Operation Ahamkara

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Previous:	Hunt for Riven's Clutch
Next:	Upheaval on Nessus
Operation Ahamkara
Conflict:	War against the Witness
Fronts:	The Pale Heart, The Traveler
Outcome:	Operation Ahamkara is initiated as Zavala, Ikora, and the Guardian venture towards the Pale Heart The Guardian is separated from Zavala and Ikora At the Lost City, the Guardian reunites with Cayde and later finds Crow before finding Zavala and Ikora Zavala is tempted by the Darkness and leaves alone to commune with the Witness The Veiled Statues reveal how to "unmake" the Witness Targe sacrifices himself to save Zavala's life The Guardian wounds the Witness by destroying dissenting statues with a sword granted to them by the Traveler before retreating after being wounded by the Witness Retreating to the monolith, the Witness roots itself into the Traveler and begins preparations to enact the Final Shape The rest of the Coalition arrive within the Pale Heart The Witness is uprooted from the Traveler and driven back from its monolith by a Guardian fireteam The united forces of the Coalition alongside the Lucent Brood launch one final attack against the Witness and its forces A fireteam of 12 Guardians confront the wounded Witness, unmaking it with the Traveler's Light The Ghost briefly dies due to channeling the Traveler's Light into its body to destroy the Witness, however he is brought back by Cayde-6 who uses his Light to resurrect him Cayde dies his final death, returning to the Light of the Traveler An Aurora of Light and Darkness seeps out of the Traveler after the Witness's defeat Multiple Echoes depart out of the Traveler as a result of the memories from the Witness Parallel Operations: Kargen, the Technocrat clone killed and Freeborn Otzot attempt to steal Vex data about the OXA Machine and the Veil thwarted Xivu Arath's attempt to explore the space-time fractures on Mars thwarted Xivu Arath manages to regroup and move massive amounts of forces from her brood using the Ley Lines Sepiks Prime copy killed and Eramis, Kell of Darkness's attempt to trade weapons in exchange for the Prime Servitor with House of Dusk thwarted Navôta, Eir Spawn, either a disguised wizard or her resurrection, killed and Savathun's plans involving the Hive on Earth thwarted Data about the Psions ancient past involving Nezarec, Final God of Pain and the Witness recovered on the Lunar Pyramid
Belligerents Forces of the Coalition: Last City Vanguard Six Coyotes Imperial Cabal House of Light House of Spider Reef Neomuna Cloud Striders Hive: Lucent Brood (briefly) Forces of the Witness: The Dread Taken Scorn Xivu Arath's Horde House of Salvation Shadow Legion Sol Divisive Hive: Lucent Brood Cabal: Shadow Legion Deserters Commanders Vanguard: Commander Zavala Ikora Rey Cayde-6 The Crow Micah-10 Imperial Cabal: Empress Caiatl House of Light: Mithrax, Kell of Light Reef: Mara Sov Lucent Brood: Savathûn, the Witch Queen (briefly) Forces of the Witness The Witness Herald of Finality Kataxiia, Tormentor of the Ahamkara Rhuna, Subjugator of Chasms Rhaska Subjugator of Thresholds Vrihn, Subjugator of Gardens Lenurae, Subjugator of Fluxion Molak'al, Subjugator of the Traveler Araaxen, Reverent of the Witness Eshkin'tuk, Witness's Blessed Kholon, Taken by the Witness Voxelos Taken by the Witness Koftiks Taken by the Witness Pillar of Denial Dolgith, Blade of Reasoning Icon of Finality The Unwaking Mind Pillar of Devotion Lii'liks, Harvester of the Witness Pillar of Silence Korha, the Hollow Pillar of Stillness Artillery Commander Lucent Brood: Savathûn, the Witch Queen Ir Okmarr, Devoted to Savathûn Nolakh, Star-Eater Mharuk, Sky-Stealer Luzaku Shadow Legion Deserters: Freeborn Otzot Kargen, the Technocrat (Clone) Strength Thousands of Guardians Countless Imperial Cabal troops Imperial Cabal Carriers Countless House of Light soldiers Eliksni Ketches Dozens of Corsairs Spider's Crew and Associates Countless Lucent Brood Hive (briefly) Hundreds of Hive Lightbearers (briefly) Countless Dread units Countless Taken Thousands of Scorn Thousands of Hive Thousands of House of Salvation Fallen Eliksni Ketches Thousands of Shadow Legion Cabal Thousands of Vex frames Countless Lucent Brood Hive Hundreds of Hive Lightbearers Hundreds of Shadow Legion Deserter Cabal Casualties Targe The Ghost (briefly) Cayde-6 Dozens of Guardians Hundreds of Imperial Cabal troops Several House of Light soldiers Several Corsairs The Witness Thousands of Dread units Thousands of Taken Hundreds of Scorn Thousands of Shadow Legion Cabal Hundreds of Hive Hundreds of House of Salvation Fallen Hundreds of Vex platforms Thousands of Lucent Brood Hive Dozens of Hive Lightbearers Hundreds of Shadow Legion Deserter Cabal

