———————————————————————————————————— [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/255114053?sort=0&page=0]Master Post[/url] ———————————————————————————————————— “This is Sun-breaker Karov Drëk, can anyone hear me?” Karov said over the intercom. He had been trapped here for days on end, the fireteam that he tried to rescue was long dead before he arrived. The Hive were conducting a ritual underneath the surface of Titan, and they were using the Arcology as a base for this ritual. Zhevali had fled after Karov had first encountered her, his search had lead him here, to Titan. Now he was stuck in the Arcology, with no way out. He been wandering some Hive Catacombs for a while now. With only Blade for company. Just now had he managed to find other Guardians, two of them actually, a Warlock named Marceline, and a Titan named Davenport. All three of them were lost, with only their ghosts and each other for protection. ———————————————————————————————————— He had decided to send another distress call, still no one answered. Karov waited with Davenport for a while, Davenport mentioned about how he lost his Light, and his ghost, to the Hive. They were stuck in some Hive Catacombs on Titan. Karov could just barely making out Hive chanting from down here. He knew that they were close to a Hive Ritual, Karov had hazarded a guess at Savathûn being the one those Hive were trying to summon. He was right, Zhevali would also be there, awaiting the orders of The Witch Queen. Karov had hoped that this was not the case, yet sadly enough it was. He tried to consult Toland through use of Bad Juju though nothing ever worked. Bad Juju did not function like Whisper or like Oryx’s Touch Of Malice. They spoke to their users, Bad Juju did not. ———————————————————————————————————— Then they heard footsteps above them. “Who’s there? What’s going on?” Davenport said as he hastily got up from the floor and began surveying his surroundings. “It’s ok, calm down, someone’s above us.” Marceline said, trying to comfort the Titan. “You’ve already lost so much, just take it easy, ok.” Karov said, reassuringly. “Blade, check who it is, won’t you?” Karov told his ghost. “Yes sir, right away sir.” Blade said in reply. Then Blade was gone in a shimmer of green fire. Another trick that Eris taught him. Then all they had to do was wait, and wait they did. Blade finally came back with a full status report. “What did you see, or more accurately, who did you see?” Karov said. “One Warlock and Two Hunters, one of the Hunters looks like she’s a Nightstalker, the other is probably a Gunslinger, don’t know about the Warlock though.” Blade told the group. “That’s them, that’s my fireteam, Kairos is the Warlock, the Nightstalker is Indigo, and the last one is Icarus.” Davenport said, excitedly. “Well then, what are we waiting for, let’s find ourselves a way out.” Marceline said. “Karov, if you will, get us out of here.” Davenport said. ———————————————————————————————————— Karov’s armor glowed a bright neon green, the runes on his helmet, and chest-piece started to glow. Karov then started to levitate, and as he did he spoke an incantation. The Hive in the area heard this and they responded in kind. A Hive Knight managed to disrupt Karov’s incantation. Karov decided to retaliate by stabbing the Knight through the chest with Genocide, the sword that he had obtained from the Hive Knight on the Moon. Once all of the Hive were dead they still didn’t have a way out. Just then an Ascendant Portal opened up behind them, and a Warlock stepped out of it. “Hello Karov, surprised to see me, well good because now’s not the time to ask questions, come on!” The Warlock said. The group followed hurriedly after him. They made it out of the Catacombs and at the direct heart of the ritual. Karov then asked the Warlock a question. “How, in the name of Queen Mara Sov are you even alive Maelstrom?” Karov asked. “Hive magic, Sword Logic, I made my own Throne World, The Torrent, and Spark is still here. Those Praxics though I was dead, Ikora though I was dead, and even Osiris thought I was dead. I’m going to visit them now, goodbye for now old friend, we will meet again.” Maelstrom replied as he stepped back through the portal. Karov turned around just in time to see Kairos, Indigo, and Icarus be decimated by a Shrieker. He decided to step in and prevent anything worse from happening, Davenport and Marceline had the same idea as well. They looked at each other before jumping into the fray. ————————————————————————————————————