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Oryx's forces first attacked [[Cabal]] bases on [[Phobos]] and [[Mars]]. Cabal detachments were devastated within hours, with the [[Sand Eaters]] suffering a catastrophic 58% casualties, while the [[Blind Legion]] and the [[Dust Giants]] lost 35% and 39% of their numbers respectively. The [[Vanguard]] discovered Oryx's presence after sending a [[Guardian]] to Phobos to investigate a Cabal distress signal, by which time Taken covens began appearing on multiple worlds, ushering in the Taken War. | Oryx's forces first attacked [[Cabal]] bases on [[Phobos]] and [[Mars]]. Cabal detachments were devastated within hours, with the [[Sand Eaters]] suffering a catastrophic 58% casualties, while the [[Blind Legion]] and the [[Dust Giants]] lost 35% and 39% of their numbers respectively. The [[Vanguard]] discovered Oryx's presence after sending a [[Guardian]] to Phobos to investigate a Cabal distress signal, by which time Taken covens began appearing on multiple worlds, ushering in the Taken War. | ||
Oryx was nearly beaten when the Guardian breached his altar and attacked him, but like all Hive Gods, this was only a temporary setback. Using his Taken powers he retreated into the Ascendant realm, hidden deep within the Dreadnaught. Meanwhile, his Taken, lead by his [[Echo of Oryx|Echoes]], continued to harass the system. Once the blights had been removed, the Guardians turned their attention on Oryx and his Hive and Taken champions. By overthrowing the [[Court of Oryx]] by killing his minions, they were able to invade Oryx's sanctum within the Ascendant realm. After killing his closest allies like the [[Warpriest]] and [[Golgoroth]], including his own daughters, Oryx reappeared to fight the Guardians once more, this time willing himself into his true form, a giant version of his physical self. Here he attempted to pull the Guardians into the Darkness and possess them, but they were able to use Oryx's own captured Light against him. By slaying his light-eater Ogres and then detonating the Light they left behind, Oryx was | Oryx was nearly beaten when the Guardian breached his altar and attacked him, but like all Hive Gods, this was only a temporary setback. Using his Taken powers he retreated into the Ascendant realm, hidden deep within the Dreadnaught. Meanwhile, his Taken, lead by his [[Echo of Oryx|Echoes]], continued to harass the system. Once the blights had been removed, the Guardians turned their attention on Oryx and his Hive and Taken champions. By overthrowing the [[Court of Oryx]] by killing his minions, they were able to invade Oryx's sanctum within the Ascendant realm. After killing his closest allies like the [[Warpriest]] and [[Golgoroth]], including his own daughters, Oryx reappeared to fight the Guardians once more, this time willing himself into his true form, a giant version of his physical self. Here he attempted to pull the Guardians into the Darkness and possess them, but they were able to use Oryx's own captured Light against him. By slaying his light-eater Ogres and then detonating the Light they left behind, Oryx was finally defeated once and for all. | ||
Oryx's Ravenous Heart remained, however. [[Eris]] used his heart to construct a weapon, the [[Touch of Malice]]. | Oryx's Ravenous Heart remained, however. [[Eris]] used his heart to construct a weapon, the [[Touch of Malice]]. Ironically, in constructing the weapon, Eris allowed Oryx to cheat death, as according to the [[Books of Sorrow]], Oryx intended for this to happen, as his final means of maintaining his immortality by feeding upon the Guardian's kills with the weapon. | ||
===Legacy=== | ===Legacy=== | ||