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{{Battle infobox

|prev= [[The Great Disaster]]

|conc= [[Battle of the Twilight Gap]]

|next= [[Rise of the Young Wolf]]

|conflict= [[Eliksni siege]]

|place= [[wikipedia:Asteroid_Belt|Asteroid belt]]

|result= *Decisive Reef victory

**Remaining House of Wolves Fallen become vassals of the Reef

*House of Wolves prevented from reaching the Last City during the Battle of the Twilight Gap

**Reef existence revealed to the rest of the forces in the system

|side1= [[The Reef]]

|side2= [[House of Wolves]]

|side3= [[Skolas]]'s rebels

|side4=

|commanders1= *Queen [[Mara Sov]]

*Prince [[Uldren Sov]]

:*[[Abra Zire]]

:*[[Hallam Fen]]

:*[[Imogen Rife]]

:*[[Kamala Rior]]

:*[[Leona Bryl]]

:*[[Devi Cassl]]

:*[[Pavel Nolg]]

:*[[Yasmin Eld]]

:*[[Petra Venj]]

*[[Virixas, Kell of Wolves]]

*[[Baron]]s

:*[[Irxis, Wolf Baroness]]

:*[[Parixas, the Howling]]

:*[[Skolas|Skolas, the Rabid]]

*[[Servitor]]s

|commanders3=  

*[[Skolas, Wolf Kell]]

:*[[Beltrik, the Veiled]]

:*[[Drevis, Wolf Baroness]]

:*[[Grayor, Wolf Assassin]]

:*[[Peekis, the Disavowed]]

:*[[Pirsis, Pallas-Bane]]

:*[[Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed]]

:*[[Weksis, the Meek]]

:*[[Yavek, Wolf Baron|Yavek]]

*[[Servitor]]s

:*[[Kaliks-4]]

:*[[Kaliks-12]]

The seeds of the conflict were sown when the [[House of Kings]]<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Paskin.2C_King_Baron|Paskin, King Baron]]''</ref> and their mysterious [[Kell of Kings|Kell]] organized a [[Battle of the Twilight Gap|massive attack]] against the [[Last City]] on [[Earth]] so that they might shatter [[Human|humanity's]] final bastion and claim the "[[Great Machine]]", a limitless supplier of ether, for themselves. Mustering the might of the [[House of Devils]] from Earth and the [[House of Winter]] from [[Venus]], the Kings also sent their summons beyond the asteroid belt to the House of Wolves.<ref name="Fallen 4"/>

[[Virixas]], the Kell of Wolves, heeded the call and amassed his fleet from the [[Jovians]] with the intention of combining his House's strength, which ranged between the hundreds of thousands to millions, with the Fallen coalition gathering for the assault. Pushing through the asteroid belt toward Earth, the Wolves' presence stirred the [[Awoken]] who knew of the coming attack through their [[Techeun]]s and [[Crow (title)|Crows]] but lacked any means of warning the City. Whether [[Mara Sov]], the Queen of the Reef, sought to save potential allies from the coming onslaught, or simply desired to bring the Wolves under her rule, is unclear, as the Fallen and Awoken share different views on this; but regardless of the Queen's motives, she acted.<ref name="Skolas">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Skolas.2C_Kell_of_Kells|WANTED: Skolas, Kell of Kells]]''</ref><ref name="Fallen 4"/>

At some point, the Reef allied with the [[Nine]].<ref name="Defeated">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Skolas:_Defeated|Skolas: Defeated]]''</ref> What role they played or what motivation they had is unknown at this time, though it is possible that the Wolves were a common enemy, as they were originally occupying the outer system.

The three claimants to the throne instigated a civil war within the House of Wolves. In the early part of the war, Irxis had the upper hand; while the other claimants tried to gather as many Kaliks [[Servitor]]s for themselves, Irxis controlled the Orbiks Servitors, who had permissions on the Kaliks Servitors, giving her a tactical advantage over her enemies.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Mecher_Orbiks-11|WANTED: Mecher Orbiks-11]]''</ref>

Skolas sought to eliminate Irxis first, in a devastating battle known as the Eos Clash. Leading Skolas' fleet was [[Peekis]]; his determination brought victory, and Irxis' death, but at a terrible cost to his own side. Skolas had Peekis demoted to [[Dreg]] for his recklessness.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Peekis.2C_the_Disavowed|WANTED: Peekis, the Disavowed]]''</ref> Wolfship Orbiks-Fel was destroyed at this time.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/chain-of-orbiks-fel?highlight=Reef+Wars Chain of Orbiks-Fel]''</ref>

