Editing Hive

{{Outdated|[[Monument of Triumph]]}}
{{Race infobox
|name=Hive
|othernames=Krill {{C|formerly}}
|image=[[File:Grimoire The Hive.jpg|300px]]
|variant=Hive
|homeworld= [[Fundament]] {{C|formerly}}
|focalworld(s)=[[Ascendant Realm]] <br> [[Earth]] <br> [[Moon]] <br> [[Dreadnaught]] <br> [[Titan (moon)|Titan]] <br> [[Mars]] <br> [[Reef]] <br> [[Savathûn's Throne World]] <br> [[The Pale Heart]]
|goals=Serve the Hive pantheon by consuming all [[Light]] <br> Live forever by being synonymous with death <br> Extinguish all uses of the [[Darkness]] incompatible with the beliefs of [[The Witness]] <br> Bring about their interpretation of the [[Final Shape]]
|war=[[Last City|The Last City]] <br> [[The Coalition]] <br> [[Reef|The Reef]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Cabal]] <br> [[Vex]] 
|height=
|weight=
|distinctions=Skeletal appearance <br> No eyes/three glowing eyes <br> Symbiotic relationship with their [[Worm]]
|lifespan= Indefinite {{c|So long as their Worm is fed}}
|notable-group= [[Hidden Swarm]] <br> [[Grasp of Nokris]] <br> [[Savathûn's Brood]] <br> [[Blood of Oryx]] <br> [[Spawn of Crota]] <br> [[The Silent Brood]] <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[Lucent Brood]]
|notable-person= [[Oryx, the Taken King]] <br> [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] <br> [[Xivu Arath, God of War]] <br> [[Crota, Son of Oryx]] <br> [[Omnigul, Will of Crota]] <br> [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]] <br> [[Phogoth, the Untamed]] <br> [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn]] <br> [[In Anânh, Brood Queen]] <br> [[Ecthar, Sword of Oryx]] <br> [[Alak-Hul, the Darkblade]] <br> [[Warpriest]] <br> [[Golgoroth]] <br> [[Ir Yût, the Deathsinger]] <br> [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota]] <br> [[Zulmak, Instrument of Torment]] <br> [[Kelgorath, Risen from Bones]] <br> [[Leviathan-Eater, Bane of the Ammonites]]
}}
{{Quote|There are nightmares rising from the shadows, and they hunger for our dying hope.|[[Grimoire]] description}}

The '''Hive''', originally known as the '''Krill''',<ref name="KrillHive1">'''Bungie (2022/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]]: [[Preservation#Transcript|"Puppets, All of Them. Every Last Krill. Every Last Hive"]]''</ref><ref name="KrillHive2">'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Lucent Tales|Lucent Tales]]: [[Lore:Lucent Tales#Krill|Krill]]''</ref> are a macabre, incredibly ancient species of arthropod-like aliens hailing from the world of [[Fundament]], with a vast majority aligning with the [[The Witness|Witness]] and the [[Black Fleet]]. Their culture is based around the [[Sword Logic]]: a supernatural, thanatological philosophy of competitive survivalism, which dictates that they must destroy other civilizations to accrue [[Paracausality|paracausal]] power and feed the [[Worm]]s that live within their bodies. They are led by a pantheon of dark gods who derive power and sustenance from the destruction wrought by the Hive, a system ultimately derived from the Witness' influence.

In [[Sol]], they have a significant presence on the [[Moon]], where they have built the [[Hellmouth]] and [[Scarlet Keep]], as well as in certain regions of [[Earth]],<ref name="TRL"/> around [[Saturn]], where the massive [[Dreadnaught]] orbits, the icy regions of [[Mars]] and on [[Titan (moon)|Titan]], where they infest the ruined arcologies. They are also present in certain regions within the [[Reef]], such as the [[Tangled Shore]] and the [[Dreaming City]]. 

==Overview==
The Hive are an "impossibly ancient" race born from a pact with the [[Worm|Worm Gods]]. Hive structures delve deep into wherever they lay claim to, unheeding the damage done in the process, crafting linked caverns and gothic-like columns. These underground spaces resemble a dungeon recently pulled up after an extended period underwater.<ref name = "GIJ2014">[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny/b/playstation4/archive/2014/04/04/a-player-39-s-journey.aspx?PostPageIndex=4 '''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 55'']</ref> The Hive are able to manipulate the physical world in ways humanity can only begin to imagine,<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/enemies/hive '''Bungie''': ''Hive'']</ref> and have witnessed the [[Darkness]] consume countless worlds in the past.{{Citation needed}}

The Hive are not an enemy military so much as a rising force.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive|Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#Acolyte|Acolyte]]''</ref> They base their entire existence around the extermination of other forms of life, especially those that follow the way of Light and the Traveler, and approach their task with religious fervor. To the Hive, killing and conquest are not merely acts of war, but of worship.

By the time of the first ''Destiny''  game, they have burrowed deep into the [[Moon]], residing there for centuries while growing stronger.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eAbpZfqE8r4 '''YouTube''': ''Official Destiny Gameplay Trailer: The Moon'']</ref> [[The Guardian]]'s [[Ghost]] states that he believes the Hive to be contained on the Moon for centuries, but the player first encounters them in [[Old Russia]], underneath the [[Skywatch]], where the [[Fallen]] have attempted to seal them away.<ref name="TDW"/> The Guardians eventually discover that this is just the beginning; that the Hive have been building an army and intend to invade Earth en masse.<ref name="CON"/>

==History==
===Origins===
[[File:Destiny-2-Artwork-Grimoire-Anthology-Piotr-Jablonski-The-Three-Sisters.jpg|thumb|The three princesses of the Osmium Court]]
{{quote|The Fundament is very large. We are the smallest things in it. If you don't understand something, it will probably kill you. My teacher [[Taox]] says this is why we have such short lives. So we can breed and adapt quickly.|[[Xivu Arath|Xi Ro]]}}<ref name="Predators">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: [[The Taken King]] - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#I: Predators|I: Predators]]''</ref>
Long ago, the Krill crashed their [[Krill homeworld|homeworld]] into [[Fundament]], ostensibly to hide from something unknown. The shards of this homeworld eventually formed several continents that floated upon a sea called the Fundament Ocean within a layer of the gas giant's atmosphere, and the Krill eventually built a meager civilization upon them and forgot their old history. Cohabiting Fundament with the Krill were hundreds of other intelligent species, and a space-faring species called the [[Ammonite]]s inhabited Fundament's fifty-two moons and were watched over by the [[The Traveler|Traveler]].<ref name="Curiosity">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness|Darkness]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness#Calcified Fragments: Curiosity|Calcified Fragments: Curiosity]]''</ref><ref name="Syzgy">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#IV: Syzygy|IV: Syzgy]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIV: 52 and One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref>

