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[[File:Destiny-GjallarhornRocketLauncher-Side.png|right|250px|thumb|Side profile of the Gjallarhorn Rocket Launcher.]] | |||
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*Tom Doyle, Destiny Art Lead, says the following about Gjallarhorn: “This is the gilded weapon of a City Champion. It’s a very decorated Guardian weapon to say the least.” Doyle proceeds to describe what sounds more like an animal. “Feared and revered, with no attempt to be stealthy, it loudly announces its presence with a howl.” What started off as a joke, ended up making a statement about our game. “The initial block model for Gjallarhorn was cool looking, but it was missing some detail that would make it shine in first person view.” After some brainstorming, and a catalyst that came from a concept long since lost to the chaos of the Bungie creative process, our designers envisioned a way to infuse this horn of destruction with a beastly spirit. “Mark (Van Haitsma, Bungie 3-D Modeller) just kept adding a wolf every day that he was working on the high resolution model.” The end result is as ornate as it is deadly. “This Rocket launcher has the highest WPG count of any Bungie weapon ever,” Doyle states with a sly grin. “WPG, of course, is the ‘Wolves Per Gun’ statistic. I thought this concept said a lot about the world we are making, mainly the mythic elements of its fiction.” | *Tom Doyle, Destiny Art Lead, says the following about Gjallarhorn: “This is the gilded weapon of a City Champion. It’s a very decorated Guardian weapon to say the least.” Doyle proceeds to describe what sounds more like an animal. “Feared and revered, with no attempt to be stealthy, it loudly announces its presence with a howl.” What started off as a joke, ended up making a statement about our game. “The initial block model for Gjallarhorn was cool looking, but it was missing some detail that would make it shine in first person view.” After some brainstorming, and a catalyst that came from a concept long since lost to the chaos of the Bungie creative process, our designers envisioned a way to infuse this horn of destruction with a beastly spirit. “Mark (Van Haitsma, Bungie 3-D Modeller) just kept adding a wolf every day that he was working on the high resolution model.” The end result is as ornate as it is deadly. “This Rocket launcher has the highest WPG count of any Bungie weapon ever,” Doyle states with a sly grin. “WPG, of course, is the ‘Wolves Per Gun’ statistic. I thought this concept said a lot about the world we are making, mainly the mythic elements of its fiction.” | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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File:Gjallarhorn marquis.jpg | File:Gjallarhorn marquis.jpg|Desktop wallpaper of the weapon. | ||
File:Gjallarhorn concept.jpg|Concept image of Gjallarhorn's targeting reticle. Note the titan symbol in the center. | File:Gjallarhorn concept.jpg|Concept image of Gjallarhorn's targeting reticle. Note the titan symbol in the center. | ||
File:Gjallarhorn detail.jpg|Closeup detail of one of Gjallarhorn's many wolves. | File:Gjallarhorn detail.jpg|Closeup detail of one of Gjallarhorn's many wolves. | ||
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- "“This is Hulk Hogan’s belt in weaponized form.”"
- — Tom Doyle, Art Lead[1]
Gjallarhorn is an exotic rocket launcher featured in Destiny. [2]
Trivia
- In Norse mythology, the god Heimdall is the bearer of Gjallarhorn, "whose blast can be heard in all worlds". The Eddas depict him blowing into the horn to signal the beginning of Ragnarök".
- In the E3 "Closed Doors Demo", when naming the rocket launcher, the Titan's player called the weapon "It Was Raised By Wolves"[3]. It should be noted that there are no links between Gjallarhorn and wolves found in either the Poetic or Prose Eddas. However, Mowgli, the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, was raised by wolves. In light of this, it is likely that this is actually a nickname (in the same manner as "Shut Up And Get Behind Me"[4] or "Better Than Yours"[3], rather than the actual name of the weapon itself.
- Tom Doyle, Destiny Art Lead, says the following about Gjallarhorn: “This is the gilded weapon of a City Champion. It’s a very decorated Guardian weapon to say the least.” Doyle proceeds to describe what sounds more like an animal. “Feared and revered, with no attempt to be stealthy, it loudly announces its presence with a howl.” What started off as a joke, ended up making a statement about our game. “The initial block model for Gjallarhorn was cool looking, but it was missing some detail that would make it shine in first person view.” After some brainstorming, and a catalyst that came from a concept long since lost to the chaos of the Bungie creative process, our designers envisioned a way to infuse this horn of destruction with a beastly spirit. “Mark (Van Haitsma, Bungie 3-D Modeller) just kept adding a wolf every day that he was working on the high resolution model.” The end result is as ornate as it is deadly. “This Rocket launcher has the highest WPG count of any Bungie weapon ever,” Doyle states with a sly grin. “WPG, of course, is the ‘Wolves Per Gun’ statistic. I thought this concept said a lot about the world we are making, mainly the mythic elements of its fiction.”
Gallery
Desktop wallpaper of the weapon.
Concept image of Gjallarhorn's targeting reticle. Note the titan symbol in the center.
Closeup detail of one of Gjallarhorn's many wolves.
First person view of Gjallarhorn.
