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{{Boss infobox | {{Boss infobox | ||
|name= Pirrha, the Rifleman | |name= Pirrha, the Rifleman | ||
|othernames= The Rifleman <br> Pirrha, the Phantom <br> Pirrha, the Blind <br> The Ghost of Hellrise Canyon | |othernames= The Rifleman <br> Pirrha, the Phantom <br> Pirrha, the Blind<br>The Ghost of Hellrise Canyon | ||
|image= [[File:Rifleman.jpg|300px]] | |image= [[File:Rifleman.jpg|300px]] | ||
|homeworld= [[Eliksni homeworld|Eliksni Homeworld]] | |||
|birth= | |||
|death= | |||
|species= [[Fallen]] | |species= [[Fallen]] | ||
| | |faction= [[Scorn]] | ||
| | |rank= [[Baron]] | ||
| | |class= [[Ultra]] [[Raider]] | ||
|gender= Male | |gender= Male | ||
|height= 12' | |||
|mass= | |||
|mission= [[Scorned]] <br> [[Target: The Rifleman]] | |mission= [[Scorned]] <br> [[Target: The Rifleman]] | ||
|weapon= | |weapon= [[Scorn Crossbow]] | ||
|ability= [[Ether]] Smoke Dash <br> | |ability= Teleportation <br> [[Ether]] Smoke Dash <br> Brief Immunity <br> Activate Decoys <br> Rapid Movement <br> High Durability <br> Summon Scorn <br> Ultra Smash | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|Trust me, kids: Keep your eyes open, head down | {{Quote|Trust me, kids: Keep your eyes open, head down …and your Ghost close.|Cayde-6 <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>}} | ||
'''Pirrha, the Rifleman''' is a [[ | '''Pirrha, the Rifleman'''<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore entry]]'', [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/a-blind-eye-toward-tomorrow A Blind Eye Toward Tomorrow]</ref> is a [[Scorn]] [[Baron]] specialising in long-range combat. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early | ===Early Campaigns=== | ||
The Rifleman was once blind when he was scorned by his House, he then was implanted with a cybernetic eye that was linked to a tracking system in his [[Scorn Crossbow|Scorn Launcher]]. He is likened to other infamous Fallen that have assimilated machinery such as [[Taniks, the Scarred]] and [[House of Devils]] [[Splicers]] with [[SIVA]]. | |||
The Rifleman was once | |||
He | He lurks in the [[Hellrise Canyon]], with his all-seeing eye and being a crack-shot where he lures unwary travelers into an impenetrable security network before eliminating them from afar, removing any threats such as [[Corsair]]s which let his fellow Barons plan their next move.<ref name="GIBarons"/> He is a [[Raider]] class Scorn leader. He was credited for the deaths of many palace guards during the [[House of Wolves]] uprising.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/a-blind-eye-toward-tomorrow?highlight=Pirrha A Blind Eye Toward's Tomorrow]</ref> Pirrha is responsible for the deaths of [[Awoken]] [[Paladin]]s Tellos Cir, Loris Pol, and Hollis Eso at Pallas Falls, Pirrha is also known to have destroyed multiple [[Ghosts]]. | ||
After being imprisoned deep within the [[Prison of Elders]] alongside his fellow Barons, he was freed by [[Uldren Sov]] and was later present at the murder of [[Cayde-6]], where he shot the [[Hunter]] [[Vanguard|Vanguard's]] Ghost [[Sundance]] with a specialized Devourer Bullet which operates on an ontological level, akin to the [[Weapons of Sorrow]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/records/the-murder-of-cayde-6?highlight=bullet The Murder of Cayde-6]</ref> He would return to Hellrise Canyon to where he fought the Guardian one more time before his death. | |||
===Hunt for the Rifleman=== | |||
In search of the Baron who murdered the Ghost of [[Cayde-6]] and led to the eventual death of Cayde, the Guardians trace the Rifleman to [[Sorik's Cut]]. They locate his snipers nest above a tower with an abandoned [[Queenbreakers' Bow]]. The Baron interferes with their radio comms and mocks the Guardians by saying they are "good target practice". | |||
By tracking his signal, he is located to the middle of Sorik's Cut and proceeds to battle the Guardians by teleporting to different positions. As he is about to be defeated the Baron makes a quick escape by activating his cloaking device and leaving behind a shadowy blue trail of [[Dark Ether]]. | |||
The Ghost tracks his position to [[Jetsam of Saturn]], where the Guardians eliminate the Rifleman, only to be mocked by him as it was a Decoy of him. After fighting through the Hive the Guardians retrieve the item dropped by his Decoy and learn that the Rifleman employs lightweight simulation tech to project his decoys. | |||
[[ | As more of his decoys fall at the hand of the Guardians, he mocks them by saying [[Uldren]] wants them dead and he will personally deliver their bodies to Uldren while keeping their Ghost. He further ridicules them by saying he will sell their Ghost to the [[Spider]] or mount it on his wall next to Cayde's fallen Ghost. The Guardians retaliate by with more damage to him, only for him to escape again and be cornered within the deepest caverns of the [[Hellrise Canyon]]. | ||
There he engages the Guardians in a full scale assault by summoning waves of Scorn and an army of his Decoys. His efforts to repel the Guardians would be in vain as they overcome his tricky and avenge the death of Cayde by killing him. | |||
