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===The Dark Below=== | ===The Dark Below=== | ||
[[File:CrotasEnd5.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Crota's End]] | [[File:CrotasEnd5.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Crota's End]] | ||
{{Quote|Crota's soul is banished. You have given me the gift of vengeance. I thank you... and even if they don't know it yet... The City thanks you.|Eris Morn, after the banishment of Crota's soul}} | |||
Seeking revenge for the Great Disaster and the death of Wei Ning, [[Eriana-3]] led five other Guardians in an attempt to assassinate Crota within his throne world, but the hordes of Hive dwelling within the Hellmouth managed to overwhelm the fireteam, picking them off one by one. Only one of the Guardians, [[Eris Morn]], survived, forever changed by her harrowing experiences trapped in the Hellmouth and obsessed with ending Crota before he awoke.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota.27s_End|Crota's End]]''</ref><ref name="Crota"/> | |||
Decades later, Crota's court began preparing for his return to the physical realm by invading the [[Cosmodrome]] on Earth, with his consort [[Omnigul]] leading the effort to raise a Hive army for a full-scale invasion of the City upon his return. Having foreseen the imminent return of Crota, Eris called upon the aid of a newly risen [[The Guardian|Guardian]] to aid her in dismantling Crota's army. The Guardian successfully assassinated Crota's closest lieutenants, including the [[Swarm Princes]] and their commander [[Sardon, Fist of Crota|Sardon]],<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Fist of Crota]]''</ref> Crota's horde was thrown into further disarray when the Guardian assassinated his consort and will Omnigul in a [[Will of Crota|strike operation]] against her.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Will of Crota]]''</ref> To prevent Crota's summoning, Eris guided the Guardian to the Moon, where the chamber housing Crota's soul was located. The crystal tethering his soul in the [[Chamber of Night]] would be sent back to the Ascendant realm, banishing his shadowy presence from the physical world and thereby preventing his corporeal return.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Wakening]]''</ref> | |||
Crota's end would be met by the Guardian leading a newly formed [[Raid]] team upon the [[Oversoul Throne]], entered from the deepest pit of the [[Hellmouth]]. The Guardians summoned Crota from his crystal to engage at his own throne world. When conventional means failed before the Hope-Eater, the Guardians turned Crota's own Sword-Logic against him with the [[Cleaver]]s of his fallen Blades, permanently killing him.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Crota's End]]''</ref> | |||
Crota's end would be met by the Guardian leading a newly formed [[Raid]] team upon the [[Oversoul Throne]], entered from the deepest pit of the [[Hellmouth]]. The Guardians | |||
===Legacy=== | ===Legacy=== | ||
[[File:Destiny2-shadowkeep-crota.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Nightmare of Crota being confronted by a fireteam.]] | [[File:Destiny2-shadowkeep-crota.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Nightmare of Crota being confronted by a fireteam.]] | ||
{{Quote|Crota. Son of Oryx. He considered himself a god, and acted as such. His strength proved too much for my fireteam and I. He and his brood took their lives and left me nearly dead. Crota threatened all we had left. The Pyramid serves to do the same. It is no surprise that Crota haunts us once again.|Eris Morn, speaking of Crota and his Nightmare.}} | {{Quote|Crota. Son of Oryx. He considered himself a god, and acted as such. His strength proved too much for my fireteam and I. He and his brood took their lives and left me nearly dead. Crota threatened all we had left. The Pyramid serves to do the same. It is no surprise that Crota haunts us once again.|Eris Morn, speaking of Crota and his Nightmare.}} | ||
Crota's demise ultimately caught the attention of his father, [[Oryx]], the then God-King of the Hive and master of the [[Taken]]. Enraged by the death of his son, Oryx would bring his [[Dreadnaught]] into the Solar system and lead an army of [[Hive]] and [[Taken]] in revenge against the Guardians.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Coming War]]''</ref> Ironically, Crota's lingering Ascendant power was necessary for the Guardians to access the rupture gateway into Oryx's sanctum. Returning to the Chamber of Night that tended to the crystal that housed Crota's soul, the Guardians were able to gain a shard of the crystal but it did not hold of piece of his soul. The Guardians now had to disrupt Crota's death ceremony to gain a sliver of his soul. Entering Crota's fortress, the Guardians narrowly slipped past the Hive defending his tomb and were able to fill the shard with Crota's death essence.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Last Rites]]''</ref> With the Ascendant Shard, the Guardians were successfully able to enter Oryx's throne and defeat him.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Regicide]]''</ref> Like his son, Oryx would later fall to the Guardians who killed Crota when he was slain by them in his own throne world within the Ascendant plane.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[King's Fall]]''</ref> | |||
