Oryx, The Taken King

About

As indicated by his title the First Navigator, Oryx was driven to explore the cosmos and understand it at its deepest level, a drive which his Worm symbiote fed upon and encouraged.[33] He was utterly dedicated to upholding the principles of Sword Logic, with the winnower, a mysterious entity which has been attributed to be the personification of Darkness described in the apocryphal texts of Unveiling, claimed that Oryx was among the most devoted of its followers.[88] Later in life, while he was isolated from his Throne World and marooned within the Deep, Oryx decided to have children when he returned, whom he would later become fiercely loyal to.[31] This seems to have marked a turning point in his worldview, leading him to stray from the ideals of the Sword Logic. Years after Oryx's death, the Echo of Navigation, which was an imitation of a past Oryx preserved within the Witness's memory, scoffed at the idea that he would invade the Sol System out of sentimental revenge for Crota's death, declaring it a "waste of [his] logic" and that "the dead deserve extinction

Personality

Oryx is the God-King of the Hive and is notable for being one of the founders of the Hive race. Born in the gas giant Fundament, living on floating "continents", he was born as a proto-Hive female named Aurash. Her father, the King of their continent, the Osmium Court, developed a mental illness in his old age, fearing an apocalyptic event was imminent. Taox, a mentor to Aurash, feared she was not fit to be ruler, so she slew the Osmium King and drove out Aurash and her sisters. They spend the next two years in exile repairing a ship to travel to the core of Fundament, goaded on by a worm their father had kept. On their way to reaching the centre of Fundament, they encounter a deity that warns them not to travel deeper. They ignore it and eventually meet the Worm Gods, who would lead the creation of the first Hive. Aurash becomes Auryx, King of the Hive. Through centuries of warfare and repeated defeats, he is reborn as Oryx, free of any goodwill and rationality. He gains his power to Take when he slays the Worm God Akka. Upon his arrival in the Solar System within the Dreadnaught, Oryx was immediately greeted with an attack party of Awoken forces. Though they initiated the fight, Oryx overpowered them, forcing their queen, Mara Sov, to use her Harbringer Orbs. The orbs decimated the remaining Hive ships, but were absolutely ineffective against the Dreadnaught. Oryx unleashed his Oversoul and eradicated the remaining Awoken forces. The encounter did force Oryx to stand down within the Rings of Saturn, however. Due to his heavy losses, he unleashes his Taken, first on the Cabal base on Phobos. Within hours, the Cabal began blasting distress signals on all channels, prompting The Guardian to check the situation. They discovered the presence of Oryx and his Taken and abandoned the base soon after. Oryx, through the use of his blight probes, kept an eye on The Guardian's actions. The Guardian infiltrated the Dreadnaught and disabled the Oversoul weapon, allowing for other Guardians to touch down on the Dreadnaught. While they were encroaching ever closer to Oryx's altar, he spread his Taken infection across the Solar System. During this phase of his Taken War, he visited the Dreaming City in the Asteroid Belt and made a deal with the local Ahamkara, Riven. He ended up taking Riven and she became a powerful extension of Oryx's Taken army. After defiling Crota's grave to steal essence and access Oryx's altar, The Guardian infiltrated the most secure parts of the Dreadnaught. Oryx tests their worth by summoning Baxx, Hand of Oryx and Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx to halt The Guardian. The Guardian dispatches them and travels to Oryx's altar, where they duel. Oryx is defeated, but not killed. Using his powers to Take, he "took" himself and went to his Ascendant Realm.

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