The Ascension

The Ascension is the third installment of the Warframe Fragment series released on December 21, 2017. Ten pages long, this webcomic explores the backstory of Councilor Vay Hek's past and his involvement with the origin of the Grineer Ghouls.

The Ascension can be found and read at the official website.

Plot Summary
At some time during the rise of the Grineer empire, in the Kuva Fortress, both Councilor Vay Hek and Dr. Tengus are talking to each others, discussing of how obedient the Ghouls prototype would be to the Grineer. The doctor assures the councilor of their obedience, remarking that the Grineer Queens themselves will be the audience of their creation.

Playing as the "good host", the councilor wears a wig and a frilly collar, meets his fellow Grineer generals and welcoming them to his presentation, and an act which does not amuse the Grineer Queens and the generals make fun of.

The councilor then shares his own vision, one he shares with Doctor Tengus - A vision where the Grineer conquers the solar system whole without having to deploy a single ship or carrier. A conquest where invasion of planets would simply mean seeding a batch of biomass bags from the orbit, which will grow a Ghoul army independently within days and overtake entire planets. He finishes his vision with a presentation of the Grineer Ghouls themselves, stunning his entire audience with his creation.

Doctor Tengus kicked the councilor into the pit of the Ghouls, his body assaulted and consumed by the rabid, hungry zombies. The Elder Queen, amused by this stunt, orders Doctor Tengus to reconstruct his body, so that he may entertain the Queens still.

Eventually, Councilor Vay Hek would obtain himself a new body, a body of the highest order of cybernetics available to the Grineer. With a sense of pride swelling within him, the councilor grabs Tengus by his neck and screams: "MAGGOTS!"

- Councilor Vay Hek

Trivia

 * It was unknown whether Doctor Tengus's kick was an act of betrayal or a deliberate stunt, as later on, the doctor would continue his cooperation with Vay Hek.
 * It seemed that Councilor Vay Hek always had a bad reputation even amongst the Grineer, as remarked by his fellow Grineer's disrespect in the webcomic.