Battle of Eventide

The Battle of Eventide was a battle depicted in *The Wahei Transcripts,* during the chapters *Shadowfall I, II,* and *III*. It was the major confrontation between Wahei Ohr and her fireteam, and the Shadows of Salvation.

### Participants

#### Wahei's Fireteam

* Wahei Ohr
* Donovan Morgan
* Rega-7
* Ana Bray
* Elsie Bray
* Aunor Mahal
* Revenant-19
* Shin Malphur

#### Shadows of Salvation

* Dredgen Bog
* The Ruiner
* Magda-9
* Kalki Golem
* Braytech Security frames - These were reprogrammed by Magda-9, using a Splicer Gauntlet.
* "Zombexos" - These were reanimated Exo frames, programmed with basic security frame formatting by Magda-9, using a Splicer Gauntlet.

### Prelude

The Shadows of Salvation had become more active in the system, after spending some time keeping themselves hidden, in order to avoid the attention of both Vanguard forces and the vigilante executions of Shin Malphur. When Dredgen Bog was encountered aboard the derelict Cabal ship *Glykon Volatus* by both Wahei Ohr and Aunor Mahal, the former began working to track them down, recruiting Shin Malphur to assist her. After discovering that Magda-9 had acquired knowledge and enough materiel to potentially construct a paracausal superweapon, Wahei brought in her fireteam for assistance. As the Shadows had stolen exotic materials which she needed to build a custom Exo frame for Rasputin, Ana Bray asked to be included on the mission, which also brought along Elsie Bray. Aunor Mahal requested to be included as well, so that she could make certain the Shadows were dealt with appropriately. Revenant-19 was brought in to be one more heavy hitter to help neutralize the threat of the Shadows.

The Shadows of Salvation, as this had been going on, had infiltrated one of the collapsed Seraph Bunkers on Luna, where they hacked into Warmind databanks, obtaining schematics for a customized Exo frame dubbed the "Kalki Golem." However, after constructing the frame, the Shadows discovered it was already inhabited by a rampant fragment of Rasputin's AI. The Kalki Golem agreed to work with them. During the chaos of the Vex invasion of the Last City following the Endless Night, the Shadows infiltrated Vault Ebisu beneath Botza District, and while in the area, killed a House of Light Splicer named Ebakis, stealing their Splicer Gauntlet. Magda-9 required access to advanced construction equipment and materials, which were easily found in a Clovis Bray manufactory complex near the ruins of Eventide on Europa.

### The Battle

Wahei's fireteam finally pinpointed the Shadows' location as Dredgen Bog returned to Europa after a run to the Dreaming City, where he had stolen Reef Amethyst, a component Magda-9 needed to finish construction of the Scryer. Bog's comms transmission was intercepted, allowing Ana Bray to track his location. Ana, Elsie Bray, and Wahei headed to the section of the Eventide colony ruins, but were detected by the Kalki Golem, alerting the Shadows that their security had been compromised. Bog took up a perch in a building, trying to pin down Wahei's team with sniper fire so that the Ruiner could attack them directly. The Ruiner's Malleus Luminarum suppressed Ana's Light, temporarily taking her out of the fight. In the chaos, Wahei slipped away using her hard light decoy, and Bog soon found himself ambushed by Shin Malphur, and the Ruiner was intercepted by Donovan Morgan, who had arrived late, needing to transport Aunor Mahal in for the battle.

Morgan and the Ruiner's one-on-one fight dealt major damage to the ruins, causing several buildings to collapse. The collapse of these buildings prevented an immediate resolution in the duel between Bog and Malphur. Elsie and Mahal split off from the team to try to catch up to Wahei, but were blocked by the Kalki Golem. Wahei, by this point, had infiltrated the manufactory complex where Magda-9 had set up shop, but was slowed down when Magda activated her reprogrammed security frames and zombexos, who relentlessly pursued and attacked anyone in sight. She was able to get ahead of them, and tracked Magda's signal into a Vex cavern beneath the complex, where Magda had constructed her Scryer.

Morgan had battled the Ruiner to a standstill, but Bog had managed to get clear of Malphur long enough to try to pin him down with sniper rifle. Rega-7 and Revenant-19 arrived to disrupt things further, but then the Ruiner smashed the ground with a Fist of Havoc, causing further collapse of the ruins, and dropping nearly all of the combatants into a Vex cave. While down there, the Ruiner was finally defeated, her armor cracked through sustained damage, taking a thrown knife to the eye from Rega, then blasted into a pool of radiolarian lava from a Nova Warp by Revanant. Morgan incapacitated her Ghost before she could be revived. The Ruiner's defeated prompted a frenzied attack from Bog, before Malphur rejoined the fight. Though he was injured from a flurry from Bog, Malphur was able to draw his Golden Gun to put down Bog for good. The Kalki Golem drove Elsie and Mahal out of the manufactory complex and back toward the rest of the battle, but the combined efforts of the fireteam were able to disable the golem and then destroy it through sustained fire.

Wahei confronted Magda-9 alone, but Magda used her Splicer Gauntlet to hijack control over the local Vex Network, causing it to spawn Vex Cyclops platforms, and then **Fylakas**, the **Gaoler Mind**. Wahei was able to keep up with her alone, but the Gaoler Mind had the ability to erect forcefields, trapping Wahei in place. The rest of her fireteam battled through the manufactory complex, through the security frames and zombexos, ultimately needing to destroy the manufacturing equipment to stop new frames from being built. After that, the fireteam were able to reach the Vex cavern and destroy the Gaoler Mind, freeing Wahei, and forcing Magda to stand down and surrender.

### Aftermath

With their Ghosts captured, both Dredgen Bog and the Ruiner were declared dead, final deaths. Bog's body was transported to the Last City for disposal, but the Ruiner's body was pronounced unrecoverable from the radiolarian lava.

Magda-9 was put on trial via Vanguard Tribunal, with Shiro-4 standing in for the vacant Hunter Vanguard, and the vacant Consensus seats (previously filled by representatives of the New Monarchy, Future War Cult, and Dead Orbit factions) filled by Deputy Commander Hammon (Civic Defense), and Consensus representatives Sarielle Shu (Peregrine District) and Valentin Anders (Ridgeback District). Magda showed no remorse for her actions and crimes, refusing to fully acknowledge the authority of the tribunal, but did argue against execution, stating that her weapon engineering expertise would be needed as further forces of the Black Fleet and the Darkness would be arriving in the future, specifically citing Hive war moons under Xivu Arath. Wahei Ohr also expressed favor for this idea, though it was opposed by non-voting representatives from the Eliksni House of Light and the Awoken of the Reef. Ultimately, the tribunal voted to condemn Magda, stage her execution, but secretly imprison her in secure Vanguard detention, without the possibility of parole.