Sword Logic: Difference between revisions

The [[Baron]] of the [[Scorn]] known as [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] has dedicated himself to understanding and harnessing the Sword Logic and other Hive secrets. He has apparently been successful in carving out his own Throne World in the Ascendant Realm, and has the ability to sway lesser Hive creatures to follow his whims.{{Citation needed}}

{{quote|I am Oryx, the Taken King. And I have the power to take life and make it my own.|Oryx declaring his power after his first audience with the Darkness.<ref name="King of Shapes"/>}}

The [[Taken]] are corrupted members of various [[races|species]] the Hive have encountered and destroyed. First demonstrated against the [[Ecumene]]<ref name="Eat the Sky">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVII:_Eat_the_Sky|XXVII: Eat the Sky]]''</ref> after Oryx communed with the Darkness,<ref name="King of Shapes"/> the Taken as a whole are described as a "paracausal [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Ontopathogenesis ontopathogenic] weapon" which infects the physical existence of an enemy and binds them to the will of Oryx. They serve as Oryx's proxies, as during the war against the Ecumene they allowed him to kill ''en mass'' far more than ordinary Hive could do, as he could Take the enemy's soldiers to replace his own losses and empower his forces with their abilities.<ref name="Eat the Sky"/>