Life was short and harsh for the krill. Their natural lifespan rarely exceeded ten Fundament years, though females who ate "mother jelly" developed the ability to spawn and live longer. In terms of environmental hazards, Fundament was very inhospitable. The Fundament Ocean was toxic, the skies eternally stormy, the rain poisonous and sometimes corrosive. Lightning had enough power to vaporize anyone it struck; "living clouds" called [[Stormjoy]]s would prey on the populace, and the Krill frequently warred with each other.<ref name="Curiosity"/><ref name="Predators"/>

The progenitors of the contemporary Hive were [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]], and [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]], the three daughters of the [[Osmium King]] who ruled the continent called the Osmium Court.<ref name="Predators"/> When the Osmium King was ten years old, he fell into madness, fearing an event called the Syzygy, wherein Fundament's fifty-two moons would align and create a massive tidal wave, the God-Wave, which would destroy Fundament's civilizations.<ref name="Syzgy"/> [[Taox]], a sterile mother who served as the teacher to the King's daughters, feared the King's daughters were too weak to succeed the King, and invited a rival kingdom, the [[Helium Drinkers]] of the Helium Court, to invade the Osmium Court, kill the royal family, and allow Taox to rule the Osmium Court as their regent.<ref name="Hate">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#II: The Hateful Verse|II: The Hateful Verse]]''</ref> The Helium Drinkers invaded and slew the Osmium King, but the three sisters, two years old at the time, escaped on a ship and vowed revenge against the Helium King and Taox.<ref name="Oath">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#III: The Oath|III: The Oath]]''</ref>

After a year of traveling the sea, the sisters salvaged an ancient, high-tech ship they called the "[[Needle]]" from the Shvubi Maelstrom. Xi Ro wanted to sell it at the ''Kaharn Atoll'', a gathering place of Fundament's many species, to raise enough money to hire a mercenary army, but Aurash wanted to take command of the ship. Sathona sided with Aurash, goaded on by a Worm their father had kept. The Worm had washed up on the Osmium Court's shores and was seemingly dead, but Sathona could hear it speak to her.<ref name="Needle Worm">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#V: Needle and Worm|V: Needle and Worm]]''</ref> Unbeknownst to Sathona, the voice she was hearing was in fact that of the [[The Witness|Witness]], a paracausal entity who sought to keep the Krill away from the Traveler. In truth, there was no imminent danger from a "god-wave" nor the syzygy that would supposedly cause it.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/3/5)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant Fury Plate|Resonant Fury Plate]]''</ref>

The sisters spent the next two years repairing the ship, after which Aurash decided to use it to fulfil its intended purpose: to dive to Fundament's core in the hopes of learning a secret that would prevent the Syzygy.<ref name="Sisters">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VI: Sisters|VI: Sisters]]''</ref>

As they descended, the sisters encountered a vast creature called the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]], a disciple of the Traveler. The Leviathan warned the sisters against proceeding further, telling them that they faced a choice between the Sky and the Deep, the Light and the Darkness, the way of life and the way of death. Still, the sisters rejected the Leviathan, unable to accept that allowing their people to suffer was the better way. Instead, they decided to follow the worm Sathona had saved, which urged them to continue diving.<ref name="Dive">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VII: The Dive|VII: The Dive]]''</ref><ref name="Leviathan">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#VIII: Leviathan|VIII: Leviathan]]''</ref>

====The Pact====
[[File:Oryx Battles Akka.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Auryx faces the Worm God, Akka]]
{{quote|We want to help you, Princes. We offer to each of you a bargain... a symbiosis.|[[Yul, the Honest Worm]]}}<ref name="Bargain">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#IX: The Bargain|IX: The Bargain]]''</ref>

Deep within the Fundament Ocean, the sisters encountered the imprisoned [[Worm|Worm Gods]], who drew their power from the [[Darkness]] itself: [[Yul, the Honest Worm]], [[Eir, the Keeper of Order]], [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]], [[Ur, the Ever-Hunger]], and [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets]]. These Worm Gods claimed that they had lived and grown in Fundament's depths for millions of years, trapped by the Leviathan and the Traveler. They had called many species to Fundament, hoping one would be tenacious enough to find them. Now they offered Xi Ro, Sathona, and Aurash immortality in exchange for allowing themselves to be hosts for the Worms' larvae, with the caveat that if the sisters ceased to obey their natures (Xi Ro's desire to test her strength, Sathona's cunning, Aurash's curiosity), their Worms would consume them. Furthermore, the stronger the sisters became, the greater their Worms' appetites would be.<ref name="Bargain"/>

The sisters accepted the pact.<ref name="Immortals">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#X: Immortals|X: Immortals]]''</ref> Xi Ro took the knight morph and became Xivu Arath, the God of War;<ref name="Out Deep">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XII: Out of the Deep|XII: Out of the Deep]]''</ref> Sathona took the mother morph and became Savathûn, the Witch Queen;<ref name="Conquer">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XI: Conquerors|XI: Conquerors]]''</ref> and Aurash took the king morph and became Auryx, the King of the Hive.<ref name="Immortals"/> Over the following years, the siblings returned to their people and spread the Worms' larvae among them, re-creating the Krill as the Hive, and enabling them to liberate the Osmium Court from the Helium Drinkers, then drive Taox and the other species of Fundament to Kaharn Atoll, and finally to build the spaceships needed to break free of Fundament.<ref name="Out Deep"/><ref name="Conquer"/> 

====Campaign of Destruction====
{{quote|We need champions. Crusaders. Help us save the universe. Help us exterminate that which would destroy all hope. You are oathbound to this task, by the covenant of the worm.|Worm Gods}}<ref name="Crusaders">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIX: Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]''</ref>
[[File:Story-oryx.jpg|300px|thumb|Oryx, the Taken King]]
As the newborn Hive forced an ultimatum on the remaining Krill either to accept the worms or perish, Auryx turned his attention to Fundament's moons and the Ammonites there, who had allied with the Traveler and given asylum to Taox.<ref name="One">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIV: 52 and One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref> Initially he was willing to negotiate with the Ammonites. His sister Savathûn, under pressure from the Worms, killed Auryx as punishment for not destroying them.<ref name="Born As Prey">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XV: Born As Prey|XV: Born As Prey]]''</ref> Rather than dying, Auryx's soul instead passed to the [[Ascendant Realm]], where it resided until he returned to the mortal realm.<ref name="Weakness Verse">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVII: The Weakness Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref> Rebuked, Auryx purged what sympathy and goodwill he had left, becoming a merciless tyrant. They overwhelmed the Ammonites, slew the Leviathan, and forced Taox and the Traveler to flee.<ref name="Crusaders"/>

