Nightmare of the Fanatic

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Nightmare of the Fanatic
Biographical information
Other names:	Fading Nightmare of the Fanatic
Species:	Nightmare
Faction:	Scorn
Rank:	Ultra
Class:	Chieftain
Gender:	Male
Combat information
Mission:	A Mysterious Disturbance (briefly) Nightmare Hunt: Insanity Beyond Sever - Shame Sever - Reconciliation Catharsis
Weapon(s):	Fanatic's Staff
Abilities:	Wrath of the Scorned Shocking Effect Summon Scorn Summon Nightmares High Durability Rapid Movement Teleportation Nightmare Immunity Ultra Smash

"The Light abandoned Cayde. Left him for dead. And kept him from being saved. Kept you from saving him. In Light, there is only failure."

— The Darkness to the Guardian, upon banishing the Nightmare of the Fanatic

The Nightmare of the Fanatic is the Nightmare of the Archon and leader of the Scorn: Fikrul, the Fanatic. It serves as the Aspect of Insanity, and the manifestation of Guardian's fears and trauma—created by the Lunar Pyramid—and is used to taunt them by reminding them how the Light abandoned Cayde-6 when he was most vulnerable.

Years later, it reappears within the underbelly of the Derelict Leviathan—in the Missions Sever - Shame and Sever - Reconciliation—when Crow attempts to sever the connection to the Nightmare of Uldren.

Gameplay

Nightmare Hunt: Insanity

The Nightmare of the Fanatic can be found in the Nightmare Hunt: Insanity, which becomes available on the Moon every two to three weeks.

After you have fought your way through the Hive fortress, you will reach the Shrine of Oryx, where the Nightmare is waiting for you. The encounter will trigger when you approach the target on the other side of the Shrine, causing it to awaken and multiple, lesser Scorn Nightmares to appear alongside it. The boss shares most of its abilities with the real Fikrul. It can fire powerful blasts of Arc energy from it's staff, and will raise it high in the air and slam it down on the ground if players get too close sending them flying backwards. Getting knocked back by this attack can kill you instantly if you hit a nearby wall, so it is important to remain weary of your surroundings, as well as how close you are to the boss. After taking enough damage, it will also gain the Fanatic's "Wrath of the Scorned" attack, where it will create a wide, circular area-of-effect around a random player. The boss will then begin to charge up with Arc energy before slamming its staff down, causing the circle to be bombarded with lightning. These can be avoided easily enough, however, by staying on the move at all times and quickly fleeing the effected areas whenever they appear.

Like others of its kind, the boss is extremely durable and highly resistant against all attacks. However, picking up the Unstable Essence that drops from killing lesser enemies will greatly buff your damage against all Nightmares, allowing you to bring down the target much faster. After losing about a quarter of its health, the boss will summon more reinforcements and enter a state of immunity. Players must eliminate the all of the newly-spawned enemies in order to disable its defenses and continue the fight. This will have to performed a second time after the Nightmare of the Fanatic has lost another quarter of its health and once again enters its immunity phase. Once the Aspect of Insanity has been neutralized, the activity will be complete. Players will also be rewarded with the Essence of Insanity, which is required to unlock the Love and Death Grenade Launcher.

Beyond

The Nightmare of the Fanatic serves as the second boss of the Beyond mission. After you have defeated the Nightmare of Dominus Ghaul within the Lunar Pyramid, you will travel down a few more corridors before you reach the next objective. Upon approaching, the player will be teleported to a dark imitation of the entrance area of the Watchtower, where Fikrul was faced in the mission Nothing Left to Say. The Nightmare will then spawn with a third of its health gone. After you have dealt a small amount of damage, the boss will enter its immunity state and summon reinforcements to assist it. Just like the Nightmare Hunt, you must kill all of these enemies for Nightmare to become vulnerable once again. This will have to be repeated when two thirds of its health are gone and it regains its invincibility. When the boss is down to a quarter of its health, it will teleport behind the shield barrier blocking the entrance to the Watchtower, before you are transported back to the Pyramid, allowing you to progress on to the final boss.

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Trivia

• As a Scorn, the real Fikrul can be resurrected with Dark Ether, meaning that the Nightmare of the Fanatic is among those that could represent a living enemy, alongside the Nightmare of Taniks, the Scarred, whose template has a history of cheating death.

List of appearances

• Destiny 2
  • Shadowkeep (First appearance)
    • Season of the Haunted