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|variant= Taken | |variant= Taken | ||
|othernames= Knight Champion of Death <br> Instrument of War <br> Taken by War <br> Chiseled by Loss | |othernames= Knight Champion of Death <br> Instrument of War <br> Taken by War <br> Chiseled by Loss | ||
|image=[[File: | |image=[[File:KelgorathVestige.jpg|300px]] | ||
|species= [[Hive]] | |species= [[Hive]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Taken]] | ||
|gender= Male | |gender= Male | ||
|eyes= Green | |eyes= Green {{c|formerly}} <br> Blue | ||
|affiliation= [[Hidden Swarm]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[Wrathborn]] | |affiliation= [[Hidden Swarm]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[Wrathborn]] | ||
|rank= [[Ultra]] | |rank= [[Ascendant Hive]] <br> [[Ultra]] | ||
|class= [[Knight]] | |class= [[Knight]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Darkblade]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Taken Knight]] | ||
|notable= [[Ascendant Hive|Ascendant]] Champion of [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]] | |notable= [[Ascendant Hive|Ascendant]] Champion of [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|ability= Summon [[Taken]] <br> Summon [[Taken Shield Weaver]] <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Immunity Shield | |ability= Summon [[Taken]] <br> Summon [[Taken Shield Weaver]] <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Immunity Shield | ||
}} | }} | ||
|title3= | |title3= Coronation | ||
|content3= | |content3= | ||
{{Boss infobox | {{Boss infobox | ||
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|title6= Taken | |title6= Taken | ||
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{{ | {{Taken infobox | ||
|name= Kelgorath, Taken from Bones | |name= Kelgorath, Taken from Bones | ||
|image= [[File:TakenKelgorathInfo.jpg|300px]] | |image= [[File:TakenKelgorathInfo.jpg|300px]] | ||
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|weapon= {{icon|Void}} [[Boomer|Taken Boomer]] | |weapon= {{icon|Void}} [[Boomer|Taken Boomer]] | ||
|ability= Summon Taken <br> Summon [[Blight]]s <br> Immunity Shield <br> Blight Shield Link <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> {{icon|Kinetic}} Melee <br> {{icon|Solar}} Taken Burn <br> {{icon|Void}} Retaliation Swarm | |ability= Summon Taken <br> Summon [[Blight]]s <br> Immunity Shield <br> Blight Shield Link <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> {{icon|Kinetic}} Melee <br> {{icon|Solar}} Taken Burn <br> {{icon|Void}} Retaliation Swarm | ||
}} | |||
|title7= Vestige | |||
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{{Taken infobox | |||
|name= Kelgorath, Vestige of Failure | |||
|image= [[File:KelgorathVestige.jpg|300px]] | |||
|species= [[Taken]] | |||
|faction= | |||
|rank= [[Ultra]] | |||
|class= [[Taken Knight]] | |||
|mission= [[Overthrow]]: [[The Impasse]] | |||
|weapon= {{icon|Void}} Taken [[Boomer]] | |||
|ability= {{icon|Solar}} Taken Burn <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Teleportation <br> {{icon|Kinetic}} Hive Melee | |||
}} | }} | ||
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In another tale, Kelgorath hunted an [[Awoken]] [[Techeun]] through the [[Ley Lines]] for three days. The fearful Techeun radiated a stench of fear that allowed the Knight to track her down and corner her. In desperation, the Techeun collapsed the [[Ascendant Plane]] onto him through her magic which resulted in his death. Kelgorath re-emerged in his next life with newfound determination to not be fooled again by her trick. When he confronted the Techeun a final time, the Awoken Witch mocked the Knight by saying he still bore the scarlet flecks on his chitin flesh and belittled him for abandoning his Witch Queen so quickly. Kelgorath, angered by her words, ripped off the crystal implanted on the Techeun's forehead and added it to his collection of war trophies.<ref name="Risen"/> | In another tale, Kelgorath hunted an [[Awoken]] [[Techeun]] through the [[Ley Lines]] for three days. The fearful Techeun radiated a stench of fear that allowed the Knight to track her down and corner her. In desperation, the Techeun collapsed the [[Ascendant Plane]] onto him through her magic which resulted in his death. Kelgorath re-emerged in his next life with newfound determination to not be fooled again by her trick. When he confronted the Techeun a final time, the Awoken Witch mocked the Knight by saying he still bore the scarlet flecks on his chitin flesh and belittled him for abandoning his Witch Queen so quickly. Kelgorath, angered by her words, ripped off the crystal implanted on the Techeun's forehead and added it to his collection of war trophies.<ref name="Risen"/> | ||
