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{{Faction infobox
|variant= Fallen
|name=Sacred Splicers 
|race= [[Fallen]]
|domain(s)=[[Last City]], [[Earth]]
|type= [[Light]]-wielding [[Splicer]]s
|functions= Utilize the Light to splice technology <br>Study the [[Vex]] and hack into their [[Vex Network|network]]
|affiliation=[[House of Light]]
|conflicts= [[Endless Night|The Endless Night]] <br> [[Severing of the Nightmares]] <br> [[NODE.OVRD.AVALON]]
|leadership= [[Mithrax, Kell of Light]]
|ally=[[Vanguard]]<br>[[The Coalition]]
|war=[[The Witness]]<br>[[Sol Collective]]
}}
{{Quote|Walk in the Light|Mithrax, Kell of Light}}

The '''Sacred Splicers''' are an [[Fallen|Eliksni]] group of [[Splicer]]s affiliated with the [[House of Light]] and their leader [[Mithrax, Kell of Light]], who is himself a member of. Unlike most other Splicer sects associated with the Fallen Houses, they still hold a sacred reverence for the [[The Traveler|Great Machine]] and its [[Light]] which they use in tandem with their [[Splicer Gauntlet|technology]]. During the events of the [[Endless Night|Endless Night]], they allied with the [[Vanguard]] and played a prominent role in training [[Guardians]] their ways to hack themselves into the [[Vex Network]]; making them into Sacred Splicers as well.

==Overview==
By converting trace amounts of residual Light already present in the environment, Sacred Splicers can utilize their [[Ether]]-fueled Splicer Gauntlets to interface with any latent data networks in the vicinity; allowing them access to technological mundanities as well as deeper, infinitely more protected networks including the Vex domain itself. To properly splice, the Eliksni commonly believe that a deep spiritual connection with the Great Machine is required for them to bend its Light to their every whim; which is itself a misconception according to [[Rahool]] of the [[Cryptarch|Cryptarchy]] but remains poignant nonetheless to their traditions as explained by Scribe [[Eido]].     
<ref name="Gauntlet">'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Splicer Gauntlet]]''</ref> She would also compare their ability to manipulate data with the way the [[Awoken]] [[Techeun]]s would mentally control a person albeit dangerously. <ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Jumpship]] lore: [[Centerfire]]''</ref> Mastering the art of splicing requires feeling the Light flowing from the planet's center and into the gauntlet to then distribute onto any machine. Maintaining the connection however takes discipline to manage, as Eido's earlier attempt causes a [[Shank (House Light)|Shank]] to short circuit.<ref name="Illuminus Grasps">'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Armor]] lore: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/illuminus-grasps-majestic Illuminus Grasps]''</ref> 

However, even the most talented of the Eliksni Sacred Splicers would find difficulty splicing into the Vex network and manipulate their data. Given the limited degree of their range within the network, it took five of them combining their efforts to erase a singular modem of data.<ref name="Null Composure">'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Weapon]] lore: [[Null Composure]]''</ref> [[Lightbearer]]s, however given their [[Paracausality|paracausal]] nature and ability to naturally wield the Light, are an exception as [[Guardian]]s can directly manifest corporeally within the network for short periods of time. They can then alter the data found therein with focused percussive energy—including gunfire.<ref name="Gauntlet"/> 

While accessing Vex technology, some parts are considered too dangerous in the wrong hands and so are forbidden from usage by the Splicers, including Vex predictions to gaze into alternate timelines such as [[The Device]] from [[Future War Cult]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPYR1mHkvv8 Path of the Splicer III {{!}} Talk to Mithrax]''</ref>   

==History==
As inferred by Mithrax, the way of the Sacred Splicer could be traced back to the ancient time of the Eliksni's golden age on [[Riis]], back when they looked to the Light in all things. However, those practices were largely abandoned by the Fallen after the events of the [[Whirlwind]] and were only rediscovered by the Kell of Light and his newly formed House.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Achilles Weaves a Cocoon|Achilles Weaves a Cocoon]] - [[Lore:Achilles Weaves a Cocoon#VIII: And Also Light|VIII: And Also Light]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Above All Else|Above All Else]] - [[Lore:Above All Else#II - The Whispering Dark|II - The Whispering Dark]]''</ref>

===Allies of the City===
During the events of the [[War of Salvation]], defectors of the [[House of Salvation]] had fled from [[Riis-Reborn]] after it became overran with [[Vex]] on [[Europa]], with the aid of [[Variks, the Loyal]] ferrying them to join Mithrax and his House for shelter. Meanwhile, Sacred Splicers worked to draw the Europan Vex's activity away from them as best they could by erasing their data of them. A group of Sacred Splicers even managed to delete the Vex's knowledge regarding Eido.<ref name="Null Composure"/> During one excursion, however, a wounded Splicer attempted to erase data on Mithrax's existence from the Vex only to have been met by [[Taken]] influence within the network.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Weapon]] lore: [[Cryosthesia 77K]]''</ref> Eventually, the Vex caught up with Mithrax's operations and teleport a [[Goblin]] aboard his refugee-carrying [[Skiff]], causing it to crash at [[Asterion Abyss]] and leaving Mithrax and the refugees stranded.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Achilles Weaves a Cocoon|Achilles Weaves a Cocoon]] - [[Lore:Achilles Weaves a Cocoon#VII: Time Is a Fabric|VII: Time Is a Fabric]]''</ref> They are then greeted by the unwanted presence of the [[The Guardian|Guardian]], whom the Vanguard sent seeking the former's aid in ridding a [[Vex]] [[Endless Night|simulation]] that overtook the city in darkness. With the aid of the Guardian, Mithrax helped spliced their way into [[the Outer Nexus]] where they claimed vital [[Paradrome Cube|Vex data]] and then pulled them out to safety before Vex countermeasures could delete them. [[Ikora Rey]] would then invite Mithrax and his House to seek refuge at the City.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[The Lost Splicer]]''</ref>

