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|notable-group=[[House of Devils]] <br> [[House of Dusk]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] <br/> [[House of Exile]] <br> [[House of Scar]] <br> [[House of Judgment]] <br> [[House of Kings]] <br> [[House of Light]] <br> [[House of Winter]] <br> [[House of Wolves]] <br> {{dot}} [[Silent Fang]] <br> [[Scorn]] <br> [[Splicers]] <br> [[House of Spider]] <br> [[Kell's Scourge]]

The '''Fallen''', known in their language as the '''Eliksni''', are an insectoid alien species, infamous for being notorious scavengers and raiders. The Fallen are remnants of a mighty civilization from the planet of [[Riis]] that had been flourishing under the [[The Traveler|Traveler]]'s grace until [[The Witness|the Witness]] and its [[Black Fleet]] caused an apocalyptic event called the [[Whirlwind]], much akin to humanity's [[Golden Age]] and [[Collapse]]. The Traveler fled, leaving the survivors behind, but after many centuries, the Fallen found her once again in the [[Sol System]]. Seeking to reclaim their glory, the Eliksni decided to explore the newly discovered Solar System and start a war against humanity in an attempt to retake control of the "Great Machine".<ref name="GFF3">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> Roving Fallen bands scavenge whatever technology and weapons they can find and rally under the banners of various warring Houses and crime syndicates.  

The Fallen are a nomadic race of pirates and scavengers descended from a once-great civilization. This is evidenced by their social organization into various Houses by the manner of meritocratic nobility, the banners and flags of which are still flown like heraldry.<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/16/the-enemies-of-destiny.aspx?PostPageIndex=1 '''Game Informer: The Enemies of Destiny''']</ref> The Fallen search the stars for artifacts of their lost civilization.<ref>[http://instagram.com/p/pHQWjFFXHT/ '''Instagram''' - ''Destiny the Game'']</ref> They first arrived in the [[Solar System]] after the Collapse, arriving in their massive [[Ketch]]es to loot and pillage humanity's former worlds, leaving grief and wreckage in their wake.<ref name = "GrimoireFallen">'''Bungie (2014/6/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Alpha, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#The Fallen|The Fallen]]''</ref>

The Fallen are antagonistic toward the [[Cabal]], [[Taken]], [[Hive]], and [[Vex]], and are known to be in conflict with the latter two over territory and technology. They have ordinarily avoided the Cabal until the [[Taken War]], when the [[House of Wolves]] attempted to make their new home on Mars using abandoned Cabal bases. They lack any type of established stronghold such as the [[Citadel]] or the [[Hellmouth]], instead preferring to squat in ruins or inside their ketches, going from place to place in search of a potential home.<ref name="Destiny">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>

{{Quote|Where is the [[The Traveler|Great Machine]]? Where is the Great Machine?|[[Chelchis, Kell of Stone]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [[Doom of Chelchis]]''</ref>}} [[file:Fallenhomeworld.jpg|thumb|220px|Riis, Fallen homeland]]

The Fallen's name for their own race is "Eliksni".<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Variks, the Loyal]]: [[Variks,_the_Loyal#Vestian_Outpost_quotes|"Fallen, you call us. But we are Eliksni."]]''</ref> They were once graced by the Traveler, which they named the "Great Machine", and were presumably uplifted by its gifts in the same manner as humanity. Their ubiquitous cloaking technology was originally designed as toys for children. The Eliksni made during their Golden Age twice the advancement in space exploration than Humanity.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Variks, the Loyal]]: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/talk-to-petra-9 "Silent Fang. Trained assassins, sheathed in technology of old. Once my people were capable of many things, great things. Now we use simple optics, toys for hatchlings, as weapons of war."]''</ref> During this time, they came to control multiple star systems<ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[April Update]] - [[Variks, the Loyal]]:  [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/last-battle "Eliksni once ruled many stars. Now we fight for one not our own."]''</ref> until an event known as the Edge Wars brought infighting among the Houses and later ended by the [[House of Kings]] and [[House of Judgement]] to usher in a Golden Age.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:Most Loyal|Most Loyal]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Job Undone|Job Undone]]''</ref> Their homeworld of [[Riis]] and civilization would be destroyed by an unforeseen event called the "[[Whirlwind]]". In the aftermath, the surviving Fallen became embroiled in a bloody civil war over their civilization's ruins, before achieving a tenuous peace and embarking on a [[Long Drift|journey]] into space to locate the Traveler in order to return to greatness. The Fallen eventually arrived at the Sol System during the [[Dark Age]], and rediscovered the Traveler on [[Earth]].<ref name="VtL">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen#Variks, the Loyal|Variks, the Loyal]]''</ref>

