Shadows of Salvation

# The Shadows of Salvation

The **Shadows of Salvation** were a Shadows of Yor splinter group, formed from a cohort of Dredgens who followed the leadership of Dredgen Cull in going further down Dark paths in the pursuit of power and glory. The Shadows of Salvation were formed around the time that Shin Malphur began his hunt and purge of the Shadows of Yor, certainly after the final death of Cull. The cohort effectively came to an end after a battle in the ruins of Eventide colony on Europa, with all but one of their number dead.

### Membership

#### Dredgen Teufel

The original leader of the cohort, the Hunter **Damon Geist**-- better known as **Dredgen Teufel**-- was a recruiter for the Shadows of Yor and one of Cull's inner circle. He escaped during Malphur's purge, forming the Shadows of Salvation and urging them to find any avenue to power they could use. He was also known to urge his cohort to indulge their darker impulses. Teufel was eventually captured by the Praxic Order, but expressed no remorse and refused rehabilitation. He was subsequently executed by the Praxic Order.

#### Dredgen Bog

A Hunter whose life was plagued with misfortune, **Afa Kashaf** was injured during the Battle of Burning Lake, left scarred on the head by a Hive Cleaver. The wound grew infected with a Hive curse, and would not heal. As the scar festered, Kashaf's faith in the Light and the Traveler broke, and he was drawn into the Shadows of Yor by his friend, Damon Geist. Taking the name **Dredgen Bog**, he was a fierce proponent of wielding the Darkness, but he fell further down the hole of madness after Shin Malphur purged the Shadows of Yor, and then further still when Geist was captured and executed by the Praxic Order. Bog was one of the Shadows of Salvation's main field operatives, a deadly sharpshooter. He met his final death at the end of Shin Malphur's Golden Gun during the Battle of Eventide.

#### The Ruiner

An Awoken Titan, **Hadil Ainu** was always a brutal combatant and a cruel enemy to anyone who crossed her path. One of Warlord Citan's deadliest instruments, Ainu-- better known as "**The Ruiner**"-- slaughtered her way across the ages, and was an easy convert to the Shadows of Yor, and later the Shadows of Salvation. The Ruiner was actually uninterested in the politics of Light or Dark, and more interested in finding people to kill. She met her final death during the Battle of Eventide, taking the combined efforts of several Guardians and a pool of radiolarian lava to put down for good.

#### Magda-9

An Exo Warlock, Magda-9 first entered the Shadows of Yor's orbit as their weaponsmith, constructing several Thorn replicas for their number. She later joined them when they proved to be a consistent source of data and business, using them as a means of shielding her from reprisal for her own illicit dealings. She left the Shadows of Yor with the rest of the Shadows of Salvation, continuing to use them in the same manner. Magda-9 was captured beneath the ruins after the Battle of Eventide, surrendering in the face of superior numbers and firepower.

#### "Kalki"

A customized heavy Exo frame inhabited by a rampant fragment of Rasputin's AI, the Kalki Golem was a late addition to the cohort. It is believed the Shadows of Salvation retrieved the plans and components for its construction with the intent of having a heavy combat frame to defend them, and the AI fragment's existence was a surprise. Regardless, Kalki was fully willing to defend them and fight on their behalf. The Kalki Golem was nearly ten feet tall, heavily armored, and had four arms with which to fight. Kalki was destroyed with the firepower of multiple Guardians during the Battle of Eventide.

#### Other Members

Exact numbers of the Shadows of Salvation at their peak are unknown. During the Battle of Eventide, Dredgen Bog threw a list of names in Shin Malphur's face, but it's unclear if these were part of their cohort, or were members of the Shadows of Yor that were purged. It is presumed these people were killed at the Dredgen camp in the EDZ.

* Dredgen Salz
* Dredgen Morte
* Dredgen Frag
* Dredgen Gem
* Dredgen Whis
* Dredgen Diable
* Dredgen Scourge