This event, however, forced Aloy into a personal war against the Eclipse. Despite killing many Nora in their carnage, they failed to kill Aloy. The cultists led by Helis attacked the Nora during a rite of passage ritual known as The Proving. Some years later, HADES ordered Eclipse to kill a Nora Tribe warrior Aloy, whom HADES had deemed a threat to Eclipse's so-called god. The cultists explored the Old Ones ruins and dug up and reactivated Faro machines, which they used to corrupt and control other machines. At some point, The Eclipse had forced an Oseram scout known as Olin to work for them after they had captured and threatened to kill his family. The Eclipse kept their existence unknown to the world, killing any witnesses. The Shadow Carja champion Helis replaced Sylens as HADES's trusted follower. Sylens was forced to flee from the Eclipse after learning HADES had no use for him and had marked him for death. But, the Eclipse remained unaware of HADES' true intentions: to reawaken the Faro Swarm and destroy the world. The Eclipse follow HADES in the belief that it will help them to control the Machines, and plan to use them to retake the Carja Capital Meridian and conquer the world. A splinter tribe known as the Shadow Carja were chosen to form the Eclipse due to them being easily manipulated through religion and nationalism following their defeat in the Carja Civil War, and were made into believing HADES was the "Buried Shadow" god from Carja mythology. The Eclipse was founded by a Banuk named Sylens in order to use its Shadow Carja followers to serve HADES's own ends.