Editing Forum:Zâtrox, the Necromancer

{{Forumheader|Fan Fiction}}
{{Quote|Bear witness!|Zâtrox, the Necromancer}}
{{Tabbed infobox
|title1= Main
|content1=
{{Character infobox
|nameBG=#99DAB4
|BG=#003000
|sectionBG=#99DAB4
|lineBG=#99DAB4
|image= [[File:Zâtroxinfobox.jpg|300px]]
|variant= Hive
|othernames= Right Hand of Shin'ra <br> Celebrant of Shin'ra <br> High Priest of Shin'ra <br> Unknowable One <br> Lich King <br> The True Sorrow-Maker {{c|self proclaimed}}
|species= [[Hive]]
|gender= Male
|eyes= Green
|affiliation= [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow|Weavers of Sorrow]] <br> [[Forum:Ascended|Ascended]]
|rank= Necromancer <br> [[Ascendant Hive]] <br> [[Forum:Celebrant of Shin'ra|Celebrant of Shin'ra]]
|notable= First amongst the Hive to learn Necromancy <br> Member of the Court of Sorrow 
}}
|title2= Shadow's Dawn
|content2= 
{{Boss infobox
|nameBG=#99DAB4
|BG=#003000
|sectionBG=#99DAB4
|lineBG=#99DAB4
|name= Zâtrox, the Necromancer
|image= [[File:Zâtrox.png|300px]]
|species= [[Hive]]
|faction= [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow|Weavers of Sorrow]]
|rank= [[Ascendant Hive]] <br> Necromancer <br> [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Wizard]]
|gender= Male
|mission= [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]
|ability= {{Fanfic Icon|Corruption}} Corruption Blasts <br> {{Fanfic Icon|Corruption}} Lingering Corruption <br> {{Icon|Kinetic}} Sanction <br> Unholy Rite <br> Gracious Blessing <br> Resurrection <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Flight <br> Teleportation <br> Summon Hive <br> Summon [[Forum:Sorrow Court Guard|Sorrow Court Guard]] <br> Summon [[Forum:Shade of Zâtrox|Shade of Zâtrox]]
}}
|title3= Mission: Vanquish
|content3= {{Boss infobox
|name= Zâtrox, the Necromancer
|nameBG=#99DAB4
|BG=#003000
|sectionBG=#99DAB4
|lineBG=#99DAB4
|image= {{Tabcontainer
|title1= Phase 1
|content1= [[File:DreadNecromancerPhase1.png|350px]]
|title2= Phase 2
|content2= [[File:DreadNecromancerPhase2.png|350px]]
}}

|species= [[Hive]]
|faction= [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow|Weavers of Sorrow]]
|rank= [[Ascendant Hive]] <br> Necromancer <br> [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Wizard]]
|gender= Male
|mission= [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]
|ability= {{Fanfic Icon|Corruption}} Corruption Blasts <br> {{Fanfic Icon|Corruption}} Lingering Corruption <br> {{Icon|Kinetic}} Sanction <br> Resurrection <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Flight <br> Teleportation
}}
}}

'''Zâtrox, the Necromancer''' is an [[Ascendant Hive|Ascendant]] [[Hive]] Necromancer, wielder of [[Forum:Corruption (element)|Corruption]] and an esteemed member of [[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra]]'s [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow#Members|Court of Sorrow]]. A practitioner of [[Necromancy]], his skills of raising the dead were unmatched, giving him quite the reputation as a heretic within the [[Hidden Swarm]] and the Weavers of Sorrow. He serves as the final boss of the [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]] [[Dungeon]].

==Biography==
===Ancient Times===
{{Quote|I was but a mere Thrall, grasping for whatever tribute I could find. I was too weak. But I knew that I was not born to be a warrior to wield mighty blades to cut down my foes. So instead I chose to become a scholar, to take the tribute to enhance mind over blade.|Zâtrox}}

Zâtrox was born as a meager [[Thrall]], grasping for whatever scraps he could find just to satiate himself. He knew that he was not destined to be a warrior, in which he would instead hon his mind and study the secrets of the Deep, even the heretical art of necromancy in which he sought to use in order to reshape the fate of others.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#First Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: First Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#Second Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: Second Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref>

His practice would earn the attention of Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker, a powerful High Priest of the Hive, who saw Zâtrox's potential to use for future uses. Zâtrox in turn saw him as a better Oryx, a true maker rather than a lord of shapes. After being indoctrinated into the forces of the Sorrow-Maker, Zâtrox would witness the construction of the [[Forum:High Forge|High Forge]] and the establishment of the Court of Sorrow. While he stated it to be imperfect for it rested between the domains of the Sky and Deep, Shin'ra reaffirmed that it would be the testament of change and soon those boundaries would break before the walls of the High Forge.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#Third Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: Third Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#Fourth Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: Fourth Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref>

While he wasn't present during the [[Forum:Hunt for the Leviathans|hunt]] for the ancient [[Worm#Known Worms|Leviathans]], Zâtrox desired to have taken part in it.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#Fifth Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: Fifth Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref> While he desired to share his idea of the Cult of Unmaking with the Maker, he would instead be replaced by another one of Shin'ra's [[Forum:Celebrant of Shin'ra|Celebrants]], [[Forum:Storgor, the Great Shatterer|Storgor]], which infuriated Zâtrox to a boiling point.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#Sixth Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: Sixth Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref>

