He angrily declared that they must channel their Light into burning the Cabal Empire to ashes and that Zavala's hopes for a peaceful resolution would not come to fruition. Appears In: Destiny 2 . By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Although the heavy fire pushed them back, their shields protected them, and the Iron Lords returned fire, quickly cutting down the trapped enemy. These differences lead Saladin to view Zavala as slightly naiive, while Zavala sometimes sees his former mentor as obstinate and uncompromising. [6], With their recruits gathered, Saladin and his comrades began their campaign against the Warlords. However, In place of the village, Saladin found only graves followed by rock piles and ground mounds until he reached a pit full of burnt corpses. Iron Lords were the first guardians before there were Guardians. Niiiice lost an iron lord in exchange of an emo who is having an identity crisis All my homies hate crow. Efrideet then hoped that they had another plan other than assaulting the mountain once the Devil uprising had been put down, but Saladin stated that Shaxx was forcing their hand and that they could not risk other Warlords who would be less careful attack first. Specifically in the fight to turn over his territory to the Iron Lords. That someone must always pay the price. You are not allowed to view this content. This page was last edited on February 1, 2023, at 19:58. [8], Amongst the Risen who joined the ranks of the Iron Lords was Silimar, an old friend of Saladin. Efrideet tried to get him to reconsider his strategy and questioned why he had wished to fight a dragon. (cinematic director) Film Editing by Bungie Casting By Timothy Cubbison Art Department Sound Department Visual Effects by Stunts Dominic Kinnaird . As Segoth revived, one of his bullets struck Radegast in the head, and Saladin provided covering fire for Perun to help his Ghost revive the Iron Lords leader. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. Unamused, the Warlord ordered them to leave and declared the people there his, but they refused to abandon the civilians to his rule. After assisting in the liberation of the The Last City, Efrideet once more departed Earth and rejoined her secret group. When the Cabal Empress Caiatl arrived and sought to subjugate humanity, Saladin was tasked by Zavala with leading a strike force to keep her from rallying her forces. Here is a list of the top 10 funniest lore entries in Destiny. Lakshmi-2 of the Future War Cult, led the other factions in an attempted coup to oust the Vanguard and forcefully expel the House of Light using Vex portal technology. The thief is a young fearless girl named Fera, Saladin empathized with Fera's difficult situation and decided to not punish her. Saladin conducted his interrogation in a cell within the City's wall that overlooked the wilderness outside the City. [10], Several weeks later Efrideet and Saladin led an army of Iron Lords to Shaxx's mountain stronghold, having put down the Devil activity in the Cosmodrome. Things come to a head during the assault on the Moon when Crow, instead of showing up to help, goes to the H.E.L.M. [8] As the three Warlords surrounded her, Efrideet declared that both Felwinter Peak and the End of the World were Iron Lord territory, but Citan threatened that he had an army and a fireteam of Risen prepared to take it from them and that Felwinter would pay for joining them. [15] Shaxx and his fireteam were able to hold their position on the Wall at Twilight Gap long enough for Saladin and Zavala to regroup the rest of their forces for a counterattack that drove the Fallen back and saved the Last City. Upon their deaths, he hoped to that he would never have to revisit his past but continued to honor their legacy with the Iron Banner tournament and with the threat of the Devil Splicers, he realized that the danger was greater than keeping the full story of the Iron Lords and SIVA a secret. After returning to Felwinter Peak, Efrideet listened as Felwinter revealed his true reason for wanting to secure Shaxx's stronghold: a Seraph Bunker beneath the fortress that contained clues to where the Warmind Rasputin was hiding valuable Golden Age technology. Shax has one, but it's different from everyone else's. She demanded that the Warlord pick on someone his size, although the Warlord was twice her size. They informed her that the whole cosmos was now ablaze with Light, and Efrideet responded to them she would be coming home. Beneath his stoicism lies a deep sadness and guilt over the deaths of his fellow Iron Lords at the hands of SIVA. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features Press Copyright Contact us Creators . However, Efrideet offered to throw him, causing Saladin to laugh until he realized she was serious and declared there was no dignity in that. [3], Saladin agreed to Efrideet's plan and began to warn her not to miss as he gathered Arc energy around himself. [30] Saladin spoke with the Young Wolf about the failed assault, bemoaning how an assassin had infiltrated so easily and that luck would not be on their side next time. As the battle turned against the Vanguard, Saladin ordered all fireteams to retreat to the Ridgeback District and to halt all advances, believing that the City was lost. Intel pulled from it's mind leads to the Cosmodrome, where Light drained from Guardians was being stored and refined for a ritual. When the mining community they were staying at was assaulted by five Warlords, Saladin and the others fought and killed them, but the civilians they sheltered with were all killed in ensuring battled. As the Ghosts fled, she told them to tell the other Warlords to stay away from Felwinter Peak. Stoic, serious and experienced yet somber and grim are the best words to describe Lord Saladin. He turned towards the town and informed her that it had forty-three inhabitants, only half of whom were capable of fighting. Iron Lord Saladin Forge had seen many things in his many centuries of life. Play nice. Confronting the Young Wolf, Saladin criticized them for being among those using Stasis and Zavala for not punishing those who did. Amused, Efrideet dodged and tripped him as he approached before departing. Individuals who were raised by the ghosts before the city existed were known as the Risen, Lord