Editing Lucent Brood

{{Hive Sect infobox

|purpose= Servants of [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] <br> Defend the [[Court of Savathûn]] <br> Utilize the [[Light]]

|champion(s)= [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] <br> [[Immaru|Immaru, First Ghost]] <br> [[Savathûn's Right Hand]] <br> [[Alak-Hul, the Lightblade]] <br> [[Korosek, Thronebringer]] <br> [[Bor'gong, Warden of the Spring]] <br> [[Golmag, Warden of the Spring]] <br> [[Šimmumah ur-Nokru|Šimmumah ur-Nokru, Lucent Necromancer]] <br> [[Ecthar, Sword of Oryx|Ecthar, the Shield of Savathûn]]

|realm=[[Court of Savathûn]]  

|war= [[Vanguard]] <br> [[Black Fleet]] <br> [[The Reef]] <br> [[Imperial Cabal]] <br> [[House of Dusk]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] <br> [[Scorn]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Hidden Swarm]] <br> Most other [[Hive#Sects and broods|Broods]]

|ally= [[Savathûn's Brood]] {{C|became or defected}} <br> [[Grasp of Nokris]]

They consist of former members of Savathûn’s [[Savathûn’s Brood|former brood]], who still remained after her betrayal to [[The Witness]], and previous members of the [[Grasp of Nokris]]. Uniquely among the Hive, the Lucent Brood have been gifted with the powers of the [[Light]] and are capable of raising some of their members from the dead as '''Hive Lightbearers''' through the use of their own [[Ghosts]]. Even their living members could be imbued with Light by [[Lucent Moths]], increasing their power.<ref>'''[https://www.gamesradar.com/destiny-2-witch-queen-preview/ Destiny 2 Witch Queen Preview]"''': ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen improves on Beyond Light to set up "the beginning of the end"'' (''"Normal enemies like Knights and Acolytes have gotten a power boost, too, with moths of Light granting them overshields and other abilities that change up the usual flow of combat. "'' )</ref><ref>'''[https://www.gameinformer.com/2022/02/01/destiny-2-the-witch-queen-preview-riddles-wrapped-in-a-mystery Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Preview – Riddles Wrapped In A Mystery ]"''': ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen Preview – Riddles Wrapped In A Mystery '' (''"Meanwhile, more standard Hive enemies will get powered up by moths that infuse them with Light. "So, you might fight an Acolyte who is charged with Light, and when you defeat that Acolyte, then the moth comes flying out, and it seeks to infuse its power into another one of the nearby combatants, or it comes after you and tries to detonate," Tsai explains."'' )</ref> They play a prominent role in ''[[The Witch Queen]]'' and ''[[Season of the Risen]]'' expansions.

Savathûn's Lucent Brood first appeared in the Throne World of the Hive Witch Queen after she was granted the Light. The members of the Witch Queen’s [[Savathûn’s Brood|former brood]], who still remained loyal to her after her betrayal to [[The Witness]] would rally to her [[Court of Savathûn|Court]]. [[With the help of her Ghost Immaru, Savathûn summoned many Ghosts to her strange Throne World. These Ghosts spread throughout the High Coven and resurrected many Hive as their Lightbearers, which became known as the Lucent Brood. These new risen quickly settled into positions of power, becoming trusted lieutenants of the Witch Queen. Savathûn began to restructure her Throne World using the Light, trapping [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness]] into his [[Sunken Pyramid]] in the process, and placing two [[Lightbearer Knight]]s at the entrance of the [[Disciple's Bog]]. The Disciple responded by attracting the [[Scorn]] into the High Coven, where they started battling the Lucent Brood for supremacy.   According to Osiris, the brood loyal to [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris]] was also consolidated into the Lucent Brood through Nokris's bargain with Savathûn before the Witness captured Mars.

Savathûn then brought her [[Dreadnaught]], [[The Lure]], over the skies of the recently reappeared [[Mars]]. The [[Red Legion]], on orders from [[Caiatl]], quickly boarded the ship, only to be pushed back by the Hive Lightbearers. When [[The Guardian]] infiltrated the ship, the Lucent Brood tried to push them back, to no avail. They would eventually find Savathûn as she left the bridge of the ship via portal. A Lightbearer Knight soon appeared to confront the intruder, but was unable to stop them and had their Ghost crushed. The Guardian would furthermore push into the Throne World, intent on finding out how the Hive gained access to the Light, and they found the Lucent Brood fighting against the Scorn.

