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{{Quote|The markings suggest this is a Hive god, but I don't recognize the symbol. Nothing in the World's Grave file either. The name is… Nokris.|Ghost}}<ref name="GhostScan">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - | {{Quote|The markings suggest this is a Hive god, but I don't recognize the symbol. Nothing in the World's Grave file either. The name is… Nokris.|Ghost}}<ref name="GhostScan">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan#Dreadnaught, Rings of Saturn|Ghost scan: DNT-TRN-3]]''</ref> | ||
[[File:Destiny_2_Warmind_Nokris.jpg|300px|thumb|Exiled Hive Prince, Nokris]] | [[File:Destiny_2_Warmind_Nokris.jpg|300px|thumb|Exiled Hive Prince, Nokris]] | ||
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The Hive have a complex religious system based around profane rituals and the worship of a pantheon of Ascendant Hive gods in the style of an absolute monarchy. These Hive Gods exist in the [[Ascendant Realm]], described as a "higher plane of misery" associated with the [[Darkness]] (known to the Hive as the Deep) locked outside of physical reality, not unlike the [[Vex]] realms locked out of time.<ref name="Crota"/> Dwelling within are "cyst universes" known as throne worlds of their own creation. Each world houses its respective god's [[Oversoul]], which protects them from permanent death should their corporeal bodies be destroyed. | The Hive have a complex religious system based around profane rituals and the worship of a pantheon of Ascendant Hive gods in the style of an absolute monarchy. These Hive Gods exist in the [[Ascendant Realm]], described as a "higher plane of misery" associated with the [[Darkness]] (known to the Hive as the Deep) locked outside of physical reality, not unlike the [[Vex]] realms locked out of time.<ref name="Crota"/> Dwelling within are "cyst universes" known as throne worlds of their own creation. Each world houses its respective god's [[Oversoul]], which protects them from permanent death should their corporeal bodies be destroyed. | ||
The Hive Prince Crota is introduced as one of the youngest Hive deities. Known as the God-Knight and the Hope-Eater, he and his broods precede the coming of Oryx when they invade worlds touched by [[the Traveler]] and its [[Light]].<ref name = "Spawn Crota"/> Oryx is Crota's father and the central figure of their religion as well as the God-King of the Hive;<ref name="Grimoire"/> through his shrines he maintains contact with his force spread across the universe.<ref name = "Destiny"/> Other deities include Oryx's own sisters Savathûn and Xivu Arath, and the greater Worm Gods Eir, Ur, Xol, and Yul. Like Crota and Oryx, they have disciples named after them.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/ | The Hive Prince Crota is introduced as one of the youngest Hive deities. Known as the God-Knight and the Hope-Eater, he and his broods precede the coming of Oryx when they invade worlds touched by [[the Traveler]] and its [[Light]].<ref name = "Spawn Crota"/> Oryx is Crota's father and the central figure of their religion as well as the God-King of the Hive;<ref name="Grimoire"/> through his shrines he maintains contact with his force spread across the universe.<ref name = "Destiny"/> Other deities include Oryx's own sisters Savathûn and Xivu Arath, and the greater Worm Gods Eir, Ur, Xol, and Yul. Like Crota and Oryx, they have disciples named after them.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Ghost Fragment: Hive 4|Ghost Fragment: Hive 4]]''</ref> A fifth god, named Akka, is recorded in the Books of Sorrow and it is from his remains that the Dreadnaught is built.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> | ||
All of Oryx's broods hold a special holiday called Eversion Day, which celebrates the creation of The Taken King's Dreadnaught by turning things inside-out in the same way Oryx merged his throne world with his ship.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> | All of Oryx's broods hold a special holiday called Eversion Day, which celebrates the creation of The Taken King's Dreadnaught by turning things inside-out in the same way Oryx merged his throne world with his ship.<ref name="Dreadnaught"/> | ||
