Atraks-1, Fallen Exo: Difference between revisions

Following the collapse of [[Riis]] from the [[Whirlwind]], the [[Eliksni]] left their homeworld and sought salvation by desperately chasing the [[Great Machine]] through space for centuries.<ref name="Fallen 3">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], PlayStation 4, [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen_3| Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> Within the long dark flight, the Eliksni raised their clans and offspring in their [[Ketch|starships]] and turned them into family homes.<ref name="Kin">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Call_of_the_Cryptolith#II. RATIONS|II. RATIONS]]''</ref> Atraks was among a new generation of Eliksni that were born in space and regarded to be unlucky as they had no memories of Riis apart from knowledge retold in stories.<ref name="Wild"/>

Following the release of [[Eramis]] from the [[Prison of Elders]], the [[Baroness]] returned to the [[House of Devils]] and attempted to rebuild them to their former glory. She rallied those loyal to Eramis and established a council. Atraks was amongst those who answered her call to return to the old ways and became the youngest member of Eramis's council.<ref name="Visionary">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#IV. The Visionary|The Visionary]]''</ref>  

After the Devils failed to capture the [[Outbreak Perfected|SIVA weapon]], Eramis became frustrated and felt humiliated for losing to the young [[Mithrax]] while seated at her [[Ketch]]. Atraks watched from a distance and addressed her as Kell, but Eramis bitterly told her not take their failure to heart as Atraks was too young to remember the true prowess of the old Devils. Atraks replied with optimism by saying she can see the light and the new potential of the Devils. Eramis was hit with a moment of clarity and took inspiration from Atraks' words. She declared that the Devils were dead and they must become something new.<ref name="Visionary"/>

Alongside fellow councilors [[Praksis]] and [[Variks]], she greeted the arrival of Eramis old friends [[Phylaks]] and [[Kridis]]. Atraks witnessed the assault of Variks by Phylaks for his past betrayals of the Eliksni before Eramis convinced two new arrivals to begrudgingly work alongside the [[House of Judgment]] scribe for the good of all Eliksni.<ref name="TC">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Once-Shipstealer#VIII._The_Council|The Council]]''</ref> Later Atraks stood with Eramis and her fellow councilors to welcome the arrival of the [[Pyramid (Europa)|obsidian ship]] as it told them to choose salvation. A new dark empire is born in the form of the [[House of Salvation]] led by [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]].<ref name="Kell">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Once-Shipstealer#IX. The Kell of Darkness|The Kell of Darkness]]''</ref>

Atraks was then instructed by her Kell to be the voice of reason among the youth of the Eliksni and broadcasted a passionate message saying how she is glad the [[Whirlwind]] arrived to strip the Eliksni of their dogmatic culture. She also viewed her unlucky birth during spaceflight to be a birth of freedom as she can now see the [[Light]], unlike the nostalgia blinded generations of before who turned their backs to the future. She encouraged them to rally under Salvation at Riis-Reborn, do away with dead dreams and look to the future by wielding the [[Stasis|power]] gifted by the [[Darkness]].<ref name="Wild"/>

During a ceremony held within the main chambers of Riis-Reborn, Atraks stood amongst the Dark Council as Eramis made her speech against the [[Traveler]]. Atraks witnessed the destruction of a [[Servitor]] and Phylaks harnessing the powers of [[Stasis]] from the [[Crux of Darkness]], but the assembly is interrupted by the [[Guardian]]s.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[The New Kell]]''</ref> Following the deaths of Phylaks and Praksis, Eramis held a emergency meeting between Atraks and Kridis and later ordered Atraks to return to the [[Deep Stone Crypt]] and prepare the [[Taniks|body]] as they could handle the situation.<ref name="TT">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[The Technocrat]]''</ref>

Atraks took over the Fallen operations within the Deep Stone Crypt, where she cast aside her organic carapace for that of a modified [[Exo]] frame based on [[Praksis, the Technocrat|Praksis]]' research. In an attempt to deal with the mental trauma of the Exo transformation process she striped the skin off her old face to serve as a reminder that its nothing but a mask of her past life.<ref name="Mask">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[Mask of Bakris]]''</ref>

As a fireteam of Guardians enter the [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] laboratory near [[Clarity Control]], they encountered Atraks near a terminal with the appearance of an [[Exo]] and modelled after her previous [[Eliksni]] form with four arms and a signature white and black look. She then unleashed the body from the cryopod to reveal the infamous mercenary, [[Taniks, the Scarred]]. Taniks is enraged at the sight of the Guardians and proceeded to violently bash the laboratory glass. His attempt to break the glass would lead to failure to which he decided to climb the glass and leave Atraks behind. The Fallen Exo also followed suit and disappeared in a mist.<ref name="DSC">'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], PlayStation 4, [[Deep Stone Crypt (raid)]]</ref>

As the Guardians attempt to enter the launch pods, Atraks returned to laboratory and spread duplicate clones of herself across the room and the [[Morning Star]] orbital station to battle against them. She then summoned Fallen reinforcements and deployed [[Sentinel Servitor]]s to disable the augment terminals nearby. Immune to all damage and armed with an upgraded white [[Shock Rifle]], she fired [[Arc]] bullets against them from all directions.<ref name="DSC"/>

After defeating the [[Servitor]]s, Atraks activated her Extinction Protocol to eliminate the enemy threat, however the Guardians managed to defeat the correct duplicate clone through the use of a scanner augment. She then dropped a replication orb to allow herself to form another copy to extinguish the Guardians, but they cleverly used the airlocks of the orbital station to launch them into space. Atraks then made a final stand by summoning eight duplicates of herself in the orbital station, but her cunning abilities were of no use and she was defeated by the Guardians.<ref name="DSC"/>

Atraks is quiet in nature and respectful to those with authority. She is of few words and optimistic in nature who looks forward to the future. This is due to her youthfulness as she never witnessed the horrors of the [[Whirlwind]].

She whole-heartedly believes in [[Eramis]] and passionately tries to recruit her fellow young [[Eliksni]]. She asks them see to the [[Light]], to do away with the dead dreams that have blinded the older generations and views her birth in space as a positive as she was born free and does not have to live by the arbitrary customs that guide the [[Fallen]].

Atraks is highly intelligent as she was able to continue the [[Exo]] research first set in motion by [[Praksis]] and became the first Fallen ever to transform herself to Exo. She bested the likes of [[Sekris]], [[Taniks]], [[Pirrha, the Rifleman|Pirrha]], [[Aksis]] and his [[Devil Splicers]] to become one with technology and achieve a status that would be celebrated as godhood among her kind.

Atraks became the de-facto leader after the fall of her Council members and commands a [[Ketch]] stationed near the [[Morning Star]] space station.  

During her transition to Atraks-1, her cognitive mind deteriorated to the point where she suffered early stages of Dissociative Exomind Rejection. To remedy this, an unnamed Fallen tells her to strip the skin off her former face for others to wear and remind herself that her old body was just an imposter to them; its face being nothing other than a [[Mask of Bakris|mask]].