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{{quote|I am Lord of Wolves. You are an empty thing with two dead souls. This is my House. These are my terms. Surrender and I will only take your ships.|Virixas, Kell of Wolves to Queen Mara Sov}} | {{quote|I am Lord of Wolves. You are an empty thing with two dead souls. This is my House. These are my terms. Surrender and I will only take your ships.|Virixas, Kell of Wolves to Queen Mara Sov}} | ||
Prior to arriving in the Solar System, the House of Wolves, then called 'Mraskilaasan' or Gentle Weavers,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Lord of Wolves#Lore|Lord of Wolves]]''</ref> 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 Wolves were said to have warred with the [[House of Kings]].<ref name="Variks">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire | Prior to arriving in the Solar System, the House of Wolves, then called 'Mraskilaasan' or Gentle Weavers,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Lord of Wolves#Lore|Lord of Wolves]]''</ref> 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 Wolves were said to have warred with the [[House of Kings]].<ref name="Variks">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen#Variks, The Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref> Years later, after arriving in the Sol system, the Wolves were living out by the [[Jovians]]. During this time their Prime Servitor [[Kaliks Prime]] went missing; <ref name="The Queen">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost Fragment:_The_Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref> [[Fikrul, the Fanatic|Fikrul]], once a well-regarded Archon Priest of Kaliks, was cast out after speaking against the Great Machine and lamenting his species' dependence on Servitors for survival.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/09/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#An Evolution of Faith|An Evolution of Faith]]''</ref> | ||
As part of a united Fallen effort, the Wolves intended to join the [[Battle of Twilight Gap]] alongside the other Houses but were stopped at their stronghold of [[Ceres]] when the [[Reef]] intervened. Their Kell, [[Virixas, Kell of Wolves|Virixas]] was killed in the initial clash, along with a massive portion of the house, which would later be named [[The Scatter]].<ref name="Fallen 4"/> This marked the start of a power struggle between three members of the Wolves' nobility: Irxis, Wolf Baroness; Parixas, the Howling; and Skolas, the Rabid.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire | As part of a united Fallen effort, the Wolves intended to join the [[Battle of Twilight Gap]] alongside the other Houses but were stopped at their stronghold of [[Ceres]] when the [[Reef]] intervened. Their Kell, [[Virixas, Kell of Wolves|Virixas]] was killed in the initial clash, along with a massive portion of the house, which would later be named [[The Scatter]].<ref name="Fallen 4"/> This marked the start of a power struggle between three members of the Wolves' nobility: Irxis, Wolf Baroness; Parixas, the Howling; and Skolas, the Rabid.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Skolas, Kell of Kells|Wanted: Skolas, Kell of Kells]]''</ref> | ||
===The Reef Wars=== | ===The Reef Wars=== | ||
[[File:Crow and queen of the Reef.jpg|thumb|300px|Queenbreaker Wolves alongside Mara Sov and Uldren]] | [[File:Crow and queen of the Reef.jpg|thumb|300px|Queenbreaker Wolves alongside Mara Sov and Uldren]] | ||
{{Quote|[[Captain]]s and [[Baron]]s signal their readiness, [[Skolas]] and [[Pirsis]] and [[Irxis]], [[Drevis]], [[Peekis]], [[Parixas]], all of them bound by fear and loyalty, all ready for war.|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4}}<ref name="Fallen 4">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] | {{Quote|[[Captain]]s and [[Baron]]s signal their readiness, [[Skolas]] and [[Pirsis]] and [[Irxis]], [[Drevis]], [[Peekis]], [[Parixas]], all of them bound by fear and loyalty, all ready for war.|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4}}<ref name="Fallen 4">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4]]''</ref> | ||
