Editing Forum:Kuldax

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{{about|the [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple of the Witness]]|the character mentioned in the [[Altars of Sorrow]] [[Apostate|we]][[Blasphemer|ap]][[Heretic|ons]]|Kuldax}}
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|othernames= Anointed by the Deep <br> Disciple of the Witness <br> Disciple of Blades <br> The Seer <br> The Death Chill <br> Lord of the Endless Cold <br> Herald of [[Stasis]] {{C|supposedly}} <br> Arbiter of [[The Witness|the Witness]]
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|name= Kuldax, Anointed by the Deep
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{{Article quote|The Final Shape is the end state of the logic: Any other belief is heresy.|Kuldax}}

'''Kuldax''', is a [[Hive]] [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]] of [[The Witness|the Witness]]. A mysterious Hive entity in power and origin, Kuldax is a preacher of Hive knowledge and is seen as a sort of prophet. Through his mysterious and secretive nature, he has spread chaos throughout the universe, plaguing many species that he would come across and turning their worlds into [[War moon|War Moon]]s. Many of these civilizations like the [[Forum:Nadheal|Nadheal]] and [[Forum:Ussatan|Ussatan]] fell before Kuldax and his followers.

He would even be known for plaguing [[Human]]ity during the [[Golden Age]] by being the one who initially sent the members of the [[K1|K1 Crew]] to [[Europa]] at the behest of the Witness and the corruption of an [[Ahamkara]] during the [[City Age]]. Left dormant for a majority of the [[War against the Witness]], quietly waiting to make his move against the [[Guardian]]s of the [[Last City]] to ensure that the [[Final Shape]] is to be achieved. 

==Biography==
===Old Legends===
{{Quote|The Deep is the call to Salvation: to move against it is apostasy. Embrace it and be reborn.|Kuldax}}

While his origins are left ambiguous, what is known about Kuldax is his rise as a Disciple to the Witness. He would be known as a force of death and destruction, revered by his own Hive cult that worshipped and obeyed his every whim. He would spread ancient teachings of the [[Sword Logic]] from which his words would spread to the [[Apostate]], [[Blasphemer]] and [[Heretic]] weapons that would later be found by the forces of the [[Hidden Swarm]]. 

====Fall of the Nadheal====
{{Quote|Acaeleon of the Nadheal proved worthy of the logic: his race however were blasphemous and turned against one another against its practice. So to did Acaeleon.|Kuldax}}

The Nadheal were a highly advanced race of bipedal arthropods that were once graced by the Traveler's presence. Their technological prowess exceeded Golden Age Humanity, establishing colonies across their home system and even beyond. Kuldax made it his mission to corrupt the Nadheal from within, similar to how [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]] did to the [[Ahslid]] centuries before. Kuldax would begin to spread the seeds of doubt within the governing body of the Nadheal species by the time the Traveler had left their home world. 

His actions would create a death cult under the command of his vassal, [[Forum:Acaeleon, Vassal to Kuldax|Acaeleon]]. This death cult would begin sacrifices as a means to return the Traveler back to the Nadheal, however this was only a clever rouse by Kuldax to tithe their deaths to him instead. This death cult would persist through several years as Kuldax slowly began to reveal himself to Acaeleon, promising to offer a greater power than the Traveler ever could. 

Fully under the thrall of Kuldax, Acaeleon would instigate a galactic scale civil war in the Nadheal home system. Their various colonies burned and destroyed and their capital in ruins with all that remained of their civilization forced to live on large cruisers for survival. Even under the control of Kuldax, Acaeleon doubted his own actions and the destruction of his people. His doubt invoked Kuldax to appear before him, declaring that he was unworthy of the power he sought to gift. He would then stab the weakened Nadheal with his spear, and the power of Stasis spread through his dying corpse, leaving it as a crystalline corpse. 

Kuldax would have his followers destroy any that remained of the Nadheal people, including their home world. He would eventually move Acaeleon's corpse aboard his Pyramid as a trophy of his conquest. The Witness would take note of his success but was disappointed in his actions to killing Acaeleon, only for Kuldax to reaffirm the doubts within the Nadheal leader, ensuring that [[Emperor Calus|future]] Disciples would be rid of them.

