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The Journal of Nikolas Enchester is a special Lore book introduced in Wrath of the Hive. Entries are unlocked by progressing the story.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 1
At the start of the Journal, after the conversation with The Spider and the year and more with his Fireteam to soon be named and be recorded through history.
So, where to begin? At the point of creation, or where I was in a Cabal Ship during the time of the Red War, but perhaps one or two years back. I was resurrected inside the ruins of a tavern, and when I walked out I was inside a ruined small metallic wall town. I’m pretty sure I was resurrected on a different planet somewhere near an armored train station between two other large cities called Ravenica and where I think I was close to was Corinith. The only thing I knew that I somewhat was, was a lute that had a name on a rusted piece of metal called Enchester and a trippy dreamy vision upon being resurrected. A large planetoid orb of terraforming power and cosmic light that made manifest. A being of pure f###ing hatred towards the orb with many souls being as one who will not stop to do its goal of whatever the f### it wants to do to cause such misery and cosmic destruction of all things in life or worst the stillness of nothing of life and death, which is either of those two for a being who despise to the planetoid orb for whatever the planetoid did to them had a really good reason to. A four-armed person of a different species or race with a uniform faced the being with his allies. A female voice calls my name “Nikolas!” as I am awake from being reborn into this world.
Sighs. F### this takes a bit, mentally speaking. Anyway, I was able to scavenge some things, a rapier, my only memory that is my lute, a sidearm I’ve found, and a few nicks and nacks of rations and supplies. Though for all that I struggled and feasted off of game and foraging, I was able to learn, to talk, persuade, fight, and entertain, with minor miracle work as I was no wizard or cleric, and I sure as hell I wouldn’t trust revealing my power. Unless they ticked me off and I will strike. So… Where was I? Right! In all that I traveled and all that I was able to learn, mind you this was a year or two since I met my team of Guardians and Ir Noshti, who I was able to enjoy having a conversation with. Doesn’t even bother me that she’s related to Savathun, the Goddess of Deception.
Should I be worried, hmmmmmm maybe, nah! I have a thing to always help people because I’ve seen what was left of that ruined town where I was resurrected from, men, women, children, and the elderly burnt to bones and ashes. I felt that it was right to help achieve a goal that I and a few others can be proud of. I met them in a Cabal Carrier, who was named Blackburn and Brent Halligan and I don’t remember where they went for the year I was with them, along with a Rabbit Faunus named Terra. The others I met after we stole a smaller ship and rendezvoused at our home called the Nucleus. Trajor, Maple, and Koneko. Though I may have met Maple and Koneko inside the carrier. Whilst inside the carrier I met Ir Noshti, and let me tell you she’s sweet and hot, like a dawnbreak who slashes fire at her enemies kinda hot. Oh boy if Ir Noshti sees this journal, she’ll slap me in the face and put me on fire.
Oh now that I think about it, I should also mention my ghost, Sophonia. She’s quite annoying sometimes and has a stick in her rear end, but she’s my joy and she asks how I’m doing with either a ponder of a deep thought or a moment of sorrow where I felt the need to have someone to talk to. I am always grateful to Sophonia, and also the rest of the fireteam for my shenanigans. I didn’t quite tell them of my resurrection or the vision upon being resurrected. I was kinda left figuring out what that was until I was able to gain some answers. BE F###ING WARNED THIS IS HEAVILY CLASSIFIED INFORMATION! SO IF YOU SEE THIS JOURNAL WITH THE INFORMATION THERE. THERE BE A SELF-DESTRUCTION SEQUENCE FOR YOU, SO IF OUR ENEMIES SEE THIS. F### YOU, YOU’RE NOT GETTING YOUR F###ING VICTORY!!!!!!!!!
Sighs. I was able to deduce after a few conversations between, The Spider, The Witch Queen, and her daughter Ir Noshti that there was an artifact of great cosmic psychedelic power called The Veil. Where this was an artifact of darkness in which perception and psychic memories come into the universe. And if I get this right which I kinda dread if it was linked, I sure as hell it’s not good at all and may cause the end of all of life and potentially death. If I think of a being who despises everything and everyone so much, I think it’ll try to destroy everything and everyone. Now it is probably likely true that Savathun, like the thicc goddess of deception, hid the Veil away from her enemies and allies, with other allies. But, I knew there was something worse than destruction. Perhaps, in a possible and likely theory who has a high vindication against someone or multiple. Eternal damnation or perhaps a perfection that is disguised as eternal damnation. Now, I will admit this to you, I have a very trigger-happy paranoid mode of killing any threats that endanger all of life, either by cosmic eldritch consumption where no spark and no gods can make it at all where everything dies in nothingness or one who can change the cosmic scope of everything. Trust me, I can be very vindictive if I want to be. Especially if anyone betrays my trust in anyone who I have a very personal relationship with. I will not stop until it is dead, till I destroy said threat. But that is neither here nor there. Man, I’ve been writing this for a while and I thought I would make it here because it has been three years of my journey as a risen. I will do everything I can to help everyone that I care for. So, please believe in some faith, and dear mighty I hope that we can do this together.
This is from a risen from me to you. - Nikolas Enchester.
P.S. I should put a self-destruct sequence with facial recognition that maybe some may need to read this. In the case I die, who knows? But for my allies, I say thank you for all that we’ve worked towards, and to my enemies, F### YOU, YOU’LL SHAN’T WIN AT ALL!
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 2
After the Scouting Mission and encounter with an Exo Stranger.
