Editing War against the Witness

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**Rhulk is slain inside the Sunken Pyramid before he could seal the Light from the throne world with the Upended

*Calus's ship returns to the Sol System, attempting to link the emperor's psyche between it and the Lunar Pyramid beneath the Moon, only to be thwarted by the Vanguard and his daughter Caiatl

*Eramis is freed from her Stasis prison by the Witness and tasked to retrieve the relics of Nezarec, only to have the relics secured by the Guardian with assistance from House of Light and House of Spider

**The Witness punishes Eramis for her failure to secure the relics, and begins transforming members of House Salvation into Wrathborn and Scorn, including several of her deceased council members

**Osiris is awoken from a coma after Mithrax reduced the relics into a concoction, and discovers a secret Savathûn hid on the planet Neptune

*Rasputin is temporarily rebuilt  

**The Seraph Bunkers and Seraph Station are secured from the assault of Xivu Arath's forces, preventing her ritual from opening a massive rift to the Ascendant Plane and invading Earth much like Torobatl.

**Vanguard thwarts the Sol Divisive Vex from attempting to extract extra-solar colonization data from a Seraph facility on Mars, freeing Soteria from her imprisonment.  

**The Traveler departs the Last City as it attempts to confront the Witness and its fleet head on.

***House Salvation assaults Seraph Station in one last bid to stop the Vanguard, with Eramis attempting to use Rasputin's Warsat network to destroy the Traveler.

**Existence of a civilization on Neptune along with a paracasual artifact linked to the Traveler known as the Veil is confirmed

*The Coalition prepare themselves to face the Witness and its incoming fleet.

'''2nd Phase'''

*The Witness and its fleet finally reach Earth's orbit and begin their assault.

***Calus, the Witness's latest Disciple, is sent to invade Neomuna with his Shadow Legion to secure and link the Veil.

***Neomuna is turned into active warzone due to the invasion, as all Neomuni are promoted to active defense roles.

****The Vex of the Sol Collective restart their invasion of city, taking advantage of the turmoil and chaos caused by the Shadow Legion.

**The Guardian, along with Osiris, reach Neomuna as it becomes under siege from the Shadow Legion's invasion, and ally themselves with the city's Cloud Striders: Nimbus and Rohan.

**Strand is discovered, and over time the Guardian is able to wield it, along with discovering what the Veil is.

**The Shadow Legion suffer major losses, first with the Radial Mast being destroyed, and with Calus being slain by the Guardian.

**The Witness manages to establish a link with The Veil, and it begins the Final Shape by opening a portal into the Traveler's Pale Heart

***The Traveler shifts its attention to its interior as the Witness invades its Pale Heart, and its Light become harder for Ghosts to access

***Several attempts are made to enter the portal, all of which end in failure including the death of Joxer.

***Nezarec is slain shortly afterwards in the Witness's flagship.

**Soteria's fragment on Neomuna reveals information regarding an enemy of the Witness hiding somewhere on Titan.

*Captives are taken during the Shadow Legion's invasion of Earth and are rescued by the new Queensguard from Pyramid outposts.

**Amanda Holliday is rescued and later killed in action from a trap after saving captives from a secret Shadow Legion prison in the EDZ.

***Eramis defects from the Witness's forces after saving Mithrax and leaves the system in search for Athrys.

***The Shadow Legion Flagship is destroyed as an act of retribution.

*Titan is returned to the Sol System

**Sloane is rescued, albeit she is now infused partially with Taken energy.

**Ahsa is discovered and rescued as the Vanguard aids Sloane in strengthening her connection to Ahsa.

***Ahsa manages to provide vital information to the Vanguard on the Witness, its origins and the Final Shape, but also reveals that they must resurrect Savathûn in order to find a way through the portal inside the Traveler.

***Their attempt to Take Ahsa is thwarted.

**The Lucent Brood's attempts to resurrect Oryx is stopped.

*The Vanguard makes a bargain with Immaru as he decides to help them resurrect Savathûn, but only if they deal with Xivu Arath first.

