This is Exo warlock Blitz2397. While I continue my search for Toland I cannot help but think of the enemies we face. I have been particularly interested in the Eliksni, or as we know them, the "Fallen". Working with Variks...was not as bad as I initially thought it would be, and so I decided to do some more research into the Eliksni to see if we could find more of Variks' kind. Through scattered Eliksni records, obtained through lost ghosts, I discovered that we may share more with the Eliksni than first thought. The Traveler, our protector and source of our light...worked with the Eliksni before coming to us. In the records I found it seemed that the Fallen also enjoyed a Golden Age, similar to ours, where all houses prospered, ether ran free and there was unity and order. A great tragedy befell the Eliksni however, "The Great Whirlwind" they call it. What this whirlwind is I can only speculate...however, I have a feeling this "whirlwind" was the full force of the Darkness crashing onto the Eliksni. As such many notable houses were lost, among them House Rain, who came up with many prophecies, among them the legend of the Kell of Kells. The Fallen ran, ran from their homeworld and did their best to survive on their own. But without the Traveler's guidance and the order of House Judgement the Eliksni fell to the savagery we know today. While the Fallen ran...they followed the light, followed the Traveler...to our system. Once they discovered "The Great Machine" was with us...they sought to take it back. Prompting the Battle of Six Fronts, the battle of Twilight Gap and the Reef Wars. This is where the story gets interesting. Every Guardian by now would have heard of Variks' betrayal of Skolas...but no one truly knows the motive. I believe that Variks did this...because he cares...about all the Eliksni. By betraying Skolas...he spared further Fallen losses in the Reef Wars. By swearing fealty to Mara Sov he and his Eliksni brothers could live in a world without the infighting and without the savagery. Eventually the Fallen would have integrated into Awoken society and maybe...gained a little grasp of who they once were. I think that was Variks' plan...this plan failed when Skolas broke out however. With Skolas now dead...no one can say what will happen to the remains of the House of Wolves in the Prison of Elders. Although my guess is that Variks will look upon them with pity as they choose to fight against us as gladiators instead of serving like him. It...is a shame that there aren't more of House Judgement Eliksni...it seems like they can be reasoned with and maybe could've become our allies. This doesn't mean that not all Fallen can be reasoned with, although I think this as unlikely. We have taken too much from them for the Eliksni not to hate us by now. Perhaps Variks may convince some...but he is hated as well. Not all Fallen are truly Fallen however, if there are more Fallen like Variks, who remember what the Eliksni used to be then maybe...we could gain a few Fallen allies to help us. I wonder what the Golden Age was like for the Eliksni? Did they birth technological wonders? Were the servitors their versions of ghosts? Did they wield light as we do? Did they fight the Darkness with the same tenacity we do? Would we have suffered their fate if the Faction Wars were not stopped? Was House Judgement their version of the Vanguard? Keeping peace and order? We may never know. Post your theories here Guardians. Anything about Fallen culture/technology, Variks, the Houses standing against us, Skolas and any other thoughts you have on their story.