You know, looking back on it, I encounter some terrifying shit. Like meeting a Vex Unit who can reverse time to resurrect a Gatelord or talking with Savathun the Goddess of Deception and Ir Noshti's mom for most people. Which, I can definitely say that she is a bit of a milf in all ways. Gods I hope Ir Noshti doesn't see this and says: “YOU INCORRIGIBLE HORNY F###ING BARD!?!?” What can I say, her mom has the voice of just sexiness damn it! But, that’s what I am not here to bring up. We’re on a scouting mission to see what the Sol Divisive Vex are up to. Avoiding radiolaria and patrols, we were about to be ambushed by a bunch of Vex Goblins, till an exo stranger came into the picture and took out the Vex Goblins in quite the badass fashion. However, she dipped on us after the dispatch of the Sol Divisive bastards of Vex Goblins, not without leaving us a little message on the terminal that we could access it. Now we know what to do. Maybe be involved with a Gate Lord’s eye. We may perhaps be able to stop the plans that come from the Sol Divisive, which in proxy the bastard known as the Witness’ plan. Now, I wish we had some idea of how to kill the damn entity. I also may know that there are higher beings at work. Which may help us in dealing with the being of cosmic hatred. Is this potentially whimsical, absol-f###ing-lutely. But, I always try to look at what we got and we go from there, together.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 3
After the shopping spree of Equipment and that kiss on the cheek from Ir Noshti
Well…….. This… is… I have a multitude of feelings and I am going to try my damndest to describe them here. So, I went on a massive shopping spree buying some very good weapons, and an expensive amount of ammo for my new Holy Divine Pistol, with the fact that I almost went broke. But, what’s after the fact is that I wanted to do something inside the Nucleus, so Thirhe asked me and Ainsley to clean up his study room and such. Which I gladly did and thus I got his museum/observatory done. I was a little irked by the Taken Chimera, but this taken chimera was wearing a butler’s or maid outfit which did help a bit and not be weird out at all. I met this young Eliksni who was very studious at what’s she doing and dropped plenty of books on the floor by accident. So, me and Ainsley help pick up the books that fell. It’s what’s after and during the cleaning up of the museum/observatory study room that I encountered.
After I cleaned my part of the room, I went to the observatory and looked through the telescope to see the stars, what I saw was the immediate futures of my friends and what they were up to, and I saw higher up in the ascendant skies that their futures are further up the ceiling. But, what I don’t see is my future or fate of my own. Would this help to understand my fate, of course, but then again others will try everything to advertise said future of their fates and change them for the worse or be paranoid to the point of breaking and pushing away everyone they love. Or the opposite could be true and will try and prepare as much as they can before the storm of change for the better. But, instead of fearing one’s self for their future in either good or bad. I would make my future with the people I care for, and fate can flip off! After that, I met a young ahamkara in the form of a small elven purple-haired girl named Keiki. Who I had an okay conversation with and said that I should work on my choice of words or flirting with some others. Also, Ixis was there and that was a nice change and whatnot, they seem to have somehow related as Keiki has a mom. I think.
I almost made a wish with her, which I know what type of monkey’s paw they can do to twist around said desire. But, Keiki said to me that I already have this wish of kinship with you guys, which I can say I do, and I figured you saw my journal there Ir Noshti and I fully well know I was expected to have a beatdown from you. But, instead, you kissed me on the cheek. I was completely flustered and I wasn’t able to say this, maybe I already have, but I really and truly do like you there Ir Noshti and you kissing me was a sign that you like me as well. Am I going too fast with this, I sure as hell am, but I felt my heart pounding to you. In which I will make a vow to you as I may already be way deep inside the sea of memorial darkness that I shall be your knight, as you were always my wizard. I will defend and fight with you till the end of time and of our final deaths. May your mother Savathun guide and deceive others so that we have an understanding of ourselves and others. I feel that someone out there is going to call me a heretic, but there’s a very thin line between light and dark as they were once united before. Could it be taboo, maybe, but I will always be here to listen to you and we can do things together there Ir Noshti. For this, we bring war into love and love into our war Ir Noshti, as one’s completion of absolute, aiat.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
P.S. I also am going to have to speak with your mom at some point, let’s just say I was in the ascendant plane and I saw Xivu Arath and Savathun speaking, which I wish I were to learn Krillic Hive to understand. I will speak with you about this, but have a good night there Ir Noshti.
The book of Nikolas’ Journal was left with him when he slept by the barrier that Ir Noshti put up and mediated through the night.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 4
After the attempted conversation with Ir Noshti to see if she received his love.
So, you think to yourself that this would mean something regarding what you think, right? Oh how wrong I was. She didn’t take kindly to my approach after she read through my Journal as I purposely had it slightly a jar for her to read. She had a look of disgust at me for either how I brought up to her or the fact that I was more clingy than I looked. It's also bad enough that even though I am a bard for goodness sake! It seems that I have the opposite effect on my persuasion. On top of the fact that I suck at hiding things from other people in conversation! So, what should I do? I tried with my forward approach and that seemed to backfire spectacularly and I sure as hell can’t be subtle about it either. I also know why she’s mad at me when I use a very specific word that means when said it means that all is true. If this were to be an oath, there would be a lot that can be underestimated. So, what do I do? I know that even if it was momentarily, I can maybe put some trust into Keiki. Yes, I am aware she’s an ahamkara. I am aware of the dangers they put, but there’s more than twisting and eating desires as a whole. Can I ask Trajor, Brianna, Ainsley, or Maple, I don’t know. They’re my fireteam members, and we’ve had downtime, I just need to sort of reach out there.