====Destruction of the Ussatan====
{{Quote|The Ussatan were a tribal race, worthy of the logic: their recantation proved their undoing.|Kuldax refers to the fall of the Ussatan species}}

The Disciple of Blades would come across another species, the tribal Ussatan. They were known to have worshipped the star of their home system which was their source of sustenance and worshipped it as their god. They were a warrior race separated in tribes and followed a caste system, with the leaders of each tribe being their mightiest warriors. 

When Kuldax descended upon the Ussatan home world, he would blot out the planet from its star, starving the species of their crops and resources produced by the star's light. After several days, he launched [[Seeder Ship]]s onto the planet to not only destroy the landscape and devastate the tribal homes, but to launch a ground invasion by unleashing the stowed Hive from within the Seeder Ships. The conquest would only last a day as the Ussatan did not last against Kuldax's strategies and the power the Hive held.

===Pre-Golden Age===
{{Quote|—-Seek out our fleeing foe. Turn its sycophants into heralds of the Deep.—-<br><br>Yes my Witness. They will come to a new understanding, one of the sword.<br><br>—-Their small minds shall break before the storm. We have made our preparations. Soon the Final Shape will begin.—-<br><br>And nothing will stop the oncoming storm.|The Witness to Kuldax during the Golden Age}}

Long before the Golden Age of Hunanity, Kuldax superseded the Black Fleet's arrival within the Sol System by planting his machinations on the Moon. Sending his Hive cohorts and having them construct the massive fortresses, most notably the Hellmouth. There he planted what would be known as the [[Anomaly (artifact)|Anomaly]] to the members of the [[K1]] crew.

===Collapse===
{{Quote|You call to your Traveler for help. <br> You will be offered none. <br> Salvation is all that awaits you now. <br> Darkness awaits your response. <br> And you shall be embraced into its fold.|Kuldax}}

When the [[Collapse]] of Humanity unfolded onto the Sol System, Kuldax would make his proper move. He would drive the members of the K1 Crew into insanity or commanding Crota's spawn to feast upon them. He would directly send a message to [[Clovis Bray I]], directing him and his cohorts to head to [[Jovian]] moon of [[Europa]] to seek the promise of immortality. As Clovis moved onto Europa to excavate the promised secrets, Kuldax would ensure that any trace of K1 was to be erased, commanding Crota's spawn to hunt down the remaining members of the K1 crew while he personally shut down the [[Firewall]] AI that assisted in the study of the Anomaly.

===The Altered Ahamkara===
{{Quote|What is your greatest desire, O revenant mine?|Odgwyn to the Shade of Kuldax}}

During the events of the City Age, an Ahamkara by the name of [[Forum:Odgwyn|Odgwyn]] made his way to Europa, actively seeking out any remaining humans to feed from their desires. Upon arriving on Europa, he would discover that the moon of [[Jupiter]] was left abandoned by humanity, with many of its inhabitants turned into dormant Exos within the Deep Stone Crypt. However, something from within the crypt called to the Ahamkara, turning him deep into its depths. 

This turned out to be a lure by Kuldax, who took control over Clarity Control as a communication device, to bring Odgwyn under his control. Due to his basic and ontological nature, Odgwyn could not determine Kuldax's desire and was folded under the Disciple's corruption. Kuldax would bring the Ahamkara aboard his Pyramid as a trophy, killing him and spreading his bones across his collection. 

===Return of the Black Fleet===
{{Quote|The Witch delays the inevitable. <br> She cannot stop the Final Shape. <br> She defeated the Disciple of Fear, but she will not stop me.|Kuldax refers to Savathûn's interference.}}

===New Servitude===
{{Quote|The Scorn are worthy pawns of the Final Shape.<br>The Witch Queen will pay for her heresies against us.<br>I can feel the Final Shape in my grasp.|Kuldax}}

==Gameplay==

==Trivia==
*Kuldax's head design is loosely based on the Hive symbol from [[Vow of the Disciple]]. The significance or whether they are related is unknown.

==Gallery==

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Into the Light (update)|Into the Light]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}