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|name= Kaniks, the Mad Bomber
|name= Kaniks, the Mad Bomber
|othernames= The Mad Bomber <br> Kaniks Two-Fingers <br> Kaniks, the Detonator
|othernames= The Mad Bomber <br> Kaniks Two-Fingers <br> Kaniks, the Detonator
|image= [[File:KaniksInforbox.jpg|300px]]
|image= [[File:The_Mad_Bomber.png|300px]]
|homeworld=
|birth=
|death=
|species= [[Fallen]]
|species= [[Fallen]]
|race= [[Scorn]]
|faction= [[Scorn]]
|faction= [[House of Exile]] {{c|formerly}}
|rank= [[Baron]]
|rank= [[Baron]] <br> [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Raider]] (presumably)
|gender= Male
|gender= Male
|height=  
|height= 12'1
|mass=  
|mass=  
|mission= [[Target: The Mad Bomber]]
|mission= [[Target: The Mad Bomber]]
|weapon= {{Icon|Void}} [[Scorn Grenade|Kaniks' Bomb]]s
|weapon= [[Scorn Grenade]]s <br> [[Splinter Mine]]s
|ability= Activate [[Splinter Mine]]s <br> Summon Scorn <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Teleportation <br> {{Icon|Kinetic}} Ultra Smash
|ability= Teleportation <br> Rapid Movement <br> High Durability <br> Summon Scorn <br> Ultra Smash
}}
}}
{{Quote|Yahahahehheheheehhehehaha!!|Kaniks, the Mad Bomber}}<ref name="GIBarons">[https://web.archive.org/web/20230309143734/https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/07/05/these-are-the-eight-barons-who-helped-kill-cayde-6-in-destiny-2-forsaken '''Game Informer''': ''These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken'']</ref>
{{Quote|Yahahahehheheheehhehehaha!!|Kaniks, the Mad Bomber <ref name="GIBarons">[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/07/05/these-are-the-eight-barons-who-helped-kill-cayde-6-in-destiny-2-forsaken '''Game Informer''': ''These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken'']</ref>}}


'''Kaniks, the Mad Bomber''' is a [[Baron]] of the [[Scorn]].  
'''Kaniks, the Mad Bomber'''<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore entry]]'', [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/a-gift-of-madness A Gift of Madness]</ref> is a [[Baron]] of the [[Scorn]].  


==Biography==
==Biography==
The exact origins of Kaniks' madness are unknown, but the horrors he witnessed within the Fallen House system may have driven his mind to crack. Some speculate that it was his harsh life within the [[Tangled Shore]] that drove him to insanity or he was always just mad and revelled in spreading destruction and chaos as he scattered vast minefields throughout the [[Reef]].
Kaniks' mind set was shrouded in speculation as to what drove him to his recent state, some say it was trying to find a life outside the cultures of a Fallen House that did it, and living on the [[Tangled Shore]] is not small feat, with billions of ways to die, to challenge those odds and come out of it while maintaining one's self and asks you do to things in order to survive there. Though it could possibly be that the Mad Bomber was always that, Mad, eager to inflict destruction and chaos. The Mad Bomber is responsible for a vast minefield throughout [[the Reef]], which regularly claims [[Awoken]] lives, seeding Accretion Fields, Bombing of the Origin Libraries, Kaniks is a crazed lunatic who lives only to chase the adrenaline high of yet another fiery explosion. He was captured alongside his fellow barons and locked deep within the [[Prison of Elders]]. A year after the events of the [[Red War]], Kaniks was freed by [[Uldren Sov]], and was later present at the murder of [[Cayde-6]] at Sov's hand.<ref name="GIBarons"/> Even after the Death of the Mad Bomber, it is only vainglorious to rejoice at his demise, only to remember of the tragedies and suffering caused by his explosions and that the Shores would never truly be free of the madness and the harshness that it is living there.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/a-gift-of-madness?highlight=gift+of+madness Gift of Madness]</ref>


His madness cost the lives of many [[Awoken]] as he bombed various institutions such as the Origin Libraries to fuel his adrenaline high. His tyranny would end when he was captured alongside his fellow Barons and imprisoned deep within the [[Prison of Elders]].
==Gameplay==
 
Kaniks' main explosive weapon of choice is the [[Scorn Grenade]], which he throws at [[The Guardian]] to continuously bombard their position, breaking their shields in just a handful of explosions, and not taking much longer to outright kill them afterward. He also moves rapidly and teleports to random locations as well, making him an erratic target. Occasionally, he will disappear from the area and transmat a [[Splinter Mine]], which will immediately kill all [[Guardian]]s in the vicinity if it is not defused. When defusing the mines, lesser Scorn units such as [[Screeb]]s and [[Ravager]]s will assault the player on all sides and must be taken care of. While fighting Kaniks, it is best to keep one's distance and remain mobile, as to avoid the detonations as well as the Ultra Smash at close range.
Following the [[Red War]], Kaniks was freed by [[Uldren Sov]] and witnessed the murder of [[Cayde-6]] at his hand.<ref name="GIBarons"/> Later the Mad Bomber would meet his end at the hands of the Guardians who sought vengeance. His death is hard to rejoice as the suffering and tragedies caused by his terrorism far outweigh his death.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Target: The Mad Bomber]]''</ref><ref name="GoM">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier|The Lawless Frontier]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#A Gift of Madness|A Gift of Madness]]''</ref>