==Personality== | ==Personality== | ||
Pirrha | Pirrha seems to look down on the Guardian, as well as Guardians as a whole (presumably due to having killed many of them), calling them things such as "target practice". He also seems to have quite an ego, as he frequently taunts the Guardian in what one could assume is an attempt to make them paranoid enough to leave the safety of cover, and continuously boasting about his kill count, Cayde-6 in particular; the Guardian's Ghost even remarks on how Cayde's Ghost was similar to him in demeanor. He also appears to see Ghosts as trophies, as he remarks on how he'll either sell the Ghost's shell to the Spider or keep it mounted on his wall, not unlike an actual hunter's behavior involving prey they have killed. | ||
Though a skilled hunter and assassin, Pirrha's overconfidence in his ability to kill the Guardian led to his death. | Though a skilled hunter and assassin, Pirrha's overconfidence in his ability to kill the Guardian led to his death. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
Pirrha's main weapon of choice is a [[Scorn Crossbow]], which fires powerful charged [[Void]] arrows from long range that can easily hit their mark; their high damage can crack a [[Guardian]]'s shield in an instant. When faced at closer ranges, he will teleport or smoke dash to evade and flank the player, and if cornered, he will stomp the ground to knock them back. His most devastating ability, however, is the use of solid-light decoys. The decoys can easily distract unprepared Guardians and overwhelm them with constant crossbow fire, although they are easily destroyed. If his use of numerous simultaneous decoys proves bothersome, one can deactivate them en masse with a few shots each from a high ammo capacity weapon capable of automatic fire, before focusing their firepower on Pirrha himself. | Pirrha's main weapon of choice is a [[Scorn Crossbow]], which fires powerful charged [[Void]] arrows from long range that can easily hit their mark; their high damage can crack a [[Guardian]]'s shield in an instant. When faced at closer ranges, he will teleport or smoke dash to evade and flank the player, and if cornered, he will stomp the ground to knock them back. His most devastating ability, however, is the use of solid-light decoys. The decoys can easily distract unprepared Guardians and overwhelm them with constant crossbow fire, although they are easily destroyed. If his use of numerous simultaneous decoys proves bothersome, one can deactivate them en masse with a few shots each from a high ammo capacity weapon capable of automatic fire, before focusing their firepower on Pirrha himself. | ||
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*"Go on, take out your Ghost. I need the target practice." | *"Go on, take out your Ghost. I need the target practice." | ||
*"Every shot I take adds another soldier to the Scorn army." | *"Every shot I take adds another soldier to the Scorn army." | ||
*" | *"Ah... Target practice." | ||
*" | *"You... missed... hahaha..." | ||
*"King Uldren wants you dead. [laughs]" | *"King Uldren wants you dead. [laughs]" | ||
*I bring him your | *I bring him your body... keep your Ghost. [laughs]" | ||
*Sell | *Sell it's shell to Spider. [laughs]" | ||
* | *...Or I mount your Ghost on my wall... next to Cayde's... [laughs]" | ||
* | *I... seeeee... you..." | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Pirrha is the fourth English-speaking [[Fallen]] observed in the ''[[Destiny]]'' series, behind [[Variks, the Loyal]], [[The Spider|the Spider]], and [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]]. | *Pirrha is the fourth English-speaking [[Fallen]] observed in the ''[[Destiny]]'' series, behind [[Variks, the Loyal]], [[The Spider|the Spider]], and [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]]. | ||
*He wears the pelt of a [[Cabal]] [[War Beast]], as well as its mask. | *He wears the pelt of a [[Cabal]] [[War Beast]], as well as its mask. | ||
*In the Forsaken-themed playing cards pre-order bonus, Pirrha is erroneously named as "Sekris, the Blind", however this name belongs to [[Sekris|another Fallen]]. | |||
**It’s possible that Sekris would've made an appearance as the rifleman, but the idea was scrapped. | |||
*Notably, Pirrha sounds much more human when compared to the other English-speaking [[Fallen]] or [[Scorn]]. | |||
*Pirrha and [[Yaviks, the Rider|Yaviks]] are the only Barons who can have a different death animation depending on what element was used to kill them, including kinetic. | *Pirrha and [[Yaviks, the Rider|Yaviks]] are the only Barons who can have a different death animation depending on what element was used to kill them, including kinetic. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery> | |||
File:Pirrha.jpg|Pirrha taking aim | |||
</gallery> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny 2 | *''[[Destiny 2]]'' | ||
**''[[ | **''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}} | ||
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