"A final shape is coming."

— The Witness

Operation Ahamkara was a massive conflict that took place shortly after Crow's entry into Pale Heart of the Traveler. With the way now open, Zavala, Ikora Rey, and the Guardian are all separated but ultimately succeed in entering the Pale Heart. Arriving at the Lost City, the Guardian reunites with Cayde-6 before finding Crow, Ikora, and Zavala. As Zavala begin to be tempted by Darkness, he would seek out the Witness who would offer the Vanguard Commander a chance to join them. Ultimately Zavala's Ghost, Targe heroically sacrifices himself to save his Guardian's life at the cost of his own. However his sacrifice would not be in vain as Zavala discovered that the Witness could be "unmade" thanks to the knowledge given by its dissenting voices.

Arriving at its monolith, the Guardian destroys multiple of the dissenting statues before retreating with the aid of Mara Sov, wounding the Witness in the process. With their Coalition allies now within the Pale Heart, the Vanguard begin preparations for an assault against the Witness to uproot its hold over the Traveler. Climbing to the top of its monolith, a Guardian fireteam uproot the Witness from the Traveler and force it to retreat from the monolith. The forces of the Coalition with the assistance of the Lucent Brood would then launch one final assault against the Witness and its forces. A fireteam of 12 Guardians would confront the wounded Witness and unmake it using the Traveler's Light, avenging the countless civilizations devastated by its conflict with the Traveler. The Guardian's Ghost dies as a result of channeling the Light of the Traveler, however Cayde-6 altruistically uses his Light to resurrect the Ghost, resulting in the former Hunter Vanguard returning to the Light of the Traveler.

Prelude

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When the Vanguard discovered one of Riven's uncorrupted eggs and uncovered the existence of the fifteenth wish on Savathûn's wings, they would contact Mara Sov who would begin to assemble her Techeuns to awaken Riven's spirit so she could grant them the wish. In retaliation, the Witness would respond by sending the Sol Divisive to invade the Dreaming City to halt their efforts. Entering into the Keep of Voices on the orders of the Awoken Queen, the Guardian fights their way through the invading Vex forces to retrieve one of Riven's teeth. Granting the tooth to the Techeuns, the Guardian then enters into the Wishing Wall and enters the code for the wish while the Techeuns successfully reawaken Riven. However upon reawakening, Riven astonishingly refuses to grant them the wish. Confronting Riven within the Spirit's Anchor, Mara demands to know why the Ahamkara refuses to grant the wish. Riven would state that she has no reason to grant the wish because she and the rest of her kind are dead. The Ahamkara would then speak of how the Awoken Queen had ordered her forces to destroy her eggs, however would reveal that she hid some of her eggs within her lair and if Mara secured them, she would grant them the wish. Although she understood the risks of allowing the Ahamkara to terrorize the people of Sol once more, Mara agrees to Riven's bargain.

History

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Aftermath

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Appearance

• Destiny 2: The Final Shape (First appearance)