Editing Taken

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{{Race infobox
|name=Taken
|othernames=
|image=[[File:Grimoire Taken.jpg|300px]]
|variant=Taken
|focalworld=[[Dreadnaught]]
|goals=Serve [[Oryx]], [[Savathûn]], [[Xivu Arath]], the [[Hive]], [[Riven]], and the [[Darkness]] <br> Claim as many worlds as possible <br> Avenge [[Crota]] 
|war=The [[City]] <br> The [[Reef]] <br> [[Cabal]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Vex]] 
|height=Varies
|weight=Varies
|distinctions=Enslaved and corrupted version of other races <br> Violent twitching movements <br> Blackened bodies burn with an ethereal, bluish-white flame <br> Mere presence causes blurry vision
|lifespan=Indefinite
|notable-group=
|notable-person=[[Baxx, Hand of Oryx]] <br> [[Malok, Pride of Oryx]] <br> [[Syrok, Word of Oryx]] <br> [[Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx]] <br> [[Grask, the Consumed]] <br> 
[[Oryx, the Taken King]] (temporary) <br>
[[Quria, Blade Transform]] <br> [[Tai Emperor Raven|The Perfect Raven]] <br> [[Voice of Riven]] <br> [[Morgeth, the Spirekeeper]] <br> [[Riven|Riven of a Thousand Voices]]
}}
{{quote|The process is simple: an aperture opens, like a jaw, and swallows a living thing. It passes into — another place. Later, it returns. What returns is... I try to use the word ‘shadow’ but Eris hisses at me ''[...]'' insists that these Taken are more real, somehow. She uses words like inhabited, exalted, rendered final... ''[...]'' My Hidden tell me that the Taken shine with seething, negative light. As if the universe is curling up around them. As if they radiate some pathology that decays into our world as nothingness... The Taken serve Oryx. But I think those jaws lead elsewhere.|[[Ikora Rey]]<ref name="Taken">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/The_Taken#The_Taken|The Taken]]''</ref>}}
The '''Taken''' are [[Darkness]]-corrupted entities originating from multiple species warped into the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]] and paracausally altered to serve their given purpose. Once used by [[Oryx, the Taken King]] as his personal army, they have more recently been utilized by other powerful Darkness-aligned entities in the wake of Oryx's defeat, including [[Savathûn|Savathûn, the Witch Queen]], [[Quria, Blade Transform]], [[Xivu Arath|Xivu Arath, God of War]] and the Taken [[Ahamkara]], [[Riven]]. [[The Drifter (character)|The Drifter]], a rogue human [[Light]]bearer known for experimenting with the [[Darkness]], has also managed to achieve a level of temporary control over the Taken.

==Overview==
{{quote|IMPERATIVE CORRUPTED. SEEK LIGHT. DESTROY LIGHT. OBEY THE COLLECTIVE MIND, OBEY THE #$422*! ORYX. OBEY ORYX.|Recovered from Simulation Core of Corrupted Minotaur<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Mission Description: [[Not Forged in Light]]''</ref>}}

The power to create Taken is granted by the Darkness itself, and is bestowed only to its most formidable servants. The process of Taking involves summoning a portal or aperture that rips an individual out of the universe and transports them to an unknown location within the [[Ascendant Plane]]<ref>[[Destiny 2]] adventure: [[Unexpected Guests]]</ref>. There, the Taken-possessed victim is met by the will of whomever Took them, who offers them a way to overcome their former weaknesses. The Taken being then returns to their original universe with new paracausal abilities and a compulsion to serve the one that Took them.<ref name="Taken"/> 

Taken resemble their former selves for the most part, but are both shadowed and eerily glowing, with a blindingly bright orb typically obscuring their facial features. Many Taken are seen to shiver or twitch in a disturbing manner, and their vocalizations are warped into shrieks and howls. Over time, exceptionally powerful Taken have been seen to grow pairs of black, curving spikes from their bodies.

The Taken constantly exude a substance called [[Blight]], which resembles a shadowy liquid or gas charged with energy. Wherever Taken have become entrenched, spherical aggregations of Blight are commonly seen; these seem to serve a variety of purposes, including shield generators, area-denial, and interdimensional communication nodes.

