Editing House of Kings

|Nobility= [[Craask|Craask, Kell of Kings]] <br> [[Paskin, King Baron]] <br> [[Phyksin, King Baron]] <br> [[Vekis, King Baron]]

|Servitors=

|Lair= [[Archon's Forge]] <br> [[King's Watch]] <br> [[Kingship Dock]] <br> [[Kell's Grave]] <br> [[The Hollowed Lair]] <br> [[Terrestrial Complex]]

|Encountered= [[Battle of the Twilight Gap]] <br> [[Wolf Rebellion]]

 

{{Quote|House of Kings. Name comes from the old world, from before the [[Whirlwind]]. Most Houses carry their name for pride. Kings carry their name because ... is what they are.|Variks, the Loyal<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Ruling House]]</ref>

The '''House of Kings''' is one of the major [[Fallen]] house, distinguishable by their yellow cloaks. They plot and plan in secret, their power only matched by their cleverness. Among the Eliksni they are unique, secretive, and dangerous. They hide in the shadows. Waiting.

===Before Twilight===

Prior to arriving in the Solar System, the House of Kings was one of many Fallen Houses struggling to survive in the wake of a cataclysmic event known as the [[Whirlwind]]. In the aftermath of the fall, the Kings were said to have warred with the [[House of Wolves]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Variks,_The_Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref> Years later, they would arrive in the Sol system, setting down on [[Earth]] alongside the the [[House of Devils]], although there are rumors they may have been to [[Mars]] as well.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Xander 99-40]]: [[Xander_99-40#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> Despite being on Earth, the King stay in the shadows, and they are rarely seen if at all.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Ruling House]]</ref>

[[Craask, Kell of Kings]], manipulating the other Houses, pushed for a united effort against [[The City]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Paskin,_King_Baron|Paskin, King Baron]]''</ref> The Kings alongside the [[House of Devils]] and [[House of Winter]] stood together against The City, with the [[House of Wolves]] being the only major House unable to join because of [[The Reef]] stopping them on route on [[Ceres]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen_3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> The three united Houses fought against The City and it's [[Guardians]] in what would later be known as the [[Battle of Twilight Gap]]. The City managed to push back the Fallen forces, with [[Lord Shaxx]] leading a counter attack and [[Saint-14]] killing [[Solkis, Devil Kell]] to end the war.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower_Allies#Crucible_Handler|Crucible Handler]]''</ref> The power vacuum later allowed [[Craask, Kell of Kings]] to maintain some influence among the techno-worshiping leadership of the Devils and return to the shadows, choosing to bide their time and plan.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Variks,_The_Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref>

The Kings held very little territory in the Cosmodrome, holding only the [[Terrestrial Complex]] and [[King's Watch]]. They were encountered by Guardians seeking out a mysterious signal in the area<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Warmind]]''</ref>, and again later when they returned to try and restore an Array in the Terrestrial Complex.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Last Array]]''</ref> Later, the [[Hive]] general [[Omnigul]] would lead a [[fireteam]] of Guardians through Kings Territory in an attempt to stop them from hunting her. Phyksin, King Baron personally attempted to stop the Guardians, but was killed in the resulting battle.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Will of Crota]]''</ref>

During the [[Wolf Rebellion]] of [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] the House of Wolves approached the Kings with an offer to join them. The Kell of Kings sent two of his Barons, Paskin and Vekis, to meet with the Wolves. [[Prince Uldren]] of The Reef suspected that the Baron's true mission was not to parley with the Wolves, but rather assassinate their representative [[Yavek, Wolf Baron]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Vekis, King Baron|Vekis, King Baron]]''</ref> The truth of the plot would never be discovered, as a Guardian guided by [[Variks, the Loyal]] intrupted the meeting and killed all three Barons in the resulting skirmish.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Ruling House]]''</ref>

During the [[The Taken War]], the King's presence in the Cosmodrome diminished their [[King's Watch]] was no longer in their control as it became a lair for the [[Shade of Oryx]] on Earth.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Kings of Decay]]''</ref> [[Variks, the Loyal]] is quoted in saying ''"Taken will not rest. Will claim every house. Consume every banner."''  meaning the Kings took significant losses to [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. Leading them to hide in the shadows even more.

