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|notable= Notorious Fallen Mercenary <br> Murdered [[Andal Brask]] <br> Freed [[Aksor]] from the [[Prison of Elders]] | |notable= Notorious Fallen Mercenary <br> Quasi-Immortal Cyborg Eliksni <br> Murdered [[Andal Brask]] <br> Freed [[Aksor]] from the [[Prison of Elders]] | ||
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{{Quote|Taniks has no House. He kneels before no banner, owes allegiance to no Kell.|[[Variks, The Loyal]].}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Variks, The Loyal]]: [[Variks,_The_Loyal#Shadow_Thief_Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> | {{Quote|Taniks has no House. He kneels before no banner, owes allegiance to no Kell.|[[Variks, The Loyal]].}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Variks, The Loyal]]: [[Variks,_The_Loyal#Shadow_Thief_Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> | ||
'''Taniks, the Scarred''' | '''Taniks, the Scarred''' is an infamous [[Fallen]] mercenary affiliated with no House, with the exception to those who pay him. He gained notoriety with the [[Last City]] for murdering [[Guardians]] including the [[Hunter]] [[Vanguard]] [[Andal Brask]] and built an undying reputation given his cyborg physiology, despite being believed to be dead on numerous occasions. | ||
He is first seen working with the [[House of Wolves]] during the [[Wolf Rebellion]] and resurrected | He is first seen working with the [[House of Wolves]] during the [[Wolf Rebellion]] and then resurrected as '''Taniks Perfected''' by the [[Devil Splicers]] during the [[SIVA Crisis]]. However, he is defeated in both renditions of [[The Shadow Thief]] [[Grimoire:Activities/Strikes#The_Shadow_Thief:_Revisited|strike]]. Later, the [[House of Salvation]] rebuilt his body inside the [[Deep Stone Crypt]] where he is deployed into battle by [[Atraks-1]], but defeated as '''Taniks, the Abomination'''. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Taniks was once loyal to an unknown House, but docked into subservience by his [[Kell]]. He then built himself new prosthetic arms and killed his former Kell out of revenge.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/05/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]'', ''Item Description: [[Does Not Bow]]''</ref> Taniks later renounced his pledge to any House and refused to adhere to their arbitrary customs and traditions.<ref name="Scarred">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer|The Once-Shipstealer]] - [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#XIV. The Scarred|XIV. The Scarred]]''</ref> | Taniks was once loyal to an unknown House, but docked into subservience by his [[Kell]]. He then built himself new prosthetic arms and killed his former Kell out of revenge.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/05/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]'', ''Item Description: [[Does Not Bow]]''</ref> Taniks later renounced his pledge to any House and refused to adhere to their arbitrary customs and traditions.<ref name="Scarred">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer|The Once-Shipstealer]] - [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#XIV. The Scarred|XIV. The Scarred]]''</ref> | ||
Inspired by [[Sekris, Baron of Shanks]], who prolonged his lifespan through cybernetics, Taniks was among a new generation of Fallen mercenaries who modelled their brutality and cybernetics after Sekris.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/12)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_Sekris#Mask_of_Sekris|Mask of Sekris]]''</ref> | Inspired by [[Sekris, Baron of Shanks]], who prolonged his lifespan through cybernetics, Taniks was among a new generation of Fallen mercenaries who modelled their brutality and cybernetics after Sekris.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/12)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_Sekris#Mask_of_Sekris|Mask of Sekris]]''</ref> Becoming a cyborg, he built a reputation among the Eliksni as an undying huntsman and infused his physical body with mixtures of technologies pilfered from legendary treasure troves. This continued to the extent where he was considered more machine than Fallen.<ref name="Grimoire">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Taniks, the Scarred|Taniks, the Scarred]]''</ref><ref name="A Blind Eye">'''Bungie (2018/08/29)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier|The Lawless Frontier]] - [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#A Blind Eye Towards Tomorrow|A Blind Eye Towards Tomorrow]]''</ref> | ||
===Battles with the City=== | ===Battles with the City=== | ||
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Taniks sought to claim this bounty and ambushed Cayde, Shiro, [[Nian Ruo]], and [[Lush]] during a cache run. He murdered Nian and destroyed Lush's Ghost before they could escape.<ref name="Raise"/> Andal was later informed of the news and sought to kill Taniks out of revenge. One night, Andal and Cayde stayed up late drinking and decided to make a Vanguard Dare. They decided that whoever failed to kill Taniks would become the new Hunter Vanguard, while the winner lived the life of a free Hunter.<ref name="Turn"/> | Taniks sought to claim this bounty and ambushed Cayde, Shiro, [[Nian Ruo]], and [[Lush]] during a cache run. He murdered Nian and destroyed Lush's Ghost before they could escape.<ref name="Raise"/> Andal was later informed of the news and sought to kill Taniks out of revenge. One night, Andal and Cayde stayed up late drinking and decided to make a Vanguard Dare. They decided that whoever failed to kill Taniks would become the new Hunter Vanguard, while the winner lived the life of a free Hunter.<ref name="Turn"/> | ||
Cayde | Cayde had the good luck of finding and killing Taniks first, forcing Andal kept his word and become the new Hunter Vanguard.<ref name="Turn"/> However, Taniks would not stay dead for long as his return prompted Cayde to talk Andal out of his position as the Dare was made in a compromised state. Cayde would successfully kill the mercenary yet again, unleashing lead into his chest, neck, gut and head. His [[Taniks' Crew|crew]] would instead intervene and hauled him off before Cayde could finish the job. | ||
Taniks became a pain to the [[Last City]], where [[Osiris]] and the [[Speaker]] appointed [[Saint-14]], who was infamous amongst the Fallen, to find and kill the mercenary himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]] - [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Winner Take All|Winner Take All]]''</ref> | Taniks became a pain to the [[Last City]], where [[Osiris]] and the [[Speaker]] appointed [[Saint-14]], who was infamous amongst the Fallen, to find and kill the mercenary himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]] - [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Winner Take All|Winner Take All]]''</ref> Taniks would even retaliate against Cayde by murdering Andal in cold blood, forcing Cayde to replace his old friend as Hunter Vanguard in memory of him.<ref name="Hunter">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower_Allies#Hunter_Vanguard|Hunter Vanguard]]''</ref> | ||
In the [[Battle of the Twilight Gap]], Taniks | In the [[Battle of the Twilight Gap]], Taniks became involved in the united front of the Fallen Houses of [[House of Devils|Devils]], [[House of Kings|Kings]] and [[House of Winter, Winter]] against the forces of the [[Last City]]. There he became acquainted with the infamous [[Baroness]], [[Eramis, the Shipstealer]], and formed a crew featuring them alongside [[Kridis, Dark Priestess|Kridis]] and [[Phylaks, the Warrior|Phylaks]] as they followed her assault against the Guardians. Taniks fired thunderous blasts from his [[Scorch Cannon]] and created explosions of blood around him while laughing maniacally.<ref name="The Nightmare">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer|The Once-Shipstealer]] - [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#V. The Nightmare|XIV. The Nightmare]]''</ref> However, the alliance ultimately failed their "Final Attempt" attack and retreated in defeat. | ||
===Prison breakout=== | ===Prison breakout=== | ||