Taken versions of enemies have radically different behaviors from their standard counterparts, including new abilities designed to counter Guardian abilities. Groups of Taken can be mixed with members of different species,<ref>[http://planetdestiny.com/taken-king-analysis/ '''Planet Destiny''': The Taken King Trailer Analysis]</ref> and can appear on [[Earth]], [[Venus]], [[Mars]], [[Dreadnaught]] and [[Io]] in most activities; on the [[Moon]], in select [[Destiny]] [[Story]] missions and certain [[Patrol]] activites in both Destiny and [[Destiny 2]].<ref>[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-06-30-the-taken-king-is-the-expansion-destiny-has-been-waiting-for '''Eurogamer''': The Taken King is the Expansion Destiny has been waiting for]</ref><ref>[http://planetdestiny.com/sleeper-simulant-perks/ '''Planet Destiny''': Sleeper Stimulant Gameplay & Perks]</ref>

Taken are unwaveringly loyal to their master, and will turn on former allies without hesitation. Even strong-willed enemies such as Vex Axis Minds or Cabal commanders are incapable of resisting this change. Although new Taken can only be created through the Taking of new victims, existing Taken will remain (albeit aimless and disorganized) indefinitely if their master is killed. A sufficiently powerful being with the ability to Take can assume control of Taken previously generated by a different individual. 

While all Taken are enslaved to their master's will, more powerful Taken retain a degree of independent thought and initiative, mostly at the discretion of the master themselves, to "keep them interesting." After Oryx's defeat, the Taken Knight [[Malok, Pride of Oryx]], attempted to seize the vacant throne for himself. Other Taken, such as [[Noru'usk, Servant of Oryx]], have aspirations to ascend while many, like [[Keksis, the Betrayed]], are lost and leaderless. With the advent of the [[Red War]], Taken activity spiked and was more coordinated. Ikora hypothesized that the Taken were no longer leaderless, with signs pointing to Savathûn being the one controlling the Taken, possibly claiming the power to Take for herself.

Throughout the events of Forsaken, [[Kalli]], [[Shuro Chi]], and [[Sedia]] were able to be "cured" of their Taken influence, proving that it is possible for some beings to reverse the process.

==History==
===The Ancient Past===
{{Quote|The Hive entity Oryx/Aurash is deploying a paracausal ontopathogenic weapon that infects and subverts Ecumene forces. The weapon operates on individual targets. Targets are abducted and returned as compliant Hive slaves with inexplicable and physically illegal abilities. All Ecumene clients should IMMEDIATELY devote all economic and cognitive resources to a countermeasure. <br>Fight hard. We stop the Hive here, or see our galaxy devoured.|[[Ecumene]] Crisis Council}}
[[File:Oryx-story-mission.png|right|thumb|300px|Oryx in his echo form.]]
In the distant past, the [[Hive]] god Auryx sought to obtain the power to Take in order to help him defeat the [[Ecumene]]. He killed his [[Xivu Arath|two]] [[Savathûn|sisters]] to gain an audience with [[Akka]], the [[Worm]] god of Secrets, whom he then slew in turn. Auryx stole the secrets from its flesh and wrote them upon a set of tablets he named the [[Tablets of Ruin]]. After speaking to the [[Darkness|Deep]] directly, he returned, mantled as [[Oryx|Oryx, the Taken King]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVI:_star_by_star_by_star|XXVI: star by star by star]]''</ref>

With this new power Oryx waged war upon the Ecumene and defeated them utterly over a period of one thousand, one hundred and forty years, in the process conjuring back his two sisters in the same way he had killed them.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXIX:_Carved_in_Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref><ref name="Eat the Sky">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVII:_Eat_the_Sky|XXVII: Eat the Sky]]''</ref>

During the [[Golden Amputation]] Oryx Took the Emperor Raven and assured the defeat of the [[Taishibethi]]<ref>'''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> When the [[Vex]] invaded his [[Ascendant Realm|Throne world]] Oryx Took and turned them against one another, eventually expelling the cybernetic machines from his domain.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XL:_An_Emperor_For_All_Outcomes|XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes]]''</ref> Later, aboard the Nicha Thought-ship Oryx encountered and Took [[Quria, Blade Transform]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLIII:_End_of_Failed_Timeline|XLIII: End of Failed Timeline]]''</ref>, the Vex mind which had orchestrated the organized invasion of his Throne, and later gifted it to his sister Savathûn as a present.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLIV:_strict_proof_eternal|XLIV: strict proof eternal]]''</ref>

===Taken War===
{{quote|What Crota began, I complete. My will... conquers all!|Oryx,the Taken King}}
[[File:Malok_2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Taken Prince Malok]]
The [[Taken War]] was a major, system-wide conflict fought between the Hive, led by Oryx, and all other races in the system. The war began as a direct result of the Guardians slaying Oryx's son [[Crota]], to stop an attempted invasion of Earth. Oryx brought his fleet to Saturn and made free use of the power to Take in his assault on the Solar System. He Took Fallen, Vex, and Cabal in enormous numbers, besides his own Hive and began blighting the system with his Taken forces. When he unleashed his Dreadnaught's superweapon against Queen [[Mara Sov]]'s fleet, he also Took the [[Techeun]]s [[Sedia]], [[Kalli]], and [[Shuro Chi]], and through them was able to invade and corrupt the [[Dreaming City]], where he Took the [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Great_Hunt_(Warlock)#Hood_of_the_Great_Hunt|Hood of the Great Hunt]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Medusa]]''</ref>