For many years the House of Kings maintained influence over the techno-religious leadership of the House of Devils and controlled the [[Archon's Forge]] until a younger, more ambitious sect, the [[Devil Splicers]] assumed control over the Forge. This gave rise to three new [[Archons|Devil Archons]] and allowed the Splicers to burrow into connecting area of [[Site-6]] to infuse themselves with [[SIVA]].

By the end of the SIVA crisis, the House of Kings seemed to have pulled out of the Cosmodrome completely. Later Uldren Sov allowed himself to be captured by the Kings to meet their Kell, seeking to try and manipulate them into serving him.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/4/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]], Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: The Reef 4|Ghost Fragment: The Reef 4]]''</ref> However Uldren ended up allying with the Kings and being sub-ordinate to their Kell, Craask. Around the same time, reports of the Fallen as a whole pulling out of the Cosmodrome completely began coming in.<ref name="Six">'''Bungie (2017/4/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]], Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 6|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 6]]''</ref>

One year after the SIVA Crisis, the Kings, as well as the other Houses, seem to have vanished entirely, and a never-before seen [[House of Dusk]] has taken their place. However, further inspection shows that many members of the House of Dusk come from the other houses, including the House of Kings. All House of Dusk communication protocols are variations of the House of Kings. This is because Craask, Kell of Kings gave orders to Uldren to unite the Fallen by saying ''"Thou shalt tell the Eliksni to tear off their banners. Thou shalt tell them that we must all surrender to each other. We must give up our rivalries, or we will not survive."'', as Craask's remaining pride could not tolerate the disgrace of giving the word himself.

The alliance between Uldren and the Kings leads him to become a traitor as he works alongside them to kill his own people, steal from them, and bring more destruction to his home. At one point he meets a dying [[Fikrul, the Fanatic|Fikrul]] and manages to save the [[Archon]] by causing Fikrul's Ether to become corrupted with darkness. As time goes on, Uldren finds a kindred spirit in Fikrul, and they bond through their shared dislike for their peoples' fates, and desired to see evolution through extinction. While the Kell of Kings wished to go backward by relying more on Servitors and machines.

With the help of the [[Barons|Scorned Barons]], Uldren takes over the House of Kings. The Last Kell, Craask; and one of the last surviving Fallen before the Whirlwind, is docked and demoted to Dreg status in a grand betrayal as Uldren decides that the Kings are too bothersome for his ambitions and he has a new Fallen army willing to follow him called the [[Scorn]].

Remnants of the House of Kings now resides near the Shard of the Traveller in the European Dead Zone.

The Kings are the only Fallen House that over their attendance in the Sol System has not undergone a loss in leadership. The Devils have lost two Kells,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Legends: Saint-14|Legends: Saint-14]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]], Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Rezyl Azzir: War without End|Rezyl Azzir: War without End]]''</ref> their Prime<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Devils' Lair (strike)]]''</ref>, and several Archons<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Restoration]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016-9-20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Wrath of the Machine]]''</ref>, Winter; their Kell and possibly their Prime<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Scourge of Winter]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Draksis, Winter Kell|Draksis, Winter Kell]]''</ref>, and the Wolves; two Kells<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen_4|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Skolas's Revenge]]''</ref>, two Primes<ref name="The Queen">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost Fragment:_The_Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Prime's Path]]''</ref>, and several Archons.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Winter's Run]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Hunt the Archon]]''</ref> This makes them currently the strongest known Fallen House in the system after the [[House of Dusk]].

===Leadership===

*[[Craask|Craask, Kell of Kings]] (formerly)

===Nobility===

===Members===

*[[Archon Servant]]

==Trivia==

*[[Aksor, Archon Priest]] may be a member of this House based on his robes and color scheme, plus the fact that there are numerous Kings' banners around his cell. This is also potentially a developer oversight as his lore makes him a member of the House of Wolves.

*According to the Killcam, the [[Archon Servant]] belong to the House of Kings.

*The [[Archon's Forge]] has banners belonging to the House of Kings. It is possible this ancient rite of passage belonged to the Kings until it was twisted to utilize the Devil Splicers use of SIVA. This may explain how the Devil Splicers were able to champion three Archons.

==List of appearances==

*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}

**''[[The Dark Below]]''

**''[[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]''

*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{C|Mentioned}}

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