He and his sisters regularly warred with and killed one another afterwards, as part of their worship of the Sword-Logic and their attempt to become the sharpest blades in the universe, each returning to their throne worlds whenever defeated. Their war of revenge against Taox had transformed into a campaign of mass genocide when they slew the [[Qugu]] and other interstellar civilizations to feed their worms. The gods of the Hive also established their throne worlds within the Ascendant realm, with Auryx naming his the High War.<ref name="Hive">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XX: Hive|XX: Hive]]''</ref><ref name=Incision>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXI: an incision|XXI: an incision]]''</ref><ref name="The High War">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXII: The High War|XXII: The High War]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXIII: fire without fuel|XXIII: fire without fuel]]''</ref> [[Savathûn]] was inspired by this, and named her own throne world the [[High Coven]].<ref name="The High War"/>

During the [[Hive-Ecumene war|Hive's war]] with the [[Ecumene]], Auryx came to realize that the Worm Gods had deceived him and his sisters: their worms' appetites were growing past the abilities of their hosts to feed them with death.<ref name="THE SCREAM">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXIV: THE SCREAM|XXIV: THE SCREAM]]''</ref> Meeting with his sisters in his Ascendant Realm, surrounded by their servants (some of which despised them for showing weakness) they despaired over this dilemma. When his sisters offered their power to help Auryx find a way to save them, Auryx killed them, then used that power to confront his patron Worm god [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVI: star by star by star|XXVI: star by star by star]]''</ref> He killed Akka so that he might steal its ability to call upon the Deep, and created the Tablets of Ruin, which gave him the power to [[Taken|Take]]. His transformation complete, Auryx was now Oryx, the Taken King.<ref name="King of Shapes">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVIII: King of Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> During the subsequent war with the Ecumene, Oryx revived Xivu Arath in an act of war, and revived Savathûn in an act of cunning. He then decreed the tithe system: each Hive would kill their enemies, take some power to feed their own worm and tithe the rest to their superior. Thralls would tithe power to Acolytes, Acolytes would tithe power to Knights or Wizards, the Knights and Wizards would tithe power to the [[Ascendant Hive]], who commanded legions of warriors and earned the right to enter the Hive gods' respective throne worlds. All of this violence would eventually reach Oryx, Savathûn, and Xivu Arath, allowing their worms to feed on violence while continuing to invoke their inner natures.<ref name="Carved in Ruin">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXIX: Carved in Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref>

Fearing that he was becoming a nihilist, Oryx eventually decided to sire his own spawn. The result of this was [[Crota, Son of Oryx]], and the Deathsinger twins, [[Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk]] and [[Ir Halak, Deathsinger|Ir Halak]]. One day, the Deathsingers were refining their [[Deathsong]]s and came up with the idea of the [[Oversoul]]. Intrigued, Oryx commanded Crota to watch his sisters, so that he might learn something. But while Oryx was off studying the Deep, Crota was deceived by Savathûn into using his [[Cleaver]] to cut a portal in the High War, allowing the [[Vex]] to enter.<ref name="partition">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVIII: The partition of death|XXXVII: The partition of death]]''</ref> For one hundred years the children of Oryx waged war with the Vex, who quickly deduced that worshiping the Sword Logic and the Deep was key to attaining power in the High War. However, while the Hive were able to overpower the Vex, they were unable to expel them, as they lost too much power whenever they entered the Vex conflux. The situation became so severe that the Worm God Eir itself demanded that Oryx return and end the war.<ref name="open eye">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXIX: open your eye : go into it|XXXIX: open your eye : go into it]]''</ref> Quickly returning to the High War, Oryx used his powers to Take the Vex and cleanse his throne world. Angered at his son's imperfection, Oryx threw Crota into the Vex gate network, decreeing that he "''return victorious or die forgotten''". At first, Crota resented his father for his apparent abandonment, but after time, he came to understand his father, and built temples to Oryx and the Deep, eventually becoming a vital link in Oryx's tithe of death and achieving godhood himself.<ref name="Emperor">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes|XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes]]''</ref> However, Oryx recognized that the threat of the Vex invading his throne world could not happen again, so he moved the High War into a mighty [[Dreadnaught]] scrimshawed from the remains of Akka.<ref name="Dreadnaught">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref>

During the [[Hive-Harmony war|Hive's campaign]] against the [[Harmony]] and the Vex, [[Quria, Blade Transform]] presented Oryx with a simulation of his former self, Aurash. Oryx looked upon the simulation with amusement, while Aurash looked upon Oryx in horror, demanding to know what he had done to her sisters and her people.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLII: <>.7C<>.7C<>|XLII: XLII: <>|<>|<>]]''</ref><ref name="Timeline">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLIII: End of Failed Timeline|XLIII: End of Failed Timeline]]''</ref> In the end, Oryx Took Quria and presented the Vex to Savathûn as a gift. When she asked him what proof they had that their actions right, Oryx simply replied that the Hive's existence was proof enough in their convictions to live eternal by the Sword-Logic.<ref name="spe">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLIV: strict proof eternal|XLIV: strict proof eternal]]''</ref> Following the war with the Harmony, Savathûn decided that her fleets would enter the black hole that the Harmony lived around, claiming that they would become stronger for it, while Xivu Arath detached her fleets from Oryx's, as she felt he constrained her too much.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLVI: The Gift Mast|XLVI: The Gift Mast]]''</ref> Meanwhile, Oryx continued his crusade alone while ruminating on the future.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLVII: Apocalypse Refrains|XLVII: Apocalypse Refrains]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLIX: Forever And A Blade|XLIX: Forever And A Blade]]''</ref>

