Randal, the Vandal
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Randal, the Vandal is a Fallen Vandal located in the Forgotten Shore that appears as Reaver Vandal. Due to the Vandal's exceptional health, he caught early Destiny Beta players off guard and was then affectionately nicknamed "Randal" by the Destiny community.
He has since gone onto become the longest running Easter Egg within the Destiny series due to his ongoing reoccurrence.
History
Origins
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.[1] However he was seen as an afterthought as Guardians were power capped to Level 8 and stronger Level 11 enemies existed within the vicinity that 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.[2] During that time, the Reaver Vandal was an ordinary enemy with regular health stat.[3] He was defeated with great ease and instead a Level 5 Reaver Captain that appeared in the "Eliminate the Target" Public Event proved to be a tougher challenge and required multiple players working together to defeat the Captain.[4]
Terror of the Shore
With the release of Destiny, the Reaver Vandal continued to patrol the Forgotten Shore. Due to an unknown glitch, the Reaver Vandal had 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".[5] The Vandal quickly gained infamy among the Destiny community for his notorious ability to withstand damage from the greatest of weapons such as Gjallarhorn and Vex Mythoclast.[6][7] 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.[8][9] 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.[10] Becoming one of the first memes within Destiny, players created meme images of Randal, most notably an image of Randal welding a Gjallarhorn with two health bars. He was viewed as the true "Kell of Kells" and the actual Kell of the House of Devils among other humorous descriptions. 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.[11] 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.[12] 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 damage attack from the Celestial Nighthawk.[13]
The release of The Taken King expansion saw Randal get nerfed in his stats. This was quickly reverted when community outcry denounced the change and Randal returned to his former strength and continued to terrorise the Shore with his mighty presence.
The Prefect Randal
Gallery
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The tragic death of Randal the Vandal
List of appearances
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References
- ^ YouTube (2014/6/17): Destiny Alpha Gamplay – Timestamp 23:05s
- ^ YouTube (2014/6/25): Destiny Beta Chest Hunt – Timestamp 03:45s
- ^ YouTube (2014/9/1): Destiny Beta Explore Gamplay – Timestamp 02:10s
- ^ YouTube (2014/6/30): Destiny Beta Random Event – Timestamp 00:30s
- ^ YouTube (2014/10/31): Randal the Vandal in action
- ^ YouTube (2014/10/17): Mythoclast vs Lv 8 Vandal – Timestamp 00:10s
- ^ YouTube (2014/12/21): Randal vs Gjallarhorn
- ^ YouTube (2014/10/19): Toughest Enemies in Destiny
- ^ Twitter (2019/5/15): Most powerful enemy in Destiny history?
- ^ Reddit (2014/12/5): Too much epic for one Forgotten Shore
- ^ Bungie (2014/10/19): Bungie End of Year Update – 2014
- ^ YouTube (2015/2/2): House of Exile Randal – Timestamp 00:30s
- ^ YouTube (2015/2/2): Randal vs Celestial Nighthawk
