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Various pieces of evidence strongly implies the House of Dusk is an amalgamation of the remnants of other Fallen Houses. Fallen banners displayed in Trostland bore a crude version of the [[House of Judgment]]'s sigil, but the banners were seemingly used as warnings rather than to mark territory ownership. Some Fallen tech also found in the area once belonged to the [[House of Winter]] and had been transported from [[Venus]]. In addition, a House of Dusk communications device in [[Siren's Watch]] was discovered to be using variants of encryption protocols derived from the [[House of Kings]]. Even a former [[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed|noble]] of the [[House of Wolves]] was found to have joined the ranks of the House of Dusk. [[Ghost]] notes that where [[Skolas]] failed in uniting the Houses, sheer desperation (in part due to the Guardian's actions, and in part the massive losses faced in the [[Taken War]] and [[SIVA Crisis]]) succeeded in burying old grudges.

Another unusual characteristic is that it utilizes Servitors and [[Prime Servitor]]s from multiple lines (Brandaks, Kendricks, Kiriks, Merix, Nariks, Serkuleks, and Teleks) which was unseen since the [[House of Wolves]] deployment of Kaliks and Mecher-Orbiks servitors. This many Servitor lines may give clues as to why most of the notable Captains are the size of Kells. Ghost also wonders if an abandoned servitor was a old prototype for Sepiks and proceeds to mock it by referring to it as 'Sepiks Beta' and 'Sepiks Inferior'. Previously no Fallen House had been known to employ more than a single Prime Servitor at once, and Prime Servitors were almost never deployed offensively except where the Fallen believed that they had an overwhelming advantage or when their lair was invaded. However in the Gunslinger subclass quest, Guardians encounter [[Brandaks Prime]] who is seen protecting a corrupted Shard of the Traveler. Also of note is the House's casual deployment of [[Heavy Shank]]s and in one Lost Sector quest deployed [[S.A.B.E.R.-0.6]], which previously belonged to the [[House of Devils]].

In addition to their scavenging, the House of Dusk also appears to be focusing on [[ether]] production. In the [[European Dead Zone]], [[Raksil, Archon Priest]] and [[Serkuleks, the Fount]] were responsible for distributing an enhanced variety of ether that strengthened the Fallen. In the [[Arcadian Valley]], Ghost scanned a tank with ether that had been diluted through unknown means, which he speculated meant that the Fallen were experiencing a dire ether shortage.