Zulmak, Instrument of Torment: Difference between revisions

From Destinypedia, the Destiny wiki

m (Text replacement - "(“|”)" to """)
(added some links, made biography less "gamey", added and renamed abilities and some updates to gameplay)
Line 18: Line 18:
|mass=  
|mass=  
|mission= [[Pit of Heresy]]
|mission= [[Pit of Heresy]]
|weapon= [[Cleaver]]
|weapon= Customized [[Cleaver]]
|ability= Immunity Shield <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Summon Hive <br> Summon [[Accursed Swordbearer]]s<br> Solar Burn <br> Ground Slam <br> Fire Blast
|ability= Temporary Immunity <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Summon Hive <br> Summon [[Accursed Swordbearer]]s <br> Ground Slam <br> [[Solar]] Fireball <br> Slashed Flame Wall <br> Solar Burning Effect <br> Fire Blast
}}
}}
{{Quote|And when the '[[Guardians|heroes]]' come to condemn your proclamation of sovereignty and conquest, I offer this gift—the essence of your fallen champion ... birth a ravager to protect all you hope to build.|[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]}}
{{Quote|And when the '[[Guardians|heroes]]' come to condemn your proclamation of sovereignty and conquest, I offer this gift—the essence of your fallen champion ... birth a ravager to protect all you hope to build.|[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]}}
Line 29: Line 29:
{{Quote|In the Pit, Zulmak unleashes a battle cry. He is ready to be done with it all. He is ready to claim his crown. Hashladûn considers him with disgust—he will never be a King, only ever a tool, blunt and brutal. Should he be anointed as a champion of the Pit… Should he be crowned… the Daughters' plots will be threatened before they ever truly begin.|[[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#X: Faith in Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]}}
{{Quote|In the Pit, Zulmak unleashes a battle cry. He is ready to be done with it all. He is ready to claim his crown. Hashladûn considers him with disgust—he will never be a King, only ever a tool, blunt and brutal. Should he be anointed as a champion of the Pit… Should he be crowned… the Daughters' plots will be threatened before they ever truly begin.|[[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#X: Faith in Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]}}


Zulmak is a rising champion within the Pit beneath what would become the [[Scarlet Keep]], aspiring to take the Osmium Throne through his own Sword Logic. Zulmak's quest to [[Ascendant Hive|ascend]] as the newest Hive [[Prince]] pitted him against multiple other Hive combatants in the Pit; many that challenged him in gladiator-style combat and were met with overwhelming slaughter.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#III: Ritualistic Circle Pit|III: Ritualistic Circle Pit]]''</ref> His triumphs were only met with disappointment from the daughters of the [[Crota, Son of Oryx|World-Breaker]] himself, who saw him as a threat to their [[Oryx, the Taken King|grandfather's]] legacy.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#X: Faith in Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref>
Zulmak is a rising champion within the Pit beneath what would become the [[Scarlet Keep]], aspiring to take the Osmium Throne through his own [[Sword Logic]]. Zulmak's quest to [[Ascendant Hive|ascend]] as the newest Hive [[Prince]] pitted him against multiple other Hive combatants in the Pit; many that challenged him in gladiator-style combat and were met with overwhelming slaughter.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#III: Ritualistic Circle Pit|III: Ritualistic Circle Pit]]''</ref> His triumphs were only met with disappointment from the daughters of the [[Crota, Son of Oryx|World-Breaker]] himself, who saw him as a threat to their [[Oryx, the Taken King|grandfather's]] legacy.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#X: Faith in Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref>
   
