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Hero of Six Fronts |
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| “ | They called me the greatest Titan who ever lived. | ” |
Saint-14 is an Exo and one of the most famous Titans in the history of the Last City. Partnered with the Ghost Geppetto, he served as the first Titan Vanguard and was the right hand of the Speaker. After the exile of Osiris and Saint-14's crusades against the Fallen, Saint-14 disappeared on a mission to Mercury to prevent Osiris from disturbing the Vex. He was later stripped of his Light by the Vex and perished in the Infinite Forest shortly after documenting his final notes to Osiris, the Speaker, and to the Guardian. However, he was spared this fate with the time-traveling intervention of the Guardian that served as his inspiration and has since returned to the City to oversee the Trials of Osiris at his old friend's request, to prepare the City for the arrival of the Black Fleet.
Biography
Protecting the Last City
Dawn of the City
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Saint was revived by the Ghost Geppetto in the Cosmodrome of Old Russia, who was accompanied in this task by the Speaker, who told Saint that he would become an example for others to follow. The three then traveled to the Last City, where Saint became a Guardian under the guidance of the Speaker.[3] Saint befriended a Ghost who was searching for a partner still, and the Ghost hoped that his Guardian would be like the Titan.[4]
Saint-14 witnessed a Ketch and two Walkers arrive and destroy a village. However, he destroyed the machines and saved the villagers. After the battle, Saint encouraged Jasleen's family to follow Saint to the new city forming under the Traveler. Jasleen's parents ignored him and said they would never make it and couldn't afford to dream like him. Attempting to break the silence, Jasleen asked Saint if Dregs ate children, and Saint replied that he had seen it himself. She shared that she felt sorry for the Dregs, and Saint reminded her that the Fallen's suffering is nothing compared to hers, pointing out the ruins of her village. She asked if Saint was worried about dying, and he said he was merely worried about not being able to help. She said Saint was her favourite Guardian despite him telling her about Ikora Rey and Radegast, and tied her bow and wrapped it around the Titan's gauntlet, and asked for Saint's name, telling him she will remember it.[5]
A few decades later, Lin arrived in the Last City with her daughter and asked Saint to look for her mother, Mei, whom they had left behind. Saint arrived just in time and threw a Void shield at five Fallen who were charging at her. Saint told her that Lin had sent him, and a ship was going to take her to the City. She asked about the bow tied his armor, and noted that whoever tied it was smart, as it had made them immortal in memory. She then tied a strip of her sleeve to his armor, and told him not to waste the time he had. They sat in silence as they waited for the ship to arrive.[5]
After the formation of the City walls, Saint stood guard as two Awoken girls and a human boy slept while they were supposed to be standing in on guard duty for their parents. After they woke at sunrise, they pretended not to notice his presence but eventually tied scarps of cloth to his armor. Saint asked for their names, but they said they weren't allowed to give their names to strangers and left amicably.[5]
Saint-14 saw a ship crash twenty miles north of the City and rushed to take the pilot, Georges, out of the ship and protected them in a Ward of Dawn as the ship's power cells exploded. When the explosion had ended, Saint gave him a Daystar SMG2 and told him to go south until he reached the City. Georges gave Saint his plum-colored bandanna because he believed it was bad luck not to give a gift to him and told Saint his name when he asked.[5]
Battle of Zephyr Station
During his first off-world mission on Mercury, Saint-14 had taken it upon himself to evacuate refugees from Old Russia to escape the Fallen. Upon arrival on Mercury, he was horrified to discover that Mercury had been converted into a machine world by the Vex, but his refugees managed to settle down regardless, founding Zephyr Station. This settlement would be short-lived, as the Fallen House of Rain had tracked Saint and the refugees all the way from Earth, and they managed to wipe out the entire settlement, leaving Saint alone, pinned down in a Ward of Dawn. Left to lament his failure to protect the refugees and the hopelessness of his situation, Saint broadcasted an emergency signal warning of the Fallen presence in the ruined settlement.[6]
Saint would unexpectedly receive a response from a Ghost who informed him of a Guardian on the way to help him. This Guardian would repel the Fallen forces bearing on his position, saving Saint. The Guardian gifted Saint with the Perfect Paradox, and their Ghost shared a vision of the present-day Last City; this act would inspire Saint to become the hero he is remembered as in the present.[6][7]
The Battle of Six Fronts
- "All fireteams accounted for. No casualties."
