Editing Forum:Saphix

{{quote|Imagine sleeping an infinite slumber, when you're suddenly bursting with energy. The quick radiance of that adrenaline slowly turns into a fight for your own life.|Saphix recalling his resurrection}}

During a Ghost's journey to resurrect a Guardian, it stumbled upon a corpse impaled by a pole. The corpse split apart from panic, giving him his first death and causing a sense of shame in the ghost.  

Later, the Guardian was packing his supplies for a mission. The idea of harnessing the Darkness gnawed his mind, turning it into obsession. He wanted to seek something that could attain the energy of the Darkness. His ghost refused to let him, but he couldn't stop the obsession, and pleaded with his ghost to help him. Through this they left on the condition that he would not use the Darkness in any way that was considered evil. With this take of leave, he called himself Saphix, as a memento of his burdens.

As Saphix moved on to find the Darkness, he realized that the Darkness wouldn't be on Earth, and asked his Ghost to show him where a Jumpship was. His Ghost was able to locate one on a small abandoned village where a corpse resided in. Surrounding it were numerous piles of Vex technology and pieces. Using these Vex parts to fix the ship with the ghost's guidance, they left the corpse to its infinite slumber and went to the stars above.

{{quote|This was the day I was reborn. The day I became someone else.|Saphix recalling his "accident"}}

After receiving the Splinter of Darkness, Saphix sought to reach it's fullest potential. His ghost objected, saying that it was against their condition, but was quickly rebuked with the fact that it trusted him in the first place. During this period of time his powers didn't unveil themselves until much sooner.  

Saphix laid defenseless as he became the subject of several tests, including the test of a Risen's capabilities with Light, but ended with a failure as Saphix did not know how to utilize it. One such event caused him to experience frequent visions of clear skies, red eyed warriors, and himself in the middle - the same vision his ghost had. Fortunately an unknown House appeared, taking out a large number of the collective and gave Saphix a chance to escape. However he grabbed an object that was important to both sides, and before he could react to the burning inside him, vanished.

{{quote|You have all my qualities and features, but you've developed more faster than me.|The future version of Saphix conversing with Saphix}}

After being forced outside the dimension, Saphix contemplated his decisions that lead to his entire existence being wasted in the void. He questioned whether his existence would be spent watching everything fade to nothing, before witnessing another vision of the future. This time he saw himself and a large anomaly engaging in combat, creating large frequencies that disrupted the flow of the dimensions, which slowly faded away back into the time continuum. Unbeknownst to him, he manifested said future self through an unknown power. With the limited time they had left they conversed with each other about their impending doom. However Saphix's alternate future suggested a merge, taking his memories and mind to form one being. Against the clock, Saphix agreed and merged with him to find a solution. With this Saphix fixed the dimensional object in a matter of days and escaped, leaving the entity to manifest on its own and wreak havoc.  

At the aftermath of the siege, Saphix was brought back into his own reality, and unfortunately back inside the Collective's location. However Saphix learned that through the powers of the Darkness he could force individual Vex to bend to his will, essentially making them loyal slaves. Saphix eventually came out with a compromise by taking over the Vex Mind. Through this he took over Lavopli, Incredulous Siphon and was able to control the Vex underneath its rule. His ghost having been with Saphix through the entire ordeal, angrily expressed his disagreements and how he completely tarnished the Traveler's gift. Saphix began crushing the shell and the ghost itself, who unleashed a torrent of pure Light and nearly eliminating the Darkness inside him were it not for his new capabilities. Quickly recovering, Saphix planned his next steps with careful precision and made sure everyone was deliberately playing into his hands...

With an entire collective under his feet, Saphix lead a full-front assault against the Vex on Mercury, taking out divisions of the radiolarian machines. Over time he would get the attention of the Nexus Cleavage, which he would discover. After leading a small battalion of Vex into the grounds of Mercury, he would charge into an endless crusade where he would slaughter the Vex of the Nexus Cleavage, indoctrinating numerous into his own collective and gaining more technology from it. Slowly he reached the Axis Mind Xomathocan, Eternal Vexation, and took over a large mass of the Nexus Cleavage in a span of several months, only leaving a few legions to retreat and regroup.

During this part of Saphix's life, he would gain the attention of several powerful Vex lords, who deemed him a threat and forcibly attempted to remove his entire collective. Unfortunately the sheer number of the Vex he accumulated caused a major shift on Mercury, leading to a massacre with Saphix ending as the victor. With the acquired tech received from the downfall of the other Vex minds, Saphix released numerous Vex forces toward Venus and Earth, alerting multiple forces of Lightbearers, Fallen, Hive, and Cabal. This would be deemed as the "Conquest of the Endless," and would eliminate smaller groups of the enemy. However the power of the Lightbearers was an underestimated variable, which lead to the obliteration of the Vex on Earth. Those that were on Venus were unfortunate, as they were quickly pushed to extinction until the near future. Through this the Vex currently on the planet created hulking towers of metal, creating impenetrable fortresses. Relaying the message to Saphix, he discovered that there was a complex of simulations that would be the Infinite Forest, however Saphix did not commence any conquest, instead sending in a number of Vex to relay any important information back to him.

