Editing Rahool

|species= [[Human]]

|race= [[Awoken]]

|affiliation= [[The City]] <br> [[Cryptarch]]y <br> [[Vanguard]]

 

'''Master Rahool''' is an [[Awoken]] [[Cryptarch]] found at the [[Tower]]'s main plaza.<ref name = "DDD">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbWOZoMZSUQ '''DattoDoesDestiny''': ''Destiny Alpha Gameplay! Exploring: The Tower'']</ref> Rahool will decode any [[Engram]]s that the player has for free. In ''[[Destiny]]'', he will also offer to exchange a number of legendary engrams for [[Legendary Marks]].

Rahool briefed a [[The Guardian|Guardian]] during their mission to the [[Moon]] to destroy the sword of [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]]. He explained to them how the sword drained the [[Light]] from the Guardians it killed, and that the sword was guarded by the [[Swarm Princes]] in the [[Hive]]'s fortress.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Missions|Mission]]: [[The Sword of Crota]]''</ref> After the Guardian succeeded in killing the Princes and destroying the sword, Rahool congratulated them and noted that while many believed Crota would one day awaken and more weapons would be forged in his name, he believed that the destruction of the Hive Prince's sword brought humanity one step closer to reclaiming the Moon and defeating the Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Story: Moon, Ocean of Storms#The Sword of Crota|The Sword of Crota]]''</ref>

When that same Guardian destroyed a [[Shrine of Oryx]] on the Moon, Rahool contacted him and noted that the exiled Warlock [[Vanguard]] [[Osiris]] had spoken of and feared the Hive god called [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] and that his agents hunted for the shrines. He speculated that if Osiris still lived, he would know of the Guardian's heroic deed.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Story: Moon, Ocean of Storms#Shrine of Oryx|Shrine of Oryx]]''</ref>

After the Guardian killed a [[Cyclops]] and analyzed its mind core at a research station in the [[Ishtar Academy]] on [[Venus]], they brought the data to Rahool for decryption. Rahool examined the [[Vex]] code and provided the Guardian with the information they needed to summon a [[Gate Lord]]. He asked the Guardian to return with other "amusing puzzles" in the future if they survived their fight.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Missions|Mission]]: [[Ishtar Collective (mission)]]''</ref>

Rahool soon requested that the Guardian secure the Ishtar Academy's archives and prevent the [[Fallen]] from looting it, as it contained the work of some of the [[Golden Age]]'s greatest minds and the Cryptarchs wished to study the data within.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Missions|Mission]]: [[The Archive]]''</ref> The Guardian succeeded in driving the [[House of Winter]] from the Academy's archives and their Ghost downloaded its contents for the Cryptarchs to study. Rahool was overjoyed by the information provided to them, especially about the Vex and the [[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]], and he hoped to use this newfound knowledge to finally crack the Vault's secrets.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Story: Venus, Ishtar Sink#The Archive|The Archive]]''</ref>

Upon learning that the Guardian had breached the [[Cabal]]'s [[Exclusion Zone]] on [[Mars]], Rahool requested that they travel to [[Freehold]] and explore the ruins of [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]'s offices there. As they journeyed to Mars, Rahool contacted them and explained that the Cryptarchy had wanted to gain access to Freehold's secrets for years and begged them to prevent the Cabal from destroying any of its technological wonders.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Missions|Mission]]: [[The Buried City (mission)|The Buried City]]''</ref> While the Guardian prevented the Cabal from gaining access to technology there, the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]] took control of the machines there and locked out the Vanguard and Cabal from accessing them. Rahool was pleased the Cabal were stopped, but disappointed that Rasputin was not sharing the information within. Despite that setback, he remained optimistic about the other technology within Clovis Bray that humanity could access once more and hoped it signified the dawn of a new age for the City.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Story: Mars, Meridian Bay#The Buried City|The Buried City]]''</ref>

Upon learning of Queen [[Mara Sov]]'s supposed demise during the [[Battle of Saturn]] at the onset of the [[Taken War]], Rahool decided to use the instability the Reef was experiencing as an opportunity to open new lines of communication between the City's cryptarchy and the Reef's. He wrote a letter to [[Master Ives]] expressing his condolences for the loss of Mara, but then informed Ives that he and the other City cryptarchs had been withholding knowledge about the history of Earth and its colonies, along with other sensitive secrets about the origins of the Awoken and others like them, from the Reef due to their fears of what the Queen would have done with that information. He suggested that with the Queen gone, they would be willing to share that knowledge for the Reef's own secrets and the promise of working together in future studies.<ref name="OEATR">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Of Earth and the Reef|Of Earth and the Reef]]''</ref>

===A New Golden Age?===

A year after the end of the Red War, Rahool watched discreetly as Paladin [[Kamala Rior]] of the [[Reef]] pleaded with Guardians in the Tower plaza to provide aid to the Awoken in the bid to retake the [[Dreaming City]] from the Taken.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Abide the Return]]''</ref> During the [[Festival of the Lost]], Rahool learned from [[Amanda Holliday]] that Master Ives had been murdered in the Reef by the [[Fallen]]. Despite the animosity between them, Rahool grieved for his fellow cryptarch and helped Amanda and the Young Wolf find leads that led to the location of Ives murderer, a [[Captain]] of the [[House of Dusk]] named [[Kikliss, Murderer|Kikliss]].<ref name="TLC">'''Bungie (2018/10/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Festival of the Lost#Year Two 2|Festial of the Lost]], [[The Lost Cryptarch]]''</ref>

 

 

 

 

 

*''"Ahh, good to get out amongst the people again… what on earth IS that!?"''

*"A Wind Age, a Wolf Age" is drawn directly from the ''Völuspá'', specifically verse 45, concerning [[wikipedia:Ragnarök|Ragnarök's]] aftermath. The terms were also used in [[Bungie]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:Myth (video game series)|Myth]]'' series.

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