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|name= Spawn of Crota

|realm= [[Cosmodrome]] <br> [[The Plaguelands]] <br> [[Mare Imbrium]] <br> [[Oversoul Throne]]

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{{Quote|Crota's spawn will snuff out the worlds of Light, and Oryx's coming shall be unfettered.|[[Osiris]]}}

They are primary force found in the depths of the [[Hellmouth]] on the [[Moon]] and in Crota's [[Oversoul Throne|throne world]]. In the base game, they play a minor role, but serve as the main antagonists of ''[[The Dark Below]]'' expansion as they prepare their invasion of [[Earth]] and the return of Crota.

==History==

===Ancient Past===

{{quote|Thus I name you Crota, Eater of Hope.|[[Oryx, the Taken King]]}}

[[Sardon, Fist of Crota]] became the first spawn of the Hope-Eater's disciples and thus served as the general of his armies for millenia,<ref name= "FoC">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Fist of Crota]]''</ref> including command over four [[Swarm Princes]]; Banuk, Dakoor, Garok, and Merok, that forged Crota a great sword to destroy his foes with.<ref name="SP">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted_Hive#Swarm_Princes|Swarm Princes]]''</ref>  

Among his servants was the esteemed Deathsinger [[Ir Yût, the Deathsinger|Ir Yût]], one of Crota's most cherished, who attempted to rebuild the Choir who sang the original [[Deathsong]] and the Song of Life, but had long since given up.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#IX.II:_The_Unmaking|IX.II: The Unmaking]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#IX.I:_The_Unmaking|IX.I: The Unmaking]]''</ref> She later became an acclaimed singer of the Deathsong and managed to sing it without dying. It was speculated that she made herself part of the song, and became death incarnate.<ref name="Ir Yut">'''Bungie (2016/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Ir Yût, the Deathsinger|Ir Yut, the Deathsinger]]''</ref>

===The Luna War===

{{quote|The day we set out to retake our [[Moon]], united in a host of thousands, and found ourselves outmatched by one Hive [[Crota, Son of Oryx|champion]] of unspeakable power.|[[Eriana-3]]}}

Their presence was first discovered by [[Humanity]] during the late [[Golden Age]], where they slaughtered a [[Human]] [[K1|mining expedition]] for intruding into their territory.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], Blizzard Activision, Grimoire: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Ocean_of_Storms_2|Ghost Fragment: The Ocean of Storms 2]]''</ref> Crota also became interested in the space station [[Cocytus]], which contained experimental gates from the Golden Age of Humanity. He established his hold over those gates and made them lead to his realm for unknown reasons.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Joker's Wild]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Stolen_Intelligence#Cocytus|Cocytus]]''</ref> Eventually Omnigul's brood geo-engineered the entire interior of the Moon from the bottom up to create an impregnable fortress called the [[Hellmouth]], with a gateway into Crota's [[Oversoul Throne|throne world]] at the very bottom of its abyss.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], Blizzard Activision, Grimoire: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#Ghost Fragment: Hive|Ghost Fragment: Hive]]''</ref><ref name="Crota">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Crota,_Son_of_Oryx|Crota, Son of Oryx]]''</ref> Crota also had his Swarm Princes command the [[Hidden Swarm]], a numberless legion of Hive to serve as their frontline military and auxilliary force while also being the [[Hellmouth]]'s outermost line of defense.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#The_Hidden_Swarm|The Hidden Swarm]]''</ref>

    

These heroes included [[Gunnvor|Gunnvor, the Dawncaller]] and her companions from the [[First Pillar Order]],<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Luna%27s_Lost#Ghost_Fragment:_Gunnvor.27s_Ghost|Ghost Fragment: Gunnvor's Ghost]]''</ref> and the legendary [[Titan (class)|Titan]] [[Wei Ning]], who Crota impaled his [[Sword of Crota|sword]]. As a further show of dominance, Crota took one of the Guardian's [[Ghost]]s and forged it into a dagger to murder them. His leadership and power of his sword led to a divisive victory as he slaughtered thousands more and drove them away from the moon for more than a century out of sheer fear for Crota.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Ghost_Fragment:_Warlock_2|Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2]]''</ref>

===The First Fireteam===

{{quote|He knew more about the Hive and the 'song' of their Deathsingers than any other. Had Eriana-3 questioned his obsession further before recruiting him to our fireteam, things might have been different.|Eris Morn referring to Toland}}

===The Hive Resurgence===

{{quote|We always feared the Hive would rise again, harbingers of the Darkness to come. Their presence on Earth demands that we strike their strongholds on the Moon.|[[Cayde-6]]}}

Following an old lead from the Warlock [[Osiris]], The Guardians found the fabled [[Shrine of Oryx]] set up by the spawns of Crota, to which they destroyed to prevent any of its transmissions.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Shrine of Oryx (mission)|Shrine of Oryx]]''</ref> The exact nature of Oryx was unknown, but the name appeared too often in Hive ritual. The Guardians would learn of the shrines used by the Hive to communicate with the Osmium King across the universe.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]; Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Sardok,_Eye_of_Oryx|Sardok, Eye of Oryx]]''</ref>

===The Dark Below===

{{quote|Omnigul is the last of Crota's generals. She is the architect of her master's wakening. She'll spawn countless armies to feed his will. As long as she lives... the threat of Crota's return will always haunt this world.|Eris Morn}}

Without their master's return, the Guardians hunted down the remainder of Crota's disciples, including his [[Hand of Crota|Hand]], [[Eyes of Crota|Eyes]], and [[Heart of Crota|Heart]]. They were also sullied of their tributes by killing [[The Forsaken]] whose eyes were stolen for Eris to harness their darker Hive magics, and slain [[Urzok, the Hated]] during a skirmish with the Fallen.

