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{{Quote|Their greed is as much a threat as their blades.|[[Commander Zavala]]<ref name= "House Winter">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#House_of_Winter|House of Winter]]''</ref>}}

Prior to arriving in the Solar System, the House of Winter was one of many Fallen Houses struggling to survive in the wake of a cataclysmic event known as The [[Whirlwind]]. In the aftermath of the fall, Winter were said to have warred with the [[House of Scar]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Variks,_The_Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref> There is evidence they were present at [[Caracas]] during the [[Collapse]].<ref name = "RahoolQuotes">'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Master Rahool]]: [[Master Rahool#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> They settled in on [[Venus]], showing interest in [[The Archive]] of the [[Ishtar Academy]], seeking to plunder the [[Golden Age]] technology within, as well as towards the nearby [[Vex]] [[Citadel]].<ref name= "House Winter"/>

Years later, when the [[Kell of Kings]] sent out the call to attack the [[City]], [[Draksis]], the Kell of Winter, answered, uniting with the [[House of Devils]] and [[House of Kings|Kings]]. In the ensuing carnage that was the [[Twilight Gap]], the united Fallen were smashed against the City walls and forced into retreat.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen_3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> Reeling from the conflict, Winter once again was forced into scavenging Venusian ruins and coming into conflict with the [[Vex]]. It is believed that some time after the Gap, Winter's Servitor God, [[Simiks Prime]] was destroyed, though proof of its demise remains elusive.<ref name= "Simiks-3">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Simiks-3|Simiks-3]]''</ref> Draksis continued to war against the city, raiding jump-ship convoys using guerrilla tactics, causing [[Cayde-6]] of the vanguard to personally raise the bounty on him.<ref name= "Kell of Winter>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Draksis_Winter_Kell|Draksis, Winter Kell]]''</ref>

Winter staged an assault on The Archive, attempting to plunder Golden Age secrets from the Ishtar Facility. The attack was lead by [[Grayliks, Winter Baron]] and further supported by [[Simiks-3]], a Winter [[Servitor]] of significance.<ref name= "Simiks-3"/> The raid was thwarted by [[Guardian|Guardians]] however, who destroyed Simiks-3 and killed Grayliks, securing The Archive for The City.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Archive]]''</ref> Sometime thereafter, the [[Vanguard]] received word that [[Wintership Simiks-Fel]] was on the surface of Venus and began a mission to assassinate Draksis. Fighting through Draksis' [[Kell's Guard]], a Guardian made their way onto the Fallen [[Ketch]] and faced Draksis in his throne room, killing him and beheading Winter's Leadership.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Scourge of Winter]]''</ref> Afterward, perhaps as an attempt to replace Draksis, Winter enlisted [[Taniks, the Scarred]] to break into the [[Prison of Elders]] and retrieve [[Aksor, Archon Priest]]. However a [[fireteam]] of Guardians quickly ended him and the Fallen which broke him out, leaving them leaderless.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Winter's Run]]''</ref>

{{quote|[[Skolas]] managed to win over—well, a substantial number of Winter soldiers have taken up the [[House of Wolves|Wolf]] banner. He calls himself [[Kell of Kells]] now.|[[Petra Venj]]<ref name="Kell Rising">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House_of_Wolves#A_Kell_Rising|A Kell Rising]]''</ref>}}

During the [[Wolf Rebellion]], the [[House of Wolves]]' rampage across the [[Solar System]], [[Skolas]], the Kell of Wolves would successfully pressed into services of the demoralized House, assimilating them and declared himself as the Kell of Kells.<ref name="Kell Rising"/> After the start of the Rebellion, Guardians fought against several Winter troops in search for Skolas, salvaging ship links from them in order to track the Kell's movements, leading [[The Reef]] to discover his deployment of the [[Silent Fang]] to [[Earth]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House_of_Wolves#Gone_to_Ground|Gone to Ground]]''</ref> Later, Winter forces were present alongside Wolves in aiding Skolas to break into the [[Vault of Glass]] and steal Vex technology inside it, however were stopped by The Guardian. They were also found above [[The Citadel]] with Wolf forces to help their Kell's plan of bringing the entire House of Wolves through time, but would cease to follow Skolas after he was captured by the [[Reef]] and Guardians, and killed in the Prison of Elders, ending the Wolf Rebellion and leaving Winter leaderless once again.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Skolas:_Defeated|Skolas: Defeated]]''</ref>

Unlike other Houses, Winter does not seem interested in creating new leadership from within their own ranks after the death of their [[Kell]], [[Draksis, Winter Kell|Draksis]]. The extent of the strength of their current leadership as unknown, due to there being no mention of their House [[Archon]], and the rumors of their [[Prime Servitor|Prime]], [[Simiks Prime]], being destroyed. <ref name= "Kell of Winter/>  

They have made two attempts to recruit outside nobility to join their house, both former Archon Priests, with unknown intentions for their new roles within Winter.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Winter's Run]]''</ref> In addition, they were the only Fallen House that chose to follow [[Skolas, Kell of Kells|Skolas]] during the [[Wolf Rebellion]].<ref name="Kell Rising"/>

*The persistent battles between the House of Winter and Vex, led to the Vex creating the [[Hezen Corrective]] collective which aimed to annihilate the Winter's presence in Venus. They also led an invasion of the Winter's Lair in the [[Winter's Run]] strike aiming to eliminate [[Aksor, Archon Priest]].

*According to Master Rahool, the House of Winter seemingly had a presence in Caracas, Venezuela sometime during the Collapse.

*Winter's Kell Draksis is described by Ghost to have a "thorn" against the City during the Battle of Twilight Gap.<ref>[http://db.destinytracker.com/d1/quests/625511881-house-of-wolves '''Destiny Tracker Database''' - ''House of Wolves - Quest'']</ref>

*[[The Drifter]] is a abandoned Reef Ketch belonging to the House of Winter. It is possible that this Ketch was used to free [[Aksor, Archon Priest]] as part of the Ketch is decorated in gold.

*[[Naksis, Devil Baron]] is shown to have robes and killcam that indicates him as belonging to the House of Winter despite working with the [[House of Devils]]. It is unknown if it was intentional or was a developer oversight.