His name was Vormus. His Destiny, was similar to that of Kabr's, but it was never as widespread as his, for Vormus' fate was lost in the sands of Mars. My name is Uriel, I am the only one who knows of his story, for I was there when he went out of the gate... the gate, of the Black Garden. We were in the deepest of the Cabal's bases in order to execute Valus Ta'aurc. On the way there, we found a gigantic Vex manifest close to Ta'aurc's warship. I could remember the look on Vormus' face as he told me "This cannot be good". We approached the gate, a blue orb shining in front of us, a signal of the Vex. A class Hydra appeared in an instant, and in a last minute effort, Vormus obliterated the Hydra with his Nova Bomb, and we ran for cover as the rest of its body exploded. The gate had dark smoke coming out of its edges as the gate opened in a purple-ish haze. Vormus told me to stay and keep the gate opened as he goes in to do a reconnaissance mission, but as soon as he went inside of the portal, it closed up in a transparent fog. I was hoping anxiously that my friend was alive, waiting at the gate for his return. Vormus did come back, but he was not the same man who went in. Three months later, he was missing, presumed dead and drained of his light. After Vormus went missing, I found his journal in his private quarters in the Tower. The following excerpt was recorded after Vormus went into the portal: It was dark. Everything was. The only thing I could see was the light shining from cracks in the ceiling. My breath was heavy, water dripped down on my helmet. My ghost was in awe at the sight. He turned on the flashlight and guided me through the tunnels. The Vex there were dormant, moss hanging from their shoulders. We continued through as we saw more Vex, still in their stasis. "This is a graveyard." My ghost said. "No, child of life. This is the birthplace of your kind." An ominous voice echoed through the walls. We advanced through the path and in a spectacular entrance, we saw a beautiful grass field, with a giant hill out in the distance... everything was green. We went down the paths of the garden, and arrived at its door. Ghost activated the conflux to the gate, he said that we needed a gate lord but for reasons unexplained, the door opened. There it was. Sanctuary. It's heart had beat in the same rhythm as mine. I listened to the voice, and it showed me the TRUE light. "They will come for me, and I will try to stay alive. We must keep this garden safe from them." He said " Let me show you what is the true purpose of your resurrection." The heart took my Ghost, and drained it of its light. The light went into my heart, and seared it's memories unto mine. There are lies, countless LIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD. WE CAME BACK ONLY TO BE PAWNS IN A GAME OF CHESS AND THE CREATOR SHALL BE THE ONE WHO LOSES, AND THE DARKNESS, THE TRUE DARKNESS, SHALL PREVAIL. That is what the heart told me.. he told me to come back, every day.. and each day, I shall find the truth.. The Speaker was right about one thing. The Darkness is coming back, we will not survive it this time. <END OF CHAPTER ONE>