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{{article quote|You have served your purpose. All that awaits you now is the gift of death... The darkness beyond your final days.|Rhulk, as he engages the [[Guardian]]s in combat.}}
{{article quote|You have served your purpose. All that awaits you now is the gift of death... The darkness beyond your final days.|Rhulk, as he engages the [[Guardian]]s in combat.}}


'''Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness''' is the first of the [[Disciples]], extraordinarily powerful paracausal entities who collectively follow the [[Witness]] and do its bidding. Hailing from the planet [[Lubrae]], he played a prominent role in the creation of the [[Hive]] by conscripting the [[Worm]]s into servitude to the Witness and then facilitating the production of Worm larvae in [[Savathûn's Throne World]], all while keeping tabs on the [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Witch Queen]] herself from his own [[Sunken Pyramid|Pyramid]].
'''Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness''' is the first of the [[Disciples]], extraordinarily powerful paracausal followers of the [[Witness]]. Hailing from the planet [[Lubrae]], he played a prominent role in the creation of the [[Hive]] by subjugating the [[Worm]] mother [[Xita]] into servitude and propagate her larvae that all Hive would have as their parasitic fodder. For his part as the titular Subjugator that the Worms revered, he would cultivate their breeding for the Hive's armies in [[Savathûn's Throne World]], all while keeping tabs on the [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Witch Queen]] herself from his own [[Sunken Pyramid|Pyramid]].


After Savathûn's rebirth in the [[Light]], Rhulk was imprisoned within his own Pyramid by a curse of Light placed by the Witch Queen. However, he would retaliate by bringing the [[Scorn]] into her throne world and subsequently taking command of them. He is the final boss of the ''[[Vow of the Disciple]]'' [[Raid]], where he ultimately met his demise at the hands of [[Guardian]]s.
After Savathûn's rebirth in the [[Light]], Rhulk was imprisoned within his own Pyramid by a curse of Light placed by the Witch Queen. However, he would retaliate by bringing the [[Scorn]] into her throne world and subsequently taking command of them. He is the final boss of the ''[[Vow of the Disciple]]'' [[Raid]], where he ultimately met his demise at the hands of [[Guardian]]s.
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===The Subjugator===
===The Subjugator===
{{Quote|"There are no pleasantries in the Deep. Only the decaying husks of oversized parasites towering before me. You take me for a fool, believing I am like all else—manipulated by your psychic machinations. But I will not be controlled, for I am wrath."|Rhulk addresses the imprisoned Worms beneath Fundament.}}  
{{Quote|"There are no pleasantries in the Deep. Only the decaying husks of oversized parasites towering before me. You take me for a fool, believing I am like all else—manipulated by your psychic machinations. But I will not be controlled, for I am wrath."|Rhulk addresses the imprisoned Worms beneath Fundament.}}  
After Rhulk's failure with the Ahslid, the Witness instead sought the [[Worm]]s of [[Fundament]]; Its progenitors had been previously uplifted by the Witness with the [[Sword Logic]] eons ago and the surviving [[Worm Gods]] now lived imprisoned far beneath the seas of the gas giant. Serving as its herald, Rhulk swam deep into the depths of the planet's ocean, to which he was met with the [[Leviathan (creature)|Leviathan]] acting as the warden of their prison. Despite its repeated warnings to the disciple to turn from Darkness, Rhulk defiantly rebukes the massive creature before proclaiming that he "''rise''" instead of "drowns" with the [[Darkness|Deep]]. Rhulk then grievously injures it within a millisecond as he held the Leviathan's rib in one hand and pushed aside its maimed body with the other. <ref name="Leviathan">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Rhulk]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uy37eDdZdI "The Creature Known to Some as the Leviathan"]''</ref> The wounded Leviathan could only avert Rhulk's gaze as the disciple places the rib beneath the beast's skull and raises it's head to meet his eye level to address it directly: proclaiming that the Worms it kept beneath belonged to neither it nor the [[Traveler]], but to the Witness only. He drops the discarded rib into the Worm Gods' dwelling with force before announcing his presence, uplifting the sediment of the seabed into a dense cloud from which he emerged before his captive audience.<ref name="Resonant Fury Gauntlets">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Gauntlets|Resonant Fury Gauntlets]]''</ref>
After his previous failure with the Ahslid, Rhulk instead sought the [[Worm]]s of [[Fundament]]; its progenitors had been previously uplifted by the Witness with the [[Sword Logic]] eons ago and the surviving [[Worm Gods]] now lived imprisoned far beneath the seas of the gas giant. Serving as its herald, Rhulk swam deep into the depths of the planet's ocean, to which he was met with the [[Leviathan (creature)|Leviathan]] acting as the warden of their prison. Despite its repeated warnings to the disciple to turn from Darkness, Rhulk defiantly rebukes the massive creature before proclaiming that he "''rise''" instead of "drowns" with the [[Darkness|Deep]]. Rhulk then grievously injures it within a millisecond as he held the Leviathan's rib in one hand and pushed aside its maimed body with the other. <ref name="Leviathan">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Rhulk]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uy37eDdZdI "The Creature Known to Some as the Leviathan"]''</ref> The wounded Leviathan could only avert Rhulk's gaze as the disciple places the rib beneath the beast's skull and raises it's head to meet his eye level to address it directly: proclaiming that the Worms it kept beneath belonged to neither it nor the [[Traveler]], but to the Witness only. He drops the discarded rib into the Worm Gods' dwelling with force before announcing his presence, uplifting the sediment of the seabed into a dense cloud from which he emerged before his captive audience.<ref name="Resonant Fury Gauntlets">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Gauntlets|Resonant Fury Gauntlets]]''</ref>


