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The Weapons of Sorrow were believed to be nothing more than a myth. But even the darkest myths are born of some truths, and whispers of the Necrochasm have long filled the Light with dread.
The Weapons of Sorrow were believed to be nothing more than a myth. But even the darkest myths are born of some truths, and whispers of the Necrochasm have long filled the Light with dread.


It is said the Necrochasm was born in the twilight after Crota’s sword first cracked the Moon. That a lost Guardian’s weapon was altered by the Hive in an attempt to fuse their own dark understanding with humanity’s mastery of war. The result was a weapon that would feed on its owner’s aggression—reaching further when angry eyes drew focus, its hunger rising as it tore through bone and flesh.
It is said the Necrochasm was born in the twilight after Crota's sword first cracked the Moon. That a lost Guardian's weapon was altered by the Hive in an attempt to fuse their own dark understanding with humanity's mastery of war. The result was a weapon that would feed on its owner's aggression—reaching further when angry eyes drew focus, its hunger rising as it tore through bone and flesh.


Any Guardian who comes across the weapon must ask some very simple questions with endlessly complicated answers: Is your Light bright enough to stand, even briefly, in full gaze of the Hive's abyss? Can it handle what has died and been reborn in those shadows?
Any Guardian who comes across the weapon must ask some very simple questions with endlessly complicated answers: Is your Light bright enough to stand, even briefly, in full gaze of the Hive's abyss? Can it handle what has died and been reborn in those shadows?
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I was only a boy – my face caked in soot, snot and sorrow.
I was only a boy – my face caked in soot, snot and sorrow.


I’d assumed Jaren, my friend, our Guardian, the savior of Palamon, would always protect us – could always save us...
I'd assumed Jaren, my friend, our Guardian, the savior of Palamon, would always protect us – could always save us...


But I was a fool.
But I was a fool.
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He rarely spoke. Took a room. Took our hospitality.
He rarely spoke. Took a room. Took our hospitality.


I was intrigued by him, as I was Jaren when he’d first arrived.
I was intrigued by him, as I was Jaren when he'd first arrived.


But the stranger was cold. Distant. Damaged, I thought.
But the stranger was cold. Distant. Damaged, I thought.


But I wasn’t afraid. Not yet.
But I wasn't afraid. Not yet.


Only a child, I knew the monsters of our world to walk like men, but they were not. They were something alien. Four-armed and savage.
Only a child, I knew the monsters of our world to walk like men, but they were not. They were something alien. Four-armed and savage.
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The stranger was polite, but solemn.
The stranger was polite, but solemn.


I took him for a sad, broken man, and he was. Though, at the time, I didn’t understand how that could make one dangerous.
I took him for a sad, broken man, and he was. Though, at the time, I didn't understand how that could make one dangerous.


As with Jaren, father made an effort to keep me away from the stranger.
As with Jaren, father made an effort to keep me away from the stranger.


It wouldn’t matter.
It wouldn't matter.


As the silhouette approached, fear held tight.
As the silhouette approached, fear held tight.
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Leaving ruin and a heartbroken, terrified boy in his wake without a second glance.
Leaving ruin and a heartbroken, terrified boy in his wake without a second glance.


I’ve been chasing that stranger’s shadow ever since.
I've been chasing that stranger's shadow ever since.


''Now.''
''Now.''
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I gave no reply.
I gave no reply.


“The gunslinger’s sword... his cannon. That was a gift.”
“The gunslinger's sword... his cannon. That was a gift.”


My silence held as my thumb caressed the perfectly worn hammer at my hip.
My silence held as my thumb caressed the perfectly worn hammer at my hip.
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He let the words hang.
He let the words hang.


“I’ve been waiting for you. For this day.”
“I've been waiting for you. For this day.”


His attempt at conversation felt mundane when judged against all that had come before.
His attempt at conversation felt mundane when judged against all that had come before.


“Many times I thought you’d faltered. Given up...”
“Many times I thought you'd faltered. Given up...”


All I’d lost, all who’d suffered, flashed rapid through my mind, intercut with a dark silhouette walking toward a frightened, weak, coward of a boy.
All I'd lost, all who'd suffered, flashed rapid through my mind, intercut with a dark silhouette walking toward a frightened, weak, coward of a boy.


The fire burned in me.
The fire burned in me.
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Reflex and purpose merged with anger, clarity and an overwhelming need for just that... an end.
Reflex and purpose merged with anger, clarity and an overwhelming need for just that... an end.


