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Fallen depend on a substance called [[Ether]] to survive, which only [[servitor]]s can produce. Servitors convert scavenged matter and energy, presented to them ritualistically by the Fallen, directly into ether via unknown processes.<ref name="ServitorGrimoire">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Servitor|Servitor]]''</ref> While Servitors were revered in ancient times, they have now become a symbol of the degradation of Fallen society and their lost glory. Higher-ranking Fallen get a bigger ration of ether, and more ether allows Fallen to grow in size; this is why Captains are taller than Vandals or Dregs, and why Kells and Archons tower over other Fallen. In the description of the Elder Cipher we learn that the Kell of a house controls and distributes ether flow using their own personal cipher.<ref name="TEC">'''Bungie (2015-5-22)''', ''Destiny, Activision Blizzard: [[Bounties#The Elder Cipher|The Elder Cipher exotic weapon bounty]]''</ref> When a Fallen is killed, a quantity of ether escapes its body and dissipates.<ref name="E3 2013 Demo">[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXTXPe7JIUk E3 2013 Destiny Gameplay Demo]</ref>

Fallen society is divided into a number of Houses, none of which are known to maintain friendly relations with one another,<ref name="Ausgamers.com interview with Bungie's Chris Butcher">http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/3321493</ref> save for the [[House of Judgment]], which was meant to live among the other houses and keep the peace. Each House is ruled by a [[Kell]], who acts as the political leader of a House and commands a [[Ketch]].<ref name = "GrimoireFallen"/> [[Prime Servitor]]s are exalted as gods among the Fallen, inspiring fanatical devotion from the House to which they belong and providing a steady supply of vital ether and new lesser servitors. [[Archon]]s serve as both high priests and chief engineers of a House, mediating between the Kell and the Prime Servitor in addition to overseeing maintenance of the House's machines. Houses require all three to be fully stable; without a Kell a House becomes prone to infighting, without an Archon a House's Prime Servitor is vulnerable to attack, and without a Prime Servitor a House cannot produce new servitors for ether.<ref name = "Destiny"/> As such, Fallen do not take the loss of their leaders lightly. If any or all of these leaders were to be killed, then members of the house would panic and scatter, weakening the house to the point of being permanently broken.