Upon finding the Worm Gods at the deepest trenches of the planet, [[Xita, the Nurturing Worm]] greets the Lubrean disciple only for him to callously scold her for taking him for a  manipulatable fool by her psychic machinations. As he fully knew of the Worms' plight and hunger from eons of their imprisonment, Rhulk offers the Worm mother a trade: the survival of her children in exchange for their eternal servitude to the Witness. He also promises sustenance for them in the form of the primitive ancestors of the [[Hive|Krill]] on Fundament's surface, to be given new purpose as fodder for her spawn to feed upon. Rhulk could only snark as the Worm mother's submission for mercy; holding the rib out for her to grasp with her jaws as they both swam upward from their underwater prison, dragging Xita in tow towards the surface and into her new prison aboard his [[The Sunken Pyramid|Pyramid]]. Rhulk would therefore became respectfully known as the Subjugator to the Worms for his indomitable might and strength.<ref name="Resonant Fury Helm">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Helm|Resonant Fury Helm]]''</ref>     
Upon finding the Worm Gods at the deepest trenches of the planet, [[Xita, the Nurturing Worm]] greets the Lubrean disciple only for him to callously scold her for taking him for a  manipulatable fool by her psychic machinations. As he fully knew of the Worms' plight and hunger from eons of their imprisonment, Rhulk offers the Worm mother a trade: the survival of her children in exchange for their eternal servitude to the Witness. He also promises sustenance for them in the form of the primitive ancestors of the [[Hive|Krill]] on Fundament's surface, to be given new purpose as fodder for her spawn to feed upon. Rhulk could only snark as the Worm mother's submission for mercy; holding the rib out for her to grasp with her jaws as they both swam upward from their underwater prison, dragging Xita in tow towards the surface and into her new prison aboard his [[The Sunken Pyramid|Pyramid]]. Rhulk would therefore became respectfully known as the Subjugator to the Worms for his indomitable might and strength.<ref name="Resonant Fury Helm">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Helm|Resonant Fury Helm]]''</ref>     


