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'''Rat King''' is an | '''Rat King''' is an exotic kinetic [[sidearm]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]''. It's main perk is '''Rat Pack''', which causes the gun's power to increase when more players with Rat King are nearby. Rat King was acquired by completing the Exotic Quest [[Rat King's Crew]], which was unlocked after completing the [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] World Quest. Nowadays, it is obtained via the Monument to Lost Lights. | ||
==Lore== | ==Lore== | ||
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''' | '''We are small, but we are legion.''' | ||
The stories are passed from child to child, whispered in the streets and on the playground like any good legend. | The stories are passed from child to child, whispered in the streets and on the playground like any good legend. “Don't ever venture beyond the wall and sight of the Tower,” parents warn, citing these cautionary tales that speak of the boy's many deaths. Exposure. Hunger. Sickness. Cutthroats. Living nightmares. And on. And on. The children, however, have their own truths. To them, the boy never died. They call him the Rat King. The children believe he leads the forgotten among them out of the City on grand adventures. They say he and his misfit army saved the world. But children say many things, and the Vanguard maintains their official stance: there is no Rat King and his army never existed. That's what the elders believe. I choose to believe otherwise. | ||
==Perks== | ==Perks== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Rat King is named after an | *Rat King is named after an aprocyphal phenomenon called a [[wikipedia:Rat King|Rat King]] where several rats have their tails fused together. Mythologically it is treated as a single organism and an omen of bad luck, due to rats association with disease. | ||
*The initial lore description is also a reference to the Book of Mark (5:9) in the Bible. | *The initial lore description is also a reference to the Book of Mark (5:9) in the Bible. | ||
*[[Cayde-6]] refers to the legend of the rat king in his memoirs. [[Shiro-4]] would reportedly spin stories about how their deceased companion [[Lush]] had not in fact died but joined the Rat King in his world-saving quests.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Turn|The Man They Call Cayde - Turn]]''</ref> | *[[Cayde-6]] refers to the legend of the rat king in his memoirs. [[Shiro-4]] would reportedly spin stories about how their deceased companion [[Lush]] had not in fact died but joined the Rat King in his world-saving quests.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Turn|The Man They Call Cayde - Turn]]''</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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{{Exotic weapons | {{Exotic weapons D2}} | ||
[[Category:Weapons]] | [[Category:Weapons]] | ||
