Forum:The Jackal Syndicate

"We were all rejects and outcasts from our old Houses. Obsolete for years, obsolete since what was once our society, our home was destroyed in the Whirlwind. But we, we have abandoned the rules that still enforce what's left of our kind. We have embraced strength and wit, which has defined us Eliksni even before our beloved Great Machine graced us with it's gifts. Our old families, our old friends, they know nothing of our strength, nothing of our cunning, nothing of our stealth, nothing of our sheer tenacity to fight back against the heretics who destroy something which has granted us our nobility and grace, against the enemies who seek to eradicate, each other and, eventually, their selves. Enemies such as our own, infighting each other and fighting against other Houses, seeing who shall reign supreme... making mistakes and breaking the tradition of us Fallen. We must correct the course of us Fallen, cut out the prideful and ignorant Houses and refine ourselves. We will obtain the the Great Machine, we will return to grace, and we will smite the enemies beset against us! We will make us Fallen Eliksni again! Long live the Jackal Syndicate!"

- Seriviks forming The Jackal Syndiacte

The Jackal Syndicate is a Fallen Syndicate, (seen in Brown (Primary) and Orange (Secondary) colors), that warred against the Fallen House of Lions.

Origins
"I never told You this, but that was my sister who've done this. She, (how should I say this)...we didn’t left on good terms unfortunately, and now my past has come to haunt me, this time with a full force behind her as well..."

- Joskaa

The Jackal Syndicate was formed when the House of Lions had a major dispute between their Kell, Joskaa, and his sister, whom was the Archon at the time, Seriviks, due to the Kell's wishes for peace amongst the Lions and The Last City, which his sister was against his actions, causing her to defect from her House as a result, taking a large contingent of Lions whom also had a disdain with the Kell's actions. Soon the Lions, on the order of Joskaa, would remove Seriviks from any history of the House regarding her, with only one weapon that presumably notes of the Lion Archon. During her self-exile, Seriviks would began bringing other Fallen from across the System to her cause, with most being former members of the House of Lions, who were still loyal to the Ex-Archon Priestess, and members of the House of Storm who were against the rule of Joskaa (after the Storms assimilated into the Lions). Seriviks would soon finalize this new faction, calling it "The Jackal Syndicate", formed through her ideals and beliefs of the Fallen's current strengths, ruthlessness, and cunning, with herself as the Syndicate's leader. The Jackals would go into hiding during the events of the Red War, evading from both the House of Lions, and The Last City until the time is right to strike.

Jackals Revealed
The Jackal Syndicate remain hidden for a while until, one day, a Jackal Captain by the name of Chelsik begans an attempt to assassinate on Joskaa and Grayvis by hacking Lion Shanks and Walkers, while his crew infiltrates the area. The Guardian, However thwarts his attempt and kills him, and the Jackal Syndicate is revealed.

Crusades of the Jackals
After the Jackals being revealed, Seriviks, the Kell of Jackals later took refuge on Nessus. When the Lions found out about this, they sent a Guardian to take her down. Arriving on Nessus, She was seen along side Giltris, a Marauder. She, however, escaped leaving Giltris behind only to be killed by the guardian. After the attack, Joskaa orders the guardian to stand down and let his Spies deal with her.

Despite the Guardian unable to find her, Magnusk, Lions' Wrath secretly gave the guardians coordinates to her location, due to her Ketch, Jackalship Semkis-Fel being found on Titan. After fighting through her Kell's Guards and Ketch Enforcers, they face her in her throne room. Despite believing in finishing off, However, She escaped. Joskaa orders the guardian of what they were doing, but with driving Seriviks out of her Ketch. He believe that might do better in taking the Jackals down and later left them into finding Jackal bounties, while Kell's Wrath was later reopened to attack the Jackals.

With the opening of Kell's Wrath, Guardians all around the system began hunting down the Jackal's Baron, Baroness, and Generals such as Thresik, the Swordsman, Graksul, the Headhunter, Kithiks, the Pathfinder, and Pavik, Once Meek, they even made a more bigger blow with the destruction of Semkis Prime, The Crimson Widow, and the Metal Siblings. with these victories the House of Lions staged a full-on assault into the The Jackal's Den to destroy or capture the Remaining Jackal Leadership. With the help of the Guardians, they were to kill most of Jackals' Generals pushing further into their Lair and meet up with Seriviks. Despites of her Stock pile and reinforcements, they were able to execute her. crippling the Jackals, and the end of the Crusades.

Jackals' Retreat
With the death of their Kell, the Jackal Syndicate retreated to the EDZ in hopes of survival. With marshalling the Surviving Jackals were Krathiks, an Archon Priest, and Dakiliss, the Strategist, commander of her powerful Fleet, capturing Cabal Bases and harassing the House of Dusk, and Taken. However, soon the tables were turned again with the help of House of Lions, the EDZ Guardians began pushing back the Jackals, by hunting Krathiks, led by Skorvik, the Head Scientist of the Lions and Executing the Mad Archon and destroyed his SIVA Supply, to keep the Fallen from growing strong again and/or SIVA from rising again. Next, Devrim Kay has spotted Dakiliss' Ketch over in the outskirts of EDZ, calling in a Fireteam to deal with these major problem, fighting through her Ketch and solving puzzles and other sorts, they reached to her control room, and finished the Clever Pirate, causing the Jackals to be completing broken and to retreat to Io.