**Eris Morn transforms herself into a Hive God of Vengeance, and begins manipulating the Sword Logic to have Guardians bring her enough tithes to challenge Xivu Arath.

**Xivu Arath's forces infiltrate Savathûn's Throne World in order to thwart the Vanguard's plans and steal Eris Morn's tithes.

'''Final Phase'''

 

 

|side1='''[[The Coalition]]'''

*[[Last City]]

**[[Six Coyotes]]

*[[Imperial Cabal]]

**[[Iron War Beast]]s

*[[House of Light]]

*[[House of Spider]]

*[[Reef]]

**[[Corsair]]s

**[[Techeun]]s

**[[Harbinger (Reef superweapon)|Harbinger]]

*[[Neomuna]]

**[[Cloud Strider]]s

|side2='''Forces of [[the Witness]]'''

*[[The Dread]]

:*[[Disciples of the Witness]]

*[[Taken]]

*[[Xivu Arath's Horde]]

*[[Wrathborn]]

*[[Hidden Swarm]]

*[[House of Salvation]]

*[[Shadow Legion]]

*[[Loyalists]]

*[[Psion Conclave]]

*[[Sol Divisive]]

|side3='''Forces of [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]'''

*[[Saladin Forge|Lord Saladin]]

*[[Xivu Arath, God of War]] {{c|Defected}}

*[[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]] {{c|Defected}}

*Countless Imperial [[Cabal]] troops

*Countless House of Salvation Fallen

*Countless Shadow Legion Cabal

*Dozens of [[The Dread|Dread]] Units

|forces3=*Thousands of Hive [[Lightbearer]]s

*Countless Sol Collective frames

|casual1=*The Traveler {{c|infected with Darkness from the Witness's invasion inside it}}

|casual2=*The Witness

*Rhulk, Calus, and Nezarec  

*Hundreds of Dread

*Thousands of House of Salvation Fallen

*Thousands of Shadow Legion Cabal

*Thousands of Loyalist Cabal

*Thousands of Sol Divisive frames

*Black Heart

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*Dozens of [[Vex Mind]]s  

The '''War against the Witness''' was a conflict that was fought all across [[Sol System|Sol]] between the forces of [[The Coalition|the Coalition]] and the forces of [[The Witness|the Witness]], with [[Lucent Brood|other]] [[Vex|parties]] being involved as well. After dealing with the threat Savathûn and her brood posed on Sol, the [[Vanguard]] began to shift their attention to prepare for the Witness's arrival. The Vanguard and its allies would stop the influence of Rhulk and the Psions on their future, take on the threat imposed by Calus's connection to the Lunar Pyramid as he ascends into a [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple of the Witness]], task the Guardian with securing the relics of Nezarec before Eramis can use it, and assist Ana Bray and Osiris with rebuilding Rasputin in order to both have a means of defense against the Witness and also help Osiris confirm his visions of Neptune were true.

 

 

Shortly afterwards The Guardian and Eris would find out that Savathûn kept the end of the bargain reached between Immaru and The Vanguard, revealing to them the way into the Traveler, that being the 15th wish. After responding to an incursion of Sol Divisive and Taken forces in the Dreaming City, The Guardian would attempt to initiate the 15th wish, before being denied by the spirit of [[Riven]] who was brought back by Mara Sov and her Techeuns. Revealing to them that her clutch needed to be saved and brought back to her, The Guardian sought out to collect Riven’s missing clutch across the Dreaming City and the Riven's Lair to find them. After securing the final egg, Riven granted the wish, and the cost of her continued existence, allowing Crow to safely cross into the Pale Heart via the Ley Lines as his bond to his sister Mara allowed for a connection to be established between them.

