Nezarec, Final God of Pain: Difference between revisions

Following the Collapse, Nezarec's corpse had remain undisturbed within his own Pyramid, which was kept hidden by the local Hive out of overwhelming fear of the former disciple. [[Inaaks]], the then-[[Kell]] of the [[House of Wolves]], uncovers his derelict ship during an spelunking expedition despite the overwhelming Hive forces picking off her raid party.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [[Lore:Above All Else]]: [[Lore:Above All Else#II. The Whispering Dark|II. The Whispering Dark]]''</ref> Inside, Inaaks and her fellow Fallen scavengers determined that Nezarec's body was a source of [[Darkness|great power]]. They split his body into pieces, which were distributed as morbid talismans to harvest his dark powers.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [https://youtu.be/O9Mlvz5jAWI?t=203 Nezarec]''</ref> Those pieces were later stored within relics and scattered across the solar system.

Despite the absence of their god, the impact of Nezarec's psychic influence continued to persist in the form of [[Mykel]] and his family for years through the [[Dark Age]], with every new generation tested for loyalty and worthiness. On the night of his 18th birthday, Mykel's father woke his son from a deep slumber filled with the horrors of Nezarec's design. Despite his fears, Mykel was taught not fear the Nightmares as he would be put to the test by extracting the fear of a captive Eliksni, which he presumably succeeded much to Nezarec's favor.<ref name="Dream Demon">'''Bungie (2023/02/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [Lightfall]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/dream-demon Dream Demon]''</ref> Later in his adulthood, [[Mykel]] would create the [[Acolytes of Nezarec]] by directing the God of Pain's influence towards his ideal victims. Those who would join included prior victims of his such as [[Psion]] [[Acasia]], a former [[Titan (class)|Titan]] named [[Briar]] and the Eliksni called [[Koraxis]].

At one point, [[The Drifter]] was contracted to retrieve a relic of Nezarec from the Acolytes at the titular "[[Fourth Tomb of Nezarec]]" in [[Jovians|Jovian]] space.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:A Drifter's Gambit#Artifacts and Old Friends|A Drifter's Gambit: Artifacts and Old Friends]]''</ref> Though he was accosted by both an unknown individual (implied to be [[Nessa]]) and Nezarec's own powers, he escaped unharmed with the artifact in hand.<ref name="Gift Of Cruelty">'''Bungie (2023/02/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/gift-of-cruelty Gift of Cruelty]''</ref>