As time wore on, the Fallen began to understand that if they wanted to take back what was theirs, they would need to do it with force. Eventually, the space below the Traveler turned into The City, as more and more people gathered below the Traveler, and thus walls were built to defend them. The Fallen grew to resent the Guardians, seeing them as an obstacle that prevented them from claiming the 'Great Machine', and believed they were dooming them and their people. Very early into these attacks, they started to meet opposition in the form of Guardians, who fought back against them time and time again. When the Fallen first arrived in the Sol System, they terrorized humanity, conducting raids and attacks against outposts. I've watched Dregs eat children.' - Saint-14 I've watched them burn and pillage whole villages in the Cosmodrome. The Fallen settling on Earth ' The Fallen cannot be stopped. The Fallen eventually arrived at the Solar System shortly after humanity's Collapse, and rediscovered the Traveler on Earth. In the aftermath, the surviving Fallen became embroiled in a bloody civil war over their civilization's ruins, before achieving a tenuous peace and embarking on a journey into space to locate the Traveler in order to return to greatness. Their homeworld of Riis and civilization would be destroyed by a unforeseen event called the ' Whirlwind'. During this time, they came to control multiple star systems until a event known as the Edge Wars brought infighting among the Houses and later ended by the House of Kings and House of Judgement to usher a Golden Age. The Eliksni made during their Golden Age twice the advancement in space exploration than Humanity. Their ubiquitous cloaking technology was originally designed as toys for children. They were once graced by the Traveler, which they named the 'Great Machine', and were presumably uplifted by its gifts in the same manner as humanity. The Fallen's name for their own race is 'Eliksni'. History Origins ' Where is the Great Machine? Where is the Great Machine?' - Chelchis, Kell of Stone. They lack any type of established stronghold such as the Citadel or the Hellmouth, instead preferring to squat in ruins or inside their ketches, going from place to place in search of a potential home.

They have ordinarily avoided the Cabal until the Taken War, when the House of Wolves attempted to make their new home on Mars using abandoned Cabal bases. The Fallen are antagonistic toward the Cabal, Taken, Hive, and Vex, and are known to be in conflict with the latter two over territory and technology. They first arrived in the Solar System after the Collapse, arriving in their massive Ketches to loot and pillage humanity's former worlds, leaving grief and wreckage in their wake. The Fallen search the stars for artifacts of their lost civilization. This is evidenced by their social organization into various Houses by the manner of meritocratic nobility, the banners and flags of which are still flown like heraldry. The Fallen are a nomadic race of pirates and scavengers descended from a once-great civilization. We've only known them as pirates and butchers.' - Ghost

Overview ' The stories say the Fallen were once a proud people. 2.7.2 Sacred Splicer and the Endless Night.Roving Fallen bands scavenge whatever technology and weapons they can find and rally under the banners of various warring Houses and crime syndicates. Seeking to reclaim their glory, the Eliksni decided to explore the newly discovered Solar System and start a war against humanity in an attempt to retake control of the 'Great Machine'. The Traveler fled, leaving the survivors behind, but after many centuries, the Fallen found her once again in the Solar System. The Fallen are remnants of a mighty civilization that had been flourishing under the Traveler's grace until an apocalyptic event called the Whirlwind, much akin to humanity's Golden Age and Collapse. The Fallen, known in their own language as the Eliksni, are an insectoid alien species, infamous for being notorious scavengers and raiders. When the Great Machine was still with us.' - Variks, the Loyal ' Listen long enough and you will hear stories of great Eliksni heroes. Bring peace and unity to the Houses at any cost

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