Season of Dawn
After the crushing defeat, by the hands of The Guardian, The Jackals Syndicate had quickly escaped earth, and traveled to Io, where no Fallen has ever been. There, they captured and utilized the abandoned Warmind Vault JYS-2 and the Terrabase Charon as their new base of operations, and built a new Prime Servitor, known as Dreksor Prime, to restore their broken leadership. Then, the Jackals later used the Vault to contact lost and stranded Jackals who are still at the EDZ, at the time to join the rest of them on Io. However, the House of Lions, had intercepted one of the Jackals' signals and sent The Guardian over to the EDZ to track the signal, after fighting to return to the now parked Dreksor-Syn, The Guardian attacks a Fallen escaped party and found the source of the signal, which originated from Io. Suspecting the Jackals may have to do with the signal, Joskaa sends The Guardian over to Io to Investigate, only to find the Jackals patrolling the Ionian fields, after dealing with them. Joskaa orders The Guardian to return to Lions' Run and will investigate their presence and the Jackal's hiding grounds. Later on, the Lions sends the Guardian back to Io, after discovering Jackal Fallen scavenging around Excavation Site II, After fighting and exterminating them. Joskaa discovers the Jackals were only trying to depose the Taken and Vex who were trying to push the Jackals out of their strongholds. However, while the Lions were investigating the Ionian Jackals, some of the Jackals boldly try to take out, their communication outpost, Lions' Pride, Relay, The leader of this attack was Reksor, a Jackal Baron. There, he successfully managed to either kill or capture the network crew stationed there and hijack the Relay's networks using Calgos-Alpha, A Walker, modified to hijack communication networks, while raising no alarm to anyone outside the complex. Joskaa, who was troubled by the fact, that no one has responded from the outpost, sens out a Lion search party, led by Grask, a seasoned veteran, to investigate the incident, but unfortunately, the party was captured by Reksor's Crew. Unable respond back, Joskaa sends The Guardian back to the Reef to investigate the Outpost. Only for them, to see the place dominated by Reksor's crew. After defeating Reksor and forces, the Guardian destroys Calgos-Alpha and reactivated Lions' Pride Relay, which Joskaa gets word on the outpost attack. After their quick defeats, Joskaa learns a strange spike of Dreksor Servtiors being sighted on Io, Joskaa believes that, there's a Prime Servitor over Io, producing those Servitors. Once again, he send The Guardian back to Io to search and the Dreksor Prime, after reaching the Warmind Vault JYS-2, and facing the Jackal Prime at Giant's Scar. The Guardian finally destroys the Prime, finally destroying the Jackal Leadership, and breaking them once more.

Season of Pestilence
(TBA)

Season of Mayhem
(TBA)

Jackal’s Fall
(TBA)

Structure
Similar to the House of Spider and The Kell's Scourge Syndicate, the Jackal Syndicate is a criminal enterprise, although more massive than both of the organizations, as well as other Houses, rivaling that of the House of Wolves' and the House of Dusk's numbers. Founded by Seriviks, a former House Archon of the House of Lions, the Syndicate's main goals are to reclaim the Traveler, although, without the restrictions of the Fallen's old beliefs and traditions, believing that the only way the Fallen will take back the Traveler is through their ruthlessness, strengths, wits, and their resilience. The Syndicate also aims to eliminate the noble Houses, as they see them as the very thing that holds them back due to the House's old customs and rules, as well as the Houses' tendency of their prideful nobility and their rivalry with each other. Which the Jackals hopes to destroy the noble Houses in order to allow the Fallen to be free of their old customs.

The Jackal Syndicate's units, members, and supporters has a very unique appearance, which differs other Fallen Houses and Syndicates. Some of the lower rung Fallen bear no body suits, while all higher rung Fallen, Elites and above Jackals bear said bodysuits. Armors of the Jackal's rank-in-file remains generally the same as House of Dusk, although more neater and clean than Dusk's armors, painted in dark orange with Fallen symbols and glyphs or just paint. Many of their units will bear brown capes or scarves often appearing rugged, moth-eaten. Elite class Fallen will bear more robes and vestments, with their armors painted with brown symbols or sploches, along with white colored robes and scarves, as well as thicker armor along with straight pikes sticking out from their backs, decorated with skulls and Ghost Shells, while Automata will be painted and decorated with armor plating. Major or Ultra class Fallen will appear extremely advanced compared to their peers, bearing higher tech equipment and armor such as more polygonal and thick armor, 2 wing-like, aesthetic robotic appendages appearing on their backs, voice synthesizers, more ornate vestments, and crimson lights appearing on their armor and optical lenses, with their robes colored in bright orange with symbols painted in the color jade green.

