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{{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]]}} | {{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]]}} | ||
Years after Crota and Oryx's deaths, the Hive on Luna would remain relatively quiet. As the attention of the Guardians became preoccupied with the chaos of the [[Red War]], the conflicts on [[Curse of Osiris|Mercury]], [[Warmind (expansion)|Mars]], and in [[Forsaken (expansion)|the Reef]], the Hive on Luna would be overlooked. As a result of numerous deaths, the various broods on the Moon consolidated into the Hidden Swarm, becoming the "de facto" Hive power on the moon. However, the toll of the [[Taken War]] had left the Hidden Swarm bereft of warriors of a caliber befitting royalty that could lead the Hive on the Moon.<ref name = "FiB">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref> Crota's brood rallied around the strongest of his children, including his four daughters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota| | Years after Crota and Oryx's deaths, the Hive on Luna would remain relatively quiet. As the attention of the Guardians became preoccupied with the chaos of the [[Red War]], the conflicts on [[Curse of Osiris|Mercury]], [[Warmind (expansion)|Mars]], and in [[Forsaken (expansion)|the Reef]], the Hive on Luna would be overlooked. As a result of numerous deaths, the various broods on the Moon consolidated into the Hidden Swarm, becoming the "de facto" Hive power on the moon. However, the toll of the [[Taken War]] had left the Hidden Swarm bereft of warriors of a caliber befitting royalty that could lead the Hive on the Moon.<ref name = "FiB">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref> Crota's brood rallied around the strongest of his children, including his four daughters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]], and [[Voshyr]]. While the Swarm attempt to reaffirm their belief in the sword logic, the scheming daughters of Crota had enact a plot to recreate their grandfather's glory by going against his own logic.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Toland, the Shattered]]: [[Toland, the Shattered#Quotes|When Oryx fell, Crota's brood rallied around the strongest of his children, reaffirming their belief in the logic, accepting their loss. But deep in the hearts of four of Crota's daughters - Besurith, Kinox, Hashladûn, and Voshyr - a seed of doubt quietly took root. They resolve to lead their leaderless Swarm toward a new dawn and slaughter all who stood in their way.]]''</ref> | ||
Hashladûn and her coven of sisters sought to use the Pyramid's power and connection to the Darkness to provide them the means to turn their situation to their advantage and exact vengeance against the Guardians for ravaging their lineage. Over the course of years, the Hidden Swarm constructed a massive crimson fortress, the [[Scarlet Keep]], before the [[Pyramid]] that would act as an amplifier for their magics and could immunize themselves of the Pyramid's influences.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Eris Morn]]: [[Eris Morn#Quotes|The energy spilling from the tower suggests another purpose: I believe it amplifies Hive magic. This may be where the Hive achieve their immunity to the Pyramid's influences]]''</ref> Using a forbidden piece of arcane knowledge, the [[Cryptoglyph]], Hashladûn and her sisters experimented on the phantasmal essences created by the Pyramid in a fruitless attempt to recreate the essence of their deceased King, Oryx. However the Hidden Swarm was soon marred by corruption and conspiracy from within, as Hive distrusting of the Daughters' leadership enact a conspiracy to usurp them in defiance of Oryx's Sword-Logic. Their conspiracy failed as it was all a ploy orchestrated by [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]], to help further her greater schemes in exchange of aiding her grand-nieces in giving them necessary tools to challenge the [[Risen]]. | Hashladûn and her coven of sisters sought to use the Pyramid's power and connection to the Darkness to provide them the means to turn their situation to their advantage and exact vengeance against the Guardians for ravaging their lineage. Over the course of years, the Hidden Swarm constructed a massive crimson fortress, the [[Scarlet Keep]], before the [[Pyramid]] that would act as an amplifier for their magics and could immunize themselves of the Pyramid's influences.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Eris Morn]]: [[Eris Morn#Quotes|The energy spilling from the tower suggests another purpose: I believe it amplifies Hive magic. This may be where the Hive achieve their immunity to the Pyramid's influences]]''</ref> Using a forbidden piece of arcane knowledge, the [[Cryptoglyph]], Hashladûn and her sisters experimented on the phantasmal essences created by the Pyramid in a fruitless attempt to recreate the essence of their deceased King, Oryx. However the Hidden Swarm was soon marred by corruption and conspiracy from within, as Hive distrusting of the Daughters' leadership enact a conspiracy to usurp them in defiance of Oryx's Sword-Logic. Their conspiracy failed as it was all a ploy orchestrated by [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]], to help further her greater schemes in exchange of aiding her grand-nieces in giving them necessary tools to challenge the [[Risen]]. | ||