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{{Quote|There is no [[Light]] here. [[The Guardian|You]] are alone. You shall drift. You shall drown in the [[The Darkness|Deep]].|Xol, Will of the Thousands.}}

==Biography==

===The Ancient Past===

===The Collapse===

After Nokris' excommunication by Oryx, Nokris and Xol departed from the rest of the Hive and set out to find a new world to rule. Nokris chose [[Mars]] in the [[Sol system]], and arrived there with Xol and the Grasp of Nokris during the Collapse. Xol and Nokris engaged with the Warmind Rasputin and became trapped under the [[Hellas Basin]] of [[Mars]], before being reawakened by multiple [[Warsat]] impacts in the region and the [[Traveler|Traveler's]] reawakening centuries later.<ref>[https://www.destinythegame.com/expansion2 '''Destiny the Game''': ''Expansion Pass II'']</ref>

===Warmind===

{{Quote|[[Rasputin]] was not the only thing to awaken on Mars.|[[Vanguard Commander]] [[Zavala]]}}

Upon reawakening, Xol and his worshippers, the Grasp of Nokris, sought to gain control of Mars by destroying the Warmind Rasputin. Their plans were interrupted by the intervention of [[the Guardian]], who defeated Nokris and attempted to execute a plan by Commander Zavala to lure Xol into a trap with a Light-filled shard of the Traveler. Xol appeared before the Guardian and assaulted them telepathically, rendering them unconscious. The Guardian recovered shortly thereafter, however.

===Legacy===

{{Quote|I've been hearing my [[Gambit]] regulars talkin' about some wild energy spikes over on Io. The Taken are real aggressive in that region. Seems to me like there's something out there they're tryin'a protect.|[[The Drifter]]}}

As with other Worm Gods, however, Xol's death was not his ending. Drawing power from the [[Sword Logic]] upon his defeat at the hands of the Guardian, Xol transcended physical death and communed with the [[Taken]] infesting the Jovian moon [[Io]], resurrecting three former [[Urzok, Aspect of Hate|enemies]] [[Ta'aurc, Aspect of War|of]] [[Drevis, Aspect of Darkness|humanity]] as his Taken champions.<ref name=WotW>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Whisper of the Worm#Lore|Whisper of the Worm]].''</ref> His presence caused a spike in Taken activity on Io according to the [[Drifter]], as Guardians reported a Taken anomaly  

found beneath the planet's surface where all three of his champions were there to test them. Once the Guardian proved themselves worthy of a host to feed upon, Xol invoked the [[Anthem Anatheme]] and transformed into the [[Whisper of the Worm]] as a weapon to feed off of the Guardian's kills.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, [[The Whisper]]''</ref>

==Trivia==

*Xol was the first Worm God the Guardians encountered.

*Xol bears a resemblance to the Gravemind from Bungie's previous game series ''Halo'', as well as the Graboids from the ''Tremors'' film series.

*Xol is suggested to be the weakest of the five Worm Gods through the lore tabs of armor received at the end of the campaign, as he feared [[Yul]] would target him first.<ref name="Narrative">[https://www.bungie.net/en/News/Article/46779 '''Bungie''': ''Destiny 2 Narrative Preview'']</ref>

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