Well is it that Awoken [b]prefers[/b] not to be affiliated with the two or just [b]cant[/b] be. I think it's more they chose to neutral rather then it's their transformation that stops them. This makes it plausible that the Awoken can still be forged in light, and if our guardians are Earth Awoken, which they lost likely are, it's plausible that our character wouldn't know what they are or at least have some amnesia. To fit this story in amnesia , I think that-our character doesn't spend much time in the tower but space.