The Nine are a council of mysterious beings in the Outer System, among the Jovian planets. They freed Skolas and Xûr is their garbage collector Cayde was a daring independent Hunter and was friends with the Hunter Vanguard, Andal Brask. Cayde took the Vanguard Dare and lost, becoming the new Vanguard. Andal was later murdered by Taniks, and Cayde took up his cloak