In step with my motion, the fire within burst into focus – through my shoulder, down my arm – as my finger closed on the trigger of my third father’s cannon.
In step with my motion, the fire within burst into focus – through my shoulder, down my arm – as my finger closed on the trigger of my third father's cannon.


Two shots. Two bullets engulfed in an angry glow.
Two shots. Two bullets engulfed in an angry glow.
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I thought back to my earliest days. Of Palamon. Of Jaren.
I thought back to my earliest days. Of Palamon. Of Jaren.


Leveling my cannon at the dead man’s helm, I paid one final tribute to my mentor, my savior, my father and my friend...
Leveling my cannon at the dead man's helm, I paid one final tribute to my mentor, my savior, my father and my friend...


“Yours... Not mine.”
“Yours... Not mine.”


...as I closed my grip, allowing Jaren’s cannon, now my own, to have the last, loud word.
...as I closed my grip, allowing Jaren's cannon, now my own, to have the last, loud word.
{{clear}}
{{clear}}


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[silence]
[silence]


[u.2:0.6] All we’ve seen and now, here with me, you have no words.
[u.2:0.6] All we've seen and now, here with me, you have no words.


[u.1:0.6] I have words.
[u.1:0.6] I have words.
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[u.1:1.3] You are no longer yourself.
[u.1:1.3] You are no longer yourself.


[u.2:1.4] I am myself. It’s who I was that’s gone.
[u.2:1.4] I am myself. It's who I was that's gone.


[u.1:1.4] Who you were held all the value.
[u.1:1.4] Who you were held all the value.
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[u.2:1.9] And yet people still die. Corruption still exists. Light still fades. And Darkness still spreads.
[u.2:1.9] And yet people still die. Corruption still exists. Light still fades. And Darkness still spreads.


[u.1:1.9] As it will ever be, that doesn’t mean you give in to...
[u.1:1.9] As it will ever be, that doesn't mean you give in to...


[u.2:2.0] To what? Hope.
[u.2:2.0] To what? Hope.
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[u.1:2.1] You have blood on your hands.
[u.1:2.1] You have blood on your hands.


[u.2:2.2] How’s that any different than prior?
[u.2:2.2] How's that any different than prior?


[u.1:2.2] Innocent blood.
[u.1:2.2] Innocent blood.
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[u.2:2.3] Matter of perspective.
[u.2:2.3] Matter of perspective.


[u.1:2.3] That’s the shadow talking.
[u.1:2.3] That's the shadow talking.


[u.2:2.4] And am I not.
[u.2:2.4] And am I not.
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[u.1:2.4] The shadow?
[u.1:2.4] The shadow?


[u.2:2.5] Ya know... These past cycles, you’ve made an honorable effort. Tried your best to correct my course. But I don’t know it needs correcting.
[u.2:2.5] Ya know... These past cycles, you've made an honorable effort. Tried your best to correct my course. But I don't know it needs correcting.


[u.1:2.5] And if it does?
[u.1:2.5] And if it does?
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[u.1:2.6] 'Could be' is a winding path.
[u.1:2.6] 'Could be' is a winding path.


[u.2:2.7] Long way from where I was to where I’m going.
[u.2:2.7] Long way from where I was to where I'm going.


[u.1:2.7] That is my hope. That there is still time.
[u.1:2.7] That is my hope. That there is still time.
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[silence]
[silence]


[u.2:2.9] Why’d you pick me?
[u.2:2.9] Why'd you pick me?


[u.1:2.9] It doesn’t work that way.
[u.1:2.9] It doesn't work that way.


[u.2:3.0] Was I special?
[u.2:3.0] Was I special?
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[u.1:3.1] You are all special.
[u.1:3.1] You are all special.


[u.2:3.2] Seems to contradict the word don’t it.
[u.2:3.2] Seems to contradict the word don't it.


[u.1:3.2] Not in my estimation.
[u.1:3.2] Not in my estimation.


[u.2:3.3] If we’re all special, are any of us special?
[u.2:3.3] If we're all special, are any of us special?


[u.1:3.3] Is that what you want? To be special?
[u.1:3.3] Is that what you want? To be special?
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[u.2:3.4] Heh.
[u.2:3.4] Heh.


