Reksis Vahn, the Hangman

"He likes it. Too much."

- Cayde-6

Reksis Vahn, the Hangman is a Scorn Baron. He is a Ravager class Scorn with a strong distaste for Servitors.

Biography
Reksis had a tragic upbringing as he was abandoned at birth. Due to this he became very depraved and a twisted executioner who developed strong hatred of Servitors and their esteemed role in Fallen culture. He denounced the worship of Servitors after watching his superiors grow in strength while he and his siblings starved. In his suffering he found clarity in his psi as he sought to bring the destruction of Servitor while others were driven to insanity due to their poverty of Ether. He quickly gained a reputation as a heretic and was even ousted from the House of Exiles.

As Dreg he found refuge within the Tangled Shore who's harsh land shaped him and set up a base in the Quitter's Well. Later the Hangman carried out what he intended by siphoning Ether from Servitors and use it to feed his fellow Barons, sending them into a frenzy.

His obsessive hate did not stop there as Vahn gained even more notoriety by exterminating the last remaining House of Wolves Servitors. The broken House was doomed into extinction. This however did not stop his anger, as it lingered and festered, until he happened upon others like him with twisted ambitions and personas, a new place to let loose his wrath.

At one point, He would come into conflict with Elykris, the Machinist where she would hoard Servitors from her raids as he wanted to torture and kill them. Meanwhile, Fikrul, the Fanatic saw something in their ire, a new means of motivations in their tension until it would boil over did he step in. He would bring a Servitor forward with seemingly innocent intention, only to reveal to kill it in an agonizing way, this is to show their intent to kill all that they do not need, anyone bound to a house while the rest they can feed from.

He would later be imprisoned deep within the Prison of Elders with the others, but then would be freed by Uldren Sov, and was present at the murder of Cayde-6 at Sov's hand. He would be tracked down by The Guardian and they fought until he died by his own fire.

Gameplay
Reksis Vahn is an aggressive melee combatant. He prefers to charge into battle directly with his large Flame Cauldron, swinging it around and dishing out high amounts of damage with each strike. When at farther ranges, he will smash his censer on the ground to create a large, wide line of flames which quickly burn away at a Guardian's shield and health, and if at point-blank range, he will slam his censer on the floor, creating a shockwave knocks Guardians around and deals massive damage if it hits directly. Vents will also emit flames throughout the arena for area denial. Occasionally, Reksis Vahn will teleport away from the arena and summon lesser Scorn units for reinforcements, but soon afterward, he will reappear and continue his assault. The small circular arena makes ranged combat difficult. Therefore, one should turn to their grenades, Supers, or high-impact weapons as a reliable method of damaging Reksis Vahn safely.

Trivia

 * When Reksis Vahn slams his censer on the ground to create his line of fire, it will become stuck for a few seconds as he tries to pull it out of the floor, granting the player a few seconds to do damage directly or take out Scorn minions overwhelming them. Unlike Fikrul's weakness, which is debatably a bug, this was likely intentional.
 * One of Reksis Vahn's titles, "The Godslayer," is also possessed by the Guardian, except in a different context.
 * The Guardian possesses the title mainly for slaying Hive deities, whereas Reksis Vahn has earned the title by killing Servitors, which are viewed as gods in Fallen religion.
 * The Hangman is the third largest of the Barons, towering near the height of a Hive Ogre.
 * Although he is a Ravager, he still has a head.

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2
 * Forsaken