Talk:Apostasy Prologue/@comment-33580737-20171225135418/@comment-50.0.136.101-20171226014654

The Lotus as we know her today is Natah the Sentient remade in the image of Margulis. The "true" Margulis was the mother figure of the Tenno, that is why Natah, in her longing to be a mother, remade herself in that likeness. Also it may have been that originally Natah chose the guise of Margulis because she hoped the Tenno would more likely follow her lead if she looked familiar. The original Margulis likely did die at the hands of the Orokin

Ballas is still alive (if we assume that was the real Ballas) most likely by Continuity or by whatever means Teshin is still alive.