Mithrax, Kell of House Light, also called Misraaks, is the leader of the House of Light of Fallen. House Light is a fallen house that still follows the Traveler and believes that the way of the light is the true way.
Misraaks went from being a feared pirate to being one of the most valuable allies the vanguard ever had. Here is everything we know about Mithrax, Kell of House Light.
Origin
Mithrax lived on the planet of Riss, the Fallen home world, and saw the destruction of Riss in an event called the Whirlwind at the hand of The Witness. He saw the Traveler abandoning them and leaving their civilization to ruin. In the aftermath of The Whirlwind, Mithrax traveled systems with her mother as he was still a child.
Mithrax was the son of the Kell of House of Wolves, which brought destruction to both the vanguard and awoken living under Queen Mara Sov. However, his faster died shortly after the Whirlwind, and he spent his childhood with her mother. Mithrax’s mother was a pirate, and she was the one who discovered the pyramid ship of Nezarec lying dormant on the moon.
Attracted by the power of Nezarec, Mithrax’s mother and the rest of the pirate leaders cut pieces out of Nezarec’s body and used them as a talisman. Mithrax inherited a piece of a finger from Nezarec’s body. Mithrax later founded his pirate crew.
Powered by greed and corrupted by Nezarec’s finger, he became famous for his ruthlessness and strictness. He became one of the most feared pirate leaders of all time. Eventually, during this time, he lost Nezarec’s finger, and his crew dissolved, forcing him to work with Fallen Houses once again.
House of Dusk
After spending some time with the awoken people after his pirate crew was disassembled. Mithrax started having a change in his personality, going from greedy and ruthless to caring and trusting. However, after the events of The Taken War, Awoken faced heavy losses, and Mithrax left and joined the House of Dusk. House of Dusk was a fallen house composed of the remnants of the older houses.
Later on, Mithrax would embark on a mission to Titan for a reactor that would help in the production of ether. Mithrax wanted to help his fellow fallen people by acquiring a resource necessary for their survival.
However, on Titan, they were faced with heavy resistance from the Hive. Our guardian arrived and destroyed the Hive forces. Mithrax, instead of attacking the guardian, thanked him. This gesture would be the beginning of the alliance between Fallen and the vanguard.
Zero Hour
After the events on Titan, Mithrax started reflecting on The Traveler and the place of the Fallen and humans. He ultimately decided that humanity was deserving of the Traveler and also made his fellow fallen realize, resulting in the creation of the House of Light.
Eramis, working for House of Devils at the time, made a plan to attack the tower and retrieve SIVA nanite tech. Had nanite tech fallen into the hands of the Fallen, the result would have been devastating. Mithrax, on learning about the plan of the House of Devils, alerted the vanguard, allowing the vanguard to step in at the right moment and secure SIVA tech.
House of Light
Mithrax, when he became the founder of House of Light, became a sacred vex splicer, becoming able to hack into the vex network and steal their data. So, when Savathun used Quria, a powerful vex mind to simulate an endless night in the last city, Ikora sent our guardian to find Mithrax on Europa. House Light was being hunted by the Eramis’ House Salvation, and to get the knowledge and help of Mithrax, the vanguard offered House Light refuge in the Last City.
Mithrax and the rest of the House were humbled that they were living beneath The Great Machine again. They helped the vanguard to the best of their ability, and ultimately Quria was defeated, and the Endless Night was over. This resulted in an alliance between the vanguard and the House of Light, with the House of Light still living in the Last City.
Mithrax and House Light have helped the vanguard countless other times. In Season of Plunder, Mithrax and her daughter Eido helped in retrieving the pieces of Nezarec and making the tea that would wake up Osiris.
In Season of Defiance, Mithrax would lead the charge against the Shadow Legion so that they may free the human and fallen prisoners held captive by the Cabal. The alliance between Vanguard and House of Light is going strong with both caring for and helping each other whenever they can.
Personality
Mithrax seeing the destruction of his homeworld and following in the footsteps of her mother, became a pirate because that was the life he knew. Corrupted by the relic of Nezarec, he became ruthless, aggressive, and selfish. However, when his crew dissolved, he came to see his good side after spending some time with awoken and sharing a relationship of trust and honor with the awoken people.
He became caring and kind and had his people’s best interests in mind when he joined the House of Dusk. After encountering the guardian on Titan, he saw that the vanguard also had their people’s best interest in mind, making him leave the House of Dusk and create House Light. He then dedicated his life to becoming a vex splicer and preaching the way of light to his fellow people.
His care and kindness gave his people a home in the place where they wanted, under the Traveler, a place where they would be safe and live their life peacefully. Though violent and greedy in the beginning, Mithrax, Kell of House Light, turned out to be the best leader for both the fallen and the Vanguard.