With Oryx's defeat, his surviving Taken were released from his control and rendered independent but directionless. <ref>[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/the-taken/keksis-the-betrayed '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: Keksis the Betrayed]''</ref> Oryx was assumed to be the only known entity to date to have possessed the power to Take, but following the Taken War, others such as Malok developed the ability to manipulate Taken and their blights. In particular, with assistance from the [[Techeun]]s and [[Variks]], the [[Reef]] was able to capture a large number of Taken within their [[Prison of Elders]] and developed a reliable method for infusing Taken energy into their arms and armor. <ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/The_Taken#Report:_Taken_Power|Report: Taken Power]]''</ref>

===Resurgence===
[[File:TitanHunter_vs_TakenCabal.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Taken Grask]]
{{Quote|The Taken King is dead. Yet his armies writhe and claw at our worlds.|Eris Morn<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Blighted Chalice]]''</ref>}}

Some time after Oryx's death, [[Savathûn]] assumed control of the Taken, apparently through the Taken Vex [[Quria, Blade Transform]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Toland]]: [[Toland#Quotes|Quria is the key. The mind simulates Oryx, and thereby masters the power to Take. But of course, Quria is no power unto itself.]]</ref>

Two years later, during the events of the [[Red War]], the Taken invaded the [[European Dead Zone]] and corrupted a [[The Dark Forest|forest]] outside of the [[Traveler]]'s shard. Certain Taken had also mutated physically, developing two large, curving spikes on their backs. A [[Red Legion]] commander was also somehow converted into a Taken, even though Oryx had been defeated prior to the invasion. Ikora commented that these Taken were no longer leaderless, but had to be acting under a new higher power.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lake of Shadows]]''</ref>

During the events of the [[Dark Alliance]] [[Adventure]], [[Red Legion]] [[Psion]]s successfully used their powers to steal and infuse Taken energy into themselves and their superiors, empowering them with Taken-powered weapons and shielding. However, this effort was stopped by [[The Guardian]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Dark Alliance]]''</ref>

On Io, it was discovered by Ikora and Asher Mir that the Taken had established a foothold after being drawn there by remnants of the Traveler's Light. When they attempted to summon a large number of Taken to overtake the moon, The Guardian intervened and disable the portal they had conjured. They also found a way to turn the local Vex into more Taken, with the intention to take a Vex mind and breach the Vex's network to control the Vex as a whole. This plan, however, was discovered and stopped by The Guardian also.

===Forsaken===
[[File:Dreaming-city-corrupted1.jpg|thumb|300px|The Dreaming City at the end of three weeks.]]
{{Quote|The [King] despaired in his final moments. Rightly so. His vengeance denied.|[[Riven]]}}

The [[Drifter]], a rogue Light-bearer, managed to jury-rig his [[Ghost]] with parts salvaged from the Ghosts of his former crew, allowing it access to paracausal spectrums beyond that of the Light, including the Darkness-aligned powers of the Taken. With it, the Drifter is able to create [[Mote of Dark|Motes of Darkness]] and employed them as part of a game called "[[Gambit]]", pitting [[Guardians]] against their enemies and each other in a bid to harvest these Motes for himself. He is eventually gifted a subspace of the [[Ascendant Plane]] from the [[Nine]] which he dubbed [[The Haul]], where he caged the leftover Taken from Oryx's army whilst building his own. Among these Taken summoned during these Gambit matches are exceptionally powerful and ancient Taken known as [[Primeval (Taken)|Primevals]], which he can summon using Motes of Darkness.

For months following the Taken War, the Dreaming City was warped in-between the Ascendant Plane, infested by Taken and their [[Taken Blight|blights]] undisturbed until Oryx's [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|sister]] reached out towards the Taken Riven and gave her a new purpose. Now able to exert her influence from beyond her prison, Riven manipulated [[Uldren Sov]] into unleashing an [[Voice of Riven|agent]] of hers from the City, which the Guardian quickly killed. [[Petra Venj]], investigating the source of Uldren's corruption and the Taken curse within the City, surmised Riven as the cause after having made contact with Queen [[Mara Sov]] at the [[Oracle Engine]]. At the Queen's behest, Petra enlisted the support from the [[Vanguard]] to have Riven killed and her heart cleansed of her Taken essence. 

