This is all strictly contemplative. Feel free to poke holes Constructive criticism welcome. Ikora rey Eris Osiris Tolland Kabr Pahanin Eriana-3 Mota Tarlowe The shattered=the nine Why Them? Ikora-All exotic bounites lead to her and no other mentor. The Nine equip thier guardians with only the finest weapons. It is also said that ikora holds many secrets and has a shadowed past Eris- Eris lives in the shadows she i connected with the hive. If you you read the Nine grimoire card it says they are Omnipotent meanig everywhere and all knowing. What better way to know your enemy then to have lived with them and became darkness. Osiris was always shrouded in mysteries. But something that the cryptarch said got me thinking. Nine word bursts.........Osiris? This gets me thinking that osiris is the planner/mind of the nine Tolland is the leader he got the nine together. He was believed to be dead but he wasnt. They were told only eris lives but Tolland still lives on. He created the nine from forgotten and shunned and possibly formerly dead guardians to create a secret society to fight the darkness in other ways. Kabr i have mixed theories about. In case you dont know kabr was the first in the Vault and he forged the relic. But something That kabr said in his last recorded words is what gets me. If i speak again it is not as kabr but as something else. What if.........and this is a HUGE if. What if Kabr is Xur? Thats the only explanatioj i can think of for the tentacles or hairs or whatever. They are temdrils of darkness. But if this is true than i think that Kabr also lost his memories when he began corrupted. But he regained just enough control to fight back and gain consciousness. Pahanin is another guardian that was a friend of kabr but now thinking about it forget this guy he cant be one Eriana-3 a exo. One of the people on the fireteam to first fight crota alongside Eris,Toland,Mota, and Tarlowe all of these guardians are thought to be dead but what im going to tell you next may open a few eyes. Toland learned the Deathsingers liturgy. Thats right he learned the song he managed to cheat death itself and he remade his fellow guardians in a new light. A hive based light that changed them. This is also what he possibly used on Kabr/agent of the nine which explains the pupil less eyes. But thats only eight members you say? The last member has to be Alpha lupi. He is still alive and his dreams guide the nine to thier next project informing them of what thier guardians need. All of this is speculation i put together so if you find holes feel free to point them out. Also i think shattered means the dead which would explain Tollands name Tolland the shattered............He wasnt crazy he was just ahead of his time EDIT:Im working on another work of lore but this may take awhile. The more i dig into it the more questions are unveiled. But i think you guys (and gals) will like it. Its quite huge if i say so myself. I wont reveal what its about just yet but i'll drop a hint: We move as one, Our true master remains unseen, We have tricked many a guardian, But some see through our ploy, We cannot be killed as others can, we have no fear, As soon as we make up our indecisive minds we will shred time