banshee 44

Open main menu Destinypedia Search Banshee-44 Language Watch Edit Banshee-44 Banshee44Infobox.jpg Biographical information Other name(s): Clovis-1 to 43 Homeworld: Eventide, Europa Species: Exo Gender: Male Eye color: Light Aqua Blue Political and military information Affiliation: Vanguard House Bray (formerly) Clovis Bray (corporation) (formerly) Rank: Gunsmith "Marks on my body tell me I've seen plenty of action. If need be, I'm ready for more. The Tower is my home. It suits me, and I'll protect it, no matter the cost."[1] Banshee-44 is an Exo Gunsmith, located within the Tower on the far right side of the Vault and the far left of the Cryptarch. He sells weapons for field testing, telemetries that increase upgrade weapons for a certain type of weapon, and ammo synthesis items for Guardians.[2] He can also sell legendary weapons that arrive on Armsday, if the player has earned enough reputation by testing weapons for him. Biography Lives -1 Through -43 Banshee-44 is the Exo form of Clovis Bray I. His body was originally constructed as a personal assistant to Bray with high-spec components that drastically increase his strength, agility, and durability over other Exos. After his torture at the hands of Maya Sundaresh, Clovis I chose to upload his mind into two units: A copy with his memories intact became the controlling AI of the Deep Stone Crypt, while his assistant became Clovis-1, imprinted with his personality but reset per normal Exo protocol. Clovis-1 came to despise his former self, and joined his granddaughter in going to war against the Vex unleashed by Clovis I's research. After a number of resets well beyond the recommended limit, Elsie began to accept that Clovis-43 had changed for the better, only for him to request another reset at the end of their war, so that he would finally be free of the atrocities he committed as a human. To further accomplish this, he requested that Elsie replace the name in his imprint with a nickname he received, "Banshee." Early Life in the Tower As with all Exos, Banshee-44 has no recollection of his former functional purpose. In fact, he may have had his memory wiped multiple times, more than forty by his own reckoning and according to the suffix of his name. Still, he has some faint recollections of his past. Following reactivation, Banshee-44 made his way to the Last City, setting up a shop selling guns and ammo synthesis packs to Tower Guardians. At some point he was an active duty soldier, and saw action in the Twilight Gap.[2] Banshee-44 attended the funeral of the Warlock Albios on the moon of Io following the Guardian's last stand. He and Cayde-6 became bored during the long ceremony and he bet that Cayde could not make several risky jumps on the nearby mesas. Although Cayde broke both his legs, he won the bet, and Banshee gave him some loot in exchange.[3] The Rising Darkness When a newly risen Guardian from the Cosmodrome in Old Russia arrived to requisition a new weapon, Banshee offered them a choice between a Marshal-A, Psi Umbra I, Trax Callum I, and a Duke Mk. 10. He reassured the Guardian that he kept them all cleaned and prepped so they would not jam.[4] The Red War and Aftermath Banshee inspecting a gun. When the Red Legion assaulted the Last City at the dawn of the Red War, Banshee-44 came across the body of Voyc, Shadow of the Wilds, who had perished in an attempt to assassinate Dominus Ghaul during the assault at the behest of Emperor Calus. He recovered Leviathan's Breath from the Psion's body, recognizing the weapon from numerous legends he had heard of in his occupation as a gunsmith. With the bow in hand, Banshee successfully evacuated from the Tower as it fell to the Cabal.[5] The Vanguard was able to liberate the Last City and set up a new command center at the New Tower. Banshee returned and set up a workshop, continuing to offer his services as a gunsmith to the Guardians and aiding them in upgrading their weapons. When Lord Shaxx instituted a new ranking system in the Crucible, Banshee began workshopping ideas for a prototype weapon to arm one of the top-ranked contenders with. While watching one match, Banshee noticed a Exo Titan who scored numerous double kills and was informed by Shaxx that the Guardian was Redrix-3. As Redrix rose in the ranks of the Crucible, his skill with pulse rifles inspired other Guardians and resulted in Banshee being unable to keep up with all the new orders for weapons of that type. This inspired Banshee to begin construction on a pulse rifle, but he asked Shaxx to continue testing Redrix's skills in the Crucible. After Redrix passed his tests, Banshee and Shaxx provided him with Redrix's Claymore. Banshee subsequently began producing a successor to the weapon, which he dubbed Redrix's Broadsword, which would be awarded to Guardians who followed in Redrix's footsteps in the Crucible.[6] Restoring the Ace of Spades "Rather lose every last memory in my head than know that little pr