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The process of Taking involves summoning a portal or aperture that rips an individual out of the universe and transports them to the [[Ascendant Plane]]<ref>[[Destiny 2]] adventure: [[Unexpected Guests]]</ref>. There, the victim is spoken to by an unknown interlocutor, presumably either the Witness or the Darkness itself, who offers them a way to overcome their former weaknesses. The Taken being then returns to their original universe with new paracausal abilities and a compulsion to serve the one that Took them.<ref name="Taken"/> Other, less immediate methods of Taking involve the use of [[Blight]]s. Taking has also been used as a form of necromancy, resurrecting [[Drevis, Wolf Baroness|long]] [[Urzok, the Hated|dead]] [[Valus Ta'aurc|creatures]] [[Val Ca'uor|in service]] of the Darkness.
The process of Taking involves summoning a portal or aperture that rips an individual out of the universe and transports them to the [[Ascendant Plane]]<ref>[[Destiny 2]] adventure: [[Unexpected Guests]]</ref>. There, the victim is spoken to by an unknown interlocutor, presumably either the Witness or the Darkness itself, who offers them a way to overcome their former weaknesses. The Taken being then returns to their original universe with new paracausal abilities and a compulsion to serve the one that Took them.<ref name="Taken"/> Other, less immediate methods of Taking involve the use of [[Blight]]s. Taking has also been used as a form of necromancy, resurrecting [[Drevis, Wolf Baroness|long]] [[Urzok, the Hated|dead]] [[Valus Ta'aurc|creatures]] [[Val Ca'uor|in service]] of the Darkness.


Taken versions of enemies have radically different behaviors from their standard counterparts, including new abilities designed to counter Guardian abilities. Groups of Taken can be allied with members of different species.<ref>[http://planetdestiny.com/taken-king-analysis/ '''Planet Destiny''': The Taken King Trailer Analysis]</ref> In ''[[Destiny]]'', after their introduction, they appear all over the [[Solar System]] as part of the [[Taken War]]<ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-30-the-taken-king-is-the-expansion-destiny-has-been-waiting-for '''Eurogamer''': The Taken King is the Expansion Destiny has been waiting for]</ref><ref>[http://planetdestiny.com/sleeper-simulant-perks/ '''Planet Destiny''': Sleeper Stimulant Gameplay & Perks]</ref>. In ''[[Destiny 2]]'', they appear in force in the [[European Dead Zone]], on [[Io]] and in the [[Dreaming City]], though they can be found elsewhere too for specific activities.
Taken versions of enemies have radically different behaviors from their standard counterparts, including new abilities designed to counter Guardian abilities. Groups of Taken can be mixed with members of different species,<ref>[http://planetdestiny.com/taken-king-analysis/ '''Planet Destiny''': The Taken King Trailer Analysis]</ref> and can appear on [[Earth]], [[Venus]], [[Mars]], [[Dreadnaught]] and [[Io]] in most activities; on the [[Moon]], in select [[Destiny]] [[Story]] missions and certain [[Patrol]] activites in both [[Destiny]] and [[Destiny 2]].<ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-30-the-taken-king-is-the-expansion-destiny-has-been-waiting-for '''Eurogamer''': The Taken King is the Expansion Destiny has been waiting for]</ref><ref>[http://planetdestiny.com/sleeper-simulant-perks/ '''Planet Destiny''': Sleeper Stimulant Gameplay & Perks]</ref>


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