I know our next mission is coming up and I know we’re about to take on a Gate Lord. So, let’s make this count. I just hope that I can make up to Ir Noshti, but then again I don’t know when I am clingy or distant. After the mission or two, I’ll try to speak with Ir Noshti. I know I have a chance, I may be over-cautiously about it, or under-cautious depending on who you ask. But, I want to be helpful, and not just helpful. I want what people can rely upon in times of doubt and uncertainty. I may be a bard, but I want to make our voices heard. Which in short could apply to my personal life too.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 5
Before the Start of the Hunt against the Gate Lord.
Today is the mission that we go after a Gate Lord, and there are a few thoughts that I don’t think anyone realizes, and I… Okay, I have some funky dreams and my mind thinks of Ir Noshti. Like erotic stuff that I might enjoy but will be incinerated on-site. Do I want to mention these erotic dreams to Ir Noshti, hell no! Maybe after I have the chance to speak with Ir Noshti, but I know I will just go to try. That being after the said mission. I at least keep myself together and at least display these thoughts through my head. It also helps me vent sometimes and clear my head in some way. Now onto the thoughts that none of my fireteam members realized. WE DIDN’T HAVE A FIRETEAM NAME! It was simple yet overly complicated because of what we do and the fact we’ve been through hell and back for a year! I say we’ll discuss this as a fireteam. You know I should also put where and when I was in my entries so that I can know when I write my entries. Let’s just make this mission go well and I hope I can talk with Ir Noshti about whatever I can think of.
Now, I also had another dream, I’m not sure if it was the Gardner or what have you. But, I see a brute who is face-off in our greatest fight yet with his team at his side, all blurred but it's only the big guy I know about. In a psychedelic metaphysical world of someone’s heart passing through a colorful barrier, on the other, I see that same four-armed person, who now I know is an eliksni helping on the commanding front, while our big boy thrashes through his kin, defeating otherworldly odds, and facing against either our defeat or victory. I can’t know for sure but it’s there and I think I may have an idea to prepare some things, how would I know, I won’t know till I try.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 6
After the Defeat of the Gate Lord
Boy, where do I start? I ain’t going to give you the “At the point of creation, or where I was.” instead this is something else that I got a respectable slightly hostile interaction with THE EMPEROR HIMSELF! Before we were sent to go and destroy the Gate Lord. To all that I’ve spoken to with the Spider & Savathun the Witch Queen, they all knew about the entity of pure hatred and darkness that started the Collapse and all other cosmic apocalypses. I understand why they keep this under wraps and keep it away from the psychedelic veil. But, the only thing I really want to know because my trigger happiness is on a really high trigger pull is how do we kill the damn Witness. I know that I wouldn’t be able to grasp the ability to kill the Witness any time soon even if I scour the galaxy to find a way to destroy it. There’s a lot of paracausality in defensive and offensive capabilities that can bend the laws of physics. I say this because I am deducing it from a conversational and some literacy/research contexts, and Savathun and the Spider. So, unless there’s some gambit that’ll weaken its offensive and defensive capabilities, we’re unfortunately playing damn cats and mice. So, f###!
I was craving some sweet literal and metaphorical justice, some explosive action, and finally killing the damn thing before all of life could cease! At least I got some action with the Gate Lord and may or may not die by vex cyclops with their explosive void balls!
I also had the feeling that as much as I wanted to destroy the damning Witness with everything I got. I know that there are some fates and some dreams of hope that’ll be in the far future. When the Witness finds the veil and is about to enact its action of causing the finality of everything. There'll be a future fireteam of guardians ready to stop it at all cost.
That big guy, I think it was a hive knight in my previous dream ready to face the Witness. It’s funny that the hive in all they devoted to the big three of Oryx, Xivu Arath, and Savathun, somewhere around there was a lie that turned them into who they are. For all that I was able to deduce, and all the conversations I was a part of, the Witness made the lie and thus made the hive. It’s so out of a stretch, but it’s very likely that might have happened. This may be the reason why Savathun backstabbed the witness after either figuring out the lie or something else. But, I bet you that this may or may not be for nothing when the EMPEROR and everyone else and their secretive sexy mother-in-law know about it! So, yeah f### me in the a## cheeks, why don’t you! Could this be for nothing, sure, could all of this be out of whack-a-do, absolutely, but I will not regret writing this because this gives some of a guide, or as close as I can make it to be. Anywho.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
(P.S: You think I’d be a warlock giving this much, but instead I am a hunter with weapons to sling and pew-pew while using vicious mock-a-rena. So, yeah. Gods if my allies read this they’re going to look at me and be like: “How the f### are you not a warlock!” Sighs)
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 7
After obtaining the head of the Gatelord, after the conversation with Ir Noshti.
You know what, I can’t wait any longer than I can hold! Hrreaaagghhhh!!! F###! So, what the hell happened? Are you probably wondering? We’re currently inside the great ship of the EMPEROR’S SHIP! Not only that, I heard after speaking with Ir Noshti that his older brother and 4 other brothers are 1st generation voids! Now, that didn’t quite mean jack to me as I was from another planet/solar system, but I only knew them through tales and rumors from the taverns and such. But never, did I think I’d be face to face with the emperor himself, and the aura doesn’t help that fact that he is not only powerful magically/paracausally, but also is powerful in the martial aspects as well, who has the will of the entire planet! With all due respect with one that’s amazing, but two there was some obscure text that made up the first generation voids.
I bet you that he and his brothers would know. That being said, only one or two, maybe three of the void brothers are approachable to have a nice conversation with. The other half of the Void brothers are from least to the belligerent asshole in all the ways. Hell might as well call this one a noble in the most derogatory way possible. Enough about the emperor and his void brothers, and you would think that: “You speak very highly and fear the emperor, though there’s probably more?” And you’d be right.
