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'''The Spider''': Two star-crossed lovers have sullied my Shore: our old friend [[Hiraks, the Mindbender|the Mindbender]] — may he rest in pieces — and In Anânh, a Hive Brood Queen, traitor to her kin. Eliksni have crossed lines with the Hive in the past, but never at this scale. I'm told there's a whole nest seething beneath my Shore, and I want it exterminated. Snuff it out, and I'll contemplate your debts to me.
'''The Spider''': Two star-crossed lovers have sullied my Shore: our old friend [[Hiraks, the Mindbender|the Mindbender]] — may he rest in pieces — and In Anânh, a Hive Brood Queen, traitor to her kin. Eliksni have crossed lines with the Hive in the past, but never at this scale. I'm told there's a whole nest seething beneath my Shore, and I want it exterminated. Snuff it out, and I'll contemplate your debts to me.


''The team enters the Hive nest in Hellrise Canyon, where the Fallen are struggling to drive the Hive out of their hole.''
''The team enters the Hive nest in Hellrise Canyon, where the Fallen are struggling to drive the Hive out of their hole.''


'''Ghost''': Fallen — up ahead.
'''Ghost''': Fallen — up ahead.
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''The Fireteam plows through both sides, then pushes past several packs of Thralls into the canyon. Along the way, they find the floor covered in flames made of void energy. They get past it, and find a Knight with a strange glow guarding the chiten wall leading to the nest.''
''The Fireteam plows through both sides, then pushes past several packs of Thralls into the canyon. Along the way, they find the floor covered in flames made of void energy. They get past it, and find a Knight with a strange glow guarding the chiten wall leading to the nest.''


'''Ghost''': Detecting elevated levels of Ether in that Knight.
'''Ghost''': Detecting elevated levels of Ether in that Knight.
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'''Ghost''': There she is!
'''Ghost''': There she is!


''The team unloads on her, but she escapes back into the hole in the ground. Fortunately, the growth is destroyed, so she can be followed.
''The team unloads on her, but she escapes back into the hole in the ground. Fortunately, the growth is destroyed, so she can be followed.


'''Ghost''': I've never heard of a Brood Queen so close to the surface. Mission reports from the [[Hellmouth]] on [[Moon|Luna]] don't even mention them.
'''Ghost''': I've never heard of a Brood Queen so close to the surface. Mission reports from the [[Hellmouth]] on [[Moon|Luna]] don't even mention them.


''The team follows her deeper into the nest. She lays more void traps, but they are avoided. The way forward is impeded by more hive, including an Ogre and a Shrieker. On top of this, a Knight from the Prison of Elders is trying to escape into the nest. While the Knight can be ignored, the other interlopers cannot. Once they are eliminated, In Anânh  dispatches a Shade of herself to slow them down. The shade Covers the way forward with more flame traps on the floor, forcing a confrontation.
''The team follows her deeper into the nest. She lays more void traps, but they are avoided. The way forward is impeded by more hive, including an Ogre and a Shrieker. On top of this, a Knight from the Prison of Elders is trying to escape into the nest. While the Knight can be ignored, the other interlopers cannot. Once they are eliminated, In Anânh  dispatches a Shade of herself to slow them down. The shade Covers the way forward with more flame traps on the floor, forcing a confrontation.


'''Ghost''': This is right out of [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx's]] [[Echo of Oryx|playbook]].  
'''Ghost''': This is right out of [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx's]] [[Echo of Oryx|playbook]].  
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''The Shade attacks using void traps on the floor and barrages of Void projectiles, but the team manages to drive it off, clearing the path. Pushing past a pack of Thrall, the teams reaches the deepest part of the nest, leaving the Brood Queen cornered. After detonating another Ether worm, In Anânh appears out of the growth, ready to fight. After she is weakened, she calls upon a Worm God, giving her the power to switch place with her shade. to switch places with her shade. Once the Shade is wonded enough, In Anânh returns, and splits her Shade from herself, forcing the fireteam to contend with two In Anânhs at once. The team manages to kills the real Brood Queen, but her Shade lives on to continue the fight. However, the team manages to put the Shade down, too.
''The Shade attacks using void traps on the floor and barrages of Void projectiles, but the team manages to drive it off, clearing the path. Pushing past a pack of Thrall, the teams reaches the deepest part of the nest, leaving the Brood Queen cornered. After detonating another Ether worm, In Anânh appears out of the growth, ready to fight. After she is weakened, she calls upon a Worm God, giving her the power to switch place with her shade. to switch places with her shade. Once the Shade is wonded enough, In Anânh returns, and splits her Shade from herself, forcing the fireteam to contend with two In Anânhs at once. The team manages to kills the real Brood Queen, but her Shade lives on to continue the fight. However, the team manages to put the Shade down, too.


'''Ghost''': Spider. We cleared out the nest.  
'''Ghost''': Spider. We cleared out the nest.  
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'''The Spider''': Oh, there was no agreement, little morsel. Just considerations. Mights and maybes. [laughter]
'''The Spider''': Oh, there was no agreement, little morsel. Just considerations. Mights and maybes. [laughter]


'''''{End Gameplay}'''''
'''''{End Gameplay}'''''