Editing House of Exile

{{Quote|They live among the [[Hive]]. Of course they're crazy.|[[Cayde-6]]<ref name="Exiles">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen|Fallen]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#House of Exile|House of Exile]]''</ref>}}

{{Quote|With the exception of the House of Exile, the Fallen usually try their best to stay out of each others' way. That's why the system is parcelled up so neatly. Winter on Venus, Exiles on the Moon, Kings and Devils keeping to their own areas of the Cosmodrome.|Ghost}}<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/talk-to-petra-7 Talk to Petra]''</ref>

The House of Exile is a smaller and more recently discovered House located on the [[Moon]]. They attempted to carve out a realm for themselves on the surface of the Moon, despite the heavy Hive presence.<ref name="Exiles"/> The Exiles served no [[Kell]] or [[Archon]], making them an abnormality among the Fallen.<ref name="TKoK">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Activities|Activities]]/[[Grimoire:Activities/House of Wolves|House of Wolves]], [[Grimoire:Activities/House_of_Wolves#The Kell of Kells|The Kell of Kells]]''</ref>

During a mission on the Moon, [[Cayde-6]] met a [[Exile Baroness|Baroness]] of the Exiles, whom he later fought alongside against a horde of Hive.<ref name>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen|Ghost Fragment: Fallen]]''</ref>

{{Quote|Frigoris was a wild card, and needed to be taken care of. The City can rest a bit easier with this threat removed.|Bounty}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/frigoris-exiled-baron Frigoris, Exiled Baron]''</ref>

When [[Guardian]]s first returned to the Moon after years, they discovered the House of Exile squatting among the ruins of the old Moon bases.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Dark Beyond]]''</ref> Later, when attempting to breach deep into the [[Hellmouth]], a Guardian was caught in the middle of an Exile raid against the Hive. Leading the raid was [[Frigoris, Exiled Baron]], who became a priority target due to his station in the Exiles and was dispatched by the Guardian.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Shrine of Oryx (mission)|Shrine of Oryx]]''</ref>

{{Quote|He may seek to gather the Exiles, but they will not follow. They follow none, no Kell, no Archon.| Variks, the Loyal}}<ref name="TKoK"/>

During the [[House of Wolves]] revolt against the [[The Reef]] led by [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]], the Exiles were not approached to join in Skolas' rebellion. [[Variks, the Loyal]] noted that the Exiles would not have joined the [[Wolf Rebellion]] because they followed no Kell.<ref name="TKoK"/> [[Skoriks, Archon-Slayer]] also refused to follow Skolas and attempted to join the Exiles. However, he was dispatched by a Guardian sent to hunt him down before he was able to.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted|Fallen Hunted]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#WANTED: Skoriks, Archon-Slayer|WANTED: Skoriks, Archon-Slayer]]''</ref>

It is implied that most, if not all of the surviving Exiles have now joined the [[House of Dusk]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/28)''', ''Destiny: [[Age of Triumph]] - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries|Legends & Mysteries]], [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 6|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 6]]''</ref> As of the [[Red War]], there has been no evidence of Fallen on Luna until [[Shadowkeep]], where the House of Dusk had claimed the former territory of the House of Exile, including the former [[Ketch]] of Taniks.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Anchor of Light]]''</ref>

Sometime after the Red War and the emergence of the House of Dusk, a subset of the Exiles chose to flee to the edges of the system to find a place to live in peace. They came upon the planetoid [[Kepler]] and made their home alongside the local [[Aionian]]s, where they lived in peace thanks to the proficiency in communicating with humans from one of them, [[Archon Levaszk, Prophet of the Giver|Levaszk]].<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Edge of Fate]] - Item Description: [[AION Renewal Suit#AION Renewal Mask/Helm/Hood|AION Renewal Mask/Helm/Hood]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - Item Description: [[AION Renewal Suit#AION Renewal Grips/Gauntlets/Gloves|AION Renewal Grips/Gauntlets/Gloves]]''</ref> As part of their partnership, the Aionians would help the Exiles to create [[Ether]]. However, the Exile's [[Ether]] would become contaminated by the [[Dark matter]] permeating Kepler from the Singularity deep within the planetoid.<ref name="Saturnism">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[Mission: Saturnism]]''</ref> Levaszk, after taking in the tainted Ether, seemingly began to hear the Singularity speak to him through it. Calling the entity "The Giver" and the tainted Ether "Gift-Ether", Levaszk preached to the other Exiles to take it, believing that it would allow them to grow stronger than if they had chosen to remained on Earth with the rest of the Fallen. He would also take the rank of [[Archon]] to lead the House and make more of the Gift-Ether.<ref name="Chest">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - Item Description: [[AION Renewal Suit#AION Renewal Vest/Plate/Robes|AION Renewal Vest/Plate/Robes]]''</ref><ref name="Class">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - Item Description: [[AION Renewal Suit#AION Renewal Cloak/Mark/Bond|AION Renewal Cloak/Mark/Bond]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - Item Description: [[Sublimation#Lore|Sublimation]]''</ref>

