EPISODE ONE TRAVELER DESCENDING Part One by SmartAurum75 Characters: Hemera:(Human Female Bladedancer) She carries the Red Spectre. Her hair is brown and short. Her eyes are green. She usually rushes the enemy but if given the chance will use invisibility to assassinate. Erax-7 (Exo Male Nightstalker) He carries his Hard Light on his back and favors Omolon over the other Weapon foundries. He is WAY too overconfident. The sky had darkened over The Last City. The terrible news had returned from the Dreadnaught the day before. The Raid on Oryx had failed. The Chosen Guardian, the one that had destroyed the Black Heart, Atheon, Crota, and Skolas as well as Alak Hul had died at the hands of Oryx. Erax was heading for the Funeral. He was silent. He had never anticipated this. It made no sense. Eris had personally walked them through it and they had all read Toland's Journal. Yet it had happened. The entire fireteam had been killed. When he arrived at the Vanguard Hall, he could see the look of grief on the Vanguard's faces. Cayde's face especially. He took his helmet off and placed it next to the other Guardians' helmets. As he took his place in the corner he saw the coffin. It was being carried by Guardians. One from each faction. It was terrible. Within the coffin lay 6 Dead Ghosts. One for each member of the Fireteam. They were delicately place across the body of the Chosen Guardian. The Speaker walked in. He spoke. "We are gathered here today to honor the life and the courage of [i]The Chosen Guardian[/i]. Their life was brutally stolen yesterday by Oryx, The Taken King." He turned to Zavala. "From what we know, The Chosen Guardian had taken his team all the way up to fight Oryx. This means that his Ghost still has the transmat location in it's files. Unfortunately, those files will only be available for one week. We have organized a new fireteam that will avenge The Chosen Guardian and destroy Oryx." Erax looked at the coffin. He felt empty inside. As the Cryptarch spoke his words of 'wisdom' to the six dead ghosts. Erax felt something inside him... The Darkness. The Speaker was right. It was coming back, and they weren't going to survive it this time.