Editing Crota, Son of Oryx

After [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] fought his way out of the [[Ascendant realm|Deep]] after being trapped within by his sisters [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]], he decided that he needed children to carry on his lineage and ensure his flow of tribute was always greater than that of his siblings. Crota was thus born, and his father explained to him why he had created him and granted him a sword and a name, stating those would be the only things that he gave his son and that Crota would have to earn his place upon his father's court, the High War. The newborn Crota continued to listen as his father explained the "trap" of the [[Traveler]] in giving species hope that there was a path in the universe that did not involve conflict, and thus gave Crota the name Eater of Hope in anticipation of the lives and dreams he would snuff out. Crota was then taken to be introduced to the rest of his family.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVI: Eater of Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref> Crota was soon joined by two sisters, [[Ir Halak, Deathsinger|Ir Halak]] and [[Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk]]; and a brother, [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris]]. However, Nokris was excommunicated and stricken from the Hive's histories for his heretical necromantic practices.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], [[Verity's Brow]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Ghost]]: [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-nokris Ghost Scan: Nokris]''</ref> Crota himself was made the heir to his father and the [[Osmium Court|Osmium Throne]].<ref>Bungie (2015/2/12), Destiny, Activision Blizzard: [[Eidolon Ally]] upgrade materials description</ref>  Crota also had four [[Swarm Princes]], Banuk, Dakoor, Garok, and Merok, forge for him a great [[Cleaver#Sword of Crota|sword]] with which to ravage worlds and drain the [[Light]] from his foes.<ref name="SP">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Swarm Princes|Swarm Princes]]''</ref>  

Amongst the greatest of Crota and Omnigul's spawn was [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]]; eldest of four daughters along with her sisters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], and [[Voshyr]]. Even as a young [[Thrall]] she came to Crota's attention, as she was able to contend with [[Knight]]s in strength and size. Intrigued by Hashladûn, Crota ordered her inundated in the old way of floods to remove her excesses and leave her distilled down to her most powerful form through purification. Hashladûn fought the forces Crota sent against her, slaying them all, but Crota himself then came for her, even more deeply impressed by her love for him expressed by her strong display of will in defying him. Dragging his daughter to a floodplain in the Ascendant Realm, he impaled her to its base in six places and began the ritual of inundation. Hashladûn survived the ritual and emerged weakened by the ritual but stronger for it, murdering the first living thing she encountered to regain her strength. Crota came before her proud and impressed, but in sorrow informed her that in her newfound greatness, she could not love him, as most of what had been his in her had washed away and left behind only what was of her grandfather, Oryx. With a cry of joy and grief he cut a hole in his realm and cast her out of his court to join the ranks of his father's.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Weblore:Shadowkeep]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#Hope|Hope]]''</ref>

At some point in time of the [[Collapse]], Crota and his spawn came to the [[Sol System]] in his everlasting pursuit of [[The Traveler]] and to wipe the last [[Last City|bastion]] of [[humanity]] it had protected. Crota would also lead the Hive in conquering [[Moon|Luna]], which held the [[The Lunar Pyramid|Pyramid]] of the [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]] [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]] buried beneath the surface since the Traveler's final attack. His spawn hollowed out the planetoid into a [[war moon]] where they laid dormant until they launched their own invasion of Earth during the early [[City Age]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#Ghost Fragment: Hive|Ghost Fragment: Hive]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/15)''', ''Destiny, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Rezyl Azzir - Before These Walls|Rezyl Azzir - Before These Walls]]''</ref> In addition to Luna and the former disciple’s Pyramid, Crota became interested in the space station [[Cocytus]], which contained experimental gates from the [[Golden Age]] of [[Humanity]]. He established his hold over those gates and created a manifold into his throne realm.<ref name = "SIC">'''Bungie (2019/3/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Drifter]], [[Lore:Stolen Intelligence|Stolen Intelligence]]: [[Lore:Stolen Intelligence#Cocytus|Cocytus]]''</ref> From there, Crota and his brood could commune with whispers echoed through the Cocytus gates, learning to create the [[Necrochasm|first]] [[Weapons of Sorrow|Weapon of Sorrow]].<ref name = "Necrocasm">'''Bungie (2022/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]] - [[Necrochasm]]''</ref>

