Morgeth, the Spirekeeper

Morgeth, the Spirekeeper
Biographical information
Species:	Taken
Rank:	Ultra
Class:	Taken Ogre
Gender:	Male
Combat information
Mission:	Last Wish
Abilities:	Rotten Surge Axion Darts Initial Immunity Umbral Enervation Grandeur of Morgeth Taken Strength Ground Slam High Durability Summon Taken

"Well, lookit that. Another Taken wants you dead. Shucks. They'll never forget what you did to their king."

— The Drifter

Morgeth, the Spirekeeper is an enormous, powerful Taken Ogre which serves as the enforcer of Riven's corruption in the Dreaming City, and the guard of the City's main tower, the Keep of Voices. He is the third boss of the Last Wish Raid.

Gameplay

Main article: Last Wish § Morgeth, the Spirekeeper

After the encounter begins when someone collects a portion of Taken strength, Morgeth will rise and start focusing on the players with its Rotten Surge. He will also call in various Taken for support, including Taken Psions, Taken Ogres, and a special variant of Taken Captains known as the Eye of Riven that will drop Taken Essence when killed. During the encounter, large clusters of Darkness will appear on the battlefield which will begin pouring strength into Morgeth, increasing his strength. If Morgeth ever reaches 100% strength, he will cast Grandeur of Morgeth and invoke the death of all Guardians there, instantly wiping the encounter. To stop this ritual, Guardians must jump into and collect these clusters which will grant a stack of "Taken Strength" and prevent Morgeth from getting strength from that source. Guardians can only handle two stacks of strength as if they possess any more than two they are instantly killed. If a Guardian with Taken Strength is killed, their lost Taken Strength returns to the battlefield and begins to strengthen Morgeth again.

Once enough of his strength sources have been collected, Morgeth will target any single Guardian that has Taken Strength with Umbral Enervation, which halts all movement and will instantly kill them if not freed in fifteen seconds. Another Guardian must pick up the Taken Essence dropped by an Eye of Riven and cleanse the trapped Guardian, which will allow them to move as well as being able to use it to make Morgeth damagable by shooting him when five Guardians have two stacks of "Taken Strength" each. Mogeth prefers to target Guardians with two stacks of Taken Strength, only targeting a Guardian with one if no Guardians have two stacks of Taken Strength. During the damage phase, Morgeth will launch swarms of Axiom Darts at the Guardians out of the Blight-swollen sacks on his back, which also serve as his crit spots. If Morgeth is not felled by the end of damage phase, his immunity shield will remanifest and the encounter will loop. Morgeth does not have an enrage timer, allowing for as many encounter loops as needed.

Trivia

• Morgeth's name is similar to the name of Vorgeth, the Boundless Hunger, as well as Morgath, Lore-Keeper
  • His name is also very similar to Morgoth from Lord of the Rings.
• Morgeth is by far the largest Ogre the Guardians have fought.
• Morgeth has a large pulsing mass on his back that grows larger and pulses more as he gathers more Taken strength. This is very similar to how the strike boss, Malok, Pride of Oryx's head will pulsate and grow larger as it is damaged more.
• Morgeth shares a unique trait with Keksis, the Betrayed where neither possess a large single Taken eye. Though Morgeth's rotten surge does make him appear to have one, though this is just its firing effect.

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Appearance

• Destiny 2: Forsaken (First appearance)