A Guardian Raid team was quickly formed and breached their way into the corrupted heart of the City, where they freed the [[Techeun]]s [[Kalli]] and [[Shuro Chi]] from their Taken corruption. While the Taken Riven baited the Guardians into killing her, they inadvertently made a single collective wish, allowing Riven to alter the rules of ascendancy within the Dreaming City according to [[Toland]]. In ending the Ahamkara, Riven's wish cursed the realm; Taken energies having saturated and engulfed huge portions of the city. 

As the curse continued to blight the Dreaming City for three weeks, Petra was able to identify the true source of the city's Taken curse: [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return|Dûl Incaru]], a daughter of the Witch-Queen and the mastermind behind her mother's scheme to access the [[Distributary]] using the Awoken secrets found within the City, commanding the curse from Mara's desecrated throne-world of [[Eleusinia]]. Upon the third week of the curse, the Guardians charged the dimensional rift generator of the [[Blind Well]] and opened a rift into Eleusinia, where they could confront the Witch and her [[Darkblade|Fatesmith]] bodyguards.

However, upon the death of [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]], the Dreaming city reverted back to the state it was in when the curse was first unleashed. The curse then spread in the same manner it had previously, with it being revealed that the curse trapped the Dreaming City within a time loop that resets whenever Dûl Incaru is killed. Through messages left by an unknown sender, it is revealed that the loop was made possible through the wish Riven granted upon her "death", and modeled upon Vex simulations overseen by Quria, Blade Transform.

===Joker's Wild===
After the [[Drifter]] unveiled [[Gambit Prime]] and [[The Reckoning]] to the Guardians, the [[Praxic Order|Praxic]] [[Warlock]] [[Aunor Mahal]] determined that he had obtained the ability to create "counterfeit" Taken [[Primeval]]s by coupling his [[Bank (Gambit)|banks]] to the "[[The Haul|haul]]" gifted to him by the Nine. Among these entities are the [[Likeness of Nokris]], [[Likeness of Oryx]], [[Counterfeit Servitor]]s and [[Counterfeit Hydra]]s.

==Taken Enemies==
{{quote|There are no adequate words to describe the experience of being Taken. We would need a sensorium.|Techeun Shuro Chi}}
===Awoken===
*[[Techeun|Taken Techeun]]

===Fallen===
*[[Taken Vandal]]—summons a spherical shield similar to [[Ward of Dawn]]. They are armed with [[Solar]] [[Wire Rifle]]s and [[Arc]] [[Shrapnel Launcher]]s.
**[[Assault Leader]]
**Consumed Vandal
**Devoured Vandal
**[[Labyrinth Architect]]
**[[Ravenous Taken Vandal]]
**Taken Blightblazer
**Tortured Vandal
*[[Taken Captain]]—sends out moving balls of Darkness to blind Guardians and are armed with Arc-damage Shrapnel Launcher or Arc [[Shock Blade|Blades]] are used and Solar-shielded.
**[[Blighted Captain]]
**[[Blightmaker]]
**Consumed Captain
**Devoured Captain
**[[Eye of Riven]]
**[[Labyrinth Architect]]
**[[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval Captain]]
**[[Prismatic Taken Captain]]
**[[Ravenous Taken Captain]]
**[[Scavenging Crew Leader]]
**Taken Blightblazer
**Taken Exsanguinator
**[[Taken Forerunner]]
**Tortured Captain
*[[Chimera]]—Taken [[Servitor]]s. Fires blasts of [[Void]] energy and occasionally bursts of Axion Darts. Can summon [[Blight]]s that grant them immunity until they are destroyed. Notable Chimera include [[Voice of Riven]], [[Xaras, Greed of Xivu Arath]] and [[Inomina, Plague of the Well]].
**Ascendant Primeval Servitor

===Hive===
*[[Taken Thrall]]—ability to teleport short distances in an instant, and do Solar-damage with their melee.
**Consumed Thrall
**Devoured Thrall
**[[Ravenous Taken Thrall]]
***[[Shadow Thrall]]—a shadowy imitation of a [[Thrall]] summoned by Taken Wizards, and do Solar-damage with their melee.
****Consumed Shadow
****Devoured Shadow
**Tortured Thrall
*[[Taken Acolyte]]—deploys [[Acolyte's Eye]] turrets and are armed with Arc [[Shredder]]s, which fire projectiles in an arc that can attack from over short cover.
**Consumed Acolyte
**Devoured Acolyte
**[[Ravenous Taken Acolyte]]
**Tortured Acolyte
*[[Taken Wizard]]—can summon Shadow Thralls. They fire Solar Darkness Blasts, and are [[Void]]-shielded. In certain cases they can use "Necromantic Gaze", firing three Solar projectiles much faster than their usual Darkness blasts
**[[Archersbane Wizard]]
**Consumed Wizard
**Devoured Wizard
**[[Ensnaring Wizard]]
**Primeval Envoy
**[[Ravenous Taken Wizard]]
**Taken Asphyxiator
**[[Taken Virologist]]
**[[Tortured Wizard]]
*[[Taken Knight]]—fires explosive, lingering Solar jets in a wave for area denial, teleports short distances to evade attacks. They are armed with Void [[Boomer]]s, which fire bolts with higher velocity and do not suffer gravitational drop.
**[[Blighted Knight]]
**Consumed Knight
**Devoured Knight
**[[Labyrinth Architect]]
**[[Might of Riven]]
**[[Ravenous Taken Knight]]
**[[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval Knight]]
**[[Prismatic Taken Knight]]
**Taken Executioner
**Taken Polarizer
**Tortured Knight
*[[Taken Ogre]]— does Arc damage with both its eye blast which also knocks opponents back if they're in the air along with a ground slam if a enemy comes too close.
**[[Consumed Ogre]]
**[[Devoured Ogre]]
**[[Hallowed Ogre]]
**[[Light-Eater Ogre]]
**[[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval Ogre]]