He then gathered these ornaments of conquests and built a shrine; deep within the Ascendant Plane, from the bones of his foes to direct his tribute and worship to Xivu Arath. As [[Soulfire]] vanished from the ground, Kelgorath placed his head against his shrine and smudged a bloodied sigil of his new Hive God to show his devotion to war. The sky around him began to churn as Kelgorath inhaled the first breath of his new life. As he prepared to face his adversary, he glanced at the trinkets of his conquests and recollected his journey from killing the Guardian and Techeun to renouncing the Witch Queen. Still determined to eliminate any traces of the heretic sister, Kelgorath wanted to make an example of his adversary, [[Hurdru]], as they still showed loyalty towards Savathûn. Through battle, he would confirm his allegiance to Xivu Arath and through blood, he would don her image of war and be one step closer to erasing Savathûn.<ref name="Risen"/> | He then gathered these ornaments of conquests and built a shrine; deep within the Ascendant Plane, from the bones of his foes to direct his tribute and worship to Xivu Arath. As [[Soulfire]] vanished from the ground, Kelgorath placed his head against his shrine and smudged a bloodied sigil of his new Hive God to show his devotion to war. The sky around him began to churn as Kelgorath inhaled the first breath of his new life. As he prepared to face his adversary, he glanced at the trinkets of his conquests and recollected his journey from killing the Guardian and Techeun to renouncing the Witch Queen. Still determined to eliminate any traces of the heretic sister, Kelgorath wanted to make an example of his adversary, [[Hurdru]], as they still showed loyalty towards Savathûn. Through battle, he would confirm his allegiance to Xivu Arath and through blood, he would don her image of war and be one step closer to erasing Savathûn, raising himself from the corpse of his adversary as the '''Risen from Bones'''.<ref name="Risen"/> | ||
===Hunting the Witch Queen=== | ===Hunting the Witch Queen=== | ||
After pledging his loyalty as a servant of the God of War, Kelgorath led a raid on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] after it had been absorbed by the Witness' power. Commanding a legion of Acolytes and | [[File:Kelgorath1.jpg|300px|thumb|Kelgorath's first battle against the Guardian.]] | ||
After pledging his loyalty as a servant of the God of War, Kelgorath led a raid on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] after it had been absorbed by the Witness' power. Commanding a legion of Acolytes and Thrall, he slaughtered the remaining forces of [[Savathûn's Brood]] on the moon. Afterwards, he would offer the new conquest to Xivu Arath, using a ritual in which several Acolytes sacrifice themselves to invoke the God of War. She would accept her new servant and, as a reward, brought back to life [[Kudazad, Binder of Savathûn]], a Wizard of Savathûn whose skull had been left adrift in the waves of Titan and used in the ritual.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], Item Description: [[A Distant Pull]]''</ref> | |||
When the Hive learned of Savathûn's ambition to remove her [[Worm]], Xivu Arath ordered Kelgorath to pursue her heretic sister through the [[Dreaming City]]. [[The Guardian]] was also in pursuit of Savathûn for other reasons and entered the Ascendant Plane to bypass the Hive barricades, however, [[Crow]] informed them a Wrathborn was nearby. Kelgorath emerged from an [[Ascendant Portal]] and dueled against his new adversary with his Hive [[Cleaver]]. As the Guardian inflicted damage against Kelgorath, he gained an immunity shield thanks to [[Taken Shield Weaver]]s. The Guardian turned the tide by defeating the Wizards and Kelgorath.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Mission]]: [[Cocoon]]''</ref> | When the Hive learned of Savathûn's ambition to remove her [[Worm]], Xivu Arath ordered Kelgorath to pursue her heretic sister through the [[Dreaming City]]. [[The Guardian]] was also in pursuit of Savathûn for other reasons and entered the Ascendant Plane to bypass the Hive barricades, however, [[Crow]] informed them a Wrathborn was nearby. Kelgorath emerged from an [[Ascendant Portal]] and dueled against his new adversary with his Hive [[Cleaver]]. As the Guardian inflicted damage against Kelgorath, he gained an immunity shield thanks to [[Taken Shield Weaver]]s. The Guardian turned the tide by defeating the Wizards and Kelgorath.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Mission]]: [[Cocoon]]''</ref> | ||
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===Exorcism=== | ===Exorcism=== | ||
[[File:Kelgorath18.jpg|300px|thumb|Kelgorath's assault against the ritual spire.]] | |||
