Editing Fikrul, the Fanatic

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{{about|the Fallen [[Archon]]|the [[Vex]] unit|Fanatic}}

|species= [[Fallen]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Scorn]]

|faction= [[House of Wolves]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[House of Exile]] {{c|formerly}}

|gender= Male<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#An Evolution of Faith|An Evolution of Faith]]''</ref>

{{Quote|I will pay any price... to be there when you die!|Fikrul.<ref name=GIBarons>[https://www.gameinformer.com/video-feature/2018/07/16/new-gameplay-today-destiny-2-forsakens-second '''Game Informer''': ''New Gameplay Today - Destiny 2: Forsaken's Second Campaign Mission'']</ref>}}

'''Fikrul, the Fanatic''' is the leader of the [[Scorn|Scorned Baron]]s, and the [[Archon]] of the [[Scorn]]. As the only member of the group to escape capture, he fled into hiding while his comrades were imprisoned within the [[Prison of Elders]]. Fikrul believes that the Scorn are the natural evolution of the [[Eliksni]], and that through his leadership, the race can find immortality. He is a [[Chieftain]] class Scorn leader, and the boss of the [[Nothing Left to Say]] [[Story Mission]] as well as the [[The Hollowed Lair|Hollowed Lair]] [[Strike]].

Due to the nature of his resurrection abilities, Fikrul can seemingly never truly be killed, and has retorted that he will continue to return to seek vengeance upon the [[The Guardian|Guardian]]. Fikrul has the ability to corrupt the ether inside [[Eliksni]], turning them into [[Scorn]].

Fikrul was once a well-regarded Archon Priest of [[Kaliks Prime]] within the [[House of Wolves]] but was soon cast out after speaking against the [[Great Machine]] and lamenting his species' dependence on [[Servitors]] for survival and would be replaced by [[Aksor, Archon Priest]]. His words would later influence others like the techno-deviant [[Devil Splicers]] of the [[Plaguelands]], while Fikrul himself explored his own darker interpretations of faith.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#An Evolution of Faith|An Evolution of Faith]]''</ref>

Following the [[Taken War]], Fikrul would go on to lead a group of lowly [[Dreg]]s cast out from the [[House of Exile]], who collectively titled themselves the Scorned Barons.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Roll Call|Roll Call]]''</ref> Together, they unleashed havoc amongst the Reefborn [[Awoken]] and various Fallen Houses in the [[Reef]], ultimately leading to the demise of the [[House of Wolves]] through the destruction of all their Servitors.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#Anguish, Ten-Fold|Anguish, Ten-Fold]]''</ref> They would later be captured after a final standoff with [[Petra Venj]], [[Cayde-6]] and his Six. At the start of the fight, Fikrul would take three [[Golden Gun]] shots to the chest and was presumed dead.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/7/17)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Destiny: Cayde's Six#Part 2|Cayde's Six: Part 2]]''</ref>  

At some point following the Taken War, [[Prince Uldren]] allied with the [[House of Kings]], and in his search for [[Mara Sov]] he discovered a mortally wounded Fikrul. Uldren wished that he could save the dying Fallen; his wish was heard by [[Riven]], the [[Taken]] [[Ahamkara]] residing in the [[Dreaming City]], who Uldren had long ago brought to the Reef as a hatchling. Riven granted Uldren's wish by infusing some of Uldren's [[Darkness]] into Fikrul's [[Ether]], creating [[Dark Ether]] and raising him as the first Scorn. Fikrul thereafter treated Uldren with devotion and reverence, calling him "Father" and believing that Uldren had granted him his new life and powers.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#Fikrul|Fikrul]]''</ref>

In gratitude, Fikrul would assist Uldren in taking out the [[House of Kings]], usurping [[Craask, Kell of Kings]] who conflicted with his ambitions. In a grand betrayal, Uldren summoned Fikrul to dock Craask of all four of his arms and reduce the former Kell to the rank of a Dreg.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#Docking|Docking]]''</ref> Rumors later circulated among the Fallen that Uldren and Fikrul had slain Craask outright, along with the entire House which Fikrul then raised as the first undead [[Scorn]] with his Dark Ether.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Job Undone|Job Undone]]''</ref>