===Vex===
*[[Taken Goblin]]—when in close proximity to an ally, they can generate an invincible shield for it. Armed with either a Void [[Slap Rifle]] or a Solar [[Torch Hammer]].
**Consumed Goblin
**[[Deceived Goblin]]
**Devoured Goblin
**[[Ravenous Taken Goblin]]
**Tortured Goblin
*[[Taken Hobgoblin]]—fires a fast-moving, [[Shrieker]]-like projectile when struck in self-defense. Equipped with a Void [[Line Rifle]].
**Consumed Hobgoblin
**[[Deceived Hobgoblin]]
**Devoured Hobgoblin
**[[Labyrinth Architect]]
**[[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval Hobgoblin]]
**[[Ravenous Taken Hobgoblin]]
**Tortured Hobgoblin
*[[Taken Minotaur]]—always cloaked unless shot at enough. Equipped with a Solar Torch Hammer.
**Consumed Minotaur
**Devoured Minotaur
**[[Labyrinth Architect]]
**[[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval Minotaur]]
**[[Ravenous Taken Minotaur]]
**[[Taken Forerunner]]
**Tortured Minotaur
*[[Taken Hydra]]
**[[Counterfeit Hydra]]

===Cabal===
*[[Taken Psion]]—has the ability to multiply itself, splitting and creating another Taken Psion with full health and wield an Arc [[Slug Rifle]]. Taken Psions fire their Slug Rifles very rapidly.
**Consumed Psion
**Devoured Psion
**[[Ravenous Taken Psion]]
**Tortured Psion
*[[Taken Phalanx]]—Can fire Arc blasts from their [[Cabal Shield|shield]] that can push Guardians, much like the physical shields themselves, and are armed with an Arc Slug Rifle.
**[[Assault Leader]]
**Consumed Phalanx
**Devoured Phalanx
**[[Labyrinth Architect]]
**[[Ravenous Taken Phalanx]]
**[[Taken Forerunner]]
**Tortured Phalanx
*[[Taken Centurion]]—has an Arc-shield, can teleport short distances, and is armed with a Void [[Projection Rifle]]. Fires slower moving Axion Darts, much like the Voidwalker's Axion bolt, that tracks targets and deals Void-damage—these can reach enemies around corners easily and can be shot and detonated to avoid damage.
**[[Assault Leader]]
**[[Blighted Centurion]]
**[[Blightmaker]]
**Consumed Centurion
**Devoured Centurion
**[[Farseer's Saboteur]]
**[[Labyrinth Architect]]
**[[Primeval (Taken)|Primeval Centurion]]
**[[Ravenous Taken Centurion]]
**Taken Blightblazer
**[[Taken Forerunner]]
**Taken Fracturer
**Tortured Centurion
*[[Shadowbeast]]—A shadowy imitation of a [[War Beast]].

===Unique===
*[[Taken Blight]]—a sphere of Darkness that can appear procedurally in the world. The Blight can summon Taken ambushes, which can include named characters that drop runes.
*[[Acolyte's Eye]]—a stationary unit deployed by Taken Acolytes. It is an orb of Darkness energy that fires Arc energy at enemies, and detonates in an Arc blast when destroyed. They survive the death of their summoner.

