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{{quote|The process is simple: an aperture opens, like a jaw, and swallows a living thing. It passes into — another place. Later, it returns. What returns is... I try to use the word 'shadow' but Eris hisses at me ''[...]'' insists that these Taken are more real, somehow. She uses words like inhabited, exalted, rendered final... ''[...]'' My Hidden tell me that the Taken shine with seething, negative light. As if the universe is curling up around them. As if they radiate some pathology that decays into our world as nothingness... The Taken serve Oryx. But I think those jaws lead elsewhere.|[[Ikora Rey]]<ref name="Taken">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/The_Taken#The_Taken|The Taken]]''</ref>}} | {{quote|The process is simple: an aperture opens, like a jaw, and swallows a living thing. It passes into — another place. Later, it returns. What returns is... I try to use the word 'shadow' but Eris hisses at me ''[...]'' insists that these Taken are more real, somehow. She uses words like inhabited, exalted, rendered final... ''[...]'' My Hidden tell me that the Taken shine with seething, negative light. As if the universe is curling up around them. As if they radiate some pathology that decays into our world as nothingness... The Taken serve Oryx. But I think those jaws lead elsewhere.|[[Ikora Rey]]<ref name="Taken">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/The_Taken#The_Taken|The Taken]]''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Taken''' are [[Darkness]]-corrupted entities originating from multiple species that have been warped into the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]] and paracausally altered to serve their given purpose. Originally serving [[The Witness]] and used by [[Oryx, the Taken King]] as his personal army, they have | The '''Taken''' are [[Darkness]]-corrupted entities originating from multiple species that have been warped into the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]] and paracausally altered to serve their given purpose. Originally serving [[The Witness]], and later used by [[Oryx, the Taken King]] as his personal army, they have now come under the sway of various Darkness-aligned entities in the wake of Oryx's defeat, including [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]], [[Quria, Blade Transform]], [[Xivu Arath|Xivu Arath, God of War]], the Taken [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]], and most recently [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness]]. [[The Drifter (character)|The Drifter]], a rogue human [[Light]]bearer known for experimenting with the [[Darkness]], has also managed to achieve a level of temporary control over the Taken, while the [[Nine]] can create their own counterfeit Taken out of dark matter. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||