They resemble dead orbit more closely. Colors aside, I urge you to look at the lore and ideologies behind our enemies and our factions. The fallen run. They move around. Hop from place to place, scavenging what they can. This is what dead orbit wants to do. Run, scavenge, hide. The Cabal fight. They serve a single power—a "monarch", if you will—known as "the emperor". New monarchy wants to stand its ground and fight, it wants to conquer as the cabal do. The Vex tinker with time and space. If FWC's interest in praedyth is any indication, it would be that they, too, are deeply interested in the concept of time, and the laws of the universe, much like the vex are. Not sure about hive. -blam!- those guys. Additionally, the characteristics of guardian "races" align quite nicely with the dark races. Let's look at the representatives that we speak to for each faction: FWC's rep is an exo. Given that I've compared them to the vex, the similarities should be obvious. Vex are machines, as are Exos. New Monarchy's rep is a human. They are destructive, orderly, and capable of great military feats. They like to deal with problems head on. The cabal are no different. Finally, and most convincingly, Dead Orbit's rep is an awoken, and the similarities between the awoken and Fallen are striking. The awoken are not as cowardly, per se, but their shattered reef seems to indicate that they were on the run, and were caught, hence the large amount of debris. They ran, like the fallen ran. More interesting is the fact that they are masters of politics and diplomacy. Note that the fallen have "houses", and that these houses often engage in politics (though not as effectively since the fall of house judgement, and the rise of the wolves). The queen even managed to make peace with the fallen, for a time. I think they got along because in truth, their species share quite a few similarities. These are just my thoughts. Have a wonderful day. EDIT: Had an Aha! Moment. Osiris' faction is secretive and seems to have strange rituals, much like the hive do. Might be some connections there.

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They sound more like an Old Monarchy.

Very interesting theory, I think this could very much be the case. I just wounder what it means by they were "[i]once[/i] of noble houses". Perhaps something worse out there forced the Fallen to be nomadic?

Don't really know what to think of this, we need more details on new monarchy.

Well jokes aside i think it is interesting. I like the idea of just going against the odds with skill and willpower. Or being looked down upon because of their "superior blood". And i imagein this disaster brought us together as a race, however i believe that the different factions represent the different ways to proceed. like atack back or strenthen our defence.

So much speculation going on in here, you guys have a lot of good ideas. Thanks for the feedback.