Winter's Run

"Those Fallen in the Ishtar Sink on Venus...story is they raided the Prison of Elders in the Reef. Got an Archon Priest. The Queen's bounty is high so we know it's powerful. We need to hunt this thing down before they fully restore its soul."

- Cayde-6

Winter's Run is a level 14 strike on Venus. The fireteam's objective is to infiltrate the House of Winter's lair and kill Aksor, Archon Priest.

The April Update introduced an alternate version of this Strike that replaces the usual enemies with Taken forces.

Objectives
Enter House of Winter's den in the caves. Push through hostiles in the caves to find the Archon Priest. Obliterate the hostiles barring the way to the Archon Priest. Use Ghost to break the lock on the hatch. Survive long enough for Ghost to break the lock on the hatch. Explore the furthest reaches of the Fallen lair to locate the Archon Priest. Eliminate the Fallen harboring the Archon Priest. Eliminate the Taken harboring Nixis, Hunger of Oryx. Call Aksor the Archon Priest out of its confines and prepare for a fight. Approach the Darkness anomaly and face what awaits you. Slay the Archon Priest. Defeat Nixis, Hunger of Oryx.
 * Infiltrate Winter's Lair
 * Fight Through The Lair
 * Expel Enemy Forces
 * Breach The Hatch
 * Kill Them All
 * Track The Archon Priest
 * Kill The Fallen (Normal version)
 * Kill The Taken (Taken version)
 * Release The Archon Priest (Normal version)
 * Approach The Darkness Anomaly (Taken version)
 * Slay The Archon Priest (Normal version)
 * Slay Nixis, Hunger Of Oryx (Taken version)

Enemies

 * Fallen - House of Winter
 * Dreg
 * Shank
 * Vandal
 * Captain
 * Servitor
 * Vex - Hezen Corrective
 * Goblin
 * Hobgoblin
 * Minotaur
 * Harpy
 * Hydra
 * Taken
 * Taken Captain
 * Taken Centurion
 * Taken Goblin
 * Taken Hobgoblin
 * Taken Minotaur
 * Taken Psion
 * Taken Thrall
 * Taken Vandal

Bosses

 * Aksor, Archon Priest
 * Nixis, Hunger of Oryx (Taken version)

Trivia
Winter's Run is the first Strike to have the boss be replaced by a Taken variant, depending on the version of the Strike. The second Strike to do this is The Nexus