Eventually, the Guardian would come across the Witch Queen's plan to move [[The Traveler]] from the [[Last City]]. The Lucent Brood again tried to stop their advance, first into the [[Apothecary]], and then into [[Sanctum of the Brood Queen]], helping the Witch Queen's ritual in the process, but the brood's defenses were overcome, and the Guardian managed to ruin the ritual by confronting the Witch Queen with the truth about the origins of the Hive, destabilizing her, and then killing her. However, before they could kill her Ghost, he disappeared in the flash of light as the spell broke, leaving Savathûn's body behind. Although the Brood had lost its Queen, Immaru has now taken the reins of their operations, and continues to direct their efforts in pushing out the [[Vanguard]] and the Scorn alike.

Meanwhile, the Lucent Brood also started deploying outside the Throne World. [[Mor'ak, Lightstealer]] led attacks in the [[European Dead Zone]] with the intent of stealing the Light of [[Guardian]]s deployed there. The harvested Light would then be sent to the [[Cosmodrome]], to be processed and purified by [[Uul'nath, Lightcleanser]]'s group. The stockpile of Light was to be used by [[Korosek, Thronebringer]] to attack the [[Scarlet Keep]], taking it from the hands of the [[Hidden Swarm]], and manifest the High Coven there. This would've given the Brood a position from which to easily siege the Last City and take the Traveler by force.

When Commander [[Zavala]] contacted Empress Caiatl to give an explanation about the attack on her forces on Mars, he also requested the [[Imperial Cabal]]'s help into combating the Lucent Brood's threat. The Guardians deployed in [[PsiOps Battlegrounds|operations]] against the Lucent Lightbearers, using [[Psion]]s to enter the Hive's [[Mindscape]] and sever its connection with the Light. The Psions would then abduct these Hive and keep them in suspended animation in the [[H.E.L.M.#Psisorium|Psisorium]], in order to probe their minds and understand the Lucent Brood's plans. After several weeks, the alliance would discover the brood's plans for the Scarlet Keep, and intervene, stopping the Thronebringer and the brood's plans. However, the captured Lightbearers, along with the Psion probing their minds, would be killed in a accident by [[The Crow]], putting the alliance at risk. Hearing of this, Caiatl demands Crow's life in accordance to the Cabal's customs. Fortunately, Lord Saladin managed to appease Caiatl by offering his own life in Crow's place. The Empress, impressed with the Iron Lord's bravery in the face of death, accepts. She claims that Saladin's life is forfeit, but as a member of her War Council for the rest of his days, saving the Vanguard's alliance with the Cabal.

Though their alliance was saved, any of the Lucent Lieutenants that would be captured would instead be incinerated instead of putting them through a psychic analysis.

After having been prevented from taking over the [[Scarlet Keep]], the Lucent Brood turned their attention to something else, the relics of [[Nezarec]]. While they would be unsuccessful in stealing a relic from [[Alaaks, the Beast Tamer]] and her crew, a force led by [[Ei Arat, Trespasser]] would be successful in taking a relic from [[Vrisk, the Coward]]. However, she and her Hive would quickly be cut down by [[The Guardian]] looking for the same relic.

Later, after the Guardian had been successful in claiming all but one of the relics, the Lucent Hive led by [[Hiak'ar, Hoardseeker]] infested the asteroid [[16246 Cantor]] as they searched for the last relic. [[Eido, Daughter of Misraaks]] would also be there trying to claim the relic herself, but would be rescued by the Guardian, who would kill Hiak'ar, and [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness]].

The reason why the Lucent Hive were after the relics is currently unknown, but The [[Drifter]] speculated that they wanted the power of the relics to free them from  Savathûn's control.

After failing to claim the pieces of Nezarec, the Lucent Brood would remain relatively quiet even as the Witness finally reached inner Sol and the [[Shadow Legion]] invaded both Earth and [[Neptune]]. Though the Traveler would be claimed by the Witness, [[The Coalition]] remained determined to find a way to follow it and prevent it from enacting the Final Shape. However, following Titan's return and reuniting with [[Deputy Commander Sloane]], handling a surge of Xivu Arath's forces in the process, the Vanguard discovered that a Lucent Hive command ship had entered Titan's atmosphere and then descended within the depths of the moon's methane seas. The Guardians were tasked to descend into the deep, reach the command ship and discover what the Lucent Hive were planning.  

