Fikrul, the Fanatic

"I do not fear the dead! I CONTROL death, and you... you are more useful to me alive. Go! Pursue your vengeance!"

- Fikrul

Fikrul, the Fanatic, is the leader of the Scorn Barons, and the Archon of the Scorn. As the only member of the group to escape capture, he fled into hiding while his comrades were imprisoned within the Prison of Elders. Fikrul believes that the Scorn are the natural evolution of the Eliksni, and that through his leadership, the race can find immortality. He is a Chieftain class Scorn leader, and the boss of the Nothing Left to Say Story Mission as well as the Hollowed Lair Strike.

Due to the nature of his resurrection abilities, Fikrul can seemingly never truly be killed, and has retorted that he will continue to return to seek vengeance upon the Guardian.

Biography
Fikrul was once a well-regarded Archon Priest of Kaliks Prime and former member of the House of Wolves, but was rejected and cast out after speaking against the Great Machine and their dependence on Servitors to survive. In doing his words would later be mimicked and twisted by the techno-deviant Splicers of the Plaguelands of Earth, while he explored his own darker interpretations of faith.

At some point following the Taken War, Prince Uldren forms an alliance with the House of Kings and in his search for Mara Sov he discovers a mortally wounded Fikrul. Wishing to save the dying Fallen, Riven grants Uldren's one last wish and infuses part of Uldren's Darkness into Fikrul's Ether; creating Dark Ether, to raise him as the first Scorn.

Fikrul would go onto create the house of Scorn by turning his outcast Barons into Scorned Barons as allies and unleash havoc among the various Fallen Houses, leading to the demise of the House of Wolves losing all their Servitors. He preached the idea that the Eliksni must be wiped out so that they may rise stronger and continued, "Every Servitor—any Servitor—bound to a House is now a target. Until none remain but those upon whom we feed.".

Later Fikrul would join Uldren and his Scorned Barons to take over the House of Kings. Although Uldren was given some authority within the Kings, he was still subordinate to Craask, Kell of Kings which was incompatible with his ambitions. Uldren would summon Fikrul to dock Craask of all four of his arms and reduce the former Kell to the rank of a Dreg. Word later circulated among the Fallen that Uldren and Fikrul had slain Craask outright.

When Variks, the Loyal; an old friend, imprisons Fikrul in the Prison of Elders, he asks about the whereabouts of Kaliks Prime. Variks asks him if he betrayed the last Prime to the Taken and if that is the source of his corrupted ether. Fikrul replies that Kaliks has actually abandoned the Eliksni altogether.

Personality
Fikrul's dialogue implies he sees the Scorn as one big family, as he refers to Uldren as "Father", calls the other Scorn Barons his friends, and calls his underlings his children. This is further supported by his genuine outrage at the other Barons' murder at the hand of The Guardian, as well as his willingness to resurrect his inferiors, as well as any deceased Fallen as Scorn (although the latter could easily be more driven by his goals and his need of an army to complete them). He also doesn't believe in killing without purpose (he only kills to "immortalize" an Eliksni or further his sense of righteousness), and as such berates The Guardian for murdering the Scorn Barons just to pursue revenge. It also seems that he genuinely cares for the Eliksni species, as he howls at The Guardian for murdering countless Fallen, who have done nothing but try to survive. Overall, it seems Fikrul is more of an anti-villain; he has good intentions and is far from completely evil, but he is still willing to commit dark acts to carry them out.

Gameplay
Fikrul engages the player with his signature lightning staff, which fires charged Arc projectiles that can break a Guardian's shield in just a few hits, akin to a Wire Rifle. He will also use his staff to summon large electric circles known as Wrath of the Scorned, which can summon lesser Scorn units; these circles take up a large space and can deal heavy shocking damage over time to anyone that stands within it. Occasionally, whenever his health reaches a certain threshold, Fikrul will surround himself with Void energy to render him immune to all damage shortly before teleporting the player into the air, surrounding himself with a random elemental shield, and tethering them to his staff, dragging them towards him so he can smash the ground to break their shields and knock them back. To keep up his attack, he will teleport towards the player and overwhelm them with high-impact electric staff projectiles. Fikrul's powerful attacks and tether ability make him quite possibly the most dangerous Scorn Baron to engage, for the only safe way to engage him is keeping as much distance between him and oneself as possible.

Quotes

 * "Kill a Fallen, I claim it as Scorn. Kill a Scorn, I raise ten more!"
 * "I hope you give my children a better fight than your friend Cayde..."
 * "Yes yes yes! Killing is what you do! Killing is ALL you do!"
 * "You enjoyed killing them? You enjoyed putting them in dirt - where you belong? Did it make you feel good? Kaniks... Reksis Vahn... Yaviks... Pirrha... Araskes... Hiraks... Elykris... Tell me that killing my friends made you feel good. TELL ME!"
 * "I will pay any price... to be there when you die!"

Trivia

 * Fikrul is the third English-speaking Fallen observed, behind Variks, The Loyal and the Spider, but is the first Fallen antagonist to speak the language.
 * Fikrul refers to Uldren Sov as Father, likely out of gratitude under the belief that Uldren gifted him with his powers.
 * For some reason, he appears to not be able to just revive all his brothers and sisters. Only Elykris has returned as the heroic public event boss.
 * It could be that some of the Scorns bodies were destroyed by the Guardians leaving nothing to resurrect. An example of this would be Reksis Vahn, the Hangman whose body was incinerated after he was killed and Hiraks, the Mindbender whose body was lost when his Ascendant realm collapsed after he died.

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2
 * Forsaken