[b][u]Disclaimer may be too much to read for some but those who do will probably enjoy[/u][/b] Crota's army has been unsuccessful at cracking Rasputin's firewall. So they decided to invade the archive to seek new information that can help them with their conquest of the Traveler. Instead they discover the Vault of Glass and the secret of gaining it's entry. Perhaps the Vex hold the key of defeating Rasputin and overriding his defenses. [b]Sync Plates[/b] 500 Thrall 50 Cursed Thrall 200 Acolytes 50 Knight Boomers 40 Knight Swords 10 Wizards 10 Ogre Gatekeepers 5 Knight Gatekeepers (blue ones) Sardon Omnigul Ir Yut Crota, Son of Orix Sync Plates are fairly easy Praetorians blast away some of the Thrall but are just annihilated by the sheer force of the army. Knight Gatekeepers undamaged since they are the chosen and can only be hurt with blades. Crota keeps his cursed thrall away to save them for later [b]Confluxes/Oracles/Templar[/b] 450 Thrall 50 Cursed Thrall 170 Acolytes 50 Knight Boomers 48 Sword Knights 10 Wizards 10 Ogre Gatekeepers 5 Knight Gatekeepers Sardon Omnigul Ir Yut Crota, Son of Orix Crota has the Ogres charge a path through the stone making it big enough for the army to make it down. Crota and his generals stayed higher up to direct the battle. The majority of the army jumps down and are greated by the Templar. 5 of the Ogre Gatekeepers charge in and eye blast the Templar. No effect the templar decimates them. Crota orders his army away from its sight. Omnigul sees the Vex running into the conflux and senses something bad from this ritual she orders thrall and knights to stop the sacrifices. Fanatics start catching the Hive off guard. A Fanaric charges a Knight Gatekeepers and is smashed in by it's sword but it's unholy infection starts infecting it's body the mighty Gatekeeper fell. Crota was shocked that something other than one of the ancient blades could damage let alone kill a chosen. Ir Yut's song kills Vex periodically but not quick enough to stop the new waves. Crota senses desperation fearing the kamikaze tactics of the Fanatics and orders the Cursed Thrall to collide with the Fanatics also taking out surrounding Vex. Glowing lights start chiming in and out. Crota has his remaining thrall, acolytes, and knights attack the oracles. Suddenly Hobgoblins spawn and start picking off the army. Unfortunately Hive Wizards have a weakness for Solar Line Rifles. Crota orders boomers and remaining Ogres to blast every Hobgoblin they see. Omnigul and Ir Yut fly over to the Hobgoblins in the back that are out of range of the other Hive. They are much more powerful then the lesser wizards and easily kill each Hobgoblin as they teleport in. After going through multiple waves it became silent and a shiny small energy shield sits in the middle. Crota doesnt understand or care about the significance of the Aegis. At this point he is annoyed and jumps on it smashing it to bits with his sword. Suddenly the Templar appears. Crota sword lunges at him and shatters the Templar shield. They said it would take something great to take down the Templar's shield and Crota and his sword were great indeed. All the surrounding army shoots the Templar from all angles and Crota sword swipes finishing off the Templar. [b]Gorgon Maze[/b] 30 Thrall 0 Cursed Thrall 48 acolytes 15 Knight Boomers 10 Sword Knights 1 Wizard 10 Ogre Gatekeepers 3 Knight Gatekeepers Sardon Omnigul Ir Yut Crota Son of Orix Crota sends some knights, acolytes, and his near invincible Gatekeepers ahead in a seemingly sound strategy. After a while there was nothing it was silent. Crota sends Omnigul in seeing it is a large and tall cave to fly over it. She notices strange enemies below they look like those Harpie things from before but they glow with an intense light. She called over Ir Yut and asked her to sing them a lovely song. She succeeds in her song of death, but suddenly more Gorgons appear to replace them and they seemed to be on high alert. She decided to sing again...this time nothing happened as though they have gained immunity."They know my song, but how can they be apart of it?" Unconviced that this is possible she flew in closer and sang her song again. Suddenly all the Gorgons looked up with unforgiving red eyes that ripped into Ir Yut's souls and beyond...erasing her as her last screams are ripped from the air. Omnigul is luckily out of sight and reports it to Crota. Crota orders Omnigul to find a way out. Crota has a plan and he lifts Sardon up and throws him to the middle of the maze. Sardon activates his Burden