After his House were safely [[Eliksni Quarter|settled]] in the ruins of the [[Botza District]] of the Last City, Mithrax began teaching the Guardian the way of the Splicer, giving them their own non-Eliksni gauntlet that uses Ether from defeated foes to override Vex signals and access their network.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj6iwhTrs48 Path of the Splicer I {{!}} Mission Briefing]''</ref> Soon, the Guardian began leading their own [[Override|incursions]] into the network and extracted data for Mithrax and his Splicers to decode.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kbdNtXNp3I Path of the Splicer I {{!}} Speak to Ikora Rey]''</ref> Meanwhile, Mithrax analyzed the data from the recovered [[Paradrome Cube]] only to discover the contents within to be nothing but lies.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Paradrome Cube]]''</ref> 

Having mastered the Splicer Gauntlet, the Guardian successfully [[Expunge|expunged]] [[Fantis, Oppressive Mind|the]] [[Dikast, Oppressive Mind|Oppressive]] [[Dimio,_Oppressive_Mind|Minds]] that administrated the domains maintaining the Endless Night and causing them to collapse.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Expunge]]''</ref> Despite the [[Taken]] influence of the [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Witch Queen]]'s forces infecting the network, they were able to destroy [[Quria, Blade Transform]] and end the Vex simulation plaguing the city.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Expunge: Delphi]]''</ref> Once the Vanguard thwarted a plot to eliminate the Fallen from [[Lakshmi-2]], Mithrax and his Splicers secured a place in the City as permanent allies.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Override: Last City]]''</ref> Other Guardians such as the [[Warlock]] [[Jolur]] would also learn how to splice with the Light, though with the latter having great misunderstanding.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]], [[Ghost shell]] lore: [[Zeroneiro Shell]]''</ref>

===Coalition Operations===
Over time, the Sacred Splicers remained staunch allies of the newly formed Coalition and their technology served a role in their [[War against the Witness|fight]] against the forces of the [[The Witness|Witness]]. [[Ana Bray]] and the [[Psion (Psisorium)|Psion]] would even incorporate their Splicer tech partially into a self-made interface designed to commune with a Pillory [[Engram]] containing the remains of the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Risen]] - Weapon lore: [[Grand Overture]]''</ref>

During the [[Severing of the Nightmares]], a couple of Splicers ran covert operations alongside [[Siegfried]], an unnamed [[Praxic Order]] [[Sunsinger]] and four [[Imperial Cabal]] [[Legionary|Legionarries]] as they attempt to discern the former [[Emperor Calus]]'s location aboard the derelict [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]]. While attempting to splice into a broken automaton of Calus, the machine construct whirled to life and knocked one of them unconsciousness while the other ran to cover behind a Legionary. Concentrating fire upon the mechanical Calus's internal machinery with their [[Shock Pistol]], the automaton was swiftly finished off by a [[Burning Maul]] delivered by Siegfried who advised his team to continue down into the underbelly of the ship.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - Weapon lore: [[Firefright]]''</ref>  

Although their role was largely kept at a minimal, the Splicers' influence would continue to last with the Guardians using their splicing techniques during their fight against the Vex and the invading [[Shadow Legion]] at [[Neomuna]] as both parties attempt to hijack their way into the city's [[CloudArk]] system. The Guardian would also thwart the Vex from creating a security bypass at the [[Thrilladrome]], accessing backdoor [[Partition]] simulations once programmed by the [[Cloud Strider]] [[Bluejay]], and even stop a [[Taken]] [[HyperNet Current|invasion]] from within the Vex network.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]]''</ref>

Around when the Shadow Legion [[Invasion of Earth|invaded]] Earth at the same time, Mithrax became aware of a Vex [[Asher Mir|signal]] emitting from a [[NODE.OVRD.AVALON (location)|node]] deep within the network. This familiar signal would guide the Guardian through the deepest levels of the Vex's virtual space while Mithrax provided tactical support through his Splicer understanding. After defeating an [[Brakion, Genesis Mind|old foe]] and retrieving a [[Vexcalibur|gift]] that granted authorization into different securities of the node, Mithrax and the Guardian retrieved the signal's simulated research on the [[The Veil|Veil]] and the [[Darkness]] before it dissipated into data.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Defiance]] - [[NODE.OVRD.AVALON]]''</ref>     

==Members==
*[[Mithrax, Kell of Light]] {{c|Leader}}
*[[Chroniclekel]]
*[[Grainslayer]]
*[[Collide]]
*[[Corrosion]]
*[[Anomaly (Splicer)|Anomaly]]
*[[Guardians]]
**[[The Guardian|The Young Wolf]]
**[[Jolur]]


==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Haunted]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]''
**''[[Season of Defiance]]''

==References==
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