Riksis, Devil Archon

"Die!"

- Riksis

Riksis, Devil Archon is a Fallen Archon of the House of Devils.

He served his Prime Servitor, Sepiks Prime and was a key leader for the Devils in the Cosmodrome regions of Old Russia. He is also known for collecting the skulls of dead Guardians to present as offerings to Sepiks.

Biography
Following the death of Solkis, Devil Kell, the House of Devils established a stronghold within the Cosmodrome of Russia. Absent of their Kell and political leader, Riksis, gained prominence within the House as its Archon and helped rule the Devils alongside Sepiks Prime by serving it as a caretaker and arbiter of its will.

They established the Devils' Lair as stronghold for their operations and Riksis, alongside his zealous worshippers, offered tribute to their machine god in the form of skulls from dead Guardians.

Their dominance was uncontested for centuries until a newly risen Guardian rose to challenge them. Riksis attempts to challenge them by Dock 13, however they quickly escape with a Jumpship. Later, Riksis engages into battle against them as they try to secure the NLS Drive. He summons reinforcements to tackle the Guardians and shoots them with his Shrapnel Launcher, however is defeated by them.

The death of the Archon was celebrated by the Last City and the Devils quickly heightened their security for Sepiks as the absence of an Archon left it vulnerable. Later, the Prime Servitor also fell to the Guardians and the Devils attempted to replace Riksis with a Rising Archon named Karrhis in hopes of reviving Sepiks, but is also slew.

Gameplay
Riksis serves as the boss in the Restoration story mission. He is armed with a Shrapnel Launcher for ranged combat, and has higher health and attack strength than normal Fallen, and drops an NLS Drive.

It is recommended that Guardians keep their distance from him, as once stirred he is unpredictably elusive and quick with a wave of power called the "Ultra Smash", an extremely powerful area-of-effect melee attack that causes Guardians to suffer significant damage as well as tremendous knockback, unless the attack kills them instantly, in which it often does.

He will also get support from other Fallen, as they will continuously drop from the ceiling after each wave of adds is killed. Guardians should use their class abilities such as grenades and Supers when fighting him, or just avoid him if they want to wait for a later battle.

Trivia

 * He was called "Rixis, Archon Slayer" in early builds. He originally appeared inside The Breach before being moved to the Restoration mission.
 * During the Destiny demo presentation, upon killing Riksis, Archon Slayer, the player was rewarded with the weapon Thunderlord.
 * In the Destiny demo presentation, Riksis was fought inside the Breach but was moved to the Ship wreckage in the full game. Karrhis, Archon Rising replaced him inside The Breach in an "eliminate the target" mission in The Taken King.
 * Riksis's model is commonly used in most Ultra Fallen enemies later in Destiny.
 * Riksis will first appear as a Ultra, however will become a Major if players have a high Light level.
 * In Destiny 2: New Light, there is a Fallen leader, that wear the same armor of Riksis, but it is unknown if it is Riksis, or another Dusk leader.

List of appearances

 * Destiny