===Early Campaigns in Sol===
[[File:Vol1Art5.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Rezyk Azzir being corrupted by Xyor]]
{{Quote|For millennia, humanity gazed at the Moon and envisioned visiting it. Yet, no one dreamed it a trespass. The Hive is not a welcoming host, as you well know.|[[Toland, the Shattered]]}}
At some point before the dawn of [[Human]]ity on [[Earth]], the Hive had secretly seeded themselves deep below the depths of Luna.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Toland, the Shattered]]: [https://youtu.be/fBQiXy50qsM "For millennia, humanity gazed at the Moon and envisioned visiting it. Yet, no one dreamed it a trespass. The Hive is not a welcoming host, as you well know."]''</ref> It is there that they would completely terraform the entire interior of the moon from the bottom up into an impregnable fortress called the [[Hellmouth]].<ref name= "Hellmouth">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Enemies/Hive, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#Ghost Fragment: Hive|Ghost Fragment: Hive]]''</ref> Traces of their presence were first uncovered by human scientists sometime during the [[Golden Age]], when they uncovered an [[Anomaly (artifact)|artifact]] that established contact with the [[The Witness|Witness]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Lore:[[Lore:Revelation|Revelation]], [[Lore:Revelation#The Discovery|The Discovery]]''</ref> The Hive would emerge during the [[Collapse]], whereupon they slaughtered the inhabitants of the [[First Light Lunar Installation]] and the [[K1]] [[The Anomaly|Project site]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Lore:Revelation, [[Lore:Revelation#Downfall|Downfall]]''</ref> <ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Places|Places]]/[[Grimoire:Places/Moon|Moon]], [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost Fragment: The Ocean of Storms 2|Ghost Fragment: The Ocean of Storms 2]]''</ref> After reclaiming their stake on the moon, they continued to lie dormant and recover their strength for centuries until the threat of their existence faded to myth by the time of the City Age.<ref name="Moon">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries|Legends & Mysteries]], [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Rezyl Azzir - Before These Walls|Rezyl Azzir - Before These Walls]]''</ref> 

During the early [[City Age]], [[Dredgen Yor|Rezyl Azzir]] became the first [[Guardian]] to reach the Moon. Pursuing ancient mysteries regarding the existence of the Hive, Rezyl made first contact with [[Xyor, the Unwed|Xyor, the Blessed]] and her betrothed [[Knight]].<ref name="Xyor">'''Bungie (2016/20/9)''', ''Destiny: [[Rise of Iron]] - Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries, [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Legends and Mysteries: Rezyl Azzir|Legends and Mysteries: Rezyl Azzir]]''</ref> After facing off with Xyor's consort and the witch's magic, Rezyl emerged victorious, and escaped to warn the [[Last City|City]] of the imposing threat. However, the magic that affected Rezyl during the battle with Xyor and her Knight would slowly corrupt him into the hated Guardian killer, [[Dredgen]] Yor, and create the most infamous [[Weapons of Sorrow|Weapon of Sorrow]]: [[Thorn]].<ref name="Fall">'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''Destiny: [[Age of Triumph]] - Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries, [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Legend: Rezyl Azzir - The Triumphant Fall|Legend: Rezyl Azzir - The Triumphant Fall]]''</ref>

===The Wrath of Crota===
{{Quote|We went to the Moon seeking vengeance, but it found us first. Crota, the Son of Oryx. We'd never faced anything like him. In the end, only I was left. Crota and his armies destroyed our Moon. If we don't stop them, I fear Earth will suffer the same fate.|Eris Morn}}
[[File:Crota.png|300px|thumb|Crota, God-Knight and Hope-Eater]]
As the Hive launched their [[Seeder Ship]]s towards Earth, a fireteam encountered elements of the Hive in the [[Rusted Lands]] in the ''Eastern Flooded Zone''; only one surviving [[Hunter]] returned to warn the City of the initial Hive invasion of Earth.<ref name="TRL">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Activities|Activities]]/[[Grimoire:Activities#Crucible Arenas|Crucible Arenas]], [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas#The Rusted Lands|The Rusted Lands]]''</ref> Against overwhelming odds, the Guardians succeeded, barely, in repelling the Hive's offense at the [[Battle of Burning Lake]]. Not realizing the true threat the Hive posed, they planned a counterattack on the moon. Lord [[Shaxx]], a veteran of Burning Lake, opposed this, and eventually busted in on a [[Consensus]] meeting, calling the idea of a counterattack 'madness' and saying that the Guardians needed to learn about the Hive's swords and find a way to defend against them, first.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Inventory|Inventory]]/[[Grimoire:Inventory/Heavy Weapons|Heavy Weapons]], [[Grimoire:Inventory/Heavy Weapons#Raze-Lighter|Raze-Lighter]]''</ref> The Consensus ignored Shaxx's warnings and the failed attack that followed was later called the [[Great Disaster]]. The Sword Logic proved to be too much for the Guardians, as countless heroes fell before Crota's [[Blades of Crota|Blades]], rendering the entire battle a mere slaughter.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: [[The Dark Below]] - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive|Exalted Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Blades of Crota|Blades of Crota]]''</ref> In particular, the legendary [[Titan (class)|Titan]] [[Wei Ning]] was slain personally by the God-Knight, who cracked the surface of the Moon with his sword, forcing the Guardians to retreat completely from the battle.<ref name="Warlock2">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Guardian|Guardian]]/[[Grimoire:Guardian#Classes|Classes]], [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2|Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2]]''</ref> The Vanguard and Consensus then declared the Moon off-limits, and allowed only the most elite Guardians enter.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/Moon, [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost Fragment: The Ocean of Storms|Ghost Fragment: The Ocean of Storms]]''</ref>

As revenge for the slain, the [[Warlock]] [[Eriana-3]] led five other Guardians there in an attempt to kill Crota, only for the team to have their Light suppressed in the depths of the Hellmouth, leaving the Hive to pick them off one by one.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - Grimoire:Activities/[[Grimoire:Activities/Raids|Raids]], [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota's End|Crota's End]]''</ref><ref name="Crota">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota, Son of Oryx]]''</ref> Only one of the Guardians, [[Eris Morn]], survived. Trapped in the Hellmouth for years, only having recently escaped as a Lightless Guardian, forever changed, scarred and seeking vengeance upon Crota and the Hive.<ref>.'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - Grimoire:Allies/[[Grimoire:Allies/Tower Allies|Tower Allies]], [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower Allies#Crota's Bane|Crota's Bane]]''</ref>

===Destiny 1===
{{Quote|The Hive haven't been on Earth in centuries. The Darkness could be a lot closer than we think. We should probably get moving.|[[The Ghost|Ghost]]}}<ref name="TDW"/>
Years later, the [[Hidden Swarm]] began stirring beneath the [[Skywatch]] at [[Old Russia]].<ref name="TDW">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Dark Within]]''</ref> Meanwhile, the Hive within the [[Temple of Crota]] was preparing for a second invasion of Earth; this time also attacking the Traveler directly in a ritual to slowly drain its Light using one of its broken shards. Despite the Hive's efforts, the ritual was thwarted by a newly risen [[The Guardian|Guardian]].<ref name="CON">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Chamber of Night (mission)|Chamber of Night]]''</ref>