[u.1:3.4] You dismiss, but it’s a very serious questions. Is that all you’re after? Is all of the death worth that badge?
[u.1:3.4] You dismiss, but it's a very serious questions. Is that all you're after? Is all of the death worth that badge?


[u.2:3.5] Am I not already more than the rest?
[u.2:3.5] Am I not already more than the rest?
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[u.2:3.8] Yet you disagree so thoroughly with my change in perspective.
[u.2:3.8] Yet you disagree so thoroughly with my change in perspective.


[u.1:3.8] If only the change was simply one of perspective. You’re “evolution” was no choice. This is not you having come to an understanding after  
[u.1:3.8] If only the change was simply one of perspective. You're “evolution” was no choice. This is not you having come to an understanding after  
careful considered thought. This is corruption.
careful considered thought. This is corruption.


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[u.1:4.4] I will not speak the other.
[u.1:4.4] I will not speak the other.


[u.2:4.5] It doesn’t matter. This is where we part ways.
[u.2:4.5] It doesn't matter. This is where we part ways.


[u.1:4.5] I will not leave you.
[u.1:4.5] I will not leave you.
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[u.1:4.6] Without me, your journey ahead will be more than any one Guardian can handle.
[u.1:4.6] Without me, your journey ahead will be more than any one Guardian can handle.


[u.2:4.7] That’s the point. It’s been sometime since you saw me as worthy of walking among those I once called brother and sister. Yet... anymore, I  
[u.2:4.7] That's the point. It's been sometime since you saw me as worthy of walking among those I once called brother and sister. Yet... anymore, I  
feel as though I am worthy of so much more.
feel as though I am worthy of so much more.


[u.1:4.7] Without me... You will die.
[u.1:4.7] Without me... You will die.


[u.2:4.8] Someday. Won’t be the first time.
[u.2:4.8] Someday. Won't be the first time.


[silence]
[silence]
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for no one to find.
for no one to find.


[u.1:4.9] Then I’ve failed you, completely.
[u.1:4.9] Then I've failed you, completely.


[u.2:5.1] Not me. Maybe the man I was.
[u.2:5.1] Not me. Maybe the man I was.
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[u.2:5.7] Nothing dies like hope. I cherish it.  
[u.2:5.7] Nothing dies like hope. I cherish it.  


[u.1:5.5] You’re a monster.
[u.1:5.5] You're a monster.


[u.2:5.8] Finally, you see the truth.
[u.2:5.8] Finally, you see the truth.
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[u.1:5.6] [REDACTED] is truly dead.
[u.1:5.6] [REDACTED] is truly dead.


[u.2:5.9] So I’ve said. Long live Dredgen Yor.
[u.2:5.9] So I've said. Long live Dredgen Yor.


[u.1:5.7] This is farewell, but you can only run from your sins so far. In the end, you will die alone.
[u.1:5.7] This is farewell, but you can only run from your sins so far. In the end, you will die alone.
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PARTIES: Two [2]. One [1] Ghost-type, designate [REDACTED] [u.1], One [1] Guardian-type, Class [REDACTED] [u.2]
PARTIES: Two [2]. One [1] Ghost-type, designate [REDACTED] [u.1], One [1] Guardian-type, Class [REDACTED] [u.2]


ASSOCIATIONS: Breaklands; Durga; Dwindler’s Ridge; Last Word; Malphur, Shin; North Channel; Palamon; Thorn; Velor; Ward, Jaren; WoS; Yor, Dredgen;
ASSOCIATIONS: Breaklands; Durga; Dwindler's Ridge; Last Word; Malphur, Shin; North Channel; Palamon; Thorn; Velor; Ward, Jaren; WoS; Yor, Dredgen;


//AUDIO UNAVAILABLE//
//AUDIO UNAVAILABLE//
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[u.2:0.5] Heh. An old friend once saw me as the same. He was right, and, had we met earlier, so too would you be.
[u.2:0.5] Heh. An old friend once saw me as the same. He was right, and, had we met earlier, so too would you be.


[u.1:0.6] You’d dare defend yourself – all you’ve done – as anything but monstrous?
[u.1:0.6] You'd dare defend yourself – all you've done – as anything but monstrous?


[u.2:0.6] No more than a hurricane.
[u.2:0.6] No more than a hurricane.


[u.1:0.7] Then you’re a force of nature?
[u.1:0.7] Then you're a force of nature?