   
After winning his third streak within the Pits, he was bifurcated and killed by the [[Deathsinger]] [[Ir Airâm, Deathsinger|Azavath]], whose body became possessed by her enraged [[Knight]] brother [[Akrazul, the Severed|Akrazul]] in desecration of the Sword-Logic itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI: The Anti-Logic|XI: The Anti-Logic]]''</ref> With his body in dying grasp, Zulmak was met with  whispers of the [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Witch-Queen]] herself, who proceeded to take his dying essence from his broken body and gifted it to her grand-nieces to be raised as a champion bound to their will.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI.X: Apocrypha|XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref>
After winning his third streak within the Pits, he was bifurcated and killed by the [[Deathsinger]] [[Ir Airâm, Deathsinger|Azavath]], whose body became possessed by her enraged [[Knight]] brother [[Akrazul]] in desecration of the Sword-Logic itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI: The Anti-Logic|XI: The Anti-Logic]]''</ref> With his body in its final grasps, Zulmak was met with  whispers of the [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Witch-Queen]] herself, who proceeded to take his dying essence from his broken body and gifted it to her grand-nieces to be raised as a champion bound to their will.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI.X: Apocrypha|XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref>


===The Pit of Heresy===
===The Pit of Heresy===
{{Quote|It was Kinox who urged her sisters to act. It was Hashladûn who offered the primordial essence of terror as their guide. And it was Besurith and Voshyr who gathered the husk of a shattered champion—a ravager to stand against all who would oppose their rule. A new breed of destroyer.|Lore text from [[Heretic]].}}<ref name= Heretic>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Heretic]]''</ref>
{{Quote|It was Kinox who urged her sisters to act. It was Hashladûn who offered the primordial essence of terror as their guide. And it was Besurith and Voshyr who gathered the husk of a shattered champion—a ravager to stand against all who would oppose their rule. A new breed of destroyer.|Lore text from [[Heretic]].}}<ref name= Heretic>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Lore: [[Heretic]]''</ref>


When the [[Lunar Pyramid]] became active and the [[Nightmares]] unleashed, [[Kinox]] urged her sisters to rally the leaderless [[Hidden Swarm]] by reanimating the essence of Zulmak with forbidden [[Necromancy]] as their puppet champion. His corpse was recovered by Besurith and Voshyr with Hashladûn offered the phantasmal essence of the [[Nightmares]] as a catalyst to infuse into, creating the first hybrid of a Hive infused with the power of the Nightmares.<ref name= Heretic></ref>
When the [[Lunar Pyramid]] became active and the [[Nightmares]] unleashed, [[Kinox]] urged her sisters to rally the leaderless [[Hidden Swarm]] by reanimating the essence of Zulmak with forbidden [[Necromancy]] as their puppet champion. His corpse was recovered by [[Besurith]] and [[Voshyr]], with [[Hashladûn]] offering the phantasmal essence of the [[Nightmare]]s as a catalyst to infuse into it, creating the first hybrid of a Hive infused with the power of the Nightmares.<ref name= Heretic></ref>


With the deaths of [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]] and [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]] at the hands of the [[Guardian]]s, the remaining daughters, [[Kinox]] and [[Voshyr]], went into hiding in the Pit beneath the [[Scarlet Keep]]. Out of fear and desperation, the Hive began [[Altars of Sorrow|sacrificing]] [[Nightmare]]s en masse and harvest their dark energy into crystals for a ritual to commune with [[The Witness]]. Their actions created seismic activity, however, that drew Eris Morn's attention towards the Pit and sent a fireteam to investigate.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hev8IF4neTw The Deepening Wake]''</ref>
With the deaths of Hashladûn and Besurith at the hands of the [[Guardian]]s, the remaining daughters went into hiding in the Pit beneath the Scarlet Keep. Out of fear and desperation, the Hive began [[Altars of Sorrow|sacrificing]] Nightmares en masse and harvesting their dark energy into crystals for a ritual to commune with [[The Witness]]. Their actions created seismic activity, however, which drew Eris Morn's attention towards the Pit, prompting her to send a fireteam to investigate.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hev8IF4neTw The Deepening Wake]''</ref>