After reaching the Lucent Hive Ship, the Guardians discovered that the Lucent Hive had found the corpse of Oryx himself and were attempting to conduct a brute-force approach in resurrecting the Taken King. To defend their ritual, the Lucent forces had deployed various Hive commanders, some of which were former servants of Oryx resurrected with the Light, including [[Ecthar, Sword of Oryx]] and [[Vorlog]], along with a servant of Nokris, [[Šimmumah ur-Nokru]], who was leading the ritual. Despite their efforts, the Guardians managed to disrupt the ritual after slaying the head of the ritual and informed Sloane of this development. Alarmed that the Lucent Hive nearly resurrected one of the Guardians' most dangerous foes, the Deputy Commander took this information to Ikora Rey, who ordered her Hidden to secure Oryx's remains for study and have it locked away in a secure Vanguard vault like with the Taken King's sister.

The organization of the Lucent Brood appears to be largely unchanged from the standards set down by [[Oryx, the Taken King]] in the [[Books of Sorrow]], with a hierarchy of powerful [[Knight]]s and [[Wizard]]s leading groups of [[Acolyte]]s and [[Thrall]]s, and their patron god, in this case [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]], holding absolute authority.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XX:_Hive|XX: Hive]]''</ref> Even the [[worm]]s and the tithe system remain in place, at least for the regular Hive. However, the presence of Lightbearers in the hierarchy has had unexpected effects on these. Light exerts a ''"negative pressure"'' on the tithe system, moving ''down'' the hierarchy of its own accord such that even living Thralls may be infused with traces of Light. Furthermore, the worms of such infused Hive appear to be sated indefinitely and make no further demands for bloodshed or violence, as one affected Thrall claimed. The presence of Light within non-Lightbearers was initially mistaken for theft, leading to several summary executions.<ref name = 'Specter'>'''Bungie (2022/02/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Lucent Tales#Specter|Specter]]''</ref> Whether or not Lightbearer Hive still have their worms has not been stated.

Despite the key role Ghosts play in the strength of the Lucent Brood, they generally receive little respect from their Lightbearers, in contrast as to how Guardians generally treat their Ghosts as friends and confidants. The Lightbearer [[Ubartu-ana]] treated his Ghost with contempt and suspicion, and named them [[Krill]] as an insulting comparison to the ''"small and useless"'' proto-Hive species. Krill's discovery of [[Lucent Moths]] was later credited to Ubartu-ana.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/02/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Lucent Tales#Krill|Krill]]''</ref> The Hive Ghost [[Specter]] felt that ''"Hive prefer talking to their own and don't respond to things—even things that bring them back from the dead,"'' and assumed their partner, [[Nabenki]], had fallen ill when they began behaving more respectfully towards them.<ref name='Specter'/>

This attitude is not without exceptions, as seen most notably with Savathûn and her Ghost [[Immaru]], who considered each other friends and equals.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/02/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Lucent Tales#Immaru|Immaru]]''</ref> Furthermore, Immaru's status as First Ghost gives him command authority over the Lucent Hive, even after Savathûn's death, and he can frequently be heard giving orders to Hive soldiers during patrols in [[Savathûn's Throne World]].<ref>'''Bungie (2022/02/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]]''</ref>

*[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]]

**[[Immaru]]

*[[Savathûn's Right Hand]]

 

*[[Euloch]]

*[[Specter]]

*[[Xirash, Keeper of Memory]]  

*The pervasive presence of churches, shrines, and praying statues in the architecture of the Throne World, along with the use of water as a resurrection-related element, may indicate the existence of a more complex religious system than those typically encountered in other [[Hive]].

*The Hive Brood's appearance seems to mimic members of the [[Hidden Swarm|previous]] [[Spawn of Crota|Broods]] [[Blood of Oryx|of]] [[Silent Brood|Sol]] rather than their [[Savathûn's Brood|ancestral counterparts]].

**This has been proven false with the release of The Witch Queen, as many of their rank-in-file are shown with green eyes. The exceptions are Hive Lightbearers, whose eye color matches the element of their super.

* The three main examples of Lightbearing Hive (Knight, Wizard, and Acolyte) are analogues of the three guardian classes (Titan, Warlock, and Hunter, respectively).

*''[[Destiny 2]]''

**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{1st}}