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{{Level infobox
|prev= [[Iconoclasm]] (Mission)<br>[[Salvation's Edge]] (Story)
|prev= [[Iconoclasm]] (Mission)<br>[[Salvation's Edge]] (Story)
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|campaign= ''[[The Final Shape]]''
|campaign= ''[[The Final Shape]]''
|name= Excision
|name= Excision
|image=[[File:ExcisionOfficialTwitterArt.jpg|350px|center]]
|image=[[File:ExcisionOfficialTwitterArt.jpg|350px|300px|center]]
|player= 1-12
|player= 1-12
|races=[[Vex]]<br>[[Cabal]]<br>[[Fallen]] {{C|Grandmaster}}<br>[[Taken]]
|factions=[[Sol Divisive]]<br>[[Shadow Legion]]<br>[[House of Salvation]] {{C|Grandmaster}}<br>[[The Dread]]
|place= [[The Pale Heart]], [[The Traveler]]
|place= [[The Pale Heart]], [[The Traveler]]
|objective= Join your fellow [[Guardian]]s to unmake [[The Witness|the Witness]] once and for all.
|objective= Join your fellow [[Guardian]]s to unmake [[The Witness|the Witness]] once and for all.
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**Territory claimed
**Territory claimed
***X of 4
***X of 4
**''Fight through the Witness's forces and claim territory to banish its influence.''
*Reach the Witness
**''Move forward through whatever resistance there may be. You must reach the Witness.''
*Slay the Witness's Cornerstones; Let the Light Pour Forth
*Slay the Witness's Cornerstones; Let the Light Pour Forth
**Cornerstones slain
**Cornerstones slain
***X of 2
***X of 2
**''Destroy the Witness'es Cornerstones to free the Traveler's Light. Channel it to enter the Darkness.''
*Gather Light to Become One with Darkness Once More
*Gather Light to Become One with Darkness Once More
**Light gathered
**Light gathered
***X of 16
***X of 16
**''Collect Light from the rifts in the Traveler to empower your fireteam and become one with the Darkness.''
*Commune with Darkness
*Commune with Darkness
**''Commune with the Effigy of the Witness to become one with Darkness.''
*Unravel the Witness's from Within
*Unravel the Witness's from Within
**Voices severed
**Voices severed
***X%
***X%
**''Destroy the Veiled Statues to sever their voices from the Witness's collective.''
*Destroy the Glyphs
*Destroy the Glyphs
**Glyphs destroyed
**Glyphs destroyed
***X of 6
***X of 6
**''Shoot the Glyphs protecting the Witness and expose its weaknesses.''
*Strike Against the Witness
*Strike Against the Witness
**''Now is the moment. Strike the Witness with all of your might!''
*Unmake the Witness
*Unmake the Witness
**''Ghost knows what to do. Finish it.''


==Transcript==
==Transcript==
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'''[[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]]''': My House and I will aid you. We fight as one, Guardian.
'''[[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]]''': My House and I will aid you. We fight as one, Guardian.
:::Or alternatively...
'''[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]''': One of my strongest stand with you. Mind your fire, and they mind theirs.
:::Or alternatively...
'''Savathûn''': Time to face the monsters you made Witness. Sathona comes for you.


:::As the Guardian succeeds in capturing three pieces of territory, Savathûn appears and comes to their aid.
:::As the Guardian succeeds in capturing three pieces of territory, Savathûn appears and comes to their aid.
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'''The Witness''': Your resistance will be remembered, within the shadow of the Black Fleet.
'''The Witness''': Your resistance will be remembered, within the shadow of the Black Fleet.
:::Or alternatively…
'''The Witness''': Die here if you wish! You will all be reshaped the same.
:::Or alternatively…
'''The Witness''': This delay, brief as a life. Finality, yet approaches.


:::The Witness launches its attacks and summons fourth its Cornerstones and other forces. Saint-14 then arrives to the battlefield to assist the Guardians, summoning fourth a Ward of Dawn for protection.
:::The Witness launches its attacks and summons fourth its Cornerstones and other forces. Saint-14 then arrives to the battlefield to assist the Guardians, summoning fourth a Ward of Dawn for protection.


'''[[Saint-14]]''': Guardian! I will hold this shield, no matter what.
'''[[Saint-14]]''': Guardian! I will hold this shield, no matter what.
:::Or alternatively…
'''Saint-14''' : The Witness's forces will not breakthrough this. Guardian, to me!


:::Or alternatively…
:::Or alternatively…


'''[[Cayde-6]]''': Wait… is that Saint-14? He's alive? And none of you mentioned it? Hey, he's headed your way, Guardian!
'''[[Cayde-6]]''': Wait… is that Saint-14? He's alive? And none of you mentioned it? Hey, he's headed your way, Guardian!
:::Or alternatively
'''Zavala''': Saint-14 is en route to your location! Watch for the Ward of Dawn!


:::Upon defeating the cornerstones, the Guardians begin to draw from the Traveler's Light and bring it to a Pyramid shrine.
:::Upon defeating the cornerstones, the Guardians begin to draw from the Traveler's Light and bring it to a Pyramid shrine.
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'''The Witness''': Do not interfere.
'''The Witness''': Do not interfere.


