House of Wolves

"The Wolves are getting closer, she is a fool for thinking she can control them."

- The Speaker

The House of Wolves are a house of the Fallen. They are the subject of an expansion of the same name.

Pre-Reef Wars
Prior to arriving in the Solar System, the House of Wolves was one of many Fallen Houses struggling to survive in the wake of a cataclysmic event known as The Whirlwind. In the aftermath of the fall, the Wolves were said to have Warred with the House of Kings. Years later, after arriving into the Sol system, the Wolves were living out by the Jovians. As part of a united Fallen effort, they intended to join the Battle of Twilight Gap alongside the other houses, but were stopped at Ceres when the Reef intervened. Their Kell, Virixas was killed in the initial clash, along with a massive portion of the house, which would later be called The Scatter. This marked the start of a power struggle between three members of the Wolf nobility: Irxis, Wolf Baroness; Parixas, the Howling; and Skolas, the Rabid.

The Reef Wars
The Reef Wars were a series of long battles between the Wolves and The Reef. During the course of the wars, Skolas rose to the Kellship, beating out his competitors. He then turned his full attention towards The Reef, and the two forces clashed for many years. The wars ended when Variks, a member of the House of Judgment who lived among the Wolves, betrayed Skolas to the Reef resulting in his capture along with most of his House. Variks went on the crown The Queen of The Reef as the new Kell, with many Wolves bending the knee to her.

The Wolf Rebellion
Initiated by the return of Skolas, now calling himself the Kell fo Kells, the House of Wolves rebelled against the Awoken. The Wolf Rebellion started with an assassination attempt on The Queen and a mass prison break from the Prison of Elders where most the the former Wolf nobility was being held. The Queen opened the Reef to Guardians of the City, with the intent of recruiting them to put an end to the rebellion. The Guardians tracked Skolas across the system, eventually capturing him on Venus, attempting to wield stolen Vex tech in order to pull the House of Wolves through time. On the order of the Queen, Skolas was sent to the Prison of Elders, where he was pitting against the same Guardians who captured him and was executed, effectively ended the Wolf Rebellion.

The Taken War
After Skolas' defeat, the Wolves began regrouping on Mars, hoping to carve out a new den on a planet of their own. The Wolves rebuilt their previous Prime Servitor, Orbiks Prime, to lead their scattered House in the absence of a new Kell. In the wake of losses suffered at the hands of the Taken during The Taken War, the Cabal were unable to stop the Wolves from entrenching themselves in their own fortifications; the Blind Legion's former base was captured for use as Orbiks Prime's lair. Eventually, Variks, the Loyal was able to track down Orbiks Prime and sent the Guardian after it. With their Prime's destruction, Variks believed that the House of Wolves had been broken once and for all.

Structure
The Wolves appear to have a more complex structure than is found in the other houses. While they retain the typical leadership of a Kell, an Archon, and a Prime Servitor (though the latter two are dead or missing) followed by Barons and other nobility, the Wolves have several additional posts and groups with special functions within the House.

Kells are served by Wolves' Guards, Captains who are selected from an early age and brainwashed to be completely subservient to the Kell. The Kell also has the Silent Fang at their command, an elite group of assassins, to eliminate potential rivals and threats. To keep the rank-and-file in line, fanatical Wolf Enforcers ensure that the remaining Fallen of the House maintain their loyalty. Several other informal groups serve the Kell, such as the Howling Raiders, the Twisted Claw , and the Queenbreakers (the Wolves who formerly served as Mara Sov's personal bodyguards, but then attempted to assassinate her).

Leadership

 * Virixas, Kell of Wolves—Kell
 * Skolas, Kell of Kells—Kell
 * Kaliks Prime—Prime Servitor
 * Kaliks Reborn—Prime Servitor
 * Orbiks Prime—Prime Servitor
 * Aksor, Archon Priest—Archon of Kaliks Prime
 * Keldar, Archon Priest—Archon of Orbiks Prime

Notable members

 * Irxis, Wolf Baroness
 * Parixas, the Howling
 * Drevis, Wolf Baroness—leader of the Silent Fang
 * Yavek, Wolf Baron
 * Pirsis, Pallas-Bane
 * Skoriks, Archon-Slayer
 * Saviks, Queenbreaker
 * Grayor, Wolf Assassin
 * Beltrik, the Veiled
 * Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed
 * Veliniks, the Ravenous
 * Kaliks-4
 * Kaliks-12
 * Kaliks Minor
 * Mecher Orbiks-11
 * Peekis, the Disavowed
 * Weksis, the Meek
 * Pilxis, Wolf Claw
 * Liksor, Wolf Blade

Unique forces

 * Captain variants
 * Queenbreaker Captain
 * Scorch Captain
 * Silent Fang
 * Wolf Captain
 * Wolves' Guard
 * Vandal variants
 * Queenbreaker Vandal
 * Twisted Claw
 * Wolf Stealth Vandal
 * Wolf Melee Vandal
 * Wolf Vandal
 * Dreg variants
 * Wolf Scavenger
 * Archon Servants
 * Servitor variants
 * Wolf High Servitor
 * Wolf Servitor
 * Shank variants
 * Exploder Shank
 * Repeater Shank
 * Tracer Shank
 * Walker variants
 * Wolf Walker
 * Elder Wolf Walker

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * House of Wolves
 * The Taken King