Despite Rhulk's prior claim of the Worms' power for the Witness, Xita knew well enough that Rhulk personally desired the [[Sword Logic]] they offered to elevate himself as his master's equal despite its objections. From her body, Rhulk created a strain of miniature Worms made of the Worm mother's living segments small enough to be implanted into a host. He would set these so called "larvae" adrift on Fundament's ocean, knowing full well they would reach the shores of the [[Osmium Court]] to find their respective sustenance.<ref name="Resonant Fury Greaves">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Greaves|Resonant Fury Greaves]]''</ref> Soon as the Witness and Rhulk predicted, one of these larvae reached its intended target: the [[Osmium King|King]] of the [[Osmium Court]]. The dead white larvae spoke to the king of a cataclysm that would result from a Syzygy of Fundament's fifty-two moons (though no such danger actually exists). However, the King's mind would prove to be too feeble to the Witness' whispers and thus drove him to insanity and senility.<ref name="Syzygy">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#IV: Syzygy|IV: Syzygy]]''</ref>
Despite Rhulk's prior claim of the Worms' power for the Witness' behalf, Xita knew well enough that Rhulk sought the [[Sword Logic]] out of his own personal desire for domination as they offered to elevate himself as his master's equal despite its earlier objections. From her body, Rhulk created a parasitic strain of miniature Worms made of the Worm mother's living segments small enough to be implanted into a host. He would set these so called "larvae" adrift on Fundament's ocean, knowing full well they would reach the shores of the [[Osmium Court]] to find their respective sustenance.<ref name="Resonant Fury Greaves">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Greaves|Resonant Fury Greaves]]''</ref> Soon as the Witness and Rhulk predicted, one of these larvae reached its intended target: the [[Osmium King|King]] of the [[Osmium Court]]. The dead white larvae spoke to the king of a cataclysm that would result from a Syzygy of Fundament's fifty-two moons (though no such danger actually exists). However, the King's mind would prove to be too feeble to the Witness' whispers and thus drove him to insanity and senility.<ref name="Syzygy">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#IV: Syzygy|IV: Syzygy]]''</ref>
      
      
From above, Rhulk and the Witness both had their gaze upon the Osmium Kingdom's fall to the [[Helium Drinkers]] as they observed the escape of the king's surviving heirs: [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]], and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]]. Knowing that the [[Traveler]] hidden amongst Fundament's numerous moons was ready to claim the trio for the [[Light]], the Witness choose to claim them first instead with Sathona being the most promising of the three. Feeding into her fear and pride, the Witness manipulates her desperation into seeking out the remaining Worm Gods down to the depths of Fundament; setting the events which led to the creation of the Hive and the rise of Savathûn and her Hive siblings into apotheosis. Rhulk could only wince in envy at his master's suggestion that the future Witch Queen could one day stand alongside him as a fellow disciple.<ref name="Resonant Fury Plate">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Plate|Resonant Fury Plate]]''</ref>
From above, Rhulk and the Witness both had their gaze upon the Osmium Kingdom's fall to the [[Helium Drinkers]] as they observed the escape of the king's surviving heirs: [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]], and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]]. Knowing that the [[Traveler]] hidden amongst Fundament's numerous moons was ready to claim the trio for the [[Light]], the Witness choose to claim them first instead with Sathona being the most promising of the three. Feeding into her fear and pride, the Witness manipulates her desperation into seeking out the remaining Worm Gods down to the depths of Fundament; setting the events which led to the creation of the Hive and the rise of Savathûn and her Hive siblings into apotheosis. Rhulk could only wince in envy at his master's suggestion that the future Witch Queen could one day stand alongside him as a fellow disciple.<ref name="Resonant Fury Plate">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Plate|Resonant Fury Plate]]''</ref>
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Savathûn’s true allegiance is revealed as she betrayed the Witness and Rhulk attempting to [[Interference|interfere]] with the former’s [[Lore:The Singular Exegete|transmissions]] to the [[Guardian]]s on [[Io]], triggered by the [[arrival of the Black Fleet]]. After she hid within the [[Last City]] for a year and her subsequent rebirth in the Light, Rhulk would retaliate with the destruction of her throne world, only to have his attempt with the Upended thwarted. He was then trapped within his [[Sunken Pyramid|Pyramid]], now sunken in the swamps of [[Miasma]] and blocked off from the rest of the realm thanks to her usage of the [[Wellspring]].<ref name="Resonant Fury Bond">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Warlock)#Resonant Fury Bond|Resonant Fury Bond]]''</ref> During his imprisonment, Rhulk had summoned the [[Scorn]] to the throne world as his army to fight the Witch Queen's new [[Lucent Brood|Lucent Hive]]. This resulted in an ongoing attrition war for the throne world itself, which was further complicated with the addition of the [[Guardians]] of the [[Last City]]. Rhulk also began conducting experiments with the undead Scorn, making them more powerful with Worm larvae in combination with Hive resonant runes. The cumulation of his work would be [[The Caretaker]], a massive [[Abomination]] successfully fused with a worm larva and armed with [[Pyramid]] resonant technology.<ref name="Report: PYRAMID-INSPECT">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/evidence-board-report-pyramid-inspect-2 Evidence Board — Report: PYRAMID-INSPECT]''</ref>  
Savathûn’s true allegiance is revealed as she betrayed the Witness and Rhulk attempting to [[Interference|interfere]] with the former’s [[Lore:The Singular Exegete|transmissions]] to the [[Guardian]]s on [[Io]], triggered by the [[arrival of the Black Fleet]]. After she hid within the [[Last City]] for a year and her subsequent rebirth in the Light, Rhulk would retaliate with the destruction of her throne world, only to have his attempt with the Upended thwarted. He was then trapped within his [[Sunken Pyramid|Pyramid]], now sunken in the swamps of [[Miasma]] and blocked off from the rest of the realm thanks to her usage of the [[Wellspring]].<ref name="Resonant Fury Bond">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Warlock)#Resonant Fury Bond|Resonant Fury Bond]]''</ref> During his imprisonment, Rhulk had summoned the [[Scorn]] to the throne world as his army to fight the Witch Queen's new [[Lucent Brood|Lucent Hive]]. This resulted in an ongoing attrition war for the throne world itself, which was further complicated with the addition of the [[Guardians]] of the [[Last City]]. Rhulk also began conducting experiments with the undead Scorn, making them more powerful with Worm larvae in combination with Hive resonant runes. The cumulation of his work would be [[The Caretaker]], a massive [[Abomination]] successfully fused with a worm larva and armed with [[Pyramid]] resonant technology.<ref name="Report: PYRAMID-INSPECT">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/evidence-board-report-pyramid-inspect-2 Evidence Board — Report: PYRAMID-INSPECT]''</ref>  