[u.2:0.7] I am all that is right. You may not see it – for lack of looking, or blind ignorance – but I am all that is good.
[u.2:0.7] I am all that is right. You may not see it – for lack of looking, or blind ignorance – but I am all that is good.


[u.1:0.8] You’ve just murdered a good man.
[u.1:0.8] You've just murdered a good man.


[u.2:0.8] He shot first.
[u.2:0.8] He shot first.
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[u.1:1.7] What other?
[u.1:1.7] What other?


[u.2:1.9] The dead man’s charge.
[u.2:1.9] The dead man's charge.


[u.1:1.8] The boy?
[u.1:1.8] The boy?


[u.1:1.9] You’d end him as well?
[u.1:1.9] You'd end him as well?


[u.2:2.0] If it comes to that... We’ll see.
[u.2:2.0] If it comes to that... We'll see.


[u.1:2.0] I won’t let you have the child.
[u.1:2.0] I won't let you have the child.


[u.2:2.1] Been long enough now, think maybe he’s a man.
[u.2:2.1] Been long enough now, think maybe he's a man.


[u.1:2.1] You cannot have him.
[u.1:2.1] You cannot have him.
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[u.2:2.2] Not yet.
[u.2:2.2] Not yet.


[u.1:2.2] I won’t let you.
[u.1:2.2] I won't let you.


[u.2:2.3] That you could stop me is an amusing thought.
[u.2:2.3] That you could stop me is an amusing thought.
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[u.1:2.3] Why?
[u.1:2.3] Why?


[u.2:2.6] Give the apprentice his master’s “sword.” It is a gift.
[u.2:2.6] Give the apprentice his master's “sword.” It is a gift.


[u.1:2.4] You cannot have him.
[u.1:2.4] You cannot have him.
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[u.2:2.9] I am aware.
[u.2:2.9] I am aware.


[u.1:2.7] You’re trying to tempt him. You’re feeding his anger.
[u.1:2.7] You're trying to tempt him. You're feeding his anger.


[u.2:3.0] The gun is a memento, nothing more.
[u.2:3.0] The gun is a memento, nothing more.
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“The custom piece! For—”
“The custom piece! For—”


“Oh right. Right. Course I’m doing that.”
“Oh right. Right. Course I'm doing that.”


“Yeah? How's it looking?”
“Yeah? How's it looking?”
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''Khvostov Field Manual, pg. 54''
''Khvostov Field Manual, pg. 54''


“I’ve been toying with a new design for firing pin interface. See sketch below.”
“I've been toying with a new design for firing pin interface. See sketch below.”
{{clear}}
{{clear}}


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DESCRIPTION: Conversation.<br>
DESCRIPTION: Conversation.<br>
PARTIES: Two [2]. One [1] Ghost-type, designate [REDACTED] [u.1], One [1] Guardian-type, Class Hunter [u.2]<br>
PARTIES: Two [2]. One [1] Ghost-type, designate [REDACTED] [u.1], One [1] Guardian-type, Class Hunter [u.2]<br>
ASSOCIATIONS: Breaklands; Durga; Dwindler’s Ridge; Last Word; Malphur, Shin; North Channel; Orsa, Zyre [AKA Vale, Dredgen]; Palamon; Thorn; Vale, Dredgen [AKA Orsa, Zyre]; Velor; Ward, Jaren; WoS; Yor, Dredgen; Yor, Shadows of<br>
ASSOCIATIONS: Breaklands; Durga; Dwindler's Ridge; Last Word; Malphur, Shin; North Channel; Orsa, Zyre [AKA Vale, Dredgen]; Palamon; Thorn; Vale, Dredgen [AKA Orsa, Zyre]; Velor; Ward, Jaren; WoS; Yor, Dredgen; Yor, Shadows of<br>
//AUDIO UNAVAILABLE//<br>
//AUDIO UNAVAILABLE//<br>
//TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS.../<br>
//TRANSCRIPT FOLLOWS.../<br>
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[u.2:0.4] The Vanguard has an eye on...<br>
[u.2:0.4] The Vanguard has an eye on...<br>
[u.1:0.5] The Vanguard have their eyes on many things.<br>
[u.1:0.5] The Vanguard have their eyes on many things.<br>
[u.2:0.5] I’m aware.<br>
[u.2:0.5] I'm aware.<br>
[u.1:0.6] Then what will you do?<br>
[u.1:0.6] Then what will you do?<br>
[silence]<br>
[silence]<br>
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