of Darkness and weighs all the Gorgons to the ground. Crota and his Ogres rush towards an exit that Omnigul found and they smash their way to the a large ledge with floating platforms that were appearing in and out of reality. Sardon could no longer keep his hold over the Gorgons. As it failed the Gorgons regained their movement. Sardon gave one last attack.. a going away present. He smashed his sword to the ground releasing a brilliant arc light that ripped through the ground. This made the Gorgon move several feet however there was not even a scratch. They gathered around him and red doom started to fill the air as Sardon was wiped from existance. If Crota's army would leave the Vault their memories of him would Vanish outside the Vaults presence. But for now Crota's army will know that his sacrifice single handedly saved them. [b]Jumping Puzzle[/b] Crota Omnigul 2 Ogre Gatekeepers 10 boomer Knights 1 Wizard 8 sword knights Omnigul and the Wizard glided down with ease. Crota ignored the sketchy platforms and does a massive leap down instead making the puzzle in one jump. Knights use the platforms some make it while others fall when the platforms vanish. The Ogres are left behind...hopefully Crota will be victorious and they can find a way back to the Hellmouth. [b]Gatekeepers/Atheon[/b] Crota Omnigul 5 sword knights 4 boomer Knights 1 Wizard Crota sees the Vex Gatekeeper in the middle and does a sword lunge obliterating it. He the ran throughout the room killing all the enemies. Omnigul observed one of the portals open when a Knight stood on it. She orders them in she decided to enter the other portal. The knights rushed the Gatekeeper on Mars. The Hobgoblins annihilated the remaining wizard and picked off some knights while the remaining knights took out the Hobgoblins. They did a suicide charge at the Vex Gatekeeper and was able to hack it down. Unfortunately the Gatekeeper goes off with a bang and only using swords they were too close.... no one survived. Omnigul entered the Venus gate realizing quickly that she was outgunned and decided to use the last trick up her sleave and summoned two shriekers that she gained dominion over after Ir Yut was erased. They gave her the perfect cover even in death as they release the universes most ancient power of the void. She gracefully dodged the Gatekeepers attacks and unloaded a barrage of arc bolts and destroyed the Gatekeeper. Suddenly her vision was darkening she was able to find the portals exits. Crota glanced over at her shrieking in madness as she plunged into darkness. Suddenly a large figure formed out of nowhere bright electricity crackled along with mechanized gears...Atheon! Crota wasted no time and barraged him with his hand blaster...barely a scratch. Atheon unleashes a torrent of Void blasts and brought the god to his knees. Crota thinks on how this is possible and almost questions if he can destroy this mechanized monstrosity. But Crota quickly recovers his shield as well as his pride ready for a charge. Atheon raised his hand to the air. Crota did a mighty sword leap....and nothing....where am I? Suddenly an oracle chimes in Crota smashes it in one swoop and another amd another....his vision is dimming. He can no longer see his foes. A chorus of chimes almost taunting him. The Vault re-writes Crota's purpose, his being, his very essence for some mysterious dark design. Time's Vengeance is unforgiving not even the soul can escape. [b]The End of Time[/b] One day a green crystal appears on earth in front of Eris. Eris had thought that Crota's terror was over. But suddenly the crysral starts to turn bright metalic silver. It started to glow in a radiant light and exploded. Eris gets blown back by the Shockwave and sees a large figure. Did Crota's ritual of the soul succeed? She dreaded the tall silhouette appearing through the dust realizing her greatest fear was a reality...but little did she know that she had much more to fear for this figure shimmered in pristine chrome. Atheon!!! It was his purpose in luring Crota to the Vault this whole time. He has broken the prison of time and is no longer bound by it's constraints. Atheon summoned a time gate and an army of Vex poured through as Eris watched in frozen horror. Finally Gorgons exited at the tail of the army As the Gorgons stared at Eris she made a final passage that... never happed. [b][i]"All memory of my existance will vanish from reality. I will die and no one will mourn - Eris"[/i][/b] (Atheon on Crota: I wouldn't of given that n00b the Mythoclast even if he did beat me)