Fallen (Destiny)
The Fallen are an alien race that features in Destiny.
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History
The Fallen were an alien species of insectoid humanoids that referred to themselves as the Eliksni. Long ago, they encountered the Traveler who they called the "Great Machine". At some point, a terrible event known as the "Whirlwind" came to pass hat destroyed their civilization. In its aftermath, the surviving members of the Fallen engaged in a terrible civil war over the remains of their society. Following the conflict, a tenuous peace came to peace whereupon the Fallen departed for space in their search for the Traveler in order to bring their civilization back to greatness once again.
They had arrived in the Solar System in the wake of the Collapse onboard their massive Ketches in order to loot and pillage the devastated worlds. At the Battle of Twilight Gap, Fallen Walkers engaged in an artillery duel with the City's gun positions. The House of Wolves were a Fallen clan that battled with the Reef only to be defeated whereupon their ranks were absorbed into the personal guard of the Awoken Queen.
Overview
Their kind were noted for being brutal, uncaring and ruthless scavengers. It was said that their species thrived in the darkness.
Among the ranks of the Fallen include:
- Dreg : the lowest rung in their society who were docked of their lower arms in a ritual of humiliation and obedience. They sought to prove their worth though only a few survived to gain promotion and regrowth of their limbs which meant Dregs having a suicidal bravery that was fueled by ambition and shame.
- Vandal : seasoned regulars who served as soldiers, brawlers, assassins and scouts along with other skilled roles with them being seasoned, efficient killers with an arsenal of weapons along with technology to match their bloodlust.
- Stealth Vandals : theses Fallen were cloaked and were armed with a pair of swords where they engaged their foes in melee combat.
- Splicers : tinkerers, bio-engineers and scientists that were devoted to the evolution of their species that operated as a secret collective in a Fallen House. Their purpose was unravelling of biological and mechanical truths with them tearing into systems to reveal their value either as tools of survival or as advancements worthy of their reverence and deification.
- Captain :
- Baron :
- Archon : Archon's would convey the wishes of the Kell to the Prime Servitor and exerted some control over these machines.
- Kell : they still claimed to be royalty. The death of the Kell would see the House falling upon itself in in-fighting.
In terms of structure, their society was divided into a number of Houses that included:
- House of Exile :
- House of Kings :
- House of Winter :
- House of Wolves : an independent House who's Kell was killed by the Queen of the Reef whereupon a number of them swore loyalty to the Awoken Queen and resided as part of her personal guard.
Houses did not cope well with the loss of their leaders and worked well when they were under the command of a leader. It was said that they were a crafty people who always managed to survive. Fallen were always on the prowl and looking for new territory to claim.
An ancient rite of passage was the Archon's Forge.
The Fallen made active use of drone technology that accompanied them with these being known as Shanks. These small floating machines can go to places difficult for their masters with them being used for various roles such as scouting, guarding or patrolling. Numerous kinds of Shanks were developed that included:
- Repeater Shanks
- Exploder Shanks :
- Tracer Shanks :
Servitors were living relics of their civilization that were filled with ultra-sophisticated machinery that processed matter and energy into the Ether for the Fallen to use as it was their life's blood. They had an important support role for their society but also could engage in battle where they offered defensive systems along with powerful energy weapons. Beyond this trait, they anchored the Fallen's communication and provide vital technological acumen. These aspects of a Servitor meant that they had a complex relationship with one another and their Fallen crews. There were numerous types of Servitors that included:
- Pilot Servitors : used typically for manning the flight of ships ranging from crew transports to war barges. These machines coukd be modified to perform combat operations or used for suicide attacks.
- Ether Runners : a more powerful Servitor.
- Prime Servitor : these massive versions of the machines had numerous other Servitors attached to them and had an important symbiotic role with the Archon who administered to its operations. Prime Servitors were a focus of worship and logistical activity with the possibility that they had a key role in Fallen star flight.
Fallen made use of hover-jet bikes known as Pikes that were armed with a pair of blasters in the front. A combat vehicle used by the Fallen were their insect-like Walkers that were mobile gun platforms deployed in offensive and defensive roles. These examples of old technology were heavily armored robotic warmachines that used advanced tracking systems allowing them to target multiple enemies with their forward repeaters and a massive main gun on top. Mine dispensers provided close defense against dismounted infantry and an on-board Shank foundry produced armed repair drones to fix any damage done to the Walker. Fallen often deployed these machines to provide overwatch for their salvage and extraction crews along with being used as blocking forces to guard key Fallen assets. Guardian strategy against these vehicles was targeting the legs whilst overloading the Walker and destroying the armored core when briefly vulnerable.
Support craft used by the species included Skiffs that provided limited aerial control but typically deployed from larger ships in order to deploy infantry or vehicles on a planetary surface. Spacecraft that were used by the Fallen included the Ketch which were large vessels capable of atmospheric travel.
Members
- Riksis :
- Draksis :
- Aksor : an Archon Priest of the House of Wolves who was imprisoned after his clan's defeat in the Prison of Elders at the Reef until freed by the House of Winter but he was killed by Guardians sent to eliminate him.
- Skolas :
- Taniks : a ruthless mercenary, Taniks the Scarred commanded the Ketch Wolfship Kaliks-Syn that attacked the Hellmouth on the Moon.
- Variks :
Notes
- The Fallen were created by Bungie as one of the antagonistic alien races in Destiny.
Appearances
- Destiny:
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