"Thanks to you and my friend Elriq. You should have seen her. She saved eight little Lights. Charged dozens of Fallen with me. Lightning, bullets—it was quite impressive." - — Osiris and Saint in the aftermath of Six Fronts
During the Battle of Six Fronts, Saint-14 was assigned to the western front of the battlefield. When a detachment of nine Guardians from the Firebreak Order overstretched their lines and became trapped by the Fallen, Saint was sent to rescue them. He found eight of them downed, but spotted their Ghosts hiding on a nearby ridge out of sight of the Fallen. He joined Elriq, the one Titan who remained standing, in a crater for cover, and informed her that they needed to clear a path for the Ghosts. Above them he saw one of Osiris' reflections cut through the air and burn down several Fallen with Solar energy, scattering their ranks. Saint asked Elriq if she was ready, but the Titan was scared as the Fallen reorganized and reformed their lines. He told her that they needed her but she was scared to die. Reassuring her that they would not perish, the eight Ghosts then joined them, and Saint convinced Elriq that this would be a new chance at the battle and they charged their foes to provide cover to resurrect their fallen comrades.[8]
Their mission succeeded, and Saint continued to fight alongside Elriq for the rest of the battle. They never fell to their foes once and, when the Fallen's signal jamming was brought down, he reported it to the rest of the front commanders that the western flank had held. Osiris, Lord Shaxx, and Lord Saladin Forge reported the same from their fronts, and they all laughed at Shaxx's mocking of the Fallen. Osiris reported no further casualties, which Saint credited to his work and Elriq for aiding him in resurrecting the other members of the Firebreak Order. He praised her contributions, but she told him that it had been an honor to fight by his side. Saladin was impressed and questioned how many times he died in his charge, but Shaxx refused to believe Saint's claim that he never fell during the battle. Saint wondered if this was because Shaxx himself had died, and noted that he heard a rumor that one of Shaxx's horns had been broken by the Fallen during the battle. As Shaxx protested, Elriq vouched for Saint's claim, and Shaxx admitted that he wished they had more Titans like him. Saint once more credited Elriq for her covering fire and then turned his attention to Osiris, who had died many times in the battle and despaired over how many close calls the Last City's defenders faced. He reminded his friend that it was due to him they held at all, but Osiris focused only on the casualties of the battle.[9] Saint later claimed that he was inspired to fight and keep the City safe thanks to the vision his savior Guardian had given him, whom he knew would one day arrive and make the City safe for humanity.[10]
Birth of the Crusade
After the destruction of the Iron Lords, Saint-14 was one of several Guardians who attempted to keep order in the Last City as chaos threatened to reign. Under the guidance of the Speaker, he helped to establish the Consensus and Vanguard, serving as the first Titan Vanguard. Alongside him was Tallulah Fairwind as the first Hunter Vanguard, while he recommended that his friend Osiris serve as the first Warlock Vanguard and based on his leadership and actions during the Battle of Six Fronts.[11] Saint-14's suggestion was met with resistance from several factions in the City, including the Concordat, which claimed Osiris was a Golden Age experiment that had been mistakenly brought back by his Ghost, Sagira. The Titan defended his friend from these accusations and reassured the Speaker that Osiris was simply a man who had little time for games of obfuscation.[12]
However, after only a day of being Vanguard Commander, he told Osiris that he could not maintain the position, as the Speaker had plans for him. Osiris suspiciously asked what the Speaker had asked him to do this time, and he told him that the Speaker wanted him to take the fight to the Fallen, wherever they find them. Osiris complained that the Speaker was leading him astray, and reminded him the Fallen weren't so different from them. He also warned him that the Fallen weren't a threat, and the real danger came from the Darkness and the Vex. He asked who he would promote as the new Vanguard Commander. Saint shared that he wanted Osiris to take his role in his absence, as they lacked the resources to defend themselves from another assault. Osiris was skeptical that he would be allowed access to the Last City's databases, but agreed to take the position.[13]
Saint-14 and five other Guardians under his command continued on the Titan's crusade against the Fallen, encountering Sekris, Baron of Shanks in a remote Fallen settlement. Sekris would mention Saint-14's various campaigns such as Battle of Six Fronts, Boyle Pass and Weapons of Rain against the Fallen. Later he questioned Saint if the Traveler spoke to him, to which he was met with silence deciding to leave and sparing the life of Sekris.[14]
Following the murder of Nian Ruo and several other Guardians at the hands of Taniks, the Scarred, Saint-14 was dispatched by the Speaker and Osiris to eliminate the deadly Fallen mercenary. Saint-14 failed to track down Taniks, but the Hunter Cayde-6, a comrade of Nian's, located him instead and was believed to have killed Taniks, although it was later revealed that the resilient Fallen had survived the encounter.[15]
Osiris Exiled
- "Do not lead us to a place we cannot go."
