Courtesy of [u][b]Black Mammoth [/b][/u]
[quote]So, this has been bugging me for some time, and I wanted to hear what you all thought on the subject.
You all know Eva Levante, the woman who sells Emblems and Shaders from a very limited selection. There have been complaints about her selection of Shaders, and how she doesn't really update her stock. Many consider it to be just Bungie slacking off or hiding them in Strikes/Raids or PvP, but I offer a different explanation.
I believe that Eva Levante is NOT who she claims to be. The first bit of evidence is her limited selection, the same 4 Shaders, only changing out a couple Emblems every couple days... Every other shop changes normal items regularly, and yet she doesn't do anything to switch out her main product, the Shaders. I believe this is because the shop is a front for her true motives.
The second bit of evidence comes from Patrol missions on the various worlds. As you all know, you go exploring the various worlds, picking up missions from beacons left by the Tower. I've done plenty of missions for many people at the Tower, including the 3 factions as dubious as their goals may be. Eva Levante is one of the people who puts out missions for the Guardians to undertake, and her goals are quite suspect at the very least. For someone claiming to be an artist, Eva requests scans of very suspicious things.
Now, I know people will say that it's just a matter of RNGesus matching characters with missions, but then why have Eva Levante in the mix at all? There are plenty of different characters in the mission mix, so why have a self-proclaimed artist requesting scans and gathering of resources? During my missions, Eva Levante has requested scans of Fallen Communication Systems, a Hive Seeder Engine, and gathering of Fallen Induction Rods. Why? Why would an artist have any interest in scans and samples of alien technology?
There ARE signs remaining in Old Russia, logos on half-functioning screens in the Ishtar Academy, that Eva could request scanned for inspiration on new designs, but instead she asks for scans and samples of alien tech.
To get right down to it, I believe Eva Levante could be the head of a secret FOURTH faction, with unknown goals and ideals. The Emblem/Shader shop she runs is just a front, a glimmer-gathering resource she uses to build funds for her faction. I don't claim to know what her goals are, or what her faction wants, but I get the feeling we'll all find out soon enough!
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I did some digging and here are two of the missions that Eva Levante gives us.
Name: Kilowatt Hours
Mission Type: Scan Devices
Location: Shattered Coast, Venus
[i][b]Eva Levante has expressed [u]interest in an energy spike[/u] along the Shattered Coast.[/b][/i]
Name: Over and Out
Mission Type: Scan Comm Device
Location: Waking Ruins, Venus
[i][b]Eva Levante wants an analysis of a potential [u]Vex communications device[/u] in the Waking Ruins.[/b][/i]
Name: Into the Dark
Mission Type: Scan Hive Instruments
Location: Temple of Crota, Moon
[i][b]Gather intelligence on [u]Hive instruments[/u] in their launch chambers for Eva Levante's research[/b][/i]
Name: The Stash
Mission Type: Scan Tech
Location: Hellmouth, Moon
[b]Levante is desperate for [u]anything[/u] you can recover from a [u]Fallen technology cache[/u] near the Hellmouth.[/b]
Name: A Series Of Tubes
Mission Type: Establish Connection
Location: Scablands, Mars
[i][b]Eva Levante needs to [u]cull information from the Cabal Defense Net[/u].[/b][/i]
Name: Connection Terminated
Mission Type: Re-establish Connection
Location: Buried City, Mars
[i][b]Eva Levante needs you to help [u]re-establish a remote connection to the systems used by OWT[/u].[/b][/i] (What is [b]OWT[/b])
Grimore Card - [i][u][b]Eva Levante [/b][/u][/i]
[spoiler]Eva Levante
Eva Levante provided services to the Tower long before she actually took a place in it. Guardians would call for her work again and again, looking for marks of distinction, both new and old, and she began to craft emblems and shaders for the bold and discerning. These days she has set up shop in the Tower, taking quiet pride in the Guardians who train, fight, and fall under her signs.[/spoiler]
If you've never played an RPG, a quest from an [b]Artist[/b] would be something like...collect X amount of herbs or materials from location A.
Here are missions that make sense for Eva.
Name: Surface Detail
Type: Transmit Data
Location: Lunar Complex, Earth
[i][b]Recover Golden Age [u]materials data[/u] culled from Cosmodrome systems for Eva Levante.[/b] [/i]
Name: The Helium Cantata
Type: Send Analysis
Location: Rocket Yard, Earth
[i][b]Analyze the [u]neutron print left by fusion reactions[/u] and send any data back to Eva Levante.[/b][/i]
[b]Edit:[/b] [i][u]The Lore Behind [b]The Vault of Glass[/b] (A Must Read!!)[/u][/i]
http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/72217312/0/0/1
[b]Edit:[/b] [u][i]What You Need To know About [b]Rasputin[/b] (A Must Read)[/i][/u]
http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/72372509/0/0/1
[b]Edit:[/b] [i][u]The Origins of [b]The Future War Cult[/b], [b]The Exo[/b], and [b]The Stranger[/b]? (Must Read)[/u][/i]
http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/72229891
[i][u][b]The Nine[/b] and the Origins of [b]The Awoken[/b][/u][/i]
http://www.bungie.net/en/Forum/Post/74062413
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There is a fourth faction cut from the game. I explaimed it in a reply on valkrie rose's comment.
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does anyone know any more info on the 4th faction? i've read that the symbol is in the tower pvp map but I haven't been able to find it........been to busy shooting back to find it xD
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Yes but one of the survivors from the fwc's machine found in fwc' s grim card was a female artist.
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I is a TadPaul
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Wow thia makes a great point
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Eva Levante is up to some sketchy shit
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Wow really far fetched but its believable she is one with/of the nine
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Edited by Angel_Soren: 11/20/2014 10:56:38 PMShe's a racist. When I visited her she said... " I'm sorry, I'm not used to seeing so many guardians walking around... Like normal people." I was deeply offended.
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Is she the hero Gotham needs? Find out next time on dragon ball Z!
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The Traveler is the Death Star Xur is Cthulhu The Speaker is the Antichrist
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[quote]She, is the Eighth member....of the Nine...[/quote]
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Have you all forgotten.. ? She has Black Eyes! She's a mole for the Darkness, who has her back so firmly that not even The Purple Ball can evict her from her entrenched alleyway!
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Who is eva levante?
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Edited by GreenGuardian: 8/12/2015 10:06:24 PMOWT is outer world transit :) the subway on mars
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Necrobump
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*flips table and raises hands in the air* SEVEN SERAPHS COMFIRMED!
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She's the mole. I always felt she was off.
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Illuminati. Confirmed. Period.
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An artist never reveals there secrets..
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/_\ confirmed?
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I hope Bungie actually takes this and runs with it; maybe leave it a mystery and keep having Eva doing increasingly suspicious things XD
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This, and the replies are a very good read!
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Great read, but I can explain it all. She's said before that she works for FWC.
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owt stands for off world transport the terminal is in the buried city
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Confirmed leader of The Nine.
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Or she's the referenced Reef contact.