Months after this, on the day of the ritual to exorcise Savathûn's Worm, Xivu Arath deployed Kelgorath, who had once again risen from death, to the Dreaming City alongside her brood in a final effort to capture her sister. Mara, who had anticipated an attack, called upon the Guardians to fend off the God of War's forces.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojmPzD2-jos The Queen's Summons]''</ref> After [[Kruutiks, Reefbane|Kruutiks]] and [[Kholks, Taken of Xivu Arath|Kholks]] had been laid low, Xivu Arath, in an act of desperation, ordered her Wrathborn champion to attack the Ritual Spire and prevent the exorcism at all costs. Now donning new armor and wielding a [[Boomer]], Kelgorath entered the Spire through the Ascendant Plane and battled the Guardians, alongside hordes of Hive reinforcements. He would even summon large masses of [[Taken]] energy in order to wipe out his enemies. However, this would all be in vain as he could not match the power of the Lightbearers and would be once again defeated.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Mission]]: [[Exorcism]]''</ref> | Months after this, on the day of the ritual to exorcise Savathûn's Worm, Xivu Arath deployed Kelgorath, who had once again risen from death, to the Dreaming City alongside her brood in a final effort to capture her sister. Mara, who had anticipated an attack, called upon the Guardians to fend off the God of War's forces.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojmPzD2-jos The Queen's Summons]''</ref> After [[Kruutiks, Reefbane|Kruutiks]] and [[Kholks, Taken of Xivu Arath|Kholks]] had been laid low, Xivu Arath, in an act of desperation, ordered her Wrathborn champion to attack the Ritual Spire and prevent the exorcism at all costs. Now donning new armor and wielding a [[Boomer]], Kelgorath entered the Spire through the Ascendant Plane and battled the Guardians, alongside hordes of Hive reinforcements. He would even summon large masses of [[Taken]] energy in order to wipe out his enemies. However, this would all be in vain as he could not match the power of the Lightbearers and would be once again defeated.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Mission]]: [[Exorcism]]''</ref> | ||
===Darkblade of War=== | ===Darkblade of War=== | ||
[[File:S19-kelgorath-guardians.jpg|300px|thumb|Kelgorath's attempt to lay siege to Mars]] | |||
{{Quote|CLAIM MARS; POSSESS THE WARMIND|Xivu Arath.}} | {{Quote|CLAIM MARS; POSSESS THE WARMIND|Xivu Arath.}} | ||
After his failings at the [[Dreaming City]], Kelgorath would face judgment from Xivu Arath's soulfire projection at an invocation ceremony on [[Mars]]. An ornately adorned [[Wizard]] presided over the communal ceremony as they offered up his broken blade upon a ritual altar having failed the Knight multiple times. Despite his failure to prevent the exorcism or the Witch Queen's escape, Xivu Arath still found Kelgorath of use to her; enough to have his Cleaver reforged into a giant [[Hive Axe]] and giving him the title of '''[[Darkblade]]'''. For his first task given his new position, Xivu orders the Darkblade Knight to claim Mars and possess the [[Warmind]]'s network.<ref name="JoK">'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - Item Description: [[Judgement of Kelgorath]]''</ref> | After his failings at the [[Dreaming City]], Kelgorath would face judgment from Xivu Arath's soulfire projection at an invocation ceremony on [[Mars]]. An ornately adorned [[Wizard]] presided over the communal ceremony as they offered up his broken blade upon a ritual altar having failed the Knight multiple times. Despite his failure to prevent the exorcism or the Witch Queen's escape, Xivu Arath still found Kelgorath of use to her; enough to have his Cleaver reforged into a giant [[Hive Axe]] and giving him the title of '''[[Darkblade]]'''. For his first task given his new position, Xivu orders the Darkblade Knight to claim Mars and possess the [[Warmind]]'s network.<ref name="JoK">'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - Item Description: [[Judgement of Kelgorath]]''</ref> | ||
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===Taken by War=== | ===Taken by War=== | ||
[[File:Kelgorath22.png|300px|thumb|Taken from Bones stalks his victims on Titan.]] | |||
{{Quote|KELGORATH! TAKEN FROM BONES, CHISELED BY LOSS... RISE... A TEST OF METTLE!|Xivu Arath.}} | {{Quote|KELGORATH! TAKEN FROM BONES, CHISELED BY LOSS... RISE... A TEST OF METTLE!|Xivu Arath.}} | ||
Following another humiliation at the hands of the Guardians, Kelgorath brought himself to a broken court of the High Celebrant where he would be taunted by the wizard, [[Rakthrin, War-Council]], a member of Xivu Arath's War-Council. Remembering how he once served the Witch Queen, Rakthrin mocked him on how he could've found greatness had he still served the Witch Queen even as she turned over to the Light which angered Kelgorath who refused, wishing to continue his service to Xivu Arath with renewed vigor. Pleased with this, Rakthrin used her magic to crack the court's altar, revealing an emerald sliver of a blade, a piece of the Taken King's very own sword [[Cleaver#Willbreaker|Willbreaker]]. Transfixed on the blade shard, Kelgorath agreed to Rakthrin's union, thereby allowing himself to be Taken, earning the new title '''Taken from Bones'''.