Editing Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota

|image= [[File:Hashladûn.JPG|300px]]

|faction= [[Spawn of Crota]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Blood of Oryx]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Hidden Swarm]]  

|rank= [[Ultra]]

|ability= {{icon|Arc}} Darkness Blasts <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Flight <br> Immunity Shield <br> Summon Hive <br> Knockback Rune

{{Quote|Do you feel it as I do, [[Guardian]]? A hatred as pure and potent as sunshine, soaking through your skin? Hashladûn knows what you are. What you've done. She watched as her lineage fell, one after another; [[Crota]], [[Oryx]], [[Omnigul]]. And she is eager to return that pain. |Eris Morn to the Guardian}}

'''Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota''' (also known as '''the Inundated''') is an [[Ascendant Hive|Ascendant]] [[Hive]] [[Wizard]] and the eldest of the Daughters (herself, [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Voshyr]], and [[Kinox]]) of the Hive god [[Crota, Son of Oryx]] and [[Omnigul, Will of Crota]], as well as granddaughter of [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. She is the leader of the [[Hidden Swarm]] and architect of the [[Scarlet Keep]], harnessing the [[Nightmare]]s of the [[Pyramid]] that lies beneath for her schemes in vengeance against the Guardians.  

Hashladûn would meet her end by [[the Guardian]] at the top of the [[Tower of Woe]] as part of her revenge against them, only to be killed by their [[Fireteam|fireteam]].

After the five inundations, Hashladûn broke free from her impalement, starving, wounded, and much reduced in form. On witnessing her crawling back to his throne world, Crota stated: ''"You are great now, and you cannot love Me. For the parts of you that were Mine have been taken from you; the parts that were [[Oryx|His]] remain."'' With all ties to Crota severed by the floods, and therefore rendered closer to Oryx, Hashladûn had [[Ascendant Hive|ascended]] into her grandfather's [[Court of Oryx|court]] much to her father's joy and grief; knowing that she can never set foot in his court again. She was then sent forth to Oryx's side by her father, who cut a rift through space-time to an unknown destination.<ref name="Hope">'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#Hope|Hope]]''</ref>

 

Following the [[Taken War]], Hashladûn hid beneath the [[Moon|Lunar surface]] alongside her sisters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], and [[Voshyr]], and plotted their revenge against the [[Guardian]]s for the deaths of her immediate family. Unable to accept a world without their King, Hashladûn and her sisters enacted a plot to recreate their deceased grandfather in the form of a phantasmal [[Nightmare]]; a necessary violation of the [[Sword Logic]] since the Taken King was never succeeded by his killers. They also believed that Oryx might yet be truly resurrected, having been defeated before and returning to life through sheer will and tribute in his name.<ref name="FIB">'''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>

As the coven of sisters worked to enact their sinister plot, they were still left to deal with conspirators and contenders for the vacancy of a champion left by their late father. Many of the Hive that still held to the old beliefs in the [[Sword Logic]] gave way to gladiatorial combat in the [[Pit of Heresy|Pit]] beneath the Keep, though none of the sisters believed any were worthy of their father or grandfather's succession. Hashladûn and her sisters attended the Pit to witness the gladiatorial games, and silenced Besurith and Voshyr as they expressed doubts about the fighters when the games began.<ref name="II: An Audience with Slaughter">'''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>

Of the greatest contenders was the Knight [[Zulmak, Instrument of Torment|Zulmak]], whose triumphs in the Pit threatened to upend Hashladûn's plans if anointed a new Hive champion by the majority of the Swarm. Hashladûn judged Zulmak a great warrior but lacking the cunning of Crota and Oryx and turned to leave the Pit alongside her sisters, which prompted much of the congregation to do the same.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#IV: Blood Sport|IV: Blood Sport]]''</ref> They were forced to return for a third fight, as Zulmak's performance had persuaded many that his strength as a warrior made him a worthy successor under the Sword Logic. This belief disgusted Hashladûn, who noted that Zulmak's opponents were not impressive, as most of the Hidden Swarm's greatest warriors had been slain by Guardians already.<ref name="FIB"/> However, Zulmak's reign was cut short by the [[Deathsinger]] [[Ir Airâm, Deathsinger|Azavath]], whose body had merged with the essence of her Knight brother [[Akrazul, the Severed|Akrazul]] and went on a blind massacre with the royal congregation. Taking advantage of the ensuing chaos, Hashladûn and her sisters assassinated their perceived enemies, leaving the Akrazul-possessed Azavath to take the blame and none left to challenge them.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]]: [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#XI: The Anti-Logic|XI: The Anti-Logic]]''</ref>

As the coven of sisters made ready to leave, Hashladûn glanced once more into the pit and was greeted by the whispers of a fellow schemer: their great-aunt [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]. She encouraged her nieces to seize control of the Hidden Swarm themselves and be the strength the Hive needed to challenge the [[Light]] with a mighty new [[Scarlet Keep|fortress]]. Additionally, she offered a boon in the essence of the fallen Zulmak, to be raised as a puppet champion for the Swarm. Intrigued but weary of her aunt's schemes, Hashladûn questioned what role the heretic Azavath-reborn [[Ir Airâm, Deathsinger]] would play, as they killed their maddened brother Akrazul with the [[Deathsong]]. Savathûn offered her as a second boon as the head of the reformed Choir, a legendary group of [[Deathsinger]]s to be used as another weapon in their upcoming battle against the Guardians.<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>

