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{{quote|Listen, you are spoilers, you are sphincters and excreta, you rot, why do you kill? We made silver orbitals and golden star webs. We hatched eggs. We had a good thing. Our clothes were nice, our food was famous. With one of her feathers our Emperor could have tickled the gods.|The Taishibethi | {{quote|Listen, you are spoilers, you are sphincters and excreta, you rot, why do you kill? We made silver orbitals and golden star webs. We hatched eggs. We had a good thing. Our clothes were nice, our food was famous. With one of her feathers our Emperor could have tickled the gods.|The Taishibethi}} | ||
The '''Taishibethi''' (or '''Tai''') were an intelligent species native to the planet [[Taishibeth]]. They were destroyed by the [[Hive]] in a conflict called the [[Golden Amputation]].<ref name="XXX"/> | The '''Taishibethi''' (or '''Tai''') were an intelligent species native to the planet [[Taishibeth]]. They were destroyed by the [[Hive]] in a conflict called the [[Golden Amputation]].<ref name="XXX">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXX: a golden amputation|XXX: a golden amputation]]''</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Taishibethi were an avian species described as "sun ravens" | The Taishibethi were an avian species described as "sun ravens" who arose on Taishibeth and eventually established an advanced spacefaring civilization that encompassed multiple worlds. They constructed orbitals and structures called "star-webs" in which infant Taishibethi gestated. Their military technology included "battleplates" and "arsenal ships". The Taishibethi were ruled by the [[Tai Emperor Raven]].<ref name="XXX"/> | ||
The Hive invaded Taishibethi space at some point following their obliteration of the [[Ecumene]], using their war moons to ram the Taishibethi orbitals and star webs, whilst sending [[Taken]] to blight their worlds. The war went poorly for the Taishibethi until the Tai Emperor Raven returned to them and confronted the Hive at the Raven Bridge. The Tai Emperor Raven singlehandedly destroyed a Hive war moon, killing all of the Hive within. Before she could press her advantage, however, [[Oryx, the Taken King]] transformed her into a Taken, The Perfect Raven. From that point on, it is said that no more Taishibethi are born. Soon after, the Golden Amputation ended and the Taishibethi were extinct.<ref name="XXX"/> | |||
The Hive invaded Taishibethi space at some point following their obliteration of the [[Ecumene]], using their | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*The description of the Tai as "sun ravens" may be drawn from the three-legged crow Yatagarasu of East Asian mythology, which was similarly a corvid strongly associated with the sun. | *The description of the Tai as "sun ravens" may be drawn from the three-legged crow Yatagarasu of East Asian mythology, which was similarly a corvid strongly associated with the sun. | ||
== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny]] | *''[[Destiny]]'' | ||
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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