Crota's disowned, heretical and forgotten brother, [[Nokris]], would make his own stand against the Guardians after arising from slumber in the icy depths of [[Mars]]' [[Hellas Basin]] with his master, the Worm God [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]]. The herald of Xol sought to conquer the red planet for his god but like his former family, Nokris would fall against the Warrior of Light.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Strange Terrain]]''</ref> | |||
Crota's disowned, heretical and forgotten brother, [[Nokris]], would make his own stand against the Guardians after arising from slumber in the icy depths of [[Mars]]' [[Hellas Basin]] with his master, the Worm God [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]]. The herald of Xol sought to conquer the red planet for his god but like his former family, Nokris would fall against the Warrior of Light. | |||
As Crota was the first Hive God the Guardians ever faced and one of their most notorious of foes, he haunts the Risen in their memories. Following the [[Hunt for the Scorn|Scorn Hunts]] and the continuous fight for [[The Dreaming City]], Crota's form would manifest as a [[Nightmare]] blocking [[The Guardian]]'s path to the derelict [[Pyramid]] beneath the [[Scarlet Keep]]. The newly spawned Nightmare of Crota would prove too much for the Guardian to face, who took an essence from it before they were saved by [[Eris Morn]]. The Guardian would later face the Crota Nightmare again as they were coaxed into the interior of the Pyramid, which they then succeeded in destroying. | As Crota was the first Hive God the Guardians ever faced and one of their most notorious of foes, he haunts the Risen in their memories. Following the [[Hunt for the Scorn|Scorn Hunts]] and the continuous fight for [[The Dreaming City]], Crota's [[Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx|form]] would manifest as a [[Nightmare]] blocking [[The Guardian]]'s path to the derelict [[Pyramid]] beneath the [[Scarlet Keep]]. The newly spawned Nightmare of Crota would prove too much for the Guardian to face, who took an essence from it before they were saved by [[Eris Morn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', [[A Mysterious Disturbance]]''</ref> The Guardian would later face the Crota Nightmare again as they were coaxed into the interior of the Pyramid, which they then succeeded in destroying.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', [[Beyond]]''</ref> | ||
Crota's immediate family would be survived by his daughters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Voshyr]], [[Kinox]], and the eldest [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#II:_An_Audience_with_Slaughter|II: An Audience with Slaughter]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#X:_Faith_in_Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref> Atop the newly erected [[Scarlet Keep]] upon [[Luna]] in [[Sorrow's Harbor]], the daughters laid plans for the Hive's future and to achieve vengeance by means of creating an deathless [[Zulmak, Instrument of Torment|champion]] under their control through heretical means.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Heretic]]''</ref> Hashladûn and Besurith would both be killed by Guardians leaving Voshyr and Kinox to complete their work while hiding out.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/e507ki/all_hiverelated_transcripts_dialogues_and_texts/ Scarlet Keep Transcript]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://youtu.be/G5qrg6WaCd4 The Scarlet Keep Gameplay]''</ref> | Crota's immediate family would be survived by his daughters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Voshyr]], [[Kinox]], and the eldest [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#II:_An_Audience_with_Slaughter|II: An Audience with Slaughter]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#X:_Faith_in_Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref> Atop the newly erected [[Scarlet Keep]] upon [[Luna]] in [[Sorrow's Harbor]], the daughters laid plans for the Hive's future and to achieve vengeance by means of creating an deathless [[Zulmak, Instrument of Torment|champion]] under their control through heretical means.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Heretic]]''</ref> Hashladûn and Besurith would both be killed by Guardians leaving Voshyr and Kinox to complete their work while hiding out.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/e507ki/all_hiverelated_transcripts_dialogues_and_texts/ Scarlet Keep Transcript]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://youtu.be/G5qrg6WaCd4 The Scarlet Keep Gameplay]''</ref> | ||