Editing Forum:Painsmith

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{{Hive infobox
|image= [[File:Enkaar.jpg|300px]]
|name= Painsmith
|species= [[Hive]] <br> [[Scorn]] {{c|[[Ksimikaa the Painsmith]]}}
|sect= [[Forum:Spite of the King|Spite of the King]] <br> [[Hiraks, the Mindbender#Mindbent Gallery|The Mindbent]] <br> [[Grasp of Nokris]] <br> [[Savathûn's Brood]] <br> [[The Silent Brood]] <br> [[Hidden Swarm]] <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[Spawn of Crota]] <br> [[Blood of Oryx]] <br> [[Lucent Brood]] {{c|Lightsmiths}} <br> Various Unnamed Extragalactic Broods
|purpose= Weapons Manufacturing
}}

{{quote|And you, my loyal Painsmiths, see to it that our enemies shall never again feel the flames of comfort. For every victory they claim, that path shall close with only you holding the key that shall be forged into our blades. Feed your [[Worm]] through the destruction your creations cause, tithe what's needed to the [[Hive#Pantheon|Ascendant]] you serve, more to your other Painsmiths, and the rest is yours to feed upon. Only those who truly serve the [[Final Shape]] shall survive this role. This I decree so only the most ruinous creations shall enter our service.|[[Oryx, the Taken King]]}}

A '''Painsmith''' is an extremely rare rank taken on by several [[Hive]] in hopes of becoming weapons manufacturers for the rest of their brood.

==Overview==
{{quote|Feed the other Painsmiths the King of Shapes decreed. To give to the weaker instead of forcing them to either take or die is to defy the [[Sword Logic]]. We will not defy either, so the weaker ones that must be tithed to shall be culled.|[[Enkaar, the Anointed]]}}

The life of an aspiring Painsmith is among the most ruthless within the Hive. Painsmiths must constantly seek deeper and more depraved ways to bend the [[Darkness]] to their will in order to create enough destruction to satiate their worm. Unlike all other Hive who take what's needed to feed their [[Worm]] and tithe the extra to the [[Hive#Pantheon|Ascendant]] Hive they serve, Painsmith tithing is reversed. They have a minimum they need to tithe and get to keep the remainder. This is to promote as much destruction as possible as if one creates enough, their power will skyrocket will all the spare devastation they possess. But if they're too weak, the mandatory tithing will consume them. Another step taken to filter out weaker Painsmiths is that they must tithe amongst each other too. In order to not further strain the already starving Painsmith, often they resort to killing each other to lower the amount of tithing needed, leaving only the strongest in both creativity and strength to survive.

Any morph above a [[Thrall]] can become a Painsmith and as such it's most commonly claimed by [[Acolyte]]s. Though in one case, even a [[Scorn]] took the title of Painsmith, that being [[Ksimikaa the Painsmith]]. Ksimikaa was a student under [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] and learned much of the Hive under his tutelage. By the time they came to serve [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness]] within [[Savathûn's Throne World]], they had become so far the only known Painsmith of the Scorn. They'd prove invaluable within the Scorn's establishment within the Throne World until their death during an [[Ether Ritual]].

The [[Lucent Brood]] has also formed a new variant of Painsmiths known as Lightsmiths who function similarly but using the [[Light]] instead of Darkness.

==Known Painsmiths==
*[[Enkaar, the Anointed]]
*[[Forum:Enarka, the Painsmith|Enarka, the Painsmith]]
*[[Forum:Vomisir, Wrathful Smith of the Deep|Vomisir, Wrathful Smith of the Deep]]
*[[Forum:Dokoroth, Tortured Painsmith|Dokoroth, Tortured Painsmith]] {{c|formerly}}
*[[Ksimikaa the Painsmith]] {{c|Scorn}}
*An unnamed Painsmith serving an extragalactic brood located in the [[wikipedia:Alcyoneus (galaxy)|Alcyoneus]] galaxy who is responsible for the creation of the [[Forum:Darkest Tempest|Darkest Tempest]] [[Cleaver]].

===Lightsmiths===
*[[Forum:Vir Almar, the Lightsmith|Vir Almar, the Lightsmith]]
*[[Forum:Vosikir, Lightsmith Ascendant|Vosikir, Lightsmith Ascendant]]
*[[Forum:Kandoris, Lightsmith Radiant|Kandoris, Lightsmith Radiant]]

==List of Appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Witch Queen]]
**''Veil of Vengeance''

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