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|name= Archon | |name= Archon | ||
|species= [[Fallen]] | |species= [[Fallen]] | ||
|type= [[Captain]] <br> [[Chieftain]] | |type= [[Captain]] (common) <br> [[Chieftain]] (rare) | ||
|house= [[House of Devils]] <br> [[House of Dusk]] <br> [[House of Wolves]] <br> [[Devil Splicers | |house= [[House of Devils]] <br> [[House of Dusk]] <br> [[House of Wolves]] <br> [[Devil Splicers]] <br> [[Scorn]] | ||
|gender= Various | |gender= Various | ||
|rank= Religious Leader <br> Prime Servitor's Guard | |rank= Religious Leader <br> Prime Servitor's Guard | ||
|mission= | |mission= [[Restoration]] <br> [[Winter's Run]] <br> [[Patrol]] [[Mars]]<br>[[Wrath of the Machine]] <br> [[Wretched Eye]]<br> [[Experimental Treatment]] | ||
|height=Various | |height=Various | ||
|weight= | |weight=Various | ||
|weapon(s)= | |weapon(s)= [[Shrapnel Launcher]] (common) <br> [[Scorch Cannon]] (rare) <br> Lightning Staff (rare) <br> [[SIVA Cannon]] (rare) | ||
|abilities= | |abilities= High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Ultra Smash <br> Teleportation <br> Summon Fallen | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|The Archons are the links between the Fallen and their Servitors. We break those links, we break the Fallen.|[[Grimoire]] Description}} | {{Quote|The Archons are the links between the Fallen and their Servitors. We break those links, we break the Fallen.|[[Grimoire]] Description}} | ||
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Archons are part of the triumvirate leadership of a Fallen House, and serve their [[Prime Servitor]] as mechanics who delicately caretake its platings. They have an unclear symbiosis with the Primes, but are still clearly defined its servants.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Servitor|Servitor]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Aksor, Archon Priest|Aksor, Archon Priest]]''</ref> | Archons are part of the triumvirate leadership of a Fallen House, and serve their [[Prime Servitor]] as mechanics who delicately caretake its platings. They have an unclear symbiosis with the Primes, but are still clearly defined its servants.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Servitor|Servitor]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Aksor, Archon Priest|Aksor, Archon Priest]]''</ref> | ||
If an Archon were to fall, that House's Prime Servitor becomes vulnerable to attack.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Riksis_Devil_Archon|Riksis, Devil Archon]]''</ref> Houses seem to have several esteemed mechanics called "Rising Archons" ready to assume the role should there need be. They themselves appear to be skilled mechanics, eager to prove their worth.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#S.A.B.E.R.-2|S.A.B.E.R-2]]''</ref> How new Archons are selected is unclear, but during the course of the [[Reef Wars]] the [[House of Wolves]] had no less than | If an Archon were to fall, that House's Prime Servitor becomes vulnerable to attack.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Riksis_Devil_Archon|Riksis, Devil Archon]]''</ref> Houses seem to have several esteemed mechanics called "Rising Archons" ready to assume the role should there need be. They themselves appear to be skilled mechanics, eager to prove their worth.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#S.A.B.E.R.-2|S.A.B.E.R-2]]''</ref> How new Archons are selected is unclear, but during the course of the [[Reef Wars]] the [[House of Wolves]] had no less than two different Archons during the course of the war.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Aksor, Archon Priest|Aksor, Archon Priest]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hunt-the-archon?highlight=Keldar Hunt the Archon]''</ref> | ||
They are also responsible for overseeing a Fallen ritual know as the [[Archon's Forge]], an ancient rite of passage for Fallen seeking to improve their station.<ref>'''Bungie (2016-9-20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Rise_of_Iron#Archon's_Forge|Archon's Forge]]''</ref> Other duties of Archons are unclear, but they do seem to have a role in the ritualistic docking that Fallen [[Dreg]]s are subject to.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_&_Mysteries#Mystery: Fate of Skolas|Mystery: Fate of Skolas]]''</ref> Prime Servitors also play some role in Fallen Star Flight, and it may be the Archon's role in conveying the wishes of the Kell to the Prime on the course.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Servitor|Servitor]]''</ref> | They are also responsible for overseeing a Fallen ritual know as the [[Archon's Forge]], an ancient rite of passage for Fallen seeking to improve their station.<ref>'''Bungie (2016-9-20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Rise_of_Iron#Archon's_Forge|Archon's Forge]]''</ref> Other duties of Archons are unclear, but they do seem to have a role in the ritualistic docking that Fallen [[Dreg]]s are subject to.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_&_Mysteries#Mystery: Fate of Skolas|Mystery: Fate of Skolas]]''</ref> Prime Servitors also play some role in Fallen Star Flight, and it may be the Archon's role in conveying the wishes of the Kell to the Prime on the course.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Servitor|Servitor]]''</ref> | ||
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==Known Archons== | ==Known Archons== | ||
*'''[[House of Devils]]''' | |||
*[[Karrhis, Archon Rising]] | **[[Karrhis, Archon Rising]] | ||
*[[Riksis, Devil Archon]] | **[[Riksis, Devil Archon]] | ||
*[[Aksis, Archon Prime]] | **[[Aksis, Archon Prime]] | ||
*[[Vosik, the Archpriest]] | **[[Vosik, the Archpriest]] | ||
*[[Kovik, Splicer Priest]] | **[[Kovik, Splicer Priest]] | ||
*'''[[House of Dusk]]''' | |||
*[[Raksil, Archon Priest]] | **[[Raksil, Archon Priest]] | ||
*'''[[House of Wolves]]''' | |||
*[[Aksor, Archon Priest]] | **[[Aksor, Archon Priest]] | ||
*[[Keldar, Archon Priest]] | **[[Keldar, Archon Priest]] | ||
*'''[[Scorn]]''' | |||
* | **[[Fikrul, the Fanatic]] | ||
*'''[[Taken|Lost to Taken]]''' | |||
*[[Fikrul, the Fanatic]] | **[[Nixis, Hunger of Oryx]] | ||
*'''[[House|Unknown House]]''' | |||
*[[Nixis, Hunger of Oryx]] | **[[Verlai, Archon Priest]] | ||
*[[Verlai, Archon Priest]] | |||
==Miscellaneous== | ==Miscellaneous== | ||
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File:Raksil2.jpg|Raksil, Archon Priest | File:Raksil2.jpg|Raksil, Archon Priest | ||
File:Kovic Splicer Priest.jpg|Kovik, Splicer Priest | File:Kovic Splicer Priest.jpg|Kovik, Splicer Priest | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Archon (Greek: ἄρχων, árchon) is a Greek word that means one of the nine chief magistrates of ancient Athens. | *Archon (Greek: ἄρχων, árchon) is a Greek word that means one of the nine chief magistrates of ancient Athens. | ||
*The [[House of | *The [[House of Wolves]] have possessed the most Archon Priests than any other House over the course of their history. | ||
*Archons are more often encountered than Fallen [[Kell]]s or [[Prime Servitor]]s. | *Archons are more often encountered than Fallen [[Kell]]s or [[Prime Servitor]]s. | ||
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*''[[Destiny 2]]'' | *''[[Destiny 2]]'' | ||
**''[[Forsaken]]'' | **''[[Forsaken]]'' | ||
**''[[ | **''[[Joker's Wild]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
