A body.
An empty corpse where light has no presence.
That is what you are. That is what you have been for many years. An empty vessel trapped in an eternity of darkness and emptiness never to be freed.
Until now.
A light will burn away the nothingness. A great light that will ignite all darkness and forge freedom. The Light.
This Light, which is the essence of life itself, will extinguish everything that opposes it. Everything that opposes you and me. I am the Voice who is adorned in pure Light, but the Darkness opposes me still.
Us. All of us, humanity and its allies, fight the Darkness to keep our Light - our life - safe.
Always, until the day we push it back into the deep abyss of the void itself. It will struggle, retaliate, as is the nature of a great evil, but it cannot be released from its inevitable and inescapable end that we will deliver.
Lights always burn away darkness. It illuminates everything and chases shadows from their pits. Even the seemingly endless sea that is space can be irradiated.
It shone brightly for us, our people, once. It painted the blackness of our solar system gold. Did you know?
With help from a great conductor of Light, our people colonised worlds that were once thought to be uninhabitable. In mere years, cities had sprung up from the ashes of unknown, alien landscapes. To us, everything that seemed impossible became entirely the opposite. That was until forces of Darkness came and crushed the golden brilliance that was embedded in our solar system, our lives.
Death, turmoil, Darkness. These are the things that our people faced, that we still face.
Our great beacon of Light was doused. It fell dormant.
It was all gone in what seemed like an instant. It all vanished in the blink of an ungodly eye. Our prosperity was quelled, just like that.
Astonishingly, some of us endured the terrible Collapse of our once expanding civilisation to begin anew amidst the smoking ruins of Earth. That dormant Light still safeguarding our new, dawning power. It acts as a ward that protects our people's final sanctuary.
Now, hope is emerging from the cracks in our shattered lives. Valiant and courageous warriors now venture out beyond the horizon of our last safe sanctuary. Protectors whose Light shines bright in these our darkest hours.
Guardians who will defend all that we hold so dear.
Do you see now?
Danger is rife in this world; in the depths of every world that hangs in the void. Our own solar system is no safe haven. Relentless enemies knock at our door, but we will not let them through. We will strike them down. It is all we can do. It is the only option that remains for us. This has been our only options for too many long years.
It is time to bring an abrupt end to this onslaught.
Can you hear me now? Can you hear my voice? Or has the Darkness deafened you?
You can bestow your trust in me. In the Light. I will breathe life into your desolate soul, as I have many others.
Guardians.
You were all empty eyed corpses when the Light, hidden in the shells of Ghosts, came to you. Ancient bones given new life in the interest of protecting the Light from the Dark.
And now, it is time for you to wake from your long slumber to join your brothers and sisters in war. To join your fellow Guardians in this terrible conflict.
Death no longer clings to you. You are released from its grasp. Adjust your eyes, Raymond Jonathan O'Dare, to the Light that is the saviour of us all.
But wait, Guardian. What was the cause of this slumber that has consumed you for centuries? Death, of course, but whose hand was it? Terror, fear. The enemies you once faced may have had a part to play in your initial demise but they are no longer your enemies. The terrible enemies that we face now are your only enemies.
You should not hear of your past from me; it is for you to remember. Do not worry, you will remember everything about who you once were as time progresses.
It is time to return to your body once more. It is time for the Light to sing in you again.
Guardian, it is time to burn the Darkness clean.