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], Item Description: [[Thin Precipice]]''</ref> | Following another humiliation at the hands of the Guardians, Kelgorath brought himself to a broken court of the High Celebrant where he would be taunted by the wizard, [[Rakthrin, War-Council]], a member of Xivu Arath's War-Council. Remembering how he once served the Witch Queen, Rakthrin mocked him on how he could've found greatness had he still served the Witch Queen even as she turned over to the Light which angered Kelgorath who refused, wishing to continue his service to Xivu Arath with renewed vigor. Pleased with this, Rakthrin used her magic to crack the court's altar, revealing an emerald sliver of a blade, a piece of the Taken King's very own sword [[Cleaver#Willbreaker|Willbreaker]]. Transfixed on the blade shard, Kelgorath agreed to Rakthrin's union, thereby allowing himself to be Taken, earning the new title '''Taken from Bones'''.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], Item Description: [[Thin Precipice]]''</ref> | ||
With his new form and power, Kelgorath would be sent by Xivu Arath to corrupt the [[egregore]] coral the Guardians are seeking to collect for their ongoing mission in helping Deputy Commander [[Sloane]] in strengthening her connection to the proto-[[worm]] [[Ahsa]]. During Operation Fulgurite, the Taken Kelgorath would stalk Sloane as the fireteam worked to collect the coral, but she fought him off; leading him to eventually confront the Guardians once more. Despite Kelgorath's persistence, power and being encouraged by Xivu Arath herself, the Guardians prevailed, slaying the Taken Knight once more and allowing them to collect the egregore coral.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], [[Operation Fulgurite (Abyss)]]''</ref> | With his new form and power, Kelgorath would be sent by Xivu Arath to corrupt the [[egregore]] coral the Guardians are seeking to collect for their ongoing mission in helping Deputy Commander [[Sloane]] in strengthening her connection to the proto-[[worm]] [[Ahsa]]. During Operation Fulgurite, the Taken Kelgorath would stalk Sloane as the fireteam worked to collect the coral, but she fought him off; leading him to eventually confront the Guardians once more. Despite Kelgorath's persistence, power and being encouraged by Xivu Arath herself, the Guardians prevailed, slaying the Taken Knight once more and allowing them to collect the egregore coral.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], [[Operation Fulgurite (Abyss)]]''</ref> | ||
===Vestige of Failure=== | |||
Kelgorath would rise once again in service to the forces of the Taken as '''Kelgorath, Vestige of Failure''' in the [[The Pale Heart|Pale Heart]] of the [[The Traveler|Traveler]]. He would be encountered by Guardians who were seeking to purge the corruption brought upon by the Witness within the [[The Impasse|Impasse]]. Even with this forces and shielded [[Taken Thrall]], Kelgorath would fall once again to the Guardians. | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Kelgorath is the | *Kelgorath is the second reoccurring fightable villain in the series. Reappearing for a total of five separate fights. | ||
**This is only equaled by [[Taniks, the Scarred]], if his [[Nightmare of Taniks, the Scarred|Nightmare]] is counted. | **This is only equaled by [[Taniks, the Scarred]], if his [[Nightmare of Taniks, the Scarred|Nightmare]] is counted with [[Randal, the Vandal]] holding the most reappearances. | ||
*Compared to other Wrathborn, that are mentally stripped to become empty vessels for Xivu's will, Kelgorath is still able to independently think and speak. While this is more commonly seen in his appearances in Season of the Seraph and Deep, he was seen to speak in a ritual on the abducted Titan which took place presumably not long after becoming a Wrathborn. | *Compared to other Wrathborn, that are mentally stripped to become empty vessels for Xivu's will, Kelgorath is still able to independently think and speak. While this is more commonly seen in his appearances in Season of the Seraph and lore in Season of the Deep, he was seen to speak in a ritual on the abducted Titan which took place presumably not long after becoming a Wrathborn. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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'''A Hollow Coronation''' | '''A Hollow Coronation''' | ||
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'''Heist Battlegrounds''' | |||
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'''Deep Dive''' | |||
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**''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | **''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Deep]]'' | **''[[Season of the Deep]]'' | ||
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||