When the Fallen first arrived in the Sol System, they terrorized humanity, conducting raids and attacks against outposts. Very early into these attacks, they started to meet opposition in the form of [[Lightbearer]]s, who fought back against them time and time again.<ref name="RABTW">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Rezyl Azzir - Before These Walls|Rezyl Azzir - Before These Walls]]''</ref> The Fallen grew to resent the Guardians, seeing them as an obstacle that prevented them from claiming the "Great Machine", and believed they were dooming them and their people.<ref name="GFF3"/> Eventually, the space below the Traveler turned into the [[Last City]], as more and more people gathered below the Traveler, and thus walls were built to defend them.<ref name="RABTW"/> As time wore on, the Fallen began to understand that if they wanted to take back what was theirs, they would need to do it with force. This was the start of the [[Eliksni siege]].

[[Rezyl Azzir]] began venturing out from the Last City to combat potential threats which earned him great enmity from the Fallen. Eventually, a [[Captain]] of the [[House of Devils]] named [[Eksori]] ambushed Rezyl in an attempt to kill him to gain glory. However, Rezyl was easily able to fend off the ambush. Later, he teamed up with two other Guardians to kill a [[Kell]] whose [[Ketch]] was stationed in the Tescan Valley between two mountain peaks.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[April Update]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Rezyl Azzir - War Without End|Rezyl Azzir - War Without End]]''</ref>

In an attempt to take the Traveler, the House of Devils staged a coordinated attack on The City in a battle that would later be called [[Six Fronts]]. During the battle four orders of [[Titan (class)|Titan]]s protected the newly constructed walls of The City against six enemy approaches, and not a single front faltered.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - Item Description: [[Mark of the Six Fronts]]''</ref> The Devils faced off against many Guardians who would later become legends, such as [[Saint-14]], [[Osiris]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Osiris|Osiris]]''</ref> [[Zavala]] and the [[Iron Lords]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities#Iron Banner|Iron Banner]]''</ref>

After the Battle of Six Fronts, Saint-14 stepped down from Vanguard Commander to pursue his crusade against the Fallen and nominated Osiris to take his place to protect the city from future assaults. Osiris questioned Saint's motives having seen the Fallen not too different from them. However, Saint disagreed after fighting representatives from every House and believed it was a joint effort to exterminate them.{{Citation needed}}

At some point, Saint-14 encountered the noble [[Sekris, Baron of Shanks]], whose House settled by the edge of the system to avoid human conflict. Sekris recollected Saint's sieges of Boyle Pass and Weapons of Rain, but questioned if the Great Machine still communed with him. Saint answered with silence and spared Sekris causing him to desert his race.<ref>'''[[Destiny Grimoire Anthology, Volume II]]''', [[Destiny_Grimoire_Anthology,_Volume_II#Baron_of_Shanks|Baron of Shanks]], ''101 - 105''</ref>