At the [[Cradle of Damnation]] deep in the Pit, the Guardians confront the reanimated Zulmak; the latter having been strengthened and protected by the [[Darkness]] within the nearby crystal. Zulmak is also accompanied by [[Accursed Swordbearer]]s and Hive lieutenants rallied under the title of [[Oracle of the Broken Blade|the]] [[Omen of the Broken Blade|Broken]] [[Might of the Broken Blade|Blade]], all of whom clashed with the fireteam and perished with their [[Cleaver]]s turned against them. Dropping orbs of [[Void]] energy, the Guardians would use said orbs against the undead Knight by depositing them into the crystal empowering him; doing so causes the crystal to begin radiating [[Darkness]] energy and make Zulmak vulnerable to the Guardians' attacks. The fireteam were then successful in killing him and thwarted the Hive's ritual.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Pit of Heresy]]''</ref> Eris Morn, however, would remain wary that the Hive would attempt the same ritual again in the future.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=genP9gQOaL0 Lingering Torment]''</ref>
At the [[Cradle of Damnation]] deep in the Pit, the Guardians confronted the reanimating Zulmak, strengthened and protected by the [[Darkness]] within the nearby crystal. Zulmak and his champions, the [[Accursed Swordbearer]]s the [[Oracle of the Broken Blade|Disciples of]] [[Omen of the Broken Blade|the Broken]] [[Might of the Broken Blade|Blade]], would clash with the Guardians alongside hordes of the Swarm, but would eventually perish at the hands of the fireteam, who killed him and thwarted the Hive's ritual.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Dungeon]]: [[Pit of Heresy]]''</ref> Eris Morn, however, would remain wary that the Hive would attempt the same ritual again in the future.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=genP9gQOaL0 Lingering Torment]''</ref>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
[[File:Zulmak Pit of Heresy.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Zulmak, Instrument of Torment]]
[[File:Zulmak Pit of Heresy.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Zulmak, Instrument of Torment]]


Upon entering Zulmak's lair, the encounter will start if the player damages Zulmak or any enemy near him. At this point, Zulmak will be immune to all damage. Throughout the whole encounter, Zulmak will never leave the plate in the middle of the stage. However, he will circumnavigate the plate and try to attack the player with a solar attack. Zulmak will also spawn Accursed Swordbearer's on the outer rim of his plate which must be killed in order deal damage to the Disciples of the Broken Blade. Looking from the where you begin the encounter, the Vanquisher will be to the left, the Wizard will be to the right, and the Shrieker will be straight ahead. Killing a Disciple will drop a Void Orb that can be deposited near Zulmak's center plate, to an extinguish station on each side respectively. It does not matter which station an orb is deposited as long as all three stations are extinguished.
Upon entering Zulmak's lair, the encounter will start if the player damages Zulmak or any enemy near him. After this point, Zulmak will be immune to all damage. Throughout the whole encounter, the Instrument of Torment will never leave the plate in the middle of the stage. However, he will circumnavigate the crystal and try to attack the players with a [[Solar]] fireball attack, or strike any that come too close with his [[Cleaver]]. Zulmak will also spawn Accursed Swordbearers on the outer rim of his plate, which must be killed in order to acquire their Cleavers and deal damage to the Disciples of the Broken Blade. Looking from the where you begin the encounter, the [[Vanquisher]] will be to the left, the [[Wizard]] will be to the right, and the [[Shrieker]] will be straight ahead. Killing a Disciple will drop a [[Void]] Orb that can be deposited near Zulmak's center plate, to an extinguish station on each side respectively. It does not matter which station an orb is deposited as long as all three stations are extinguished.


