Taken

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Taken
Overview
Goals:	Serve Oryx and the Darkness
At war with:	The City, Cabal
Distinctions:	Enslaved and corrupted version of other races Violent twitching movements Bodies burn with an ethereal flame
Notable individuals:	Syrok, Word of Oryx

The Taken are the personal army of Oryx, the Taken King. The Taken are formed from the ranks of the other enemy races in the game; they are ripped out of our dimension and then sent back, wholly possessed by the Darkness and have been twisted and corrupted, mind and body, by Oryx's power. Taken are unwaveringly loyal to Oryx, and will turn on their former allies. These Taken versions behave radically different from the standard version of enemies, including new abilities designed to counter Guardian abilities. Groups of Taken can be mixed with members of different species, and appear on every planet.

Sometimes, enemies you are currently fighting may be sucked into portals and converted into Taken. One such example is Gorgath, Unborn.

Taken Enemies

Fallen

• Consumed Vandal - Summons a spherical shield similar to Ward of Dawn. This shield heals enemies inside and allows them to shoot out but not in.
• Taken Captain - Sends out moving balls of Darkness to blind Guardians. Arc damage shrapnel launcher and Solar Shielded.

Hive

• Skiver - A Taken Thrall. Ability to teleport short distances in an instant. Does solar damage.
• Shadow Thrall - A shadowy imitation of a Thrall summoned by Taken Wizards. Does Solar damage.
• Lurk - A Taken Acolyte. Deploys a stationary arc turret. Does arc damage with their shredders.
• Tortured Wizard - Can summon Shadow Thralls. Does Solar Damage, has a void shield.
• Taken Knight - Fires explosive solar jets in a wave to dissuade close combat. Does void damage with their boomer.
• Taken Ogre - Does arc damage with both its eye blast and ground slam.

Vex

• Constructor - A Taken Goblin. Fires a beam into allies in front of them.

Cabal

• Gremlin - A Taken Psion. Has the ability to multiply itself. Does arc damage with their slug rifle.
• Taken Phalanx - Can fire arc blasts from their shield that can push guardians, much like the physical shields themselves.
• Taken Centurion - Fires tracking shots that can reach enemies around corners.

Unique

• Taken Blight - A sphere of darkness that can appear procedurally in the world. The blight can summon Taken ambushes, which can include named characters that drop runes.
• Acolyte's Eye - A stationary unit. An orb of Darkness energy that detonates when approached, damaging nearby enemies.

Named Taken

• Baxx, Thane of Oryx
• Bracus Horu'usk
• Cra'adug
• Syrok, Word of Oryx
• Gorgath, Unborn
• Putra, the False Tongue

Gallery

• Taken-Knight.jpg

  Taken Knight

• Taken-Psion.jpg

  Taken Psion

• Taken-Vandal.jpg

  Taken Vandal

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  "Dark Patrol," Possible concept art of the Taken from Destiny's Pre-Alpha phase

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)