A year after the Red War, both Uldren and Fikrul were caught by [[Cayde-6]] and taken to the [[Prison of Elders]]. When [[Variks, the Loyal]] imprisoned Fikrul, he attempted to extract his Ether via extraction Serviotrs, only for Fikrul to laugh and unnerve Variks.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Two Cells|Two Cells]]''</ref> As Variks observed Uldren looking to corner of the room for his sister, the extraction Servitors exploded due to Fikrul's Dark Ether. Afterwards, Variks accused him of his twisted Ether coming from betraying Kaliks Prime to the Taken, to which Fikrul replied that Kaliks had abandoned the Eliksni altogether and stated that he had been freed from the need of Servitors thanks to Uldren.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Revolution|Revolution]]''</ref>

Over time, thanks in part to Riven's manipulation, Uldren and Fikrul took advantage of [[Variks]]'s waning loyalty and tricked him into releasing all of the prison's inmates. This would allow Fikrul, Uldren, the other Barons and the Scorn to escape, and get Cayde-6 killed as he attempted to stop them.

With the Scorned Barons now freed, Fikrul and the other Barons were offered the bounty of the [[Tangled Shore]] by [[Uldren]] as a reward for their loyalty, bringing chaos to the local [[Spider's Syndicate|Fallen]] under [[The Spider]]'s command. As a result, their hideout was tipped off to a vengeance-seeking [[The Guardian|Guardian]] causing the Barons to flee whilst Fikrul raises a [[Scorn of the Fanatic|powerful Scorn]] to face the Guardian, all while mocking them over his necromantic mastery of [[Dark Ether]] before fleeing.

When the Guardian finished [[The Machinist]] and the other six Scorned Barons, Fikrul and the remaining [[Scorn]] accompanied Uldren on his travels to unseal the [[Dreaming City]], warning him of the immediate [[Taken|danger]] that posed beyond the point of entry. Fikrul offered to go into [[The Watchtower]] in Uldren's stead but was told to defend it from the Guardian. Accepting his orders, Fikrul challenges the Guardian themselves to avenge his Scorned brethren only to die by their hands instead, avenging [[Cayde-6]] of the Barons who slew him.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]: [[Nothing Left to Say]]''</ref>

Unlike the other [[Scorn]] that died to the Guardian, however, Fikrul can resurrect himself thanks to the [[Dark Ether]] within. Recognizing his resurrecting abilities were similar to that of a [[Guardian]], the [[Vanguard]] assigned multiple [[Strike]] teams to continuously put him down to suppress the Fanatic and put a stop to his plans to resurrect the other Barons, and claiming Uldren Sov's remains from the Dreaming City. The [[Praxic Order]] reached out to [[Cryptarch]]s and [[Gensym Scribes]] for ways to permanently destroy him.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Drifter]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Stolen Intelligence#Outliers|Outliers]]''</ref>

A year after the defeat of the Barons, the Guardian would encounter a [[Nightmare]] - a Darkness-created phantom - in the shape of the Fanatic after they attempted to enter [[the Lunar Pyramid]] beneath the Moon's surface but would be forced to retreat after being nearly overwhelmed by the Nightmare of [[Crota]] after the Nightmares of the Fanatic and [[Dominus Ghaul]] joined it.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[A Mysterious Circumstance]]''</ref> But, with help from [[Eris Morn]], the Guardian would attempt to enter the Pyramid again, now armed with the knowledge and armor needed to combat the Nightmares. After entering the Pyramid, the Guardian battled with the Darkness-fueled image of Fikrul but the Nightmare of one of the Guardian's more personal foes is defeated, the Guardian overcoming the Darkness's attempts at tormenting them.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Beyond (mission)|Beyond]]''</ref>

