Better we tell him than let Mara or Savathun tell him in a way that'll manipulate him. [quote]Crow, buddy, I need to tell you about who you were before. After your sister was "killed" by Oryx (sent to her throne world, you were desperate to find her. Savathun knew this, and used Riven to manipulate you into killing Cayde-6. This led to me tracking you down and killing you. I then entered the Dreaming City and killed Riven. This, however, was exactly what Riven and Savathun wanted. They cursed the Dreaming City, trapping it a three-week time loop. Shortly after, you were resurrected as a Guardian. You are not Uldren. Not anymore.[/quote]

Considering all the wacky and insane things we encounter/prevent/create honestly Crow's story doesn't rate too high. I'd pull him aside and level with him. [quote]"Alright the honest truth? Your former life was that of the Awoken Prince of the Reef, Uldren Sov, you were a guy who was stuck so far up his own backside he was in danger of choking on his own head. Prideful, cynical, insulting, arrogant, pompous, etc etc. Real piece of work. Key words are was and were, remember that I'll come back to it. After the Awoken fleet's loss to Oryx at Saturn where Queen Mara Sov was also thought lost, he got infected with Taken energy and started to get manipulated by an Ahamkara the Awoken had captive in the Dreaming City, Riven, who was also Taken. Uldren thought he was hearing Mara's voice and getting instructions from her demanding her to be freed. This led him to release the Scorn and the Scorn Barons led by Fikrul the Fanatic. This also led to a fateful encounter between the former Hunter Vanguard, Cayde-6 and Uldren...one that Cayde did not walk away from. After bringing Cayde's body to the tower, I set out alone to track down the Scorn, their Barons, and Uldren and drag him back to face judgment for Cayde...dead or alive. Gaining some assistance from Spider, one by one the Barons fell until all that was left was Fikrul and Uldren. I tracked them to the Dreaming City, put Fikrul down, and watched as Uldren was...eaten...by what looked like a Taken Servitor...or something. Killed the Taken, killed the Servitor, and finally when I confronted Uldren, I put a bullet in his head. Thus was the end of Uldren Sov. You...you on the other hand are not Uldren Sov. You share his face, you share his voice...but that is it. You are a new entity, a new being. The Traveller deemed you worthy of being a Guardian, wielding the Light, and that bears consideration. You are Crow and I bear you no ill will, never did. Even if I did have any negative feeling about this, you were chosen by the Traveller to be a Guardian, and I am honored to call you an ally, comrade, even friend." "Besides...we see much stranger and insane things on a daily basis. Often kill them too. Even turn some of them into fancy new guns like that Deathbringer launcher. This? This is everyday stuff by comparison, now come on we've got some shootin' and lootin' to do." CROW: "This...this is alot to take in..." "This? Please. You should seen MY first day. Woke up, killed some Fallen in the Cosmodrome Wall and killed an Archon. I was wading through weird right from the start."[/quote]

I’m not gonna lie, I would have sat him down and told him ages ago, too. We should have. ‘Not ready’ my butt.

Just tell it. Telling the truth is always responsibility.

Guardian: Yo crow you were a murderer. Crow: I was!? Guardian: Yeah. Crow: Ha! Nice dude.

In a letter, while far away with your ghost tucked away in dematerialization.

Just say “hey remember that time when I killed you haha…” then just return to orbit as fast as possible.

In a world where resurrection is common and death is trivial, seems to me it wouldn’t be a difficult conversation.

The answer to your username is yes.

Not as hard as it sounds. You/He were possessed by Riven and by extension Savuthun. They manipulated him into killing everyone’s favorite person, stealing his weapon, and using it to unleash darkness the cursing your homeland with an evil time loop. In short he committed evil and destruction the likes rarely seen. In the end, I put him out of his misery. Maybe most of it was vengeance. And I don’t know all of the details at the time; perhaps if I had known just how possessed he was I would have let it slide. But that’s how it went. You are not him. At least not the him he was at the end. You deserve a second chance. I hope you’ll give me one too.

You literally just explain what happened. Far wiser and kinder to do.

“Hey, Crow,… funny story for you,…”