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{{Quote|Taniks didn't announce himself. Didn't say a word. Just laughed a few times and tried like hell to kill us all. But we knew it was him. The stories matched the story, ya know? Which meant the boogeyman had a face—the boogeyman was REAL.|[[Cayde-6]]}} <ref name="Turn">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]] - [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Turn|Turn]]''</ref> | {{Quote|Taniks didn't announce himself. Didn't say a word. Just laughed a few times and tried like hell to kill us all. But we knew it was him. The stories matched the story, ya know? Which meant the boogeyman had a face—the boogeyman was REAL.|[[Cayde-6]]}} <ref name="Turn">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]] - [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Turn|Turn]]''</ref> | ||
During the early [[City Age]], Taniks sought to claim the bounty on an infamous crew of [[Hunters]], including [[Andal Brask]], [[Shiro-4]], and [[Cayde-6]]. During a mission where Andal led to raid one supply cache while Cayde, Shiro, [[Nian Ruo]], and [[Lush]] hit another, the Fallen mercenary ambushed Nian and Lush; murdering the former and destroying the latter's Ghost before they escaped.<ref name="Raise">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Raise|Raise]]''</ref> Even [[Osiris]] and the [[Speaker]] had brought in [[Saint-14]], an infamous Guardian known amongst the Fallen, to find and kill the mercenary himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Winner Take All|Winner Take All]]''</ref> | During the early [[City Age]], Taniks sought to claim the bounty on an infamous crew of [[Hunters]], including [[Andal Brask]], [[Shiro-4]], and [[Cayde-6]]. During a mission where Andal led to raid one supply cache while Cayde, Shiro, [[Nian Ruo]], and [[Lush]] hit another, the Fallen mercenary ambushed Nian and Lush; murdering the former and destroying the latter's Ghost before they escaped.<ref name="Raise">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]] - [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Raise|Raise]]''</ref> Even [[Osiris]] and the [[Speaker]] had brought in [[Saint-14]], an infamous Guardian known amongst the Fallen, to find and kill the mercenary himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]] - [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Winner Take All|Winner Take All]]''</ref> | ||
Despite their losses, Andal and the others decided to personally hunt down Taniks in retaliation. One night, Andal and Cayde stayed up late drinking and decided to make a Vanguard Dare, as the position of Hunter Vanguard had been empty for two years following [[Kauko Swiftriver]]'s disappearance. They decided that whoever failed to kill Taniks would have to become the new Hunter Vanguard while the winner would live the life of a free Hunter.<ref name="Turn" | Despite their losses, Andal and the others decided to personally hunt down Taniks in retaliation. One night, Andal and Cayde stayed up late drinking and decided to make a Vanguard Dare, as the position of Hunter Vanguard had been empty for two years following [[Kauko Swiftriver]]'s disappearance. They decided that whoever failed to kill Taniks would have to become the new Hunter Vanguard while the winner would live the life of a free Hunter.<ref name="Turn"/> Taniks was killed twice by Cayde's hand; leading Andal to become the new Hunter Vanguard while Cayde continued to enjoy life as a free Hunter.<ref name="Turn"/> | ||
However, Taniks survived both his encounters with Cayde after his crew rebuilt him back from the dead. He then proceeded to murder Andal in cold blood, to which Cayde took up the mantle of Hunter Vanguard in memory of his fallen friend.<ref name="Hunter">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower_Allies#Hunter_Vanguard|Hunter Vanguard]]''</ref> | However, Taniks survived both his encounters with Cayde after his crew rebuilt him back from the dead. He then proceeded to murder Andal in cold blood, to which Cayde took up the mantle of Hunter Vanguard in memory of his fallen friend.<ref name="Hunter">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower_Allies#Hunter_Vanguard|Hunter Vanguard]]''</ref> | ||