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|othernames= The Scarlet Devil <br> Queen of Worms
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|homeworld= [[Earth]]
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|affiliation= [[Shadows of Yor]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Disciples of the Witness]]
|rank= [[Guardian]] <br> [[Shadows of Yor|Dredgen]]
|class= [[Warlock]] {{c|[[Voidwalker]]}} {{c|[[Shadebinder]]}}
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{{Article quote|A craving for sacrifice; teeth hungry for righteousness. A hunger that makes me feel loved.}}

'''Dredgen Scourge''' was an infamous [[Warlock]] who joined the [[Shadows of Yor]] upon revival by her [[Ghost]], becoming a wave of danger and death to all in her wake. Dredgen Scourge was able to acquire [[Dredgen Yor|Yor's]] original [[Thorn]] following her first death, using it to wreak havoc upon the [[Earth]] and its unworthy victims.

The Dredgen's life would come to an end during the [[Forum:The Eventide Siege|Eventinde Siege]], where she would be killed by the [[Guardian]] Matthew after their turbulent and destructive battle.

==Biography==
===Rise of the Scourge===
Dredgen Scourge was risen as a guardian in the [[Eastern Flood Zone]] near a [[Hive]] [[Seeder Ship]]. Raised by her [[Ghost]] Faith, Scourge attempted to awaken one of the pods to flee the planet. During her time in the [[Rusted Lands]], Scourge used hive runes for marking locations and communication. Scourge would be found by a wandering guardian, a Shadow of [[Dredgen Yor]] by the name of Dredgen Arch. Dredgen Arch demanded that she be his apprentice, to which she reluctantly agreed at her ghost’s disdain.

Scourge would be gifted a vintage [[Red Death|rifle]] to defend herself against the dangers of the new world. Her first task as Arch’s apprentice would be to retrieve a [[Cleaver]] and a [[Worm]] for experimentation. In her search, Dredgen Scourge would find a large group of hive from the [[Spawn of Crota]] deep underground inside an abandoned possibly-[[Golden Age]] bunker. The group were led by a powerful [[Wizard]] by the name of Nok’thur, Queen of Worms, seeking to turn the bunker into a feeding grounds to grow more spawn in preparation for the [[Crota, Son of Oryx|God-Knight’s]] assault. Scourge shot at the queen with her rifle, alerting the group of her presence. The queen chanted and called upon the hive's estranged God [[Xol]], using his power to fight the Dredgen. Scourge’s rifle had been destroyed by a blast of corrupted light as a large [[Knight]] quickly advanced towards her. Scourge’s arm surged with energy as she release a massive [[Nova Bomb]] at the knight, killing it and dropping its cleaver to the ground. The remaining seekers greatly damaged Nok’thur, leaving her defenseless against any remaining fighters. Scourge took the cleaver upon herself and killed the queen, taking her worm and escaping the bunker, subsequently mantling the title of the Queen of Worms.

On the way back to Arch’s settlement, Faith asked Scourge if she felt any different after killing the queen. Scourge replied that she didn’t, but maybe a feeling would hit her soon. When they returned to Arch, Scourge presented the worm and the blade to him, bringing the Dredgen great pleasure. Over the course of the next few months, Scourge trained under Arch to better understand her abilities. But even through the training, she felt as if there was still more to be done. Consulting Arch about her issue, she told of how she dreamed of being a great ruler with grand power. Arch mentioned how the training was supposed to shape her into that “great ruler”. Scourge, fueled by determination, took the cleaver that she brought to Arch and prepared to leave on her own. She told Arch that she would return once she had become as powerful as him, leaving their secluded haven in search for power.

===Acquiring the Thorn===
On her lonely voyage, Scourge first encountered a raid on a small settlement near, the perpetrators being the [[House of Wolves]]. The victims of the raid cried into the skies for help as the wolves slaughtered them en masse. Scourge jumped into action, using her blade to kill and cut down as many wolves as she could. Through the blood and fire of the village, Scourge saw a vaguely-humanoid figure though the clouds of ash. Upon closer inspection, the figure was seen to be a guardian, leading the charge against the village. The guardian noticed Scourge, cursing her but keeping his composure. He approached her slowly, welcoming her to pillage what she liked. When asked for his name, the guardian stated that that his name wasn’t important. The guardian eagerly insisted they leave the ruins upon noticing her cleaver. Noticing his ulterior motive, and having one of her own, she agreed and followed the guardian to unaccompanied armored [[skiff]].