:::The Guardians enter the Witness's consciousness and retrieve a Sword of Light to destroy the Veiled Statues.
:::The Guardians enter the Witness's consciousness and retrieve the Ergo Sum to destroy the Veiled Statues.


'''Ghost''': Just like the last time, Guardian. Destroy these statues!
'''Ghost''': Just like the last time, Guardian. Destroy these statues!
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'''[[The Guardian]]''': No!
'''[[The Guardian]]''': No!


:::Devastated, the Guardian runs over, goes on their knees and picks up Ghost's shell.
:::Devasted, the Guardian runs over, goes on their knees and picks up Ghost's shell.


'''The Guardian''': Ghost?
'''The Guardian''': Ghost?


:::The Guardian then suddenly finds themselves within a strange place of Light. Getting up on their feet, they hold out their Ghost and plead the Traveler to bring him back.
:::The Guardian then suddenly finds themselves within a strange place of Light. Getting up on their feat, they hold out their Ghost and plead the Traveler to bring him back.


'''The Guardian''': Please… bring him back!
'''The Guardian''': Please… bring him back!
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'''Cayde-6''': She also said that we're all connected. Guardians, Ghosts, the Traveler…
'''Cayde-6''': She also said that we're all connected. Guardians, Ghosts, the Traveler…


:::Cayde looks towards his right to see Sundance before looking straight back at the Guardian.
:::Cayde looks towards his left to see Sundance before looking straight back at the Guardian.


'''Cayde-6''': Now you tell the others this was my choice. My Light. Nobody makes my fate but me.
'''Cayde-6''': Now you tell the others this was my choice. My Light. Nobody makes my fate but me.
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'''Cayde-6''': You're my favourite. Don't ever forget that.
'''Cayde-6''': You're my favourite. Don't ever forget that.


:::Using his Light, Cayde resurrects the Guardian's Ghost while he vanishes away, returning to the Light of the Traveler as the Guardian is sent back to the Pale Heart with Ghost. When the Guardian looks down at Ghost, his eye flashes back on, returning to life.
:::Using his Light, Cayde resurrects the Guardians Ghost while he vanishes away, returning to the Light of the Traveler as the Guardian is sent back to the Pale Heart with Ghost. When the Guardian looks down at Ghost, his eye flashes back on, returning to life.


'''Ghost''': [gasps to life]
'''Ghost''': [gasps to life]
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'''The Guardian''': [takes shaky breath]
'''The Guardian''': [takes shaky breath]


:::Overwhelmed with feelings of gratitude, the Guardian embraces Ghost. The war against the Witness is now over.
:::Overwhelmed with feelings of gratitude, the Guardian embraces Ghost, with their war against the Witness is finally now over.


(Cutscene Ends)
(Cutscene Ends)
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*[[Servile Captain]]
*[[Servile Captain]]
*[[Ravenous Taken Goblin]]
*[[Ravenous Taken Goblin]]
*[[Yateth, Taken Stain]]


;[[The Dread]]
;[[The Dread]]
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*[[Harbinger of the Witness]]
*[[Harbinger of the Witness]]
*[[Tormentor]]
*[[Tormentor]]
;Champions (Grandmaster Difficulty)
*[[Barrier Colossus]]
*[[Barrier Hobgoblin]]
*[[Barrier Knight]]
*[[Barrier Servitor]]
*[[Overload Captain]]
*[[Overload Minotaur]]
*[[Overload Taken Hobgoblin]]
*[[Unstoppable Taken Phalanx]]


===Bosses===
===Bosses===
*[[Cornerstone of the Witness|Cornerstones of the Witness]]
*[[Cornerstone of The Witness|Cornerstones of The Witness]]
*[[The Witness]]
*[[The Witness]]


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**[[Empress's Thresher]]
**[[Empress's Thresher]]
**[[Imperial Thresher]]
**[[Imperial Thresher]]
**[[Valus Forge]]
*[[Lucent Brood]]
*[[Lucent Brood]]
**[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]
**[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]
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**[[Saint-14]]
**[[Saint-14]]
**[[Lord Shaxx]]
**[[Lord Shaxx]]
==Rewards (Grandmaster)==
*'''[[Ergo Sum]]''' - [[Exotic]] {{icon|Solar}}/{{icon|Arc}}/{{icon|Void}} [[Sword]]
**'''Ergo Sum''' Catalyst
*'''[[Ascendant Shard]]'''
*'''[[Engram|Exotic Engram]]'''
*'''[[Spoils of Conquest]]'''


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Excision received a Grandmaster difficulty option included in Update 8.0.0.4 on June 18, 2024. This makes it the first non-[[Nightfall]] activity to have a Grandmaster difficulty.
*Excision received a Grandmaster difficulty option included in Update 8.0.0.4 on June 18, 2024. This makes it the first non-[[Nightfall]] activity to have a Grandmaster difficulty.
*An ''excision'' is an act or procedure of removing by cutting out.
*Excision is the first intentional 12-player PvE activity, following an infamous glitch during [[Season of the Chosen]] in early 2021.
*Excision features the most characters with dialogue, with thirteen speaking characters.
**Fourteen, if you include the Guardian's dialogue during the following cutscenes.


==Appearance==
==Appearance==

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