In the meantime, Skolas decided to use the Awoken to his advantage by pitting them against his remaining enemies.<ref name="Elder Prison">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_Asteroid_Belt#Prison_of_Elders.2C_The_Reef|Prison of Elders]]''</ref><ref name="Grayor">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Grayor.2C_Wolf_Assassin|WANTED: Grayor, Wolf Assassin]]''</ref>

The [[Silent Fang]], Skolas' elite assassin unit led by [[Drevis]], attacked an Awoken space station called [[Amethyst]]; slaughtering all aboard.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground-5 Gone to Ground 5]''</ref> Paladin [[Abra Zire]] gave chase to the Silent Fang to [[Iris]], where they engaged a Wolf [[Ketch]]. To their surprise, however, it was not Drevis' ship, but Parixas'. [[Grayor]], another vassal of Skolas and the Fang, had tricked the Awoken into defeating Skolas' last rival.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground Gone to Ground]''</ref> With Skolas as sole claimant to the throne, he declared himself the Kell of Wolves.<ref name="Grayor"/><ref name="Elder Prison"/><ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground-7 Gone to Ground 7]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground-3 Gone to Ground 3]''</ref>

With the Wolves divided no longer, and gaining the upper hand, attacking [[10 Hygiea]],<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground-2 Gone to Ground 2]''</ref> the Reef Crows finally cracked their encryption<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/gone-to-ground-6 Gone to Ground 6]''</ref> and discovered the Wolves had miscalculated the eccentricity of the asteroid [[Bamberga]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/the-kell-of-kells-2 The Kell of Kells 2]''</ref> Using this knowledge, Paladin [[Imogen Rife]] tricked Drevis into flying in Bamerga's path, destroying her Ketch and leading to her and her [[Kaliks-4|High Servitor]]'s capture.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/the-kell-of-kells-5 The Kell of Kells 5]''</ref> Rife took the prisoners to Vesta but was ambushed at [[Pallas]] by [[Pirsis]].<ref name="Drevis">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Drevis.2C_Wolf_Baroness|WANTED: Drevis, Wolf Baroness]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/the-kell-of-kells-3 The Kell of Kells 3]''</ref>

In an effort to rescue Drevis, Pirsis attacked Pallas with the largest Wolf fleet gathered since the beginning of the Wars.<ref name="Drevis"/> She was met with near equal force, as the Queen reinforced Pallas with Armada Paladins [[Abra Zire]] and [[Kamala Rior]], but the battle stalemated: neither side could use their full strength without risking collateral damage.<ref name="Weksis">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Weksis.2C_the_Meek|WANTED: Weksis, the Meek]]''</ref> Skolas diverted some of the Reef fleet into the [[Hildian Asteroids]] with help of [[Beltrik]], the Veiled, to lessen the pressure on Pirsis.<ref name="Weksis"/>

The several-year-long siege was eventually broken by an unsanctioned attack led by [[Weksis]], a lone Dreg and a group of fanatics. They managed to breach a section but were captured by Commander [[Hallam Fen]], Rife's protégé. Pirsis decided to attack in his footsteps to take advantage of the confusion, and reached Kaliks-4's cell. However, she was delayed by Imogen Rife who destroyed the Servitor rather than it be freed. In revenge Pirsis killed Rife and fled.<ref name="Weksis"/>

Commander Fen was able to link up with the Reef and orchestrated a plan with the Crows and Techeuns to devise a mass illusion of the Queen's Harbingers.<ref name="Pirsis">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Pirsis.2C_Pallas-Bane|WANTED: Pirsis, Ballas-Bane]]''</ref> The Wolves broke ranks immediately, allowing Fen and Paladins [[Leona Bryl]] and Kamala Rior to finish them off. Fen was promoted to one of the Queen's Paladins in his mentor's place for bringing Drevis alive to Vesta.<ref name="Pirsis"/>

To try and break the siege at Pallas, the Queen ordered Paladins Abra Zire and Kamala Rior to hunt for Skolas. However, this eventually proved fruitless after he disappeared into the Hildian Asteroids, and it became known as the Battle of False Tidings.<ref name="Weksis"/> Beltrik, Skolas' vassal, eventually left the Hildians to gather [[Ether]] from the asteroid [[19 Fortuna]], positioning the bulk of his forces above the resupply area in order to form a defensive screen against any potential attack from the Armada Paladins. Unbeknownst to Beltrik however, following Bamberga's Wrath, the Reef had constructed a powerful gravity weapon known as "Charybdis", and Zire planned to utilize it together with her experience.<ref name="Beltrik">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Beltrik.2C_the_Veiled|WANTED: Beltrik, the Veiled]]''</ref><ref name="Reef 3">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_Asteroid_Belt#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Reef_3|Ghost Fragment: The Reef 3]]''</ref>