At a later date, the Guardians would conduct Nightmare Hunts to push back the Pyramid's influence which often results in the creation of more Nightmares. One such hunt had Guardians face the [[Nightmare of the Fanatic]], representing the Essence of Insanity. After a struggle that led the Guardians to the ruined Shrine of Oryx, the Guardians succeeded in putting the Nightmare down.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Nightmare Hunt|Nightmare Hunt: Insanity]]''</ref>. The Nightmare of the Fanatic would return to haunt the Guardians years later, aboard the [[Leviathan (ship)|Derelict Leviathan]], under the control of [[Emperor Calus]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Mission]]: [[Sever]] [[Sever#Sever:_Shame_/_Sever:_Reconciliation|- Shame]]''</ref>

Sometime after the [[Exorcism]] of [[Savathûn's Worm]] from the [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Witch Queen]]'s body, but before the appearance of [[The Lure]] over the returned [[Mars]], the Fanatic was said to have been driven from the Tangled Shore, though his exact whereabouts were unknown.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Story mission]]: [[The Ghosts]]''</ref> In his absence, the majority of the Scorn raised in the system would fall under the control of the [[The Witness|Witness]], where they would be used as mindless vessels and cannon fodder to further its goals. Conversely, Fikrul would remain independent of the Witness and sought to unite the Scorn under his rule again.

During the [[hunt for Riven's Clutch]], aboard a commandeered Ketch, Fikrul would address a crew of Scorn loyal to him of rumors he had heard of Scorn being raised on Earth near an old ruined castle in the [[European Dead Zone]]. It was soon revealed that the Scorn that roamed this castle were former Eliksni members from the House of Kings that were resurrected via a wish granted by a [[Hefnd|Dead Ahamkara]]. Fikrul would task five of his knights led by [[Rathil, First Broken Knight of Fikrul|Rathil]] to infiltrate the castle and recruit the Scorn there to join their cause before the Guardians could kill them or the Witness could claim them. Unfortunately for Fikrul, the Ahamkara within the ruins took advantage of this and used its influence to bend all of Fikrul's forces to its will, pairing them up with the [[Taken]] who were also under its control. Furthermore, Petra Venj and Uldren Sov, now reborn as the [[Hunter]] Crow, took notice of this movement and called in the Guardian to investigate. Fikrul's secret operation would ultimately fail with the Guardian and their fireteam clearing the Scorn out of the ruins, killing all of Fikrul's Knights, slaying [[Hefnd's Vengeance, Blighted Chimaera|the Ahamkara's Avatar]], and securing its remains.

Fikrul's plans of finding Ahamkara power were not over, however, as he would later task his Scorn with trying to secure one of Riven's eggs. Osiris and Mara Sov observed the Scorn sent in and realized they were not under The Witness's control, as they bore Fikrul's mark. It was there that they knew that Fikrul's goal was to make a wish, although the nature of this wish is currently unknown. Regardless, the Guardian would storm into the location of Riven's last remaining egg, where they would fight and slay Fikrul's Champion [[Elikaa, the Pale Rot]] before he could enact Fikrul's wish.

Despite his failure to claim the last of Riven's eggs, Fikrul would remain in hiding, outside of the Vanguard's sight, not taking part in the Coalition's final battle with The Witness as the Guardian managed to successfully enter the Traveler's [[Pale Heart]]. After much sacrifice and tremendous struggle, the Coalition's united efforts succeeded in destroying the Witness forever, thwarting the Final Shape. Though the people rejoiced at the fall of their great enemy, there was still much work to be done with Crow, now fully risen as the new Hunter Vanguard, making it his mission to track down Fikrul's whereabouts, with Spider and Variks aiding him in this endeavor.

[[File:Scorn Gathering.jpg|thumb|300px|Fikrul alongside his Scorned Baron]]

**It could be that some of the Scorns bodies were destroyed by the Guardians leaving nothing to resurrect. An example of this would be [[Reksis Vahn, the Hangman]] whose body was incinerated after he was killed and [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] whose body was lost when his [[Ascendant Realm]] collapsed after he died. However, resurrecting them all at once is still possible, as in the Strike, he said that the "Scorn Barons Rise Again" implying he was attempting to do just that.