The Aionians would attempt to cure the Exiles of their affliction but were unsuccessful.{{Citation needed}} Levaszk, becoming increasingly fanatical toward the Giver as a result of the tainted Ether, used this to turn the House against the Aionians, telling them that the Aionians would take Kepler's gifts and leave the Exiles starving.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - Item Description: [[AION Renewal Suit#AION Renewal Strides/Greaves/Boots|AION Renewal Strides/Greaves/Boots]]''</ref> Additionally, the Dark Matter in their Ether gave Levaszk the ability to see and speak through any other Eliksni who had also taken the Gift-Ether.<ref name="GB">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - Item Description: [[Giver's Blessing#Lore|Giver's Blessing]]''</ref> The Exiles would begin attacking the Aionians and cut off their access to the Singularity,<ref name="Class"/> intent on making it grow and consume Kepler so that they would ascend.<ref name="Transient">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[Mission: Transient]]''</ref><ref name="Invitation">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[Mission: The Invitation]]''</ref>

Once the Guardian and [[Ikora Rey]] arrived on Kepler, following an invitation from [[the Nine]], Levaszk would claim their arrival had been prophesied by the Giver and would send his followers against them. However, the Guardian would prevail against the Exile forces, including three of Levaszk's [[Vessel of the Archon|Vessels]] and recovered a [[Strangelet Capsule]] the Exiles were guarding, one of many needed to open the way to the Singularity.<ref name="Invitation"/> After meeting with the Aionians and [[Lodi]], the Guardian would work to rescue some Aionian scientists the Exiles had captured to take the [[Acceleron]] they possessed.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[The Central Academy Strangelet#Step 2|The Central Academy Strangelet: Step 2]]''</ref>

Following this, the Guardian would work with Lodi, [[Drifter]] and an informant from the Exiles, [[Keelsk]], would work to retrieve another Strangelet in the [[Exile's Accord]] and gain more information on the Exiles.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[The Exile's Accord Strangelet#Step 1|The Exile's Accord Strangelet: Step 1]]''</ref> After acquiring a [[Relocator]] cannon from the Exiles,<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[The Exile's Accord Strangelet#Step 2|The Exile's Accord Strangelet: Step 2]]''</ref> the Guardian would move to disrupt a power plant in the Accord feeding energy to their [[Levaszk's Ketch|warship]]. During the operation, Lodi would attempt to make peace with the Archon, but Levaszk would refuse, claiming they were working with the [[Vex]] to keep them from the Giver.<ref name="Transient"/>

The Exiles on Kepler initially did not have a leader.<ref name="Transient"/> But after their Ether became contaminated with dark matter, Levaszk would  take the rank of Archon to distribute it, assuming full control of the House.<ref name="Chest"/> Using his ability to see and speak through any other Eliksni who consumed the Gift Ether, Levaszk was able to find and kill any dissenters.<ref name="GB"/> In addition to an Archon, the Exiles on Kepler also have a [[Prime Servitor]].<ref name="Gouge">'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''Destiny 2: The Edge of Fate - [[Gouge]]''</ref> However, it is unknown how they came to be, whether they had been brought with the Exiles that came to Kepler or built after Levaszk became the House's leader.

**Strangely enough, there is also a [[House of Kings]] hideout in the Olympus Mons as well.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Xander 99-40]]: [[Xander 99-40#Dialogue|"Closed mission, House Kings listening post, Olympus Mons."]]''</ref>

*There is a large misconception among the community regarding the insignia of the House of Exile, mistaking a version of the symbol of Crota for its sigil. However, the real insignia of the Exiles remains unknown due to there being no major known records in lore or in-game, with the only known piece of lore hinting at the existence of one being the banner that was carried by the [[Exile Baroness]], which [[Cayde-6]] took after her death.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''Destiny 2 - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/house-of-exile-banner House of Exile Banner]''</ref>

**In the [[Season of the Splicer]], when [[Mithrax]] argues to [[Saint-14]] about monsters and him being one in the Eliksni's eyes, a cutscene that depicts the story shows the incorrect Exile banner in there, showing how large the misconception is, to the point that it caused Bungie to accidentally place it in there.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B9v8VoZrMU Bedtime Story]''</ref>

**This would occur again in a cutscene in [[Episode: Revenant]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UklYiO4byM The Slayer Baron]''</ref>