====The Dark Below====
{{Quote|What we faced on the Moon now looks to take the Earth. And none will survive if they succeed. First Crota's sworn Blades will rise. Then every disciple who haunts these worlds in Crota's name will seek to overrun the Earth. If they raise Crota here, we could lose everything.|Eris Morn.}}
[[File:Destiny-DarkBelow-Omnigul.jpg|thumb|300px|Omnigul, leader of Spawn of Crota]]
Crota's [[Spawn of Crota|spawn]] would play a major role when his consort [[Omnigul]] left the Hellmouth to lead the Hive in their impending invasion of Earth, with a plot to disable Rasputin's [[Warsat]] defenses. In retaliation, Eris Morn called upon allies who heeded her warnings to dismantle Crota's army and prevent Crota's imminent return. Crota's disciples were slain by the Guardian, including the [[Swarm Princes]] and their commander [[Sardon, Fist of Crota|Sardon]],<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[The Sword of Crota]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - [[Fist of Crota]]''</ref> leaving the Hive army in disarray and thwarted Omnigul's attempt to sabotage [[Rasputin]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - [[Siege of the Warmind]]''</ref> The Hive attempted a ritual to summon Crota back from his throne world, but the Guardian intervened. The crystal tethering his soul in the [[Chamber of Night]] would be sent back to his Throne World, banishing him from the physical world and thereby preventing his corporeal return.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - [[The Wakening]]''</ref> His general and acting Will, Omnigul, was later slain by Guardians who traced her back to [[Skywatch]].<ref name="Will of Crota">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - [[Will of Crota]]''</ref>

Crota's end would be met by the Guardian leading a fireteam of six to raid upon the [[Oversoul Throne]], entered from the deepest pit of the Hellmouth. The Guardians would summon Crota from his crystal to engage in his own Throne World. When conventional means failed before the Hope-Eater, the Guardians turned Crota's own Sword Logic against him with the Cleavers of his fallen Blades, permanently killing him.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''Destiny: The Dark Below - [[Crota's End]]''</ref> This would mark the Hive's first true defeat, the loss of one of their gods and their race's heir to the Osmium Throne.

====The Taken War====
{{quote|Their leaders belong to you. The rest await extermination." <br> "No. Gather them. I will take them all…|[[Ecthar, Sword of Oryx|Ecthar]] and Oryx}}<ref name="TCW"/>
[[File:Battle on Saturn.jpg|300px|thumb|left|The Awoken fleet engaging the [[Dreadnaught]]]]

After learning of the death of his son, Crota, Oryx personally traveled to the Solar System aboard his Dreadnaught, accompanied by a Hive fleet and his Taken army.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx, the Taken King]]''</ref> They were met with opposition by Queen [[Mara Sov]] and her [[Reef]]born [[Awoken]] armadas at the [[Battle of Saturn]], which ended in a pyrrhic victory for the King who wiped out the Queen's forces with his Dreadnaught's [[Oversoul|superweapon]]. With his fleet decimated after the battle, Oryx's Taken forces attacked [[Cabal]] bases on [[Phobos]] and [[Mars]] to rebuild his numbers and regain his advantage. Cabal detachments were devastated within hours, with the [[Sand Eaters]] suffering a catastrophic 58% casualties, while the [[Blind Legion]] and the [[Dust Giants]] lost 35% and 39% of their numbers respectively. The [[Vanguard]] discovered Oryx's presence after sending a Guardian to Phobos to investigate a Cabal distress signal, by which time Taken covens began appearing on multiple worlds, ushering in the Taken War.<ref name="TCW">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - [[The Coming War]]''</ref>

Oryx was nearly beaten when the Guardian breached his sanctum and attacked him, but like all Hive Gods, this was only a temporary setback. Using his Taken powers, he escaped into the Ascendant realm to recuperate from his injuries.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - [[Regicide]]''</ref> Meanwhile, his Taken, led by his [[Echo of Oryx|Echoes]], continued to harass the system. Once the blights had been removed, the Guardians turned their attention to Oryx and his champions.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - [[The Taken War Campaign]]''</ref> By overthrowing the [[Court of Oryx]] and killing his minions, they were able to breach deeper into the Dreadnaught. After his closest allies—the [[Warpriest]] and [[Golgoroth]], including his own daughters—were killed, Oryx returned to fight the Guardian once more, this time as a gigantic version of his physical body. Here he attempted to pull the Guardian Raid team into the Darkness multiple times and Take them, but they were able to use Oryx's own captured Light against him. By slaying his Light-Eater Ogres and Knights, and then detonating the Light they left behind to wound him, the Guardians were able to strike at the God-King's Heart directly, slaying Oryx for good.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - [[King's Fall]]''</ref>

====Pretenders to the Throne====
{{Quote|The Taken King is dead. Yet his armies writhe and claw at our worlds.|Eris Morn}}<ref name="BC">'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''Destiny: [[April Update]] - [[Blighted Chalice]]''</ref>
[[File:Malok_destiny.jpg|thumb|300px| [[Malok, Pride of Oryx|Malok, Taken Prince]]]]

Though the God-King of the Hive was slain, the Taken War did not end with his death. Hive and Taken forces remained at large in the Solar System and the Guardians maintained steadfast vigilance against them. Many Hive and Taken champions were hunted down and destroyed before they could infest the system any further. 

Since the Guardians refused to take Oryx's place as the next Taken King, various powerful Hive and Taken entities arose in a bid to claim the Osmium Throne for their own. Chief among the contenders for the throne were [[Alak-Hul, the Darkblade]], a powerful Hive warrior Oryx imprisoned for an earlier usurpation,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Alak-Hul, the Darkblade|Alak-Hul, the Darkblade]]''</ref> and [[Malok, Pride of Oryx]], a former scion of Savathûn Taken by Oryx.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''Destiny: April Update - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/The Taken|The Taken]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/The Taken#Malok, Pride of Oryx|Malok, Pride of Oryx]]''</ref> Before Alak-Hul could break out of his shadowed cell, Eris Morn called upon the Guardians to break into the prison section of the Dreadnaught, not only to remove a potential candidate for the throne but also to avenge her fallen comrades who fell to Alak-Hul. After fighting to Alak-Hul's cell in [[The Hanging Crypts]], the Guardians battled with the Darkblade within his own black cell, but after a tense battle, they defeated the Darkblade.<ref name="TSC">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - [[The Sunless Cell]]''</ref>

Sometime later, Malok enacted his own campaign to seize Oryx's throne, using his mastery of the [[Blight]]s to further his goals and possibly launch an all-out assault on the Last City to prove his claim. However, word of his activities caught the attention of [[Variks]], who relayed his findings to Eris Morn. Calling upon the Guardians once more, they managed to drive Malok out of the Dreadnaught,<ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''Destiny: April Update - [[Pretender to the Throne]]''</ref> forcing the Taken-Hive Prince to retreat to the Hellmouth on the Moon. Tracking Malok, the Guardians fight past his Taken forces and persevere against the Blights, before reaching the [[Shrine of Oryx]], where Malok makes his final stand. Despite his mastery over the Blights, Malok failed against the Guardians.<ref name="BC"/>

Alak-Hul and Malok's death would leave the Osmium Throne remaining vacant and mark the official end to the Taken War.

