// This is the first sort of pilot-teaser for a story I'm writing. I know it's not a whole lot of information, but I'm testing out my ability to write in first-person, as well as exploring some of the lore of Destiny. Granted some of this will be taking liberties with the lore, but considering the sorry state it's been in since launch, I don't think many of you will mind. Just some liberties though. i like to keep everything lore-friendly as possible, all things considered. Well, here you go! They didn't mean to be heroes. They didn't mean to save the world. Between the Fallen picking apart what little the human civilization had left on Earth, the Cabal dominating Mars and using it as a beachhead for what might well be an eventual invasion, and the Hive already sending incursions onto the planet’s surface to in preparation for their unholy crusade, the Guardians of the Tower and the Last City on Earth were certainly overwhelmed. And probably worst of all, the Vex, bio-mechanical monsters they were, held some sort of secret allegiance to their otherworldly god, who through time and space seeks to… well, no one knew what the Vex wanted. For indeed the Vex motivations defied comprehension. But perhaps I’m getting ahead of myself. If I’m to tell you this tale, I must be more intelligible. Ah but where to begin? Hmm… Oh yes! I shall start where they did. I must preclude you from interrupting. This will be quite a tale and I dare to say that it is one that must be told. They began where all Guardians do. Dead. Oh, no I should skip some of that shouldn’t I? Yes, yes that seems prudent. I shall start with their victory. Yea, their victory over the Heart in the Black Garden. You know about it, young Guardian? The Heart? That abominable mass of Darkness that was worshipped by the Vex. The Vex in their timeless clairvoyance, wisdom and power, came to worship the Heart as a God. It was something they could not understand, in all their knowledge, and so they chose subservience. It is certain the Heart was of the Darkness, but were the Vex always so? To this day we do not know, but we are slowly, piece by puzzling piece, fitting the clues of their existence together. Tell me young Guardian. Your Ghost must have spoken to you of them, but do you truly know them? It has been many years since their threat has been imminent, and I find it hard to imagine a time when we weren’t living, terrified beneath the shadow of their impending machinations. But you surely…? Only those who have fought the Vex know the feeling. That inspiring fear we all felt at one time or another; the fear of our own ignorance – of the difference in magnitude between their thoughts and ours. They stood there once. The three Guardians we call legends. They violated the Black Garden with their Light, stamped on its ancient flowers, and stood against the Heart. Its efforts were for naught against the three Guardians, as they destroyed the Heart’s Vex servants, smothered the Heart and claimed the garden. We now bathe it in our Light. But the Heart was not, or perhaps I should say is not, and won’t be the only Vex threat. For it was in our hasty foolishness that we opposed the Vex. How could we think them so dissimilar to us? What children we were – are! Oh, I’m sorry. I’m getting ahead of myself. Right then; the Vault. You’ve heard of it, yes? Once a strange labyrinth of evil and danger. On Venus, during the Golden Age according to records, Humanity found the Vex citadel. But we never had time to understand it before the collapse. And so with ancient fear and terror Guardians were sent to investigate the Vault of Glass; that’s its name. So many were lost to its maddening realities. It’s soothing tones. Hm? What is the Vault? I will explain it soon. As best I can. Long ago, a Guardian, Kabr, entered the Vault and penetrated its secrets. He did not return. But he left a legacy. Years later, six guardians rose to take his place. Among those six were the Three. It was thanks to Kabr’s efforts that they were able to enter and defeat the horrible fates inside. I dare not attempt to explain the Vault’s strangeness to you. Ultimately, they encountered an unbelievable Vex entity. We fought it, in our arrogance, and though half the fellowship was lost, the Three finally stood alone in the Vault. Only now do we know a little of the Truth of the Vault – what it was, and what the entity was that we supposedly destroyed in there. Supposedly, yes. For I doubt you’ve heard the truth of it. It’s a dark secret, even here in the Tower. Many older Guardians do not speak of it. Even the Speaker is loath to touch the subject. But the three did not destroy the enigma. Its form changed, but it was not gone. I don’t mean to deceive you, this is not the story of the Three. Not really. This is the story of the Will. Of the mind within the Vault. Listen well Guardian and I will tell you of him, her and it. I will tell you of the Guardian Atheon. // And that's all I've got right now. Any sort of feedback would be awesome, thanks!