Hive-Ammonite war

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Hive-Ammonite war
Fronts:	Fundament Fundament's fifty two moons
Outcome:	The Ammonites are rendered extinct Chroma-Admiral Rafriit is slain, and his corpse used as a temple by Xivu Arath The Leviathan is slain while attempting to flee Fundament, and its corpse is fed to the Worm Gods Auryx, after being betrayed and killed by Savathûn, first discovers his Throne World, located within the previously unknown Ascendant Realm
Belligerents The Ammonites Ammonites The Hive Blood of Oryx Savathûn's Brood Xivu Arath's Horde Commanders Chroma-Admiral Rafriit Auryx, the King of the Hive Savathûn, the Witch-Queen Xivu Arath, God of War Ir Uulxal Ir Nithra, Scourge of the Ammonite Strength Ammonite soldiers Ammonite warships Hive warriors Hive warships Casualties All military assets Leviathan Unknown Civilian casualties Unknown

"Good news. The fifty-two moons of Fundament host a starfaring civilization far more sophisticated than anything you've encountered so far. Taox's ship fled towards the large ice moon, where a species of bony six-armed cephalopods keeps their icy capital. Savathûn's named them the Ammonite."

— The Worms

The Hive-Ammonite war was a major conflict between the Hive led by Auryx, the King of the Hive, Savathûn, the Witch Queen, and Xivu Arath, God of War, and the Ammonites.

Prelude

After the Helium Drinkers, by request of Taox, killed the Osmium King, his three daughters that managed to escape and swore revenge on them. One of them, Aurash, vowed she would understand a warning their father had given her of a Syzygy, a colossal tidal wave formed by all fifty-two moons of Fundament pulling on its ocean. When the sisters discovered a Needle ship, they decided to use it to dive into the depths of Fundament's ocean in search of power. During their search, they encountered a Leviathan who wanted them to turn back from the Deep, but the siblings dismissed him and dove deeper. Eventually, they came upon the Worm Gods deep within Fundament who offered a bargain to give them eternal life and increased power in exchange for taking in their larve and feeding them by following their natures. Ultimately, the three sisters accept the bargain.

After assuming new morphs, Auryx, Savathûn and Xivu Arath would ascend from the Deep with the Needle Ship full of Worm Larve and began offering it to the rest of the Krill, making examples of any who refused. Taox attempted to rally other refualists on Fundament at Kaharn Atoll against the siblings while the Leviathan's agents attempted to keep them from escaping Fundament. However, both failed. Xivu Arath crushed and slaughtered everyone but Taox at Kaharn Atoll and used their deaths to carve a portal to escape Fundament. Taox would find asylum with the Ammonite, who had been blessed by the Traveler. The Worm Gods attempted to appeal to the Ammonite but, when they rejected them, they ordered the siblings to kill them all.

History

Initially, the technological superiority of the Ammonite fleets led by Chroma-Admiral Rafriit pushed the Worms and their forces to the sixth moon of Fundament. While Savathûn tried to convince Auryx to abandon the ideals of peace and stability and embrace the way of war, Xivu Arath was told to breed her broods back to full strength and spread them across Fundament's moons. This proved sucessful, forcing the Ammonites to start using weapons paracausally-enhanced by the Traveler.

Despite his talk with Savathûn, Auryx still attempted peaceful engagement with the Ammonite. He would reach out to the Ammonite Satellite Congress and request they parley on a neutral moon. In response, Savathûn killed Auryx and had her witches render the moon unlivable for any living creature. However, Auryx would instead be reborn in his Ascendant Realm, where he would speak to the Worm Gods, who would tell him to take the lesson he learned from this for when he returns to the physical plane and that Taox was likely laughing at him for this.

Eventually, the Leviathan would break out of Fundament's sea and head to the Ammonite's home moon. As Rafriit and his elite guard moved to protect the Leviathan, it called to the siblings, lamenting what had happened and begging them to join it in golden renveal. Xivu Arath's Hive would attack Rafriit, who would be torn to pieces and impaled. Xivu Arath would then send one of her servants, Ir Uulxal, to cut down the Leviathan.

Aftermath

At the end of the fighting, the Ammonites would be wiped out. Rafriit's corpse would be made into a temple while Eir and Yul fed on the Leviathan's carcass. Both the Traveler and Taox would flee from Fundament, the latter of which would put herself into stasis aboard a spacecraft that would be discovered by the Ecumene more that twenty-four thousand years later.

After the war, Xivu Arath would rename Ir Uulxal as the Leviathan-Eater, Scourge of the Ammonite and her favored champion. The Hive would also hollow out Fundament's moons into flying fortresses that would be called War moons before leaving Fundament to begin their crusade against the Traveler.

List of appearances

• Destiny: The Taken King (First mentioned)
• Destiny 2: Season of the Witch (Mentioned only)