===Sol Incursions===
Prior to the arrival of the Weavers in the Sol System, Shin'ra made preparations for Zâtrox to act as a failsafe and to protect the final deaths of those within the Court of Sorrow and resurrect them in preparation of the [[Final Shape]]. <ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#Seventh Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: Seventh Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref> As the Nephilim approached Sol, he basked in the inevitability of the Final Shape, showing his eagerness to bathe in the Traveler's blood.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]; [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#Eighth Necrotic Fragment|Death Toll: Eighth Necrotic Fragment]]''</ref>

Following the subsequent defeat of Shin'ra during the [[Forum:Corruption's Insurgence|Corruption's Insurgence]], Zâtrox began to rally the members of the the Weavers within the [[Forum:Pit of Decay|Pit of Decay]] in a bid of revenge against the Guardians aboard the [[Forum:The Nephilim|Nephilim]].<ref name="PoD">'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Arena]]: [[Forum:Pit of Decay|Pit of Decay]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]] - [[Dungeon]]: [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]]''</ref> Even though he would fall against the [[Guardian]]s, Zâtrox survived his encounter against the [[Lightbearer]]s with his power of Necromancy and continued his efforts to revive the Court of Sorrow.<ref name="PoD"/>

During the [[Clash of the Hive Gods]], Zâtrox employed one of his [[Deathsinger]]s, by the name of [[Forum:Ir Mazleth, the Unholy Silence|Ir Mazleth, the Unholy Silence]] to invade and take back control of the [[Forum:Temple of Exultation (location)|Temple of Exultation]] from the Guardians. He along with Shin'ra believed that the temple was not worth to lose to the Guardians, stating that it was not just a place for unlimited power, but a strategic position for his future plans.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/9/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]] - [[Raid]]: [[Forum:Temple of Exultation (raid)|Temple of Exultation]]''</ref>

===Spliced Ambitions===
At some unknown point before the [[Hunt for Riven's Clutch|Hunt]] for the clutch of the [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]], a then defunct sect of the [[House of Devils]] [[Splicers]] sought to find remnants clusters of [[SIVA]] across the system. Their priest [[Forum:Vryskahn, Splicer Priest|Vryskahn]] was a veteran of the [[Devil Splicers]] and sought to elevate his crew with [[Golden Age]] nanotechnology. However his search was becoming limited to dead or dormant SIVA clusters leftover from the [[SIVA Crisis]] and it wouldn’t be until their venture towards [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] that they discovered their means of ascension. 

Upon reaching Titan, they located a now derelict Golden Age site located far off from the [[New Pacific Arcology]] that was used to experiment with late Golden Age tech. They would eventually find active SIVA clusters and would begin to augment themselves with it. Unbeknownst to them, the clusters were corrupted by the Zâtrox, using his moniker of the Necromancer and began to manipulate the Devil Splicers to do his bidding as a means to root out and destroy the remnants of the Devil Splicers. He would manipulate Vryskahn and his crew to developing a death cult in worshipping the Necromancer, crashing their ketch into the Golden Age facility and using it as a contemporary lair. They would begin to sacrifice the lesser Fallen, including their [[Pilot Servitor]] and create a [[Forum:Necromancer's Eye, the Devil's Torrent|massive]] [[Shrieker]] made out of Fallen corpses and would act as a central conduit for the Necromancer to further manipulate Vryskahn and his crew.

A team of Guardians would investigate the crashed Ketch, locating data pads that held voice clips of Vrysakhan and his studies of the corrupted SIVA strands, detailing how they warped his and his crew's minds. They would eventually put an end to Vryskahn's suffering by killing him and destroying the Necromancer's Eye manipulating him and his crew.

===Haunting of the Nephilim===
During the Festival of TBA, the Nephilim had become overrun by [[Nightmare]]s and [[Headless One]]s due to the experimentations of the Weavers use of Nightmare Essence and the lack of someone to command the Nephilim's derelict state. Knowing the threat that they pose, Zâtrox would employ the Guardians to assist him with removing the Nightmares and Headless Ones from the Nephilim and to stop the Weaver's attempts to gather an army to conquer Sol.<ref>'''Bungie (TBA)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: TBA - [[Forum:Haunted Nephilim|Haunted Nephilim]]''</ref>

==Gameplay==
{{C|See [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn|Shadow's Dawn]] [[Forum:Shadow's Dawn#The Dark Resurrection/The Necromancer|Walkthrough: The Dark Resurrection/The Necromancer]]}}

==Trivia==
*Zâtrox shares many similarities to the appearance of [[Nokris, Herald of Xol]] and [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota]]. 
**However he also shares some insect characteristics with early Hive concept art.

==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=3>
File:ZâtroxDreadConcept.png|Concept art of a Dread-ified Zâtrox. 
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forum:Season of Sorrow|Season of Sorrow]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forum:Episode: Dread|Episode: Dread]]''
**''[[Forum:Veil of Deimos|Veil of Deimos]]''
**''[[Forum:Resurrection|Resurrection]]''

==References==
<references/>

[[Category:Hive fan fiction]]
[[Category:Enemy fan fiction]]
[[Category:Ally fan fiction]]