In the weeks after Crow’s passage, The Witness would launch an assault against the Last City and its defenses. The Vanguard would task [[Lord Shaxx|Shaxx]] with the counteroffensive of the attack, which required him to bring out previously banned and restricted weapons under Vanguard policy back into circulation. Once the attacks were repelled, [[Osiris]] contacted The Guardian about an interference that prevented Crow from fully crossing the portal, reporting it was coming from the Black Garden. The Guardian was sent to investigate, only to discover the Black Heart was remade by the Sol Divisive under direction's from The Witness. The Guardian would successfully destroy the Black Heart once more, finally allowing Crow to cross into the Pale Heart as he awaited for support to stop the Final Shape from occurring.

Being the first civilization uplifted by the Traveler's [[Light]] in recorded history, the [[Precursors (Race)|species]] that would eventually become the Witness lived in a Golden Age and would prosper under its influence as it terraformed their desert home planet into a lush paradise. However, their people demanded purpose, so they discovered the Traveler shared a connection with the Veil, an enigma associated with [[Darkness]]. The species could not agree on how the Final Shape could be carried out, as it was recorded in a conversation between [[HNW047622]] and [[RS6243199]]. HNW047622 followed the beliefs of the [[Nihilist]]s: a faction who believed that the Final Shape is the result of the species' self-destruction and that they should leave the universe alone while RS6243199 followed the beliefs of the [[Penitent]]s: a faction who believed that the Final Shape is the result of perfection through the intervention of the universe. Both of these individuals oppose the views of the [[Solipsist]]s: a faction who believe that the Final Shape can be achieved by the will of the species that believe them. These factions were ruled by the Consensus. They eventually learn that the Light affects the physical world and the Darkness affects the mental world. After recovering the Veil from the cosmos, they would link it to the Traveler to enact the Final Shape, but the Traveler refuses the connection and leaves their home planet. The species finally found purpose when the Consensus ruled in favor of the Penitent majority, who were undeterred in their pursuit of the Final Shape, so they waged war with the Nihilists and the Solipsists. Once the civil war of their species was over, the Consensus would use the power of the Darkness from the Veil to become one singular, unfathomable being. Thus, the Witness was born.

Over time, the Witness would use its philosophy of the Final Shape to recruit other species into its fold, imprison its dissenters who disagreed with its pursuit of the Final Shape within its own mind, cause suffering to various species that were uplifted by the Traveler, and swiftly conquer any species who used Darkness to benefit their society. It caused the extinction of the [[Noesis]], a friendly alien species that met its form first, and the [[Eurhythmia]], a mysterious species that welcomed the Witness's presence until it saw that the Traveler uplifted them and subsequently wiped them out. It then uplifted the last [[Lubraean]] named [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]], who became the first of its Disciples upon destroying his home planet of [[Lubrae]]. The next species to be influenced by the Witness were the proto-[[Worm|Worm God]]s living on [[Fundament]]. The proto-Worm Gods would become seduced by the power it offered and accepted it through their invention of the [[Sword Logic]], but one of their [[Ahsa|kin]] escaped Fundament through unknown means.

It would trick the Krill into accepting the Darkness once it saw the Traveler's intention to uplift them, so it used the Worm familiar to drift into the Osmium Court and warn the [[Osmium King]] of an incoming syzygy on the planet. The King then warned his daughter [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]] of the event. Aurash fled with her sisters [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]] and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]] as the Osmium Court is overthrown by [[Taox]], the neighboring Helium Court and its residents, the [[Helium Drinkers]]. Sathona recovered the same worm familiar that warned the Osmium King and now her of the God-Wave forming as a result of the syzygy, but it also told her salvation lies within the depths of Fundament's oceans. The sisters would discover the Needle upon landing at Kaharn Atoll and commandeer the vessel after making the necessary repairs to navigate Fundament's depths. The sisters encounter a creature called [[Leviathan (Fundament)|The Leviathan]], who was injured as a result of Rhulk's subjugation of the Worm God [[Xita, the Nurturing Worm|Xita]] and warns them to turn way, lest they get lost in the Deep. The sisters ignore the Leviathan's warning and discover their salvation in the Worm Gods [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets|Akka]], [[Yul, the Honest Worm|Yul]], [[Xol, Will of the Thousands|Xol]], [[Eir, the Keeper of Order|Eir]], and [[Ur, the Ever-Hunger|Ur]]. The sisters accept the bargain with the Worm Gods and transform the Krill into the [[Hive]]. Aurash took on the King morph and transformed into Auryx, who would become Oryx after discovering the secrets of Taking; Sathona took on the Mother morph and transformed into Savathûn; and finally, Xi Ro took on the [[Knight]] morph and transformed into Xivu Arath. The Worm Gods would provide the technology needed to escape Fundament and the Hive's crusades begin after defeating the [[Ammonite]]s and causing the Traveler to flee from Fundament's orbit.