- — Saint-14 battling Osiris
Saint-14 and the Speaker became increasingly concerned as Osiris's research on the nature of the Traveler and Darkness began rapidly spreading, leading to the formation of a Cult. Saint met with Osiris to remind him that as Vanguard Commander, he needed to be protecting the City.[16] Saint then challenged him to a fight, and after he apparently won, Osiris left and reminded Saint that his path was his own, but he was still fighting for the City.[2] As Osiris continued to ignore his duties as Vanguard Commander, Saint reassured the Speaker that Osiris wouldn't abandon them.[17] After watching a crowd fighting to buy Osiris's prophecies, the Speaker angrily declared that all of Osiris's prophecies were to be collected and burned, and Saint warned him against such drastic measures.[18] Saint-14 was later present at the Consensus meeting that decided upon Osiris's exile.[19]
The Final Crusade
In the aftermath of the Battle of the Twilight Gap, Saint-14 hunted down Solkis, Kell of the House of Devils, who was one of the instigators of the Fallen's attempted assault on the Last City. The two fought a fierce battle, with Saint-14 expending most of his Light during their fight. He managed to defeat the Kell by gathering his remaining Light into a headbutt, using the horn of his helm to pierce Solkis' head. He had his Ghost confirm that the Kell was dead, wary of the powerful Kell's strength. Relieved that he had ended the threat of the House of Devils for the moment, he contacted the Speaker and informed him of his victory. The Speaker praised his adopted son and declared him the greatest Guardian of the City and that all would know of his deeds. Saint-14 informed him that he would need time to recover before returning, and after noticing concern in the Speaker's tone inquired what was wrong. The Speaker informed the Exo that Osiris was on Mercury in the Caloris Basin, alarming Saint-14, who believed that such actions would provoke the Vex and threaten their newly hard-won peace. Vowing to stop his former comrade, Saint-14 ordered his Ghost to prepare his Vex arsenal and prepare for travel to Mercury.[20]
The Infinite Forest
Searching for Osiris
- "I mourn that I will never reach the heights you have. To me, you represent everything a Guardian can become. Yours is a thriving City. So different from mine. My whole fourteenth life I fought to make my City yours. I never finished."
- — Saint--14, in a message to the Young Wolf after being drained of his Light
Saint-14 arrived on Mercury and discovered that Osiris had entered the Infinite Forest, a Vex machine designed to predict and simulate reality. Locating the portal into the Forest, Saint-14 reflected on all his accomplishments and recalled all of the people he had saved over his career, recalling their names and the accolades they had given him. Before stepping into the portal, he wished that he had talked to those people more.[5] Fearing that his end would come soon, Saint-14 prepared final messages for The Speaker, Osiris, and The Guardian. In his letter to Osiris, he chided his friend for failing to see why Saint-14 had once recommended him to be the Vanguard Commander and how he had hoped Osiris would put the people of the Last City before his desire to explore and learn but vowed to fight in his stead one last time. He also predicted that Osiris would hear news of his death and blame himself, although he surmised that guilt would be fleeting. To the Speaker, Saint-14 told his mentor that, having seen what the Last City could become, he was certain the Speaker would be the one to lead them to it. Lastly, he told his "inspiration" that he would be sending their last gift, the Perfect Paradox, back to them and that it would be good to see them again soon.[21]
Saint-14 entered the Infinite Forest but never found Osiris, instead encountering the Vex and fighting them for several centuries due to the time manipulation of the Forest, destroying thousands of them while chasing after Reflections of Osiris. Eventually, the Vex created a Mind specifically designed to drain his Light. Faced against Agioktis and its armies of Descendants, Saint attempted to send Geppetto away only for the Vex to later trace and kill the Ghost. Though Saint-14 felled the Mind, it succeeded in its mission: mortally wounding the legendary Titan and draining him of his Light. As he was left helpless and surrounded by his enemies, Saint-14 encoded one last message into the Perfect Paradox, explaining what had transpired and his regrets over not being able to make the Last City into the thriving city he knew it would become.[7] In his last act of defiance, he yelled at Vex to finish the job, to which they ended the life of the legendary Titan.[citation needed]
Enshrined
- "Rest in peace, my friend."