====SIVA Crisis====
{{quote|This is worst-case scenario. The Splicers aren't in a territorial war with the Hive; they're experimenting on them.|[[Ghost]]}}
Following a year after the Taken War and the death of their God-King, the Hive on Earth still appear to be organized but hunkered down in their nests, and have gone into conflict with the [[SIVA]]-augmented [[Fallen]] [[Devil Splicers]] in the [[Plaguelands]].<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/15)''', ''Destiny: Rise of Iron - [[The Walls Come Down]]''</ref> Soon enough, the ambitions of the Splicers, led by [[Kovik, Splicer Priest]], extend to experiment on not only themselves but the Hive as well, whether to control them as a slave army or to weaponize their mysterious biology. Furious, the Hive begin an all-out war with the Splicers. Through the efforts of the Guardians, the Fallen's efforts to control or weaponize the Hive were thwarted and Kovik was killed.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/15)''', ''Destiny: Rise of Iron - [[Wretched Eye]]''</ref>

===Destiny 2===
====The Red War====
[[File:Savathuns_Song.jpg|300px|thumb|[[Savathûn's Song|The Song of Savathûn]] calling out to its [[Savathun|Master]]]]
The Hive remained active during the events of [[Dominus Ghaul]]'s [[Red War|invasion]], having infested Saturn's moon [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Riptide]]''</ref> After the [[Red Legion]] succeeded in attacking the Last City and sealed away the Traveler's Light, the Lightless Guardians of the Vanguard led by Commander [[Zavala]] took what remained of the Vanguard fleet to Titan to set up a base to plan their counterattack. Unfortunately, Zavala was unaware of the Hive's infestation of Titan, and when a force of Lightless Guardians attempted to drive the Hive out, they were defeated. To make matters worse, the Fallen [[House of Dusk]] followed the Vanguard. Upon their arrival, the Fallen began to pillage the [[Golden Age]] facilities while also engaging the Hive and the Lightless Vanguard. Despite this, a Guardian was able to regain their light and traveled to Titan to aid Zavala, clearing out enough of the Hive and reactivating the facilities for the Vanguard to set up a base.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Hope]]''</ref> After Zavala moved to [[The Farm]] on Earth, the Vanguard forces on Titan were under the command of [[Sloane]]. Under her supervision, the Guardians began to make progress in driving the Hive away from their base while also powering the facilities.{{Citation needed}}

Throughout the Red War, even after the Guardians reclaimed the Last City, the Hive broods on Titan have made numerous attempts to sink the [[New Pacific Arcology]] where the Guardians and Fallen battle. All their attempts were thwarted by the Guardians, and some of their field leaders were slain.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Siren Song]]''</ref> Later on, Sloane located the center point of the Hive's rituals, sending numerous teams to investigate, but none returned. After Sloane lost contact with the latest team sent, she requested the Guardian to locate the missing teams and finish their mission. After delving deep into Hive territory, the Guardians lost contact with Sloane and Zavala but made radio contact with [[Taeko-3]], a Praxic Order agent and a member of the last team Sloane had sent. She guides the Guardians through Hive defenses and encounters strange crystals emitting Void Light, which were disturbingly revealed to be extracted from Guardians. Taeko further reveals that a massive [[Shrieker]], dubbed [[Savathûn's Song]], is using the Void Light for a specific ritual, and they won't be able to destroy the Shrieker without Void Light. Resolving to aid the Guardian, Taeko sacrifices herself by allowing her Light to be extracted into a Void Crystal, which the Guardians use to breach the Shrieker's defenses. Taeko's sacrifice was not in vain, as, despite the Shrieker's power and Hive servants, the Guardians managed to destroy the Shrieker, avenging Taeko and her fallen comrades.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Savathûn's Song (strike)|Savathûn's Song]]''</ref>

However, despite these accomplishments, like with the resurgent Taken on [[Io]] and on Earth, the Guardians questioned the nature of the new Hive broods, as they have noted the differences between the new brood and those they have faced in the past, wondering what Hive God is leading them. Evidence and entities pointed to the new Hive Brood's allegiance to Savathûn, the Witch-Queen.{{Citation needed}}

====Rise of Xol====
{{Quote|The markings suggest this is a Hive god, but I don't recognize the symbol. Nothing in the World's Grave file either. The name is… Nokris.|Ghost}}<ref name="GhostScan">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - [[Ghost scan]]: [[Ghost scan#Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn|DNT-TRN-3]]''</ref>
[[File:Destiny_2_Warmind_Nokris.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Exiled Hive Prince, Nokris]]
After the chaos of the Red War and the reawakening of the Traveler, a new, massive Hive army, the [[Grasp of Nokris]], that has lain dormant within the frozen tundra of [[Hellas Basin]] on [[Mars]], emerged to bring about the destruction of the Warmind Rasputin. Leading this army is the Worm God Xol and its herald, [[Nokris, Herald of Xol|Nokris]], the mysterious disowned son of Oryx.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''</ref>

Many centuries earlier, Nokris, was exiled from kith and kin for violating the Sword Logic via necromancy. Nokris originally hoped to prove himself to his father by communing with the Worm Gods the same way Oryx himself did but was rejected by them to save Xol, Will of the Thousands. They forged a pact where Nokris traded his heart for the secrets of necromancy, which Oryx viewed as heresy. Despite being exiled, Nokris and his followers aimed to conquer a world for their god and Mars became their target.<ref name="VB">'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Verity's Brow#Lore|Verity's Brow]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/4/30)''', ''[[Weblore]]:[[Weblore:Warmind|Warmind]] - [[Weblore:Warmind#Apocrypha|Apocrypha]]''</ref> However, Rasputin put a halt to their invasion, managing to imprison Nokris, Xol, and their army within the frozen wastes of Hellas Basin. For centuries they remained there until the return of the Light melted their prison. Now free, the forces of Xol aimed to destroy the ancient Warmind and continue their conquest of Mars.{{Citation needed}}