During Rhulk's detainment, countless [[Hive]] [[Ghost]]s had went missing within his Pyramid, as the intrigued disciple held them captive and routinely experimented with their design and function. At one point, the disciple spoke with one of them plotting to pry its shell for secrets of the [[Traveler]], only for the Ghost to be possessed by someone Rhulk identified as the Adversary (presumably the Traveler itself). The Ghost was destroyed in an blinding explosion of Light and reduced to scrap, denying Rhulk its secrets.<ref name="Imperious Sun Shell">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Ghost shell|Ghost shell lore]]: [[Imperious Sun Shell]]''</ref>
During Rhulk's detainment, countless [[Hive]] [[Ghost]]s had went missing and were killed within his Pyramid, as the intrigued disciple held them captive and routinely experimented with their design and function; tormenting them into accepting the Witness' ideology.<ref name="Collective Obligation">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Weapon|Weapon lore]]: [[Collective Obligation]]''</ref> At one point, the disciple spoke with one of them plotting to pry its shell for secrets of the [[Traveler]], only for the Ghost to be possessed by someone Rhulk identified as the Adversary (presumably the Traveler itself). The Ghost was destroyed in an blinding explosion of Light and reduced to scrap, denying Rhulk its secrets.<ref name="Imperious Sun Shell">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Ghost shell|Ghost shell lore]]: [[Imperious Sun Shell]]''</ref>