==Named Taken==
{{Quote|[T]hat dying Thrall was no monster. It was in ecstasy. I felt the power as my knife bit home. I heard their song, for just a moment. I will hear it again. Oryx is the Truth. And I will have it.|Unknown Hunter<ref name="TC">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/The_Taken#Taken_Champions|Taken Champions]]''</ref>}}
*'''Taken Prince          
**[[Malok, Pride of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: [[Pretender to the Throne]] mission and [[Blighted Chalice]] Strike

*'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Patrol]] encounters'''
**'''[[Agonarch Rune]] Taken'''
***[[Aarta]]—Taken Knight: [[Hull Breach]], [[Dreadnaught]]
***[[Dakkadi]]—Taken Knight: Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
***[[Gornith]]—Taken Knight: Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
***[[Gurroth]]—Taken Knight: Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
***[[Purtra, the False Tongue]]—Taken Wizard: Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
***[[Surnon, Darksong]]—Taken Wizard: Hall of Souls, Dreadnaught
***[[Dumuzod]]—Taken Knight: summoned with a [[Charged Agonarch Rune]] at [[The Founts]], Dreadnaught
**'''Relic Chest Taken'''
***[[Disrok]]—Taken Wizard: [[Hall of Souls]], Dreadnaught
***[[Dumuz-Nuna]]—Taken Knight: Hall of Souls, Dreadnaught
***[[Kilulu]]—Taken Knight: Hall of Souls, Dreadnaught
***[[Mishkara]]—Taken Knight: Hall of Souls, Dreadnaught
**'''Taken Zealots'''
***[[Bracus Dru'urng]]—Taken Centurion: [[The Legion's Keep]], [[Mars]]
***[[Bracus Payne, the Called Hand]]—Taken Centurion: [[Divalian Mists]], [[Dreaming City]]
***[[Blighted Chord]]—Taken Minotaur: [[Endless Steps]], [[Venus]]
***[[Blighted Descendant]]—Taken Minotaur: [[The Hollows]], Mars
***[[Darnu, Horn of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: [[The Divide]], [[Earth]]
***[[Grayris, Baroness]]—Taken Captain: [[The Shattered Coast]], Venus
***[[Falsek, Lost to Oryx]]—Taken Captain: [[Dock 13]], Earth
***[[Inomina, Plague of the Well]]—Chimera: [[Blind Well]], Dreaming City
***[[Irxori, Lost to Oryx]]—Taken Captain: [[Skywatch]], Earth
***[[Kakos, Herald of the Plague]]—Taken Minotaur: [[Blind Well]], Dreaming City
***[[Krathoor]]—Taken Knight: [[Shrine of Oryx]], [[Moon]]
***[[Kydoimos, Herald of the Plague]]—Taken Minotaur: [[Blind Well]], Dreaming City
***[[Lhoks, Exile Baron]]—Taken Captain: [[The Cinders]], Venus
***[[Oxus, Herald of the Plague]]—Taken Minotaur: [[Blind Well]], Dreaming City
***[[Pauurc, the Farseer's Heir]]—Taken Ogre: [[Rheasilvia]], Dreaming City
***[[Saturn Survivor]]-Taken Knight: [[The Sludge]], [[European Dead Zone]]
***[[Sho'oulth, Horror of Oryx]]—Taken Centurion: [[The Barrens]], Mars
***[[Stirok, Banner of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: [[Rocketyard]], Earth
***[[Vakarsik, Grasp of Quria]]—Taken Captain: [[Rift Generator]] Public Event
**'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Court of Oryx]] (Hall of Souls, Dreadnaught)'''
***[[Bracus Horu'usk]]—Taken Centurion
***[[Cra'adug]]—Taken Knight
***[[Kagoor]]—Taken Wizard
*'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Lost Sector]]s'''
**[[Inkasi, Disciple of Quria]]— Taken Wizard [[Chamber of Starlight]], [[Dreaming City]]
**[[Pandrok, Pillar of Nothing]]—Taken Knight: [[Sanctum of Bones]], [[Io]]
**[[Varghul, Fragment of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: [[Cavern of Souls]], [[European Dead Zone]]
**[[Ur Haraak, Disciple of Quria]]— Taken Knight: [[Aphelion's Rest]], [[Dreaming City]]
**[[Vendraxis, Shadow of Oryx]]—Taken Captain: [[Hallowed Grove]], [[European Dead Zone]]

*'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Flashpoint]]s'''
**[[Ereshkel, Insight of Savathûn]] - Taken Wizard: [[Giant's Scar]], Io
**[[Viadion, Transformed Mind]] - Taken Minotaur: [[The Rupture]], Io