{{Main|The Collapse}}

 

 

 

On the eve of the Darkness's return to the Sol System, a lone [[The Ghost|Ghost]] discovers his Guardian's corpse in the outskirts of the [[Cosmodrome]] whilst avoiding the Fallen House of Devils. They soon acquire their first jumpship after dealing with the Fallen and make their way to the Last City to meet the various individuals there: the [[Titan (class)|Titan]] Vanguard Commander [[Zavala]], the [[Warlock]] Vanguard [[Ikora Rey]], the [[Hunter]] Vanguard [[Cayde-6]], the [[Crucible]] handler [[Lord Shaxx]], the Gunsmith [[Banshee-44]], and [[The Speaker|the Speaker]], a disciple who speaks for the Traveler. After meeting the people of the Last City, they return to the Cosmodrome to acquire a warp drive, eliminating a Devil [[Archon]] named [[Riksis, Devil Archon|Riksis]] in the process. They soon discover their purpose as a Guardian from the Speaker and he tasks them with investigating what is stopping the Traveler from healing after its conflict with the Darkness during the Collapse. They begin solving the mystery upon discovering the Hive's presence in the Cosmodrome. They travel to the Moon to stop the Hive from commencing an invasion on Earth.

 

 

 

{{Main|Hunt for the Scorn}}

Despite the death of Dominus Ghaul, the Red War would still carry on until the death of [[Val Ca'uor]]. Before they can confront Val Ca'uor, they first had to help an exiled Warlock named [[Osiris]] and his Ghost [[Sagira]] stop the Vex from taking advantage of the Traveler's reawakening, then confront Xol and his herald [[Nokris, Herald of Xol|Nokris]] near [[Hellas Basin]]. The death of Val Ca'uor would mark the end of the Red War, but another tragedy soon strikes. While containing a prison break within the [[Prison of Elders]], the Guardian discovers that Cayde-6 has been murdered by [[Uldren Sov]] and the [[Scorn]], a race of Fallen brought back to life through Dark Ether. The Guardian would seek vengeance for the death of Cayde-6 by traveling to the most lawless frontier within the Reef: the [[Tangled Shore]]. They would accept a deal with a shady Fallen mob boss named [[The Spider|the Spider]] to remove the Scorn's influence on the Tangled Shore and isolate Uldren. After defeating the Scorn [[Baron]]s, they would confront Uldren Sov at the Watchtower, a gateway into the [[Dreaming City]]. It is soon revealed that Uldren was corrupted by [[Riven]], the last living [[Ahamkara]] who was Taken by Oryx shortly before his defeat and now serves Savathûn, but the Guardian would kill him anyways. Petra eventually opens the Dreaming City to them and made contact with Mara, who orders them to slay Riven. Unbeknownst to the Guardian, Riven would grant one last wish before her death: the curse on the Dreaming City. They soon enter the throne world of Mara Sov, [[Eleusinia]] and confront [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return|Dûl Incaru]], the daughter of Savathûn, but they discover that Dûl Incaru's death caused the curse to reset itself every 3 weeks. The Guardian would face more threats in the Sol System. They would first help a mysterious Exo named [[Ada-1]] recover [[Black Armory]] technology stolen by the [[Kell's Scourge]] and its leader [[Siviks, Lost to None|Siviks]], then investigate [[Drifter]], the [[Gambit]] handler with a mysterious connection to the [[The Nine|IX]], and finally accept an invitation sent by former Cabal [[Emperor Calus]] to participate for glory through the Menagerie. They soon learn from an apparition of [[Toland, the Shattered|Toland]] that a dark secret is hiding under the Lunar surface and the Vanguard would soon return to the Moon.

