"Alright, line up!" Lord Shaxx roared at the twelve recruits that stood before him in the ruins of Twilight Gap. At his order, they rushed to line up and attempted to uniformly snap a salute. Unfortunately one titan's forearm blade sliced a warlock's armor. Said warlock reflixively blasted in the titan's direction with void light, causing the offending titan and several other recruits to fall like dominoes. Shaxx sighed and hung his head. -blam!-ing recruits. "You there," Shaxx said, pointing at the titan who was picking himself up from the ground, "what's your name?" The titan hopped to his feet, and after looking both directions to be sure he was clear, snapped a salute. "My name is Dinz Sun, sir!" the recruit yelled. "I thought you had a different name," Shaxx said, sounding genuinly confused. Dinz paused, looking to his squad mates before he answered. "No sir, my name is Dinz Sun." The warlock beside him snickered silently, shaking his head. "Well you really seem like a -blam!- UP TO ME!" Shaxx bellowed at the recruit. He turned to look at the other recruits standing in line. "From now on his name is -blam!- Up. I hear anybody call him different, they answer to me." "Sir, yes sir!" the recruits yelled uninimously, including -blam!- Up. "And you!" Shaxx said, pointing at the warlock, who thought he had escaped attention. "My name is--" "SHUT UP DREG!" Shaxx yelled."I didn't ask you what your name is. But because you so dearly want one, your name is now Dreg. You and your buddy -blam!- Up there will be cleaning sparrows when we arrive back at the tower." After waiting a moment to be sure Lord Shaxx was finished speaking, Dreg said "Yes sir!" and snapped a salute. "Alright. Anybody else want to piss me off this morning? There's plenty of sparrows for everyone." Silence. "Okay then." Lord Shaxx turned away from the recruits to face the ruins surrounding them. Most of the buildings were collapsed, all of the metal was rusted, and bones of different varieties lay all about. "Today marks the true beginning of your training to become a Guardian. Today you begin to apply all that you've learned. Today I welcome all of you here to The Crucible. But before we begin your training, I have a question. What do you see before you?" The question was greeted with the recruits sharing puzzled glances and shrugging. One Hunter ventured boldy forth and said "I see ruins, sir. I believe that this is to be our battleground, sir." Shaxx turned his head slightly, catching and reflecting the sunlight with his horn. "You are correct recruit, and in more ways than you know. This is both the battleground of today, and the battleground of humanity's yesterday. Among these bones and ashes humanity won one of its greatest victories. Here we fight for the memory of those who stood. Around you stand the ruins of the Battle of Twilight Gap." Shaxx lowered himself to one knee, placing a palm on the earth. "Before you step into this sacred place, and into my Arena I will tell you of the heroes who stood here. Then you may see what the order you stand for really represents." Lord Shaxx lowered himself further to cross his legs in a seated position. "Be seated and gather round. We will be here for some time..." Part 2 https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/81869066/0/0 ----------------------------------------- Thanks for reading! Comment if you want to be notified for future parts. There's probably going to be 3 more parts, in which heroicness shall happen. Also I'm gonna make a poll to see exactly what people want to read. EDIT: Everything above is my opinion (i.e. a fictional narrative about a work of fiction). I understand that yours may differ from my own. Be aware that this is a story solely for the purpose of entertainment. Bump to share :) Facebook page containing all stories https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tales-of-the-Grimoure/487218358086507 Tale of Kabr http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/post/75332648/0/0 The Rose Wilts: Last Word and Thorn http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/75736860/0/0/1 Toland's Legacy: The Forging https://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/78149101/0/0 Short story i wrote (not Destiny related) http://www.wattpad.com/54307960-troubled-travels-blind-beggar