Following the murder of several Guardians at the hands of [[Taniks, the Scarred]], the Speaker dispatched Saint-14 and Osiris to eliminate the deadly Fallen mercenary, but [[Cayde-6]] located Taniks and killed him. This elevated [[Andal Brask]] to the vacant seat of the Hunter Vanguard after losing a dare to Cayde over who would kill Taniks. However, it was later revealed that the resilient Fallen had survived the encounter.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore:The Man They Call Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]]: [[Lore:The Man They Call Cayde#Winner Take All|Winner Take All]]''</ref>

{{Quote|The [[Solkis, Kell of Devils|Devil Kell Solkis]]… is dead. This war is over.|[[Saint-14]]}}<ref name="Saint">'''Bungie (2016/4/15)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Lengend: Saint-14|Legend: Saint-14]]''</ref>

[[Craask, Kell of Kings]], manipulating the other Houses, pushed for a united effort against the Last City.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Leadership#Paskin, King Baron|Paskin, King Baron]]''</ref> Kings, Devils and Winter stood together against the City, with the [[House of Wolves]] being the only major House unable to join because of the [[Reef]]born [[Awoken]] stopping them en route.<ref name="GFF3"/> The three Houses fought against the City and its [[Guardian]]s in what would later be known as the [[Battle of Twilight Gap]], with the Devils leading the charge.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#House_of_Devils|House of Devils]]''</ref> The Last City managed to push back the united Fallen, with [[Lord Shaxx]] leading a counterattack that defeated the Houses.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower Allies#Crucible Handler|Crucible Handler]]''</ref> At the end of the war, the legendary Titan Saint-14 led a bloody assault to dislodge the remaining Fallen that directly surrounded the City. In what would become forever known as the "Crusade of Saint-14", the brave [[Exo]] fought against [[Solkis, Kell of Devils]], killing him with a headbutt and bringing the Fallen offensive to its final end.<ref name ="Saint"/>

While on a mission, the [[Hunter]] [[Vanguard]] Andal Brask was murdered by the renegade Fallen mercenary [[Taniks, the Scarred]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Taniks.2C_the_Scarred|Taniks, the Scarred]]''</ref> This promoted Cayde-6 to assume the role of Hunter Vanguard and attempt to execute Taniks.

{{Quote|I am Lord of Wolves. You are an empty thing with two dead souls. This is my House. These are my terms. Surrender and I will only take your ships.|[[Virixas, Kell of Wolves]] to Queen [[Mara Sov]].<ref name="Fallen 4">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], -[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4]]''</ref>}}

Variks went on to crown Queen Mara Sov of the Reef as the new Kell of Wolves, with many Wolves bending the knee to her.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Saviks, Queenbreaker|Wanted: Saviks, Queenbreaker]]''</ref>

Initiated by the return of Skolas, now calling himself the Kell of Kells, the House of Wolves rebelled against the Awoken.<ref name="GFF3"/> The [[Wolf Rebellion]] started with an assassination attempt on Mara and a mass prison break from the Prison of Elders where most of the former Wolf nobility was being held.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House of Wolves#The Hunt for Skolas|The Hunt for Skolas]]''</ref>The Queen opened the Reef to [[Guardian]]s of the [[City]], with the intent of recruiting them to put an end to the rebellion.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]''</ref> The Guardians tracked Skolas to Venus, but were unable to capture Skolas or stop him from gaining a number of the Winter's allegiance.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves]] - [[A Kell Rising]]''</ref>

{{quote|Long have we wandered in the blind prison of flesh. Those old lives now a memory, transposed by another. The gift brings pain, yes, but godhood must come at a price.|[[Aksis, Archon Prime]].<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/SIVA#Dormant_SIVA:_Fallen_3.0|Dormant SIVA: Fallen 3.0]]''</ref>}}

