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{{Quote|Chains! For centuries we have been bound by them. Servants to the so-called "Great" Machine. We even built idols in its image. We have become pawns to our own devices. No. Longer. Today... we begin breaking free from our chains. This power is a gift. One of which I will share with all of you in time. One by one, we will rise again. This is our future! Our enemies stand no chance against this power. The Great Machine will finally know our pain!|Eramis, Kell of Darkness.}} | {{Quote|Chains! For centuries we have been bound by them. Servants to the so-called "Great" Machine. We even built idols in its image. We have become pawns to our own devices. No. Longer. Today... we begin breaking free from our chains. This power is a gift. One of which I will share with all of you in time. One by one, we will rise again. This is our future! Our enemies stand no chance against this power. The Great Machine will finally know our pain!|Eramis, Kell of Darkness.}} | ||
The '''War of Salvation''' was a conflict between the [[Vanguard]] and [[Human]]-aligned [[ | The '''War of Salvation''' was a conflict between the [[Vanguard]] and [[Human]]-aligned [[Eliksni]] houses against the Fallen empire [[House of Salvation]]. Each side began using the [[Darkness]] during the war to gain an advantage over their opposition. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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The Guardian and the Vanguard would learn of Variks' role in the Scorn Breakout, leaving them feeling betrayed and making him equally responsible for Cayde-6's death. Though they heard rumors of Variks' movements, their efforts to find him would prove fruitless. | The Guardian and the Vanguard would learn of Variks' role in the Scorn Breakout, leaving them feeling betrayed and making him equally responsible for Cayde-6's death. Though they heard rumors of Variks' movements, their efforts to find him would prove fruitless. | ||
During the chaos of the breakout, Variks gathered supplies and ultimately met with an old acquaintance, [[Eramis]] of the [[House of Devils]], who likewise sought the goal of restoring the Eliksni people to greatness. Despite the bitterness between them, Eramis agreed to ally with Variks, as he still kept the history and customs of the House of Judgement. Believing that Eramis was the leader the Eliksni needed to unite and survive, Variks threw in his lot with her and her group of allies. Though Eramis originally sought to restore the House of Devils, her failed heist of the Old Tower thanks to the efforts of [[Mithrax]] and the Guardians, she abandoned those plans to build a new House where all were welcomed to join and build a new home for themselves in the Sol System. Many of the crumbling Houses would flock to Eramis' call on the frozen world of Europa, where they managed to build a settlement called [[Riis-Reborn]] upon the ruins of the Golden Age colony of [[Eventide]]. This new house would call itself, the House of Salvation. | During the chaos of the breakout, Variks gathered supplies and ultimately met with an old acquaintance, [[Eramis, the Shipstealer]] of the [[House of Devils]], who likewise sought the goal of restoring the Eliksni people to greatness. Despite the bitterness between them, Eramis agreed to ally with Variks, as he still kept the history and customs of the House of Judgement. Believing that Eramis was the leader the Eliksni needed to unite and survive, Variks threw in his lot with her and her group of allies. Though Eramis originally sought to restore the House of Devils, her failed heist of the Old Tower thanks to the efforts of [[Mithrax]] and the Guardians, she abandoned those plans to build a new House where all were welcomed to join and build a new home for themselves in the Sol System. Many of the crumbling Houses would flock to Eramis' call on the frozen world of Europa, where they managed to build a settlement called [[Riis-Reborn]] upon the ruins of the Golden Age colony of [[Eventide]]. This new house would call itself, the House of Salvation. | ||
However, Variks would notice a dark change in Eramis following the arrival of the Black Fleet in the Sol System, which led to the disappearance of some of the words in the system. One Pyramid, however, would remain hovering over Europa, and it left many Darkness related structures throughout the surrounding area. Eramis would even manage to access one of these structures and be granted the power of [[Stasis]], an ice-like ability that she began to share with her lieutenants. Worse, and to Variks' dismay, Eramis gave in to her hatred towards the Traveler for abandoning her people during the Whirlwind, leaving them with nothing. With Stasis at her command, Eramis, calling herself the Kell of Darkness, turned the dream of creating a new home for the Eliksni into an opportunity to build an empire for herself and her followers, with the full intent on making the Great Machine feel the pain the Fallen have endured. | However, Variks would notice a dark change in Eramis following the arrival of the Black Fleet in the Sol System, which led to the disappearance of some of the words in the system. One Pyramid, however, would remain hovering over Europa, and it left many Darkness related structures throughout the surrounding area. Eramis would even manage to access one of these structures and be granted the power of [[Stasis]], an ice-like ability that she began to share with her lieutenants. Worse, and to Variks' dismay, Eramis gave in to her hatred towards the Traveler for abandoning her people during the Whirlwind, leaving them with nothing. With Stasis at her command, Eramis, calling herself the Kell of Darkness, turned the dream of creating a new home for the Eliksni into an opportunity to build an empire for herself and her followers, with the full intent on making the Great Machine feel the pain the Fallen have endured. | ||