"Osiris… I'm so sorry." - — Osiris and Sagira after discovering the fate of Saint-14
Out of an approximation of respect, the Vex laid Saint-14's body to rest in a tomb in a Simulant Future, surrounded by the melted shells of all the Vex he killed as a memorial to the grief he gave them. Traces of his Light previously siphoned by Agioktis were eventually discovered by Osiris and The Young Wolf, who began searching the Infinite Forest for Saint-14's whereabouts. They eventually discovered the Titan's tomb and mourned the loss of one of the Last City's greatest heroes. Electing to leave Saint-14 within the tomb the Vex constructed, The Young Wolf recovered the Perfect Paradox from Saint-14's corpse along with the letter written to them by the Titan. They returned with the broken weapon to The Lighthouse to repair and reforge it. Osiris was devastated about the demise of his old friend, and true to Saint-14's prediction, blamed himself for the Exo's death.[4] Osiris later visited Saint-14's tomb with his Ghost Sagira, noting that there was no fatal blow or damage on the Titan's armor and wondering if the Vex had repaired it. They discussed the ribbons that Saint-14 had called his "accolades", and Osiris sadly stated that he had never asked his friend what they were for.[5]
Twist of Fate
- "My name is Saint-14. They call me the greatest Titan who ever lived. But I would be dead if not for you. Since the day I met you, I swore I would make it my duty to follow your example. I'm still trying."
- — Saint-14, after emerging from the Infinite Forest.
Sometime following the death of the Infinite Mind and the discovery of Saint-14's remains, Osiris began pooling resources from the Infinite Forest. With the Drifter's consultation on its engineering, Osiris created a prototype of a time-traveling device, The Sundial, with the intent of saving the fallen Titan from his final fate. Using a dozen of his Echoes, Osiris scoured throughout the history of Mercury for the moment when Saint fell to the Martyr Mind but was unsuccessful in his attempts at locating the right time span before giving up and shutting down the Sundial in disappointment. [1]
When three Psion Flayer sisters from the Red Legion hijacked the Sundial and began fragmenting Mercury into multiple alternate timelines, The Guardian took up the seemingly impossible task of rescuing Saint-14 from his fate much to Osiris' bitter skepticism. Using a unique frequency keyed to the Perfect Paradox that they recovered from Saint's personal effects (after it had in fact been created by the Guardian at the Infinite Forge on Mercury), the Guardian and their Ghost traversed time to an early moment in Mercury's past, during Saint's first off-world mission. Upon aiding the Exo in a fight against Fallen from the House of Rain, the Guardian gifted Saint with the Perfect Paradox, and their Ghost shared a vision of the present-day Last City; this act would inspire Saint to become the hero he is remembered as in the present.[6]
Days later, Osiris discovered a distress signal from Saint's Ghost in the Vex network and dispatched the Guardian to Nessus to open a gateway into the network and find it. The Guardian located the dead Ghost held by a broken Goblin atop a pile of dead Vex and heard Saint's last moments before he was killed. With the Ghost as a guide, the Guardian again used the Sundial, this time managing to arrive at the proper moment in time. They come across Saint amidst the wreckage of several Vex, his Light already drained by the Mind created to stop him: Agioktis, Martyr Mind. Before the Guardian arrived, he had been about to send his Ghost away, but with the Guardian there, he believed, the Vex were doomed. Agioktis trapped Saint as it battled the Guardian, backed up by Descendant Vex and shielded by several Minotaurs. After a pitched battle, the Martyr Mind trapped the Guardian, and thus released Saint from his own trap; with his Light restored, Saint used his Sentinel Shield to smash Agioktis with the very Light it had been intending to drain. Saint then told the Guardian to return to their own time and open a gate from the Infinite Forest for him; even though that meant he would remain in the Forest for years until that happened, the Vex had expended all of their effort in creating the Martyr Mind, and now had nothing to stop him. Returning to their present, the Guardian opened the pathway to the Forest. A moment later, Saint emerged, smashing through Descendant Vex, ending with a Minotaur that he headbutted to death in the same fashion as he had killed Solkis at Twilight Gap.[22]
Saint-14 had returned... to a world very different from the one he had left.
