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Randal, the Vandal
Biographical information
Other name(s):	Reaver Vandal Rahndel, the Perfected Nightmare Reaver Vandal Taniks's Rival The Undying One
Species:	Fallen
Gender:	Male
Political and military information
Affiliation:	House of Devils House of Exile Devil Splicers House of Dusk Nightmares
Rank:	Kell Ultra Major
Class:	Vandal
Notable info:	Notorious Fallen Vandal Gjallarhorn Rocket Eater Undying Legend

Crimson

Reaver Vandal
Biographical information
Faction:	House of Devils
Rank:	Major
Combat information
Mission:	Patrol the Forgotten Shore
Weapon(s):	Shrapnel Launcher
Abilities:	High Durability Rapid Movement Summon Shank Fallen Melee

Lime

Reaver Vandal
Biographical information
Faction:	House of Exile
Rank:	Major
Combat information
Mission:	Defend the Warsat
Weapon(s):	Shock Blades
Abilities:	High Durability Rapid Movement Fallen Melee

Perfected

Rahndel, the Perfected
Biographical information
Faction:	Devil Splicers
Rank:	Major
Combat information
Mission:	Wrath of the Machine
Weapon(s):	SIVA Shrapnel Launcher
Abilities:	High Durability Rapid Movement Berserk Mode Fallen Melee Splicer Seeker

Violet V.1

Reaver Vandal
Biographical information
Faction:	House of Dusk
Rank:	Elite
Combat information
Mission:	Patrol the Sunken Isles
Weapon(s):	Shock Rifle Wire Rifle
Abilities:	High Durability Rapid Movement Fallen Melee

Nightmare

Nightmare Reaver Vandal
Biographical information
Faction:	House of Dusk
Rank:	Ultra
Combat information
Mission:	Patrol the Sorrow's Harbor
Weapon(s):	Molten Welder
Abilities:	High Durability Rapid Movement Fallen Melee Vandal Dash

Violet V.2

Reaver Vandal
Molten Welder Wire Rifle
Biographical information
Faction:	House of Dusk
Rank:	Ultra
Combat information
Mission:	Patrol the Forgotten Shore
Weapon(s):	Shock Rifle Wire Rifle Molten Welder
Abilities:	High Durability Summon Shank Rapid Movement Fallen Melee

Avarice

Reaver Vandal
Biographical information
Faction:	House of Dusk
Rank:	Ultra
Combat information
Mission:	Grasp of Avarice
Weapon(s):	Molten Welder
Abilities:	High Durability Rapid Movement Fallen Melee

Kell

Randal, Dusk Kell
Biographical information
Faction:	House of Dusk
Rank:	Kell Ultra
Combat information
Mission:	Subjugated Vault: Undying Legend
Weapon(s):	Molten Welder Shock Rifle Wire Rifle
Abilities:	Extreme High Durability Rapid Movement EtherNet Disconnection Teleportation Boundless Consumption Summon Fallen Summon Fallen Walker Summon Skiff Fallen Melee Ultra Smash

"COWER BEFORE ME! EATER OF GUNSLINGER SHOTS! DEVOURER OF GJALLARHORN ROCKETS! I AM RANDAL THE VANDAL AND YOUR END HAS COME!"

— Randal, Kell of Dusk

Randal, Kell of Dusk (more notoriously known as Randal, the Vandal) is a Fallen Vandal of the former House of Devils now Kell of the House of Dusk. Legends say that the powerful Vandal is capable of surviving multiple Golden Gun shots and Gjallarhorn rockets. Even with Randal's initial death in the House of Devils, he would continue to persist, even in other Fallen houses like Exile, the Devil Splicers and Dusk.

He would be so notorious to the point in which Randal would be captured and suffered incarceration aboard the Sorrow-Maker's personal Tomb Carrier within its Subjugated Vault as Shin'ra's personal entertainment.

