one day, steve was searching through the ancient city with alex, when they triggered a sculk sensor which triggered the shrieker, they both tried escaping the warden and decided to split up, the warden went after steve, as steve was running he came across a sculk catalyst, at that point he didnt know much about the wardens and the sculk, so he thought the catalyst was the life force of wardens and each warden is linked to a set catalyst, he went to mine it, when the sculk infected his right arm and the right side of his face, when the warden caught up, instead of attacking, it stood tall and still in front of him, almost as if awaiting an order, not long after, steve got a rush of memories linkd to the souls of dead mobs, and ancient humans, who died atop the catalyst, in which he learned, both what the catalyst and the sculk truly are, and leanred the secrets of the ancient city, now he must find alex, and together they will disover more secrets, and potentially restor the deep dark, to its former state of life and thriving