The Hive use a unique writing system,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] | The Hive use a unique writing system,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Silken Codex]]''</ref> based on runes and glyphs which they describe as a "viral language". Hive runes draw their power from a [[Ascendant Realm|different dimension]], where there's no difference between a word and its meaning. According to Ikora, the Hive's runes are not letters but rather logograms representing a word or idea etched into them. Their patterns draw power from their meaning, and their orientation casts a spell.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]] - [[Ikora Rey]]: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYrN3aCP7rA "Hive runes aren't letters. They're logograms. Each one represents a word or idea. Their patterns draw power from their meaning, and their orientation casts a spell. Eris uses them in her rituals... and we can use them now."]''</ref> When the Hive erode the barrier between our dimension and theirs, the rune for 'death' brings literal death. They also employ it for their forbidden Hive rituals, including the use of [[Shadowrift]]s and the [[Weapons of Sorrow]]. The same glyphs are also found on sealings used to lock doors and contain their [[Phogoth, the Untamed|monsters]]. | ||
The Hive have great hatred for the [[Light]], and to them, the eternal struggle between light and dark is not only a war, it is a crusade; all Light must be devoured so Darkness can reclaim the universe.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive|Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#The Hive|The Hive]]''</ref> They have even attempted to attack the [[Traveler]] directly, through a ritual in which they drained its light through a fragment that they captured in the [[Chamber of Night]].<ref name = "Destiny"/> | The Hive have great hatred for the [[Light]], and to them, the eternal struggle between light and dark is not only a war, it is a crusade; all Light must be devoured so Darkness can reclaim the universe.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive|Hive]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive#The Hive|The Hive]]''</ref> They have even attempted to attack the [[Traveler]] directly, through a ritual in which they drained its light through a fragment that they captured in the [[Chamber of Night]].<ref name = "Destiny"/> | ||
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{{Quote|Death is only and forever an ending. All else is sacrilege.|Kuldax<ref name="Heretic"/>}} | {{Quote|Death is only and forever an ending. All else is sacrilege.|Kuldax<ref name="Heretic"/>}} | ||
[[Resurrection]], in general, is seen as heretical by the Hive who follow the Sword Logic. To the Hive, death is the principle of the Sword Logic to attaining apotheosis; to take and grow stronger after defeating an opponent. If the slain were resurrected, it would be contradicting the logic it violated. As such, Nokris, who learned the secrets of necromancy from Xol, was branded a heretic, exiled from his kind and condemned to obscurity as his father removed nearly all traces of his name.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Wormgod Caress]]''</ref><ref name="VB"/> | [[Resurrection]], in general, is seen as heretical by the Hive who follow the Sword Logic. To the Hive, death is the principle of the Sword Logic to attaining apotheosis; to take and grow stronger after defeating an opponent. If the slain were resurrected, it would be contradicting the logic it violated. As such, Nokris, who learned the secrets of necromancy from Xol, was branded a heretic, exiled from his kind and condemned to obscurity as his father removed nearly all traces of his name.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Wormgod Caress]]''</ref><ref name="VB"/> | ||
The rules of death are somewhat different to the Hive than what they are to humans. This is most notably exemplified by the concept of Ascendance: those Hive individuals who have grown powerful enough through the Sword Logic can move between the physical dimension and the [[Ascendant Plane]] and carve a "throne world" there so that when they are killed in the real world, they retreat to their throne world and can return after a time. Only death occurring in their own throne world is a true, final death in terms of the Hive. It appears that dying in another's throne world is reversible, as illustrated in the Books of Sorrow, where Oryx resurrects his sisters having killed them both within his throne world.<ref name="Carved in Ruin"/> It is likely this was possible because the sisters had already established their own throne worlds.