A Drifter's Gambit

A Drifter's Gambit is a lore book introduced in Forsaken. It contains transcripts titled "A Renegade's Observations of a Drifter", presented as an official document. Entries are unlocked by completing activities in the game, and the book has ten entries, from "Uneasy Feeling" to "The Long Con".

Overview

The Renegade who wrote the notes watches the Drifter, a Lightbearer who has travelled beyond the edge of the solar system, and is wary of his motives. The Drifter's "Gambit" involves a pocket of the Ascendant plane where he has caged a Taken army, which he says he is studying to learn how to control the Taken and the powers that bind them. The Renegade plans to use the Gambit to draw out Shadows and see who pursues dangerous power.

Notable entries

The Drifter's former associate Callum Sol killed the Renegade's Ghost, and the Renegade then killed Callum. In "A Matter of Trust", the Drifter hides "Primeval" creatures from the Renegade, which the Renegade finds unsettling. In the final entry, the Renegade asks the Drifter to spread the name Dredgen so that Shadow followers are forced to confront their sins.