You see, sighs I feel very jaded and somewhat inferior that the information I got was naught, and I also feel that I am the one who’s very late to the party. And not in a good way. Sure, it answers a good chunk of my dreams. But, I feel the need to take action and kill the damn thing that can cease all of life and death. But, I know we’re not in the position to strike and I fucking hated that fact. Running Cat and Mouse till we find something we can permanently use to end the chase. I will not stop, till it is dead, and thus I can be at peace. And yet I am not even the one who’ll deal with the final blow. I know that I have to prepare for our next two fireteams that’ll come to fray, but what can I prepare them with!?
Information and training are nice but, there’s a time limit before the damning entity knows where the Veil is. I thank you for reading this rant with me, but you understand how the information I provide is enough that I and maybe you can be paranoid about our greatest fight in all universal history. I just hope that we’re prepared with this because I feel it ain’t enough. But, with all this paranoia there are always the small moments with me and the others, as I gave Halsiks a whooping 150 gold pieces after the fight against the gate lord and I at least spoke with Ir Noshti, but I see that being within the emperor’s ship doesn’t feel welcoming. With that being said.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 8
After presenting the head of the Gatelord to the Emperor and one of his belligerent brothers, returned to the Nucleus after the presentation of the head, shopped at Banshee’s, after the conversation with Ainsley, right after Homie’s appearance.
Well, this is a trip and a half, as I present the head to the Emperor. He knew we were capable of such a feat of obtaining the head from the Gatelord, though gloriously and I wish I could laugh at that fucker, the most belligerent brother among the first-generation voids is Omega the most apathetic asshole of them all. Due to his view of us as nothing more than ants, with his superior strength, speed, smarts, and literally all the above, except for being anything empathetic. Man, I wish I could punch him directly in his smug face if it weren't for the fact that he’s a first-generation void. Which, killing either one of the first-generation voids has to be exact to the point of a T! With artifacts to destroy either of the belligerent f###ers!? I respect the Emperor with all that I am, a few of his brothers I don’t have any respect for those farts. So my Emperor, if you see all of this writing to you in regards to your brothers, I apologize for my vulgarity against your brothers as they don’t feel an ounce of any and all-kind compassion. To be the definition of at least human.
Now I am glad we returned to the Nucleus, I was able to buy some ammo for my Divine Pistol, take some rest, and also for the first time I was killed by Ir Noshti, which I then realized was my immense incompetence. So for more added context. After Ir Noshti killed me, I went in and talked with Ainsely about me and Ir Noshti, and Ainsley provided me with some pointers and some other stuff, also to secure my journal with facial recognition that only a few can read my journal. After that, Rikia stopped by and gave me some advice on Ir Noshti, in which I was a massive fool for not looking through Hive culture and history. That for one’s death is another's strength. Which in turn means that War is Love and Love is War. What I also noticed after the fact was that I was given an Ahamkara necklace. I then noticed that there was a lot of high-grade disguise magic applied and at first, I thought it was Savathun, but I was mistaken. Turns out that after the Ahamkara bone tells me that it comes from the Whisper One to which I realize who I was given this Ahamkara bone. It wasn’t Rikia, but it was instead Vecna. Which is all but terrifying and a complicated mess altogether. Let’s say I know Vecna also through tales and reading through some history. So yeah. But, all and all I have an idea with Ir Noshti, and I’ll be asking her out through the love of combat and I’ll make it as punchy of an emotion as love is pouring out of my light.
Our next mission is actually to power the Eye of the Gatelord after that fucking belligerent of an asshole pierce the eye with a massive knife! But, he was reluctant enough to give us the location of the place of the heart where it lies. Which is great, and I figured out how to power the eye itself, there was a blocked wall that prevented us from going through. Now that the Gate Lord is dead, we can now investigate and power the eye itself. We might be able to pull something off. With that being said.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 8.5
Couldn't sleep well, as thoughts need to be said. As he sits on the bed in the Nucleus, writing this entry.
Sighs Welp, I can’t seem to sleep tonight as I don’t think as much as I’ve mentioned of others, I don’t put much of myself inside of my journal which kinda gnaws at me internally, and I say fuck it! Might as well write. So, for the past 3 years since my resurrection and since now having our fireteam name finally be Fireteam Jaeger Shade, how do I feel in all of this? Well, one, I am grateful to have a roof over my head, and two, the people I work with are ones that I try to converse with and that I’ve always kept in mind. My fireteam is my own dysfunctional family I adore, and I didn’t think I had a crush on a hive wizard, no less than related to Savathun the Witch Queen herself. Do I enjoy the work that I do with my fireteam? I do, but at the same time, I don’t think we converse enough not just as a fireteam, but as friends. If there’s anything I want to change, it is that I am not this dense of a bard.
Hell, I should be the connoisseur of judging characters and to see what they are, and yet I feel I don’t want to change myself entirely, due to apathy of those of intelligence or of raw strength that they seem higher than the others. I hate when they think of themselves as mighty, and not looking through other perspectives! It’s infuriating to see when some unfortunate soul meets one of these asshats and they get shit on, due to their power either in political, magical, or martial power, and that is what I despise about them all. One for their selfish sakes. I don’t give a damn about wealth, power, or nobility. What I care about is character damn it and the way to earn a life by their hands.
You know, there are some things that I give and some that I wouldn’t ever trade, there was a pistol and a rapier that served me well. I have used these two to save and slay the lives of many. I have slain Cabal Squadrons, Vex Goblins, Hobgoblins, Harpies and Minotaurs, Eliksni Dregs, Vandals, Captains, Hive Thralls, Acolytes, Knights, Wizards, Human Marauders and Bandits, and others that are deserving and other are not. Behind the mask of a Bard, I am a survivalist at times, when it’s just me and only me. I’ve locked this side of me as much as I hate the selfish asshats who are apathetic to everyone. I have a very small tendency to take and not give, as I am not just human, I am half of an elf that either has no memory of family or relation. I still remember that time when one of Rikia and her other friend within a friend had died at the hands of the Scorn, and I remember a line way back before my journey began. Memento Mori, Memento Cogito Ergo Sum. Remember that you die, remember to think therefore I am. I must have seen it from somewhere, but it reminds me that I can’t perish here because I have people who care for me till the end and to receive something I must give to the other for the understanding of oneself.