The [[Reef Wars]] were a series of long battles between the Wolves and [[Awoken]] of the Reef. During the course of the wars, Skolas rose to Kellship, beating out his competitors.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - Item Description: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground-3 Gone to Ground 3]''</ref> He then turned his full attention towards The Reef, and the two forces clashed for many years. The wars ended when [[Variks, the Loyal|Variks]], a member of the [[House of Judgment]] who lived among the Wolves, betrayed Skolas to the Reef, resulting in his capture along with most of his House.<ref name="Variks"/> Variks went on to crown [[Mara Sov|The Queen]] of The Reef as the new Kell, with many Wolves bending the knee to her.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire | The [[Reef Wars]] were a series of long battles between the Wolves and [[Awoken]] of the Reef. During the course of the wars, Skolas rose to Kellship, beating out his competitors.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - Item Description: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground-3 Gone to Ground 3]''</ref> He then turned his full attention towards The Reef, and the two forces clashed for many years. The wars ended when [[Variks, the Loyal|Variks]], a member of the [[House of Judgment]] who lived among the Wolves, betrayed Skolas to the Reef, resulting in his capture along with most of his House.<ref name="Variks"/> Variks went on to crown [[Mara Sov|The Queen]] of The Reef as the new Kell, with many Wolves bending the knee to her.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Saviks, Queenbreaker|Wanted: Saviks, Queenbreaker]]''</ref> | ||
===The Wolf Rebellion=== | ===The Wolf Rebellion=== | ||
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{{quote|Listen to me, Wolf-born! Heed me, Whirlwind-scattered! I am the ghost of Cybele, the cunning claw of Iris, betrayed, chained, encrypted by the Queen, sent back from the Darkness to save us all! The days of Kell and House end now. The calendar of slavery and abasement goes to the fire. We are a new calendar! We are an age of beginnings! Each of us is a day!|Skolas, Kell of Kells}}<ref name="Fallen3"/> | {{quote|Listen to me, Wolf-born! Heed me, Whirlwind-scattered! I am the ghost of Cybele, the cunning claw of Iris, betrayed, chained, encrypted by the Queen, sent back from the Darkness to save us all! The days of Kell and House end now. The calendar of slavery and abasement goes to the fire. We are a new calendar! We are an age of beginnings! Each of us is a day!|Skolas, Kell of Kells}}<ref name="Fallen3"/> | ||
Initiated by the return of [[Skolas, Kell of Kells|Skolas]], now calling himself the "Kell of Kells", the House of Wolves rebelled against the Awoken.<ref name="Fallen3">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire | Initiated by the return of [[Skolas, Kell of Kells|Skolas]], now calling himself the "Kell of Kells", the House of Wolves rebelled against the Awoken.<ref name="Fallen3">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> The [[Wolf Rebellion]] started with an assassination attempt on The Queen and a mass prison break from the Prison of Elders where most of the former Wolf nobility was being held.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House of Wolves#The Hunt for Skolas|The Hunt for Skolas]]''</ref>The Queen opened the Reef to [[Guardian]]s of the [[Last City]], with the intent of recruiting them to put an end to the rebellion.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]''</ref> The Guardians tracked Skolas across the system, eventually capturing him on Venus, attempting to wield stolen Vex tech in order to pull the House of Wolves through time.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House of Wolves#Queen's Ransom|Queen's Ransom]]''</ref> On the order of the Queen, Skolas was sent to the Prison of Elders, where he was pitted against the same Guardians who captured him and was executed, effectively ended the Wolf Rebellion.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Leadership#Skolas: Defeated|Skolas: Defeated]]''</ref> | ||
===The Taken War=== | ===The Taken War=== | ||
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{{quote|Fallen comms, still trying to reach their brothers and sisters. Some of these headers are still marked with House sigils. House of Devils, House of Wolves…|[[Ghost]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost_scan#European_Dead_Zone.2C_Earth|EDZ-FBH-4]]''</ref> | {{quote|Fallen comms, still trying to reach their brothers and sisters. Some of these headers are still marked with House sigils. House of Devils, House of Wolves…|[[Ghost]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost_scan#European_Dead_Zone.2C_Earth|EDZ-FBH-4]]''</ref> | ||
