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{{quote|Listen to me, Wolf-born! Heed me, Whirlwind-scattered! I am the ghost of [[65 Cybele|Cybele]], the cunning claw of [[7 Iris|Iris]], betrayed, chained, encrypted by the [[Mara Sov|Queen]], sent back from the Darkness to save us all! The days of [[Kell]] and House end now. The calendar of slavery and abasement goes to the fire. We are a new calendar! We are an age of beginnings! Each of us is a day!|Skolas}}

Skolas, the Rabid, a noble of the House of Wolves, emerged as one of three major contenders for the House's Kellship after [[Mara Sov|Queen Mara Sov]] killed the previous Kell, [[Virixas]], in the battle near [[Ceres]] known as the Scatter, where the [[Awoken]] annihilated half of the Wolves' numbers. Skolas secured a pyrrhic victory over [[Irxis, Wolf Baroness]] in the Eos Clash, and tricked the Awoken into eliminating [[Parixas, the Howling]] for him in the Battle of Iris. With his rivals gone, Skolas became Wolf Kell and rallied the remaining Wolves against the Awoken. In the end, due to betrayal by [[Variks, The Loyal|Variks]], he was captured in the Cybele Uprising and incarcerated in the [[Prison of Elders]].

The Queen later sent Skolas to the [[Nine]] as a gift, in an effort to placate them over sending the [[Crow (device)|Crow]]s into their territory in the search for [[Kaliks Prime]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref> However, due to a possible betrayal by the Nine,<ref name="Fate">'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies#Mystery: Fate of Skolas|Mystery: Fate of Skolas]]''</ref> Skolas was freed and returned to lead the House of Wolves in rebellion against the Queen.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: House of Wolves Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> He has ambitions of making himself ruler over all the Fallen houses, seeking to bring as many as he can under his control. <ref name="House page">[https://www.bungie.net/en/event/houseofwolves#social-space_ '''Bungie.net''': House of Wolves]</ref> His ultimate goal is not just the destruction of the Reef that imprisoned him and his House, but also the fall of the [[City]] and the salvation of the Fallen race by reclaiming the [[Traveler|Great Machine]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen 3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref>

Though Skolas was able to gain the support of the leaderless [[House of Winter]] on [[Venus]], he was unable to gain the support of the [[House of Devils]] and [[House of Kings]] on [[Earth]]. He set the [[Silent Fang]] loose on Earth to kill opposing Devils, but a number of them were killed by Guardians. Skolas then sent one of his barons, [[Yavek]], to negotiate terms with the [[Kell of Kings]] at [[King's Watch]]. The Kell of Kings instead sent two barons, [[Paskin]] and [[Vekis]], not as ambassadors but as assassins. Prince Uldren speculated that nothing short of the Traveler calling Skolas by name would encourage the Kings to join him. However, before hostilities could occur between the Wolves and Kings, Guardians burst in and killed all three barons and their guards.

Infuriated by the interventions by the City, Skolas attempted to use [[Vex]] technology to further his goals, and his crews breached the [[Vault of Glass]] frequently, but his attempts to gain any significant Vex technology were foiled by Guardians. With his plans to gather the Houses in ruins and the Guardians closing in, Skolas made a final stand at the top of the [[Citadel]] where he uses Vex Time Gates to bring his House of Wolves from across time to combat the Guardians. With the help of Queen Mara Sov, he was captured and sentenced to the Prison of Elders. Before he was sent to the prison, Mara Sov, visited his cell where Skolas kept bellowing "Kell of Kells" and other nonsense. However as the Queen examined him, Skolas whispered something that Variks interpreted as "Light-Snuffer" and "Dark-binder", leading Queen Mara to believe [[Oryx, the Taken King|a dark force]] was about to arrive.

After being sent once again to the Prison of Elders, Skolas gathered what followers he had left in the prison and challenged the Guardians who captured him. However, in the end Skolas' sentence was carried out as he was executed by the Guardians, leaving the Wolves without a Kell.

Skolas is extremely prideful and vicious, even for a Kell. He is also quite delusional, according to Variks. He sees himself as fulfilling the prophecy from the [[House of Rain]], in which he is said that any Guardian to face him will "flee or fall". It is also said that he will heal the Fallen houses and make them whole again. His failure at the Cybele Uprising drives him to near fanatical levels to succeed where others had failed, securing the future for his house and the Fallen race once and for all.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref> His failure again at the Terminus left him in a near catatonic state, at least until directly challenged by the Guardians.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Skolas, Captured|Skolas, Captured]]''</ref>