These are my thoughts that I think aloud inside of this journal for myself and if anyone were to enforce their will onto my ideals. I will fight you and slay you myself if it were to keep my ideals. But, if other ideals can be built upon to bring a bright future then my mind will be open to said ideals for the future. With all being said here, with all that I am, with all my love in all that is our war within thyself to improve, I say Aiat.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 9
After empowering the eye of the Gate Lord and defeating a powerful vex chassis known as the Kraken, also repaired my journal and became into thy form. (Updated)
I did it, the ship has sailed and I am no longer a half-elf. I am still going to keep the same name, but I am now a Knight to Ir Noshti and by proxy a knight to Savathun.
Now, how did it all happen? Wish Magic via Keiki the Ahamkara and a date by Swords. I put up a stubborn fight and I tried to give my all.
But unfortunately, I lost to Ir Noshti but not without a few surprises and of my own devotion to Ir Noshti herself that I did, and my was she happy and joyous about what I made of my own accord and ensured it was of truth with my own blood to make thy pact. Sophonia has supported me and my choices that came into it.
But, before all of that, some schmuck eat my journal while we’re gone. I learned that it was a scorn that has now joined our fireteam named Folkis the Unforgiven. Though, I just called him Folkis in short. He was a curious one and has tailed me to where I met Ir Noshti for our match. I was aware of his tailing and I was fine with it. Luckily he didn’t come into the Hive portal that Ir Noshti and Rikia made for the formation of the Verdant Conclave. An Order who protects the realm from otherworldly threats and magical bullshit.
On top of that Savathun knows about the date, as I was very lucky that Savathun is not at my throat because Ir Noshti adores me to oblivion, which yeah that terrifies me when Savathun knows about our relationship and everything. But, regardless I made my choice, and fate can fuck off. I’ll say that everyone is going to be surprised by my new form, and I sure as hell can’t go back to what I was, which is fine I have no other familial or relative that has the last name of Enchester. All I have, is my fireteam, the Lucent Brood, and of my now mother-in-law Savathun and Ir Noshti. We’ll pull this mission off and head into the depths of the Black Garden while gathering a bouquet of Asphodelia. So, yeah. I have to head back into exercising in my new form and also to prepare for a messy fun-fun from Ir Noshti. What type of fun-fun? The really erotic and sexy time of fun-fun, anyway I’ll write you when I can.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 9.5
After a whole training montage and tried to ask Ir Noshti what she had for me. (Hoping for the Fun-Fun).
Okay, after my new form, there are some things that I don’t mind but I would very much prefer to have. You see, I can’t stealth due to my new chitinous plating that has been embedded into me, and back when I was a half-elf I could sneak away without being spotted at all. Unfortunately, I am in the market to find myself a pair of Mithral and I think I need to make them myself, so there’s that. Another thing is that after my training arc, I went to Ir Noshti to see if there was something for me to do or something she wanted to do to me for Fun-Fun. But alas, I was very much confronted by two poisoned daggers that went straight to my abdomen, which I tank, and then a knight’s cleaver that was about to chop off my head, which I blocked.
Now, you’d be asking: “Why did she throw two daggers and a cleaver at you?” Well, here’s the deal. When a mission is in dire need of our intervention, she has no time for some fun-fun or anything else to be considered secondary to her main preparation of missions being priority one. Which I can understand, especially when we’re about to delve into a great raid being inside of the Black Garden, and to destroy thy Black Heart. So, the big lesson that I learned from Ir Noshti, especially on any prominent priority one mission is preparation and no bulls###. I learned that the hard way when I asked Ir Noshti what she wanted from me, and what I came into was that she was meditating.
I was hoping I can meditate with her, and yet she was about to kick my ass thank you very much. I don’t regret what I’ve done, but at least she happens to be at the point of exhaustion or just tuckered out, I am there to help when she needs it. Speaking of exhaustion and of course, when she needs me the most though more than likely of dire internal or external strife, I am her knight, and I will always be her knight, you can’t eradicate a persistent bearer of both light and dark to ensure that the one who has in their care is protected and taken care for, for all to bear love in the strife of war.
As per the exhaustion I took was at least second-degree exhaustion as I trained my body to my core of both light and dark. Though I too was tuckered out from all of my training in my new form. So, therefore, I am well prepared for the mission at hand as we’re about to raid inside the Black Garden to destroy thy Black Heart.
I surely don’t mind if Ir Noshti looks and reads my journal as she would know of my thoughts and things, and to record what I learned through my own experience and of my own devotion to Ir Noshti alone. I’ll write you soon and I hope you don’t mind that I’ve mentioned you a lot of the time. So, let’s rest up and I shall continue with my training.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 10
The start of the Black Heart raid and the first layer of defenses that we broke through. After slaying an Enlighten Omen Stasis Subjugater.
Alright, we have made our first break of enemy defenses and are with a realm that is quite out of touch, a realm where there is beauty behind sinister doors. That’s after we’ve slain an Enlighten Omen Stasis Subjugator and many Sol Divisive units. While I the bard and now knight of Ir Noshti, I’d dealt a butt-ton of damage to the Enlighten Omen and it was very pissed at me for dealing a lot of damage to the enemy. Second to that is, Folkis, who placed well-timed shots with his scorn crossbow and dealt some weathering effects to that Stasis Enlighten Omen and the goons of that Stasis Enlighten Omen. Which is funny, because Folkis also does stasis stuff. We’ve also encountered two Evocators that are buffing other enemies, in which we’ve dealt with them before in a previous mission.