When entering the skiff, Faith remarked of a name etched into the side of an opened cache reading “Dmitri.” Scourge asked if that was his name, replying that it was the name of one of his victims before cackling and saying that it was his name. As the armored skiff took off into the sky, Dmitri ushered Scourge over to a desk with a red blaring datapad before raising his rifle and firing a shot at her back. Scourge deflected the bullet with her cleaver and launched herself at Dmitri, cutting his rifle in half before charging at him once more. Dmitri quickly scrambled for a [[Shock Blade]] as he retaliated. In their tussle, Dmitri jumped back, letting off a bullet from his pistol into Scourge’s shoulder. She groaned as Dmitri rushed at her; she threw her cleaver towards the skiff’s engine, tearing through the ship and free falling through the air. The skiff began to descend when Dmitri shoved his blade through Scourge’s chest; the skiff crashed and exploded in the [[Dwindler's Ridge]], spreading fire and shrapnel all throughout the land.

Faith had looked around frantically for Scourge, finding her lying under a large sheet of metal wedged between a thick tree and a boulder. Faith revived her, telling of a high energy source nearby. Remarking that she could feel it too, Scourge crawled on her hands and knees to a green glowing mound in the dirt surrounded by fire. As her armor began to burn and melt, Scourge unearthed an ancient relic of the past, only thought to exist in legends, [[Dredgen Yor]]’s weapon [[Thorn]]. Upon grasping the weapon, she could feel it’s power run through her blood; she wanted more. Rising from the rubble, Dredgen Scourge would officially begin her quest of domination and destruction.

===Path of Devastation===
====Destruction on Earth====
Dredgen Scourge was responsible for the destruction of the large, fallen-occupied town of Old Ashton, attacking the city and destroying it single handedly. Within the city, Scourge would confront the city’s chief and protector, a [[captain]] of [[House of Kings|Kings]] by the name of Phyran. Phyran was known for his experimentation of the hive and their magics, secrets that were wanted by the dredgen. Phyran was begged to share his secrets with Scourge, promising to have him as her “partner.” The captain declined harshly and attempted to kill Scourge, cursing her for killing his people. With the city in ruins, Scourge murdered Phyran with her Thorn, stealing his secrets to hive magic and gaining knowledge of their powers. Phyran’s investigations would become cornerstones of outside uses of hive magic for many years to come.

Scourge would find herself in the [[Vostok Observatory]], overrun by the forces of the [[Hidden Swarm]]. Conversations overheard by high-ranking knights told that the swarm were commanded by their champion [[Sardon, Fist of Crota]] to establish a hold over the base to search for extraterrestrial strongholds similar to [[Cocytus]]. The swarm began to attack upon noticing her, launching attacks from their [[Hive Warship|warships]] and fortifying their position. Their leader, a knight name Vo’nun, ordered they cease fire upon recognizing Scourge as the Queen of Worms. Scourge waved her Thorn at the [[Acolyte|acolytes]] and [[thrall]] as they backed up cautiously. The knight kneeled in front of the dredgen, placing his [[boomer]] at her feet and pledging his allegiance to her. Scourge took advantage of her newfound power, asking the swarm what they have accomplished at the observatory. The knight responded that they have discovered a large amount of archaic energy radiating from an undesignated region on [[Mars]], a space station of “[[Vex|enigmatic origin]]” located in the high orbit of [[Venus]] above the [[Waking Ruins]], and a hidden seclude on the moon of [[Nereid]] suspected to be of Hive origin. Scourge turned away and holstered her weapon, walking off and slowly guiding the hive behind her as the followed. As her Thorn gleamed in the sunlight, a thrall had become deranged and attacked Scourge. She cracked the thrall’s skull as the battle continued, single-handedly killing multiple hive and evading their attacks effortlessly. Vo’nun attempted to stop the hive from attacking her when Scourge shot and killed Vo’nun without remorse. In her victory, Scourge took the chitin of the hive and created a [[Karve Scoutship]] to leave the Earth and explore the cosmos. Faith mapped the area’s mentioned by Vo’nun on Scourge's ship as they took off to find the seclude on Nereid. When the dredgen and her ghost left, members of the [[House of Devils]] began to invade and take control of the Vostok Observatory, washing away all traces of hive existence there.