<ref name="The High War" /> Furthermore, the manner in which Oryx brings his sisters back is very particular - he does it by defining their nature through acts of war and cunning. At another point Xivu Arath calls him back from the Deep (where she and Savathûn have trapped him) in a similar manner, through describing him,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] | The rules of death are somewhat different to the Hive than what they are to humans. This is most notably exemplified by the concept of Ascendance: those Hive individuals who have grown powerful enough through the Sword Logic can move between the physical dimension and the [[Ascendant Plane]] and carve a "throne world" there so that when they are killed in the real world, they retreat to their throne world and can return after a time. Only death occurring in their own throne world is a true, final death in terms of the Hive. It appears that dying in another's throne world is reversible, as illustrated in the Books of Sorrow, where Oryx resurrects his sisters having killed them both within his throne world.<ref name="Carved in Ruin"/> It is likely this was possible because the sisters had already established their own throne worlds.<ref name="The High War" /> Furthermore, the manner in which Oryx brings his sisters back is very particular - he does it by defining their nature through acts of war and cunning. At another point Xivu Arath calls him back from the Deep (where she and Savathûn have trapped him) in a similar manner, through describing him,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXV: This Love Is War|XXXV: This Love Is War]]''</ref> and millennia later Savathûn summons Xivu Arath to [[Torobatl]] through an act of "war and blood".<ref name="New Gods"/> Another example of a Hive dying in another's throne world and then coming back is [[Ir Yût, the Deathsinger]]; being one of the bosses of the [[raid]] [[Crota's End]], she dies in [[Oversoul Throne|his throne world]] but can be later seen attending Crota's ritual of passing in the mission [[Last Rites]]. Crota's mate Omnigul is also notable for returning after having been killed by Guardians, but it can be a hint towards her being an Ascendant Hive.{{Citation needed}} | ||
Though most of the Hive pantheon seem to be Ascendant, it is hard to define the exact rules of achieving this status. [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]] notes that the Daughters of Crota have not reached it, maybe due to the miserable state the [[Hidden Swarm]] had been in ever since Crota's death;{{Citation needed}} [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] managed to carve out a small throne world thanks to the power murdering [[Cayde-6]] provided him, but his mate [[In Anânh, Brood Queen|In Anânh]] is yet to be seen coming back from beyond the grave.<ref name="Mindbender"/> Savathûn's daughters [[Balwûr]] and [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return|Dûl Incaru]] are noted having some protection from dying (with Balwûr's death being "hidden well", according to Oryx), but there is no information whether her other child [[Malok, Pride of Oryx|Malok]] or Oryx's twin daughters [[Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk]] and [[Ir Halak, Deathsinger|Ir Halak]], the inventors of death-hiding technique in the first place, had some sort of a throne world or an [[Oversoul]] too.{{Citation needed}} | Though most of the Hive pantheon seem to be Ascendant, it is hard to define the exact rules of achieving this status. [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]] notes that the Daughters of Crota have not reached it, maybe due to the miserable state the [[Hidden Swarm]] had been in ever since Crota's death;{{Citation needed}} [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] managed to carve out a small throne world thanks to the power murdering [[Cayde-6]] provided him, but his mate [[In Anânh, Brood Queen|In Anânh]] is yet to be seen coming back from beyond the grave.<ref name="Mindbender"/> Savathûn's daughters [[Balwûr]] and [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return|Dûl Incaru]] are noted having some protection from dying (with Balwûr's death being "hidden well", according to Oryx), but there is no information whether her other child [[Malok, Pride of Oryx|Malok]] or Oryx's twin daughters [[Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk]] and [[Ir Halak, Deathsinger|Ir Halak]], the inventors of death-hiding technique in the first place, had some sort of a throne world or an [[Oversoul]] too.{{Citation needed}} | ||
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:*'''[[Ur, the Ever-Hunger]]''' | :*'''[[Ur, the Ever-Hunger]]''' | ||
*'''[[Ahsa]]''', proto-Worm and patron of Eris Morn | |||
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==Technology== | ==Technology== | ||
