FALLEN/ past participle of fall. Theology Having sinned:fallen human nature (Of a soldier) killed in battle:fallen heroes I think the Fallen could be the last remnants of a broken Earth that tried to rebel agains the "Traveller" just like the Awoken fled from Earth they choose to stay and fight. HIVE/ .a nest for bees .the bees living in a hive .a place filled with busy activity 1.a. a container for housing honeybees b. usuall aboveground nest of bees 2. colony of bees 3. a place swarming with activity The HIVE must have a Queen and I pressume she is Crotas mother, we have just seen ERIS the new tower vendor she is possibly his Sister. I believe this family have encountered the traveller before and once they learned its true nature they went to war with it. VEX/ 1.make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters. "the memory of the conversation still vexed him" I Maybe looking at this from the wrong angle but my thinking is that the VEX are from the future and are the creation of a GUARDIAN. Possibly one of the supposedly dead Guardians that faced Atheon he was lost in time and has learned the true meaning of the "LIGHT"/TRAVELER. CABAL/ A cabal is a group of people united in some close design together, usually to promote their private views or… interests in a church, state, or other community, often by intrigue, usually unbeknownst to persons outside their group. The Cabal are part of a larger group possibly a galaxy legion that is tasked with protecting the weaker civilizations in our universe. Have you heard the tower propaganda" The Cabal are the enemy" I think not. I think the traveller is the reason for our progress both present and past he is seen as a God. He has been in contact with other civilizations outwith Earth(Fallen & Hive) and is the reason for their progress. He wants death this feeds him he is a parasite. When he has what he wants he manipulates the host by bringing them back from the death and making them do his work. The darkness is what follows him because everywhere he goes he leaves behind destruction. Most Importantly the Guardians who have supposedly been lost in the raids are part of a rebellion Eris is a dwarf planet, the biggest one and it rotates around our sun. We know that crota takes many forms. She is the same she can take a wizard a knight or the image we see her. The Stranger is working for the Guardian rebellion from the future. This is why she doesn't help alter your DESTINY. Maybe I'm wrong and just making up my own story. :)