[spoiler]Welcome to LFD! This series is meant to be an easily digestible, simplified, short, and somewhat entertaining lore ‘crash course’ for those who want to learn more without wading through grimoire.[/spoiler] —— [i]All right, mavericks. Ready to see what you’ll be fightin’ today?[/i] [b][i]SCORN APPROACHING.[/b][/i] Today we’ll talk about the Scorn, the zombie junkies of the Fallen world. [b]BUT FIRST[/b], oh human/awoken/exo mine, first we must understand their space-pirate cousins, the Fallen, a bit. [b]The Fallen, but explained really fast[/b] All Fallen subsist on a substance known as ether, a gaseous substance produced by their meatball-resembling (come on, don’t be shy! At one point or another they’ve seemed delicious to you) space robots known as Servitors. You can spot this ether next time you kill a Fallen, as it pops out of them upon death! It’s like fireworks :D Also, uh, since the Fallen are so dependent on Servitors for their life-juice, they tend to deify them and are actually centerpieces of their religion. [b]Fikrul, the Fanatic and the Origin of...wait for it...THE DARK ETHER[/b] [b]DUN DUN DUNN!!![/b] Yes, this is an appropriate time for suspenseful music. Put it on if you have it. Back in the day, after the Battle of Saturn, a few Houseless Dregs banded together and began to terrorize the Reef. Naming themselves the Scorned Barons, they wreaked havoc upon Awoken, Guardians, and innocent, cute little Servitors! The monsters! A little sick of their antics a certain Exo we all and know (rhymes with Raid-6) staged an ambush in which he captured these Barons and left one of them, an ex-Archon, Fikrul, to die. Coincidentally, a certain heartbroken Uldren Sov (he-who-shall-not-be-named) came across him, bleeding out from a Golden Gun shot to the chest. Feeling sorry for his plight, Uldren dressed his wounds and wished Fikrul to live. And since Riven, an ancient being of immense power, was secretly influencing Uldren, his wish was granted, and Fikrul’s ether was transmuted into the gross stuff we know today. [b]The Scorn, but explained slower[/b] [b]The Scorn[/b]...are different from the Fallen. Instead of clean Ether like all the other Fallen, they subsist off [b]corrupted ether[/b], possibly tainted by the Darkness itself. Nasty. They don’t even need the ether breathers the Fallen use! Now, dark ether has...certain properties. Fikrul, the Fanatic, is the only place you can find it naturally. He can use this goopy stuff to RAISE FALLEN AND SCORN FROM THE DEAD. And even himself! Unlimited self-rezzing. Remember the Hollowed Lair Strike, when you kill him again? Ever wonder why the Scorn look so...zombie like? That’s because they’re usually reanimated several times after death, and this takes a huge toll on their bodies, slowly degenerating them, bit by bit, into the cute blobs of flesh we know as Screeeebs! The Scorned Barons aren’t into the whole “you are a Servitor and give me food, thus you are a god” thing. In fact, they detest the Fallen Houses and their religious dependence on such machines, and slaughter them whenever they get the chance. [b]Their main goal is to topple the Fallen Houses and destroy any who continue to practice the old Eliksni traditions.[/b] Now, the Scorn still need Servitors and their ether, and still keep Servitors (usually caged up, remember the Hangman?) for ether corruption. [i]And remember...[/i] [b]Knowledge is power. Kill stuff with it.[/b] —— [i]Additional resources, if you’re still interested[/i]: [url=https://www.ishtar-collective.net/categories/book-the-lawless-frontier]The Lawless Frontier[/url] - A book about the Tangled Shore with biographies of all the Scorned Barons. [url=https://www.ishtar-collective.net/categories/book-most-loyal?highlight=Most++Loyal]Most Loyal[/url] - A story of Variks, the Loyal, before the Prison of Elders prison break. Sections of note are: Two Cells, Revolution, Chain of Souls, Where Loyalty Lies (especially). [url=https://www.ishtar-collective.net/categories/book-the-forsaken-prince?highlight=Forsaken+Prince]The Forsaken Prince[/url] - A story of Uldren Sov as he becomes leader of the Scorned Barons. Sections of note are: Fanatic Part II, Fikrul, Docking. [spoiler]I hope you guys enjoyed! Please leave a comment on how I did. Remember my goals are to be [b]concise[/b], [b]accurate[/b], and [b]entertaining[/b]. If I failed, or went overboard, on any of these, let me know![/spoiler] Want more? Check out the [url=https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/257733522?sort=0&page=0]Index[/url] or the LfD tag ⤵️