====Desolation of Asterion====
On Scourge’s expedition to Nereid, Faith noted how Nereid had not been terraformed by the [[Traveler]] when it arrived, making a hotspot for Hive structures all over the moon. Upon arrival to their location, the dredgen and her Ghost took notice of a massive dark tower on the moon’s surface, surrounded by many smaller structures carrying Hive weaponry. Large death-powered cannons and ballistas made from rock and Hive bones littered the surface, aiming towards the ship and firing upon it. Scourge dodge the incoming fire effortlessly before a massive sphere of light began to emanate from the apex of the tower; in a flash, the sphere turned into a beam and fired towards her ship. The spacecraft was hit, its left wing burned brightly as it crashed down into a crater not too far from the fortress, titled Asterion. Faith transmats outside of the ship and searched around for his guardian. Reviving his guardian under a metal plate, Scourge kicked away the plate and groaned before getting up and looking on towards the tower. Upon further analysis of the fortress, Faith mentioned its similarity to the [[Hellmouth]] on Earth’s [[Moon]], displaying large amounts of Ascendant Energy and a “rift” splitting through space deep beneath the tower. Scourge massaged her shoulder before unholstering her weapon and making her way towards the fortress.

For the next few days, Scourge fought her way through Asterion, killing the [[Savathûn's Brood|Hive]] that defended it and cataloging her exploration of the tower. Once she reached the top of the tower, she discovered the source of the flash of light originated from a large modified [[Shrieker]] holding the tower’s defenses together. The fortress’s weapons disabled once the Shrieker had been destroyed, with Scourge heading down the tower and towards the dungeons below. Within the crypts of the fortress, the brood’s champion, the God-Eater named Cryth, was seen conducting a ritual with multiple Wizards to siphon power from the dead warriors of Asterion. The dredgen was too late to stop the ritual as the energy from their bodies had accumulated into Cryth’s new blade, awakening the [[Ascendant Portal]] behind him as he stepped through. Cryth left the Wizards behind to defeat the intruder, but they would fail in doing so. From whispers to muted shouts, Cryth would beckon Scourge to step into his world and meet her death.

Over the span of multiple decades, Dredgen Scourge and Cryth would battle within the [[Ascendant Realm|sword world]], trading devastating and world ending blows with each other to the amusement of an unseen [[Xivu Arath, God of War|spectator]]. Seen as a never ending stalemate, Faith was almost destroyed by Cryth’s blade, nearly severing the dredgen’s connection to the Traveler’s [[Light]]. Upon seeing her Ghost be spared, Scourge almost gave up her life thinking she couldn’t win against the God-Eater. But as time went on and their skills became sharpened, Scourge managed to topple Cryth to the surprise of the aforementioned onlooker. WIth the power of killing a [[Ascendant Hive|God]] in the sword world, Scourge sectioned pieces of Cryth’s bones to fashion as armor for herself; a memento of her greatest achievement.

The portal reacted to the dredgen’s newfound power, awakening itself and taking her back to the crypts of Nereid. Scourge limped out of the portal, holding herself up against its borders as Faith healed her. When the dredgen asked how they would get off of the moon, Faith responded that they could fashion another ship with all of the unused Hive chitin and mechanics laying around. On the surface, the duo found a Hangar with a a dock of unused ships, with Scourge joking that they could just steal one instead. As Faith activated the jumpship, the two trailed off of the moon and out to the Vex station.

====The Glass Splinter====
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====War for Fleetbase Thurma====
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===Betrayal===

===Reemergence===

===Exile on the Moon===

===Scheme on Europa===

===Death===

===Legacy===

==Personality and Traits==

==Trivia==