{"id":94491,"date":"2019-06-03T18:07:36","date_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/BungieNet_ContentItem_47850"},"modified":"2019-06-03T18:07:36","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T18:07:36","slug":"am-i-to-cast-a-shadow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/06\/03\/am-i-to-cast-a-shadow\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Am I to cast a Shadow?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bungie.net\/pubassets\/pkgs\/124\/124250\/Weblore_2_JB_03.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Gahlran knelt before his Emperor in a chamber of gold.<\/p>\n<p>Every surface reflected a resplendent sheen that blinded him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is this place?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany things,\u201d Calus replied, lounging with his cheek in his palm. \u201cThis chamber once held an Arkborn. The only one of her kind to leave the interstellar conduits of her people. It is the place where Valus Nohr earned her shield in trial by combat. Shadows were cast here. History made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAm I to cast a Shadow?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. You were bred to be a sorrow-bearer. I seek a Hive commander, but those are not so readily available. So I made you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Council says the Hive cannot be contained. They worry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Calus raised an eyebrow. \u201cWho among them?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncilors Rahl and Verloren.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Emperor shook the golden chamber with his guffaw. \u201cOnly a few hours old, and already your words have killed two.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gahlran pondered what his Emperor could mean.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will enjoy you,\u201d Calus said, and keyed a hidden control on the armrest of his divan.<\/p>\n<p>The ceiling shrieked as it opened like an eye. Gahlran craned his neck to stare&nbsp; as two hovering Councilors descended with a massive, plated helm from the vast iris above.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He could hear a litany of voices shouting down at him from inside the thing as it slowly descended. He thought they sounded like warnings, but there were no discernible words in the speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is that?\u201d he asked his Emperor.<\/p>\n<p>Calus finished the Royal nectar in his chalice before belching, \u201cYour crown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gahlran thought he could glimpse a faint violet glow on the inside of the helm as it drew nearer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIsn\u2019t it beautiful?\u201d Calus asked, as the voices echoing from the helm grew louder.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo,\u201d Gahlran replied.<\/p>\n<p>He thought he should run. He tried to stand, but he found that he could not, rooted to the floor before the Emperor\u2019s throne by the will of the Councilors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not like this,\u201d Gahlran said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis,\u201d said Calus, as the Councilors crowned Gahlran, \u201cis why you were born.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The violet interior filled Gahlran\u2019s vision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does it feel like?\u201d asked the Emperor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFear,\u201d Gahlran said.<\/p>\n<p>Calus must have responded, but Gahlran couldn\u2019t hear him over the cacophony of voices.<\/p>\n<p>He suddenly found that he could see.<\/p>\n<p>Through a hundred billion eyes.<\/p>\n<p>And that he could eat.<\/p>\n<p>With teeth enough to consume entire systems.<\/p>\n<p>He felt beautiful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gahlran knelt before his Emperor in a chamber of gold. 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