Under the leadership of a new Archon, [[Aksis, Archon Prime|Aksis]], the House of Devils and their [[Devil Splicers|Splicers]] attempts to find Golden Age technology bore fruit in the form of [[SIVA]] deep in a quarantined area of the Cosmodrome called the [[Plaguelands]]. The Splicers used SIVA to modify themselves, transforming themselves into cybernetic beings, with Aksis becoming wholly a machine.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Leadership#Aksis, Archon Prime|Aksis, Archon Prime]]''</ref> The Devils attacked the [[Iron Temple]], attempting to steal information about SIVA to further their understanding of it. They were stopped by a Guardian and [[Lord Saladin]], the last [[Iron Lord]].<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[King of the Mountain]]''</ref> The Guardian ventured deep into Splicer territory to the SIVA replication chamber called [[Site 6]], destroying the source of the SIVA and cutting off the Splicers from their SIVA supply.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Rise of Iron]] - [[The Iron Tomb]]''</ref>  

{{Quote|Thou shalt tell the Eliksni to tear off their banners. Thou shalt tell them that we must all surrender to each other. We must give up our rivalries, or we will not survive.|[[Craask, Kell of Kings]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince|The Forsaken Prince]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#Kings|Kings]]''</ref>}}

Eventually, the Fallen House of Devils withdrew completely from the Cosmodrome, leaving behind piles of ceremonially burnt banners and armor. The other Fallen Houses — Winter, Exile, Wolves — appear to have done the same, withdrawing ''en masse'' everywhere and abandoning their former territories<ref>'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen_6|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 6]]''</ref>

Around this time, Prince [[Uldren Sov]] arranged a meeting with [[Craask, Kell of Kings|Craask]] to build a personal army of Fallen for his own purposes.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: The Reef 4|Ghost Fragment: The Reef 4]]''</ref>

Capitalising on the lack of leadership in the post-Taken War Reef, a group of Dregs who collectively titled themselves the "Scorned Barons" banded together after they were cast out from the House of Exile.<ref name=GIBarons>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230309143734/https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/07/05/these-are-the-eight-barons-who-helped-kill-cayde-6-in-destiny-2-forsaken '''Game Informer''': ''These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken'']</ref> They waged a civil war against the Fallen Houses for practising the old Eliksni ways and the terror they unleashed had grown as powerful as any Kell, even having driven the House of Wolves to extinction through the destruction of all their Servitors by the hands of [[Reksis Vahn, the Hangman]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:Most Loyal|Most Loyal]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Roll Call|Roll Call]]''</ref> <ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier|The Lawless Frontier]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#Anguish, Ten-Fold|Anguish, Ten-Fold]]''</ref> They even successfully allied with a local Hive brood when [[Hiraks, the Mindbender|Hiraks]] took [[In Anânh, Brood Queen|In Anânh]] as his consort.<ref name="Broodhold">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Broodhold]]''</ref>

At some point following the Taken War, Prince Uldren, who had been corrupted by Darkness and working with the House of Kings, discovered the mortally wounded Fikrul, who was once a well-regarded Archon Priest of [[Kaliks Prime]] within the House of Wolves, but was cast out after speaking against the Great Machine and lamenting his species' dependence on Servitors for survival. Wishing to save him, [[Riven]] granted Uldren's wish and part of Uldren's Darkness transferred into Fikrul's Ether, raising him as the first of the Scorn.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince|The Forsaken Prince]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#Fanatic_.7C_Part_II|Fanatic | Part II]]''</ref>

Both Fikrul and Uldren found each other as kindred spirits, usurped Craask, and immediately took over the House of Kings. Fikrul then docked and demoted the former Kell to Dreg status before slaughtering the House in a grand betrayal as Uldren decided that the Kings were too bothersome for his ambitions. With the use of [[Dark Ether]], Fikrul began to hammer the Fallen society and raised the deceased Kings as a new undead army named the [[Scorn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince|The Forsaken Prince]] [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#Docking|Docking]]''</ref>

During the opening of the Red War, Variks watched from the Prison of Elders as the Red Legion cut a swath into the Solar System. He tried to send a warning to the Last City under the name of ''Greenraven'' but was unable to do so as the Red Legion knocked out the City's communication capabilities. He also sent a warning to the Fallen Houses, including the Kell of Kings, to convince them to help him unify and save what was left of the Eliksni. Variks watched in horror as his sensors showed the Traveler getting trapped within the [[Traveler Cage]], and the Guardians fall<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:Most Loyal|Most Loyal]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Splinter of Bone|Splinter of Bone]] ''</ref>.  

