Editing Grasp of Nokris

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|name= Grasp of Nokris
|purpose= Serve [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn]] <br> Serve [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]] {{c|formerly}} <br> Serve [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]
|champion(s)= [[Nur Abath, Crest of Xol]]<br>[[Kathok, Roar of Xol]] <br>[[Damkath, the Mask]]<br>[[Naksud, the Famine]]<br>[[Bok Litur, Hunger of Xol]]
|realm= [[Hellas Basin]] <br> [[European Aerial Zone]] {{c|temporary}}
|war=[[Rasputin]] <br> [[Red Legion]] <br>  [[Vanguard]]
|ally= [[Savathûn's Brood]] <br> [[Taken]] {{C|briefly}} <br> [[Lucent Brood]] {{C|absorbed into}}
|encountered= [[Red War]] <br> [[Arrival of the Black Fleet]]
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{{Quote|The Hive who follow Nokris are fanatically loyal. Stupid, too. But really loyal. You've gotta give them at least a little credit.|[[Ana Bray]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/defrosted Defrosted]''</ref>}}

The '''Grasp of Nokris''' was a [[Hive]] brood centered in the [[Hellas Basin]] in the polar ice caps of [[Mars]]. Dormant for centuries after the Collapse, they were awoken and acted in the name of their leader, [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris, Herald of Xol]] and their Worm God [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]]. After Xol's death and [[Whisper of the Worm|defection]] to their killers, they began making desperate attempts to summon [[Savathûn's Brood]] to their aid.<ref name="Deathly Tremors>'''Bungie (2018/6/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - [[Deathly Tremors]]''</ref> Eventually, Nokris pledged his allegiance to the Witch-Queen as her Supplicant, allying his revenant brood with hers.

==History==
After [[Oryx]] excommunicated his son [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris]] for making a heretical bargain with [[Xol, Will of the Thousands|Xol]], Nokris took his followers, the Grasp of Nokris, and set out to conquer a new world in the name of his patron [[Worm|Worm God]], choosing [[Mars]] to claim as their new domain.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Verity's Brow#Lore|Verity's Brow]]''</ref> They settled in the mountains of [[Hellas Basin]] at some point before [[Human]]ity began colonizing the planet during the [[Golden Age]], where multiple sightings sparked a local legend describing "ghostly apparitions" blending in the snow with their pale white chitin. Those sightings dropped drastically when [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]] established [[BrayTech Futurescape]] and their central [[Warmind]] [[Mindlab: Rasputin|facility]] in the region.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[BrayTech Suit#BrayTech Winter Cloak|BrayTech Winter Cloak]]''</ref>    

[[File:Nokris.gif|thumb|300px|The Herald of Xol, Nokris]]

When the events of the [[Collapse]] occurred, Xol and Nokris lead their army to conquer Mars against the forces of [[Rasputin]]. In defense, the Warmind executed the SIBERIAN ENTROPY protocol, flash-freezing the entire Hive army along with Nokris and Xol. They would remain entombed within the ice of Hellas Basin for centuries until the pulse of Light emitted by the Traveler after the [[Red War]] caused the ice caps to thaw. With the thawing of the Ice caps, the Grasp emerged intending to claim Mars again, and Rasputin on top of that.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''</ref> For weeks, the Grasp engaged Guardians, repeatedly being cut down, eventually culminating in the slaying of both their leadership and their Worm God.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - [[Strange Terrain]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - [[Will of the Thousands]]''</ref> Despite the loss of their leaders, the Grasp would continue to be of nuisance to Hellas Basin with many of their champions frequently returning, being challenged by Rasputin's Escalation Protocol.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - [[Escalation Protocol]]''</ref>

With Xol having abandoned them for the [[Guardian]]s and Nokris leaving Mars for Savathûn's [[Court of Savathûn|court]], the brood of undead Hive had quieted their activity with the [[Pyramid (Mars)|Pyramid's]] arrival.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Duress and Egress|Duress and Egress]], [[Lore:Duress and Egress#Ana: Black Box|Ana: Black Box]]''</ref>