The [[Guardian]]s barely repelled the Hive offense at the [[Battle of Burning Lake]]; not realizing the true threat the Hive posed, they launched a counterattack on the moon, which was later called the Great Disaster.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Heavy Weapons#Raze-Lighter|Raze-Lighter]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Weblore:Warmind]]: [[Weblore:Warmind#Cryptarch|Cryptarch]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/15)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Fist of Crota]]''</ref> The Sword-Logic proved to be too much for the Guardians, as countless heroes fell before Crota's [[Blades of Crota|Blades]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Blades of Crota|Blades of Crota]]''</ref> The God-Knight himself would emerge from the abyss as he cracked Luna's surface with every stroke of his [[Cleaver#Sword of Crota|sword]] and took the Light of every Guardian life that it fell.<ref name="RoC">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/The Dark Below#Rise of Crota|Rise of Crota]]''</ref> [[Gunnvor|Gunnvor, the Dawncaller]] would rally the remaining [[Titan (class)|Titan]]s from the [[First Pillar Order]] in a desperate charge against Crota, sacrificing themselves to the Eater of Hope in a futile bid for time.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Luna's Lost|Luna's Lost]]: [[Lore:Luna's Lost#Ghost Fragment: Gunnvor's Ghost|Ghost Fragment: Gunnvor's Ghost]]''</ref> Soon he would face the legendary [[Titan (class)|Titan]] [[Wei Ning]], overwhelming the [[Striker]] with the paracausal might of the sword logic as he impaled her upon his Cleaver. As a further show of dominance over his foes and their [[Light]], Crota took the life of a Guardian using their own [[Ghost]] whose shell was hammered into a knife. His leadership and the power of his sword led the Hive's hordes to victory during the battle, slaying thousands of Guardians and driving them away from the moon for more than a century out of fear of Crota's power.<ref name="W2">'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2|Ghost Fragment: Warlock 2]]''</ref>

Despite this great victory for the Hive, Crota's plans for further conquest of humanity were put on hold due to his father calling him back to the Ascendant Plane to plan their final victory together.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Oryx: Rebuked|Oryx: Rebuked]]''</ref> Within the Sea of Screams, however, two [[Knight]]s - one of Oryx and one of Xivu Arath engaged in a duel in honor of their respective masters. The duel ended in a draw, but both flung themselves into the depths of an abyss and so the Knight of Oryx failed to make his tribute to a champion of Crota. This setback cost Crota's champion a significant tribute at the necessary time and thus led to his defeat in a duel against a sergeant of the God of War. Having suffered a major loss of temples and tributaries for his father, Crota judged it best to sleep upon his [[Oversoul Throne|throne world]] and recover his lost tithes while his soul remained tethered to an Ascendant [[Soul of Crota|crystal]], giving him a quick means of return to the real universe once his strength was restored.<ref name="Dust">'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Weblore:Shadowkeep]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#Dust|Dust]]''</ref> He would also entrust his own sword to the four Swarm Princes of the [[Hidden Swarm]]; to guard within the depths of the [[Hellmouth]] until his return to the physical world.<ref name="SP"/>

Decades later, Crota's court began preparing for his return to the physical realm by invading the [[Cosmodrome]] on Earth, with his consort [[Omnigul]] leading the effort to raise a Hive army for a full-scale invasion of the City upon his return. Having foreseen the imminent return of Crota, Eris called upon the aid of a newly risen [[The Guardian|Guardian]] to aid her in dismantling Crota's army. The Guardian successfully assassinated Crota's closest lieutenants, including the [[Swarm Princes]] and their commander [[Sardon, Fist of Crota|Sardon]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], [[Fist of Crota]]''</ref> As Crota's resurrection draws nigh, Eris guides the Guardian to the Moon, where the chamber housing Crota's soul was located. The Guardian arrived in the midst of a summoning ritual and worked to disrupt it and slay the ritualist [[Wizard]]s. The crystal tethering Crota's soul in the [[Chamber of Night]] would be sent back to the Ascendant realm, banishing his shadowy presence from the physical world and thereby preventing his corporeal return.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], [[The Wakening]]''</ref> Afterwards, Crota's horde was thrown into further disarray when the Guardians killed Omnigul in a [[Will of Crota|strike operation]], which prevents any further attempt to fully revive him.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], [[Will of Crota]]''</ref>  

Crota's end would be met by the Guardian leading a newly formed [[Raid]] team upon the Oversoul Throne, entered from the deepest pit of the [[Hellmouth]]. The Guardians summoned Crota from his crystal to engage in his own throne world, surrounded by his army of [[Ascendant Hive]]. When conventional means failed before the Hope-Eater, the Guardians turned Crota's own Sword Logic against him with the [[Cleaver]]s of his fallen Blades, permanently killing him.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]], [[Crota's End]]''</ref>

As Crota was the first Hive God the Guardians ever faced and one of their most notorious foes, he haunts the Risen in their memories. Following the [[Hunt for the Scorn|Scorn Hunts]] and the continuous fight for the [[Dreaming City]], Crota's [[Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx|form]] would manifest as a [[Nightmare]] blocking [[The Guardian]]'s path to the derelict Pyramid beneath the [[Scarlet Keep]]. The newly spawned Nightmare of Crota would prove too much for the Guardian to face, who took an essence from it before they were saved by [[Eris Morn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[A Mysterious Disturbance]]''</ref> The Guardian would later face the Crota Nightmare again as they were coaxed into the interior of the Pyramid, which they then succeeded in destroying.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Beyond]]''</ref>

