Oryx, the Taken King: Difference between revisions

In [[The Witch Queen]] the Hive Ghost [[Fynch]] led the Guardian to a [[Temple of the Navigator|temple]] Savathûn had built in her [[Savathûn's Throne World|throne world]] and dedicated to her brother. Guarded by Oryx's foster son [[Alak-Hul, the Darkblade|Alak-Hul]] now resurrected in the Light as the Lightblade, it houses an enormous statue of Oryx defeating Akka. More importantly to the mission, though, it also turned out to be the resting spot of one of the Tablets of Ruin. As the Guardian made their investigation into how the Witch Queen and her [[Lucent Brood]] managed to claim the Light, the tablet they acquired from the temple showed them her plan to steal the Traveler but more so they learned that Oryx's sister had refused to take her brother's place as master of the Taken and on going back on the decision they had made millennia ago.

{{Hide|title= Season of the Deep Spoilers|When Titan returned to the solar system after being absorbed by the Witness's powers, Oryx's body was found on the seabed. After stopping an attempt by the Lucent Brood to revive the Taken King, a team of the Hidden descended into the abyss to recover body samples for analysis. Following this were found concentrations of Taken energy in the cellular structure and a Darkness still active but without direction and willpower, still capable of inducing hallucinations to those that came near it. This allowed the body to absorb knowledge and memories but not to react. Furthermore, the biological mass of the corpse demonstrated a slow but active mitosis, which led the body to grow and change even without a mind. Despite the Hidden's advice to dispose of the body, Ikora decided to extract the corpse and hide it in a secure Vanguard site as she did with Savathun. <ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/26)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]], Item Description: [[Striders of the Taken King]]''</ref>}}