Knowing that Beltrik expected Zire to throw her forces against his defensive fleet, she devised a strategy to make him believe she was doing just that, dividing her forces and sending a portion of them to engage Beltrik's screen. While her feint kept his forces contained at Fortuna, Zire then gathered the rest of her fleet at asteroid [[687 Tinette]], which was making a close pass by Fortuna at the time. With the remainder of her fleet safely hidden within Tinette's shadow, she activated Charybdis defensive system.<ref name="Beltrik"/><ref name="Reef 3"/> The weapon's beam pushed Tinette out of its orbit and sent it hurtling into Fortuna, destroying both asteroids and obliterated Beltrik's host. In the ensuing chaos, Beltrik's shattered and disarrayed forces were quickly neutralized by the full might of Zire's now-recombined fleet and Beltrik himself was captured and taken to the Queen.<ref name="Beltrik"/><ref name="Reef 3"/>

After the battle, the Crows made contact with [[Variks]], a former scribe of [[House Judgment]].<ref name="Beltrik"/> Variks was displeased with Skolas, as he was too vicious and hateful<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Leadership#Pilot_Servitor|Pilot Servitor]]''</ref>—it is rumored that it was Skolas who docked Variks' arms<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Variks, The Loyal]]: [[Variks,_The_Loyal#Vestian_Outpost_Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref>—and the scribe was willing to side with the Reef to stop him.<ref name="Variks">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Variks.2C_The_Loyal|Variks, The Loyal]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Ruling House]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/talk-to-petra-5?highlight=Reef+Wars Talk to Petra]''</ref>

Most of his lieutenants dead or captured, Skolas planned an attack on the Awoken fortress of Cybele to change the tide of the war.<ref name="Variks"/> Thanks to Variks' betrayal, however, the Reef knew of this, and so when he arrived all four Armada Paladins were waiting with a large fleet. Defeated in a decisive battle, surrounded on all sides, Skolas was captured and locked away in the [[Prison of Elders]].<ref name="Kaliks">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Kaliks-12|WANTED: Kaliks-12]]''</ref><ref name="Elder Prison"/> Most of the Silent Fang were killed, and the rest captured.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Silent Fang]]''</ref>

With most of the Wolf nobility incarcerated in the [[Prison of Elders]],<ref name="Elder Prison"/> Variks declared Mara Sov the new Kell of Wolves, and advised other captives to swear their fealty to her. The first amongst them to do so was [[Saviks]], who became chief of the [[Queenbreakers|Wolf contingent]] of [[Royal Awoken Guard|her guard]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Saviks.2C_Queenbreaker|WANTED: Saviks, Queenbreaker]]''</ref> A small few attempted to continue their fight against the Awoken, such as [[Veliniks]], the Ravenous. This would-be Kell rallied a group of Wolves to fight with him, but before he could strike he was captured by [[Corsair]] [[Petra Venj]], who fought during the Hildian Campaign.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Veliniks.2C_the_Ravenous|WANTED: Veliniks, the Ravenous]]''</ref>

Tracking Veliniks to Earth, inside a valley, Petra ordered an airstrike that resulted in [[Guardian]] casualties; this led to increased tensions between the Reef and the City, and Petra was demoted and sent away from the Reef, to be recalled years later during the Wolf rebellion.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Petra_Venj.2C_Queen.27s_Wrath|Petra Venj, Queen's Wrath]]''</ref>

Some time after the Wars' end, Queen Mara gifted an imprisoned Skolas to the Nine to commemorate their victory against the Fallen and as a "prisoner" exchange,<ref name="The Queen">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref> but in an act of apparent subterfuge, Skolas was freed by one of [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine|their agents]] and given a ship.<ref name="Fate">'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Mystery:_The_Fate_of_Skolas|Mystery: The Fate of Skolas]]''</ref> Declaring himself Kell of Kells, Skolas found renewed purpose and led a new uprising to unite the Fallen and claim the Great Machine.<ref name="Fate"/><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> Saviks and his Fallen heard of Skolas' return, and were the first to rise against the Queen, attempting to assassinate her.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/wanted-saviks-queenbreaker-3?highlight=Saviks Wanted: Saviks, Queenbreaker]''</ref> Though many so-called of these "Queenbreakers" fell, their [[Queenbreakers' Bow|weapons]] claimed as trophies,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Special_Weapons#Queenbreaker.27s_Bow|Queenbreaker's Bow]]''</ref> and Saviks sent to the Prison of Elders, he and many other Wolf nobles would escape soon after. In response, the Queen placed bounties on these enemies and called to the [[Guardian]]s of the City to quell the rebellion.

 

 

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