===Vow of the Disciple===
===Vow of the Disciple===
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After the Guardians killed [[The Caretaker]], Rhulk remarked that those "defiant" of the Witness’ campaign would be subjugated in service of the [[Final Shape]], which he 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, Rhulk further compliments the Guardians as resilient yet credulous. In blindly killing scores of Scorn and Taken, however, the fireteam had aided Rhulk by powering the Upended with their bloodshed. With the machine reaching full power, Rhulk was prepared to seal the throne world permanently off from 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 its goals, instead deserving to drown in Darkness.<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 the Guardians killed [[The Caretaker]], Rhulk remarked that those "defiant" of the Witness’ campaign would be subjugated in service of the [[Final Shape]], which he 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, Rhulk further compliments the Guardians as resilient yet credulous. In blindly killing scores of Scorn and Taken, however, the fireteam had aided Rhulk by powering the Upended with their bloodshed. With the machine reaching full power, Rhulk was prepared to seal the throne world permanently off from 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 its goals, instead deserving to drown in Darkness.<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 the Upended, Rhulk emerged from a sarcophagus to personally greet them. Stating that he had no use in them anymore, the Disciple commenced a climactic battle with his interlopers by dropping his [[Lubrae's Ruin|glaive]] and unleashing 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 the resonance from his attacks to push back the barrier, all while Rhulk taunts the fireteam as they fight Scorn and Taken reinforcements. With the barrier having pushed inward and reached the disciple, Rhulk disables it before inviting the Guardians to the inner sanctum of the Upended. There Rhulk would challenge his opponents in person, to which he toys with the fireteam and even kick them to death on occasion. His composure was only short-lived as they found and then took advantage of four chinks in Rhulk's impervious defense, enraging the disciple as he became vulnerable to their attacks. In his final moments, Rhulk cried out to the Witness for forgiveness as his body was warped by his own out-of-control powers, transforming him into what appeared to be a petrified, 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>
With the Guardians having reached the Upended, Rhulk emerged from a sarcophagus to personally greet them. Stating that he had no use in them anymore, the Disciple commenced a climactic battle with his interlopers by dropping his [[Lubrae's Ruin|glaive]] and unleashing 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 the resonance from his attacks to push back the barrier, all while Rhulk taunts the fireteam as they fight Scorn and Taken reinforcements. With the barrier having pushed inward and reached the disciple, Rhulk disables it before inviting the Guardians to the inner sanctum of the Upended. There Rhulk would challenge his opponents in person, to which he toys with the fireteam and even kick them to death on occasion. His composure was only short-lived as they found and then took advantage of four gaps in Rhulk's impervious defense, enraging the disciple as he became vulnerable to their attacks. In his final moments, Rhulk cried out to the Witness for forgiveness as his body was overwhelmed by his own chimeric-fused powers going berserk, transforming his corpse into what appeared to be a petrified, 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===
===Legacy===
In the absence of Rhulk's leadership, the Scorn were driven into a frenzy. Seeking control of the now vacant Pyramid on behalf of the Witness, the Scorn made repeated attempts to storm Rhulk's former stronghold but would be repelled by Guardian fireteams tasked with keeping it under [[Vanguard]] occupation.<ref name="Preservation">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Preservation]]''</ref>  
In the absence of Rhulk's leadership, the Scorn were driven into a frenzy. Seeking control of the now vacant Pyramid on behalf of the Witness, the Scorn made repeated attempts to storm Rhulk's former stronghold but would be repelled by Guardian fireteams tasked with keeping it under [[Vanguard]] occupation.<ref name="Preservation">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Preservation]]''</ref>  


Rhulk's remains were secured by the Guardians and transported by a [[Hidden]] agent named [[Marco]] back to [[The Enclave]] on Mars for study. En route to the Enclave, a motor accident caused Marco's [[Sparrow]] to crash, grievously injuring him with a broken leg and a punctured lung. The container storing samples of the disciple's corpse was cracked against a spar of basalt, and Marco could hear whispers of Rhulk's thoughts echoing from it. Black veins emerged from the container to approach Marco's position, infecting his wounds and beginning to heal them, while Marco began to hear the Disciple's voice in his mind. With the last of his willpower, Marco turned his [[Sidearm]] towards the cracked reactor shielding of his broken Sparrow and fired, detonating it in a small nuclear blast which killed Marco and destroyed what remained of the First Disciple for good.<ref name="Gouging Light">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - Item Description: [[Gouging Light]]''</ref>
Rhulk's remains were secured by the Guardians and transported by a [[Hidden]] agent named [[Marco]] back to [[The Enclave]] on Mars for study. En route to the Enclave, a motor accident caused Marco's [[Sparrow]] to crash, grievously injuring him with a broken leg and a punctured lung. The container storing samples of the disciple's corpse was cracked against a spar of basalt, and Marco could hear whispers of Rhulk's thoughts echoing from it; suggesting that his consciousness may persist in some form. Black veins emerged from the container to approach Marco's position, infecting his wounds and beginning to heal them, while Marco began to hear the Disciple's voice in his mind. With the last of his willpower, Marco turned his [[Sidearm]] towards the cracked reactor shielding of his broken Sparrow and fired, detonating it in a small nuclear blast which killed Marco and destroyed what remained of the First Disciple for good.<ref name="Gouging Light">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - Item Description: [[Gouging Light]]''</ref>
 
