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{{quote|Where is my son? Where is Crota, your lord, your princely god, your godly prince? Tell me no lies! I feel his absence like a hole in my stomach. Where once his tender tribute whetted burrowed mouths, now only hunger remains. Hear me, O waning stars, O tattered rags of Sky — I will stopper up this tearing gulf with vengeance.|Oryx}} | {{quote|Where is my son? Where is Crota, your lord, your princely god, your godly prince? Tell me no lies! I feel his absence like a hole in my stomach. Where once his tender tribute whetted burrowed mouths, now only hunger remains. Hear me, O waning stars, O tattered rags of Sky — I will stopper up this tearing gulf with vengeance.|Oryx}} | ||
'''Oryx, the Taken King''', born '''Aurash''' and formerly known as '''Auryx''' (meaning "Long Thought"), is the | '''Oryx, the Taken King''', born '''Aurash''' and formerly known as '''Auryx''' (meaning "Long Thought"), is the sovereign of the Osmium Throne, the God-King of the [[Hive]], and master of the [[Taken]]. Reborn from the [[Darkness]] itself through a wicked pact, Oryx is the founder of the Hive race and the source of their terrible power. Of all the Hive gods, he alone holds the power to bend other races to his will. Oryx is also the father of the dreaded [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], a deadly Hive Prince who slew thousands of [[Guardian]]s during [[the Great Disaster]], and [[Nokris]], his estranged second-born and the leader of his namesake sect, the [[Grasp of Nokris]]. Enraged at the death of Crota, Oryx traveled to the [[Solar System]] aboard his [[Dreadnaught]] seeking revenge but was slain twice, first in the material world and later in the [[Ascendant Realm]], his second death permanent. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||