# 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 (experimental exoframe)
- **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, died in BrayTech lab
- **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
- **External Reactions:** Found Light-only users "annoying and not understanding the Nine's message"
- **New Light Reactions:** Some New Lights show fear/confusion, but he proves worthiness through actions
- **Traveler Communion:** Game bug turned lore - Traveler reached out "like a parent to a child" with acceptance/love, occurred before Witness crisis
- **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 (containing "image" of Oryx)/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 (from game bug turned lore)
- **Xivu Arath Crisis:** Tablets of Ruin threat (separate from Witness/Taking power), return for Oryx fragment containing "image" of Oryx
- **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" - freezing reality into a single moment
- **Nine's Prophecy:** Dungeon/raid teaching that power source (Light/Dark) doesn't matter
- **File Organization:** Reference materials moved from `other/` to `.reference/` directory (readonly)

### 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

## Key Philosophical Elements
- **Anti-Dogma Stance:** Rejects being told to "just accept it" - accepts only what he believes true
- **Nine's Teaching Integration:** "It doesn't matter what you use" (Light vs Dark) from Prophecy dungeon/raid
- **Power Selection Principles:**
  - Strand = flow, connection, working with forces
  - Stasis = control, taking, imposing will (rejected on principle)
- **Offering vs. Forcing:** Core distinction from Hive philosophy - offers truth rather than forces it
- **Personal Truth Framework:** Only accepts his own truth, but offers it freely to others

## Character Development Moments
- **New Light Naivety:** Didn't understand what was wrong with Hive having Light initially
- **Ghost Crushing Horror:** Watched Hive Lightbearer Ghost crushed by single hand, realized fragility
- **Identity Crisis Resolution:** Traveler's parental acceptance despite Darkness usage (from game bug)
- **Educational Mission Origin:** Fireteam noticed struggling New Lights, lack of proper framework

## 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)