 

{{Main|Haunting of the Moon}}

 

 

{{Main|Clash of the Chosen}}

Following the High Celebrant's death at the hands of the Guardian, [[Empress Caiatl]] arrives in the Sol System after the [[Fall of Torobatl|fall]] of the Cabal home planet [[Torobatl]] occurred. She seeks an alliance with the Vanguard on the condition that they bend the knee to her, but the Vanguard refuses and goes to war with the [[Imperial Cabal]]. The Guardian engages in the [[Rite of Proving]] to stop Caiatl from filling a seat on her [[War Council]]. The various contenders included [[Commander Dracus]], [[Basilius the Golem]], [[Val Ma'rag]], and [[Ixel, the Far-Reaching]]. As the Guardian continues engaging in the Rites of Proving, they would also uncover the [[Psion Conclave]]'s plot to assassinate Zavala. After the failed attempt to assassinate him, Zavala proposes the final Rite of Proving. He anoints the Guardian as his champion as Empress Caiatl anoints [[Ignovun, Chosen of Caiatl|Ignovun]] as her champion. The champions meet inside the [[Halphas Electus]] and duel, with the Guardian emerging victorious. The Vanguard and the Cabal Empire led by Empress Caiatl would sign an armistice despite the Psion Conclave's attempt to sabotage it.

 

{{Main|Endless Night}}

 

{{Main|Lucent War}}

{{Quote|Invincibility lies in the defense; the possibility of victory in the attack.|Empress Caiatl quoting Sun Tzu.}}

 

 

 

 

{{Quote|The Witness sees you. Grants you opportunity. And you squander it!|Rhulk's taunt to the Guardians.}}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the relics of Nezarec recovered and the relationship between Eido and Mithrax on good terms again, the Guardian shifts their attention to helping their Fallen allies improve the [[Eliksni Quarter]] so Mithrax can use the relics to bring Osiris out of coma. After making enough improvements to the Eliksni Quarter, Mithrax finally discovers a way to use the relics for good. He purifies them and reduces them to a concoction to be delivered to Osiris. After drinking the concoction, Osiris is finally awake from his coma and reveals to Saint-14 a secret Savathûn hid on the planet Neptune. They would embrace other as they finally reunite. Meanwhile, the Hidden manages to recover information regarding Nefele Stronghold within Mars' temporal anomalies.

 

{{Quote|If I am to be humanity's war god, then I will smite those who threaten it.|Rasputin}}

 

 

 

{{Main|Invasion of Neptune}}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After finishing Savathûn's experiments with the Light and discovering the secrets contained within the Imbaru engine above the oubliette, Eris is ready for the final tithing ritual. She requests that Ikora bring Savathûn's body out from vault security and deliver it to Savathûn's throne world. She then meets the Guardian at the oubliette for the final tithing ritual. They tithe to her after they defeat the Leviathan-Eater. Eris uses the tithes from the Guardian along with the power from the resurrected Savathûn to sever Xivu Arath's connection to the Black Terrace, which makes Xivu Arath mortal and therefore vulnerable. Xivu Arath's expulsion from her own throne world begins the third and final phase of the war. Eris gives up her Hive form soon after, and both Ikora and the Guardian help her recover. Before they leave the throne world, Savathûn is resurrected again and allows Immaru to fall under Vanguard custody. She also reveals the secret they need to follow the Witness into the portal, but she refuses to elaborate on what it is. The Guardian discovers the riddles on their own as they recover one of Riven's eggs from the Imbaru Engine and uncover the mystery of the 15th wish revealed on her wings.