Leadership

 * Seriviks, Jackal Kell—Kell
 * Semkis Prime—Prime Servitor
 * Dreksor Prime—Prime Servitor
 * Krathiks, Rabid Archon—Archon of Semkis Prime

Fallen Commanders

 * Dakiliss, the Strategist
 * Maksis, the Sharp-Tongued
 * Vilksor, the Emissary
 * Reksor, Signal Hijacker

Notable Fallen

 * Giltris, the Prowler
 * Trysahn, the Excavator
 * Hagrask, Jackal Enforcer
 * Meriskis, Ordinance Thief
 * Rulkis, Archon Rising
 * Veresix, Silent Shadow
 * Skelsis, the Taskmaster
 * Thresik, the Swordsman
 * Graksul, the Headhunter
 * Kithiks, the Pathfinder
 * Fensik, Walker Engineer
 * Droviks, Ether Corruptor
 * Pavik, Once Meek
 * Eilkis, Bane of Barons
 * Johzan, Splicer Baroness
 * Poliskis, Glimmer Courier
 * Jaralsis, Weaponsmith
 * Chelsik, the Infiltrator
 * Kharviks, the Novissimus Sachem

Notable Servitors

 * Dreksor-2, Pilot Servitor
 * Semkis-0, the Devourer
 * Semkis-6, Jackal Relay
 * Dreksor-10
 * Mecher Dreksor-19
 * Semkis-43
 * Semkis-17

Notable Automata

 * Calgos-Alpha, Communications Nexus
 * Kalsos, Bonded Shank
 * Mirkos, Bonded Shank
 * Jraskos-9
 * Raemos-3
 * Kashemos-Beta, the Volatile
 * The Crimson Widow

Former Members

 * Zoloks, Priest of Sorrow
 * Harovas, Bound to Cravask
 * Falkris, Partisan of the Pattern
 * Borolsk, Rift Keeper
 * Aliskis, Splicer Savant
 * Tholiikaa, Twice Betrayed
 * Mazivas, Baroness of Mayhem
 * Mestiks, The Weasel

Weapons

 * Shock Daggers


 * Shock Pistol


 * Shock Blades


 * Shock Rifle


 * Wire Rifle


 * Shrapnel Launcher


 * Molten Welder

Vehicles

 * Pike


 * Heavy Pike


 * Jackalship Semkis-Fel
 * Splicership Dreksor-Syn

Unique Forces

 * Dreg
 * Stoic Dreg
 * Hyena Pack Dreg
 * Splicer Dreg
 * Salvage Ruffian
 * Crew Dreg
 * Archon Servant


 * Wretch
 * Stoic Wretch
 * Splicer Wretch
 * Crew Wretch
 * Samnite


 * Vandal
 * Stoic Vandal
 * Hyena Pack Vandal
 * Splicer Vandal
 * Signal Engineer
 * Salvage Courier
 * Crew Vandal
 * Kell's Guard


 * Marauder
 * Stoic Marauder
 * Silent Shadow
 * Splicer Marauder
 * Crew Marauder


 * Captain
 * Stoic Captain
 * Hyena Pack Captain
 * Splicer Captain
 * Splicer Priest
 * Scorch Captain
 * Null Captain
 * Shock Captain
 * Salvage Boss
 * Munitions Expert
 * Cannon Engineer
 * Crew Captain
 * Ketch Enforcer

Automata

 * Security Turret
 * Splicer Turret
 * Shank
 * Aggressive Shank
 * Hijacked Shank
 * Splicer Shank
 * Crew Shank
 * Exploder Shank
 * Aggressive Exploder Shank
 * Hijacked Exploder Shank
 * Splicer Exploder Shank
 * Crew Exploder Shank
 * Overcharged Shank
 * Tracer Shank
 * Aggressive Exploder Shank
 * Hijacked Tracer Shank
 * Splicer Tracer Shank
 * Spotter Shank
 * Crew Tracer Shank


 * Heavy Shank
 * Aggressive Heavy Shank
 * Hijacked Heavy Shank
 * Splicer Heavy Shank
 * Crew Heavy Shank
 * Terminator Shank
 * Flamer Terminator
 * Suppressor Terminator
 * Assault Terminator


 * Servitor
 * Adamant Servitor
 * Splicer Servitor
 * SIVA Courier
 * Crew Servitor
 * Ether Sentinel
 * Pilot Servitor
 * Broadcast Saboteur
 * Simulating Servitor, Pretender to Andiks


 * Walker Tank
 * Aggressive Walker
 * Hijacked Walker
 * Splicer Walker

Special Forces

 * The Jackal Claws
 * Jackal Splicers
 * The Hyena Pack
 * Armada of Dakiliss
 * Anarchy's Children (formerly)
 * Weasel's Gang (formerly)

List of Appearances

 * Destiny 2:
 * Jackal's Labyrinth
 * Penumbra
 * Shadowkeep
 * Season of Dawn
 * Season of Pestilence
 * Beyond Light
 * Rise of the Emperors
 * Season of the Vipers
 * The Witch Queen
 * Season of Mayhem
 * The Void Within