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{{Forumheader|Fan Fiction}}
{{Article quote|This mighty dreadnought must be felled before it spreads the chaos of [[Forum:Corruption (element)|corruption]].}}
{{Article quote|This mighty dreadnought must be felled before it spreads the chaos of [[Forum:Corruption (element)|corruption]].}}
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|image= [[File:The Nephilim.png|400px]]
|manufacturer = [[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker]]
|manufacturer = [[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker]]
|line= Enhanced [[Tomb Carrier]]
|line= Enhanced [[Tomb Carrier]]
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|hull = Various [[Worm#Known Worms|Leviathan]] corpses  
|hull = Various [[Worm#Known Worms|Leviathan]] corpses  
|armament = *1 [[Worm#Known Worms|Leviathan]] Vertebrae Cannon
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*1 [[Worm#Known Worms|Leviathan]] Vertebrae Cannon
*Interdimensional rifts
*Interdimensional rifts
|crew = Potentially millions of [[Hive]]
|crew = Potentially millions of [[Hive]]
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*Arcane faster-than-light systems
*Arcane faster-than-light systems
*Arcane cloaking systems
*Arcane cloaking systems
|role = Prison ship
|role = Flagship
|affiliation = [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow|Weavers of Sorrow]]
|affiliation = [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow|Weavers of Sorrow]]
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{{quote|My mighty ship will raze [[Sol System|Sol]] into oblivion.|[[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra]]}}
{{quote|My mighty ship will raze [[Sol System|sol]] into oblivion.|[[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra]]}}
'''The Nephilim''' is a massive [[Hive]] [[Tomb Carrier]], which serves as a mobile base of operations for [[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker]] during the events of [[Forum:Corruption's Insurgence|Corruption's Insurgence]]. It also serves as a massive prison for those that Shin'ra has captured from his hunt of the [[Worm#Known Worms|Leviathans]] to recent events. It is a [[Destination]] added in [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] and serves as one of the season's settings.  
'''The Nephilim''' is a massive [[Hive]] [[Tomb Carrier]], which serves as a mobile base of operations for [[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker]], who came to the [[Sol System]] to "raze it to oblivion." It acts as a dark omen and herald to Shin'ra's presence due to its oppressive size and firepower. It is a [[Destination]] added in [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] and serves as one of the season's settings.  


==History==
==History==
===Origin===
{{Quote|SHIN'RA'S VILE PLAN. He seeks to build a massive ship from the corpse of the Leviathan and its kin, a temple to his mastery of the Sword Logic. The Worms agree to this action and will hold us accountable for failure to the hunt. So we must devoutly serve or perish to our Worm's hunger.|[[Forum:Lore:Maker's Lament#III—Trial of War|Maker's Lament: III—Trial of War]]}}
The origins of the Nephilim date back to the Hive's war against the [[Ammonite]]. After toppling the civilization, Shin'ra would use what remained of the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] to craft what Xivu Arath described as a temple to the mastery of the [[Sword Logic]]. He would use the vessel to conquer the [[Forum:Nadheal|Nadheal]] and the [[Forum:Ussatan|Ussatan]] species at the behest of the [[The Witness|Witness]]'s demands to gather new Disciples.
Despite his failure to bring back worthy candidates, the Witness would decree Shin'ra to continue the hunt for the Leviathans. Shin'ra and his [[Forum:Celebrant of Shin'ra|Celebrants]] would hunt down the Proto-[[Worm]]s across the universe, torture them, and use their dead corpses to further reinforce the Nephilim, increasing its size and power exponentially. Shin'ra would also mounted one of their vertebrae onto the front of the Nephilim to act as its primary weapon, which is capable of taking down entire fleets in a single shot, much like any other [[Tomb Carrier]].
At an unknown point prior to the [[Collapse]], Shin'ra would be the caretaker of the [[The Veil|Veil]], an object of immense primordial Darkness and equal to the [[The Traveler|Traveler]]. When he had initially experimented with it, he unintentionally released [[Forum:Mallum, the Scarlet King|Mallum]] and his [[Forum:Tarnished|Tarnished]] into the universe. He was forced to use the Nephilim as their prison to ensure that the primordial force would not spread any further and to keep them under quarantine. He would also craft what would be known as the [[Forum:Subjugated Vault|Subjugated Vault]] which would serve as a prison for the enemies of Shin'ra, training grounds for his own forces and weapons, and as a source for tribute for him to feed from.
===Corruption's Insurgence===
When the Black Fleet initially arrived in Sol, Shin'ra was forced to withhold from invading it due to him unleashing the Tarnished. He would await within his ship as it accompanied the Black Fleet throughout the years of the Collapse until the awakening of the Traveler. When the Black Fleet began to emerge into the system, he would station the Nephilim at the edges of the Kuiper Belt to keep a distance from the forces of the Light and to [[Forum:Corruption (element)|corrupt]] the system from its edges.
===Opening of the Vault===
===Abhorrent Alliances===
===Plundering Relics===
===Return of the Tarnished===