Doing this will grant all players the "''Heinous Rite''" buff, which allows Zulmak to be damaged but only by players that are standing on his plate with him. Zulmak will continue to attack the player but he will now use a maneuver where he will flick his sword from the ground and create a wall of flame that deals great damage over time. It is highly discouraged to get close to Zulmak, as he can easily launch the player off the stage. After 30 seconds, Zulmak will skewer his sword into the ground and the plate will begin to radiate. Any player left on the plate after a few seconds will be instantly killed. This process is repeated until either Zulmak or the Fireteam is killed.
Doing this will grant all players the "''Heinous Rite''" buff, which allows them to damage Zulmak, but only by players that are standing on the plate with him. Zulmak will continue to attack the players, showcasing more of his sword moves, such as slashing the ground to create a wall of flame that lingers for several seconds, burning and dealing great damage over time. It is highly discouraged to get close to Zulmak, as he can easily launch the players off the stage. After 30 seconds, Zulmak will skewer his sword into the ground and the plate will begin to radiate. Any player left on the plate after a few seconds will be instantly killed by a Fire Blast. This process is repeated until either Zulmak or the fireteam is killed.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
Line 63: Line 63:


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]:'' ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{1st}}


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 10:23, November 2, 2022

Zulmak, Instrument of Torment
Zulmak Instrument of Torment.jpg
Biographical information

Other names:

Zulmak, the Unwavering
Zulmak, the Impaled
Zulmak, the Unfelled
Zulmak, the Destroyer

Species:

Hive
Nightmares (Hybrid)

Faction:

Hidden Swarm

Rank:

Ultra

Class:

Knight

Gender:

Male

Combat information

Mission:

Pit of Heresy

Weapon(s):

Customized Cleaver

Abilities:

Temporary Immunity
High Durability
Rapid Movement
Summon Hive
Summon Accursed Swordbearers
Ground Slam
Solar Fireball
Slashed Flame Wall
Solar Burning Effect
Fire Blast

 

"And when the 'heroes' come to condemn your proclamation of sovereignty and conquest, I offer this gift—the essence of your fallen champion ... birth a ravager to protect all you hope to build."
Savathûn, the Witch Queen

Zulmak, Instrument of Torment is a very powerful Hive Knight and a former contender for the Osmium Throne, having been reanimated into a Nightmare hybrid by the Daughters of Crota to serve as their puppet champion. He is encountered as the final boss of Pit of Heresy dungeon.

Biography

Seeking the Throne

"In the Pit, Zulmak unleashes a battle cry. He is ready to be done with it all. He is ready to claim his crown. Hashladûn considers him with disgust—he will never be a King, only ever a tool, blunt and brutal. Should he be anointed as a champion of the Pit… Should he be crowned… the Daughters' plots will be threatened before they ever truly begin."
X: Faith in Bone

Zulmak is a rising champion within the Pit beneath what would become the Scarlet Keep, aspiring to take the Osmium Throne through his own Sword Logic. Zulmak's quest to ascend as the newest Hive Prince pitted him against multiple other Hive combatants in the Pit; many that challenged him in gladiator-style combat and were met with overwhelming slaughter.[1] His triumphs were only met with disappointment from the daughters of the World-Breaker himself, who saw him as a threat to their grandfather's legacy.[2]

After winning his third streak within the Pits, he was bifurcated and killed by the Deathsinger Azavath, whose body became possessed by her enraged Knight brother Akrazul in desecration of the Sword-Logic itself.[3] With his body in its final grasps, Zulmak was met with whispers of the Witch-Queen herself, who proceeded to take his dying essence from his broken body and gifted it to her grand-nieces to be raised as a champion bound to their will.[4]

The Pit of Heresy

"It was Kinox who urged her sisters to act. It was Hashladûn who offered the primordial essence of terror as their guide. And it was Besurith and Voshyr who gathered the husk of a shattered champion—a ravager to stand against all who would oppose their rule. A new breed of destroyer."
— Lore text from Heretic.[5]

When the Lunar Pyramid became active and the Nightmares unleashed, Kinox urged her sisters to rally the leaderless Hidden Swarm by reanimating the essence of Zulmak with forbidden Necromancy as their puppet champion. His corpse was recovered by Besurith and Voshyr, with Hashladûn offering the phantasmal essence of the Nightmares as a catalyst to infuse into it, creating the first hybrid of a Hive infused with the power of the Nightmares.[5]