Omnigul, acting as Crota's General after the demise of Sardon and the last of Crota's disciples, would be spotted near the [[Skywatch]] attempting to spawn a new army with the aid of the [[Blood of Oryx]]. Ultimately her efforts would be for naught as she was pursued by a [[Strike]] [[Fireteam]] across the area. Despite her efforts at stirring the [[House of Kings]] against the Guardians, she was finally cornered at the [[Jovian Complex]] and killed, putting an end to her schemes.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Will of Crota]]''</ref>  

Now residing in his [[Oversoul Throne]] world, Crota would be challenged by a new fireteam of six of Guardians. They successfully fought off waves of Thralls in the deepest pit of the [[Hellmouth]] and get past his [[Gatekeeper]]s guarding the entrance to his throne. Acting as Crota's last line of defense [[Ir Yût, the Deathsinger]] would attempt to eliminate the Guardians by singing her [[Deathsong]] only to die at their hands.  

Later the Guardians summon Crota from his crystal to engage him at his throne world. While in the past conventional means failed to end Crota, the Guardians turned his own [[Sword Logic]] against him with the [[Cleaver]]s dropped from his [[Swordbearer]]s. Despite the Hive God's formidable powers and his [[Oversoul]], the battle ended with Crota being slain by the Guardians with his own sword.<ref name="Crota's End">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard [[Crota's End]]''</ref>  

Oryx also fell prey to the Guardians and shortly after the [[SIVA Crisis]], Omnigul would make a surprise return to Skywatch after managing to "undo" her death. She continued her work of rebuilding her army only to be swiftly killed again by the Guardians. Since she was capable of evading permanent death, the [[Vanguard]] enforced more strikes against Omnigul to put an end to her for good.

===The Last Spawn===

{{Main|Hidden Swarm}}

{{Quote|Crota's minions emerge once more. The Hidden Swarm that previously served Crota has banded together once again, leaderless but not purposeless.|[[Eris Morn]].}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding_the_Hidden_Swarm|Regarding the Hidden Swarm]]''</ref>

Hashladûn and her sisters aspired to use the Luna [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]]'s power for its connection to the [[Darkness]] to enact vengeance against the Guardians for murdering their lineage. They built the massive [[Scarlet Keep]] atop of, and utilized forbidden Hive magics to control the Nightmares radiating out from, the Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Heretic]]''</ref> However, their resurgence caught the attention of [[Eris Morn]] and the [[Vanguard]] who sent the Guardians to push back the Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Scarlet Keep]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/lingering-torment Lingering Torment]''</ref>

Hashladûn confronted them within the Scarlet Keep, but only to fall in turn. Later her sister Besurith failed to slay the Guardian as well and perished when they stole the [[Cryptoglyph]] to reduce the Nightmares' influence by creating [[Dreambane Armor|armour]] that shielded against its power.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/dreambane-hood Dreambane Hood]''</ref> The last of Crota's spawn were survived by Voshyr and Kinox, who went into hiding and sought power from alternate means to preserve their father's legacy, even if it went against Sword Logic.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#XI.X:_Apocrypha|XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref>

==Structure==

{{Quote|They are all here, on Earth, I can feel them. His Eyes, who watch our worlds for him; the Hand whose grasp on Earth must be unbound; the Heart who ceases at nothing to bring Crota back. And Omnigul, his vile Will, the keeper of the worms, the mother of his spawn. Find them, defeat them all—as long as even one of these monsters walks the Earth, the threat of Crota will never fade.|[[Eris Morn]]}}<ref name="Disciples"/>

A [[Knight]] known as [[Urzok, the Hated]] acts as the Chief tributary for Crota by ritualistically sacrificing [[Ogre]]s deemed [[The Forsaken]] to fuel his tribute.<ref name="Urzok">'''Bungie (2015/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]]'', ''Blizzard Activision, Grimoire: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Urzok, the Hated|Urzok, the Hated]]''</ref> <ref>'''Bungie (2015/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]]'', ''Blizzard Activision, Grimoire: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#The Forsaken|The Forsaken]]''</ref>

===Leadership===

*'''[[Omnigul, Will of Crota]]'''

*[[Sardon, Fist of Crota]]  

*[[Ir Yût, the Deathsinger]]

===Hive Champions===

*[[Phogoth, the Untamed]]

*[[The Forsaken]]

**[[The Forsaken|Malgor, the Forsaken]]

**[[The Forsaken|Thogar, the Forsaken]]

**[[Servant of the Heart]]

**[[Waker of Crota]]

==Trivia==

10_1_Hive_4_shot.jpg|Phogoth, the Untamed

Destiny-HiveKnight-Swordbearer-Screen.jpg|A Swordbearer Knight

Wizard (SoC).jpg|A Spawn of Crota Wizard

Acolyte (SoC).jpg|A Spawn of Crota Acolyte

10 1 Hive 3 shot.jpg|Phogoth attacks

Destiny-DarkBelow-Omnigul.jpg|Another view of Omnigul

CrotasEnd2.jpg|A Swordbearer engaging the Guardians

**''[[The Dark Below]]''

**''[[The Dawning]]''

==References==

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