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===The Deep Stone Crypt=== | ===The Deep Stone Crypt=== | ||
{{Quote|Eramis found it. The Deep Stone Crypt. The birthplace of the Exo... and a prison for something sinister. Her followers intended to make use of it. To unleash a chaos they do not understand. Their success means untamed power beyond their wildest dreams. They must be stopped.|Exo Stranger.}} | {{Quote|Eramis found it. The Deep Stone Crypt. The birthplace of the Exo... and a prison for something sinister. Her followers intended to make use of it. To unleash a chaos they do not understand. Their success means untamed power beyond their wildest dreams. They must be stopped.|Exo Stranger.}} | ||
As the Guardians works with Elisabeth Bray in gathering the Stasis research of Clovis Bray I himself, the Exo Stranger discovers that, before her defeat, Eramis and her council had discovered the [[Deep Stone Crypt]], the birthplace of the Exos, and a large force of Salvation Fallen is mobilizing from the Crypt. Calling in the Guardians to clear out the facility to prevent any of Clovis' knowledge and research from falling into the Fallen's hands, they form a raid team to enter the facility. Fighting past Fallen and the Crypt's security systems, the Guardian | As the Guardians works with Elisabeth Bray in gathering the Stasis research of Clovis Bray I himself, the Exo Stranger discovers that, before her defeat, Eramis and her council had discovered the [[Deep Stone Crypt]], the birthplace of the Exos, and a large force of Salvation Fallen is mobilizing from the Crypt. Calling in the Guardians to clear out the facility to prevent any of Clovis' knowledge and research from falling into the Fallen's hands, they form a raid team to enter the facility. Fighting past Fallen and the Crypt's security systems, the Guardian discovers that Clovis Bray perfected the creation of the Exos through the use of [[Clarity Control]], through his research on a statue of a veiled figure similar to the ones found in the Pyramids. | ||
As they Guardians delve deeper into the facility they encounter the last surviving member of Eramis' council, [[Atraks, the Wildcard]]. However, Atraks had | As they Guardians delve deeper into the facility they encounter the last surviving member of Eramis' council, [[Atraks, the Wildcard]]. However, using Clovis Bray conversion technology and the radiolaria that Eramis had drained prior to her defeat, Atraks had undergone through the Exo process and fully transformed herself into a Exomind (now identified as Atraks-1). Furthermore with their enemies at their foothold, Atraks is forced to bring back an old foe the House had recovered: the banner-less mercenary and Guardian killer [[Taniks, the Scarred]], as their trump card. Enraged at seeing the Guardian that bested him before, Taniks lashes out before escaping the lab, leaving the Guardians to fight Atraks | ||
in a battle that takes then aboard the [[Morning Star]] space station orbiting Europa. Despite her use of nanite clones, the Guardians are able to use the labs augmentations against her, leading to Atraks death. Despite her death, however, the crypt's AI issued a lockdown aboard the station as it activated its Nuclear Descent protocol, a contingency Clovis Bray had in place to prevent his work from falling into the "wrong hands". The protocol would cause the space station to deorbit and descent towards the Crypt, and the nuclear collision could very well destroy the moon and everything on it. | |||
====A Hard Rain Falls==== | ====A Hard Rain Falls==== | ||
[[File:Destiny-2BL Taniks.jpg|320px|thumb|right|Taniks, The Abomination rises.]] | [[File:Destiny-2BL Taniks.jpg|320px|thumb|right|Taniks, The Abomination rises.]] | ||
The Guardians traverses the space station as they | The Guardians traverses outside of the space station as they race to stop the nuclear protocol before they reach Europa as they continue battling the Fallen. Eventually, the Guardians found Taniks at the station's nuclear contingency chamber splicing control of it. As they work in stalling Taniks and the Fallen, they prevent the nuclear cores from charging, disabling the protocol and saving Europa. However, though the nuclear explosion was prevented, the station's descent towards the Crypt continued, forcing the Guardian team to reach a secure bunker with Taniks in hot pursuit. The Guardians barely manage to reach the bunker before Taniks, surviving the crash. | ||
Crawling out of the wreckage, the Guardians find that Taniks had also survived | Crawling out of the wreckage at the Crypt's entrance, the Guardians find that Taniks had also survived at the last second and rebuilt with a [[Heavy Shank]] out of the debris (now titled Taniks, the Abomination). Battling with the enhanced Fallen mercenary once more, along with Salvation Fallen that also managed to survive the crash, the Guardians find that Taniks, in his new mechanically monstrous form, is nearly invulnerable. However, disposing of nuclear cores from Taniks' new body, the Guardians are able to weaken Taniks, allowing the Guardians to damage him. Desperate and enraged, Taniks makes one last violent stand against the Guardians but they ultimately prevail, destroying Taniks once and for all. | ||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||