Crota's immediate family would be survived by his daughters Besurith, Voshyr, Kinox, and the eldest Hashladûn.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#II: An Audience with Slaughter|II: An Audience with Slaughter]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#X: Faith in Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref> Atop the newly erected Scarlet Keep upon Luna in [[Sorrow's Harbor]], the daughters' laid plans for the Hive's future and to achieve vengeance by creating a deathless [[Zulmak, Instrument of Torment|champion]] under their control through heretical means.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Heretic]]''</ref> Hashladûn and Besurith would both be killed by Guardians leaving Voshyr and Kinox to complete their work while hiding out.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/e507ki/all_hiverelated_transcripts_dialogues_and_texts/ Scarlet Keep Transcript]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[The Scarlet Keep]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Into the Deep]]''</ref> Unfortunately for Crota's line, both Voshyr and Kinox, along with their own children, would be killed by Osiris when Savathûn lured the remnants of the Scarlet Court into one place to be destroyed in one fell swoop.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/13)''', ''[[Weblore:Season of the Hunt]] - [[Weblore:Season of the Hunt#Lore entry|Lore entry]]''</ref> The Witch Queen planned this in the belief that the bloodline of Oryx had run its course.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI.X: Apocrypha|#XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref>

In his youth, Crota was a great warrior, although extremely brash and arrogant. His father Oryx believed he lacked the cunning of his sisters, which led to Crota being easily tricked by his aunt Savathûn into opening a portal into a Vex realm which taught the machines the Sword Logic and planted the seeds for the eventual [[Taken|Taking]] of [[Quria, Blade Transform]].<ref name="PoD"/> As the millennia wore on, Crota gained more respect for his father and greater understanding of the Sword Logic, increasing both of their power through mighty temples of tribute.<ref name="EO"/> His exiled brother Nokris, remarked that he had a taste for glory.<ref> '''Bungie (06/10/2020)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Weblore:Season of Arrivals]], [[Weblore:Season of Arrivals#False Idols|False Idols]]''</ref> By the time of the Great Disaster, Crota had reached the pinnacle of his strength and could easily wipe out hundreds of [[Light]]-empowered [[Guardian]]s, including Wei Ning, one of the Last City's greatest champions.<ref name="W2"/>

Crota is only mentioned in the base game and is never fought, but players are tasked with finding and destroying the [[The Sword of Crota|Sword of Crota]].  

Crota himself appears as the final boss of the [[Crota's End]] [[Raid]]. He will spawn after all players stand near his summoning crystal. Crota is a massive Knight with a proportionally gigantic Cleaver, which will deal devastating damage to any player he strikes. In addition, he can also fire Darkness Blasts, like a [[Wizard]], from his hand, giving him a powerful ranged attack as well. Crota will not be vulnerable to attack at the moment, as he will be protected by a resistant shield. Once he enters the arena, all Guardians will be inflicted with a debuff called Presence of Crota, which disables the regeneration of both health and shield alike. To counteract this, one can pick up the [[Chalice of Light]] that spawns in the middle of the room; it can be picked up by anyone who needs to regenerate. Meanwhile, a [[Swordbearer]] will show up at the bottom level. It must be killed to pick up its [[Cleaver#Ascendant Sword|Ascendant Sword]], which is the only way to damage Crota.

To make Crota vulnerable, players have to hit him with their Cleavers until his shield is downed. He will then stagger briefly, become vulnerable to normal damage, and then start fighting back again. Crota will likely destroy [[Well of Radiance|Wells]] and [[Ward of Dawn|Wards]] placed by the fireteam, so higher caution is advised. When the damage phase starts, the Oversoul will start growing, with an on-screen countdown. It must be shot to stop it from wiping the team, but it will only take damage from an Enlightened player. Once Crota reaches the last fourth of his health, he will become briefly immune before engaging in a last stand. Players now must kill him quickly, still contending with the Oversoul. Depleting Crota's health will conclude the battle and Raid.

When the players first descend into the arena, they will have to start the encounter manually. At that point, hordes of Hive will appear, with Crota at their back. Much like the other battles against the Son of Oryx, Dares Champion Crota will only be vulnerable to attacks with Cleavers. These can be obtained by killing [[Crota's Swordbearer]]s that appear from the [[Ascendant Portal]]s in the arena. Once a player grabs a sword, the portals will start pouring [[Xûr's Edgekeeper]]s, which can be slain to increase the damage dealt by Cleavers.

*It is mentioned in ''[[The Taken King]]'' that only Ascendant Hive could enter the Ascendant plane, those Hive which had killed enough to gain admittance. This meant that the means by which the Guardians accessed the Oversoul Throne on the Moon are unknown, as they did not follow the philosophy of the killing logic. A logical explanation is that Crota bled his Throne over into the Moon, becoming the same with the planetoid, meaning the same mechanics which allowed Guardians free roam on the Dreadnaught enabled them to enter Crota's realm, through the simple act of killing. The reason for Ascendance is that Guardians had not been killing long on the Dreadnaught, meaning it was necessary to steal Crota's soul.

*The word Crota means a woman or person of scarce resource that lacks work, housing, and food often.<ref>[https://www.wordmeaning.org/spanish/crota.htm Meaning of crota]</ref>

*The [[Escalation Protocol]] boss, [[Kathok, Roar of Xol]] uses the exact opposite mechanic as Crota or a simpler version of Destiny 2's version.