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{{quote|Take into your bodies our children, our newborn larvae. From them you shall obtain eternal life. From them you shall gain power over your own fragile flesh: the power to make of it as you will. And should you find an imperfection in the world, an injustice or an inconvenience — you will have the power to repair it. Let no mere law bind you.|[[Yul]]}}

The '''Worms''' are an ancient, parasitic worm-like species that dwelled deep under the oceans of the gas giant [[Fundament]]. They are disciples of the [[Darkness]] and draw their god-like power directly from it. It is through a pact with the Worms that the ancestors of the [[Hive]] became the Hive and launched their conquest of the whole universe. The Worms are worshipped and revered as the Hive's highest deities, beyond even [[Oryx, the Taken King]] and his sisters [[Savathûn]] and [[Xivu Arath]]. All Hive are infested with a larvae from one of the five Worm Gods, which drives them to feed off constant conquest and destruction lest the Worm grow unsatisfied and consume them instead.<ref>[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow '''Planet Destiny''' - ''Grimoire: Book of Sorrows'']</ref>

Billions of years ago, the Worm Gods were trapped deep beneath Fundament and guarded by the [[Leviathan]].<ref name="The Bargain">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/ix-the-bargain IX: The Bargain]</ref> One of their dead larvae eventually washed up on the shore of the Osmium Court, where it was found by the proto-Hive [[Osmium King]] and taken as his familiar. Following the Osmium King's murder by the [[Helium Drinkers]], his daughter Sathona took it from him as she, Aurash, and Xi Ro fled the Court. This worm gave advice to Sathona and through her guided the three sisters in their quest for vengeance. <ref name="Syzygy>[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/iv-syzygy IV: Syzygy]</ref> <ref name="Needle and Worm">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/v-needle-and-worm V: Needle and Worm]</ref>

Eventually, the worm lured the sisters to the domain of the Worm Gods, who tempted them with power and immortality in exchange for becoming parasitized by their larvae. <ref name="The Bargain" /> The sisters accepted, taking on the names Oryx, Savathûn, and Xivu Arath. Acting in concert with the Worm Gods, they took more larvae back to the surface in order to offer the rest of their species the same bargain.<ref name="Immortals">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/x-immortals X: Immortals]</ref> Those who refused to accept were killed by the emergent Hive. <ref name="Out of the Deep">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xii-out-of-the-deep XII: Out of the Deep]</ref>

The Worm Gods oversaw the Hive's conquest of Fundament, providing knowledge, orders, and censure to their leaders as necessary. When the war freed the Worm Gods from Fundament's core, they responded by opening a wormhole into geostationary orbit, allowing the Hive to invade Fundament's moons and the [[Ammonite]] civilization that dwelled there.<ref name="Into the Sky">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xiii-into-the-sky XIII: Into the Sky]</ref> <ref name="52 and One">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xiv-52-and-one XIV: 52 and One]</ref> The Hive eventually exterminated the Ammonite and slew the Leviathan. Eir and Yul consumed their captor's corpse.<ref name="Crusaders">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xix-crusaders XIX: Crusaders]</ref> After this, the Worm Gods withdrew to the [[Ascendant Realm]] and generally left the Hive alone. <ref name="King of Shapes">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxviii-king-of-shapes XXVIII: King of Shapes]</ref>

Oryx would later seek out and challenge Akka for the knowledge to commune directly with the Darkness. He slew the Worm God, but after being marooned in the Deep by his sisters, he was forced to contend with Akka's wrathful corpse as he fought his way out.<ref name="King of Shapes" /><ref name="Eater of Hope">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxxvi-eater-of-hope XXXVI: Eater of Hope]</ref> At some point Oryx recovered a fragment of Akka's shell and used it to craft his [[Dreadnaught]].<ref name="Dreadnaught">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xli-dreadnaught XLI: Dreadnaught]</ref>

A long-standing [[Vex]] incursion in Oryx's throne world eventually drew the attention of the Worm Gods. Eir commanded him to ''"SET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER"''. <ref name="open your eye : go into it">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxxix-open-your-eye-go-into-it XXXIX: open your eye : go into it]</ref>