Editing Zulmak, Instrument of Torment

|species= [[Hive]]/[[Nightmare]] {{c|Hybrid}}

|weapon= {{icon|Solar}} Flame [[Cleaver]]

|ability= Temporary Immunity <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Summon Hive <br> Summon [[Accursed Swordbearer]]s <br> {{icon|Kinetic}} Ground Slam <br> {{icon|Solar}} Fire Blast <br> {{icon|Solar}} Slashed Flame Wall <br> {{icon|Solar}} Burn <br> Crystal Wipe   

'''Zulmak, Instrument of Torment''' is a very powerful [[Hive]] [[Knight]] and a former contender for the Osmium Throne, having been reanimated into a [[Nightmare]] hybrid by the Daughters of [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]] to serve as their puppet champion. He is encountered as the final boss of [[Pit of Heresy]] [[dungeon]].

Zulmak became a rising champion within the Pit beneath what would become the [[Scarlet Keep]], aspiring to take the Osmium Throne through his own [[Sword Logic]]. Zulmak's quest to [[Ascendant Hive|ascend]] as the newest Hive [[Prince]] pitted him against multiple other Hive combatants in the Pit; many that challenged him in gladiator-style combat and were met with overwhelming slaughter.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#III: Ritualistic Circle Pit|III: Ritualistic Circle Pit]]''</ref> His triumphs were only met with disappointment from the daughters of [[Crota]], who saw him as a threat to their [[Oryx, the Taken King|grandfather's]] legacy.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#X: Faith in Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref>

After winning his third streak within the Pits, he was bifurcated and killed by the [[Deathsinger]] [[Ir Airâm, Deathsinger|Azavath]], whose body became possessed by her enraged [[Knight]] brother [[Akrazul]] in desecration of the Sword-Logic itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI: The Anti-Logic|XI: The Anti-Logic]]''</ref> With his body in its final grasps, Zulmak was met with  whispers of the [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Witch-Queen]] herself, who proceeded to take his dying essence from his broken body and gifted it to her grand-nieces to be raised as a champion bound to their will.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI.X: Apocrypha|XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref>

{{Quote|It was Kinox who urged her sisters to act. It was Hashladûn who offered the primordial essence of terror as their guide. And it was Besurith and Voshyr who gathered the husk of a shattered champion—a ravager to stand against all who would oppose their rule. A new breed of destroyer.|Lore text from [[Heretic]].}}<ref name= Heretic>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - Item Description: [[Heretic#Lore|Heretic]]''</ref>

When the [[Lunar Pyramid]] became active and the [[Nightmares]] unleashed, [[Kinox]] urged her sisters to rally the leaderless [[Hidden Swarm]] by reanimating the essence of Zulmak with forbidden magic as their puppet champion. His corpse was recovered by [[Besurith]] and [[Voshyr]], with [[Hashladûn]] offering the phantasmal essence of the [[Nightmare]]s as a catalyst to infuse into it, creating the first hybrid of a Hive infused with the power of the Nightmares.<ref name= Heretic/>

With the deaths of Hashladûn and Besurith at the hands of the [[Guardian]]s, the remaining daughters went into hiding in the Pit beneath the Scarlet Keep. Out of fear and desperation, the Hive began [[Altars of Sorrow|sacrificing]] Nightmares en masse and harvesting their dark energy into crystals for a ritual to commune with [[The Witness]]. Their actions created seismic activity, however, which drew Eris Morn's attention towards the Pit, prompting her to send a fireteam to investigate.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hev8IF4neTw The Deepening Wake]''</ref>

At the [[Cradle of Damnation]] deep in the Pit, the Guardians confronted the reanimated Zulmak, strengthened and protected by the [[Darkness]] within the nearby crystal. Zulmak and his champions, the [[Accursed Swordbearer]]s and the [[Oracle of the Broken Blade|Disciples of]] [[Omen of the Broken Blade|the Broken]] [[Might of the Broken Blade|Blade]], would clash with the Guardians alongside hordes of the Swarm, but would eventually perish at the hands of the fireteam, who killed him and thwarted the Hive's ritual.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Pit of Heresy]]''</ref> Eris Morn, however, would remain wary that the Hive would attempt the same ritual again in the future.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=genP9gQOaL0 Lingering Torment]''</ref>

==Appearance==

*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'' {{1st}}