With the deaths of Hashladûn and Besurith at the hands of the Guardians, the remaining daughters went into hiding in the Pit beneath the Scarlet Keep. Out of fear and desperation, the Hive began sacrificing Nightmares en masse and harvesting their dark energy into crystals for a ritual to commune with The Witness. Their actions created seismic activity, however, which drew Eris Morn's attention towards the Pit, prompting her to send a fireteam to investigate.[6]

At the Cradle of Damnation deep in the Pit, the Guardians confronted the reanimating Zulmak, strengthened and protected by the Darkness within the nearby crystal. Zulmak and his champions, the Accursed Swordbearers the Disciples of the Broken Blade, would clash with the Guardians alongside hordes of the Swarm, but would eventually perish at the hands of the fireteam, who killed him and thwarted the Hive's ritual.[7] Eris Morn, however, would remain wary that the Hive would attempt the same ritual again in the future.[8]

Gameplay

Zulmak, Instrument of Torment

Upon entering Zulmak's lair, the encounter will start if the player damages Zulmak or any enemy near him. After this point, Zulmak will be immune to all damage. Throughout the whole encounter, the Instrument of Torment will never leave the plate in the middle of the stage. However, he will circumnavigate the crystal and try to attack the players with a Solar fireball attack, or strike any that come too close with his Cleaver. Zulmak will also spawn Accursed Swordbearers on the outer rim of his plate, which must be killed in order to acquire their Cleavers and deal damage to the Disciples of the Broken Blade. Looking from the where you begin the encounter, the Vanquisher will be to the left, the Wizard will be to the right, and the Shrieker will be straight ahead. Killing a Disciple will drop a Void Orb that can be deposited near Zulmak's center plate, to an extinguish station on each side respectively. It does not matter which station an orb is deposited as long as all three stations are extinguished.

Doing this will grant all players the "Heinous Rite" buff, which allows them to damage Zulmak, but only by players that are standing on the plate with him. Zulmak will continue to attack the players, showcasing more of his sword moves, such as slashing the ground to create a wall of flame that lingers for several seconds, burning and dealing great damage over time. It is highly discouraged to get close to Zulmak, as he can easily launch the players off the stage. After 30 seconds, Zulmak will skewer his sword into the ground and the plate will begin to radiate. Any player left on the plate after a few seconds will be instantly killed by a Fire Blast. This process is repeated until either Zulmak or the fireteam is killed.

Trivia

  • Zulmak bears a striking appearance to that of Urrox, Flame Prince and Kandorak as well as the Swordbearers in Crota's Oversoul Throne.
  • Both Zulmak and Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return use an unknown crystal during both of their boss encounters. There is also another crystal on Titan that is similar in size and also possesses paracausal abilities comparable to the former two. It is unknown whether these crystals bear any canon importance.
  • Zulmak is the fourth Hive character to possess his own sword that is unique from the Cleavers most Hive are found wielding. Crota being the first, Oryx being the second, Ecthar, Sword of Oryx being the third.
  • Zulmak is the fifth Hive being shown clearly speaking their native tongue instead of roaring unintelligibly. The previous four were Ir Anûk, Deathsinger, Ir Halak, Deathsinger, and two unnamed deathsingers, all collectively singing the Deathsinger's Dirge in the mission Last Rites.

Gallery

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ Bungie (2019/10/1),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Lore: III: Ritualistic Circle Pit
  2. ^ Bungie (2019/10/1),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Lore: X: Faith in Bone
  3. ^ Bungie (2019/10/1),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Lore: XI: The Anti-Logic
  4. ^ Bungie (2019/10/29),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Lore: XI.X: Apocrypha
  5. ^ a b Bungie (2019/10/1),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Lore: Heretic
  6. ^ Bungie (2019/10/29),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, The Deepening Wake
  7. ^ Bungie (2019/10/29),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Dungeon: Pit of Heresy
  8. ^ Bungie (2019/10/29),Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Lingering Torment