Gjallarhorn

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Side profile of the Gjallarhorn Rocket Launcher.

"This is Hulk Hogan’s belt in weaponized form."

— Tom Doyle, Art Lead^[1]

Gjallarhorn is an exotic rocket launcher featured in Destiny.^[2] It is considered an ideal weapon for a Titan specializing in zone control. The launcher shoots out rockets, while secondary sentries deploy at the site of impact to devastate foes that pass nearby.^[3]

Trivia

"The Gjallarhorn shoulder-mounted rocket system was designed and personally crafted by Feizel Crux as a gift to the Guardians who fought the Battle of the Twilight Gap. Forged from the armor of the thousands who fell, to wield Gjallarhorn is to wield honor against any attempt at our extermination."

— Art Book Description^[4]

In Norse mythology, the god Heimdall is the bearer of Gjallarhorn, "whose blast can be heard in all worlds". The Eddas depict him blowing into the horn to signal the beginning of Ragnarök".
In the E3 "Closed Doors Demo", when naming the rocket launcher, the Titan's player called the weapon "It Was Raised By Wolves"^[5]. It should be noted that there are no links between Gjallarhorn and wolves found in either the Poetic or Prose Eddas. However, Mowgli, the protagonist of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, was raised by wolves. In fact, the decision to add the wolves came from the designers' desire to "infuse this horn of destruction with a beastly spirit."^[6]
Bungie 3-D Modeller, Mark Van Haitsma, Gjallarhorn's designer, added a wolf onto the weapon for each day he spent working on it. A total of 16 wolves thus far can be seen in in the various images of the weapon.^[6]
Crusader knights and gladiators inspired the design of the Gjallarhorn.^[7]

Gallery

Desktop wallpaper of the weapon.
Concept image of Gjallarhorn's targeting reticle. Note the titan symbol in the center.
Closeup detail of one of Gjallarhorn's many wolves.
First person view of Gjallarhorn.
As seen in-game.
A Gjallarhorn illustration from the Limited Edition "Arms and Armament" field guide.

List of appearances

Destiny (First appearance)

References

^ Bungie.net: Destiny Drawing Board Gjallarhorn
^ DattoDoesDestiny - Destiny Guns! Exclusive Gun Images From E3!
^ Game Informer January 2014, page 59
^ Reddit: Gjallarhorn Art Book Preview
^ IGN - Destiny Behind Closed Doors Demo - E3 2013
^ ^a ^b Bungie.net Out Here In The Wild
^ Bungie Podcast - September 2013

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Heavy weapons	Abbadon^(TD) • Bolt-Caster^(TTK) • Dark-Drinker^(TTK) • Dragon's Breath^(TDB) • Gjallarhorn • Nemesis Star^(ROI) • Nova Mortis^(TD) • Raze-Lighter^(TTK) • Sleeper Simulant^(TTK) • Super Good Advice • Thunderlord • Truth• The Young Wolf's Howl^(ROI)

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Gjallarhorn

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Trivia

Gallery

List of appearances

References

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