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+# Knights of the Coalition - Lore Notes
+
+## Key Characters
+
+### Spartan-1 (Z-787 "The Unbroken")
+- **Status:** Deceased (self-terminated to escape Vex simulation)
+- **Background:** Pre-Golden Age Exo, BrayTech creation
+- **Key Traits:** 
+  - Built for survival, not heroism
+  - No reset capability - remembered everything
+  - Survived 12 missions, Collapse, and extensive Vex experimentation
+  - Developed temporal manipulation resistance through Vex "scarring"
+- **Death:** Chose suicide over reset to maintain free will
+- **Legacy:** Neural pathways may hold anti-Vex defenses, final message: "I'm still counting"
+
+### Spartan-2
+- **Status:** Current Lightbearer, Titan class, New Light (resurrected pre-Savathûn's return)
+- **Origin:** Ghost resurrection of Spartan-1 in the same abandoned lab where he died
+- **Memory Relationship:** Found records/logs in abandoned lab, feel nostalgic but foreign - knows they were once his but isn't that person anymore
+- **Key Development:** Created the Fulcrum's Oath during Xivu Arath's return
+- **Philosophy:** Rejects all dogma, accepts only his own truth - offers rather than forces
+- **Power Usage:** Prefers Strand, dislikes Stasis (principle: it "takes" control), follows Nine's Prophecy teaching
+- **Identity Resolution:** Mostly internal struggle, some external judgment from other Guardians
+- **Traveler Communion:** Occurred before Witness crisis, parental acceptance despite Darkness usage
+- **Vex Relationship:** Uneasy with rogue Vex mind but Light protects from simulation/temporal manipulation
+- **Vex Integration:** Inherited Spartan-1's burned-in Vex circuitry, can interact with Vex tech uniquely
+- **Ghost Realization:** First Hive Lightbearer encounter taught him the horror of Ghost fragility when he watched one crushed by hand
+
+### "Swarm Mother" (Unnamed Warlock)
+- **Status:** Founding fireteam member, Warlock class
+- **Specialty:** Strand mastery, creates massive threadling swarms
+- **Role:** Team "mom" - healer and caretaker of the "dumbass titans"
+- **Relationship:** Takes care of Spartan-2 and team, maternal protective instincts
+
+### Third Fireteam Member
+- **Status:** Founding member, details pending player confirmation
+
+## Factions & Organizations
+
+### Knights of the Coalition
+- **Structure:** Decentralized, flexible membership
+- **Philosophy:** Honor, integrity, service - practical ethics over ideological purity
+- **Operations:** Both Light-based and grey-operations when necessary
+- **Secret Asset:** Rogue Vex mind (severed from network, tactical advisor) - very few know of existence
+- **Public Image:** Noble but enigmatic, viewed with suspicion by Vanguard
+- **Foundation Origin:** Founded by Spartan-2's fireteam to address lack of New Light education framework
+- **Founding Fireteam:** Spartan-2 (Titan), "Swarm Mother" (Warlock), third member TBD
+- **Timeline:** Founded after Spartan-2's resurrection, before major Witness crisis
+
+### The Fulcrum's Oath
+- **Purpose:** Spartan-2's personal rejection of Hive sword logic and all dogmatic truths
+- **Origin:** Created during Xivu Arath's return for Oryx fragment/Tablets of Ruin threat
+- **Method:** Questions and offers rather than cuts and takes
+- **Philosophy:** Gives freely rather than forces, chooses rather than accepts
+- **Structure:** Rejects major powers (Hive gods, Light's mercy, Dark's hunger, Witness, Traveler)
+- **Offers:** Light as beacon, Dark as shadow, weapons as tools of choice not dogma
+- **Evolution:** Designed to evolve and adapt as necessary, personal truth framework
+- **Context:** Created after first horrific encounter with Hive Lightbearers, understanding Ghost fragility
+
+## Lore Connections
+
+### Vex Elements
+- Spartan-1's temporal scarring may be relevant to Knights' rogue Vex mind
+- Potential connection between Spartan-1's anti-Vex resistance and current operations
+- **Operational Relationship:** Spartan-2 uneasy but functional with Vex mind, avoids when possible
+- Vex circuitry literally burned into Spartan-1's systems, inherited by Spartan-2
+- Maya Sunderesh encounter (Vex-integrated) preceded Fulcrum's Oath creation
+- **Light Protection:** Spartan-2's Light prevents Vex simulation/temporal manipulation
+
+### Recent Developments
+- **Traveler's Communion:** Pre-Witness crisis contact, parental acceptance despite Darkness usage
+- **Xivu Arath Crisis:** Tablets of Ruin threat (separate from Witness/Taking power), potential return of Oryx fragment
+- **Identity Resolution:** Internal struggle with being Darkness-using Lightbearer, resolved through Traveler acceptance
+- **Ghost Fragility Lesson:** First Hive Lightbearer encounter - watched Ghost crushed by hand, realized his own Ghost's vulnerability
+
+### Trauma & Psychology
+- **Memory Relationship:** Spartan-1 records feel nostalgic but foreign, acknowledges past but isn't that person
+- **Vex Interaction:** Uneasy with rogue Vex mind but Light provides protection from simulation/temporal effects
+- **Power Philosophy:** Strand preferred (flow/connection), Stasis rejected (takes control, against principles)
+- **External Judgment:** Some New Lights show fear/confusion, but proves worthiness through actions
+- **Ghost Bond:** Deep understanding of Ghost fragility and horror of their destruction
+
+### Timeline & Context
+- **Resurrection:** Shortly before Savathûn's return as Lightbearer
+- **Knights Foundation:** Response to lack of New Light educational framework
+- **Witness Crisis:** Major threat where Witness nearly consumed Traveler's Light for universal "perfection"
+- **Nine's Prophecy:** Dungeon/raid teaching that power source (Light/Dark) doesn't matter
+
+### Hive Philosophy Rejection
+- Fulcrum's Oath specifically rejects Xivu Arath's war, Oryx's logic, Savathûn's cunning
+- Represents philosophical evolution from Spartan-1's pure survival to Spartan-2's active choice
+
+## Questions for Development
+- What specific records/logs did Spartan-2 find in the abandoned lab?
+- Details about the Witness and the Light/Dark saga conclusion
+- How do the Tablets of Ruin differ from the Witness's Taking abilities?
+- What was the specific Maya Sunderesh encounter that preceded the Fulcrum's Oath?
+- How does Spartan-2's unique Vex-tech interaction manifest in practical situations?
+- Who else knows about the rogue Vex mind besides the founding fireteam?
+- Third fireteam member details (pending player confirmation)
+- How does "Swarm Mother's" maternal dynamic affect team operations?
+- Details about Spartan-2's fireteam and their individual specialties
+- How does the Nine's Prophecy teaching influence Knight philosophy?
+- Rogue Vex mind origin story (backburner for now)