As for that Stasis Enlighten Omen, Brianna went in for the final blow against that Stasis Enlighten Omen. I wanted to be the one to take that Subjugator down and take thy tithes, but I’ll let Brianna earn this one. I’ll say frankly that even though she’s a druid, she’s had some moments where me and the other fireteam members kinda overshadow her in terms of firepower and dealing with even the lowest of ranking enemies. What Brianna does best is buffing everyone’s health and dealing continuous overtime damage. But, as of recently, she got her hands on a Necklace of Fireball, in which I congratulate her.
Now, the Black Garden itself. As I stated earlier, this is a place outside of time itself, where there are blooming pastures and vex stonework, along with some details here and there. But, our objective still stands as we must destroy the Black Heart before it could do whatever the damning entity is going to deal with. If we destroy it, that’ll be a victory for us and a huge setback for the Witness itself. I do hope that we have something after the raid. (In which we’ll get thy loot). On top of maybe another round of romantic combat. Which is very high maybe. Am I going to get my a## kicked, maybe. But, I do hope that she has some of that cake that I’ve been meaning to munch on. Figuratively speaking, also I may make a cake for Homie. Anywho, I’ll write to you soon after the mission.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 10.5
This one forgets to mention an important fact. During Nikolas’ rest of second-degree exhaustion.
You know, I forgot to mention this and I do feel that some dreams came to fruition, though differently than I interpreted. As I rested due to second-degree exhaustion a vivid dreamy vision came to me. I was in view inside one of the Coalition’s carriers and I was with the other fireteam members, some of them changed as I saw Maple in a new form, I saw that I grew in size and power, along with my cleaver being made imbued of my light, flames, and the sword that gain power into. I see Ir Noshti also different and in the form of what I recognized to be her new form being that of her mother’s authority and queenship. Some, I’d never seen before and as I looked at the secured blast-shielded window, I saw that I commanded this new fireteam that has yet to be named. But, what is the same is that same Eliksni I seen many dreams prior, and may he be my extension to that end, to end this cat and mouse game, and to truly finished the damning entity that is the Witness to simply be dead and driven to the depths of hell mouth’s multi-faceted floors.
My trigger finger is still itching, but this will set back the Witness for as long as we can hold and till I hear from the Emperor we can execute that command.
Please, as one who believes in song, to the Gardener, to Savathun, and by oath Ir Noshti, I will stand and gain strength to be of existence, to gain information for Savathun to guide and to deceive, for the Gardener to terraform into new life, and to protect and defend that one I hold dear to my heart. I must train to be strong not just physically or mentally, but in spirit as well. To all I say, shall be true in word, and that I shan’t falter to none. Aiat.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 11
A moment of respite as we’re going to the hallway to destroy The Black Heart. After we’ve slain an Ultra Tormentor and the Divisive Mind.
Alright. As of now, I am writing this in the middle between combat and small increments of minor rest. I’ll tell you in the process of our raid and we’ve gained help in the form of Ir Noshti’s contact who in which I can see that this contact of ours used to be a former disciple of the Witness, in which I am all for as our interests do align in our goal of killing the Damning Entity and prevent the entire universe from being in damning stillness.
Now that being said, I think out of my bardic rear end that this contact’s name is Nessius, someone of the Far Gone. Which out of her appearance alone and some on-the-spot thinking, as we fought, I hope I got the name right. How I know this was because like I said a bit earlier, context clues in appearance and guesswork seeing that she fights with us because our interests align and I bet you she’s pretty much in the know with I want to say my dear mother-in-law (It’s Savathun we’re talking about here. Do, I want to earn thy love and respect from Ir Noshti and in hopes of Savthun supporting of this relationship, Yes. But that’s here nor there!)
Anyway, I haven’t gotten any major heads. As much as I want to take all of what is on the table of existential combat. I am purposely assessing my fireteam members to see where their weaknesses lie and in hopes of helping them in my way in whatever I can do for them. I am also doing this to see if I can bind myself to my fireteam members to tithe to me and therefore to Ir Noshti in some way to prove the right of existence itself. I also want to congratulate Folkis for getting his first major enemy defeated and for Maple to deal the final blow against that Ultra Tormentor. They’re able to do these feats because I provide the support and damage needed to have the Divisive Mind and that Ultra Tormentor to their knees. However, none of our feats would be possible without our skills and aspects of our characters in battle and the support of our allies who some we gained in their trust for us to do these feats with our cause and determination.
I think I know whom I ask, but before that, I need to garner some renown not for myself but for Fireteam Jaeger Shade as a whole. Could this go backfire, yes. Am I willing to take thy risk, also yes. Now, then, we’re at the hallway that’ll lead to the Black Heart itself, and we’re about to have some heavy resistance from the Sol Divisive. After the Black Heart is destroyed, it’ll be a victory for us and a hell of a setback from the Witness’ end. I will personally enjoy that small victory once we achieve it. After that, I’ll present my idea to our newest fireteam member Folkis, and some other things that he may have some things to talk to me about. This is somewhat old news a bit but, I’ll humor his curiosity and to understand me behind the book that is my journal. But, this is our progress thus far and we’ll break through with all we got. I’ll write you till then.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 12
Victory happened after Black Heart was defeated, in what I now call The Battle of the Black Garden. But visions of an old life of time came.