History

The Original Vandal

The humble origins of Randal the Vandal can be traced back to the Destiny Alpha edition of the game where he is first seen idling near the northern cave of the Forgotten Shore alongside his trusted Shank. In the Alpha version, he appeared as a Level 8 "Elder Vandal" with a significantly high health bar in comparison to the other enemies in the area. However he was seen as an afterthought as Guardians were power capped to Level 8 and stronger Level 11 enemies existed in the region and took no incoming damage.

Following the release of the Destiny Beta, the Elder Vandal was replaced with a Level 8 Reaver Vandal. Some Patrol missions led Guardians into vicinity of the Vandal and the cave near him would frequently spawn a chest which attracted players who wanted to farm Glimmer. During that time, the Reaver Vandal was an ordinary enemy with regular health stat. He was defeated with great ease and instead a Level 5 Reaver Captain who appeared in the "Eliminate the Target" Public Event proved to be a tougher challenge and required multiple players working together to defeat the Captain.

The Crimson Vandal

Randal, the Vandal in Destiny 1

With the release of Destiny, the Reaver Vandal continued to patrol the Forgotten Shore. Due to an unknown glitch, the Reaver Vandal had a higher health stat in comparison to its Beta counterpart and began killing many unsuspecting players. His disproportionate stat soon caught the attention of Level 20 players who documented his strength by uploading videos onto YouTube titled "Level 8 Reaver Vandal" and "Randal the Vandal". The Vandal quickly gained infamy among the Destiny community for his notorious ability to withstand damage from the greatest of weapons such as the Gjallarhorn and Vex Mythoclast. He was described as a "juggernaut" and a "tank" and regarded to be one of the toughest enemies of Destiny even though he was a Level 8 Vandal. Players wondered why the Vandal had the health bar of Valus Ta'aurc, another enemy infamous being a bullet sponge.

Randal reached the status of a memetic Badass within the community and tales of his encounters spread throughout the Internet. Becoming one of the first memes within Destiny, players created meme images of Randal, most notably an image of Randal wielding a Gjallarhorn with two health bars. The Shank accompanying him also became a meme and nicknamed "Hank the Shank" and "Frank the Shank".

In 2014, Bungie first acknowledged the presence of Randal the Vandal in their year end update. They quickly responded to the meme by secretly having more powerful Reaver Vandals spawn in other events such as VIP Kill Target. Randal was notably spotted on the moon with the House of Exile where he spawns in the final wave of the Glimmer Extraction Public Event. As more new weapons were released, Randal became a litmus test to see how powerful the weapons were. Randal was even capable of withstanding a high impact attack from the Celestial Nighthawk.

The release of The Taken King expansion saw Randal get nerfed in his stats. This was quickly reverted by Bungie when community outcry denounced the change and Randal returned to his former strength and continued to terrorise the Shore with his mighty presence.

The Perfected Vandal

The release of Rise of Iron saw the Devil Splicers gain prominence by augmenting themselves with the ancient Golden Age technology of SIVA. While Randal continued to be a permanent feature of the Forgotten Shore, Bungie secretly paid homage to the easter egg in the Wrath of the Machine Raid.

As players defeated the Vosik, the Archpriest and Siege Engine encounters and traversed into the Server Farm, unsuspecting players were greeted by Rahndel, the Perfected and his trusted Shank, now a Splicer Repeater Shank. The Level 42 Vandal quickly proved to be a formidable foe as he was empowered with SIVA and gifted with an unusually high durability and health stat. He was stronger than his original counterpart and it took a whole fireteam to defeat him. News of his reemergence quickly spread and various articles documented the Easter egg. However, the spawn rate for Rahndel was so low that only few have witnessed the glory of the perfect Vandal. Bungie also decided fixed the bug for original Randal the Vandal.

The Violet Vandal

Prior to the release of Destiny 2, the Old Houses including the House of Devils, abandoned their old loyalties and formed a new House for the sake of survival. As the Red Legion invaded the Last City and began the Red War, the newly formed House of Dusk also emerged from the shadows and quickly spread themselves across the Solar System.

