Editing Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx

{{Boss infobox
|name= Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx
|image=[[File:Crota Nightmare Infobox.jpg|300px]]
|species= [[Hive]]
|rank= [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Knight]]
|faction= [[Nightmare]]s
|mission= [[A Mysterious Disturbance]] <br> [[Beyond (mission)|Beyond]] <br> [[Nightmare Hunt: Despair]] <br> [[The Visitation]]
|weapon= {{icon|Kinetic}} [[Cleaver#Sword of Crota|Sword of Crota]]
|ability= Immunity Shield <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> {{icon|Arc}} Darkness Blast <br> Summon [[Hive]] <br> Summon [[Swordbearer Nightmare]]s <br> Summon [[Nightmare Thrall]]
}}

{{Quote|One by one, [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]] slaughtered many [[Guardian]]s. The [[Light]] stood by and did nothing. And a [[Great Disaster]] ensued. In Light, there is only death.|[[The Witness]] to [[the Guardian]], upon banishing the Nightmare of Crota}}

'''Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx''' is a [[Nightmare]] of [[Crota, Son of Oryx]] that appears in the ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' expansion. It appears as one of the three major Nightmares, along with [[Nightmare of Dominus Ghaul]] and [[Nightmare of the Fanatic]]. He appeared three times in the expansion, having a more prominent, central appearance in the activity [[Nightmare Hunt]]: Despair, on the [[Moon]].<ref name="Despair">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Nightmare Hunt]]: [[Nightmare Hunt: Despair|Despair]]''</ref>

==Biography==
The Nightmare of Crota is one of the first Nightmares encountered by [[the Guardian]]. After being unable to get closer to the [[The Lunar Pyramid|Lunar Pyramid]] due to an energy spike too heavy to pass through, the Nightmare of Crota will form from it and engage the Guardian, but to their [[The Ghost|Ghost's]] surprise. After a long fight, the Guardian manages to down the Nightmare of Crota, only for it to regenerate and call in Nightmares of Ghaul and Fikrul. Fortunately, Eris managed to teleport the Guardian away.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - [[A Mysterious Disturbance]]''</ref>

Eventually, the Guardian creates a set of [[Dreambane Suit]] that allows them to enter the Pyramid. After successfully destroying the Nightmares of [[Dominus Ghaul]] and [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]], the Guardian finally confronts the final Nightmare of one of their most dangerous foes. History repeats as they defeat the Nightmare of Crota like his final defeat, allowing the Guardian to reach the center of the Pyramid, gaining an audience with the [[Darkness]] itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - [[Beyond (mission)|Beyond]]''</ref>

Following this encounter, the Guardians, under [[Eris Morn]]'s instructions, conduct Nightmare Hunts to keep the Pyramid's influence at bay. The Pyramid's power continually brings back the Nightmare of Crota, representing the Essence of Despair, forcing the Guardians to battle with the Hive Prince again. After a daring struggle, the Guardians use Crota's blades again to weaken and then finally banish the Nightmare.<ref name="Despair"/>

Years later, the Guardian confronted the three Nightmares of Crota, Ghaul, and Fikrul again while searching the Pyramid for signs of the lost [[Ghost]], [[Balthazar]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Final Shape]] - [[The Visitation]]''</ref>

==Appearance==
The Nightmare of Crota looks much different than his original appearance in [[Crota's End]], with a far more physical look with chitin and armor, instead of the ethereal and unique appearance he last appeared with. Along with that, his color scheme was changed from light green with some yellow hues on his horns to pure green armor with a dark green skin color underneath. Along with this, he is slimmer and slightly smaller compared to his original appearance, with his proportions being more in line with other [[Ultra]] rank [[Knight]]s. Crota's head also was slimmed down, and the horns were adjusted upwards with added chin guards around his mouth, with his mouth properly looking more in line with most Hive.

==Trivia==
*In the promotional trailer and early builds of Shadowkeep, the Nightmare of Crota's appearance looked similar to [[Thalnok, Fanatic of Crota]], which had a brownish skin color like most Hive instead of the solid dark green skin color his gameplay model has.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVk4PkTG99o '''YouTube''': ''Bungie ViDoc - Out of the Shadows'']</ref>
*The Nightmare of Crota in the game has a solid body that looks much more physical than Crota's "ghostly"-like original form in [[The Dark Below]].
**The reason behind this would be due to the Nightmare appearing as Crota did during the Great Disaster, but the one as seen in his [[Oversoul Throne|Throne World]] is weaker due to a matter concerning a dispute between a Knight of [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] and a Knight of [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Weblore]]:[[Weblore:Shadowkeep|Shadowkeep]] - [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#Dust|Dust]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Destiny2-shadowkeep-crota.jpg|Nightmare of Crota in a Shadowkeep trailer
File:Nightmare Crota.jpg|Concept model of the Nightmare of Crota
File:Nightmare Crota Close-up.jpg|Close up of the Nightmare of Crota's face
File:Crota2.jpg|The Nightmare in-combat
File:Nightmare of Crota Throne World.jpg|The Nightmare of Crota within a Nightmare reconstruction of his [[Oversoul Throne]]
File:Crota-Phantasm.png|The Nightmare of Crota in an early build of Shadowkeep with the old name of Nightmares, being Phantasm, and his old design.

</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]''

==References==
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