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| | The '''Golden Amputation''' Was an ancient conflict that ensued between the early [[Hive]] and an avian species of "sun ravens" known as the [[Taishibethi]]. |
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| |place=*[[Taishibeth]]
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| *Raven Bridge
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| *[[Taishibethi]] worlds
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| *The [[Taishibethi]] are rendered extinct
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| *The [[Emperor Raven]] is Taken by [[Oryx]]
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| *Oryx is able to commune with the [[Darkness|Deep]], using the Tablets of Ruin
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| |side1='''The Taishibethi'''
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| |side2='''The Hive'''
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| |commanders1=*[[Emperor Raven]]
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| |commanders2=*[[Oryx, the Taken King]]
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| |forces1=*Taishibethi soldiers
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| *Battleplates
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| *Arsenal Ships
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| |forces2=*[[Blood of Oryx]]
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| *[[Court of Oryx]]
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| *[[Taken]]
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| *[[War moons]]
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| |casual1=
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| *All military assets; soldiers, Battleplates and Arsenal Ships
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| *All orbitals and star-webs
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| |casual2=
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| *One War moon; potentially billions of Hive
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| |casual4=
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| |civilian=Trillions of Taishibethi non-combatants
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| {{quote|Behold the wrath of Oryx, coiled for ten thousand years. Behold the Golden Amputation: the fall of Taishibeth, the end of an age. We beat the worlds of Taishibeth like skull drums and we howl in joy for our black war moons as they ram silver orbitals and gleaming star-webs, where infant Taishibethi sun ravens curl and die unborn.| The [[Hive]]}}, Books of Sorrow
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| The '''Golden Amputation''' was an ancient conflict that ensued between the early [[Hive]] and an avian species of "sun ravens" known as the [[Taishibethi]].<ref name="Golden Amputation">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXX:_a_golden_amputation|a golden amputation]]''</ref> They were ruled by the [[Emperor Raven]].<ref name="Golden Amputation"/> | |
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| ==Events== | | ==Events== |
| Described as a series of "paces" in the Hive's religious text, the [[Books of Sorrow]], the Golden Amputation chronicles the destruction of the Taishibethi and their nation.<ref name="Golden Amputation"/>
| | The Golden Amputation first began when the the Hive began to ram their black war moons into the Taishibethi's silver orbitals and gleaming star-webs, where infant Taishibethi sun ravens were destroyed in infancy. Meanwhile, in his throne world Oryx paced ten times. On the first pace, [[Kraghoor]] sent the accursed to blight the Taishibethi worlds. On the second pace, the Tai unleashed their [[battleplates]] and arsenal ships to fight the Hive moons. On the third pace, Oryx’s Warpriest met them in battle, and were victorious, painting the void with fire, and salting the earth with ash. On the fourth pace, [[Mengoor]] and [[Cra’adug]], dyad knights, went down to the [[Raven Bridge]], and killed the Tai for ten years. On the fifth pace, the Tai [[Emperor Raven]] came home to her Bridge, and cuts one of the Hive war moons with her talons, cutting it open and killing its brood. On the sixth pace, Oryx spoke, saying: "listen to me, Emperor Raven, and I will describe to you the Last True Shape, which is written on my tablet." And he put out his fist, full of black fire, and [[Taken|Took]] the Emperor Raven with a wound. On the seventh pace, the Emperor Raven, now the [[Perfect Raven]] came out of Oryx’s wound, and spread her wings across Taishibeth. On the eighth pace, the Tai said, "listen, you are spoilers, you are sphincters and excreta, you rot, why do you kill? We made silver orbitals and golden star webs. We hatched eggs. We had a good thing. Our clothes were nice, our food was famous. With one of her feathers our Emperor could have tickled the gods." On the ninth pace, Oryx said, "this is the only god, this ability to dictate what will and will not exist, this power to go on existing. This is your god. It is never ticklish." On the tenth and final pace the Taishibethi were extinct. <ref>[[Grimoire/Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXX:_a_golden_amputation|A golden Amputation]]</ref> |
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| The invasion began when [[Krughor|Kraghoor]] sent a wave of [[Cursed Thrall]] to cause havoc among the Tai worlds, destroying Taishibethi orbitals, star-webs, and other infrastructure. The Taishibethi military, composed of battleplates and arsenal ships, retaliated and fought the Hive vanguard. The [[Warpriest]] entered the conflict next and defeated them, opening the way to the Tai heartland.<ref name="Golden Amputation"/>
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| [[Mengoor]] and [[Cra'adug]] distinguished themselves at this time by going to a place called the Raven's Bridge, the seat or palace of the Emperor Raven, and spent the next decade warring with Tai soldiers. Eventually the Emperor Raven herself appeared and defeated them, destroying their war moon with a single swipe of her claws.<ref name="Golden Amputation"/> | |
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| Oryx, however, was waiting and with his power he [[Taken|Took]] the Emperor before she could react, and transformed her into the Perfect Raven. From then on the Taishibethi morale waned and they were swiftly defeated. The Hive's religious text describes it as "[n]ever again [was] a Taishibethi child born". In their defeat they wailed against Oryx, asking why he fought them, contrasting their peaceful ways with his war, and he answered that only the will to exist, and to fight for it, is all that mattered.<ref name="Golden Amputation"/>
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| Eventually the Taishibethi were exterminated, and the Golden Amputation was over.<ref name="Golden Amputation"/> The conclusion of this victory resulted in Oryx being granted an audience with the [[Darkness|Deep]] itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXI:_battle_made_waves|battle made waves]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXII:_Majestic._Majestic.|Majestic. Majestic.]]''</ref>
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| The Orbitals and Star Webs of the Taishibethi bear similar resemblance to the [[Halopedia:Star road|Precursor star roads]] in ''[[Halopedia:Halo (disambiguation)|Halo]]''. | | The Orbitals and Star Webs of the Taishibethi bear similar resemblance to [http://www.halopedia.org/Star_road the Precursor star roads in Halo]. |
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Destiny]]:'' ''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}}
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
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