Hive "technology" is esoteric and often bio-mechanical, constructed or grown from organic materials like bone or chitin. Through signs and incantations, the Hive are able to channel the Darkness, and through this magic, they can contend with the conventional technology of other species on equal or greater footing. According to [[Fynch]], old Hive structures decay into literal skeletons; everything the Hive use, from their weapons, ships and buildings, were all once things the Hive enslaved and twisted into a useful shape.<ref>''' | Hive "technology" is esoteric and often bio-mechanical, constructed or grown from organic materials like bone or chitin. Through signs and incantations, the Hive are able to channel the Darkness, and through this magic, they can contend with the conventional technology of other species on equal or greater footing. According to [[Fynch]], old Hive structures decay into literal skeletons; everything the Hive use, from their weapons, ships and buildings, were all once things the Hive enslaved and twisted into a useful shape.<ref name=EMT>'''Destiny Lore Vault''' - ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LF-MqXXDKzU&list=PLS2hBTtCDufTQo_DnbAwJlew8zBWXqo-a&index=1&ab_channel=DestinyLoreVault Eight Million Tales - dialogue playlist]''</ref> This fact is also supported by Eris, who mentions that Oryx has prisoners tortured and then renders them down into chitin for his Dreadnaught,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[The Sunless Cell]]''</ref> as well as by Toland, who theorised that the giant creatures, whose bones can be found on the Moon, were used by the Hive to burrow into the lunar rock to create the Hellmouth.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Ghost scan]]: [[Ghost_scan#Ocean_of_Storms.2C_the_Moon|MN-CON-3]]''</ref> | ||
Hive tend to use physical chains with Runes to lock doors, and recently energy barriers powered by Soulfire crystals. Hive Runes have various meanings that the Hive can use to tap into different dimensions either as a doorway to another location or as a source of power. These dimensions hold no distinction between a word and its meaning, and in cases where the Hive erode the barrier between these dimensions and our own, the Hive rune for "death" can bring literal death to others.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] | Hive tend to use physical chains with Runes to lock doors, and recently energy barriers powered by Soulfire crystals. Hive Runes have various meanings that the Hive can use to tap into different dimensions either as a doorway to another location or as a source of power. These dimensions hold no distinction between a word and its meaning, and in cases where the Hive erode the barrier between these dimensions and our own, the Hive rune for "death" can bring literal death to others.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#New_Pacific_Arcology.2C_Titan|TM-FH-2]]''</ref> Chains with these Runes cannot be broken physically. Runes can be "hacked" and cause the chains to disintegrate, though it is considered incredibly difficult to do so; a triptych of Runes is said to be "uncrackable". Ghosts are able to hack Hive Runes, but it takes them time.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[The Summoning Pits]]''</ref> Some Rune-locked doors, however, can only be broken using a Hive item known as a [[Tomb Husk]]. Hive crystals are structures powered by, or made of, Soulfire, an energy implied to be emitted by souls themselves. Hive crystals are used as power sources either for rituals or, more commonly, for maintaining barriers, whether to guard entrances or to shield a particular Hive from attack. Although the exact mechanism behind the barriers and crystals is unknown, a cutoff comment by [[Clovis Bray I]] has him believe that the barriers are some form of emitted [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect Casimir field], though Ana mutes his communications link before he can bloviate further.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/06)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - [[Operation: Diocles]]''</ref> | ||
Hive have access to several forms of teleportation, from simple materialising and de-materialising from seemingly dust, to climbing out of shallow pools of water. The most iconic of them are "Ruptures";<ref name="LtL">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: [[The Taken King]] - [[Lost to Light]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', '' | Hive have access to several forms of teleportation, from simple materialising and de-materialising from seemingly dust, to climbing out of shallow pools of water. The most iconic of them are "Ruptures";<ref name="LtL">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: [[The Taken King]] - [[Lost to Light]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan#Dreadnaught.2C_Rings_of_Saturn|Ghost scan: DNT-TAS-2]]''</ref> dimensional portals to different parts of space, or even new "spaces" in other dimensions such as the [[Ascendant Realm]] or the [[Vex Network]],<ref name="partition"/> caused by cutting a