Editing Osmium King

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The '''Osmium King''' was a [[Hive#Origins|Krill]] who ruled the floating continent called the Osmium Court on the gas giant [[Fundament]]. He had three surviving daughters, [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]], and [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]], who were tutored by [[Taox]].

==Biography==
It is unknown how long the Osmium King reigned over the [[Osmium Court]] or who preceded him. At some point he fathered a number of broods of offspring who eventually perished. His final brood, consisting of Xi Ro, Sathona, and Aurash, is the only one known to have survived.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#I: Predators|I: Predators]]''</ref> The Osmium King was known to wear a set of three-eyed goggles to shield his eyes from Fundament's constant lightning storms.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXIII: When do monsters have dreams|XXXIII: When do monsters have dreams]]''</ref> He also kept a dead white [[Worm]], which had washed up on the Court's shores, on his person as a familiar.<ref>'''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 him, it was [[The Witness|the Witness]] who caused this worm familiar to drift into the Osmium Court.{{Citation needed}}

By the time the Osmium King had reached ten years of age, a lifetime for the short-lived Krill species, he had become senile and insane. In his madness he had begun to lock himself in the Royal Orrery and obsess over the orbits of Fundament's 52 moons.<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> He feared that their orbits were being altered somehow and would align to form the Syzygy, which in turn would create a massive tidal wave that would destroy all of Fundament's civilizations. He learned this information from the Witness, who was whispering to him through the worm familiar and warning him that a God-Wave was form as result of the syzygy. He confided his fears in Aurash, who would later resolve to find a way to stop the Syzygy.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#IV: Syzygy|IV: Syzygy]]''</ref>
Taox, a sterile Mother and the teacher of the royal offspring, knew the Osmium King's death was imminent, but feared that all of his daughters were too wayward and weak to ascend to the Osmium Throne and rule effectively. Secretly, she invited the rival [[Helium Drinkers]] of the [[Helium Court]] to invade the Osmium Court, assassinate the royal family, and make her regent of the continent under the Helium King.<ref name="Hate"/> The Helium Drinkers subsequently invaded and killed the Osmium King, though the King's daughters managed to escape, vowing to one day return and take revenge on Taox for her treachery.<ref name="Oath"/>

==Family==
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==Trivia==
*Though unnamed, during the [[Dungeon]] [[Ghosts of the Deep]], one of the Calcified Fragments recording Xivu Arath's thoughts mentions "the cold eyes of our mother". This is the first, and so far only, mention of the mate of the Osmium King.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Ghosts of the Deep#Calcified Fragments|Ghosts of the Deep]]''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]]'' {{mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Heresy]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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