Osiris, after an [[Heist Battleground: Mars|operation]] to recover the submind [[Charlemagne]], located in an alternate version of the [[BrayTech Futurescape]] inside one of the time wounds found on Mars after Savathûn returned it to the solar system, finally addresses the fate of the brood, stating that since the Pyramids' arrival, the remainder of Nokris' forces had joined Savathûn's [[Lucent Brood]] against [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Osiris]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhwWmzxHB_s "Nokris's forces pledged themselves to Savathûn. They stand with the Lucent Brood against Xivu Arath."]''</ref>

==Structure==
[[File:Xol.gif|thumb|300px|Xol, Will of the Thousands]]
{{Quote|I've never seen Hive like this before.|[[Ghost]]}}

The Grasp of Nokris were the only known brood composed entirely of reanimated Hive with their leaders possessing the heretical secret of [[necromancy]], giving them the power to continuously raise their deceased in endless cycles of death and rebirth. The majority of these undead Hive all had ice and rime fused to their chitin after centuries of being frozen cryogenically, which caused them to shatter upon being killed rather than combust into flames or disintegrate like the other Hive broods. They were found exclusively at the polar icecaps of [[Mars]], specifically having their breeding grounds located in the [[Penumbral Depths]] buried beneath Hellas Basin.

Since Savathûn's defection to the Light, what remained of the Grasp of Nokris joined her and were consolidated into her [[Lucent Brood]], sharing their secrets of necromancy with the brood. Such secrets would go on to be an [[Ghosts of the Deep|invaluable]] boon.

==Notable members==
===Hive Pantheon===
*'''[[Xol, Will of the Thousands]]''' {{c|''Warmind''}}
*'''[[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris, Herald of Xol]]''' {{c|''Warmind'' and post-''Warmind''}}
*'''[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]''' {{c|post-''Warmind''}}

===Major Hive Champions===
*[[Bok Litur, Hunger of Xol]]
*[[Damkath, the Mask]]
*[[Kathok, Roar of Xol]]
*[[Naksud, the Famine]]
*[[Nur Abath, Crest of Xol]]

===Minor Hive Champions===
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*[[Al-Gul, Eater of Light]]
*[[Asbel, Far from Home]] {{c|formerly}}
*[[Devoted of Nokris]]
*[[Dultur Xolborne]]
*[[Ekdala Xolborne]]
*[[Eye in the Dark]]
*[[Golgoth, Ichor of Xol]]
*[[Golur the Plagued]]
*[[Hadak the Devoted]]
*[[Ilheru Xolborne]]
*[[Kamus Vanquisher Aethdaakel]]
*[[Kamus Vanquisher Guuldur]]
*[[Kamus Vanquisher Vakeldu]]
*[[Keresh, Champion of Xol]]
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*[[Kvada ur-Nokru]]
*[[Šimmumah ur-Nokru]]
*[[Sulhava, Vassal to Xol]]
*[[Supplicant of Xol]]
*[[Thanatologist Ir'handi]]
*[[Thanatologist Merga]]
*[[Thaltos, the Deathless]]
*[[Thûl, the Monstrous]]
*[[Ukdor, the Flayed]]
*[[Uroc Tor]]
*[[Ultorg, Breath of Xol]]
*[[Urrot, Hammer of Nokris]]
*[[Vengulhur Xolborne]]
*[[Yer'ot the Forgotten]]
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==Unique forces==
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;[[Thrall]] variants
*[[Unhallowed Thrall]]

;[[Cursed Thrall]] variants
*[[Kamus Cursed Thrall]]
*[[Naksud's Fodder]]
*[[Unhallowed Cursed Thrall]]
*[[The Wormcursed]]

;[[Acolyte]] variants
*[[Battery Acolyte]]
*[[Kamus Acolyte]]
*[[Namuš Acolyte]]
*[[Unhallowed Acolyte]]
**[[Dread Unhallowed Acolyte]]

;[[Adherent]] variants
*[[Unhallowed Adherent]]
**[[Dread Unhallowed Adherent]]