==Personality==
==Personality==
[[File:Kaniks.gif|thumb|300px|The Mad Bomber battling the Guardians]]
{{Quote|Emphasis on "mad."|[[The Spider]]}}
{{Quote|Emphasis on "mad."|[[The Spider]]}}
 
Kaniks is arguably the least sane of the Scorn Barons. He behaves in a very childish manner, treating the Guardian's pursuit of him as a game, mocking the Guardian and Cayde-6 in an immature fashion, and generally speaking in a simplified manner. To further cement his childlike demeanor, his laughter is considerably more goofy and light-hearted than the insane cackling of Araskes or the boastful gloating of Pirrha. In spite of his mindset, he is shown to not be completely incapable of reason or logical thought, as he seems to share Fikrul's beliefs regarding Guardian's relationship with the Eliksni, and has demonstrated that he regards the Guardian as a serious enough threat that he would detonate the entire area they're in so as to ensure their death.
Kaniks is arguably the least sane of the Scorn Barons. He behaves in a very childish manner, treating the Guardian's pursuit of him as a game, mocking the Guardian and Cayde-6 in an immature fashion, and generally speaking in a simplified manner. To further cement his childlike demeanor, his laughter is considerably more goofy and light-hearted than the insane cackling of Araskes or the boastful gloating of Pirrha. Despite his mindset, he is shown to not be completely incapable of reason or logical thought, as he seems to share Fikrul's beliefs regarding Guardian's relationship with the Eliksni, and has demonstrated that he regards the Guardian as a serious enough threat that he would detonate the entire area they're in to ensure their death.
 
==Gameplay==
Kaniks' main explosive weapon of choice is the [[Scorn Grenade]], which he throws at [[The Guardian]] to continuously bombard their position, breaking their shields in just a handful of explosions, and not taking much longer to outright kill them afterwards.
 
He also moves rapidly and teleports to random locations as well, making him an erratic target. Occasionally, he will disappear from the area and transmat a [[Splinter Mine]], which will immediately kill all [[Guardian]]s in the vicinity if it is not defused. When defusing the mines, lesser Scorn units such as [[Screeb]]s and [[Ravager]]s will assault the player on all sides and must be taken care of. While fighting Kaniks, it is best to keep one's distance and remain mobile, to avoid the detonations as well as the Ultra Smash at close range.


==Quotes==
==Quotes==
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*"To begin-a gift! A gift just at you, from ME, good friend Kaniks!"
*"To begin-a gift! A gift just at you, from ME, good friend Kaniks!"
*"BEST friend Kaniks! Go, go, go! Open gift!"
*"BEST friend Kaniks! Go, go, go! Open gift!"
*"Sur-PRIIIIISE! Gift… is DEATH!"
*"Sur-PRIIIIISE! Gift... is DEATH!"
*"Ah-ah-ah! Game go on! Close your eye and COUNT DOWN."
*"Ah-ah-ah! Game go on! Close your eye and COUNT DOWN."
*"Where am I hide? Ugly, stupid Cabal can knowing-but not you! YEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!"
*"Where am I hide? Ugly, stupid Cabal can knowing-but not you! YEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!"
*"Lightbearer, Lightbearer, I see you, yesss, I dooo…"
*"Lightbearer, Lightbearer, I see you, yesss, I dooo..."
*"Ooh, WHEE! Now a game truly begin!"
*"Ooh, WHEE! Now a game truly begin!"
*"Friend Cayde? No fun to play with, no fun at all. Such a boring boy to kill-kill-KILL."
*"Friend Cayde? No fun to play with, no fun at all. Such a boring boy to kill-kill-KILL."
*"Cayde beg and beg and beg. HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!! "Mercy, please, Prince Uldren! Oh pretty, pretty please, oh please!" …SAD."
*"Cayde beg and beg and beg. HEE-HEE-HEE-HEE!! "Mercy, please, Prince Uldren! Oh pretty, pretty please, oh please!" ...SAD."
*"Cayde MURDER Eliksni. Think you DIFFERENT, think you HERO? Joke at you."
*"Cayde MURDER Eliksni. Think you DIFFERENT, think you HERO? Joke at you."
==Trivia==
*Kaniks is the fifth [[Fallen]] known to speak English, as well as the third antagonist to do so.
*Kaniks is the second known Fallen to have three arms instead of the contemporary four or two. The first being [[Vosik, the Archpriest]].


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Kaniks.jpg|The Mad Bomber throwing a bomb
File:Kaniks.jpg|
Kaniks2.jpg|Kaniks battling the Guardians
Kaniks1.jpg|Another viewer of the Mad Bomber
Kaniks3.jpg|Kaniks battling the Guardians
MadBomber1.jpg|Kaniks within the Prison of Elders
Scorn1.gif|Kaniks watching the death of Cayde's ghost
</gallery>
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*Kaniks is the fifth [[Fallen]] known to speak English, as well as the third antagonist to do so.
*Kaniks is the second known Fallen to have three arms instead of the contemporary four or two. The first being [[Vosik, the Archpriest]].
*Despite Kaniks having the title of 'Two-Fingers', Kaniks still has all his fingers on his remaining limbs.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
*''[[Destiny: Cayde's Six]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}


==References==
==References==
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