After the Red War, Variks was tasked with integrating a mysterious group of Fallen in the Prison of Elders. To his shock, he learned that his former friend, Fikrul, was the leader of the so-called Scorn and was allegedly responsible for killing Craask.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:Most Loyal|Most Loyal]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Some Kind of Luck|Some Kind Of Luck]]''</ref><ref name="JU">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:Most Loyal|Most Loyal]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Job Undone|Job Undone]]''</ref> With the last of the Kells assumed dead, Varik's hope of a united Eliksni crumbled as he locked all of the Barons into cryopod cells.

Variks asked his old friend about the whereabouts of Kaliks Prime, whom both made a pact to hide away, and if he had betrayed the last Prime to the Taken and if that was the source of his corrupted ether. Fikrul replied that Kaliks had abandoned the Eliksni altogether.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:Most Loyal|Most Loyal]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Revolution|Revolution]]''</ref> All the while, Uldren attempted to test Varik's loyalty with his Kell, Queen Mara Sov. However, Variks found himself thinking about the old [[House of Rain]] proverb of the ''Kell of Kells''.<ref name="WLL"/>

As the cells opened, Variks made his way through the secret passageway that Petra and Cayde used to smuggle Fikrul and Uldren into the Prison and recorded two messages to be sent through the prison's relay. The first message he recorded was with his synth voice device turned off to talk in High Speak, to give commands to those Eliksni who would answer the call of House Judgement. The second message he recorded was spoken with his synth device about the whispers he hears from all those around him of his insulting titles, and how he will become the Kell of the House of Judgement, an envoy for the Eliksni. He boarded a ship full of the prison's ether supply and was saluted by a Vandal bearing the colors of the [[House of Wolves]].<ref name="WLL">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Most Loyal#Where Loyalty Lies|Where Loyalty Lies]]''</ref>

All the while, [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]] has defected from the House of Dusk and sworn allegiance to the Last City, eventually joining a fireteam of Guardians and founding the [[House of Light]]. He argues that humanity, not the Fallen, are deserving of the Traveler and promises to ''Kell the mind-open Eliksni''.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Lord of Wolves#Lore|Lord of Wolves]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Queenbreakers' Bow#Lore|The Queenbreaker]]''</ref> The Spider continued to work with the City by placing bounties on high-value targets.

{{Quote|The [[Kell]]s are dead or mad. The era of Houses is over. So I came to the Shore.|[[Arrha, Spider's Associate|Arrha]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Tangled Web Armor#Tangled Web Grips / Gauntlets / Gloves|Tangled Web Gauntlets]]''</ref>

Following Siviks' death and the dismantlement of the Kell's Scourge, the Last City's agents have conducted thorough investigations regarding the remaining strength of the Fallen. Chiefly, the House of Dusk continues to weaken and in the absence of leadership, they continue to splinter and radicalize.<ref name="Outliers">'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Drifter]] - [[Lore:Stolen Intelligence|Stolen Intelligence]]: [[Lore:Stolen Intelligence#Outliers|Outliers]]''</ref>

{{Quote|Let them have the Great Machine. They deserve it.|[[Mithrax, the Forsaken]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Item Description: [[Tangled Web Armor#Tangled Web Vest / Plate / Robes|Tangled Web Chest Armor]]''</ref>}}

