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'''Cabal:''' | '''Cabal:''' | ||
* | *Shadow Legion Deserters | ||
|commanders1='''Vanguard:''' | |commanders1='''Vanguard:''' | ||
*Commander [[Zavala]] | *Commander [[Zavala]] | ||
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**[[Dolgith, Blade of Reasoning]] | **[[Dolgith, Blade of Reasoning]] | ||
**[[Icon of Finality]] | **[[Icon of Finality]] | ||
**[[The Unwaking Mind]] | |||
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*[[Pillar of Devotion]] | *[[Pillar of Devotion]] | ||
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*[[Artillery Commander]] | *[[Artillery Commander]] | ||
|commanders3='''Lucent Brood:''' | |commanders3='''Lucent Brood:''' | ||
*[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] | *[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] | ||
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*[[Luzaku]] | *[[Luzaku]] | ||
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''' | '''Shadow Legion Deserters:''' | ||
*[[Freeborn Otzot]] | *[[Freeborn Otzot]] | ||
**[[Kargen, the Technocrat]] Clone | **[[Kargen, the Technocrat]] {{c|Clone}} | ||
|forces1=*Thousands of Guardians | |forces1=*Thousands of Guardians | ||
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*Hundreds of Hive Lightbearers | *Hundreds of Hive Lightbearers | ||
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*Hundreds of | *Hundreds of Shadow Legion Deserter Cabal | ||
|casual1=*[[Targe]] | |casual1=*[[Targe]] | ||
*[[The Ghost]] {{c|briefly}} | *[[The Ghost]] {{c|briefly}} | ||
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*Dozens of Hive Lightbearers | *Dozens of Hive Lightbearers | ||
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*Hundreds of | *Hundreds of Shadow Legion Deserter Cabal | ||
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==Prelude== | ==Prelude== | ||
When the [[Vanguard]] discovered one of Riven's uncorrupted eggs and uncovered the existence of the fifteenth wish on [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]'s wings, they would contact [[Mara Sov]] who would begin to assemble her [[Techeun]]s to awaken [[Riven]]'s spirit so she could grant them the wish. In retaliation, [[The Witness|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|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 [[Riven's Lair|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. | |||
Infiltrating Riven's Lair to retrieve the eggs, the Guardian discovers that Riven's eggs were missing, with the Techeuns uncovering that they were scattered across the Ascendant Plane. Using the [[Ley Lines]], the Coalition over the coarse of weeks would pull the eggs back into Riven's Lair, retrieving them from the forces of the Sol Divisive, [[Taken]], and [[Scorn]]. However they would face an unexpected challenge when the Sol Divisive succeeded in transporting the egg into the [[Black Garden]]. Arriving into the Black Garden, the Guardian retrieves the egg after slaying the [[Akardon, Pitiless Mind|Vex Mind]] responsible for stealing the egg within an Ahamkara lair. It is uncovered shortly after that this lair belonged to Riven's mate, [[Taranis]], who made his own wish to scatter the uncorrupted eggs to protect them, resulting in his demise in the process. | |||
As the Coalition continues to retrieve the rest of Riven's Clutch, the Ahamkara eventually reveals to them that the fifteenth wish only allows for one individual to pursue the Witness into the Pale Heart. Despite this setback, [[Uldren Sov|Crow]] comes up with the solution that he should be the one to enter the Pale Heart and that he and Mara could use their connection to open the way for everyone to enter. Eventually the Guardian receives the final egg from Scorn under the command of [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]] before entering the code for the fifteenth wish. With their bargain complete, Riven grants them the wish, allowing Crow to enter the portal into the Pale Heart. Ultimately Riven's essence becomes spent as she fades away just like Taranis before her, with Mara promising to look after her clutch. | |||
Attempting to prevent Crow's entry into the Pale Heart, the Sol Divisive would recreate the [[Black Heart]] with the guidance of the Witness, taking the place of the Veil in the entanglement. To bring an end to their intervention, the Guardian enters into the Black Garden, destroying its Heart once more by defeating its new vessels known as the Temporal Progeny. With the interference halted, Crow enters into the Pale Heart before being vested in a dual by the now resurrected [[Cayde-6]]. However upon noticing Crow's [[Glint|Ghost]], Cayde lowers his weapon and helps Crow to his feet as they glance in the distance to see pulses of Light emerging from the Witness's Monolith. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Crossing the Threshold=== | |||
{{Quote|You live without purpose. Anguish. Bliss. A meaningless cycle... of action and reaction. Let us bring an end... to your futile exertions. A final shape is coming. Chaos untangled... made knowable... with immaculate intent. Let us know you... and be reborn into perfection.|The Witness speaking to humanity as it finalizes earth}} | |||
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As the people of the [[Last City]] were continuing their everyday activities, they would be interrupted by the unnoticeable voice of the Witness. It would pronounce that they lived a purposeless existence of both anguish and bliss before finalizing the entirety of [[Earth]] into a frozen stillness. With the finalization complete, the Witness would declaring that a final shape is imminent, which would see the malicious chaos of the Light made knowable. However [[The Traveler|the Traveler]] would successfully undo the finalization, resulting in the Witness continuing to torture it for its resistance. Back at the [[H.E.L.M.]], Mara Sov as she looked at her hand in horror would reveal to [[Zavala]] and [[Ikora Rey]] that the Witness is close to enacting the Final Shape. Understand this was their only chance, Zavala declares that they are now initiating Operation Ahamkara to enter the portal into the Pale Heart. Mara would warn them that the Traveler could not prevent it for much longer and that the portal was unstable. Remaining determined despite the danger, Zavala would enter the portal alongside Ikora and the Guardian. While Zavala and Ikora successfully entered the portal into the Pale Heart, the Guardian would be unable to avoid the hurdles in their way, crashing into the [[The Threshold|Threshold]] between the outside world and Pale Heart. | |||
With their ship destroyed, the Guardian is forced to traverse the Threshold on foot, while Mara uses her power to keep the portal open long enough for them to enter. Defeating Taken sent by the Witness, the Guardian discovers a fount of Darkness and interacts with the resonance shell in the middle, manifesting a pathway of possibilities. Using the icon of Light dropped by a [[Will-Crushed Centurion|Taken Centurion]], the Guardian interacts with the shell once more to make the pathway physical, thus allowing them to traverse closer towards the portal. As they navigate across the platforms, the Guardian encounters the Witness's new army the [[The Dread|Dread]], specifically [[Weaver]]s, reshaped [[Psion]]s wielding the power of [[Strand]]. | |||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||