Return Home
Reunions
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- "Look at this place! I cannot believe what the City has become. To be home again. To hear of the Red War and see the scars. So much has changed. I was not here when the City needed me most. But regret does not serve us. We must look to the future. We must find hope again."
- — Saint-14, upon returning to the Tower
Sometime after his reemergence, Saint-14 returns to the Last City to see how much has changed since last he left while also hearing of the Red War. At first, Saint-14 is overwhelmed by the changes, particularly the deaths of the Speaker and Cayde, but is happy to be home, and is inspired by how the people have carried on. Setting up his ship and supplies in the hangar bay of the Tower, Saint-14 wonders how best the City would use him and thinks of a solution, based on notes provided for him by Osiris. He resolves to create a beacon that would light the way home for those who are lost and connect to the obelisk network created by Osiris to link to the Sundial. He also commissions a monument to the colonists of the Golden Age who had been lost on Titan and Nessus.
Lost weapons
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Much later, Saint-14 guides the Guardians to the Twilight Gap to gather components needed to construct a new weapon, Devil's Ruin. As the Guardians searched the Gap for the components, Saint-14 recounted grim stories of the battle but they were contacted by Osiris who asked for an explanation. Saint-14 intervenes and soon gets into a brief banter with his old friend.[23]
Further on, Lord Shaxx enters the comms, demanding an explanation on why the Guardian is traversing the Twilight Gap, as no Crucible matches were scheduled for the area. Saint-14 regains contact with another of his old friends. Lord Shaxx is surprised to hear that Saint is alive and the two quickly enter a friendly banter. As the Guardians collect the last of the components, Saint-14 asks Shaxx about the whereabouts of mutual friends and of weapons that Shaxx had developed, apparently weapons that Saint can't earn. Though Shaxx is confused by these questions, Saint doesn't reveal why. Though Saint expresses his amazement at what Shaxx has done for the City, Shaxx retorts that what he has done pales in comparison to what the Guardian has accomplished. Saint recounts how he foretold the Guardian's arrival to which the Crucible Handler scoffs that the Guardian is not a divine savior. At this, Saint asks Shaxx if he wants to bet, to the old Warlord's amusement but is recalled that he owes him a good deal of Glimmer. Though Shaxx admits that he doesn't make as much being Crucible Handler, Saint-14 thinks of a way to pay him back: carrying children and singing to them. At first, Shaxx quickly refuses but being unable to pay him the Glimmer, he makes a lackluster attempt at singing a song made by Eris, to which Saint finds the attempt awful.[24]
Regardless of the old heroes' bantering, the Guardians were successful in gathering all the components and assembling the weapon.
The Trials
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Saint-14 would lead the Empyrean Restoration by having Guardians donate billions of Fractalline, and use it and The Lantern of Osiris to restore The Lighthouse and reopen the Trials of Osiris for the first time since the Red War, which he now directs.
However, he would soon run into problems with a match he was overseeing with Sola Scath, Katake, Crimiq-5, Trestin, Sadhij Khuruf and Yara Croy. However, he put a stop to it after Sola had killed both Trestrin and Yara, transmitting in and lambasting Sola over her behavior, even saying she was not a Guardian.[25][26]
Arrival of the Black Fleet
- "The Traveler has spoken to us. It roared against the Darkness, and the Pyramids halted."
- — Saint-14
Following the disappearance of Mercury,