According to several notebooks lost on Earth, Saphix arrived on the terrestrial body long after his attack, attempting to find an answer for the unknown Fallen House that ambushed him later on. With a small group of Vex and enough information taken out of a runaway, he located the headquarters of the House on the [[European Dead Zone]], where he encountered several amounts of Taken. Fascinated, Saphix ordered the capture of the few, finding something that warranted experimentation. However he was stopped by Eliksni warriors bearing scorch cannons who called themselves the "Cleansed". Saphix watched as his escort was destroyed, but did not bother to escape as he was captured yet again.

He was quickly sent to the Headquarters' sacrificial chamber, where he interacted with a captured Dreg called Kelok, who made quick friendship with him. They witnessed a sacrifice occur where an armless Dreg had their entrails burnt and the body crushed to red mist. This was an apparent step for a ritual that would initiate a summoning for their great god: Eon. Eager to leave its eternal prison, it brought itself a physical form, with the structure similar to that of Panoptes, but it's material was that of pure matter. The moment it saw Saphix, it descended into rage and attempted to kill him, alerting the Priests and Saphix himself. With chaos ensuing, Saphix formed a plan with Kelok to escape; they would use the other sacrifices to hide behind while the anomaly caused destruction for him. Successfully this worked, but also killed the majority of those inside and nearly decimated the temple.

After leaving the area Kelok and Saphix went their separate ways, giving each other a miniature beacon to alert the other once it was activated. Saphix, not fully aware that this current time period was also the time the Last City came to be, initiated a bombardment of Void energy onto the temple through the use of Vex Chimeras, fully unaware of the amount of suspicion this would cause.

 

 

Through the events prior to [[Destiny]], Saphix evaded capture from the Vanguard and the guardians while simultaneously investigating a brief influx after his confrontation with RoadRider. Through the use of the various technologies the Vex collectives contained, Saphix was able to disappear off the face of the Sol System, preventing any progress on his investigation and ultimately became closed. However this also accidentally left a rift to the dimensional gate that Eon had taken residence in, causing an exponential increase in more unknown anomalies being located around Earth.

Saphix enjoys the idea that nothing is equal, and can never truly be equal. This results in his takeover of beings he claims to be "lower" than him. His notorious blood streak reached a point where he became one of the most feared in the Solar System, but could possibly be because of his sense of belonging. Through this he attains his desired status as hidden from everyone else and allows him to maneuver his forces at any given time. He sees everything as an opportunity, and treats them as such.  

While Saphix lost his connection to the [[Light]], he still has traces of it inside his body left by his Ghost's remains, however it does not seem to function the way other Risen use their Light. Although with the exponentially increasing amount of Darkness lurking within him, it is unclear if Saphix is truly acting on his own will. This left a strange phenomenon to occur, where the Light and Dark seemingly combine.

*Ah, I see you have arrived to stop me. I'm afraid you're far too late.

*Damned Eliksni and their undying loyalty for their "gods".

*Their arrogance will lead to their inevitable downfall. The best part is, it won't even be my doing.

*Tell me, why do you persist on holding on to the power of a being that never speaks? It seems irrational, yet somehow it has kept you alive.

*My plan is very simple. Don't fail.

*Staring at me will not change anyone's future.

*The problem with you Lightbearers is that you never seem to walk in without a second plan. Is it because you're able to sprout another one while the mission is ongoing?  

*I could find something interesting from the Hive. Maybe they'll be of use for my projects.

*Scorn... abominations I would say, but their use of the Darkness to resurrect themselves is astounding.

*I was experimenting on a piece of one of those pyramids, and it contained some sort of symbol called the Ouroboros. Something involved with eternal loops and such. Could this have something to do with the nature of the Darkness?

When he's not using the Darkness, Saphix attains the use of a Temptation's Hook in order to launch frequent and dangerous attacks. Saphix is fond of melee combat, sometimes seen examining various blades and weapons.  

With the addition of his Vex modifications, Saphix is also able to use the [[Slap Rifle]] and the [[Torch Hammer]], although he never uses them. With a limb of the Vex, Saphix's strength doubled, enabling him to destroy an object with the mass of a truck.

After attaining his future self's mind, he seemingly uses a portable dimensional warp-gate that allows him to hop in and out of reality, however the extent of the duration is unknown. The longest recorded time was when he was accidentally transported to the middle of dimensions, lasting a total of days. With this he can converse with his doppelgänger to make light conversations or receive more knowledge. This can also stem to the point where Saphix can traverse to other dimensions, but how that would effect him is unknown. However this border between realities is often guarded by the Hounds of Eon, and will prevent Saphix from entering or exiting peacefully.

*Although he isn't particularly fond of human delicacies (nor eats at all), Saphix enjoys eating Jello due to its soft and simple texture.

*The House of Eon mention Saphix as the "Bearer of the Darkness" and "The Enemy".  

*Saphix has encountered and fought [[Forum:Road Rider|Road Rider]], which lead to a severe power gap in weapons and power and ultimately left Saphix as the winner.