Shayura

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Shayura
Biographical information
Species:	Awoken
Gender:	Female
Political and military information
Affiliation:	Vanguard Praxic Order
Rank:	Guardian
Class:	Warlock

Shayura is a Guardian who participated in a mission to Old Chicago in pursuit of an unknown entity. They were one of the few survivors of the mission alongside Aisha and Reed-7. While being debriefed about the mission, Shayura noted that in all of their studies of the enemies of the Light they had never read about anything like the creature which had hunted them.

Biography

During the Red War, when Ghaul caged the Travelers light, Shayura and her fireteam where currently hunting an unknown creature in the catacombs of Old Chicago. Later, she was stationed on Titan, and faced the Hive there. Shayura fought a Knight that continuously resurrected itself, presumably Takul-Dar. Herself being lightless, the experience left her deeply traumatized.

During the Pyramids Arrival, Shayura came under heavy stress, mostly in relation to Deputy Commander Sloanes refusal to leave Titan and a fear of losing her Light again. Consequently, she frequently came into conflict with her friend Aisha. This came to a head when Shayura experienced a traumatic flashback during the Trials of Osiris, resulting in her repeatedly killing an opponent, Leitka. She became wracked by guilt and began to question her worth as a Guardian. This anxiety turned into conviction with the Reformation of the Traveler, where she decided to hunt those who would turn away from the Light.

She would soon have many targets as the use of Stasis became more widespread. At a later point, she had seemingly caused multiple final deaths, and during a Trials match with her fireteam she tried to do so again to an opponent who used Stasis. She was however stopped by Aisha, who was using Stasis as well. Shayura was then imprisoned by the Vanguard.

During the Endless Night, Shayura apparently escaped containment. Disillusioned by the Vanguard's willingness to make peace with enemies, and seeing her old fireteam as traitors, she began to work alone, hunting anyone she deemed an agent of the Darkness. On Venus, in one of her attacks, she killed a Hunter, his Ghost and an Eliksni non-combatant of the House of Light.

Following the end of the Endless Night, Shayura would later face the Hive of Savathûn's Lucent Brood. She faced them like she had with other Hive before but to her shock and panic, she would encounter a Knight that was accompanied by a Ghost. The Ghost would resurrect the Knight like a Guardian, forcing Shayura to battle the Hive again but after slaying it, Shayura lunged after the Ghost before it could resurrect the Knight, destroying it but the deed shattered her perception of all that she knew. Shayura would end up in the shadow of the Traveler in the Last City but would be surrounded by City security and her former teammates, Reed-7 and Aisha but couldn't acknowledge due to her traumatic experience with the Lucent Brood. Aisha attempts to comfort her friend, swearing to get her the help she needs.

Personality and Traits

"Each scar I bear, a trial survived."

— Shayura.

Shayura is a very troubled individual, having suffered a traumatic experience when she lost her light during the Red War, nearly lost her life to the Hive and took the disappearance of Sloane, whom she looked up to greatly, pretty hard. Her trauma caused her to have flashbacks or delusions of those fearful moments, leading to periods of violence which was apparent during her matches in the Trials of Osiris, repeatedly murdering her opponents when the match was over. Her behavior has caused a great deal of concern in her teammates, especially her closest friend, Aisha. Though they tried to help her, Shayura slowly grew disillusioned with the world around herself, believing that the people seek shelter underneath the Traveler out of delusion and desperation. Despite believing that the Traveler was indifferent towards Humanity, its reformation drove Shayura to defend the Light, whatever the cost. However, this dedication would enter into dangerous extremism.

Shayura would then begin to hunt down Guardians who wielded the power of Stasis, finding them to be "traitors" to the Light. This would prove to be the last straw for her teammates, as they tried to stop her from executing a Guardian who wielded Stasis during a Trails match. Their attempts to stop her and Aisha revealing that she too wields Stasis brought feelings of deep betrayal within Shayura. The only one to stay by her side would be her Ghost, but even he began to be unnerved and saddened by his Guardian's darkened and extreme behavior.

Following her imprisonment and eventual escape, Shayura lost all faith in what she once knew, feeling that all her friends either abandoned or betrayed her. She would continue with her mission to hunt down Guardians who wielded Stasis. Further, she refused to accept peace with former enemies, as the Vanguard had with their armistice with the Cabal and their alliance with the Eliksni House of Light. She would even murder such individuals, including non-combatants, much to the disgust of a Hunter she was pursuing, who went as far as to compare her to Dredgen Yor himself and Shin Malphur. Ironically, Shayura is using the Light in the same manner that she believes those who wield Stasis.

Ultimately, her encounters with the Lightbearing Hive of the Lucent Brood would completely shatter all perceptions she once had, especially with what she understood about the Light and Darkness. Seeing the Hive, the greatest enemy of humanity, bearing the Light against the Guardians left a traumatizing impact on Shayura's psyche, leaving her in a defeated, nearly cationic state. Feeling that she had nothing left, Shayura surrendered herself to her teammates and the Last City, with her teammates deeply saddened at her state.

List of appearances

• Destiny 2: Beyond Light (First mentioned)
  • Season of the Hunt (Mentioned only)
  • Season of the Chosen (Mentioned only)
  • Season of the Splicer (Mentioned only)
  • Season of the Lost (Mentioned only)
  • The Witch Queen (Mentioned only)