Very solid synopsis of the history. I primarily play pve and could have sworn that the whole idea of the crucible was to identify weapons and tactics which would be effective against the darkness. Part of the reason I don't really mess around with pvp is that it was billed as practice. In actual practice it has been used to identify weapons which would be great against the darkness and then weaken them. Is Shax a mole, quisling, fellow traveler, saboteur?