Editing Ecthar, Sword of Oryx

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{{Character infobox
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|name= Ecthar
|image=[[File:EctharLight1.jpg|300px]]
|species= [[Hive]]
|gender= Male
|eyes= White
|affiliation= [[Blood of Oryx]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Lucent Brood]]
|rank= [[Ascendant Hive]]
|class= [[Lightbearer Knight]]
|notable= Member of [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]]'s Court <br> Risen as a [[Lightbearer]]
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|title2= Sword
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|name= Ecthar, Sword of Oryx
|image= [[File:Ecthar26.jpg|300px]]
|species= [[Hive]]
|faction= [[Blood of Oryx]]
|rank= [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Knight]]
|mission= [[Patrol]] [[Dreadnaught]] {{C|[[A Sword Reforged]]}}
|gender= Male
|weapon= {{icon|Kinetic}} Variant [[Cleaver]]
|ability= Protective Shield <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Summon Hive
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|name= Ecthar, the Shield of Savathûn
|image= [[File:EctharLight1.jpg|300px]]
|species= [[Hive]]
|faction= [[Lucent Brood]]
|rank= [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Lightbearer Knight]]
|mission= [[Ghosts of the Deep]]
|gender= Male
|weapon= {{icon|Arc}} [[Boomer]] <br> {{icon|Void}} [[Suppressor Grenade]]
|ability= Summon Hive <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Light Shield <br> {{icon|Void}} [[Sentinel Shield]] <br> Pressure Immunity <br> Teleportation <br> Towering Barricade <br> Ritual Backlash <br> {{icon|Kinetic}} Hive Melee
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{{Quote|Their leaders belong to you. The rest await extermination.|Ecthar, Sword of Oryx<ref name="War">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Coming War]]''</ref>}}
'''Ecthar, Sword of Oryx''' is a [[Ascendant Hive]] [[Knight]] that appears as a boss during the [[Quest]] [[A Sword Reforged]]. Once a confidante and a high ranking member in [[Oryx|Oryx's]] court,<ref name="War"/> he was killed by [[The Guardian]] aboard Oryx's Dreadnaught.<ref name="Reforged">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[A Sword Reforged]]''</ref>

He would later be revived as a [[Lightbearer]] and joined [[Savathûn]]'s [[Lucent Brood]], becoming '''Ecthar, the Shield of Savathûn'''. He would be among the Lucent forces that be part of an attempt to resurrect Oryx. He would face off against a Guardian fireteam in the [[Wreckage]] of the Lucent [[Hive Warship|Warship]] and once again be killed.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/26)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Ghosts of the Deep]]''</ref>

==Gameplay==
===A Sword Reforged===
Players seeking to complete the A Sword Reforged Quest are required to seek out Ecthar in [[Patrol]] on the [[Dreadnaught]] and slay him in combat. He resides in [[The Asylum]], whose entrance is protected by the [[Warden's Knight]]s. Once inside, [[Guardian]]s will find him in the suspended steps area. He is assisted members of the [[Blood of Oryx]], along with a unique [[Cursed Thrall]] variant, the [[Dredge Exploder]].<ref name="Reforged"/> He can be identified by his glowing white shield and unique [[Cleaver]]. This shield can only be broken by damaging it with a [[Sword]] and will regenerate, but once broken Ecthar can be damaged by any weapon. He has a large amount of health and his blade can quickly drain a player's health, so caution is suggested when fighting him.

===Ghosts of the Deep===
{{Main|Ghosts of the Deep#Ecthar, the Shield of Savathûn}}
During the Ghosts of the Deep [[Dungeon]], Ecthar makes his reappearance as Ecthar, Shield of Savathûn, now resurrected as a Hive Lightbearer. He serves as the second encounter and the first boss in the dungeon. He first ambushes players when they arrive in the submerged part of the arena, using [[Sentinel Shield]] to resist the lethal pressure. Once the Guardians disturb the [[Acolyte]]s above, Ecthar will emerge and begin the battle.

At the beginning of the encounter, Ecthar will be invincible and roam around the arena, attacking with his [[Boomer]] and [[Suppressor Grenade]]s and erecting Towering Barricades, alongside his numerous reinforcements. Once the [[Blistered Knight]]s and [[Keeper of the Deep]] are slain, the Shield of Savathûn will cast Sentinel Shield again and return to the submerged section. Here, he will chase after players trying to activate the correct symbols, with his shield smashes knocking considerable amounts of pressure resistance off of a Guardian's bar.

Once the statues around the arena are correctly lit, Ecthar will reemerge from the central pool, still invincible and coated in his [[Super]]. Players must slay the [[Wellkeeper Knight]] that appeared nearby and stand in the well it dropped in order to damage Ecthar. Knocking out his shield will deactivate Sentinel Shield, forcing the Knight to fight normally until the well disappears, at which point the battle's mechanics will restart from the beginning.

When Ecthar is killed, players must crush his [[Ghost]] to fully defeat him, lest he returns to life and forces them into another rune decryption. Destroying the Ghost will complete the encounter.

==Trivia==
*Ecthar is the third Hive to speak English in-game, after Crota and Oryx, respectively.
*Ecthar is unique among the Hive in that he possesses five eyes and not the normal three. In addition, his eyes are white instead of green. This detail was not carried over into his Lightbearer design that appeared in ''Ghosts of the Deep''.
*Although seen in cutscenes as the usual giant Knight size, being comparable to enemies like [[Alak-Hul]], he is actually the size of a normal Knight in-game.
**Ecthar also is seen with light grey armor in these cutscenes, while in game he has slate blue colored armor.
*Ecthar's mechanic was later adopted by [[Kathok, Roar of Xol]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]'s'' ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind expansion]]''.
*If the player dies to Ecthar, he has no sect listed under his name, although he would logically belong to the Blood of Oryx.
*Ecthar has a unique sword design compared to other Knights, with an ethereal blue blade with white streak down it emerging from a chitin hilt.

==Gallery==
'''Sword of Oryx'''
<gallery>
File:Ecthar (Gameplay).jpg|Ecthar as seen in [[The Asylum]]
File:Ecthar.jpg
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'''Shield of Savathûn'''
<gallery>
File:EctharLight2.jpg|Ecthar, Shield of Savathûn
File:Ecthar Sentinel.jpg|Ecthar in his Sentinel Shield Super
File:Ecthar Roar.jpg|Ecthar rising
File:Hive Ghost Ecthar.jpg|Ecthar's Ghost

</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]]''
**''[[Episode: Heresy]]'' {{Nc}}

==References==
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