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During the early [[City Age]], the Fallen Houses placed large bounties of [[Glimmer]] and [[Ether]] on an infamous crew of [[Hunters]], which included [[Andal Brask]], [[Shiro-4]], and [[Cayde-6]].<ref name="Raise">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Raise|Raise]]''</ref> At the time, Taniks was widely regarded as a boogeyman amongst the Guardians who heard stories of the bannerless, Fallen mercenary killing off Lightbearers but were widely regarded as tall tales. Taniks, having sought to claim their bounties on the crew, would ambush Cayde, Shiro, [[Nian Ruo]], and [[Lush]] during a cache run on the outskirts of the City. In a split second he quickly murdered Nian and destroyed Lush's Ghost before the outgunned Hunters could escape him and his Fallen crew. Andal was later informed of the incident by Cayde and Shiro and sought to kill Taniks out of revenge.<ref name="Raise"/> Since then, Taniks would ambush the crew on several other occasions, arriving unannounced and laughed a few times before he tried to kill them. However, his attempts would backfire as the Hunters had fully prepared for him. One night, Andal and Cayde stayed up late drinking and decided to make a Vanguard Dare. They joked that whoever failed to kill Taniks would become the new Hunter Vanguard, while the winner lived the life of a free Hunter.<ref name="Turn"/> | During the early [[City Age]], the Fallen Houses placed large bounties of [[Glimmer]] and [[Ether]] on an infamous crew of [[Hunters]], which included [[Andal Brask]], [[Shiro-4]], and [[Cayde-6]].<ref name="Raise">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Raise|Raise]]''</ref> At the time, Taniks was widely regarded as a boogeyman amongst the Guardians who heard stories of the bannerless, Fallen mercenary killing off Lightbearers but were widely regarded as tall tales. Taniks, having sought to claim their bounties on the crew, would ambush Cayde, Shiro, [[Nian Ruo]], and [[Lush]] during a cache run on the outskirts of the City. In a split second he quickly murdered Nian and destroyed Lush's Ghost before the outgunned Hunters could escape him and his Fallen crew. Andal was later informed of the incident by Cayde and Shiro and sought to kill Taniks out of revenge.<ref name="Raise"/> Since then, Taniks would ambush the crew on several other occasions, arriving unannounced and laughed a few times before he tried to kill them. However, his attempts would backfire as the Hunters had fully prepared for him. One night, Andal and Cayde stayed up late drinking and decided to make a Vanguard Dare. They joked that whoever failed to kill Taniks would become the new Hunter Vanguard, while the winner lived the life of a free Hunter.<ref name="Turn"/> | ||
Cayde had the good luck of finding and killing Taniks first, forcing Andal kept his word. | Cayde had the good luck of finding and killing Taniks first, forcing Andal kept his word. However, Taniks would not stay dead for long as his return prompted Cayde to seek out the mercenary yet again. The Exo Hunter would successfully kill Taniks a second time, unleashing lead into his chest, neck, gut and head. However, his [[Taniks' Crew|crew]] would instead intervene and hauled him off before Cayde could finish the job.<ref name="Winner Take All">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'', ''[[Lore]]:[[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde|The Man They Call Cayde]] - [[Lore:The_Man_They_Call_Cayde#Winner Take All|Winner Take All]]''</ref> | ||
At that point, Taniks' continued presence became a pain to the [[Last City]], where [[Osiris]] and the [[Speaker]] appointed [[Saint-14]], who was infamous amongst the Fallen, to find and kill the mercenary himself. Despite Andal becoming the new Hunter Vanguard, Cayde tried talking him out of his new position as the Dare was made in a compromised state but to no avail.<ref name="Winner Take All"/> Taniks would eventually claim Andal's bounty by murdering the Hunter Vanguard in cold blood, forcing Cayde to replace his old friend in memory of him.<ref name="Hunter">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower_Allies#Hunter_Vanguard|Hunter Vanguard]]''</ref> Cayde would also kill Taniks a third time, avenging Andal in commemoration of his new position as Hunter Vanguard.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], Playstation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Dark Future|The Dark Future]] - [[Lore:The Dark Future#Chapter 9: The Return|Chapter 9: The Return]]''</ref> | At that point, Taniks' continued presence became a pain to the [[Last City]], where [[Osiris]] and the [[Speaker]] appointed [[Saint-14]], who was infamous amongst the Fallen, to find and kill the mercenary himself. Despite Andal becoming the new Hunter Vanguard, Cayde tried talking him out of his new position as the Dare was made in a compromised state but to no avail.<ref name="Winner Take All"/> Taniks would eventually claim Andal's bounty by murdering the Hunter Vanguard in cold blood, forcing Cayde to replace his old friend in memory of him.<ref name="Hunter">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower_Allies#Hunter_Vanguard|Hunter Vanguard]]''</ref> Cayde would also kill Taniks a third time, avenging Andal in commemoration of his new position as Hunter Vanguard.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], Playstation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Dark Future|The Dark Future]] - [[Lore:The Dark Future#Chapter 9: The Return|Chapter 9: The Return]]''</ref> | ||
