Kell's Scourge: Difference between revisions

|nobility= [[Siviks, Lost to None]]

|servitors= [[INSURRECTION PRIME, Kell's Scourge]] <br> [[Ablazed Glory, Kell's Scourge]] <br> [[Zevious-3, Forge Warden]]

|lair= [[Last City|The Last City]] <br> [[Tangled Shore]] <br> [[European Dead Zone]] <br> [[Arcadian Valley]]

|war= [[Vanguard]] <br> [[Black Armory]] <br> [[Reef|The Reef]] <br> [[House of Spider]]

|encountered= [[Battle of the Forges]] <br> [[Scourge of the Past]] <br> [[Niobe Labs]]

{{Quote|You… as bad as all Fallen! Worse, even! A friend even to humans… All must die!|Siviks to the [[The Spider|Spider]]}}<ref name="Anarchy">'''Bungie (2018/12/7)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - Item Description: [[Anarchy#Lore|Anarchy]]''</ref>  

The '''Kell's Scourge''' was a crime syndicate of anarchist [[Fallen]] led by [[Siviks, Lost to None]], the deranged brother of the [[Spider]]. They are hellbent on sowing chaos wherever they go and actively seek to use the technology of the [[Black Armory]] to gain power and control. They would later be subsumed into the ranks of the [[House of Salvation]] where some of their [[Brig|technology]] would be used.  

Prior to the events of ''[[Forsaken]]'', Siviks was captured and imprisoned by his brother. Over time the brothers drifted in ideology and eventually, Sivik's trouble-making pushed The Spider to send him to the [[Prison of Elders]]. Eventually, he would make his escape during the [[Hunt for the Scorn|mass breakout]] of the prison and formed the Kell's Scourge as a rival syndicate to his brother's.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/7)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/the-new-syndicates-identity The New Syndicate's Identity]''</ref><ref name="Anarchy"/>

 

 

When rumors began spreading in Guardian circles about Eliksni-manufactured Black Armory weaponry, [[Ada-1]] immediately enlists The Guardian in recovering the technology. Suddenly taking notice of his growing competition in the Tangled Shore, The Spider had Guardians scavenge the local Fallen for information regarding Siviks' newly-discovered syndicate and tasks them to put his brother down.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[The Spider]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuCwEqplEIM|"Siviks- 'lost to none.' My... impudent brother. And the Black Armory's assailant. It seems even a stint in the Prison of Elders did little to help my brother understand the concept of consequences. A harsher lesson might be in order. And, friend? Don't hold back."]''</ref>

Attempts at tracking Siviks and his tainted Black Armory caches across the European Dead Zone lead to a delivery note yielding the Scourge's [[The Conflux|hideout]] on Nessus. There, the Guardian disrupted an exchange between Siviks and [[Telksis the Pillager, Kell's Scourge|Telksis the Pillager]], killing the latter and recovering the caches before going on to secure the Gofannon Forge from a powerful High Servitor, [[Serekis-9, Kell's Scourge|Serekis-9]].<ref> '''Bungie (2018/1/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Scourge of the Armory]]''</ref><ref> '''Bungie (2018/1/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Origin: Nessus]]''</ref>

With huge portions of the [[The Last City|Last City's]] Botza District in ruins and still recovering from the [[Red War]], the Kell's Scourge infiltrated and located the Black Armory's lost [[Vault Ebisu]]. There they created their [[Prime Servitor]], [[INSURRECTION PRIME, Kell's Scourge|INSURRECTION PRIME]], a gargantuan war mech utilizing the vault's stolen phase technology. In retaliation, Ada-1 and the [[Vanguard]] issued a six-manned [[raid]] into the Botza District to secure the vault at all costs. Six guardians successfully battled their way through Scourge territory and fought the syndicate's war mech guarding Vault Ebisu. Whilst Insurrection Prime was destroyed, it wasn't before the Kell's Scourge stole invaluable pages from the private log of the Armory's founder, [[Henriette Meyrin]]. Guardians were tasked to retrieve these documents from Fallen enemies and return them to Meyrin's heir, Ada-1.<ref> '''Bungie (2018/12/7)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Scourge of the Past]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Ada-1]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPEwPOigCHQ|"For centuries, Guardians have been barred from our history. Today, they changed that – and secured our most important artifacts. The Black Armory papers – the soul of our organization. These books belonged to our founder. They were her personal journals. Siviks desecrated them… Tore many of the pages from their bindings. They must be recovered if we're to know what he's after."]''</ref>

In a final bid to gain an edge over the Guardians and their competition, Siviks sought the secrets of [[Obsidian Accelerator|Project Niobe]], an initiative to develop and produce enhanced Black Armory prototypes. Following clues to its whereabouts in the stolen pages of Meyrin's journal, Siviks lead the Kell's Scourge to take over the restricted [[Niobe Labs]], attaining control of its security protocols and the Bergusia Forge hidden within. Unfortunately, their victory was short-lived with the arrival of the Guardians. Thwarting their efforts to secure the forge, the Guardians fought their way into the labs and defeated the Scourge-controlled security, causing Siviks to retreat.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/1/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Niobe's Torment]]''</ref>

Siviks was ultimately killed in a final standoff against The [[Guardian]]. The Niobe Lab's last remaining secrets and technology were reclaimed, leaving the Kell's Scourge leaderless and utterly crippled.<ref> '''Bungie (2018/1/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Lock and Key]]''</ref>

A few years after their assault on the Last City and the death of their leader, remnants of the Kell's Scourge would pledge their allegiance to [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]] and her [[House of Salvation]]. Using their technology, House Salvation were able to mass produce weaker versions of Insurrection Prime named [[Brig]]s. Larger variants were also constructed known as Commodores, despite their similar scale they still lacked the dangerous Black Armory technology Insurrection Prime wielded.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[The Warrior]]''</ref>

The Kell's Scourge is similar to the [[House of Spider]] despite their animosity, with both groups being criminal syndicates working for tyrannical leaders looking out for their own interests. Despite the hierarchical similarities, the Scourge have considerably more advanced technology, developing a new type of [[Brig|war machine]], shields and weaponry with the [[Black Armory]]'s ancient knowledge. With only a [[Berserker, Kell's Scourge|handful]] of Eliksni fully equipped with Black Armory-enhanced tech, the rank-and-file members are mostly [[House of Dusk]] deserters and Prison of Elders convicts who have rallied to their cause. The Syndicate, as observed by their servitors and likely a product of Siviks' cowardice and haste, exhibits patchwork designs with their servitors which is odd considering the Scourge's technological prowess - especially in that of Insurrection Prime.

*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]]'' {{1st}}