Saladin and the other Iron Lords/Iron Wolves were Risen who decided to follow the knights code of chivalry and protect the innocent. He told the Young Wolf that if it were up to him, the Vanguard would destroy the warmind. Saladin wished to fight a dragon, which transformed the creature into a giant dragon that breathed fire. Their demise and Efrideet's disappearance caused many in the Last City to assume she had perished as well. Few games have lore as deep as Destiny does. To combat this threat, Ikora Rey had the Guardians reach out to the one being that could help: Mithrax of the House of Light. Since the original Iron Lords were not Guardians. Efrideet believed that nobody was a better shot than her, and in response, Saladin pointed at the village below and explained how he came every week to defend it from a nearby Fallen House, but that the Fallen kept returning. Zavala and Caiatl signed an armistice ending hostilities between the Vanguard and Cabal Empire, with any Cabal who continued to fight humanity becoming outlaws in the eyes of the Empire. However, like Shaxx, Saladin respects all the classes of Guardians. As his prisoner struggled, Saladin demanded to know more about the data they stole, how they had crafted the Light-dampening tech, and where the rest of the Psion cell was. As they spoke, a Fallen Skiff roared by and dropped a Walker into the field between the village and bunker. The Guardian managed to located Osiris in the Reef but found to their horror that the Osiris that had aided the Vanguard in the Cabal armistice and in the Endless Night was actually Savathn herself, having taken the warlock's form not long after he lost his Light against the High Celebrant of Xivu Arath. and our While Felwinter agreed to abide by their demand, he never removed it. From them, Rasputin would repair itself enough to allow it to speak directly to Ana and the Guardian, and reveal the true extent of Clovis Bray's deceit. However, the virus claimed the Iron Lords, and Saladin was one of the only two to survive.[11][12]. [24] After Ma'rag's elimination, Saladin sent a message to the Young Wolf informing them that Caiatl's push into the Sol System had been halted thanks to their counter-assaults and Crow's intel gathering. He's such a nice guy underneath the armor. The fifth was him . Saladin angrily demanded that Shaxx fall back with the rest of the fireteams and told him that the battlefield was not his stage to win glory upon, but his student cut off their comms feed. She refused to believe that their commander truly intended to go through with the assault, but Saladin noted that Radegast was tired of fighting, but Efrideet did not believe that was a good excuse. She briefly returned to Earth and assumed Lord Saladin Forge's responsibility of serving as the handler of the Iron Banner until the Red War. Zavala convinces her to aid the Vanguard in fighting back against the Lucent Brood, and Saladin, originally skeptical of an alliance with the Cabal but sickened to see the Hive wield the Light, oversees a joint Vanguard-Cabal operation to capture Lucent Brood leaders for Psions to interrogate. Saladin then oversees the offensive in which Caiatl's forces fight alongside Guardians to halt the ritual and capture another general. Saladin was found and raised by his Ghost Isirah in Old Russia during the Dark Age, at which point most of humanity was scattered and lived under the ruthless rule of other Lightbearers who had become Warlords. Bungie.net is the Internet home for Bungie, the developer of Destiny, Halo, Myth, Oni, and Marathon, and the only place with official Bungie info straight from the developers. [7] When she arrived, Efrideet discovered Warlord Citan and two other Risen attempting to rob the bar and threatening Wu Ming. Shaxx may have once been Lord Saladin's student, but he was by no means weaker than his teacher. She meet with four representatives from the village, including the last known Speaker, and told them that they would be provided with an armed escort to the City if they decided to join. The Iron Lords would have Ghosts. [16] Despite the City being saved, Saladin remained furious with Shaxx for disobeying his orders during the middle of battle. Not to mention he would be taking a very fucking big risk being in the field in COMBAT without a Ghost to revive him. Saladin was found and raised by his Ghost Isirah in Old Russia during the Dark Age, at which point most of humanity was scattered and lived under the ruthless rule of other Lightbearers who had become Warlords. Felwinter announced that Shaxx had accepted his challenge to one-on-one combat, but Efrideet was skeptical of his plan due as no Iron Lord or Warlord had ever bested the Titan. [23], Saladin soon learned that Val Ma'rag was leading a Cabal assault against the Hive in the Cosmodrome in revenge for the Fall of Torobatl to the Hive God of War Xivu Arath. By comparison, Zavala's resolve and purpose, while emblematic of any Titan, are tempered by a somewhat more forgiving view of humanity and the other denizens of the Sol system. Osiris reported all fireteams were accounted for, and Saint credited the Titan Elriq for helping him save eight Guardians during dozens of charges against the Fallen. When the House of Devils uncovered SIVA and unleashed it upon the Cosmodrome, Saladin worked with The Young Wolf to end the threat of SIVA for good and begin a new generation of Iron Lords. [35] The plan ultimately worked, and Caiatl's champion Ignovun fell to the Young Wolf and their fireteam. [2] which convinced Saladin to allow her to throw him. [29], The Psions soon made their move with the device and attempted to assassinate Commander Zavala in the Last City, but the Titan managed to fell his assassin. Saladin however, states that Crow lacks the self-awareness to know what he believes in and that his mind is a storm of guilt, not just his own but also that of his past self. [18] After destroying the remnants and the chamber, the Guardian returns to Felwinter Peak, where Saladin gifts them a newly forged sword and names them the first of a new generation of Iron Lords. Felwinter attempted to convince Shaxx to join, but the Warlord questioned if he had given Citan the same speech before killing him. [4] Efrideet's aim proved true and Saladin destroyed the Walker, saving Patch Run.