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|name= Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn

|othernames= Herald of Xol (formerly)<br>Son of Oryx<br>The Unfavored<br>The Disowned Son<br>The Cursed One<br>The Child<br/>Breaker of Pacts<br/>Usurper of the Ordered Way <br> The High Priest

|species= [[Hive]]

|ability= Dying Star <br> Darkness Smash <br> Darkness Lift <br> Crystal Shield <br> Darkness Blast <br> Grasp of Darkness <br> High Durability <br> Shadow Vanish <br> Teleportation <br> Summon Hive <br> Summon [[Ugul Gar Knight]]

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'''Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn''', previously known as '''Nokris, Herald of Xol''', is a [[Hive]] God<ref name="GhostScan"/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>, the estranged second son of [[Oryx, the Taken King]]<ref name="NarPre">[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/46779 '''Bungie''' - ''Destiny 2 Narrative Preview'']</ref> and the former herald of the [[Worm]] God, [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]]. Exiled by Oryx for his heresies, Nokris later traveled to [[Mars]] and was imprisoned in the polar ice by the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]]. <ref>[https://www.destinythegame.com/expansion2 '''Destiny the Game''' - ''Expansion Pass 2'']</ref> Following Xol abandoning Nokris in favor of the [[Guardian]]s, the former herald pledged his allegiance to his aunt [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]] in a bid to end the Hive's reliance on the Worms and the [[Darkness]]. This bid also features the terrifying trade of Nokris willing to teach Savathûn Necromancy in exchange for "Sight in the [[Quria, Blade Transform|Dreaming Mind's]] talent" - likely the ability to [[Taken|Take]].

===War with The Warmind===

After the deaths of Oryx and Crota, and the end of the [[Red War]], Nokris and his master were awakened when their entrapping ice began to melt; an effect of the [[Traveler]]'s waking. Together, they sought the destruction of the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]] for their imprisonment and engaged once more with the Warmind. However, interference came in the form of the [[Guardian]] working with [[Ana Bray]]. Nokris encountered the Guardian during their mission of using a small shard of the Traveler as bait to lure Xol out and destroy him. However, Nokris faced them instead and fought the Guardian in a fierce battle. Despite his power, Nokris was incinerated by the Guardian, having failed to protect Xol from its destruction.

==Gameplay==

Nokris is the boss of the [[Strange Terrain]] mission and is encountered at [[Xol, Will of the Thousands|Xol's]] feeding grounds. He fights primarily by firing Solar blasts at the player and occasionally summoning Hive to assist him. For very third of his health depleted, Nokris will break two of the pillars in the arena and retreat to the gate at the front of the battlefield. Nokris will proceed to shield himself in an immunity shield. To break the shield, the player must find the large green crystal that came out of one of the two pillars Nokris broke, find the recently resurrected [[Ugul Gar Knight]]s, kill them, and throw the dropped relic at one of the crystals and then the next to stun Nokris and take down his shield. In the [[strike]] version of the mission, two crystals will spawn every phase. During the first immunity phase, he will stand still while summoning Hive, during his second phase, he will begin firing darkness blasts at rapid succession, and at his last phase, he will begin moving around the arena, using his Dying Star ability.