12. Releasing Skolas, then letting us recapture him gave her a chance to observe whether Guardians were ready for Oryx. She needed a paracausal weapon from either the Sky or the Deep to end him.
Xur was the one that released Skolas though. And he is an agent of the nine, a different faction. Is it stated somewhere or hinted, that they are connected in this plot?
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I think the Nine are Ahamkara, Hive Worms.
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The worms and the dragons are not the same.
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Read The Books of Sorrow, 'V: Needle and Worm' the very end. Also look at any Ahamkara gear.
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The Queen of the Reef gave Skolas to the Nine. They released him pronto. I think she knew they would.