Editing War against the Witness

|casual2=*The Witness

*Rhulk, Calus, and Nezarec  

*Thousands of Taken

*Thousands of Hive

===Calus's Acension into a Disciple===

{{Quote|You could have stood by my side, but instead, you chose this!|Emperor Calus before attacking Empress Caiatl}}

The Psions' prediction would come true as the Leviathan suddenly returns in the Sol System, but derelict, heavily infested with [[Egregore]], and in Luna's orbit. They receive intelligence from Eris Morn that Emperor Calus has begun communing with the Lunar Pyramid and unleashed the [[Nightmare]]s once intended as the Lunar Pyramid's security mechanism. They investigate the Derelict Leviathan and would eventually come under assault from [[Loyalist]] forces after the [[Nightmare of Safiyah]] leads them to a broken effigy of Calus. Upon their return from from their investigation into the Derelict Leviathan, they participate in a seance with Zavala, Crow, and Eris, who is using the [[Nightmare Harvester]] to bind the Nightmares to the [[Crown of Sorrow]]. After the seance is complete, she and the Guardian work together to sever Calus's connection to the Lunar Pyramid by helping various allies confront their worst traumas made manifest through the Nightmares haunting them. They begin with Crow, who is facing up against the [[Nightmare of Uldren]], his pre-Guardian self. He fails the first severance when refuses to accept his past. They attempt the ritual, but this time they were successful when Crow turns his Nightmare into a Memory and learns from the Memory to not ignore his past as Uldren Sov. At the same time, Eris tasks the Guardian to enter Calus's mindscape and find his worst fear inside. It is revealed that the [[Nightmare of Caiatl, Princess-Imperial]] is his Nightmare and by recovering the broken [[Bell of Conquests|Bells of Conquests]], they learn more about Calus's plan to become another Disciple of the Witness.

===The Reliquary Hunt===

{{Quote|The House of Light are citizens of the Last City now. It is our duty to assist.|Eido, Scribe of the House of Light}}

The Psions' prediction would come true once again when Eramis breaks free of her Stasis prison. Drifter tasks the Guardian with recovering a valuable asset on Europa. The asset is revealed to be the Spider, who fled from from Tangled Shore as a result of Mara's punishment for him for his attitude towards Crow before the Guardian freed him. Spider lends his assistance as the Guardian works to repel the House of Salvation attempting to board [[Spider's Ketch|his Ketch]]. They ally with [[SCUR-V]], [[Halsiks]] the Sniper, and the [[Skiffblade]]s as they work to recover Spider's Ketch. They drive out the boarders and discover that Eramis has broken free from her Stasis prison and begun rallying the old crews of pirates, Ketchkillers, and Skiffblades. The Guardian assembles a crew to hunt the Pirate Lords scattered throughout the [[Themis Cluster]] after retrieving the [[Skeleton Key (Artifact)|Skeleton Key]] and the Spider lends them his Ketch. They, along with the Drifter, the Spider, [[Eido]], and Mithrax team up to prevent Eramis from acquiring the relics containing body parts of another Disciple of the Witness, Nezarec.  

===Rasputin vs. the Wrathborn===

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

As time is running out for the Coalition to prepare for the Witness's arrival in the Sol System and the looming threat it poses, Osiris attempts to inquire Rasputin about the visions he had experienced of [[Neptune]], but he learns from [[Anastasia Bray|Ana Bray]] that Rasputin is still offline since his confrontation with the Black Fleet was disastrous. Much to Ana's chagrin, she agrees to Osiris's proposal to seek out [[Clovis Bray I]], who possesses the knowledge needed to rebuild Rasputin. They travel with the Guardian to seek an audience with Clovis I, but discover a Wrathborn presence within [[Bray Exoscience]]. The Guardian enters the [[Creation]] wing and defeats a [[Deathtongue Chorister]] attempting to overwhelm them with Xivu Arath's Battlesong. Clovis I requests the Guardian's assistance in driving out the House of Salvation forces corrupted into Wrathborn along with [[Xivu Arath's Horde|Hive forces]]. They do so an seek an audience with him, who agrees to help Ana bring Rasputin. He instructs them to recover data from [[Malahayati]] on Luna and [[Charlemagne]] on Mars, along with an AI framework from Europa. They follow Clovis I's instructions, but Rasputin remains offline, so he and Elsie hatches a plan: the Guardian would infiltrate [[Seraph Station]] and upload a virus to speed up Rasputin's recovery efforts. Despite the plan succeeding, Rasputin still remains offline, so Ana proposes that the Guardian return to the [[Iron Temple]] and recover data fron [[Felwinter]]'s Ghost, [[Felspring]] as the [[Iron War Beast]]s defend it from the House of Salvation. Rasputin finally comes online upon recovering data from Felwinter and warns them of Clovis I's deception. She was able to transfer Rasputin out of the Pillory Engram she used to place Rasputin's data before she evacuated from Mars and into the Exo Frame.

