[b]Hello! Welcome to the first entry of Behind the Badass, the series devoted to examining the story behind your favorite badasses from the [i]Destiny[/i] universe.[/b] Today, we will be covering everyone’s favorite badass. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, it’s the one. The only! Lord. F**king. Shaxx [quote][b]This is amazing![/b][/quote] [b][u]A Brief Description:[/b][/u] If you want the Crucible, your in luck, because Shaxx is the mothaf**kin’ Crucible. He is the one who founded it after all. By the time the dust finally settled after the notorious Battle of Twilight Gap, many heroes had fallen. Shaxx, having witnessed the horrors first hand, didn’t think that the City would be able to defend itself if another large force ever attacked. So he decided he would create a way of forging even more new legends to replace the old ones who kicked the bucket. Enter, the Crucible. Shaxx envisioned a live fire exercise, taking full advantage of the Guardians’ ability to be resurrected. And it was a hit. So much so that all of us put up with his borderline verbal abuse to continue playing it. [b][u]Twilight Gap:[/b][/u] During The Battle of Twilight Gap, Shaxx was the leader of a Fireteam. At some point, he was ordered to fall back by Lord Saladin Forge, who was leading the forces of the City in the battle. At this point, defending the City was thought to be a lost cause. Shaxx, however, thought differently. He turned off his comms and ordered his fireteam to attack a gap in the Fallen’s advance. With Shaxx and his Fireteam disrupting the Fallen's forces, the City's forces were once again able to advance. In the end, the City and the Vanguard emerged victorious, arguably because of Shaxx’s actions. This came at a personal price for Shaxx, though. Saladin, who had been Shaxx’s mentor for years, came to hate came to hate him for what he saw as an act of insubordination. Even now, they are not on speaking terms. [b][u]Arcite 99-40:[/b][/u] Arcite is a frame who has pretty much seen it all. He used to be one of Shaxx’s Redjacks and went on many, many missions to clear out areas for Crucible maps. This is extremely impressive, as most of the combat frames are destroyed within just a few missions. Eventually, Arcite was retired from the Redjacks and had his combat systems swapped out for Tower vendor systems so that he could serve as the Crucible Quartermaster. That being said his memory banks weren’t actually wiped, so he still remembers all those battles. He also quite obviously remembers Shaxx, as he has adopted many of Shaxx’s characteristics. I could give you some examples, but this one quote from the frame himself should be enough: [quote]Do you want the Crucible? Shaxx is the Crucible.[/quote] [b][u]Dodgeball:[/b][/u] So one time, Shaxx lost a bet to Cayde. That bet? Whether Shaxx could outrun a shot from Cayde’s Golden Gun. Ya know, a bullet made of light (with both a capital and lowercase “L”). Ya . . . Shaxx is a badass but he isn’t always the smartest in the room. Anyways, needless to say, he lost. And what was it Cayde made Shaxx do? Well, he made him coach two of the City’s children in dodgeball. And it was f**king amazing. I really don’t want to spoil it for you if you haven’t read it. All I will say is Shaxx acts just like you would expect him to, and there are a good amount of his quotes sprinkled throughout it. Check it out [url=https://www.ishtar-collective.net/search/lord%20shaxx/page/1?document_type_id=3&release_id=7]here[/url] if you want to see it. And the last thing I’m going to mention? Well, if you're a lore enthusiast you already know . . . [b][u]The Booty Call:[/b][/u] So Riven the Wish Dragon (or as I like to call her, [i]Destiny[/i]’s equivalent of Puff the Magic Dragon) granted Queen Mara Sov a wish. This wish makes Lord Shaxx, midsentence and cup of coffee appear in front of her. He is confused as Hell. Then, without explaining anything whatsoever mind you, she makes a vague comment about him owing her and this being her cashing in on that debt. Then s**t gets weird. She hands him the [i]Tempest[/i], a book by William Shakespear, and demands he read it to her. In response, he incinerates the book with striker lighting, and says, "I can recite The Tempest by heart." And then, HE F**KING DOES IT! It is then heavily implied that they do the nasty, and the card ends by making it clear that throughout this entire affair, he never takes off his f**king helmet. Please, I beg of you, click [url=https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/mark-of-the-great-hunt?]here[/url] and read it for yourself. So yeah, that’s why Lord Shaxx is a badass. Wanna read up on him some more? Click [url=https://www.destinypedia.com/Shaxx]here[/url] for his Destinypedia page. There is a s**t ton of stuff I left out, so I would really suggest checking it out if you have an interest in everyone's favorite screaming Titan. [spoiler]I plan on making a new entry to this lore series every week, so follow the tag #BtB below if you think you would enjoy seeing a post like this for a different character in the future.[/spoiler]