Lucent Brood

"Tell me, oh honored guest... how did you do it? How did you find the strength to destroy something so like yourself? To look in a mirror, and kill what looked back?"

- Savathûn, the Witch Queen to the Young Wolf

The Lucent Brood or the Lucent Hive is a Hive sect found within Savathûn's Throne World. They are distinguishable by their dark blue/alabaster white armor, grey skin, and feature spike-like armor.

Uniquely among the Hive, the Lucent Brood have been gifted with the powers of the Light and are capable of raising some of their members from the dead as Hive Lightbearers through the use of their own Ghosts. Even their living members could be imbued with Light by Lucent Moths, increasing their power. They play a prominent role in The Witch Queen and Season of the Risen expansions.

Structure
The organization of the Lucent Brood appears to be largely unchanged from the standards set down by Oryx in the Books of Sorrow, with a hierarchy of powerful Knights and Wizards leading groups of Acolytes and Thralls, and their patron god, in this case Savathûn, the Witch-Queen, holding absolute authority. Even the worms and the tithe system remain in place, at least for the regular Hive. However, the presence of Lightbearers in the hierarchy has had unexpected effects on these. Light exerts a "negative pressure" on the tithe system, moving down the hierarchy of its own accord such that even living Thralls may be infused with traces of Light. Furthermore, the worms of such infused Hive appear to be sated indefinitely and make no further demands for bloodshed or violence, as one affected Thrall claimed. The presence of Light within non-Lightbearers was initially mistaken for theft, leading to several summary executions. Whether or not Lightbearer Hive still have their worms has not been stated.

Despite the key role Ghosts play in the strength of the Lucent Brood, they generally receive little respect from their Lightbearers, in contrast as to how Guardians generally treat their Ghosts as friends and confidants. The Lightbearer Wizard Ubartu-ana treated his Ghost with contempt and suspicion, and named them Krill as an insulting comparison to the "small and useless" proto-Hive species. Krill's discovery of Lucent Moths was later credited to Ubartu-ana. The Hive Ghost Specter felt that "Hive prefer talking to their own and don't respond to things—even things that bring them back from the dead," and assumed their partner, Nabenki, had fallen ill when they began behaving more respectfully towards them.

This attitude is not without exceptions, as seen most notably with Savathûn and her Ghost Immaru, who considered each other friends and equals. Furthermore, Immaru's status as First Ghost gives him command authority over the Lucent Hive, even after Savathûn's death, and he can frequently be heard giving orders to Hive soldiers during patrols in Savathûn's Throne World.

Leadership

 * Savathûn, the Witch Queen
 * Immaru
 * Savathûn's Right Hand

Hive Lightbearers

 * Alak-Hul, the Lightblade
 * Grutuk
 * Hathrek, the Glasweard
 * Ken
 * Kish-Agesor, the Bright Burn
 * Korosek, Thronebringer
 * Luzaku
 * Euloch
 * Mor'ak, Lightstealer
 * Nabenki
 * Sok'tol, Fifth of the Light
 * Ubartu-ana
 * Krill
 * Urukthalyn
 * Uul'nath, Lightcleanser
 * Xavol

Hive Champions

 * Atan Maht, Margrave of Erasure
 * Balhoth, Keeper of Memory
 * Bar-Zel, Tutelary of Savathûn
 * Bor'gong, Warden of the Spring
 * Gee'yom, Resonant Saboteur
 * Golmag, Warden of the Spring
 * Hadragal, Keeper of Memory
 * Ir Akraht, Light Harvester
 * Ir Olena, Moth Keeper
 * Ir Valoch, Lucent Stalker
 * Ishaya, High Slayer
 * Naaruz, Third Seeker of Silence
 * Witch's Eye, Keeper of Memory
 * Xirash, Keeper of Memory

Former Members

 * Fynch

Unique Forces
Major variants
 * Lightbearer Acolyte
 * Lucent Archivist
 * Secret of Severed Flesh
 * Lightbearer Knight
 * Lightblade's Warrior
 * Lucent Archivist
 * Secret of Severed Flesh
 * Lightbearer Wizard
 * Lightkeeper
 * Lucent Archivist
 * Lucent Portalguard
 * Secret of Severed Flesh

Minor variants


 * Lucent Moth
 * Thrall variants
 * Revenant Thrall
 * Cursed Thrall variants
 * Revenant Cursed Thrall
 * Acolyte variants
 * Revenant Acolyte
 * Knight variants
 * Barrier Guard
 * Barrier Knight
 * Blistered Knight
 * Lightblade's Disciple
 * Lighthoarder
 * Lucent Reliquist
 * Lucent Swordbearer
 * Resonant Thief
 * Revenant Knight
 * Tribute Bearer


 * Wizard variants
 * Blistered Wizard
 * Butcher of the Spring
 * Patron of the Spring
 * Resonant Keeper
 * Resonant Thief
 * Revenant Wizard
 * Threadweaver
 * Tribute Bearer
 * Ogre variants
 * Blistered Ogre
 * Brilliant Sentry
 * Light-Burned Ogre
 * Lucent Gatekeeper
 * Revenant Ogre
 * Tribute Bearer
 * Unstoppable Ogre
 * Shrieker variants
 * Luminous Eye

Gallery
Hive Lightbearers

Trivia

 * The Hive Brood's appearance seems to mimic members of the previous Broods of Sol rather than their ancestral counterparts.
 * In the trailers for Witch Queen, it has been observed that the Hive of this brood possess blue eyes instead of the usual green. This may be connected to the Brood using the light in contrast to the other Hive wielding the Darkness.
 * This has been proven false with the release of The Witch Queen, as many of their rank-in-file are shown with green eyes. The exceptions are Hive Lightbearers, whose eye color matches the element of their super.
 * The three main examples of Lightbearing Hive (Knight, Wizard, and Acolyte) are analogues of the three guardian classes (Titan, Warlock, and Hunter, respectively).

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2
 * The Witch Queen
 * Season of the Risen