===Siege of Neomuna===

{{Quote|Though failure, through loss... we can overcome the impossible.|Osiris}}

The Witness and its forces finally arrive at Earth's orbit to confront the Traveler. The forces of the Coalition respond to defend it, but the defense fails as the pilots go down in the fight and the Witness soon learns the location of the Veil in a [[Neomuna|city]] set among the waves of Neptune. The Guardian and Osiris follow the [[Shadow Legion]] fleet heading for Neptune. Upon landing on Neptune, the Coalition begins an alliance with the people of Neomuna by assisting the Cloud Striders in the fight against the Shadow Legion led by the newly-risen Disciple of the Witness, Emperor Calus. Through a holoprojector on Neptune, Mara informs the Guardian that she is responding to the Vanguard's aid and they are fighting a two-front war with the Shadow Legion, with one front on Neptune, and the other front on Earth. With the information in mind, the Guardian works to prevent Calus and the Witness from establishing a link with the Veil alongside Osiris, Nimbus, Rohan, and Caiatl.  

===Invasion of Earth===

{{Quote|I remember where I came from and who I'm fighting for.|Amanda Holiday}}

The Guardian returns to Earth after pursuing Emperor Calus and the Shadow Legion to Neptune and meets with Mara, [[Devrim Kay|Devrim]], and Mithrax at the Farm. They follow Amanda's distress signal into the EDZ and breach the Pyramid outpost's warding with the [[Ascendant Scepter]]. They kill the [[Warden Vincu'us, Shadow Legion|warden]] in charge and rescue the prisoners captured by the Shadow Legion including Amanda. They go and rescue more prisoners in the Cosmodrome by killing the [[Zatocc, Devoted to the Witness|warden]] in charge there and overcoming its Psionic powers. Next, they infiltrate a Shadow Legion prison ship to kill the [[Bracus Kravaum, Shadow Legion|warden]] there and rescue more prisoners. Amanda and Mithrax intercept a distress signal inside the EDZ Tunnels and requests the Guardian's assistance. After defeating a [[Tormentor]] named [[Vereziia, Reverent of the Witness]], they assist in getting the prisoners out. Tragically however, Amanda is killed in the prison facility's explosion. The Coalition holds a vigil for Amanda in the Farm as Crow forms a plan to avenge Amanda.

===Titan's Return===

{{Quote|RISE FROM THE DEEP! DROWN THEM IN BATTLE!|Xivu Arath}}

Following Titan's disappearance from the Sol System, the Taken and Xivu Arath's forces began invading the moon, and Sloane is forced to survive on her own using the Golden Age power armor she tasked the Guardian with recovering prior to Titan's disappearance. After falling from the rig and into the methane oceans of [[Kraken Mare]], Sloane begins to receive visions from a strange creature living in the methane ocean. She finally recovers from her fall and explains the visions to her Ghost [[Síocháin]] as they continue the mission to pursue the Pyramid around Titan. During their travels, they discover a temporal anomaly similar to the ones found on Mars' surface, and would learn of the creature's existence from [[Gideon Tepin]] before the rift closes shut. As they arrive where the Pyramid used to be, they discover evidence of a Hive ritual to summon the [[Black Terrace]], the throne world of Xivu Arath. She intercepts one of the rituals at the cost of becoming infused with Taken energy, and just as Xivu Arath's forces begin to overwhelm Sloane, the same creature that sent Sloane the visions would come to her rescue and bring her to safety. The creature reveals its name to be Ahsa as Sloane accepts her bond and informs her that she has valuable information on the Witness. Realizing the importance of the information Ahsa possesses on the Witness to be shared with the Vanguard and her allies, Sloane organizes a distress signal that would soon be answered.

