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revenant.

Now, do I think Uldren Sov deserved to die? Yes. I think so. His killing of Cayde-6 was unjustified even within the parameters of the prison break. Uldren had the gun, he had the Barons, he could’ve walked away. He did not.

I take extreme issue to the idea that Uldren is somehow morally on par with our Guardian at the height of their revenge spree. It’s explicitly said that Uldren killed the Awoken that bowed to him and hoped he would lead them. The Voice of Riven encourages him to essentially commit genocide on the Reefborn Awoken, and judging by the bodies on the floor, he’s already begun. Was he being seduced by an Ahamkara? Yes. But he still had to make the choice to follow through with the Ahamkara’s whispers, because without Uldren acting out these atrocities, the Ahamkara is without an instrument.

At the end of the day, our Guardian is not a saint. Uldren Sov is not a martyr. Light and Dark are just two sides of one paracausal coin. And while we think we know which side we’re on, we’ve increasingly been treading upon thinner and thinner ice.

A Thin Line, if you will.

But then reading the lore you realize that without his sister Uldren had considered suicide. Without Mara he had no will of his own to live. After the battle of Saturn is when it all began, the darkness slowly seeping into his mind and twisting his thoughts, maddening him. It manipulated him using the only one person and image who could convince him to do anything out of love and desperation. In the end he was only trying to bring his twin soul back. I'm not saying he's without fault. Had he gone down and died in a true battle from wounds it would have been one thing, but the way it all went down was just very bitter.

Yes, Cayde deserved to be avenged... But my point is that Uldren was a victim as well. He's not without fault or sin in his, but his mind was maliable to Riven's will, especially when it came to Mara. He had sworn his entire existence to serve her and be there for her and love her. Losing her broke him so badly, he would not even get out of bed for hours stated in the lore, and even messed himself up on ether.

Of course he would have done anything if she told him to. And Mara, however unphased as she seem is not particularly happy that we killed him if you stick around to hear some of her lines.

It's all just terribly tragic. Without Riven's torment and influence Uldren would never have done such a thing. He used to be full of spirit, drive, and adventure. He and Petra used to be close. She knew something was wrong with him when he surrendered himself.

In the end I know he had to die. Locking him up would have maddened him further and the damage Riven had done I imagine was irreversible, and perhaps not even Mara herself could reverse it. The guilt of slaughtering his own people would have been too much to comprehend. Knowing everything he did was not in fact for her would have been too much.

My man. If you want to see the asks I have received I will quite happily post them. I don’t care about memes or posts of people calling Uldren a “emo ass bitch” that doesn’t bother me. I’ll be honest and say some of them are very very funny.

But when I receive a message telling me that they’re going to take the ace of spades from Uldren shove it up his throat and blast out his brains I’m starting to have a problem. When someone says fuck you for defending his character. Or how about when someone tells me I deserve the chronic migraines that can sometimes stop me from being able to see or even get out of bed because I like Uldren. Or when someone tells a friend they’re going to strangle Uldren with his intestines and then hang my friend with them. Yeah I’m just complaining about memes.

Thank you for this post @momnis-absinthia