==Design==
==Design==
===Hull===
===Hull===
Unlike the Dreadnaught, the Nephilim's hull was carved from the corpses of [[Worm#Named Worms|Leviathans]]<ref group="note">Two of these Leviathans are named, Camuul and Xivo, both of which would have a Lost Sector named after them</ref>, that were hunted down and skinned of their chitin by Shin'ra who was assisted by his own Celebrants. Their bodies rewritten in Ascendant fabric and Hive arcana to reforge them into their new shape of the Nephilim.
Unlike the Dreadnaught, the Nephilim's hull was carved from the corpses of [[Worm#Named Worms|Leviathans]]<ref group="note">Two of these Leviathans are named, Camuul and Xivo, both of which were "honored" as two of the Nephilim's Lost Sectors would be named after them</ref>, that were hunted down and skinned of their chitin by Shin'ra who was assisted by his own Celebrants. Their bodies rewritten in Ascendant fabric and Hive arcana to reforge them into their new shape of the Nephilim.  
 
Its design is similar to that of other [[Tomb Carrier]]s<ref group="note">It is likely that the Nephilim is the progenitor from which Tomb Carriers are made from</ref>, bearing a massive hull that dwarfs the size of Cabal command vessels, bearing an onyx hue with green highlights and banners attached to it.


===Interior===
Its design is similar to that of the [[Tomb Carrier]]s, being a large rectangular hexagon with large spikes protruding from each end. From its front resting its main weapon, being that of an enormous Leviathan vertebrae.  
Some comparisons can be made between Oryx's Dreadnaught and the Nephilim for its gothic aesthetic, however the architecture within the Tomb Carrier seems to draw heavily or rather inspired the look for the Scarlet Keep and later on Savathûn's Lucent fortress. The color is that of a black and dark grays while banners of a light green hang from ceilings across the ship that bear the sigil of the Weavers. The barbaric look to the architecture proves how ancient and religious the Tomb Carrier is to the Weavers as it is seen as a massive holy site of worship to the Sorrow-Maker himself.  


===Propulsion===
===Propulsion===
The main form of propulsion comes from its central engine, which is powered exclusively by its Soulfire core. However this same core is what powers the entirety of the ship, from its weapons, cloaking and its engines. It is however entirely fortified by layered chitin, practically impenetrable by any known means, even [[Cabal]] munitions were noted to have no effect on its shielding.  
The main form of propulsion comes from its central engine, which is powered exclusively by its Soulfire core. However this same core is what powers the entirety of the ship, from its weapons, cloaking and its engines. It is however entirely fortified by layered chitin, practically impenetrable by any known means, even [[Cabal]] munitions were noted to have no effect on its shielding.  


Another form of transport would be its ability to make "wounds" in space by opening rifts into the [[Ascendant Realm]]. The method for doing this would be a coven of Hive [[Wizards]] that Shin'ra employed to open these rifts and allow the Nephilim to travel vast distances, even one instance being from to Kuiper Belt, directly into the skies of the [[Dreaming City]] during the [[Forum:Golden War|Golden War]] and the Hive's invasion of the [[Last City]].  
Another form of transport would be its ability to make "wounds" in space by opening rifts into the [[Ascendant Realm]]. The method for doing this would be a coven of Hive [[Wizards]] that Shin'ra employed to open these rifts and allow the Nephilim to travel vast distances, even one instance being from to Kuiper Belt, directly into the skies of the [[Dreaming City]] during the [[Forum:Golden War|Golden War]].  


===Armament===
===Armament===
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===Cloak===
===Cloak===
The Nephilim is unique as it possesses its own natural cloaking field. Virtually undetectable by scanners and the naked eye, the cloaking field is generated by internal systems within the ship. The field dissipates when someone or something comes into firing distance from it, allowing the Nephilim to make near perfect ambushes against enemies.
The Nephilim is unique as it possesses its own cloaking field. Virtually undetectable by scanners and the naked eye, the cloaking field is generated by internal systems within the ship. The field dissipates when someone or something comes into firing distance from it, allowing the Nephilim to make near perfect ambushes against enemies.


