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After observing the Guardians killing [[The Caretaker]], Rhulk would remark that those "defiant" would be subjugated in service of the Final Shape, which was described as an "ailing, endless, void".<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_rkt8YXbaI "In Service of an Ailing, Endless Void."]''</ref> As they approached the Upended, he then stated that they were resilient yet credulous of themselves. In blindly killing scores of Scorn and Taken, however, the fireteam had aided Rhulk instead in powering the Upended with their bloodshed as its fuel. With the machine reaching full power, Rhulk was prepared to seal the throne world permanently of the Light; leaving both the Guardians and the Lucent Hive to suffer. As a final rebuke, the disciple told the Guardians they were not fit to serve the Witness nor the Disciples, instead deserved to drown in the Deep.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HsNx_IwT8U "This World Will Be Sealed From the Light"]''</ref> | After observing the Guardians killing [[The Caretaker]], Rhulk would remark that those "defiant" would be subjugated in service of the Final Shape, which was described as an "ailing, endless, void".<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_rkt8YXbaI "In Service of an Ailing, Endless Void."]''</ref> As they approached the Upended, he then stated that they were resilient yet credulous of themselves. In blindly killing scores of Scorn and Taken, however, the fireteam had aided Rhulk instead in powering the Upended with their bloodshed as its fuel. With the machine reaching full power, Rhulk was prepared to seal the throne world permanently of the Light; leaving both the Guardians and the Lucent Hive to suffer. As a final rebuke, the disciple told the Guardians they were not fit to serve the Witness nor the Disciples, instead deserved to drown in the Deep.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HsNx_IwT8U "This World Will Be Sealed From the Light"]''</ref> | ||
With the Guardians having reached their destination on top of the Upended, Rhulk emerged from his suspended sarcophagus to personally greet them. Stating that he had no use in them anymore, the Subjugator commenced a climactic battle with his interlopers by dropping his [[Lubrae's Ruin|glaive]] and unleash a massive resonant barrier of Darkness to push them back.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-CIVBDKevk "All That Awaits You Now is the Gift of Death"]''</ref> The fireteam retaliated in turn by exploiting his attacks to eliminate the barrier, all while Rhulk taunts the fireteam as they fight Scorn and Taken reinforcements. While the barrier is exhausted, Rhulk moved inward to the core of the Upended and challenged the Guardians in person, to which he would toy with the fireteam and even kick them to death on occasion. His composure was only short-lived as they discovered and took advantage of four chinks in Rhulk's impervious state, enraging the disciple as he became vulnerable to their attacks. In his final moments, Rhulk could only cry out begging the Witness for forgiveness as his body contorted by his own out-of-control powers, transforming him into what appeared to be a lifeless tree with gnarled roots of Darkness growing from it.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftOWxGbDj98 "Witness... Forgive Me!"]''</ref> | With the Guardians having reached their destination on top of the Upended, Rhulk emerged from his suspended sarcophagus to personally greet them. Stating that he had no use in them anymore, the Subjugator commenced a climactic battle with his interlopers by dropping his [[Lubrae's Ruin|glaive]] and unleash a massive resonant barrier of Darkness to push them back.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-CIVBDKevk "All That Awaits You Now is the Gift of Death"]''</ref> The fireteam retaliated in turn by exploiting his attacks to eliminate the barrier, all while Rhulk taunts the fireteam as they fight Scorn and Taken reinforcements. While the barrier is exhausted, Rhulk moved inward to the core of the Upended and challenged the Guardians in person, to which he would toy with the fireteam and even kick them to death on occasion. His composure was only short-lived as they discovered and took advantage of four chinks in Rhulk's impervious state, enraging the disciple as he became vulnerable to their attacks. In his final moments, Rhulk could only cry out begging the Witness for forgiveness as his body contorted by his own out-of-control powers, transforming him into what appeared to be a lifeless tree with gnarled vein-like roots of Darkness growing from it.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Vow of the Disciple]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftOWxGbDj98 "Witness... Forgive Me!"]''</ref> | ||
===Legacy=== | |||
The death of the First Disciple held major ramifications throughout the Throne World, the Scorn became driven to a frenzy without his leadership. Wanting control of the now vacant Pyramid on behalf of the Witness, the Scorn made repeated attempts to storm Rhulk's former stronghold but are eradicated by Guardian fireteams to keep it under [[Vanguard]] occupation.<ref name="Preservation">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Preservation]]''</ref> | |||
Rhulk's remains would be secured by the Guardians who survived the raid and transported by a [[Hidden]] agent named [[Marco]] back to [[The Enclave]] for study. Traveling en-route on [[Mars]]' desert surface, a motor accident caused his [[Sparrow]] to crash and grievously injure himself with a broken leg and a punctured lung. The container storing samples of the | |||
disciple's corpse laid cracked against a spar of basalt, to which Marco could hear whispers of Rhulk echoing from it. From it black veins snaked through the red dust of the wreckage to approach Marco's position, infecting his wounds with [[Darkness]]. They then began to heal his wounded knee as Marco felt himself possessed by the disciple's vestige, fighting off with what willpower he held before he turned his [[Sidearm]] towards the cracked reactor shielding of his broken Sparrow. With one shot, the Sparrow ruptured into a small-scale nuclear blast which killed Marco and destroyed what remains of the First Disciple for good.<ref name="Gouging Light">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - Item Description:[[Gouging Light]]''</ref> | |||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||