We did it, we’ve won our victory against the Black Heart and to foil the fuck out of the Witness’ plans. On top of me getting the last hits on one of the Sol Prodigies as I made my spectacular display of my might, is this show off-ish, yes. But as a hive knight, I got to at least make my major kills known to the socials of the hive at least with Ir Noshti and Savathun. But, this was possible thanks to me and my Fireteam’s efforts from Maple, Folkis, Ainsley, Brianna, and along with the support of Caital’s and Nessius’ forces to breach the Black Garden and destroy thy Black Heart. I would give my thanks to Folkis for letting me take the final blow on one of the three Sol Prodigies. As let me tell you it was a very long fight, but we won.
You know what I say, I’ll indulge you with the feats in battle that I’ve made in battle. So the battle started when we entered the domain of the Black Heart. We cleared out the small fry of vex by placing a well-placed Blade Barrage as I sort of did a small cha-cha-cha of a dance and flung my barrage of knives to the area as it rained down upon them, and Ir Nosht just placed a timely Swarm Solar Grenade onto a batch of Vex Minotaurs, along with everyone else pelting the two stationary Vex Hydras with bullets and spells.
The Real fight started with the Sol Prodigies and let me tell you it was a long one. As we got bombarded with projectiles of exploding void shots from the torch hammer from one of the Sol Prodigies and we’ve inflict that back to them with Ainsley cast four giant arcane swords and hurl them to that Minotaur of the Sol Prodigies named The Eschaton Mind as I place my shots with my Golden Gun in Marksman form, as I fan the hammer onto that bastard while Ir Noshti uses her light to cast a healing rift on top of well of radiance. As it got low on the integrity of its chassis, we were able to slay one of the Sol Prodigies. But, The Imminent Mind came into existence and I said to myself internally, it’s time I get serious. So, I cast on myself Enlarge/Reduce as I am not the size of the Sol Prodigies as I have now engaged with them in melee combat, with Mythcarver on one hand and my Hive Cleaver on the other as Ir Noshti supporting me with damaging The Imminent Mind and large well-placed Solar Grenade to continually burn. However, it took us a while to deal sufficient damage to it as one of our fireteam members got the kill as I was tanking the damages and giving them back ten-fold.
Then comes the Primeval Mind, and we fought hard, we’ve bled in battle, fought together and it took us another sufficient amount of damage low enough that Folkis was about to deal the final blow, but realized that I haven’t truly gained a major kill to say contribute to our efforts on the battle, me seeing Folkis letting me take the kill, I gladly take. I walked up to the Primeval Mind with my two swords and I slashed twice with both of my cleaver and Mythcarver as I slashed across on the diagonal slash on one end with both blades as I hit with Mythcarver, but missed with my cleaver as the Primeval Mind dodge itself from the chassis being hit, then I hit again but on the other diagonal end to form of a X-Slash with both my blades, which surprisingly it still at it last breath. So, I finished the fight as I put my sword into its sheaths and summoned my Empyrean Scythe to twirl around in such fluid motion that being so fast of slash made multiple dissections of metal and radiolaria flying everywhere, I as slash straight to the middle of the Primeval Mind killing in one swoop. I twirled my Empyrean Scythe and stabbed it to the stone ground and when I turned around the Black Heart blinded us in imploding light.
When we regained our vision, peace became known to the Garden. As I now roared in victory! As of now, we should celebrate, on top of a chest made of LOOT. Oh, it couldn’t get any better than this!
Though right after our victory, we kinda don’t know how we’ll get back to our base. Luckily, Ir Noshti’s contacts of the Forsworn Brood came in for our ride back. But in between figuring out who we’re getting back home and then entering inside the Forsworn Broods Ships. I spoke with Folkis about an idea that I have in which my renown can be empowered by tithing to gain power in the case that we need some more of our resources to gain victory against very powerful foes. Folkis and maybe a few who would like to help me become one of my Acolytes as in return I will give them the resources and funds for their stuff. Folkis likes the idea as it’ll help him to gain some influence of his own renown.
However, Ir Noshti hears what I was saying to Folkis about my idea as I was very large due to the Enlarge/Reduce spell who simply slaps me in the face and calls me an idiot. But, I and Folkis weren't that deterred, though I may or may not have f##### up. I’ll have to apologize to Ir Noshti if she can see what I am trying to achieve here.
Which then is going to be difficult to convince Ir Noshti of the idea of gaining influence and power by ways of Sword and Bomb Logic of by honor-bound means or if push comes to shove fighting the dirt of honor with every ounce of strategy to gain knowledge over the other in the rite of existence.
Now. something else occurred and I’d never would have thought to share my own secret with another secret that came from Maple. While we were walking to the bridge for the debrief, Maple decided to catch up with me and honestly, I don’t mind catching up with Maple on my new form after the battles the me and the other members of the Fireteam Jaeger Shade were fighting. Though literally in the worst time possible I gained a new vision.
A vision where there was an elder elf telling a story to a young boy, a story about a prominent Elven Warrior of Great Strength and his adventures with this Elven Warrior who was in love with a magical user. After that, I felt my heartbeat and my head pounding like a brink-ton of stone to the temple of my head. Now that I think about it I think this may be true as the only person who can fit that description of battles and clues is Maple.
Which, I brought this up to Maple and she didn’t quite know of it. She had a marriage ring left on her finger. She was either thinking of her husband or wife who may no longer be around. With her undeath makes no sense to her who she was married to as she has no way of knowing.
I’ve explained to Maple what it was in but I wasn’t sure how to confirm it either. As this also was the first time I mentioned one of my visions to anyone. Something strange and concerning happened. Maple’s body clutches her abdomen and growls in pain. In which being the selfless bard I am, I princess carry Maple and think where we can talk.
