Savathûn's Brood

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Savathûn's Brood
Purpose:	Servants of Savathûn‎, the Witch-Queen
Champion(s):	Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return In Anânh, Brood Queen Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn Savathûn's Song
Realm:	New Pacific Arcology, Titan Tangled Shore, Reef Dreaming City, Reef Court of Savathûn, Io

Savathûn‎'s Brood is a Hive sect found within the New Pacific Arcology on Titan and in the Tangled Shore and the Dreaming City in the Reef. At some point following the Taken War and before the Red War, this sect arrived in the Solar System and infested Titan's long-abandoned Golden Age cities. This infestation came as an unwelcome surprise to the Lightless Guardians who evacuated the Last City in the aftermath of the Red Legion's invasion and fled to Titan with Commander Zavala to regroup.

They directly serve and worship Savathûn, the Witch-Queen. Savathûn’s Hive appear to sport new weapons and morphologies, with its members appearing more muscular and organic, compared to the other sects.

History

Savathûn Sings

On Titan, the Guardians worked with Sloane in stabilizing the New Pacific Arcology's foundation to prevent it from sinking into the sea while also aiding in missions to power the ancient facilities and drive off Fallen and Hive. During said missions, the Guardians discover multiple Hive rituals with the purpose of sinking the Arcology but were stopped by the Guardians at every turn. Sloane discovered a center point for these rituals deep beneath the Arcology and sent in fireteams to investigate; all went dark and none returned. Worried, Sloane sends in the Guardians to look for the lost teams and find out what the Hive are up to. Breaching Hive defenses, the Guardians discovered strange crystal emanating Void Light which they find strange as only Guardians can generate Void Light. Traveling further, the Guardians make radio contact with a Guardian named Taeko-3, the last surviving member of the previous fireteams, and learn that the Hive are forcibly extracting Void Light from Guardians to create the crystals to power a large Shrieker, Savathun's Song. Taeko-3 sacrifices her life to create a crystal the Guardians can use to access the Shrieker. They were successful in destroying Savathun's Song, avenging the fallen Guardians and preventing another Hive attempt to sink the Arcology.

Traveling to Io, the Guardian was quickly able to find Ikora, but she is unsure if a resistance is possible due to the loss of her Light. During this, the Cabal Red Legion have succeeded in mining for the Traveler's energies within the moon. Investigating the Cabal base, they find it eerily quiet and are soon ambushed by the Taken which surprises Ikora and the Guardian at their return. Despite this, the Guardian was successful in preventing the Taken in corrupting the Light's energy and forming a bridge to their dimension. Ikora is quick to hypothesize that the Taken are following the direction of new hidden entity. The nature of the new Hive broods, as they have noted the differences between the new brood and those they have faced in the past, wondering what Hive god is leading them. Evidence and entities point the new Hive Brood's allegiance to Savathûn, the Witch-Queen.

Shattered Throne

Dûl Incaru invading the Shattered Throne

As the Taken curse blighted the Dreaming City, Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return, a daughter of the Witch-Queen, took advantage of the curse to plunder the city of its secrets and more importantly, further her mother's scheme of invading the Distributary and gain godly strength. Using Eleusinia, Mara Sov's desecrated Throne World, as a staging ground and aided with the Taken and Hive sent from her aunt Xivu Arath, Dûl Incaru waged an unending battle against the Awoken led by Petra Venj but Queen Mara called upon her allies in the Guardians to fight back against the Taken curse. After two weeks of fighting the Taken and Hive, a rift to Eleusinia was opened beneath the Blind Well that gave the Guardians an opportunity to battle the Witch-Queen's daughter. Despite the protection of her Fatesmiths, Dûl Incaru was killed by the Guardians.

However, this seeming failure was all part of Savathûn's greater plans for the Dreaming City. After Dûl Incaru's death at the hands of the Guardians, the Dreaming City reverted to the state it had been in upon first being unsealed by the Guardian, progressing again through the same process of becoming corrupted by the Taken and culminating in another battle between Dûl Incaru and the Guardians. This apparent time-loop, spun by Quria, both furthers Savathûn's long-term goal of amassing tribute for herself through her subordinates committing violence within spaces with looped or dilated time, and also presents the Guardians with a dilemma: they can either repeatedly strike down Dûl Incaru and relive the same series of events, or they can refuse to do so and allow Dûl Incaru to complete her mission.

Taken Queen Interferes

Savathûn's Court.

"The sky is vast, but shallow. The deep is boundless, but suffocating. There is another way."

— Nokris.

On Io, Eris Morn heeds the call of a Pyramid to learn what she can. Her attempts to hear the Darkness are disrupted by Savathûn, who jams the Pyramid's broadcasts and sends Hive and Taken to intervene. She is slowly overwhelmed but the Guardian, who was following her on Zavala's orders, is able to save Eris from the Witch-Queen's servants. Though injured, Eris manages to overcome the Witch Queen's power as she finds a tree of Silver Wings, with a seed of dark power at its base. After returning to the Last City, the Vanguard Commander pleads with her not to go any further but Eris leaves anyway, determined to figure out what Savathûn and the Darkness want. She returns to Io, only to find it swarmed with Savathûn's forces. Eris calls on the Guardians to take back the tree, and when they succeed, she uses the Seed of Silver Wings to receive and interpret the Pyramid's broadcasts.

During their trek into the Court of Savathûn, the Guardian learns that Oryx's disowned son, Nokris, has returned and is now in service to his aunt and her goals. It is soon discovered that the former Herald of Xol was abandoned by his god and, looking for a new purpose, used trickery to enter the Ascendant Realm, encountering the Witch Queen doing so. Both wishing to be free from the Darkness, Nokris agreed to a bargain with his scheming aunt. In exchange for teaching his aunt the secrets of Necromancy and interfering with the Pyramid's attempts to communicate with the Guardians, Nokris would take part in Savathûn's plans and learn the power to Take from the "Dreaming Mind".

Notable members

Pantheon

• Balwûr — Daughter (formerly)
• Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return — Daughter
• Malok, Pride of Oryx — Son (formerly)
• Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn — Nephew

Named Leaders and Bosses

• Abyssal Champion
• Abyssal Sorcerer
• Azyrax, Exalted Conjurer
• Exhara, Ambassador of Savathûn (presumably)
• Fugitive Knight
• Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer (temporary)
• Garmurg
• Golmuut
• Gravetide Summoner
• In Anânh, Brood Queen
• Karugul
• Kudazad, Binder of Savathûn
• Naktal, Fury of Savathûn
• Savathûn's Song
• Takul-Dar, the Unbreakable
• Thaan'Hul
• Ubara, Hive Prince
• Ul-Heru, Envoy of Savathûn
• Vanbaluk, Trusted of Savathûn

Gallery

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  Dul Incaru

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  Court of Savathûn

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  Savathûn's Song

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Trivia

• Many of this Hive faction's units have "Revenant" as a rank title; this suggests that these individuals have returned from death, either by virtue of being Ascendant or through the heretical practice of necromancy (as employed by Nokris, Herald of Xol).
  • The latter theory is unlikely, since as of Season of Arrivals it is revealed that Savathûn wishes to learn necromancy from Nokris.

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)
• Destiny 2
  • Curse of Osiris
  • Forsaken
  • Shadowkeep
    • Season of Arrivals