Kridis, Dark Priestess

"Eliksni! Kridis, the Priestess, cries out to you across the abyss! As we speak, the once-Shipstealer brings the promise of our people to pass. Soon we will rise to true prominence, united under one banner and one Kell—with no gods but ourselves."

- Kridis

Kridis, Dark Priestess is a Fallen of the House of Salvation and a member of the Dark Council following Eramis, Kell of Darkness. Kridis is a skilled Stasis wielder and is as lethal as she is loyal, stopping at nothing to advance Eramis's cause.

Search for Salvation
Kridis was born into the House of Devils and endured through the Long Drift for generations as the Eliksni chased the Traveler through space in search of salvation. The cataclysmic Whirlwind crippled the Eliksni and slowly a new faith emerged in the veneration of Servitors. Kridis was raised on the belief that they were meant for a higher purpose and clung on to their collective desire of evolving beyond their current forms. All the while she endured a life of subsistence as received succor of Ether from their Prime Servitor.

Following their arrival in the Sol System, the Devils claimed the Cosmodrome of Old Russia as their territory. Kridis was stationed there alongside her friends, Eramis and Phylaks, and developed a close kinship with them. The formidable trio spent years raiding human settlements, and fending off members of rival Fallen Houses that attempted to encroach upon the Devils' territory. Each aspired Kellship as the three dreamt of ways to defeat their mighty Kell, Solkis, and take control of the House for themselves.

Their Kell however demonstrated his superiority as the political leader and rallied his military and nobility into the Battle of Twilight Gap. Kridis fought in the battle alongside her Servitor, Eramis and Phylaks. In one instance Kridis nods to Eramis as she is shielded by her Servitor in a purple glow of Ether and turns to fire her rifle at group of Guardians. The trio slew many more Guardians and led a charge to the City walls with the aid of Taniks, the Scarred and House of Winter. However the crusade of Final Attempt ended in defeat as the alliance of Fallen Houses retreated against The Last City and ended their hopes of reclaiming the Great Machine from humanity. Kridis and her friends survived the battle, but their Kell fell to Saint-14. The trio were broken up when Eramis was captured by the Reefborn Awoken during the Wolf Wars and imprisoned in the Prison of Elders. The whereabouts of Kridis and Phylaks remained a mystery.

Rise of Salvation
"So I entreat you, children of Riis. Come receive clarity for yourselves! Witness the greatness of the House Salvation and the Kell who leads it. Rejoice, for she who brought our Servitors low where they belong will do the same to the Great Machine!"

- Kridis, calling for all Eliksni to unite under Salvation's banner on Europa

Following the escape of Eramis, the Baroness sought to build a new empire by rallying those loyal to her and established a council. Kridis and Phylaks received word of her release and invited to join her council. The duo reunited with Eramis and joined by the young Atraks and Praksis who were eager to meet the veterans. As Phylaks embraced her old friend and Eramis reminisced, Kridis stood behind, tall and ethereal, and took to notice of a suspicious figure. Phylaks still distracted by joy quickly took notice of her gaze and proceeded to violently choke Variks, the Loyal and call him a "Traitor Dreg".

Eramis demanded that she let go of the former warden of the Prison of Elders who had betrayed the House of Wolves to the Awoken to the great disapproval of Kridis and Phylaks. As doubt began to creep into their minds, Eramis explains to them that despite his traitorous crimes against their kind, he was still the last surviving member of House Judgment. Kridis replied with skepticism saying Eramis had no special love for scribes, but pleased to hear her clever plan to keep Variks alive as he was able to draw the ear of the Eliksni residing by The Reef. Before they could ask further questions, Eramis changes the subject by saying she didn’t gather them for politics and wanted show them what they built.

Kridis journeyed to Europa alongside her fellow Council members; Phylaks, Kridis, Praksis and Variks, to witness the arrival of the obsidian ship. She watched her friend Eramis gain strength with the powers of Stasis from the Darkness who tells them to choose salvation. With a new ancient power at hand, Eramis elevated herself as the Kell of Darkness and forged a new dark empire in the form of House of Salvation and christened Kridis the "Priestess" of her new House.

Later, the Priestess cried out to the children of Riis by broadcasting messages for her Eliksni kin to listen out amongst the stars. She urged her people to abandon their faith with the Great Machine and to believe only in themselves, as they survived the Whirlwind without it. She challenged her old faith by saying her people were afraid and clung to old promises of higher existence and knelt to the Servitors they created. She continues by denouncing the worship of Servitors as false idols built in the image of the Traveler and praised the ability of Eramis for bringing their status low and removing the Light that blinded her. With this new found clarity, Kridis concluded her messages by asking all Fallen to travel to Europa and join House Salvation in Riis-Reborn to reject the Light as it offered nothing and embrace the Darkness.

