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Biography

Origins

The origins towards the entity known simply as the Sorrow Maker, sometimes known as the Seer or the One Who Knows, is left a mystery. Cryptarchs of the City proclaim him to be the Hive's equivalent to the Greek muse of history, Clio. The Hive would compare the True Sorrow Maker as an opposition to Anziluu, the Ravenous as former describes what has been and the latter what will be. The Cabal claim that he may have some relation to the surrogate mother of the Osmium Progeny, Taox and may be the link between her and the OXA Machine. The Fallen believe him to be somewhat related to the old tale of Skira, the Watcher, which may or may not be another name held by the True Sorrow Maker.

The True Sorrow Maker has had personal history with members of the Hive Pantheon with his relation to Shin'ra and his title as the Sorrow-Maker, with the True Sorrow Maker presumably being the progenitor of the title. He also has a history with Nokris, who based his own teachings and off of the Sorrow Maker. Oryx believed him to be a sycophant or rather a pretender to himself and his rule, as Oryx fed off of curiosity while the True Sorrow Maker fed off of the knowledge fed from it. Anziluu believed him to be a threat to the Weave of Fate to the point in which he banished him and his own followers from ever entering into the Realm of Apocrypha as it was the greatest source of knowledge of the past, present and future.

It is believed that at some unknown point when the Hive arrived on the Moon that the Sorrow Maker had his followers build a dark fortress within a region of the Moon known as the Hill of Sorcery. At a later point, Crota sought to destroy the Hill of Sorcery as it stood on his lunar territory. The Sorrow Maker denied his conquest by hiding the fortress behind a massive veil that was virtually undetectable and unassailable by any means other than secret pathways that only the Sorrow Maker and his own Hive knew of.

However, Crota would learn of one of these pathways and snuck his brood into the Hill of Sorcery, causing a massive war between the two broods. The Sorrow Maker would learn of this secret invasion on his fortress and would banish the entire lineage of Oryx from entering into the Hill of Sorcery, having the location and details of it stricken from all Hive records. While the location of the Hill of Sorcery fell into obscurity, forces of the Hidden Swarm would however managed to keep several records of the location of the Sorrow Maker's fortress within the Cauldron.