Some time after Rhulk's death, a Guardian heard Rhulk's voice while scavenging a pile of dead [[Ghost]]s within the [[Sunken Pyramid]], suggesting that his consciousness may persist in some form.<ref name="Collective Obligation">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Weapon|Weapon lore]]: [[Collective Obligation]]''</ref>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
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Rhulk is completely devoted to the Witness and despises the Guardians for their usage of Darkness. He is egotistical and arrogant, thinking he is above all who oppose him and even taunts the Guardians while fighting them. It seems that while in the Pyramid, he befriended the worm familiars and the Worm God, being the one who would have to create the worms for [[Savathûn's Brood]]. He seems to like experimenting with the worm familiars as well, as in the Acquisition section of the raid, one can see frozen Scorn in containers with worms attached to them. However, these experiments most likely failed. Despite befriending the Worm Familiars, Rhulk seemed to have a low opinion of the Hive, disliking being effectively exiled to Savathûn's Throne World, with [[Fynch]] humorously comparing it to babysitting Savathûn, whom Rhulk distrusted greatly.
Rhulk is completely devoted to the Witness and despises the Guardians for their usage of Darkness. He is egotistical and arrogant, thinking he is above all who oppose him and even taunts the Guardians while fighting them. It seems that while in the Pyramid, he befriended the worm familiars and the Worm God, being the one who would have to create the worms for [[Savathûn's Brood]]. He seems to like experimenting with the worm familiars as well, as in the Acquisition section of the raid, one can see frozen Scorn in containers with worms attached to them. However, these experiments most likely failed. Despite befriending the Worm Familiars, Rhulk seemed to have a low opinion of the Hive, disliking being effectively exiled to Savathûn's Throne World, with [[Fynch]] humorously comparing it to babysitting Savathûn, whom Rhulk distrusted greatly.


Even as a young warrior, Rhulk showed disturbing signs of bloodlust and callous brutality, which ultimately caused his own clan and family to fear him. As a Disciple, he was praised by the Witness for these qualities, as they better enabled him to follow the tenets of the Darkness. Most notably and uniquely, Rhulk values honesty immensely, to the point that it meant everything to him, both as a Lubraean and as a Disciple. So much so, in fact, that he could not understand why the military regime on Lubrae was able to be honest about their shortcomings and misdeeds, while his parents had to lie to him about their motivations and actions.
Even as a young warrior, Rhulk showed disturbing signs of bloodlust and callous brutality, which ultimately caused his own clan and family to fear him. As a Disciple, he was praised by the Witness for these qualities, as they better enabled him to follow the tenets of winnowing that the Witness itself idealized. Most notably and uniquely, Rhulk values honesty immensely, to the point that it meant everything to him, both as a Lubraean and as a Disciple. So much so, in fact, that he could not understand why the military regime on Lubrae was able to be honest about their shortcomings and misdeeds, while his parents had to lie to him about their motivations and actions.


Despite his skills as a warrior, Rhulk appeared to lack the ability to strategically outwit his opponents or plan for future threats, as it was clear he valued only strength and not cunning. Though Rhulk fully expected Savathûn would betray the Witness somehow, and made it clear that if she made any wrong move, he would use the Upended to obliterate her throne world. However, when the betrayal came and Savathûn claimed the Light, not only was he caught flat-footed and trapped inside his own Pyramid, she even found a way to shut off the Upended, leaving Rhulk a completely powerless prisoner until she died. Furthermore, he couldn't foresee the Guardian Raid team using the energies of his own Pyramid against him, which ultimately led to his demise.
Despite his skills as a warrior, Rhulk appeared to lack the ability to strategically outwit his opponents or plan for future threats, as it was clear he valued only strength and not cunning. Though Rhulk fully expected Savathûn would betray the Witness somehow, and made it clear that if she made any wrong move, he would use the Upended to obliterate her throne world. However, when the betrayal came and Savathûn claimed the Light, not only was he caught flat-footed and trapped inside his own Pyramid, she even found a way to shut off the Upended, leaving Rhulk a completely powerless prisoner until she died. Furthermore, he couldn't foresee the Guardian Raid team using the energies of his own Pyramid against him, which ultimately led to his demise.
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==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Haunted]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of the Haunted]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of Defiance]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Defiance]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}


==References==
==References==
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{{Bosses|D2}}
{{Dread}}


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