Hoping to avert this disaster and learn more about her past, [[Ana Bray]] summoned the Guardians to lead the defense of the ancient Warmind and face the Hive head-on. The Guardians would face off against Xol's horde but encounter Nokris and the Worm God itself who aim to rule the planet. Despite killing the herald of Xol, the Worm God itself proved too powerful for the Guardian to defeat alone. Against his better judgment and with Ana Bray's guidance, Zavala would allow the Guardian to forge a powerful Warmind weapon, the [[Valkyrie]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Warmind - [[Strange Terrain]]''</ref> Reaching the Worm God just outside the ancient Warmind's core, the Warrior of Light battled with the Will of the Thousands for the fate of Rasputin and Mars. Despite its immense power, Xol was killed by the Guardian using the Valkyrie, robbing the Hive of one of their most powerful entities.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Warmind - [[Will of the Thousands]]''</ref>

The leaderless Grasp of Nokris remained an active threat on Mars that Guardians continue to face while also dealing with remnants of the Red Legion but find that its members are sending messages beyond the system, aimed towards Savathûn, pleading her to arrive and assume control.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Warmind - [[Deathly Tremors]]''</ref> Xol himself would cheat death and transcend physical form by drawing power from the Sword Logic and using the Taken on Io, taking the shape of former enemies of humanity, for the Guardians to face and kill. Once the Guardian proved themselves worthy of a host to feed upon, Xol invoked the [[Anthem Anatheme]] and transformed into the [[Whisper of the Worm]] weapon as a conduit to feed off of the Guardian's kills.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''Destiny 2: Warmind - Item Description: [[Whisper of the Worm#Lore|Whisper of the Worm]]''</ref>

====The Mindbender====
{{Quote|Two star-crossed lovers have sullied my Shore: our old friend the Mindbender — may he rest in pieces — and In Anânh, a Hive Brood Queen, traitor to her kin. Eliksni have crossed lines with the Hive in the past, but never at this scale.|[[The Spider]]}}<ref name="Broodhold">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Forsaken]] - [[Broodhold]]''</ref>
[[File:Hiraks1.jpg|300px|thumb|Hiraks, the Mindbender]]
After the fall of Nokris and Xol, the Hive enter into a strange situation during the Guardians [[Hunt for the Scorn|personal war]] with the Fallen [[Scorn]] within the Reef. One of the Scorn Barons, [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]], who somehow survived the Hellmouth as a Dreg, developed a morbid fascination with the Hive<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:[[Lore:The Lawless Frontier|The Lawless Frontier]], [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#By Thy Tongue Be Damned|By Thy Tongue Be Damned]]''</ref> and its powers and somehow managed to take control of a large Hive brood within the [[Tangled Shore]] that were stranded after the Battle of Saturn at the onset of the Taken War.{{Citation needed}} Hiraks was even able to create his own [[Ascendant Plane (location)|Throne World]] from the deaths of his enemies, [[Cayde-6]] in particular.<ref name="Mindbender">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Target: The Mindbender]]''</ref>. The Mindbender also made experiments upon the Hive with [[Ether]], creating a host of Ether Worms.<ref name="Broodhold"/> However, the Mindbender's rise to power within the Hive was put down when the Guardian sought out Hiraks and the Scorn Barons for the murder of the Hunter Vanguard. Battling through a downed Hive Warship, the Guardian breached into Hiraks' Throne World and battled with the Mindbender and his mind-controlled Hive. Despite his power and Hive minions, Hiraks was killed, causing his Throne World to destabilize and collapse, and leaving the Hive on the Shore without a leader.<ref name="Mindbender"/>

Later on, after the Scorn's failure and the death of their Barons, doing a favor for the Fallen mob boss, [[The Spider]], the Guardians return to the disabled Hive warship to clear out the Hive, whose numbers have increased since Hirak's fall. Battling into the ship and deep into a Hive nest, the Guardians encounter Knights with ether-infused Worms which they use to break through Hive defenses. Deeper within the nest, the Guardians encounter the progenitor of the nest, [[In Anânh, Brood Queen]], who was also the consort to Hiraks. Battling with the queen deeper and deeper into the nest, the Guardians succeed in killing the brood queen, despite her dark powers.<ref name="Broodhold"/> Without the Brood Queen, the Hive's numbers continued to decrease now without another leader.{{Citation needed}}

====A Thousand Voices====
{{Quote|The Guardians killed Riven and ripped out her heart. But Ahamkara transcend death. They can transform desire into reality… even when they are nothing but bone and dust. I should have known that Riven would grant one last wish… one last curse. Now, the Dreaming City has been Taken. I opened the gates. I ordered the attack. I… should have known.|[[Petra Venj]]}}
[[File:Riven Raid.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Taken Ahamkara Riven]]
Despite these occurrences, Savathûn continued to operate in the shadows but assumed near-complete control over the Taken thanks to her possible usage of the Taken Vex Mind, Quria, Blade Transform. With the Taken under her direction, she had plans for the Awoken [[Dreaming City]], which was sealed shortly before the [[Taken War]]. Within the City, the [[Ahamkara]], [[Riven of a Thousand Voices]], was also Taken and became one of Savathûn's most useful allies.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/18)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Boots of the Great Hunt|Boots of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> Though Riven orchestrated the Scorn's rampage across the Reef, including the murder of Cayde-6, she planned to open the gateway to the Dreaming City with Uldren Sov as her puppet. Appearing as his sister, Mara Sov, Riven slowly corrupted the Awoken prince's mind, bending him to her will until he would gather what was needed to open the Gateway to the City; a combination of Light and Darkness.<ref name="NLTS"/><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]''</ref> 

The rogue prince managed to open the way but instead of his sister appearing as he believed it was her directing his actions, only a grotesque Taken creature of Riven's, the [[Voice of Riven]], appeared in her place. However, once again due to the Guardian's actions,  the Taken Chimera was slain and the Hunter Vanguard avenged, but Riven remained a threat to the Reef and the whole Solar System.<ref name="NLTS">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Nothing Left to Say]]''</ref> Nonetheless, finally gaining the Vanguard's support, aided by their Awoken allies and freeing the [[Techeun]]s from Taken corruption, the Guardians managed to kill the corrupted Riven and purge her heart of Taken essence.<ref name = "Last Wish">'''Bungie (2018/9/18)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Last Wish]]''</ref>