==Locations==
==Locations==
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*[[Forum:Auxiliary Deck|Auxiliary Deck]]
*[[Forum:Dread Harbor|Dread Harbor]] {{C|Public/Landing Zone}}
**[[Forum:Gunnery Silo|Gunnery Silo]] {{C|Crucible Map}}
**[[Forum:Anchorage|Anchorage]]
***[[Forum:Warpriest's Keep|Warpriest's Keep]]
***[[Forum:Jirâth's Hold|Jirgâth's Hold]]
**[[Forum:Breakwater|Breakwater]]
***[[Forum:Dusk's Rest|Dusk's Rest]]
**[[Forum:Camuul's Wrath|Camuul's Wrath]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
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*[[Forum:Court of Unmaking|Court of Unmaking]] {{C|Public Zone}}
*[[Forum:Court of Unmaking|Court of Unmaking]] {{C|Public Zone}}
**[[Forum:Sarcophagus|Sarcophagus]]
**[[Forum:Necromancer's Folly|Necromancer's Folly]]
**[[Forum:Necromancer's Folly|Necromancer's Folly]]
***[[Forum:Pit of Decay|Pit of Decay]]
***[[Forum:Pit of Decay|Pit of Decay]]
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***[[Forum:Zâtrox's Lair|Zâtrox's Lair]]
***[[Forum:Zâtrox's Lair|Zâtrox's Lair]]
**[[Forum:Xivo's Respite|Xivo's Respite]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
**[[Forum:Xivo's Respite|Xivo's Respite]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
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*[[Forum:Dread Harbor|Dread Harbor]] {{C|Public/Landing Zone}}
**[[Forum:Anchorage|Anchorage]]
***[[Forum:Warpriest's Keep|Warpriest's Keep]]
**[[Forum:Breakwater|Breakwater]]
***[[Forum:Dusk's Rest|Dusk's Rest]]
**[[Forum:Camuul's Wrath|Camuul's Wrath]] {{C|Lost Sector}}
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*[[Forum:Kingdom of Sorrows|Kingdom of Sorrows]] {{C|Public Location}}
*[[Forum:Kingdom of Sorrows|Kingdom of Sorrows]] {{C|Public Location}}
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****[[Forum:Blighted Cathedral|Blighted Cathedral]]
****[[Forum:Blighted Cathedral|Blighted Cathedral]]
****[[Forum:The Scarlet Temple|The Scarlet Temple]]
****[[Forum:The Scarlet Temple|The Scarlet Temple]]
*[[Forum:Subjugated Vault|Subjugated Vault]]
**[[Forum:Terrordome|Terrordome]] {{C|Crucible Map}}
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==Activities==
==Activities==
The Nephilim is a massive [[Destination]], containing many activities from story missions, dungeons and even takedowns, most of which take place deep within the heart of the Nephilim itself. While it doesn't have any new [[Public Event]]s, it does make up for it with the [[Forum:Corruption Insurgence (event)|Corruption Insurgence]] [[World Event]] and its 6-Player activities with the Pit of Decay and Takedown within the Nephilim.  
The Nephilim is a massive [[Destination]], containing many activities from story missions, dungeons and even takedowns, most of which take place deep within the heart of the Nephilim itself. While it doesn't have any new [[Public Event]]s, it does make up for it with the 6-Player activities with the Pit of Decay and Takedwon within the Nephilim.  
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===[[Story|Story missions]]===
===[[Story|Story missions]]===
*[[Forum:New Arsenal|New Arsenal]]
*[[Forum:New Arsenal|New Arsenal]]
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===[[Strike]]s===
===[[Strike]]s===
*[[Forum:Duskfall|Duskfall]]
*[[Forum:Duskfall|Duskfall]]
*[[Forum:Prodigal Knights|Prodigal Knights]]


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===[[Offensive]]===
===[[Arena]]s===
*[[Forum:Pit of Decay|Pit of Decay]]
*[[Forum:Pit of Decay|Pit of Decay]]
*[[Forum:Subjugated Vault|Subjugated Vault]]


===[[Dungeon]]s===
===[[Dungeon]]s===
*[[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]
*[[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]


===[[Forum:Takedown|Takedowns]]===
===Takedowns===
*[[Forum:Takedown within the Nephilim|Takedown within the Nephilim]]
*[[Forum:Takedown within the Nephilim|Takedown within the Nephilim]]
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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*"[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim Nephilim]" comes from the term of mysterious beings or people in the Hebrew Bible who are described as being large and strong.
*"[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim Nephilim]" comes from the term of mysterious beings or people in the Hebrew Bible who are described as being large and strong.
*Much like [[Lightfall]]'s destination of [[Neomuna]], enemies in the Nephilim patrol are permanently capped to be +15 above the player's current power level.  
*Much like [[Lightfall]]'s destination of [[Neomuna]], enemies in the Nephilim patrol are permanently capped to be +15 above the player's current power level.  
**However this is not carried over to its various activity's power levels as some like the Shadow's Dawn Dungeon on Master difficulty being 30 above the current max power level and the Pit of Decay being the base power level of the current expansion.
**However this is not carried over to its various activities power levels as some like the Shadow's Dawn Dungeon on Master difficulty being 30 above the current max power level and the Pit of Decay being the lowest power level of the current expansion.
*Unlike other seasonal locations and activities that were added into the ''Destiny Content Vault'', the Nephilim (and its associated activities like the Sorrow Hunts, Pit of Decay, and Shadow's Dawn) is one of the only locations to still be in the game.
*A variant of the Nephilim appears in the [[Forum:High Forge|High Forge]], Shin'ra's Ascendant Realm, which acts as more of a living vessel than an armament.


==List of appearances==
==List of Appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Splicer]]''
**''[[The Witch Queen]]''
**''[[Season of the Risen]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Risen]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Plunder]]''
**''[[Season of Plunder]]''
**''[[Lightfall]]''
**''[[Season of the Deep]]''
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]''
**''[[Season of the Wish]]
**''[[The Final Shape]]''
**''[[Forum:Episode: Dread|Episode: Dread]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forum:Episode: Rebirth|Episode: Rebirth]]''
 
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