When the [[Psion Flayer]]s hijacked the Sundial, the Guardian traversed through time to an early moment in Mercury's past. They encounter a young Saint-14 on his first off-world mission fending off an onslaught by the House of Rain. The Guardian aids Saint in a valiant show of strength by defeating the Fallen and later shares a vision of the present-day Last City. This act would inspire Saint to become the hero he becomes and fuel his crusade against the Fallen.<ref name="CoT1">'''Bungie (2019/12/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Dawn]], [[Corridors of Time Part 1]]''</ref>  

While communicating with Saint-14, Osiris requested Saint to make contact with the House of Light as they could use his help. Saint would decline, saying that he would rather not speak with Fallen.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]]'', ''[[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#Maintenance Operations Log 30037|Maintenance Operations Log 30037]]''</ref>

With Mithrax and the House of Light officially aligned with the Vanguard and the Last City, the Guardians work on discovering the truth to the Vex's plans and end the Eternal Night. With Mithrax guiding them, the Guardians succeed in slaying numerous Subjective and Oppressive Minds, gaining data which they return to Mithrax or to [[Lakshmi-2]] of the [[Future War Cult]]. Despite this progress, peaceful cooperation and coexistence between the Eliksni refugees and the Last City denizens, both Guardians and not, remains difficult. Saint-14 in particular remains enraged with the Fallen being granted safe haven within the Last City, having only seen the worst of the Fallen and fought against them for years. Mithrax, in turn, recalls how Saint-14 became a living nightmare to his people, a monster who killed Fallen without mercy, including the young and innocent and yet they must now look at their nightmare every day if they are to live peacefully in the Last City. Despite constant assurances from Osiris and Ikora, Saint-14 remains very distrustful towards Mithrax and the Fallen but does slowly come to an understanding with Mithrax.{{Citation needed}}

Within the [[Eliksni Quarter]], where Spider had set up a new base within a makeshift bar, which would later be called [[The Ether Tank]], the Guardian meets with Drifter, Mithrax and his daughter [[Eido]]. Mithrax is disturbed at Eramis's return, as her name still carries great weight and is aware that she is looking to gather the "Old Crews" spoken in legend under her banner. Though Eido believes the pirates of the old crews may possess relics of the Eliksni's past, her father believes the whole Vanguard should be rallied to deal with Eramis. However, Drifter clarifies that the Vanguard would be unable to help, as Zavala is preparing for when Calus will make his next move while Ikora and her Hidden look for Eramis herself from the shadows, thereby leaving themselves to handle Eramis and the old crews. The Guardian agrees to the plan with the Light Kell reluctantly complying. In addition, with the Vanguard's funding, Spider agrees to arm the Guardians as they take on Eramis and her pirates but does so in his own way, via "Engram Roulette".

With the return of Titan, the members of the House of Dusk who remained on the moon after it was Taken by the Witness had now fallen to madness in Xivu Arath's service.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3lvurxp4lU Deep Dives {{!}} Sloane: "Hive, Taken, Fallen who never made it off Titan, driven out of their minds."]''</ref> They would come into conflict with Guardians attempting to retrieve [[Egregore|egregore coral]] and Golden Age technology at the behest of Deputy Commander [[Sloane]] and her new ally, the rogue proto-[[Worm]] [[Ahsa]]. The Servitor [[J4W-S, Wrath-Hunter Servitor]] who was turned into a warmongering Wrathborn, would be confronted and destroyed by Guardians to retrieve the coral they needed.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Operation Thunderbolt (Twilight)]]''</ref>

