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Dredgen Scourge
Biographical information
Other name(s):	The Scarlet Devil Queen of Worms
Homeworld:	Earth
Species:	Human
Gender:	Female
Political and military information
Affiliation:	Shadows of Yor (formerly) Disciples of the Witness
Rank:	Guardian Dredgen
Class:	Warlock (Voidwalker) (Shadebinder)
Notable info:	Herald of the Witness

“

A craving for sacrifice; teeth hungry for righteousness. A hunger that makes me feel loved.

”

Dredgen Scourge was an infamous Warlock who joined the Shadows of Yor upon revival by her Ghost, becoming a wave of danger and death to all in her wake. Dredgen Scourge was able to acquire Yor's original Thorn following her first death, using it to wreak havoc upon the Earth and its unworthy victims.

The Dredgen's life would come to an end during the Eventinde Siege, where she would be killed by the Guardian Matthew after their turbulent and destructive battle.

Biography

Rise of the Scourge

Dredgen Scourge was risen as a guardian in the Eastern Flood Zone near a Hive Seeder Ship. Raised by her Ghost Faith, Scourge attempted to awaken one of the pods to flee the planet. During her time in the Rusted Lands, Scourge used hive runes for marking locations and communication. Scourge would be found by a wandering guardian, a Shadow of Dredgen Yor by the name of Dredgen Arch. Dredgen Arch demanded that she be his apprentice, to which she reluctantly agreed at her ghost’s disdain.

Scourge would be gifted a vintage rifle to defend herself against the dangers of the new world. Her first task as Arch’s apprentice would be to retrieve a Cleaver and a Worm for experimentation. In her search, Dredgen Scourge would find a large group of hive from the Spawn of Crota deep underground inside an abandoned possibly-Golden Age bunker. The group were led by a powerful Wizard by the name of Nok’thur, Queen of Worms, seeking to turn the bunker into a feeding grounds to grow more spawn in preparation for the God-Knight’s assault. Scourge shot at the queen with her rifle, alerting the group of her presence. The queen chanted and called upon the hive's estranged God Xol, using his power to fight the Dredgen. Scourge’s rifle had been destroyed by a blast of corrupted light as a large Knight quickly advanced towards her. Scourge’s arm surged with energy as she release a massive Nova Bomb at the knight, killing it and dropping its cleaver to the ground. The remaining seekers greatly damaged Nok’thur, leaving her defenseless against any remaining fighters. Scourge took the cleaver upon herself and killed the queen, taking her worm and escaping the bunker, subsequently mantling the title of the Queen of Worms.

On the way back to Arch’s settlement, Faith asked Scourge if she felt any different after killing the queen. Scourge replied that she didn’t, but maybe a feeling would hit her soon. When they returned to Arch, Scourge presented the worm and the blade to him, bringing the Dredgen great pleasure. Over the course of the next few months, Scourge trained under Arch to better understand her abilities. But even through the training, she felt as if there was still more to be done. Consulting Arch about her issue, she told of how she dreamed of being a great ruler with grand power. Arch mentioned how the training was supposed to shape her into that “great ruler”. Scourge, fueled by determination, took the cleaver that she brought to Arch and prepared to leave on her own. She told Arch that she would return once she had become as powerful as him, leaving their secluded haven in search for power.

Acquiring the Thorn

On her lonely voyage, Scourge first encountered a raid on a small settlement near, the perpetrators being the House of Wolves. The victims of the raid cried into the skies for help as the wolves slaughtered them en masse. Scourge jumped into action, using her blade to kill and cut down as many wolves as she could. Through the blood and fire of the village, Scourge saw a vaguely-humanoid figure though the clouds of ash. Upon closer inspection, the figure was seen to be a guardian, leading the charge against the village. The guardian noticed Scourge, cursing her but keeping his composure. He approached her slowly, welcoming her to pillage what she liked. When asked for his name, the guardian stated that that his name wasn’t important. The guardian eagerly insisted they leave the ruins upon noticing her cleaver. Noticing his ulterior motive, and having one of her own, she agreed and followed the guardian to unaccompanied armored skiff.