Priest of Salvation
"My people… your Kell sleeps, but she is not dead. The Darkness brings another gift: the means to rouse her from her slumber."

- Kridis, preaching to House Salvation to keep faith in Eramis

As House Salvation grew in size and the power of Stasis was spread throughout its ranks, they were betrayed by Variks, who believed that the Darkness was negatively affecting Eramis' mental states and endangering all they had built on Europa. Shortly after Variks fled, Kridis attended a ceremony at which Phylaks was granted the ability to wield Stasis by Eramis. The end of the ceremony was interrupted by a Guardian known as the Young Wolf, who barely escaped from the Fallen city alive. However, the Young Wolf soon acquired the ability to wield Stasis as well and slew Phylaks and Praksis, the Technocrat, another member of the Dark Council. Kridis and Atraks, the Wildcard met with Eramis in the aftermath of Praksis' assassination. Ermais demanded they retaliate and dispatched Atraks to the Deep Stone Crypt to prepare Taniks, the Scarred for revival. Kridis advised that they take pause, expressing some concern over the nature of the Stasis powers and urging caution. As Eramis considered Kridis words, she began losing control of her Stasis gauntlet. Kridis watched in growing concern as her Kell smashed the ice off of her gauntlet and ridiculed the idea of caution as a weakness before declaring she would destroy the Guardians.

After Eramis was defeated by the Young Wolf and frozen as a Stasis statue, Kridis assumed control of House Salvation and preached that She organized the defenses of Riss-Reborn against a Vex invasion that Eramis had unleashed in her recklessness. However, Kridis' fanatical devotion to Eramis and the Darkness, the setbacks House Salvation had suffered, and the Vex invasion caused many citizens of the city to lose faith in House Salvation and attempt to flee to the other remaining Fallen houses. As the battle against the Vex continued, Kridis learned the Young Wolf had returned to Riis-Reborn. Contacting the invading Guardian she declared Eramis was not dead but transforming and would rise again stronger. As the Young Wolf approached her position Kridis transmatted away before sending a Salvation Walker to kill them.

Returning to Gale's Watch and Eramis, Kridis preached to House Salvation that their Kell was merely asleep and the Darkness had granted her the means by which to wake her and unleash a "storm of blood and ice" upon their foes. She further claimed that Eramis transformation was a means by which she was exploring the deeper secrets of the Darkness to return not just as a Kell but a god. Kridis declared that the Darkness had granted her visions of Eramis journey and named her as the escort to bring Eramis back to her people. The Young Wolf and Variks sought to prevent this and invaded Riis-Reborn once more, and Kridis Servitor Yamiks Prime was destroyed guarding the doorway to her. Kridis greeted the Young Wolf and declared them the spawn of the Traitor Machine before questioning if they had come to witness the return of Eramis as a god. She engaged the Guardian in combat with swords crafted from Stasis ice, but despite her powers and the aid of her soldiers, Kridis was slain by the Young Wolf, bringing an end to her plans and the last member of the Dark Council.

Personality and Traits
"I have not known an Eliksni like Kridis. Single-minded. Devoted. Even… obsessed. She has studied the Dark, and it has nourished her."

- Variks the Loyal Prior to joining the House of Salvation, Kridis had been a believer in the Great Machine and hoped it would provide salvation to her people. After embracing the Darkness she preached against that idea and assisted Eramis in degrading the Servitors of House Salvation. Despite her fascination with Stasis, Kridis was also more cautious about its use than her fellow Dark Council members, advising Eramis that the power was not what they had expected.

Kridis is a worshipper of the Darkness and studied the Dark to the point of being obsessed. For this reason, not many Eliksni wish to follow her. However, she is a proficient speaker capable of getting Eliksni to listen to her and has managed to gather a following of Eliksni who also worship the Dark.

Trivia

 * Kridis was voiced by Erika Ishii.
 * Kridis is the only Stasis Baron to attack without any sort of weaponry, excluding her Stasis Blades, which are created through her powers rather than constructed out of Fallen technology.
 * Given her closeness to Eramis, her role as a priestess, and her association to Yamiks Prime, House Salvation, it is likely that Kridis is the Archon of her House.

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2:
 * Beyond Light