===The Hunt for Riven's Clutch===

{{Main|Hunt for Riven's Clutch}}

{{Quote|Last words, last wish...| Riven of a Thousand Voices}}

As the Vanguard and its allies continue its efforts to bypass the portal through Riven, Crow discovers a Scorn presence within the EDZ and reports his findings to the Hidden. The Guardian follows the last known location of a Scorn sighting to a snowy mountain within the EDZ. The Guardian enters a Dark Age castle and confronts a powerful Chieftain partly infused with Taken energy named [[Rathil, First Broken Knight of Fikrul|Rathil]], the leader of the [[Buried Bloodline#Lore|Broken Knights]] sent by Fikrul to bring home the Scorn raised from [[House of Kings]] along with [[Malaris, Second Broken Knight|Malaris]], [[Vrysiks, Third Broken Knight|Vrysiks]], [[Nymeks, Fourth Broken Knight|Nymeks]], and [[Sirloks, Fifth Broken Knight|Sirloks]]. The Guardian defeats Rathil by capturing corrupted Ether Totems and being empowered by the wishes of the former Warlord [[Naeem]]. After Rathil is defeated, the [[Hefnd's Vengeance, Blighted Chimaera|Chimera]] bearing the avatar of another Ahamkara named [[Hefnd]] reveals itself and transorts the Guardian to the castle's jail ceĺls. The Guardian escapes from the jail cells using the stone tablets laying next to the skeletons. They pursue the Chimera throughout the castle and arrive at the ramparts where the [[Locus of Wailing Grief]] awaits them. They would survive the tempest and defeat the Taken Ogre by lighting and then staying within the 4 stone braziers. They would continue their pursuit of the Chimera and finally confront it at the top of the castle at the mountain's summit. After a difficult battle, the Guardian finally defeats the Chimera, allowing them to collect the bones of Hefnd. They would uncover more of Hefnd's bones scattered throughout the castle by opening sealed doors. They would discover Hefnd's Cairn and discover that Shaxx was responsible for Hefnd's death, with Crow and Petra discovering the truth behind the castle's history. They would conclude the investigation by reporting additional findings to Ikora Rey.

As the Guardian works to recover more of Riven's eggs, the Sol Divisive would respond by creating an Axis Mind to match the capabilities of the Techeuns and also deploy the [[Oracle]]s into the Dreaming City that mimics resonance used by the Witness and its Disciples. The Guardian arrives too late to recover the egg as the Sol Divisive was able to steal the egg and place it in the Black Garden, near [[Taranis]]'s corpse. The Guardian explores a new section of the Black Garden that once used as an Ahamkara lair. Riven and Crow assist the Guardian as tactical support. Using the sparks inside a field of green flowers, the Guardian was able to dispel paracausal locks. They would also use the sparks inside a field of red flowers to cross a mist that would otherwise be hazardous to them. Riven reveals that her and another Ahamkara left behind the sparks scattered throughout the Black Garden. They are able to combine the sparks to defeat [[Akardon, Pitiless Mind]]. After its defeat, Riven would discover that her mate, Taranis, has died as a result of granting his own wish to scatter the clutch. Riven would reflect on his death, then instructs the Guardian to use [[Wish-Keeper]] to honor Taranis. She would discover that the Taken are attempting to corrupt one of her eggs and instructs the Guardian to stop them. They defeat a Taken Knight once loyal to Xivu Arath and learn that the Taken have succeeded in corrupting the egg. Mara proposes a solution to cleanse the egg, but first they must acquire Taken essentia from completing an [[Ascendant Challenge]], then defeating foes within Riven's lair. After cleansing the egg, Osiris updates Mara on how the Pale Heart can be entered, and Riven would reveal that only 1 individual can enter the Pale Heart through the Ley Lines, per her previous bargains with Savathûn. Mara would threaten Riven for her deception before Osiris stops her using Strand. Mara and Osiris both leave, with thr latter informing the Guardian that his investigations on the Veil's ability to replicate the Witness's actions has concluded.