Having been nearly wiped out by the deaths of their leaders and lieutenants from subsequent [[Guardian]] hunts, the House of Wolves were driven to the brink. The terrifying [[Scorn]] [[Baron]] known as [[Reksis Vahn, the Hangman|Rekeis Vahn]] subsequently hunted down and destroyed their last remaining [[Servitors]], dooming the former great House through the removal of its vital [[Ether]] supply.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/09/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore | Having been nearly wiped out by the deaths of their leaders and lieutenants from subsequent [[Guardian]] hunts, the House of Wolves were driven to the brink. The terrifying [[Scorn]] [[Baron]] known as [[Reksis Vahn, the Hangman|Rekeis Vahn]] subsequently hunted down and destroyed their last remaining [[Servitors]], dooming the former great House through the removal of its vital [[Ether]] supply.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/09/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#Anguish, Ten-Fold|Anguish, Ten-Fold]]''</ref> | ||
With the demise of their Servitors, former Wolf members assimilated into the [[House of Dusk]], including [[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed|Skriviks]], the [[Silent Fang]], [[Queenbreaker]]s, [[Pallas Siegebreaker]]s and those affiliated with [[Student of Beltrik|Beltrik]] and [[Irxis Partisan|Irxis]]. During the Prison of Elder's breakout, one Vandal still wearing the colors of the House of Wolves saluted [[Variks, the Loyal|Variks]] for releasing all the inmates.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/09/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore | With the demise of their Servitors, former Wolf members assimilated into the [[House of Dusk]], including [[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed|Skriviks]], the [[Silent Fang]], [[Queenbreaker]]s, [[Pallas Siegebreaker]]s and those affiliated with [[Student of Beltrik|Beltrik]] and [[Irxis Partisan|Irxis]]. During the Prison of Elder's breakout, one Vandal still wearing the colors of the House of Wolves saluted [[Variks, the Loyal|Variks]] for releasing all the inmates.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/09/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Where Loyalty Lies|Where Loyalty Lies]]''</ref> | ||
Upon discovering that [[Mara Sov]] is still alive, [[Yevik]]; a former Wolf now working with the [[House of Dusk]], began plotting a return to his former Wolf Kell who he is still loyal to.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/09/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Twilight Oath#Lore|Twilight Oath]]''</ref> | Upon discovering that [[Mara Sov]] is still alive, [[Yevik]]; a former Wolf now working with the [[House of Dusk]], began plotting a return to his former Wolf Kell who he is still loyal to.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/09/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Twilight Oath#Lore|Twilight Oath]]''</ref> | ||
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The Wolves appear to have a more complex hierarchical structure compared to other houses. While they retain the typical leadership of a Kell, an [[Archon]], and a [[Prime Servitor]] followed by [[Baron]]s and other nobility, the Wolves have several additional posts and groups with special functions within the House. | The Wolves appear to have a more complex hierarchical structure compared to other houses. While they retain the typical leadership of a Kell, an [[Archon]], and a [[Prime Servitor]] followed by [[Baron]]s and other nobility, the Wolves have several additional posts and groups with special functions within the House. | ||
Kells are served by [[Wolves' Guard]]s, Captains who are selected from an early age and brainwashed to be completely subservient to the Kell.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire | Kells are served by [[Wolves' Guard]]s, Captains who are selected from an early age and brainwashed to be completely subservient to the Kell.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Wolves' Guard|Wanted: Wolves' Guard]]''</ref> The Kell also has the Silent Fang at their command, an elite group of assassins lead by [[Drevis, Wolf Baroness|Drevis]] and used to eliminate potential rivals and threats.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Silent Fang|Wanted: Silent Fang]]''</ref> To keep the rank-and-file in line, fanatical [[Wolf Enforcer]]s ensure that the remaining Fallen of the House maintain their loyalty. Several other informal groups serve the Kell, such as the [[Howling Raider]]s,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Howling Raiders|Wanted: Howling Raiders]]''</ref> the [[Twisted Claw]]<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Twisted Claw|Wanted: Twisted Claw]]''</ref> and the [[Queenbreaker]]s.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Queenbreaker Vandal|Wanted: Queenbreaker Vandal]]''</ref> | ||
==Members== | ==Members== |