Taishibethi
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- "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."
- — The Taishibethi[1]
The Taishibethi (or Tai) were an intelligent avain species described as "sun ravens" native to the planet Taishibeth. They were destroyed by the Hive in a conflict called the Golden Amputation.[1]
Overview[edit]
The avian Taishibethi arose on the planet Taishibeth and eventually established an advanced spacefaring civilization that encompassed multiple worlds. They constructed silver orbitals and golden structures called "star-webs" in which infant Taishibethi gestated and hatched from eggs. Their capital was known as Raven's Bridge.
Their military technology included "battleplates" and "arsenal ships"; their culture had beautiful clothing and famed cuisine; and they were ruled by the Tai Emperor Raven, said to be powerful enough to "tickle the gods" with a feather.
Their fall was said to be the "end of an age", indicating that perhaps it was their equivalent to the Golden Age, and the Amputation was its end.[1]
The Golden Amputation[edit]
The Hive invaded Taishibethi space at some point[note 1] following their obliteration of the Ecumene, using their war moons to ram Taishibethi orbitals and star webs whilst sending Cursed Thralls to blight their worlds. The Warpriest in particular proved victorious against them, consistently winning battles, while the Knights Mengoor and Cra'adug slaughtered Tai at their capital. Oryx remained in his throne world, dictating the course of battle in a ritual designed for eventual communion with the Darkness.
The war went poorly for the Taishibethi until their Emperor returned after an unexplained absence and took back her Bridge, and obliterated a Hive war moon singlehandedly, slaying all within. Before she could press the advantage, Oryx met and transformed her into a Taken, known thereafter as the Perfect Raven, and set her upon her own subjects.
From that point on Tai morale failed and they subsequently were utterly defeated and rendered extinct, ending the Golden Amputation.[1] In the aftermath of this war, Oryx gained his audience with the Deep.[2]
Trivia[edit]
- The description of the Tai as "sun ravens" may be drawn from the three-legged crow Yatagarasu of East Asian mythology, which was similarly a corvid strongly associated with the sun.
- The description of "golden star-webs" indicates this technology may have been their term for a Dyson swarm, a collection of satellites and solar collectors arranged in a dense orbit around a star to collect its energy output, indicating the Taishibethi may have been, at the very least, a Type 2 on the Kardashev scale.
Appearance[edit]
- Destiny: The Taken King (First mentioned) (Mentioned only)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, XXX: a golden amputation
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, XXXI: battle made waves
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Ten thousand years" is spoken of in the Grimoire, but whether this refers to the length of the Golden Amputation itself or since the destruction of the Ecumene is unclear.
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