Forum:Kelgorath, Risen from Bones: Difference between revisions

|othernames= Failed Chisel of Xivu Arath <br> Hammer of Shin'ra <br> Maker's Hand

|species= [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] {{c|formerly}}

|faction= [[Hidden Swarm]] {{C|formerly}} <br> [[Wrathborn]] {{C|formerly}} <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] {{C|formerly}} <br> [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow|Weavers of Sorrow]]

'''Kelgorath, the Undeterred''' formerly '''Risen from Bones''' and '''Taken from Bones''', is a [[Hive]] [[Knight]] of the [[Forum:Weavers of Sorrow|Weavers of Sorrow]]. Tired of being used as [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]]'s chisel to be [[Wrathborn|reborn]] or [[Taken|remade]], he would be given the chance to make a new path under [[Forum:Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker|Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker]] and serve the Weavers of Sorrow with powers of [[Forum:Corruption (element)|Corruption]].  

When Kelgorath learned the news of their deaths, he became disenchanted with the Witch Queen and one night renounced her as a heretic. He felt she was weak for allowing their deaths and his loyalty to his brood wavered. Kelgorath traveled to the depths of the [[Hellmouth]] to remove the scarlet coloring off his chitin and ground his flesh against the jagged serration beds. He found a new purpose by devoting himself to Xivu Arath after the Hive God and her Celebrant trapped Osiris with Hive runes and avenged their deaths by killing [[Sagira]] and stripping the Warlock's [[Light]]. This fueled Kelgorath with an insatiable drive for vengeance and his new path for war sought to eliminate all traces of the heretic Witch Queen, slaughtering the named named [[Hurdru]] who was still devoted to Savathûn, and raising himself from their corpse as the '''Risen from Bones'''.<ref name="Risen">'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ripples#III_-_Risen_from_Bones|Risen From Bones]]''</ref>

He then gathered these ornaments of conquests and built a shrine; deep within the Ascendant Plane, from the bones of his foes to direct his tribute and worship to Xivu Arath. As [[Soulfire]] vanished from the ground, Kelgorath placed his head against his shrine and smudged a bloodied sigil of his new Hive God to show his devotion to war. The sky around him began to churn as Kelgorath inhaled the first breath of his new life. As he prepared to face his adversary, he glanced at the trinkets of his conquests and recollected his journey from killing the Guardian and Techeun to renouncing the Witch Queen. Still determined to eliminate any traces of the heretic sister, Kelgorath wanted to make an example of his adversary, [[Hurdru]], as they still showed loyalty towards Savathûn. Through battle, he would confirm his allegiance to Xivu Arath and through blood, he would don her image of war and be one step closer to erasing Savathûn.<ref name="Risen"/>

After pledging his loyalty as a servant of the God of War, Kelgorath led a raid on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] after it had been absorbed by the Witness' power. Commanding a legion of Acolytes and Thralls, he slaughtered the remaining forces of [[Savathûn's Brood]] on the moon. Afterwards, he would offer the new conquest to Xivu Arath, using a ritual in which several Acolytes sacrifice themselves to invoke the God of War. She would accept her new servant and, as a reward, brought back to life [[Kudazad, Binder of Savathûn]], a Wizard of Savathûn whose skull had been left adrift in the waves of Titan and used in the ritual.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], Item Description: [[A Distant Pull]]''</ref>