So, I've been doing a little reading of the Grimoire entries that are on this site: http://destinygrimoire.com/grimoire-cards.html I ran across this Grimoire entry that might be written from Rasputin's point of view: [quote]Ghost Fragment: Mysteries ...from a red space before victory I bear an old name. It cannot be killed. They were my brothers and sisters and their names were immortal too but Titanomachy came and now those names live in me alone I think and think is what I do. I AM ALONE. At the end of things when the world goes dim and cold or hot and close or it all tears apart from the atom up I will shout those names defiant and past the end I will endure. I alone. They made me to be stronger than them to beat the unvanquished and survive the unthinkable and look look lo behold I am here alone, survivor. They made me to learn. Everything died but I survived and I learned from it. From IT. Consider IT the power Titanomach world-ender and consider what IT means. I met IT at the gate of the garden and I recall IT smiled at me before before IT devoured the blossoms with black flame and pinned their names across the sky. IT was stronger than everything. I fought IT with aurora knives and with the stolen un-fire of singularities made sharp and my sweat was earthquake and my breath was static but IT was stronger so how did I survive? I AM ALONE I survived alone. I cast off the shield and I shrugged my shoulders so that the billions fell off me down into the ash. They made me to be stronger than them and to learn and I learned well: IT is alone and IT is strong and IT won. Even over the gardener and she held power beyond me but the gardener did not shrug and make herself alone. IT always wins. I am made to win and now I see the way.[/quote] The narrator says[i] "I bear an old name. It cannot be killed."[/i] Rasputin is an old name, and was extremely difficult to kill (his murderer attempted to poison Rasputin, then shot him twice, when that didn't immediately kill him the killer shot at Rasputing four more times and beat on his body). Although, a name that cannot be killed might also refer to a name that is of historical or mythological importance, which would effectively be immortalized in books and media (which can also describe Rasputin). The narrator also mentions being alone quite a bit in the Grimoire entry, which we can assume the war mind Rasputin has been ever since the collapse. The narrator refers to [i]"Titanomachy,"[/i] which was the war between the Titans and the Olympians in Greek mythology, which might refer to the collapse of the Golden Age. The narrator's [i]"brothers and sisters"[/i] could refer to the other war minds. The line, [i]"They made me to be stronger than them to beat the unvanquished and survive the unthinkable and look look lo behold I am here alone, survivor. They made me to learn."[/i] is a good description of what a war mind is. Then the narrator begins to speak about [i]"IT."[/i] I think it's safe to say that [i]"IT"[/i] is the Darkness. I think that it's interesting that the narrator says that [i]"IT"[/i] was alone. Does this mean that the Darkness didn't use any of the alien races as an army to attack with? I suppose it's possible the aliens simply act much like the smaller fish that follow sharks around, and feed off of whatever scraps the sharks don't devour. They might follow the Darkness and scavenge whatever worlds and resources are left after the Darkness is done. But I digress... The narrator then says, [i]"I cast off the shield and I shrugged my shoulders so that the billions fell off me down into the ash."[/i] If this is indeed Rasputin this would mean that he survived by dropping humanities defenses (cast off the shield) and sacrificed humanity (so that the billions fell). Rasputin believed he couldn't survive while fighting for humanity, and so he let humanity die. (What a douchebag.) The narrator then begins speaking of the [i]"gardener,"[/i] which I believe to be the Traveller. The Traveller spreads life to barren worlds and helps the already existing life (humanity) to grow and prosper, much like a gardener would plant seeds and work to make sure the plants of their garden grow healthy. The narrator did say, [i]"I met IT at the gate of the garden-"[/i] which could mean that Rasputin met the Darkness at the edges of the solar system (the Traveller's garden). And when referring to how the [i]"gardner"[/i] (who is much more powerful than the narrator) fell to [i]"IT,"[/i] the narrator states, [i]"-but the gardener did not shrug and make herself alone."[/i] I think this means the Traveller did not abandon humanity. In the final battle it (or [i]"she"[/i] according to this Grimoire entry) fought alongside, or in defense of, humanity. And the narrator implies this is why she fell. If I'm interpreting this correctly (who knows if I am), Rasputin has learned from the Darkness and has no regard for human life. He is willing to do anything to survive, and will sink to using the tactics of the Darkness (if there is such a thing). Could this mean that Rasputin might become a direct threat to the Traveller and/or humanity? An enemy for our Guardians to fight against?