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{{Quote|Malok! Listen — I took you from your mother, my sister / Your shape is new / This shape is poison — the shape of secrets / I name you Malok, which means My Poison / A prize to taunt sister [[Savathûn]] / Steal now for me.|[[Oryx, the Taken King]]}} | {{Quote|Malok! Listen — I took you from your mother, my sister / Your shape is new / This shape is poison — the shape of secrets / I name you Malok, which means My Poison / A prize to taunt sister [[Savathûn]] / Steal now for me.|[[Oryx, the Taken King]]}} | ||
'''Malok, Pride of Oryx''' is a [[Taken]] [[Prince]] who rises to power in the aftermath of the defeat of [[Oryx, the Taken King]], becoming a prime candidate to seize Oryx's vacant throne, thus serving as the main antagonist of the [[April Update]]. He is first encountered in the [[Story]] Mission "Pretender to the Throne", where the [[Guardian]] tries to stop Malok from occupying the throne. He is met again in the [[Blighted Chalice]] [[Strike]], where he plans to roost a nest of Taken and lead them on a full-scale assault on [[The Last City]]. A fireteam of Guardians pins him down there and finishes him off for good. | '''Malok, Pride of Oryx''' is a [[Taken]] [[Prince]] and a son of [[Savathûn|Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]] who rises to power in the aftermath of the defeat of [[Oryx, the Taken King]], becoming a prime candidate to seize Oryx's vacant throne, thus serving as the main antagonist of the [[April Update]]. He is first encountered in the [[Story]] Mission "Pretender to the Throne", where the [[Guardian]] tries to stop Malok from occupying the throne. He is met again in the [[Blighted Chalice]] [[Strike]], where he plans to roost a nest of Taken and lead them on a full-scale assault on [[The Last City]]. A fireteam of Guardians pins him down there and finishes him off for good. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
Originally an unnamed [[Thrall | Originally an unnamed [[Thrall]], Malok was begat by his mother to turn against the Taken King himself by tithing upon his tribute to fuel hers under the cloak of deceit and cunning. Her ploy failed as he selfishly took Oryx's tribute for himself instead and grew in strength till he became a [[Knight]] and eventually a [[Prince]]. | ||
Unfortunately Malok's thievery was known and ultimately became [[Taken]] by Oryx to taunt his sister; Given his aforementioned name (meaning My Poison in the Hive tongue) in mockery of her failed machination. Malok was sworn into his uncle's [[Court of Oryx|court]] albeit retaining some of his will until the latter's demise by the [[Guardians]]. | Unfortunately Malok's thievery was known and ultimately became [[Taken]] by Oryx to taunt his sister; Given his aforementioned name (meaning My Poison in the Hive tongue) in mockery of her failed machination. Malok was sworn into his uncle's [[Court of Oryx|court]] albeit retaining some of his will until the latter's demise by the [[Guardians]]. | ||