===Clash of the Hive Gods===

{{Quote|I am your ruin.|Eris Morn before striking down Savathûn}}

After Ahsa reveals to the Vanguard that Savathûn has the instructions they need to follow the Witness into the portal inside the Traveler unscathed, Saint and Saladin express their disappointment, but Zavala reassures them that Ikora and Eris would keep the situation contained. The Vanguard would find [[Immaru]], but he refuses to bring back Savathûn until they deal with her sister Xivu Arath. He and Eris craft the [[Acolyte's Staff]], a relic of Hive arcana used to dispel the illusions scattered throughout the Witch Queen's throne world, and give it to the Guardian upon their arrival into the throne world. They discover [[Savathûn's Spire]] by using Hive magic provided by the Acolyte's Staff. They explore the spire and meet Eris as she prepares a ritual to transform herself into the Hive God of Vengeance. She explaina that in order to be powerful enough to challenge Xivu Arath, they must bring Eris her tithes by invoking the Sword Logic. They would use the [[Altars of Summoning|Witch Queen's oubliette]] to bring Eris the tribute she needs to challenge Xivu Arath. After finishing the Altars of Summoning, they are able to reveal the [[Deck of Whispers]] within the [[Athenaeum]], a pocket realm of Savathûn's throne world currently occupied by Eris's Hive form.  

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

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

With Xivu Arath out of the battle thanks to Eris Morn, the Vanguard begins its efforts to bypass the portal inside the Traveler without suffering the same fate as Joxer. The Witness would send in the Sol Divisive to invade the Dreaming City while it continue its plans to enact the Final Shape since the Scorn and Taken forces have become leaderless within the Dreaming City. The Guardian pushes back the Sol Divisive and assists the Techeuns in conjuring Riven's spirit. Riven refuses to reveal the 15th wish until the Guardian recovers more of her eggs from her lair. Osiris reveals that the [[Ahamkara]] are the only solution since it's impossible to replicate the Witness's link to the Veil through the Guardian's Ghost. He reinforces this statement when he is unable to replicate how the Witness used the Guardian's Ghost to link the Traveler to the Veil and decides that Riven is the only solution as the Guardian uses the last remaining [[Harbinger (Reef superweapon)|Harbinger]] to locate more of Riven's clutch after attuning it to the [[Starlight Lodestone]]. As they recover more of Riven's clutch, she reveals more about her species along with her interactions with the Sov siblings.  

===Stopping the Final Shape===

Before Crow can enter the Pale Heart, Osiris uncovers a plot by the Sol Divisive to replace the Veil with the recreated Black Heart, and instructs the Guardian to return to the Black Garden. They enter it using the passageway provided by Riven and learn the Witness has instructed the Sol Divisive to recreate the Black Heart as its final attempt to keep them out of the Pale Heart. After destroying the [[Withdrawn Mind]] along with the [[Transfer Gate]]s throughout the Black Garden, they returned to the site where they found the Black Heart and destroy it again by defeating the [[Established Mind]], [[Synchronal Mind]], and [[Inevitable Mind]]. Destroying the Black Heart allows Crow to enter the Pale Heart safely. He spots the Witness's monolith in the horizon, then meets Cayde-6. Although they meet in a duel, it ends when Glint reveals himself to Cayde. He helps Crow up and they both see the Light pulsing from the monolith. Osiris reveals that Crow has made it through safely, and the Vanguard plans to accompany the Guardian once he is able to replicate the Witness’s link to the Veil.

==Aftermath==

==Forces of the Conflict==

**''[[The Final Shape]]''

**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[Entelechy]]''