===Rise of the Revenant Scorn===

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The Fallen are a hardy species, and can survive in a wide range of environments without heavy armor or complex modifications to their physiology.<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/enemies/fallen '''Bungie''' : ''Fallen'']</ref> Fallen have four arms, partable mandibles<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities#The Ruling House|The Ruling House]]''</ref> and typically wear a helmet with a built-in respiration apparatus.<ref name = "Neogaf">[http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=47844059&postcount=1773 '''Neogaf''' ''Forums'']</ref> Respiration is assisted by spiracles. <ref>https://twitter.com/RoderickWeise/status/1016009091250991104</ref> If given a high enough quantity of ether, the Fallen can molt to regrow their limbs if they are removed from their body, with the quantity of ether directly related to the severity of the reaction.<ref name = "GrimoireDreg">'''Bungie (2014/6/12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Dreg|Dreg]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]] - [[Lore:Call of the Cryptolith|Call of the Cryptolith]]: [[Lore:Call of the Cryptolith#VIII. UNMADE|VIII. UNMADE]]''</ref> Their blood color is reddish purple.<ref>[http://imgur.com/r/destinythegame/Nd4M2ql '''Imgur''' - ''Destiny maybe m-rating?(fallen has red blood)'']</ref> Fallen hatch from eggs and have soft and translucent shells when very young. It is implied that they molt at least once as they grow.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] - Item Description: [[Truth#Lore|Truth]]''</ref>  As indicated by the pairing of [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] and [[In Anânh, Brood Queen]], the Fallen are apparently capable of reproducing with the Hive, with the resulting Hive being born with Ether inside of them, despite their aversion to it; whether this is enabled by Hive magic, the Hive's rapidly-mutating genetics, or some other biological or technological factor is unknown.<ref name="Broodhold"/>

Fallen depend on a hormonal substance called [[Ether]] to survive, which only Servitors can produce. Servitors convert scavenged matter and energy, presented to them ritualistically by the Fallen, directly into Ether via unknown processes.<ref name="ServitorGrimoire">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Servitor|Servitor]]''</ref> While Servitors were revered in ancient times, they have now become a symbol of the degradation of Fallen society and their lost glory. Higher-ranking Fallen get a bigger ration of ether, and more ether allows Fallen to grow in size; this is why Captains are taller than Vandals or Dregs, and why Kells and Archons tower over other Fallen; the Kell of a House controls and distributes ether flow using their own personal Cipher.<ref name="TEC">'''Bungie (2015/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - Item Description: [[Bounties#The Elder Cipher|The Elder Cipher exotic weapon bounty]]''</ref> When a Fallen is killed, a quantity of ether escapes its body and dissipates.<ref name="E3 2013 Demo">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTXPe7JIUk E3 2013 Destiny Gameplay Demo]</ref>

===Alphabet===

In addition to Fallen glyphs, Bungie has released a number of images with examples of Fallen writing, including a number of unique letter combinations.<ref name= "Do You Speak Bungie?">

{{quote|Why do you think the Houses are named the way they are? House Winter. Maybe it's geographic? House Kings, some kind of global ruling sect? Strange to think about how these terms have survived, their context completely removed.|Ghost}}<ref name="House of Wolves Quest"></ref>

Fallen society is divided into a number of Houses, none of which are known to maintain friendly relations with one another,<ref name="Ausgamers.com interview with Bungie's Chris Butcher">http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3321493</ref> save for the House of Judgment, which was meant to live among the other houses and keep the peace. Each House is ruled by a Kell, who acts as the political leader of a House and commands a Ketch.<ref name = "GrimoireFallen"/> Prime Servitors are exalted as gods among the Fallen, inspiring fanatical devotion from the House to which they belong and providing a steady supply of vital ether and new lesser Servitors. [[Archon]]s serve as both high priests and chief engineers of a House, mediating between the Kell and the Prime Servitor in addition to overseeing maintenance of the House's machines. Houses require all three to be fully stable; without a Kell, a House becomes prone to infighting, without an Archon, a House's Prime Servitor is vulnerable to attack, and without a Prime Servitor, a House cannot produce new Servitors for ether.<ref name = "Destiny"/> As such, Fallen do not take the loss of their leaders lightly. If any or all of these leaders were to be killed, then members of the House would panic and scatter, weakening the House to the point of being permanently broken.<ref name= "PP"/>