Maple tried to dissuade me from carrying her but I said no to that and did what I thought was right. I see horns sprout out of her forehead and claws come out of her gauntlets. This is a concerning sight for me and I want to make sure that she along with the rest of my fireteam members are ok. Ir Noshti caught on to this and Maple said to me the girl was right. I don’t know which girl Maple was referring to. As I see this I get to know more of what’s going on with Maple as I see this turning Maple into something else in which she changes to where she’s a new person is concerning to me. Maple told me she was aware that there was Skulk inside of her. I have no bloody idea what Skulk does and to see this firsthand is concerning. Very concerning I may add.
But, to Maple, it does not matter, it shouldn’t for her as she will fight, and as nothing will stop here. I just hope it rings true. But, she also remembers something after that first stage of transformation. She looks at me and says that I am familiar to her and says to me how quant that is. She also asked me to put her down and I did.
Maple assures me that this will not be the end of it, nor the end of her being and will. She will die in her way on her feet and if death comes I am there by her side. Now this has not only happened to me in the worst of times, but of high importance of the vision. I think I understand now. Maple was the Elven Warrior of Great Strength that perhaps that elven elder was my grandpa or grandma, I don’t know. It must be long ago, but I feel a warm connection and something that I never would have gained. Either by the Gardener’s own will or something else that I’ve been in contact with. I have a small theory, and I think I know who to ask. This may be as risky as anything I’ve done. But, it’s worth a try.
Maple did let me know of a secret though, her ex-resting place there was armor, swords, books, and bones of too many to count, years have passed since it may be a hundred years or more. The cavern where her ex lies has seen ten-fold the amount of blood that was shed there on their mission to Black Garden. As she is unsure of who had it done nor do the books have records that’ve been found at all, no matter how much Maple tried. I hear Iris, Ir Noshti’s Ghost to let us know where we should check with the rest of the fireteam of Jaeger Shade. Which, I relayed that to Maple and Maple agreed but this would be a secret between me and Maple. But, as I explained to Maple any secret that any, especially to me and Maple is an oath of its own. I have my oath to Ir Noshti as I keep but as well as I take on the burden of secrets to bear.
Ir Noshti has made herself known and said to me and Maple under her mother’s sigil that the secret we’ve made is kept safe with Ir Noshti. As Ir Noshti says to me I was a good boy, which had me smiling a bit then got bonked on the head earlier. I give my thanks to Ir Noshti and Ir Noshti leaves us to our own devices. In which Maple says to me that we should move to see what was going to be the debrief in importance and I agree so thus we move to rejoin with our fireteam as I am currently writing this while we walk to the bridge to be debriefed. That being said, Maple's experience when we rejoined our fireteam made her more ‘lively’. Gradual progression and knowing what’s going on with Maple may give me insight into how I can help her be her best self.
This is the longest entry I’ve written, but I feel that it was necessary for what just occurred and I hope that I can learn more of what we’ll be debriefing with and for me to help my fireteam in all that I can. To secrets I bear and to information that is both guiding and deceiving of others to learn of ourselves to be of our existence. To this I say, Aiat.
For now, till then I’ll write to you when I can. This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester.
In the Journal of Nikolas Enchester - Entry 12.5
Close to the bridge but, can’t get rid of the notion of the thoughts of the previous entry. There’s more to this than meets the fungal eye.
So, do you think I would stop at the bridge and receive the debrief? Yeah, that ain’t happening here with what I just witnessed with Maple. It is a very eerily similar way to how I became Ir Noshti’s knight, but this is much more concerning. I fear that something unbeknown to everyone that something else is in the works. Could this possibly be me pulling something out of my ass? Absolutely, but this is something I won’t dare to joke with as much as I would like to do a full deep sight analysis with Savathun or potentially Thirhe. I need to know more about what’s going on with Maple. I swear to the gods if they simply told me to do nothing, I say that’s fucking bullshit, to the way I would call it cowardice. I have the inner workings of a very janky, improvised, and heavily dangerous ritual where I am going to need a few items of important power to make this work.
I won’t pull this ritual till I am certain, or my fireteam members and command will deny me of doing what’s right and turn from something that is potentially horrible to something that gains inner and outer strength of positive metamorphosis. There’s only one powerful artifact that will allow me to wield both spectrums of power. Locked within the black box is a trident or spear of light and dark, I say those two due to the length of the box, the way to unlock it the case was two moons I think, which that may soon come, but I am going to need to get information and theories as to who the fuck is going to come out of the metaphorical woods and just causing pure havoc, and to learn of Maple and her old life and practically all of what Maple was before she is Maple.
Maple says to me that I am familiar to her, perhaps my very ancient distant grandparent was an apprentice to Maple at one point. Which I may be able to learn more if I can access my own memories of long ago. Which leads me back to either Savathun or Thirhe. I think I know how I can entice Savathun into a trade of secrets for another trade of secrets. I am not referring to the secrets of the oath that were formed between myself, Ir Noshti, and Maple. But, what I was referring to was for Savathun to peer into my old memories and to see if we can both learn the locations of old artifacts and journals that may or may not have me exit the system to go back to where I was from. The place where I was resurrected before.
Enough of that for now, I must learn what I am about to do before I can go balls deep and say fuck the odds, I am doing it. Many people are going to stop me from performing the ritual, and I will make Maple where she is of both selves into one.
I am definitely going to step on many toes, but I am doing it to save a friend who has been with me since the founding of our fireteam and I will not stop until it is done. This I need to keep a secret for now. So till then, I’ll write to you when I can.
This is from a risen from me to you - Nikolas Enchester. P.S. I may look dumb, but I can sometimes pull stuff out of my rear. I just hope it works.