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The power to create Taken is granted by the Darkness itself, and is bestowed only to its most formidable servants. The process of Taking involves summoning a portal or aperture that rips an individual out of the universe and transports them to an unknown location within the [[Ascendant Plane]]<ref>[[Destiny 2]] adventure: [[Unexpected Guests]]</ref>. There, the Taken-possessed victim is met by the will of whomever Took them, 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"/> | The power to create Taken is granted by the Darkness itself, and is bestowed only to its most formidable servants. The process of Taking involves summoning a portal or aperture that rips an individual out of the universe and transports them to an unknown location within the [[Ascendant Plane]]<ref>[[Destiny 2]] adventure: [[Unexpected Guests]]</ref>. There, the Taken-possessed victim is met by the will of whomever Took them, 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"/> | ||
The Taken constantly exude a substance called [[Blight]], which resembles a shadowy liquid or gas charged with energy. Wherever Taken have become entrenched, spherical aggregations of Blight are commonly seen; these seem to serve a variety of purposes, including shield generators, area-denial, and interdimensional communication nodes. | Taken are composed of sterile neutrinos and resemble their former selves for the most part, but are ghost-like, shadowed and eerily glowing, with a blindingly bright orb typically obscuring their facial features. Many Taken are seen to shiver or twitch in a disturbing manner, and their vocalizations are warped into shrieks and howls. Over time, exceptionally powerful Taken have been seen to grow pairs of black, curving spikes from their bodies. | ||
The Taken constantly exude a substance called [[Blight]], which resembles a shadowy liquid or gas charged with energy. Wherever Taken have become entrenched, spherical aggregations of Blight are commonly seen; these seem to serve a variety of purposes, including shield generators, area-denial, and interdimensional communication nodes. Taken can also create artificial projections in the form of '''echoes''', which are shadowy imitations of enemies such as [[Shadow Thralls]] and [[Shadowbeast]]s. Some echoes are powerful enough to take the form of [[Likeness of Oryx|Oryx]] and his [[Likeness of Nokris|son]]. | |||
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> | 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> | ||