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'''Tormentors''' are powerful [[The Dread|Dread]] combatants created by the [[The Witness|Witness]], first seen among the forces of its [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]] [[Emperor Calus]] and the [[Shadow Legion]].<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Destiny/Lightfall '''Bungie''': ''Lightfall'']</ref> They are hulking bipedal beings that wield massive scythes and utilize [[Paracausality|paracausal]] suppression abilities<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZwItubhB14 '''YouTube''': ''Destiny 2 Showcase 2022'']</ref>.

Tormentors are hulking, vaguely humanoid beings, adorned in what appear to be long strips of cloth-like material. They have long limbs and massive torsos but appear to be nearly headless, instead having simple metallic "caps" which emit a bright yellow-orange light. Their hands and feet both have three fingers and an opposable thumb. Parts of them appear to be made of the same colored stone or transparent glass-like material found throughout the Pyramids of the [[Black Fleet]].

Tormentors wield massive scythes made out of [[Pyramid]] technology for close to medium-range melee combat and possess the power to manipulate [[Void]] energy into blasts and projectiles. Their bodies are nearly impervious to damage, save for the blister-like weak spots on their body similar to those of Disciples such as [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]] and [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]].

Once the two shoulder weak points have been broken on a Tormentor, their physical appearance becomes gray, and their ragged cloaks become much more prominent. They will now become fully vulnerable to damage, with a new glowing weak point exposed upon their chest, and they move with increased speed. In this state, they gain access to another attack known as "Dark Harvest", where they will exhibit a strong red glow, and their scythes will glow a bright purple, aggressively rushing Guardians to grab them and drain their health. This attack does massive damage and allows other enemies to fire upon you, most likely killing you if you are grabbed below full health. Because of this, Guardians should be very careful when dealing with Tormentors in this state. If grabbed, fellow Guardians can continue to shoot the Tormentor in an attempt to stagger it, which will cause it to drop the caught Guardian and prevent it from completing a kill.

*Tormentors appear to be related in some way to the former Disciple of the Witness known as Nezarec; several Tormentors have been encountered bearing the title "Imprint of Nezarec" or "Cavum of Nezarec". Cavum being a Latin word for an empty cavity in a body<ref>[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/cavum '''Cambridge Dictionary''', ''Cavum'']</ref>, and imprinting being a phenomenon wherein a young animal attaches to something visually to learn from it through imitation<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprinting_(psychology) '''Wikipedia''', ''Imprinting (psychology)'']</ref>, appear to suggest that they are a cloned aspect of Nezarec himself, trained to operate through association with a source idea, explaining their similar movesets to Nezarec himself. When first encountered, Osiris claims that Tormentors are "The fruits of an unholy alliance between the Witness and Calus"<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''' ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] - [[First Contact]]''</ref>, while [[Quinn Laghari]] later questions if they are the same species as Nezarec or clones made by the Witness,<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] - [[Quinn Laghari]]: [[Quinn Laghari#Near|"So, those Tormentor things are... what? The same species as Nezarec? Or does the Witness make, like, clones of its biggest, baddest generals?"]]''</ref> perhaps using Calus's cloning technology.