;[[Knight]] variants
*[[Deafening Blast]]
*[[Kamus Knight]]
*[[Namuš Knight]]
*[[Šuluh Knight]]
*[[Šuluh-teth Knight]]
*[[Ugul Gar Knight]]
*[[Unhallowed Knight]]
**[[Dread Unhallowed Knight]]

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;[[Vanquisher]] variants
*[[Choking Blade]]
*[[Kamus Vanquisher]]
*[[Namuš Vanquisher]]
*[[Severing Knight]]
*[[Unhallowed Vanquisher]]
**[[Dread Unhallowed Vanquisher]]

;[[Wizard]] variants
*[[Kamus Wizard]]
*[[Namuš Wizard]]
*[[Renewal Wizard]]
*[[Soaring Keen]]
*[[Ugul Gar Wizard]]
*[[Unhallowed Wizard]]
**[[Dread Unhallowed Wizard]]
*[[Visage of Xol]]

;[[Ogre]] variants
*[[Kamus Ogre]]
*[[Shambling Torrent]]
*[[Unhallowed Ogre]]
**[[Dread Unhallowed Ogre]]

;[[Shrieker]] variants
*[[Unhallowed Shrieker]]
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==Technology==
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===Weapons===
*[[Acolyte Grenade]]
*[[Boomer]]
*[[Cleaver]]
*[[Hive Shield]]
*[[Shredder]]
*[[Soulfire Rifle]]
*[[Splinter]]

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===Vehicles===
*[[Tombship]]

===Structures===
*[[Shadowrift]]
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==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=3>
NokrisCloseup.jpg|Nokris, Herald of Xol 
File:Xol, facing down his attackers.JPG|Xol, Will of the Thousands
Grasp of Nokris.jpg|The Grasp of Nokris

NokrisThrall.jpg|Grasp of Nokris Thralls
NokrisOgres.jpg|Grasp of Nokris Ogres
File:Nokris Battle.jpg|Hive assisting Nokris in Battle

NokrisKnight.jpg|A Knight battling the Guardians 
GraspofNokris.jpg|Hive battling the Guardians 
NokrisOgres1.jpg|Ogres engaging the Guardians

Destiny 2 Vanquisher In Battle.jpg|Vanquisher, exclusive Knight-variant to the Grasp of Nokris.
NokrisThrall1.jpg|Another image of Thralls
File:Grasp of Nokris Emerging.jpg|A Knight, Acolyte, and Thrall of the ''Grasp of Nokris''.

File:Symbol_of_Nokris.png|The symbol of Nokris and his undead brood.
</gallery>
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==Trivia==
*The Grasp of Nokris had a unique faction insignia distinct from the general [[Savathûn's Brood|Hive]] in-game. The symbol resembled the central "eye" of [[Xol, Will of the Thousands]]. Another symbol of this faction bore the head shape and eyes of Nokris.
*The Cursed Thralls in the brood are a unique variant that inflicts a "Chilled" debuff on all targets within range, severely decreasing their mobility for ten seconds.
*Many of the Hive within the Grasp of Nokris had distinctive titles in what is implied to be a Hive dialect; fans have identified these titles as originating from several ancient real-world languages.<ref>https://www.bungie.net/en/Forums/Post/244977779</ref>
**Just some of these include Arabic, Greek, Sanskrit, Pali, Sumerian, Swedish, Babylonian, and more.
*The units of the Grasp of Nokris had slightly different sounds than Hive from other sects, sounding far more guttural.
*Due to Mars' disappearance and Nokris abandoning the Grasp of Nokris for [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]], the Grasp of Nokris may be the first enemy faction introduced in Destiny 2 to go extinct.
**In ''[[Season of the Seraph]],'' the Brood was stated to have been consolidated into the [[Lucent Brood]].
*The Grasp of Nokris is the only Hive brood to have [[Adherent]]s in their ranks.
**The Grasp of Nokris was also the only Hive brood so far to have [[Vanquisher]]s until ones from [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] appeared in ''[[Season of the Seraph]]''.
*The Grasp of Nokris has never been mentioned by name in-game. They have only been referred to as such once on Bungie.net when Warmind was initially released.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20180426092418/https://www.destinythegame.com/ca/en/expansion2</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]''
**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' {{Mo}}

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