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The situation comes to a head as a mob ransacks the Eliksni Quarters and sabotaging their ether supply. Despite this event, Mithrax refuses to sever their alliance, understanding that the attack was motivated by fear, not malice. Ikora tasks Saint-14 to investigate the attack but finds no witnesses, further he finds it that its asking the people too much to have them live besides "monsters" they have fought for centuries. Mithrax counters this with a tale that the Eliskni tell their young, of a monster, a nightmare, that hunted them without mercy, no matter how many times they slayed him, a monster they called "The Saint". Yet now to live in peace within the Last City, they must live beside that same nightmare everyday. Shaken by this story, Saint-14 slowly comes to an understanding with Mithrax and after further working together in combating the Vex, Saint-14 accepts the Eliksni as different from the Fallen he fought in the past.

Despite Saint-14 and Mithrax cooperating, Lakshmi continues to make broadcasts against the House of Light, fully believing that the Eliksni will have a hand in a coming tragedy that would befall the Last City. A belief compounded by Lakshmi's usage of the device that her faction venerates and allows one to see the future. Having had enough of Lakshmi's attempts to spread fear, Ikora interrupts one of Lakshmi's speeches, denouncing her attempts to sow discord and reminding the people of the Last City that humanity is not that different from the Eliksni. Humanity once struggled against tyrants of their own in the Warlords, no different from the Fallen Kells, before coming together and creating the Last City and that they need not let the violence of the past ruin their chance of having a brighter dawn together. Following this, Lakshmi would attempt to twist Ikora's speech as a means of "silencing" her which only convinces her that the Vanguard's judgement is no longer dependable.

{{Quote|I have found the Vex at the source of the Endless Night. Quria, the Dreaming Mind. It's code has been... corrupted by Taken magic."<br>Savathûn.[sigh] We've been played.|Mithrax and Ikora.}}

Though the situation within the Last City becomes political and tense, the Guardians try to remain neutral yet supportive towards Mithrax and his people and continue to make progress in combating the Vex in the Outer Nexus. Eventually, after weeks of breaching into the Vex's domain and retrieving data, Mithrax is able to identify the Axis Mind that created the Endless Night: [[Quria, the Dreaming Mind]], thereby making its master, [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]], the true instigator the Endless Night. With their foe now identified, Mithrax works on pinpointing Quria's location, allowing the Guardians to corner the Taken Axis Mind. Lakshmi also learns of Savathûn's involvement in the Endless Night's creation and spreads this information to the people, further agitating them which only angers Ikora in turn. Despite this, Ikora has Osiris delve into all they know of the Witch Queen, hoping to discern the Hive God's intentions with the Endless Night in her lies.

With Quria revealed, the Guardians continue to gather data for Mithrax but find Taken Vex throughout the Outer Nexus, forcing the Guardians to battle Taken empowered Oppressive and Subjective Minds.