Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-25878344-20141216085146/@comment-96.250.89.146-20150127143101

Thorn was the weapon used by Dredgen Yor, a Hunter who turned to the Hive magic of Xyor. Dredgen Yor wasn't his original name though, for it says In the cards that he was the first and last user of the name Yor. The hive magic ate at his sanity and other wielders of the light. This caused the murder of Jaren Ward by the use of Thorn. Later, a renegade Hunter named Shin Malphur used Jaren Ward's gun to kill Dredgen. The speculation is that the narrater of The Last Word Grimore cards is Shin, and that Jaren is Dredgen. But that's not true. In one of the cards, it says Jaren had adventures with a few children. This would be an ideal time for the narrator, if indeed tied to Jaren, to use The Last Word as it says he would in The Last Word 1 (ghost fragment). This gives the possibility that Jaren is Shin on the run. If Jaren really had killed a civy, he wouldn't be allowed back at the Tower. Therefor, he falsified his name and ran. This means he is Shin, and that is why he mimicked himself before killing Dredgen. As for being killed by Dredgen, that could be metaphorical. He was on the run from him, and that is why he killed a civy, cause he had to in order to live.

~Phantom of The Wiki