Below the upper echelon of House leadership are the Barons and Captains and the individual crews they command. Captains are Fallen who have managed to gather a following of Vandals and Dregs, who serve as the Captain's crew, commanding respect through brute force. Most Captains swear fealty to a certain House, but some operate independently. A step above Captains in rank are the Barons, whose authority are second only to the Kells, Archons and Prime Servitors. They command their own [[Skiff]]s as well as their own crews.<ref name = "Destiny"/>

The majority of Fallen Houses consist of Vandals and Dregs. Vandals serve as both seasoned infantry and skilled workers. They aspire to become Captains and one day lead crews of their own. Dregs are the lowest class in Fallen society. Docked of their lower pair of arms in a ritual of humiliation and obedience, Dregs zealously fill the roles of shock troops and menial laborers in crews. The life expectancy of a Dreg is notoriously short, but those few who survive to be promoted to Vandals are permitted to regrow their arms.<ref name = "Destiny"/>  

House politics pervades all aspects of Fallen society, with loyalty regarded as chief priority. Camps and villages fall under the authority of their House's fiefdom, with children raised communally, cherished by all, likely to prevent them holding bias towards individuals as opposed to the House itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Variks, the Loyal]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/rendezvous-with-variks-35 "Eramis and Athrys had many hatchlings. For Eliksni, hatchlings are raised by a village. Cherished by all."]''</ref> The particularly fanatical are taken at an early age and raised to become the [[Kell's Guard|personal guard]] for their Kell.{{Citation needed}}

*'''[[Splicers|Splicer]]'''—scientists and engineers capable of many technological feats, from hacking to adapting ancient technology to even enhancing Fallen physiology with cybernetic modifications.

| <center>[[File:HouseLightInfo.jpg|100px]]</center> || '''[[House of Light]]''' || A newly-formed House  founded by [[Mithrax, Kell of Light]]. They are an ally to the [[Last City]] and a member of the [[The Coalition|Coalition]].

| <center>[[File:Salvation Banner.png|100px]]</center> || '''[[House of Salvation]]''' ||A newly-formed House founded by [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]] to bring about a new Eliksni Golden Age. Currently following the orders of the [[The Witness|Witness]].  

| <center>[[File:Scorn Banner.png|100px]]</center> || '''[[Scorn]]''' || A horde of undead Fallen spawned by [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]] through [[Dark Ether|Darkness-tainted Ether]].

| <center>[[File:Diablo.png|100px]]</center> || '''[[House of Devils]]''' || A noble House that operated exclusively on [[Earth]]; partially subsumed by the [[House of Dusk]].

| <center>[[File:Rey.png|100px]]</center> || '''[[House of Kings]]''' || A noble house that once operated on Earth; partially subsumed by the [[House of Dusk]], extinguished by [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]].

|<center>[[File:Lobo.png|100px]]</center> || '''[[House of Wolves]]''' || A noble House once conquered by [[Mara Sov]]; remaining Servitors destroyed by [[Reksis Vahn, the Hangman]]; partially subsumed by the [[House of Dusk]] and [[House of Salvation]].

| <center>[[File:PirateKetch0.jpg|100px]]</center> || '''Old Crews''' || Called ''Ketchkillers'' and ''Skiffblades'' by other Fallen, unaffiliated pirate crews that have existed since the [[Long Drift]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - Item Description: [[Ketchkiller%27s_Suit##Lore_2|Ketchkiller's Gauntlets/Grips/Gloves]]''</ref> Many make their lairs in the asteroids of the [[Themis Cluster]].

| || '''[[House of Stone]]''' || An extinct noble House, extinguished by the [[Oryx, the Taken King]].

*[[Erivir, the Righteous]]

*[[Groks]] – {{c|Bounty Hunter}}

*[[Pirthis, the Peerless]]

*[[Vililiks, the Unvanquished]]

*[[Vithiliks]]

*[[Vithriks]]

*[[Transmat]]

*[[Splicer]]s

**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}}