*'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Story]] missions'''
**[[Baxx, Hand of Oryx]]—Taken Ogre: [[Regicide]] mission
**[[Bracus Sho'ogurn]]—Taken Centurion: [[Tenebrous Tunnels]] mission
**[[Bracus (Taken)|Bracus]]—Taken Centurion: appears in [[The Promethean Code]] mission (Heroic)
**[[Driviks, the Chosen]]—Taken Captain: [[Lost to Light]] mission (Heroic Daily Story version only)
**[[Erruk, the Taken]]—Taken Wizard: [[Sacrilege]] mission
**[[Ghulusk Blightcursed]]—Taken Centurion: [[Off-World Recovery]] mission
**[[Irausk, Herald of Savathûn]]—Taken Centurion: [[Sacrilege]] mission
**[[Karakis Taken Enforcer]]—Taken Captain: [[Off-World Recovery]] mission
**[[Mahesh, the Bitter]]—Taken Centurion: [[Off-World Recovery]] mission
**[[Mat Azar, Riven's Welcome]]—Taken Wizard: [[Beyond The Watchtower]] mission
**[[Modular Sigma]]—Taken Goblin: [[Fury]] mission
**[[Modular Upsilon]]—Taken Minotaur: [[Fury]] mission
**[[Morphon, Blighted Mind]]—Taken Hydra: [[Paradox]] mission
**[[Norr, the Taken]]—Taken Wizard: [[Sacrilege]] mission
**[[Sarkoor]]—Taken Wizard: [[Lost to Light]] mission
**[[Savriks, Riven's Patience]]—Taken Captain: [[Beyond The Watchtower]] mission
**[[Sorvox, Taken by the Voices]]—Taken Knight: [[Nothing Left To Say]] mission
**[[Syrok, Word of Oryx]]<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOzF4D6EdiY '''Youtube''': Official Destiny: The Taken King ViDoc]</ref>—Taken Knight: [[The Coming War]] mission
**[[Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx]]—Taken [[Colossus]]: Regicide mission
**[[Tacharion the Blighted]]—Taken Hobgoblin: [[Off-World Recovery]] mission
**[[Trulus the Failed]]—Taken Wizard: [[Off-World Recovery]] mission
**[[Urlos, Greeting of Riven]]—Taken Wizard: [[Beyond The Watchtower]] mission
**[[Val Grask, Warmth of Riven]]—Taken Centurion: [[Beyond The Watchtower]] mission
**[[Vesesiks Lightkiller]]-Taken Captain: [[Off-World Recovery]] mission
**[[Voice of Riven]]—Taken Chimera: [[Nothing Left to Say]] mission
**[[Vro'ourn, Fist of Oryx]]—Taken Centurion: [[Outbound Signal]] mission
**[[Wyr, the Taken]]—Taken Wizard: [[Sacrilege]] mission
**[[Zuuan, Taken by the Voices]]—Taken Centurion:[[Nothing Left To Say]] mission