They established a stronghold on the European Dead Zone and clashed with the Red Legion over territory. The Sunken Isles was a major military beachhead for the Cabal and only the bravest of Fallen ventured into their territory to face them head on. An island near the Echion Vae featured one Reaver Vandal who along with his trusted Shank started killing many unsuspecting Cabal with his Wire Rifle. The Vandal also guarded a regional chest nearby and killed many players who attempted to collect its loot or partake in the Public Event near him. As players retaliated against the Vandal, they soon found trouble defeating him as he was incredibly durable. Randal the Vandal had returned with the House of Dusk.

Bungie had yet again paid homage to the original Randal. News of his reemergence quickly spread as many articles documented the Easter egg. In some instances Randal would spawn a with Shock Rifle and his gameplay became more evasive and proved to be tougher to defeat. Many players used their new super abilities and weapons against him, but Randal still proved to be a challenge and required an intense amount of firepower to defeat.

The Nightmare Vandal

The Shadowkeep expansion saw a narrative where a Pyramid on the Moon created apparitions of past figures and enemies to exploit the trauma of Guardians as psychological warfare. These figures appeared as Nightmares and notable examples include Skolas and Taniks, but the Pyramid also exploited the Guardians greatest nightmare.

A cave in Sorrow's Harbor would occasionally manifest a rare nightmare named Nightmare Reaver Vandal. Randal the Vandal, the Fallen boogeyman had returned in nightmare form.

The Crimson Vandal Returned

Prior to the release of Beyond Light, Bungie had announced plans to vault some of its content to improve the game. With the launch of the expansion the past Destiny 2 iterations of Randal such as the violet and nightmare Vandals were also vaulted to the great disappointment of the community. However, the past nightmares were just a bed time story, as Bungie announced the return of real Randal the Vandal with the return of the Cosmodrome.

The Avaricious Vandal

With the rediscovery of the legendary Loot Cave came the joyful news of Randal the Vandal being found within its depths, tormenting both ambitious Guardians as well as the Hive. According to the messages left behind by Wilhelm-7, Randal had lured his fireteam into the cave. There he would also be spotted several times throughout the Grasp of Avarice dungeon, dropping fake Engrams (which could then be used to open loot chests to acquire the Gjallarhorn Catalyst) upon being harmed. He was, however, unable to be killed, vanishing when his health dropped critically low.

The Subjugated Vandal

"Randal, the Usurper Kell! The Undying Legend of the Fallen!"

— Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker

His death in the Sunken Lair would not deter Randal from facing defeat. Some time following the events of Lightfall, Randal would be captured by the forces of the Weavers of Sorrow in their attempt to usurp control of the Cosmodrome. He would be brought aboard the Nephilim and detained within the Subjugated Vault. He would attempt to breach his containment on many occasions to the point in which the warden and captain of the Nephilim, Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker, would allow the Guardians to access the vault and kill Randal. His actions would lead to the deaths of the many prisoners, leading to many of them holding a grudge against the undying Vandal.

Guardians would eventually head into the Subjugated Vault in an attempt to kill Randal, who was believed to have been killed in the attempt. However, he would survive his encounter with the Guardians and would be the first and only person to have successfully escaped from the Vault, unscathed. It is unknown, even to Shin'ra, how he was able to escape the Vault, however some evidence suggests that he purposely freed Randal to see chaos into the Sol System.

The Thieving Vandal

With the enemies of Humanity assaulting on the home fronts of the Last City, Cosmodrome and Iron Temple, the robotic dog named Archie would journey to Old Russia to discover the ancient Golden Age secrets that could be found. Traveling across the Cosmodrome to many locales like the Loot Cave, Terrestrial Complex and the Warmind Bunker deep below the Grottos, Randal would make his return as he hunted Archie with the Guardian in tow.

Randal would be one step ahead of the Guardians as they tracked Archie's footprints across the Cosmodrome, eventually reaching the old lair of the Devil Archon and containing the robotic dog within an Ether barrier. The Guardian would reach Archie's location along with Randal and his vast reinforcements, including Servitors and a Brig. After a gruesome struggle, Randal would flee the scene before the Guardian would end the undying Vandal and free Archie from his captor.