Editing Thalnok, Fanatic of Crota

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|name= Thalnok, Fanatic of Crota
|image=[[File:Grimoire Thalnok.jpg|300px]]
|species= [[Hive]]
|faction=[[Blood of Oryx]] 
|rank= [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Knight]]
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|weapon= {{Icon|Kinetic}} [[Cleaver]]
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{{Quote|I create Thalnok to My Court / So that I may observe my son / by faithful, foolish proxy / Listen — The last true shape depends on, asks for, venerates nothing.|[[Oryx, the Taken King]]}}

'''Thalnok, Fanatic of Crota''' is a [[Hive]] [[Knight]] that appears as a boss in the [[Court of Oryx]]. Like [[Crota]], Thalnok can only be killed using a sword that appears in the middle of the arena. 

==Biography==
When [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]] was exiled for inadvertedly unleashing the [[Vex]] aboard his father's [[Dreadnaught|throne world]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XL:_An_Emperor_For_All_Outcomes|XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes]]''</ref> Thalnok attempted to impersonate [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]] in order to gain favor with [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. Amused at Thalnok's attempts to mantle his son, Oryx played along and raised him to his [[Court of Oryx|court]]; serving as a proxy to observe his absent son.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted_Hive#Thalnok, Fanatic of Crota|Thalnok, Fanatic of Crota]]''</ref>

Thalnok would be one of several [[Ascendant Hive]] in Oryx's court that engaged the [[Guardians]] in battle aboard the Dreadnaught, similarly ending him to the God-Knight with the Hive's own [[Cleaver]]s turned against him.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Court of Oryx]]''</ref>

==Gameplay==
Thalnok is reminiscent of Crota in terms of both appearance and battle techniques. He wields a gigantic Cleaver that can kill any Guardians in one hit, so keep your distance. He will also summon both [[Hive]] and [[Taken]] throughout the fight and support them by pelting Darkness Blasts from afar. There will be a sword-bearing Knight named [[Hagrist, Blade's Edge]], who must be killed to pick up the sword relic. To attack him with the sword, Thalnok's shield must be broken down, which will take quite a bit of firepower to do, but once it happens, he will fall to his knees, allowing the Guardian who picked up the sword to rush in and slash him until either his shield recharges or he is killed. Multiple sword runs may be required to defeat Thalnok.

==Trivia==
*Thalnok is the only character in the Taken King expansion to have a title that refers to [[Crota]].
*Thalnok can be seen briefly in the mission, [[The Dreadnaught]] at the Court of Oryx after you disable the Dreadnaught Weapon. You don't get any chance to fight him as he immediately leaves after you spot him.
*There was a near unavoidable bug when Thalnok was first released where no enemies would spawn after the sword was used for the first time, leaving Thalnok unbeatable until the timer ran out. This was later patched however the bug can still rarely occur if enough particle effects crowd the arena while the sword is being used.

==Appearance==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}}

==Reference==
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