Granum's reasons for bringing the Corpus into direct conflict with the Orokin are unclear, but the Orokin condemned the Corpus as a merchant cult.

Granum, however, had planted an eighty mega-therm warhead in the lab, which he detonated destroying the laboratory and the assault team with it.

Parvos Granum himself stoked the discord, prompting the Orokin to send a Warframe assault team to the laboratory where Granum's Archimedians were developing Specter technology.

Later the Orokin became distrustful of the Corpus. With each new investment or associate, he spread his philosophy of the evils of contentment and idleness as well the gift of Desire, while his partners themselves went on to further loan their money to others and spread his teachings, gathering more followers with each transaction, in what amounts to a pyramid loan-sharking scheme.Ĭonvincing his fellow farmers to follow his new doctrine, Parvos Granum erected the city of Corposium, where even the smallest of men would be welcome to apply his wit and desire to attempt to make his own wealth, and became the leader of the Corpus Board of Directors of the newly founded Corpus.Īt first the Orokin accepted the Corpus (see the Detron Crewman Synthesis Imprint) and during the Old War, even gave Granum a Warframe bodyguard as part of some unspecified deal. Enraged by the huge disparity between his masters and the ones who worked under them and believing that anyone, no matter their social status, had the right to set off on their quest for profit, Parvos began a journey to follow his desires.Īfter stealing from the Orokin and obtaining a financial loan, he loaned parts of his newfound wealth to others. The Corpus were founded by Parvos Granum, the son of a humble family of farmers who lived during the Orokin Era. History and Overview Origins Main article: Fragments/The Tenets Many Tenno have made the mistake of firing at a Corpus Crewman's head only to have the bullet deflected, and many more have fallen to the close-in charge of a MOA's plasma barrage. Their arsenal is a potent mix of energy weapons and robotic troops. They are the second enemy faction encountered by the player. The Corpus ( ), also known as the Taxmen, are a conglomeration of plutocratic commercial and industrial interests unified by a single trade language and a common goal - the pursuit of wealth and Profit through the development and sale of advanced technologies and through the rediscovery of lost artifacts from the Orokin Era, including Warframes themselves and Sentients.

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