! Can you hear us? Signal’s dead.

:Find a way to the Shard of the Traveler

:::::The cave continues into a large cavern full of stalagmites and stalactites. [[Fallen]] scurry out of sight as the player approaches, preparing an ambush to introduce the concept of stealth and invisibility to the player.

'''Ghost''': Did you hear something?

:::::The player enters the cavern and is ambushed by the Fallen [[Marauder]]s

'''Ghost''': It’s – the [[Fallen]]!

'''Ghost''': Those Fallen weren’t wearing any house colors we’ve seen before.

:''Blackened Forest''

:Get to the Shard of the Traveler

::Fight your way through the forest.  

'''Ghost''': The shard of the Traveler. This is it. Right out of our vision.

:::::The player reaches the area in front of the Shard.

:::::The player is confronted by [[Tikkis, Diminished Scrapper]]

:::::The player kills Maksor.

:::::The player approaches the Shard. Ghost held out, ready to receive the Light. Ghost floats into the air, close to the Shard as the music builds.

'''Ghost''': This is why we were led here. I haven’t been this close to the [[Traveler|Traveler’s]] [[Light]] since…

'''Ghost''': Do you feel it?

:::::The Shard begins to glow as Ghost turns around to face The Guardian.

'''Ghost''': Hold onto your helmet.

:::::A beam of Light from the Shard charges Ghost up, and he immediately channels the energy onwards into the Guardian who stars to glow with power. Ghost, energised, starts racing excitedly around the player in triumphant circles.

'''Ghost''': Do you feel it? The light is back! We’re back!

'''Ghost''': Eyes up, Guardian.

'''''{Cutscene Ends}'''''

:Use the Light

::Use your newly regained powers to lay waste to the Fallen

'''Ghost''': Let’s light ’em up.

:::::The former Wolf Baron, [[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed]] appears, leading the Fallen counter attack against the player to reclaim the Shard.

:::::[[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed]] and the last of the Fallen are defeated.

'''''{Gameplay Ends}'''''

==Trivia==

*The Cabal [[Thresher]] that has crashed into the Blackened Forest only a short distance before the Shard was likely shot down by the [[Fallen]] who have now draped the banner of [[House of Dusk]] over the wreck. This is suggestive of the [[Red Legion]] attempting to seize the Shard in the EDZ, explaining their presence in the region, but being denied control of it by the Fallen, and subsequently the Guardians.

*in the area immediately in front of the Shard is a large and prominently displayed [[House of Judgement]] banner, hinting at the role of [[House of Judgement]] inside the united Fallen house, the [[House of Dusk]] which is also shown in this mission to include former [[House of Wolves]] members such [[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed]], and is implied elsewhere to also include former [[House of Devils]] and [[House of Winter]] members. The full meaning of the banner's display is not known, but when combined with it's purpose as a "threat" or warning, as described by [[Devrim Kay]] in Ghost Scan EDZ-TL-4, and the fact that the Fallen were in control of the Shard and were defending it against incursions by the Cabal and Guardians, suggests they had also received a vision from the Shard and were seeking to be reestablish a connection to the Light.

* The name of the area called The Blackened Forrest, when combined with the area's setting being in the [[European Dead Zone]] and having the majority of signage and place-names written in German is likely a reference to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Forest Black Forrest]] in the state of Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

*The widespread presence of floating stones throughout the Blackened Forest as a result of the Shard of the Traveler and either the power of the Light or of the Corruption inside it has curious parallel's in the floating stones seen in some [[Hive]] locations, particularly [[Titan (moon)|Titan]]. [[Ghost Scans]] TM-TA-2 and TM-SD-3 both describe the floating rocks as the byproduct of Hive magic and the weakening of boundaries between worlds. This raises numerous questions in its relation to the Shard of the Traveler.

==Gallery==

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