Nixis, Hunger of Oryx

"The Fallen found the Prison of Elders, but then the Taken found the Fallen. Too bad for them. The Archon Priest was better off in the Prison."

- Ghost

Nixis, Hunger of Oryx is a Taken Captain who serves as the main boss of the Taken version of the Winter's Run Strike introduced in the April Update.

Gameplay
Nixis is more dangerous than his Fallen counterpart due to additional abilities. For ranged combat, he uses an Arc Shrapnel Launcher with great accuracy and stopping power over long distances. Guardians that get too close will either be knocked back or killed by his Ultra Smash, in which Nixis performs a ground stomp that creates a large area-of-effect shockwave. If so willing to close the gap and use this attack, or wanting to make a withdrawal, he can rapidly teleport in unpredictable directions, throwing off the player's aim. This can make it very difficult for a Guardian to keep him pinned down in one spot.

In addition, like Taken Captains, Nixis can send out a Darkness Bolt that will blind and deafen Guardians that he hits, and he will summon Taken Blights throughout the battle to get support from his minions. These blights will also disable agility and recovery for Guardians who step in them. However, like Aksor, Nixis can be temporarily stunned by hard-hitting headshots from weapons like 1000 Yard Stare and the Sleeper Simulant, allowing the player the opportunity for a series of follow-up shots that can help whittle away at his health until he is killed.

Trivia

 * Nixis is the first of the two Taken bosses to replace the usual final boss (in the case of Winter's Run, Aksor, Archon Priest) at the end of a Taken version of a strike. Other strikes with Taken versions, including Dust Palace, The Undying Mind, and Cerberus Vae III, replace most standard enemy encounters with Taken, but retain the same boss. The second boss to do so was Sekrion, Subverted Mind in The Nexus redux.
 * Nixis's presence indicates the House of Winter tried to break out a second Archon Priest after both Draksis's and Aksor's deaths, as well as Skolas's defeat. This makes them the only recorded House to ever attempt a break in twice, meaning the Prison's security is less than adequate.
 * Nixis's House is unknown. However, it can be inferred that they likely were once a Wolf noble from their incarceration in the Prison of Elders.

List of appearances

 * Destiny
 * The Taken King
 * April Update