Talk:Splicers

Skolas and Splicers

When has it been mentioned that Skolas utilized Splicers to hack the Vault of Glass? --VT (talk) 18:08, 13 December 2016 (EST)VT

It hasn't. Until Rise of Iron came out, all we knew was that the Fallen had an aptitude for technology of almost any sort. When Rise of Iron came out, we learned each House has its own set of Splicers that specialize in technology. So it stands from inference that Skolas used both Wolf and Winter Splicers to co-opt the Vault of Glass' technology, especially that of the Oracles. As for specific mentioning, that was inferred, but basically Splicers have existed before in Destiny, they just weren't named. -- Δαντε τηε Γηοστ ^{Ι ωονδερ ιφ Ικορα γιϝες ηυγς το Γηοστσ. Ηεη... ανψωαψς, νιξε ωορκ. Τηις ις ωηατ Ι υσεδ.} 18:00, 13 December 2016 (EST)

Thanks, this makes more sense now. --VT (talk) 18:08, 13 December 2016 (EST)VT

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Light Splicers: new addition?

So to settle this discussion once and for all.

The proposal is to give the "Sacred Splicers", or rather the group explicitly affiliated with Mithrax, Kell of Light, their own page separate from the main Splicers article for two reasons:

There's a lot of information specific to the "Light Splicers" and their activities in helping the City and the Guardians during the Endless Night, with a total of 21 citations to back this up, with potentially more to be found and added, and not at all relevant to the actual Splicers page, which is an overview of the Eliksni organization itself just as there are House of Devils or House of Exile groups instead of all that information tucked away on the gigantic Fallen page.

Having information specifically related about Light Splicers in one easily accessible space makes it easy for people trying to learn more about them or to add more relevant information to them. Or worse, Bungie looking for more things to canonize, like Eramis, Kell of Darkness. (This last is said in jest.)

There have been other notable Fallen groups separate from the mainline Houses with their own pages. Two were cited to me specifically, the Silent Fang and Taniks' Crew. The former has had Grimoire lore and predates the launch of House of Wolves DLC via the Queen's Wrath (event), and the latter because Taniks' the mercenary logically didn't do everything by himself and as The Spider has shown us it doesn't take much for Eliksni to rally around leaders outside the Kell and House system.

I can see no real objections raised to this, other than the use of the name "Sacred Splicer" which I now know correctly applies to the Splicers as a whole. Instead, "Light Splicer" ought to be the new article. Destinypedia has used placeholder names before. Bungie's even canonized Sol Collective after nearly six years of it being a placeholder name for that Vex collective.

The only other real objection I can see raised is both Dusk and Salvation having Splicers of their own, and that neither group did much to warrant their own articles either. That is all right; they did do their things, but since their articles would be the equivalent of stubs it's fine to have them listed as subheaders beneath their respective House pages and the main Splicer page, rather than take up space.

Your thoughts? -- Δαντε τηε Γηοστ ^{Ι ωονδερ ιφ Ικορα γιϝες ηυγς το Γηοστσ. Ηεη... ανψωαψς, νιξε ωορκ. Τηις ις ωηατ Ι υσεδ.} Dante the Ghost (talk) 22:25, August 5, 2024 (EDT)

I don’t understand how Sacred Splicers applies to Splicers as a whole? Was the term an antiquated name to describe the latter around the time of the Eliksni golden age? Back when they worshipped the Great Machine and used its Light. Also Splicers are akin to an Eliksni occupation but the Sacred Splicer can apply to any who wields the Light, including Guardians. Kuato, Didactic Mind 22:31, August 5, 2024 (EDT)