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“ | Where is my son? Where is Crota, your lord, your princely god, your godly prince? Tell me no lies! I feel his absence like a hole in my stomach. Where once his tender tribute whetted burrowed mouths, now only hunger remains. Hear me, O waning stars, O tattered rags of Sky — I will stopper up this tearing gulf with vengeance. | „ |
~ Oryx |
“ | Sometimes I wonder if I’m a nihilist. I don’t do much except break things. [...] The only way to make something good is to make something that can’t be broken. And the only way to do that is to try to break everything. I’m glad I learned that the universe runs on death. It’s more beautiful to know. | „ |
~ Oryx |
“ | You are the last hope of the Light?! I have taken entire worlds! You are not worthy to face me! | „ |
~ Oryx |
Oryx, The Taken King (born Aurash), formerly known as Auryx, is the titular main antagonist of The Taken King expansion in Destiny.
Oryx is the God-King of the Hive and the master of the Taken. Reborn from the Darkness itself through a wicked pact, Oryx is the founder of the Hive race, alongside his sisters and fellow deities, Savathûn, the Witch Queen and Xivu Arath, God of War. Of all the Hive gods, he alone holds the power to bend other races to his will. Oryx is also the father of the dreaded Crota and Nokris. Enraged at the death of Crota, Oryx traveled to the Solar System aboard his Dreadnaught seeking revenge.
After escaping to his throne realm upon being defeated; his second match with the Guardians ended with his permanent death. He was also responsible for the Whirlwind which crippled the Eliksni.
Appearance[]
Oryx has the normal characteristics of a Hive individual: three green eyes, crooked teeth, three fingers, and a chitinous skin texture. His abnormal features include his massive bat-like wings and colossal horns on his head.
He wears red robes with white highlights, and black chitinous armor. His wings double as a cloak when folded.
Biography[]
Oryx is the God-King of the Hive and notable for being one the founders of the Hive race.
Born in the gas giant Fundament, living on floating "continents", he was born as a proto-Hive female named Aurash. Her father, the King of their continent, the Osmium Court, developed a mental illness in his old age, fearing an apocalyptic event was imminent. Taox, a mentor to Aurash, feared she was not fit to be ruler, so she slew the Osmium King and drove out Aurash and her sisters. They spend the next two years in exile repairing a ship to travel to the core of Fundament, goaded on by a worm their father had kept. On their way to reaching the center of Fundament, they encounter a deity that warns them to not travel deeper. They ignore it and eventually meet the Worm Gods that would lead the creation of the first Hive. Aurash becomes Auryx, King of the Hive.
Through centuries of warfare and repeated defeats, he is reborn as Oryx, free of any goodwill and rationality. He gains his power to Take when he slays the Worm God Akka.
Upon his arrival to the Solar System within the Dreadnaught, Oryx was immediately greeted with an attack party of Awoken forces. Though they initiated the fight, Oryx overpowered them, forcing their queen, Mara Sov, to use her Harbringer Orbs. The orbs decimated the remaining Hive ships, but were absolutely ineffective against the Dreadnaught. Oryx unleashed his Oversoul and eradicated the remaining Awoken forces. The encounter did force Oryx to stand down within the Rings of Saturn, however.
Due to his heavy losses, he unleashes his Taken, first on the Cabal base on Phobos. Within hours, the Cabal began blasting distress signals on all channels, prompting The Guardian to check the situation. They discovered the presence of Oryx and his Taken and abandoned the base soon after.
Oryx, through use of his blight probes, kept an eye on The Guardian's actions. The Guardian infiltrated the Dreadnaught and disabled the Oversoul weapon, allowing for other Guardians to touch down on the Dreadnaught. While they were encraoching ever more closer to Oryx's altar, he spread his Taken infection across the Solar System. During this phase of his Taken War, he visited the Dreaming City in the Asteroid Belt and made a deal with the local Ahamkara, Riven. He ended up Taking Riven and she became a powerful extension of Oryx's Taken army.
After defiling Crota's grave to steal essence and access Oryx's altar, The Guardian infiltrated the most secure parts of the Dreadnaught. Oryx tests their worth by summoning Baxx, Hand of Oryx and Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx to halt The Guardian. The Guardian dispatches them and travels to Oryx's altar, where they duel. Oryx is defeated, but not killed. Using his powers to Take, he "took" himself and went to his Ascendant Realm.
To destroy Oryx once and for all, the Vanguard launch a raid against Oryx directly into his Ascendant Realm. A team of six Guardians entered his Dreadnaught, invaded his Sanctum, and defeated his closest allies, The Warpreist and Golgoroth, even his own daughters. Upon arriving to Oryx's Realm, Oryx himself reappears once more, but this time as a giant version of himself. He attempted to pull the Guardians into the Darkness and possess them, but they countered using the Light Oryx captured. They detonated that Light, and Oryx was defeated for good.
He did, however, cheat death again. Eris Morn, an expert on the Hive, helped the Guardians construct a weapon using Oryx's Ravenous Heart, the Touch of Malice. Thus, even in defeat, Oryx continues to feed off death, and maintain his immortality, although he now needs a user to operate the gun. In a way, it is a rather ironic ending for the Taken King.
Personality[]
Oryx is a savage and tyrannical ruler with no regard for the races he extinguishes. His driving mentality is the "Sword Logic", basically survival of the fittest on a larger scale. Despite his cruel behavior and savage actions, Oryx appears to have some emotional connection to his son Crota, as when he was slain, Oryx immediately makes way to the Solar System to avenge his death.
Quotes[]
“ | Light! Give your will to me! | „ |
~ Oryx to his archenemy, The Guardian. |
“ | Crota fell... I will not! | „ |
~ Oryx's last words after being defeated by The Guardian. |
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Oryx was modeled after a moth.
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