Chapter 1 - For the Light
The traveler's Walk was quiet, usually what would have been filled with vendors and the hustle and bustle of guardians had come to a close. The trees barely swayed as the cool air frozen by the surrounding mountains cascaded down into the plaza. Reflections of the banners swaying in the breeze could be seen in the shallow pools around the walk way. The pale light from the Moon is all that illuminated the plaza except for a flaming brazier, next to a large iron gong. Looking out of the front and only entrance to the Traveler's Walk, you could see the twinkling lights of the city hiding underneath the Traveler itself. A dark silhouette could be seen leaning against one of the three gun-metal gray spires. The mysterious figure seemed to be sitting there waiting for someone to rendezvous with him, but seemed out of place in the abandoned court.
A single person could be seen entering into the common, it's bulky figure could easily establish it as a Titan. Dark shades of Navy and grey shown in the moonlight as he slowly made his way towards the figure. The titan turned his head from side to side scanning the area to see how many guardians still inhabited the Walk at such a late hour. The behemoth of a guardian walked until he stood in front of the Silhouette, its shadow that was cast by the glow of the Moon licked at the tips of the giant's boots.
"So... this is the Guardian who has the Exotic surplus who can get you anything you want?" The gravely voice of the titan seemed to growl out from his helmet.
The Ebon figure slowly moved his head underneath his hood, barely making a move
while staring into the helmet of the Titan.
"I guess I was just expecting someone a little more extravagant than a beggar in rags, sitting out in the dark," the titan chuckled as he pulled out his ghost and began to cycle through his inventory.
"Their once were Nine Families, these nine where bountiful, so bountiful that each was very prosperous and vast. One day they each noticed a rock. Oh, how it was such a beautiful rock, they had no idea where it had come from, or how long it had been there. These Nine Families had no idea the rock had subsided there, not to mention that they had each resided in the darkness around it," the shade spoke out before lighting a match. The match lit in the dark to reveal, the figure of a mask, the mask seemed black as night, nothing, but his eyes shown except from the Darkness bleeding off of him in the purifying, yet burning light. The tattered remains of his hood did a rather well job of concealing most of the features of his face.
"Hey, you are that one mysterious stranger, whom shows himself every ARMARIS AD PUGNAM," the vastly armed Titan stated. The servitor in the middle of his helmet whizzed as his sensor peered closer into the hood of the dark figure.
"ATRVUM PROPVGNATORVM never fails to show up, why shouldn't I continue the tradition," wheezed out Xur in a snicker.
"I'm just curious is all," the Titan stolidly said. "This is what you want right?"
The titan moved closer holding up a handful of strange coins, the green inner bindings glistening like a burning emerald in the flame of Xur's match.
"You know what they say, curiosity started it all, " Xur closed his eyes wincing before focusing on the coins.
The Titan questioned, "Eh how can there be.." Xur rudely interrupted causing the Titan to retract his gauntlet closing it around the coins. "If only they had noticed it was too late," Xur boomed, "but it seems I may never get it right and I feel as though my scheme, my will, it beckon's ill for those who continue to try in the name of their prides and egos." He slowly began to unclench his fists white hot with rage and pained with deep sorrow setting his gaze upon the Titan.
The titan pulled his auto rifle up from its rested state before flipping off the safety. The Red gun seemed out of its element as the silvery bayonet laid mere inches from the face of Xur.
"You serve your beliefs, but you are no brother of mine. You, clearly, have washed and purified yourself in the burning bright energies. Yet you do not see you are nothing. Nothing; a growing shadow getting bigger in the light of YOUR god," Xur's tone grew with annoyance and anger. "A shadow so large that the Light should be quick to engulf you in its ever glowing madness. Burning like a cinder; sizzling until nothing is left, but ash in the wake of it all," his match began to burn out leaving wicked shadows dancing upon the walls of the Tower.
"But we shall build upon it," barked the Titan, "making it vast, friendly, and prosperous in the name of the Traveler," pressing his gun forward in the face of the shade feeling crossed at the mention of the Traveler in such a Heretical manner. "For our Brothers and sisters, all guardians; Warlocks, Hunters and Titans alike!"
The Figure cackled, deep, wheezing, hoarse coughs, doubling him over in pain.
Xur hacking about, "There is no past only future," his tentacles of darkness seeming to writhe as the head of the match slowly withered down leaving nothing, but a small ember.
"The past is what we have built upon and we must continue to strive to keep it safe. For if the Darkness were to descend upon us, we would be ready and be able to guard humanity's last hope," said the Titan in a low growl as the sight flipped up on his rifle and the match used its final strength withering out leaving the two in darkness."
"Will there be any humanity left to save," Xur whispered as he looked up into the barrel, his eye's burning as if motes of light poured from them?
The Titans sensor grew bright red as he slowly squeezed the trigger, causing the strange coins to fall from his grip descending into darkness.