When entering the skiff, Faith remarked of a name etched into the side of an opened cache reading “Dmitri.” Scourge asked if that was his name, replying that it was the name of one of his victims before cackling and saying that it was his name. As the armored skiff took off into the sky, Dmitri ushered Scourge over to a desk with a red blaring datapad before raising his rifle and firing a shot at her back. Scourge deflected the bullet with her cleaver and launched herself at Dmitri, cutting his rifle in half before charging at him once more. Dmitri quickly scrambled for a Shock Blade as he retaliated. In their tussle, Dmitri jumped back, letting off a bullet from his pistol into Scourge’s shoulder. She groaned as Dmitri rushed at her; she threw her cleaver towards the skiff’s engine, tearing through the ship and free falling through the air. The skiff began to descend when Dmitri shoved his blade through Scourge’s chest; the skiff crashed and exploded in the Dwindler's Ridge, spreading fire and shrapnel all throughout the land.

Faith had looked around frantically for Scourge, finding her lying under a large sheet of metal wedged between a thick tree and a boulder. Faith revived her, telling of a high energy source nearby. Remarking that she could feel it too, Scourge crawled on her hands and knees to a green glowing mound in the dirt surrounded by fire. As her armor began to burn and melt, Scourge unearthed an ancient relic of the past, only thought to exist in legends, Dredgen Yor’s weapon Thorn. Upon grasping the weapon, she could feel it’s power run through her blood; she wanted more. Rising from the rubble, Dredgen Scourge would officially begin her quest of domination and destruction.

Path of Devastation

Dredgen Scourge was responsible for the destruction of the large, fallen-occupied town of Old Ashton, attacking the city and destroying it single handedly. Within the city, Scourge would confront the city’s chief and protector, a captain of Kings by the name of Phyran. Phyran was known for his experimentation of the hive and their magics, secrets that were wanted by the dredgen. Phyran was begged to share his secrets with Scourge, promising to have him as her “partner.” The captain declined harshly and attempted to kill Scourge, cursing her for killing his people. With the city in ruins, Scourge murdered Phyran with her Thorn, stealing his secrets to hive magic and gaining knowledge of their powers. Phyran’s investigations would become cornerstones of outside uses of hive magic for many years to come.

Scourge would find herself in the Vostok Observatory, overrun by the forces of the Hidden Swarm. Conversations overheard by high-ranking knights told that the swarm were commanded by their champion Sardon, Fist of Crota to establish a hold over the base to search for extraterrestrial strongholds similar to Cocytus. The swarm began to attack upon noticing her, launching attacks from their warships and fortifying their position. Their leader, a knight name Vo’nun, ordered they cease fire upon recognizing Scourge as the Queen of Worms. Scourge waved her Thorn at the acolytes and thrall as they backed up cautiously. The knight kneeled in front of the dredgen, placing his boomer at her feet and pledging his allegiance to her. Scourge took advantage of her newfound power, asking the swarm what they have accomplished at the observatory. The knight responded that they have discovered a large amount of energy radiating from a Skyburner fleetbase on Phobos, a space station of “enigmatic origin” located in the high orbit of Venus above the Waking Ruins, and a hidden seclude on the moon of Nereid suspected to be of Hive origin. Scourge turned away and holstered her weapon, walking off and slowly guiding the hive behind her as the followed. As her Thorn gleamed in the sunlight, a thrall had become deranged and attacked Scourge. She cracked the thrall’s skull as the battle continued, single-handedly killing multiple hive and evading their attacks effortlessly. Vo’nun attempted to stop the hive from attacking her when Scourge shot and killed Vo’nun without remorse. In her victory, Scourge took the chitin of the hive and created a Karve Scoutship to leave the Earth and explore the cosmos. Faith mapped the area’s mentioned by Vo’nun on Scourge's ship as they took off to find the seclude on Nereid. When the dredgen and her ghost left, members of the House of Devils began to invade and take control of the Vostok Observatory, washing away all traces of hive existence there.

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