Operation Ahamkara: Difference between revisions

|result=*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 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

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'''Parallel Operations:'''

**[[Icon of Finality]]

**[[The Unwaking Mind]]

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*[[Pillar of Devotion]]

*[[The Ghost]] {{c|briefly}}

*[[Cayde-6]]

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*Hundreds of Imperial Cabal troops

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.  

==History==

Beginning their journey to the memory of the ritual site, the Guardian fights there way through Taken and Dread forces. They would also be taunted by the Witness, who proclaims their efforts against it yield them nothing. While the Guardian engages with Taken and Dread units, Zavala, Ikora, Cayde, and Crow are ambushed by swarms of Hive. Zavala orders the Guardian to continue their pursuit while also telling them that the Witness is aware that there are dissenting voices within its collective. As the Guardian slays an Imprint of Nezarec to lower the barrier, the Witness would attempt to convince them to renounce their efforts to assist the Traveler. Arriving at [[The Sacrarium|the Sacrarium]], the Guardian traverses across the platforms to eventually arrive into a cave. Contemplating the dissenters guidance, Ikora comes to realize that they could use the power of the Light to destroy the Witness. With the doorway in the cave blocked by a barrier, the Guardian interacts with a resonance shell to gain the ability to pass through resonance barriers. They enter into a glass gateway to arrive into a cavern filled with dioramas of Ghost with red eyes as the Witness attempts to persuade them to destroy their Ghost. Reaching another cavern, the Guardian interacts with another resonance shell to delve into the room below and slay the two [[Resonant Warder|Darkblade]]s within to reveal Glyphs upstairs. Returning upstairs, they activate the correct ones to bring forth [[Eshkin'tuk, Witness's Blessed]], defeating the Taken Knight to dispel the Blight blocking the entrance. With the Guardian persisting in their efforts, the Witness declares that they merely desire endless challenge through the [[Sword Logic]].

Traversing up the ritual site, the Guardian enters another glass gateway where the Witness orders them to take what they are owed. Eventually they reach a room where dioramas of the Vanguard leaders stand. The Witness offered a Guardian a chance to join them not as part of the Final Shape, but as one of its Disciples. Ghost would interrupt the Witness and tell the entity that Targe belief that it was afraid was correct as it feared what the Guardian was capable of. Enraged at this defiance, the Witness orders them go where they wished, where it would destroy them itself. Upon arriving at the ritual site, the Guardian is confronted by the Witness who manifests itself alongside its Dread forces led by [[Lenurae, Subjugator of Fluxion|two]] [[Molak'al, Subjugator of the Traveler|Subjugator]]s. However after defeating one Subjugator at a time, the Traveler grants the Guardian a sword of Light. Heeding the words of the dissenters, the Guardian gives themselves to Darkness to penetrate into the Witness's consciousness. Within the collective consciousness they discover many of the beings calcified into statues by the Witness, with the dissenters ordering the Guardian to destroy them. Obeying their commands, the Guardian destroys three statues, gravelly wounding the Witness in the process. After the third statue's destruction, the Witness in a fit of rage cut the Guardian out of its collective and would send its Taken to destroy them. Despite being severely wounded, the Guardian escapes the Witness's grasp as they are transmatted onto the H.E.L.M. by Mara Sov.

==Aftermath==

With the ancient war of Light and Darkness finally concluded, the forces of the Coalition return to the Last City to celebrate their monumental victory. At the tower, Zavala, Ikora, and Crow sit together on a ledge overlooking the city. Crow would state to both Zavala and Ikora that although the Traveler is healing, they still have a lot of work to do. While the Eliksni children played with infant War Beasts, the Guardian and Ghost would arrive to the tower. Looking down below, Zavala would speak of how they have finally prevailed over the Witness after the many years of conflict. Ikora would state that she imagined the feeling of their victory would feel different. Stretching out his paper lantern, Crow would realize that they likely didn't feel satisfied because they had not yet celebrated. As the Guardian walks over and sits beside their friends, the four of them release along their paper lanterns into the sky along with the civilians of the Last City to celebrate their victory.

Despite their victory, the death of the Witness would not come without consequences. Most of the Witness's forces would retreat from the Pale Heart, although its most loyal followers would still continue their attempts at enacting their master's final orders. With her newfound mortality, Xivu Arath would continue to hide in the shadows as she prepared for the next conflict to come, while House Salvation would begin to turn on itself with Eramis's absence. Furthermore, Savathûn and the Lucent Brood would begin their attempts to claim the Pale Heart for themselves, while the Scorn and Taken would be left directionless with the lack of a  commanding will. To learn more of the Scorn's activity, Crow would begin to search for [[Fikrul, the Fanatic|Fikrul]]'s whereabouts.

==List of appearances==

*''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{1st}}

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

==References==