Golden Amputation

The Golden Amputation was an ancient conflict that ensued between the early Hive and an avian species of "sun ravens" known as the Taishibethi.

Events
The Golden Amputation first began when the Hive began to ram their black war moons into the Taishibethi's silver orbitals and gleaming star-webs, where infant Taishibethi sun ravens were destroyed unborn. Meanwhile, in his throne world Oryx paced ten times. On the first pace, Kraghoor sent the accursed to blight the Taishibethi worlds. On the second pace, the Tai unleashed their battleplates and arsenal ships to fight the Hive moons. On the third pace, Oryx’s Warpriest met them in battle, and were victorious, painting the void with fire, and salting the earth with ash. On the fourth pace, Mengoor and Cra’adug, dyad knights, went down to the Raven Bridge, and killed the Tai for ten years. On the fifth pace, the Tai Emperor Raven came home to her Bridge, and cut one of the Hive war moons with her talons, cutting it open and killing its brood. On the sixth pace, Oryx spoke, saying: "listen to me, Emperor Raven, and I will describe to you the Last True Shape, which is written on my tablet." And he put out his fist, full of black fire, and Took the Emperor Raven with a wound. On the seventh pace, the Emperor Raven, now the Perfect Raven came out of Oryx’s wound, and spread her wings across Taishibeth. On the eighth pace, the Tai said, "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." On the ninth pace, Oryx said, "this is the only god, this ability to dictate what will and will not exist, this power to go on existing. This is your god. It is never ticklish." On the tenth and final pace the Taishibethi were extinct.

Trivia
The Orbitals and Star Webs of the Taishibethi bear similar resemblance to the Precursor star roads in Halo.