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{{Character infobox
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|image= [[File:Akka cropped.jpg|300px]]
|homeworld=[[Fundament]]
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|species=[[Worm]]
|gender= Male
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|eyes= Yellow
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|notable= Part of the [[Dreadnaught]]
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{{quote|Akka my God, Worm of Secrets. I am Auryx, sole king of the Hive. I have come to receive a secret. I want the secret power of the Deep, which you hold.|[[Oryx, the Taken King]]<ref name="KOS">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVIII:_King_of_Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref>}}


'''Akka, the Worm of Secrets''' was one of the five [[Worm|Worm Gods]], ancient beings second only to the [[Darkness|Deep]] itself in the hierarchy of the [[Hive]] pantheon.  
{{quote|Akka my God, Worm of Secrets. I am Auryx, sole king of the Hive. I have come to receive a secret. I want the secret power of the Deep, which you hold|[[Oryx, the Taken King]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVIII:_King_of_Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref>}}
 
'''Akka, the Worm of Secrets''' is one of the five [[Worm]] Gods, ancient beings second only to the [[Darkness]] itself in the hierarchy of the [[Hive]] pantheon.  


==Biography==
==Biography==
{{quote|Akka yearned for nurture. It did so through secrets.|[[Xita, the Nurturing Worm]]}}<ref> '''Bungie (2022/03/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor Lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Greaves|Resonant Fury Greaves]]'' </ref>
Billions of years ago, Akka and the other the Worm Gods were trapped deep beneath Fundament and guarded by the [[Leviathan (creature)|Leviathan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#IX:_The_Bargain|IX: The Bargain]]''</ref> The Worm Gods oversaw the Hive's conquest of Fundament, providing knowledge, orders, and censure to their leaders as necessary. When the war freed the Worm Gods from Fundament's core, they responded by opening a wormhole into geostationary orbit, allowing the Hive to invade Fundament's moons and the [[Ammonite]] civilization that dwelled there.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIII:_Into_the_Sky|XIII: Into the Sky]]''</ref>
Billions of years ago, Akka and the other Worm Gods were trapped deep beneath [[Fundament]] and guarded by the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#IX:_The_Bargain|IX: The Bargain]]''</ref> During their imprisonment they would be greeted by the [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]] known as [[Rhulk]]. Rhulk would convince them to pledge their allegiance to the [[The Witness|Witness]] and would take their mother [[Xita, the Nurturing Worm]] from the deep oceans of Fundament to his [[The Sunken Pyramid|ship]]. <ref> '''Bungie (2022/03/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor Lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Helm|Resonant Fury Helm]]'' </ref> Later, the heirs to the Osmium Throne, [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]], and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xi Ro]], would travel to the domain of the Worm Gods while being guided by a dead worm larvae. The Worm Gods offered them power and immortality in exchange for becoming parasitized by their larvae. The siblings accept becoming Auryx, the King of the Hive, Savathûn, the Witch Queen, and Xivu Arath, God of War, spreading the larvae among their people. The Worm Gods oversaw the Hive's conquest of Fundament, providing knowledge, orders, and censure to their leaders as necessary. When the war freed the Worm Gods from Fundament's core, they responded by opening a wormhole into geostationary orbit, allowing the Hive to invade Fundament's moons and the [[Ammonite]] civilization that dwelled there.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIII:_Into_the_Sky|XIII: Into the Sky]]''</ref>
 
Auryx, seeking to gain the power to feed his worm, traveled the [[Ascendant Realm]] in search of Akka. Akka and Auryx spoke of the power of the [[Darkness|Deep]], and since their power was gifted, and not taken, it was not true to the Deep. Auryx attacked Akka and slew him, then communed with the Deep himself. When he was finished he crafted the Tablets of Ruin, gaining the power to [[Taken|Take]] and becoming Oryx, the Taken King.<ref name="KOS"/> Though dead, Akka was not gone, and Oryx was forced to battle his god's "swarming corpse" while escaping his sisters' treachery years later.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVI: Eater of Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref> Oryx used part of Akka's body to craft his [[Dreadnaught]], a massive ship in which to house his Throne world.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI:_Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref> Billions of years later, Akka's name has fallen into near obscurity, as [[Toland, the Shattered]] had only the faintest idea of his existence, but not his name.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] - [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#Ghost_Fragment:_Hive_4|Ghost Fragment: Hive 4]]''</ref>


==Gallery==
[[Oryx, the Taken King|Auryx, the King of the Hive]], seeking to gain the power to feed his worm, traveled the [[Ascendant realm]] in search of Akka. Akka and Auryx spoke of the power of the [[Darkness|Deep]], and since their power was gifted and not taken it was not true to the Deep. Auryx attacked Akka and slew him, then communed with the Deep himself. When he was finished he crafted the Tablets of Ruin, gaining the power to [[Taken|Take]] and becoming Oryx, the Taken King.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVIII:_King_of_Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> Though dead, Akka was not gone, and Oryx was forced to battle his god's "swarming corpse" while escaping his sisters' treachery years later. <ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVI: Eater of Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref> Oryx used part of Akka's body to craft his Dreadnaught, a massive ship in which to house his Throne world.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI:_Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref> Billions of years later, Akka's name has fallen into near obscurity, as [[Toland, the Shattered]] had only the faintest idea of his existence, but not his name.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#Ghost_Fragment:_Hive_4|Ghost Fragment: Hive 4]]''</ref>
<gallery>
File:Oryx VS Akka.jpg|Akka vs Oryx in a statue.
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Verse 3.8 of the Books of Sorrow seems to imply that some of Akka's paracausal powers are ontological in nature: when he is confronted by Oryx, Akka is said to have been "denying a truth until it became a lie," and was afraid to deny the truth of Oryx's words lest "the truth might become false."<ref name="KOS"/>
*Verse 3.8 of the Books of Sorrow seems to imply that some of Akka's paracausal powers are ontological in nature: when he is confronted by Oryx, Akka is said to have been "denying a truth until it became a lie," and was afraid to deny the truth of Oryx's words lest "the truth might become false."<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVIII:_King_of_Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref>
**Therefore, when Akka denied that Oryx had the strength to slay him, he may have inadvertently sealed his own demise.
**Therefore, when Akka denied that Oryx had the strength to slay him, he may have inadvertently sealed his own demise.
*Based on the size of the Dreadnaught, Akka would appear to have been immensely larger than Xol or even Xita, possibly approaching the size of a small celestial body.
*Akka is the first known Worm God to be killed by not just the Hive, but by any being.
*In the [[Temple of the Navigator]] you can see a statue of Oryx fighting Akka.
*Akka has been referred to both with the genderless 'It' by his mother Xita, and the male 'He' by Oryx. This calls Akka's gender into question.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Destiny]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{First mentioned}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}


==References==
==References==
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