wound into the flesh of space itself,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive Arsenal|Hive Aresenal]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Hive Arsenal#Tomb Ship|Tomb Ship]]''</ref> which they use for interstellar travel. These wounds can be performed either by use of the Sword Logic,<ref name=Incision/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIII: Into the Sky|XIII: Into The Sky]]''</ref> through Soulfire rifts,<ref>'''Bungie (2022/12/06)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]] - Item Description: [[Disparity#Lore|Disparity]]''</ref> whatever method is employed by Tombships, or through Hive statues that are used to both activate and navigate through Ruptures. According to Eris Morn, however, only an Ascendant can will a Rupture to open,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Enemy of My Enemy]]''</ref> and only Ascendant Hive can move through them;<ref name="LtL"/> a Rupture can sense if a being holds an Ascendant's soul<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Regicide]]''</ref> and will repulse any who do not possess one. There exists another method: a turbine known as a "Dimensional Lock", which allows Oryx to move between dimensions. Crota also appears to have one in his Throne World. According to scans, the place the lock is kept along with everything in said place only exists in one realm as long as the turbine is stationary.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan#Ocean_of_Storms.2C_the_Moon|Ghost scan: MN-OST-1]]''</ref> | ||
Some known Hive materials include [[Hadium Flake|Hadium]], which is a reactive crystal that stores any energy it is exposed to, [[Wormspore]], a concentrated transmutation catalyst that reacts to both the Light and the Darkness, and [[Moldering Shard]]s. [[Osmium]] holds a certain significance to the Hive due to their early years on [[Fundament]], seemingly a precious component for certain rituals, and a variant found scattered within Savathun's Throne World known as [[Fundamental Osmium]] is described as a super-dense transition metal with paracausal traces made from supernovae and dead stars that was taken from Fundament.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/evidence-board-hard-evidence| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hard-evidence-step-4| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence Step 4]''</ref> There also exists a filament that's said by Fynch to be a metamaterial capable of soaking up everything from vibration to EM radiation; an "all in one" passive scanner. | Some known Hive materials include [[Hadium Flake|Hadium]], which is a reactive crystal that stores any energy it is exposed to, [[Wormspore]], a concentrated transmutation catalyst that reacts to both the Light and the Darkness, and [[Moldering Shard]]s. [[Osmium]] holds a certain significance to the Hive due to their early years on [[Fundament]], seemingly a precious component for certain rituals, and a variant found scattered within Savathun's Throne World known as [[Fundamental Osmium]] is described as a super-dense transition metal with paracausal traces made from supernovae and dead stars that was taken from Fundament.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/evidence-board-hard-evidence| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/hard-evidence-step-4| Evidence Board - Hard Evidence Step 4]''</ref> There also exists a filament that's said by Fynch to be a metamaterial capable of soaking up everything from vibration to EM radiation; an "all in one" passive scanner. Other examples of Hive inventions mentioned by Fynch include a Hive torch that may be used to broadcast signals by pulsing exotic radiation in a cycle, a "boson impactor" that can be used as a bomb, and a difficult-to-make adhesive mixed with a "morta-toxin" - an exotic poison that affects Hive.<ref name=EMT/> An unknown type of stone is used in the construction of Hive [[Tombship]]s,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/fused-tomb-stone Fused Tomb-Stone]''</ref> along with their structures like their combat arenas; [[Toland]] questions if the stones have a strengthening function or are merely used as a legacy of a forgotten time.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Ghost scan]]: [[Ghost scan#Ocean_of_Storms.2C_the_Moon|Ghost scan: MN-CON-2]]''</ref> | ||
The Hive have taken an interest in fusing their own dark understanding with | The Hive have taken an interest in fusing their own dark understanding with humanity's mastery of war. The most well-known of these are the [[Weapons of Sorrow]], created by either the Hive themselves or Humans who studied Hive arcana. | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