Unfortunately for the Guardians and the Awoken, Riven's death was planned and it would grant Savathûn a tremendous advantage. In the last moments before her death and her heart being purified of Taken corruption by the Techeuns, Riven granted one last wish: to curse the Dreaming City in between the Ascendant Plane and physical reality, with Taken Blights engulfing parts of the city in a manner of weeks.<ref name = "Last Wish/>

With the rules of ascendancy altered by Riven's wish, entities - both Hive and Taken - under the command of Xivu Arath, began appearing in the Dreaming City. These entities pillaged the Dreaming City for relics bearing dangerous knowledge for an unknown purpose. The Guardian, however, thwarted this plan by stealing the relics back and killing a Taken Chimera, [[Xaras, Greed of Xivu Arath]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[Broken Courier]]''</ref>

====War of the Throne Worlds====
{{Quote|When you killed Riven, she granted your wish to see the city made safe. But as all wishgranters do, she perverted that wish, opening the Dreaming City to Dûl Incaru. When you defeated Dûl Incaru in turn, I reset the entire Dreaming City to keep her permanently occupied battling you. You must use these loops to find a way to permanently destroy her.|[[Medusa]]}}<ref name="r-c-a">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:[[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]], [[Lore:Truth to Power#react.7Cchoose.7Cact|react|choose|act]]''</ref>
[[File:Hive1.jpg|300px|thumb|Dûl Incaru, Daughter of Savathûn]]
As the Taken curse blighted the Dreaming City, [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]], a daughter of the Witch-Queen, took advantage of the curse to plunder the city of its secrets and more importantly, further her mother's scheme of invading the [[Distributary]] and gain godly strength.<ref name="r-c-a"/> Using [[Eleusinia]], Mara Sov's desecrated Throne World, as a staging ground and aided by the Taken and Hive sent from her aunt Xivu Arath, Dûl Incaru waged an unending battle against the Awoken led by [[Petra Venj]] but Queen Mara called upon her allies in the Guardians to fight back against the Taken curse.{{Citation needed}} After two weeks of fighting the Taken and Hive, a rift to Eleusinia was opened beneath the [[Blind Well]] that allowed the Guardians to battle the Witch-Queen's daughter. Despite the protection of her [[Darkblade|Fatesmith]]s, Dûl Incaru was killed by the Guardians.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/25)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - [[The Shattered Throne]]''</ref>

However, this seeming failure was all part of Savathûn's greater plans for the Dreaming City. After Dûl Incaru's death at the hands of the Guardians, the Dreaming City reverted to the state it had been in upon first being unsealed by the Guardian, progressing again through the same process of becoming corrupted by the Taken and culminating in another battle between Dûl Incaru and the Guardians.{{Citation needed}} This apparent time-loop, spun by Quria,<ref name="a-c-r">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Truth to Power, [[Lore:Truth to Power#act.7Cchoose.7Creact|act|choose|react]]''</ref> further Savathûn's long-term goal of amassing tribute for herself through her subordinates committing violence within spaces with looped or dilated time,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Truth to Power, [[Lore:Truth to Power#Injection|Injection]]''</ref> and also presents the Guardians with a dilemma: they can either repeatedly strike down Dûl Incaru and relive the same series of events or they can refuse to do so and allow Dûl Incaru to complete her mission.<ref name="r-c-a"/>

====Death of the Weapon Master====
{{quote|Yours, until the flame is put out and the words have been spoken.|[[The Last Word]]}}
In the [[Lost Sector]] of [[Methane Flush]] on Titan, a [[Servant of the Betrothed|servant]] of Xyor, the Unwed was found by a Guardian, sent out by the [[Drifter]], performing a strange ritual. The servant was defeated by the Guardian and dropped a helmet with a strange bullet hole through the front. The Drifter instructed the Guardian to sully their Light and then defeat the weapon master creating new Weapons of Sorrow.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[The Damnation]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Forge - [[The Draw#Step 6: A New Jagged Purpose|A New Jagged Purpose]]''</ref>

The Guardian tracked [[Enkaar, the Anointed]] to Hellrise Canyon and The Broodhold on the Tangled Shore. After three duels against the weapon master, in which Enkaar would use a Proto-Thorn and the Guardian would use [[The Last Word]], Enkaar was soon defeated and his weapon production collapsed.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of the Forge - [[The Conversation]]''</ref>

====Terror of the Sorrow-Bearer====
{{Quote|He had but one purpose: bear the Crown of Sorrow and make the Hive mine. Imagine my chagrin when his very personality was annihilated within minutes of exposure. Whatever viral language was etched into the Crown's interior had taken over. Until you ended him, he belonged to a witch.|Emperor Calus.}}
[[file:Crownsorrow.jpg|thumb|300px|Gahlran in his Kingdom of Sorrow]] 

Though Savathûn continued in her schemes in breaching the [[Distributary]] and undermining the Guardians, the Witch Queen soon found a competitor in the form of the exiled Cabal [[Emperor Calus]]. Forming a trap for the emperor, Savathûn created an artifact called the [[Crown of Sorrow]], planting the rumor that the crown could mimic Oryx's ability to Take but in reality, it would drive the wearer mad with voices and bring them under the Witch Queen's control.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of Opulence]] - Item Description: [[Shadow of War Suit#Shadow's Greaves|Shadow's Greaves]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/3)''', ''Weblore:[[Weblore:Season of Opulence|Season of Opulence]] - [[Weblore:Season of Opulence#.22Am I to Cast a Shadow.3F.22|"Am I to Cast a Shadow?"]]''</ref> Calus soon learned of the artifact's existence and as expected, the emperor desired it to further his goals. Invading one of the Hive's War Moons, Calus acquired the Crown but instead of wearing the crown himself as Savathûn predicted, the emperor granted it to one of his [[Shadows of Calus|Shadow]] agents, [[Gahlran]].The emperor specifically bred Gahlran to bear the Crown and its powers, hoping that the artifact would allow Gahlran to command the Hive, thereby furthering Calus's goals.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Season of Opulence - Item Description: [[Shadow of War Suit#Shadow's Gauntlets|Shadow's Gauntlets]]''</ref> Unfortunately, the Crown, as it was designed, drove Gahlran completely mad, who then brought a large infestation of the Hive upon Calus's personal ship, [[The Leviathan]].{{Citation needed}}

Though Calus was angered that Gahlran was consumed by the Crown, realizing that Savathûn had tricked him, the emperor called upon his Guardian allies to put the newly named Sorrow-Bearer down before he could do any more damage.<ref>'''Bungie (2019