They would recover the final egg, but first the Guardian had to destroy the Sol Divisive Oracles around the Confluence so that the Oracle Engine could be reactivated. Once the Oracle Engine is brought back online, Crow is ready to his plans with them, Mara, Osiris. Crow volunteers to be the first Guardian to enter the Pale Heart. Although she was reluctant to lose her brother again, she accepts the path laid before him. The Guardian manages to stop the Scorn forces led by Fikrul from making a wish on the final egg and save the Ahamkara from extinction. Before they return to the Wall of Wishes to enter the 15th and final wish, Crow reflects on his journey as a Guardian before he bids them farewell for now. They enter the final wish as Riven makes the same fate as Taranis before her. After the wish is completed, Riven makes her sacrifice to ensure that her and Taranis's whims are saved from the Witness's pursuit of the Final Shape. Mara informs the Guardian that while Crow and Osiris form the bridge to bypass the portal to the Pale Heart, they must gather the Coalition allies to stop the Witness once amd for all. The upcoming battle to stop the Final Shape soon decides the fate of the universe.

===Defense of the Last City===

{{Quote|So if the enemies of humanity want war, lets give them war.|Ikora Rey}}

Assistance from all aspects of the Coalition is called upon, with various figures devoting their expertise and knowledge to supporting the effort. Elisabeth Bray informs Shaxx of the varying weaknesses of the Last City in the many Dark Futures she has experienced, with Shaxx guaranteeing her that with the information given, he won't let the City fall like it has so many times before. Ada-1 once more begins weapons development after previously turning her hand to non-violent support of the City, pressuring the forges of the Last City to abandon their self-interest for the good of all, even looking towards improving their output beyond what they currently do. Devrim visits human settlements of the EDZ in an effort to warn them and prepare them for incoming assaults, especially after the invasion of Earth by the Shadow Legion just under a year prior, with his fears being unfounded as the settlers had taken the lessons of before to heart. With the actions of these people, the Coalition looks forward to fortifying itself on Earth, so that Guardians are free to go after the Witness when the time comes.

As the Last City finishes setting up its defenses against the forces of the Witness, Eido would travel around the Sol System to gain information on the Witness and compile the information found on data recovered from Simiks-Fel, Taliks-Syn, CloudArk archives, the Black Armory Papers, etc. Ada-1, Quinn Laghari, and the Reef Cryptarchy would assist Eido in her search for knowledge. Before she submits the information she has found along with her notes into a book titled ''[[Entelechy]]'', she conducts an interview with Mara, who reveals more of the Witness’s plan. She reveals that the Final Shape as the Witness perceives it is a twisted calcification of reality made manifest by the union of Light and Darkness. She also assist in the creation of an autograph book written by Guardians, children of the Last City, Coalition allies, and Hidden agents wishing them good luck as they prepare to enter the Pale Heart and stop the Witness from enacting the Final Shape.

{{Main|Operation Ahamkara}}

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

===The Coalition===

**[[Corsair]]s

**[[Disciples of the Witness]]

**[[The Dread]]

*[[Taken]]

**[[Hidden Swarm]]

**[[Wrathborn]]

*Post-[[Lucent War|Operation Elbrus]]

**[[The Wellspring]]

*[[Severing of the Nightmares]]

**[[Operation: Midas]]

**[[Nightmare Containment]]

*[[Invasion of Neptune]]

**[[Under Siege]]

**[[Downfall]]

**[[Welcome to the Hall of Heroes]]

***[[Stargazer (Quest)|Stargazer]]

**[[Barotrauma]]

**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{1st}}