So there’s been a bit of an upset with another few new Narrative Previews that came out recently. Regarding the shot that killed Cayde’s Ghost. I’m sure most people have written this off as another nonsensical retcon, but I think there might be something more too it. For those who didn’t read the new narrative previews yet, essentially the Praxic Warlock Aunor Mahal has taken an interest in the Hero of the Red War under suspicions of organizing the murder of Cayde-6 in collaboration with the Scorn Army. This might seem a bit out of nowhere for some, perhaps even insulting considering how close they were with Cayde, but given that the Guardian had fallen in with the Drifter (who was currently under investigation as well) very soon after Cayde’s Death, was involved with the efforts to get the Prison of Elders back under control and had also conducted a Hive Ritual that led them to a Hive Gunsmith who specialized in Weapons of Sorrow (the shot that killed Sundance was said to be a ballistics of a Weapon of Sorrow or a comparable Hive implement) from an outsider’s perspective, this could seem rather suspicious. Its possible that from her perspective, it seemed like the Hero of the Red War was covering their tracks, cleaning up any evidence still in the Prison, eliminating the craftsmen who made the bullet perhaps. Before Aunor’s imagination could go wild, Ikora stepped in, assuring her that the Guardian had nothing to do with Cayde’s death and was simply the one he took with him to assist on quelling the Prison riot. Being one of her Hidden, Aunor takes Ikora on her word, but now believes that the Guardian can assist her in her case against the Drifter. Now, what’s been irking people the most isn’t the accusation made by Aunor, rather something Drifter says. While masquerading as a Warlock named Finch, Drifter comments that Scorn Guns can’t kill a Ghost. Obviously, that a bold face falsehood. Exact armaments are unknown, but the Rifleman Pirrha appeared to use some altered variant of the typical Fallen Wire Rifle. I doubt the Scorn would design their weapons to be specifically weaker than the weapons of their Fallen counterparts. So if Scorn guns can’t kill Ghosts, then by proxy, Fallen guns can’t kill Ghosts either, which is obviously not true. There are thousands of dead Ghosts around the tangled shore, undoubtably a large percentage of which would have been killed by Scorn or Fallen. Not to mention the fact that Cayde had warned to watch your Ghost around Pirrha, suggesting that he’s got a body count for Little Lights. So why now try to shoehorn in this idea that Scorn don’t have any guns that can kill a Ghost? What’s so different about Sundance’s death that needs the explanation of a bullet from a Weapon of Sorrow? Well, I believe that Sundance is the first dead Ghost we’ve actually seen. Now I know what you’re saying. That we’ve seen plenty of dead Ghosts since the the beginning of Destiny! There were collectables around the Tower, there was once a collection mission where you kill Fallen and take the dead Ghosts they had on them, the Ghost Fragments on the Tangled Shore, they’re everywhere! But have we ever seen what happened to Sundance? Where a Ghost’s eye, the orb at it’s center, is compromised and it emits that wave of Light? No. The closest thing to what happened to Sundance was that Traveler’s Wave of Light when it broke out of Ghaul’s Cage. Trading a Ghost Fragment to the Spider? They’ve still got their eye. Picking up a dead Ghost collectable? Still have their eye. Back in the first Destiny, they would even wake up and blink away, making them sleeping Ghosts that just needing to be woken up. What we’ve thought were dead Ghosts are just Ghosts that’ve been neutralized by traumatic force. Think back to Sagira. She was struck almost directly in the center of her eye, but the eye itself was never compromised. She was neutralized, and would probably be considered dead if she wasn’t taken to the Cult member’s hideout in the EDZ and placed in the resurrection slab. So this is what I think they mean when they say normal Scorn Guns can’t kill a Ghost. Any race can neutralize a Ghost, making it inoperable, but only a Weapon of Sorrow can compromise a Ghost’s eye, actually killing it. An explanation for this little bit of confusion is fine and dandy and all, but that still leaves the question of where the bullet came from? Who’s the culprit behind this? The Mindbender was brought up by the Drifter, which could make sense. Aunor claimed that it couldn’t be him because he hadn’t established his Throne at the time of Cayde’s death, but creating Light eating bullets isn’t necessarily related to having a Throne. Perhaps the Drifter himself. Lets be honest, he wouldn’t be poking so deeply into Aunor’s investigation if he didn’t have anything to hide. He’s killed his fair share of Lightbearers, so why would Cayde be any different? If Cayde posed a threat to Drifter’s plans, it would only make sense for him to have disposed of the Exo. The Guardian going after the Scorn Barons would have just tied up loose ends for him. He certainly likes getting others to do his work for him, so it’d fit with his motif. He’s very learned in Hive rituals, he instructed the Guardian on conducting one after all, so the production of a Weapon of Sorrow-like bullet wouldn’t be too far fetched. If we’re to believe Aunor in the fact that the Mindbender wouldn’t have been able to create the shot until after he build his Throne, it’d be awfully suspicious he tried to pin the production of the bullet on the Mindbender. Not to mention one rather telling voice line from the Prison of Elders Strike. The Trickster made Drifter laugh. Perhaps he knew her personally? The Witch Queen. The Least likely culprit, in my opinion. Getting her hands on a ballistic from a Weapon of Sorrow would take all of a single snap of her fingers. Getting it in the hands of the Scorn would be like child’s play to her. But… why? I could see her doing so to turn the Tower against the Hero of the Red War (who is a major threat to her, having killed multiple Hive gods) if more and more evidence stacked against them came out, but all suspicions were dropped with a single assurance that they didn’t do it. Still, its a possibility that should be considered. You never know what sort of plans she’s got up her sleeves. How about you? Got any suspects you think could’ve gotten that bullet into the Scorn’s hands?