Nightmare of the Fanatic

"The Light abandoned Cayde. Left him for dead. And kept him from being saved. Kept you from saving him. In Light, there is only failure."

- The Darkness to the Guardian, upon banishing the Nightmare of the Fanatic

The Nightmare of the Fanatic is the Nightmare of Fikrul, the Fanatic that appears in Shadowkeep. Like all Nightmares, it is a manifestation of Guardian's fears and trauma generated by the Darkness, and is used by the Darkness to taunt the Guardian by reminding them how the Light abandoned Cayde-6 when he was most vulnerable. Years later, it reappears within the underbelly of the Derelict Leviathan—in the Missions Sever - Shame and Sever - Reconciliation—when Crow attempts to sever the connection to the Nightmare of Uldren.

Trivia

 * As a Scorn, the real Fikrul can be resurrected with Dark Ether, meaning that the Nightmare of Fikrul may be among those that could represent a living enemy, alongside the Nightmare of Taniks, the Scarred, whose template has a history of cheating death.

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2
 * Shadowkeep
 * Season of the Haunted