With their control over the Hidden Swarm secured, the Daughters of Crota rallied the remaining Hive on the Moon and began construction of the [[Scarlet Keep]], acting as an amplifier of their magics and to ward themselves of the Pyramid's influences with the forbidden [[Cryptoglyph]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Eris Morn]]: [[Eris Morn#Quotes|The energy spilling from the tower suggests another purpose: I believe it amplifies Hive magic. This may be where the Hive achieve their immunity to the Pyramid's influences]]''</ref>  While the [[Hive]] were unable to conjure Nightmares, they instead bade their time for the [[Eris Morn|one]] behind Oryx's killers to be their catalyst, manipulated of her curiosity by the Witch Queen herself.<ref name="Poison">'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'', ''[[Weblore:Shadowkeep]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#Poison|Poison]]''</ref> <ref>'''Bungie (2019/09/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'', ''[[Weblore:Shadowkeep]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#THE BLACK NEEDLE|THE BLACK NEEDLE]]''</ref>

 

After [[Eris Morn]]'s discovery of the Pyramid unleashed its phantasmal power, Hashladûn utilized the great tower of the Scarlet Keep to channel its energy for their experiments, which helped the Hive summon [[Nightmares]] of great power near the Keep based on the fears and past foes of the Guardians, including [[Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx|one]] of her late father.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'', ''[[In Search of Answers]]''</ref> Using the [[Cryptoglyph]], Hashladûn experimented with the creations of the ancient Pyramid and found no hope of truly restoring Oryx and Crota through their power, as their essences had truly disappeared. However, she and her sisters embraced Savathûn's gifts and began crafting what remained of Zulmak into a fearsome champion of their own design and under their control. Through her experiments, Hashladûn distilled the primordial essence of terror and contributed it to Besurith and Voshyr's reshaping of Zulmak's husk.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Heretic]]''</ref>

 

When the Guardians invaded the moon to challenge the Hive's resurgence and the appearance of the Nightmares, Hashladûn personally encountered [[The Guardian|the Guardian]] who slew her father, mother, and grandfather at the bridge to the Keep. Retreating to the top of the spire, Hashladûn lures the Guardian and their fireteam to her position to finally claim her revenge for her ravaged lineage. Having gathered potent energies to amplify her powers, the Inundated summons waves of Hive reinforcements to swarm her enemies and use her magic in several attempts to knock them off the tower. In her quest for vengeance, however, Hashladûn met her demise in flames much like her family. From her remains, the Guardians found a tablet containing evidence of the [[Cryptoglyph]] hidden at the bottom of the [[Hellmouth]].<ref name="The Scarlet Keep" />

 

 

 

{{Quote|Let us make a manifest our crimes. Let us not offend Oryx King with the contempt of rhetoric. Let our transgressions be known through our actions. Let our crimes be implied by the result, as the wound remembers the shape of the weapon. Aiat!|The Daughters of Crota}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'', ''[[Weblore:Shadowkeep]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#Hearts|Hearts]]''</ref>

 

Much like her sisters, Hashladûn lacks the brute strength of her father to wrestle the gifts presented by the [[Sword Logic]]. Instead, they make up for it in ambition and cunning much like their great-aunt Savathûn, preferring to manipulate the Hive from the shadows with rumors, conspiracies, and lies.<ref name="II: An Audience with Slaughter"/> Unlike the other Hive that adhere to the logic, Hashladûn and her sisters value the legacies of her father and grandfather to the extent of preservation from enemies looking to unseat their family's royal status, especially Zulmak, whom she considered a tool in disgust.<ref name="FIB"/>

Unmoored from the foundational tenets of their grandfather's Sword Logic, Hashladun had faith in the belief that Oryx was not truly vanquished but could be remade from death like his sisters before as mentioned in the [[Books of Sorrow]].<ref name="Poison"/> She reasons that challenging the dogmas of the Logic in fact adhered to the Logic itself, as by questioning Oryx's legacy the Hive purify those aspects of it which cannot withstand so that only that which is perfect and unchallengeable would remain.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'', ''[[Weblore:Shadowkeep]]: [[Weblore:Shadowkeep#Endure|Endure]]''</ref> Her obsession with keeping her forefathers’ legacy alive was, however, considered foolhardy according to [[Kinox]], and in fact blinded her to the reality of the Swarm's spiraling failure.<ref name="Apostate">'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'', ''Item Description: [[Apostate#Lore|Apostate]]''</ref>

==Family==

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*Hashladûn's death animation is similar to the death of [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn]].

File:Hashladun.jpg|Hashladûn in-combat

==List of appearances==

*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'' {{1st}}

**''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}}

{{Bosses|D2}}