*'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Quest]]s and [[Adventure]]s'''
**[[Agra, the Stalwart]]–Taken Knight: [[Dark Monastery]]
**[[An Hamaat, the Warp]]—Taken Wizard: [[Ascendant Challenge]]
**[[An Ragaar, Son of Xivu Arath]]—Taken Knight: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[An Salaak, the Weft]]—Taken Wizard: [[Ascendant Challenge]]
**[[Ashorc, Temple Claimant (Knight)|Ashorc, Temple Claimant]]—Taken Knight: [[The Corrupted]] ([[Malfeasance]])
**[[Asterion, Set Apart]]—Taken Captain: [[The Shattered Throne]]
**[[Bab'dotek, the Abhorrent]]—Taken Knight: [[Lost Souvenir]]
**[[Balvog, Shield of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: [[Dread Patrol]]
**[[Crorok, Will of Xivu Arath]]—Taken Captain: [[Broken Courier]] 
**[[Drensik, Venom of Oryx]]-Taken Captain: Sunbreaker quest
**[[Drevis, Aspect of Darkness]]–Taken Captain: [[The Whisper]]
**[[Elatiox, Beloved of Quria]]—Taken Minotaur: Kings Shadow quest
**[[Eriviks, the Waking]]—Taken Captain: [[The Shattered Throne]]
**[[Erosus, Spawn of Quria]]— Taken Hydra: Kings Shadow quest
**[[Graam, Born of the Hellmouth]]–Taken Ogre: [[The Other Side]] Quest
**[[Gu'urc, Venom of Oryx]]-Taken Centurion: Stormcaller quest
**[[Haraal, Venom of Oryx]]—Taken Wizard: Nightstalker quest
**[[Ir Arok, Tongue of Quria]]—Taken Knight: Kings Shadow quest
**[[Iraz, Eye of Savathûn]]—Taken Wizard: Unexpected Guests adventure
**[[Keeper of Petitions]]—Taken Wizard: [[The Shattered Throne]]
**[[Kurumo, the Uprooter]]-Taken Wizard: [[Visions of Light]]
**[[Mant Yût, Born of the Hellmouth]]–Taken Centurion: [[The Other Side]] Quest
**[[Mar-Zik, the Blightcaller]]—Taken Wizard: [[Fear's Embrace]]
**[[Mukor, Soulkeeper]]—Taken Ogre: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[Mysik, Daughter of Oryx]]—Taken Wizard: [[Blighted Coven]]
**[[Om Alir, Ascendant Sentinel]]–Taken Wizard: [[Dark Monastery]]
**[[Orm Vashyx]]—Taken Knight: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[Querim, the Waking]]—Taken Minotaur: [[The Shattered Throne]]
**[[Ta'aurc, Aspect of War]]–Taken Centurion: [[The Whisper]]
**[[Teksis, Ascendant Sentinel]]–Taken Captain: [[Dark Monastery]]
**[[The Odynom]]—Taken Captain: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[Theratos, Archersbane]]—Taken Minotaur: [[The Shattered Throne]]
**[[Thyshik, Matron of Oryx]]—Taken Wizard: [[Blighted Coven]]
**[[Tir Balok, Daughter of Xivu Arath]]—Taken Knight: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[Tsugoth, Gauntlet of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: [[Kings of Decay]]
**[[Ugroth, Soulkeeper]]—Taken Ogre: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[Urzok, Aspect of Hate]]–Taken Knight: [[The Whisper]]
**[[Val Belyx, Gauntlet of Incaru]]–Taken Centurion [[Dark Monastery]]
**[[Val Eralus, the Obedient]]—Taken Phalanx: [[Ascendant Challenge]]
**[[Val Hragan, Lighteater]]—Taken Centurion: [[Visions of Light]]
**[[Val Pros, Tower Sentry]]—Taken Phalanx: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[Vorgeth, the Boundless Hunger]]—Taken Ogre: [[The Shattered Throne]]
**[[Xaras, Greed of Xivu Arath]]—Taken Chimera: [[Broken Courier]]
**[[Xavan, Daughter of Xivu Arath]]—Taken Knight: [[The Oracle Engine]]
**[[Xavoth, the Waking]]—Taken Ogre: [[The Shattered Throne]]
**[[Xirixis, the Unknowable]]—Taken Captain: [[Lost Souvenir]]
**[[Yächaar, Bound to Sedia (Malfeasance)|Yächaar, Bound to Sedia]]—Taken Phalanx: [[The Corrupted]] ([[Malfeasance]])
**[[Yamaat, Ascendant Sentinel]]–Taken Knight: [[Dark Monastery]]
**[[Zyrak, Daughter of Oryx]]—Taken Wizard: [[Blighted Coven]]

*'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Strike]]s'''
**[[Adleg, Warden of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: encountered in a special variant of [[The Sunless Cell]] Strike during the quest [[A Sword Reforged]]
**[[Agrax, the Rotted]]—Taken Knight: sometimes encountered in [[The Sunless Cell]] Strike
**[[Ashorc, Temple Claimant]]—Taken Centurion: [[The Corrupted]]
**[[Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn]]–Taken Incendior: [[The Festering Core]]
**[[Blighted Chord]]—Taken Minotaur: sometimes encountered in the [[Dust Palace]] Strike
**[[Bracus Mu'urrn]]—Taken Centurion: sometimes encountered in the [[Cerberus Vae III]] Strike
**[[Bracus Tra'aull]]—Taken Centurion: sometimes encountered in [[The Undying Mind]] Strike
**[[Drarok, the Watching]]—Taken Wizard: sometimes encountered in [[The Sunless Cell]] Strike
**[[Dolos, the Datamine]] — Taken Knight: [[The Corrupted]] Strike
**[[Gamoth, the Consumed]]—Taken Wizard: sometimes encountered in [[Fallen S.A.B.E.R.]] Strike
**[[Gralk, Gauntlet of Savathûn]]—Taken Centurion: sometimes encountered in [[The Pyramidion]] Strike
**[[Grask, the Consumed]]—Taken Phalanx: [[Lake of Shadows]] Strike
**[[Hephone, Corruption Mind]]—Taken Hydra: sometimes encountered in the [[Cerberus Vae III]] Strike
**[[Irûn, Bound to Sedia]]—Taken Ogre: [[The Corrupted]] Strike
**[[Juraag, the Waylaid]]–Taken Phalanx: [[The Festering Core]] Strike
**[[Kalboh, the Unclaimed]]—Taken Knight: sometimes encountered in [[The Sunless Cell]] Strike
**[[Khendiss, World Corruptor]]—Taken Wizard: sometimes encountered in [[The Undying Mind]] Strike
**[[Kiphoris, Devil Captain]]—Taken Captain: sometimes encountered in the [[Fallen S.A.B.E.R.]] Strike
**[[Kophoris]]—Taken Captain: sometimes encountered in the [[Fallen S.A.B.E.R.]] Strike
**[[Lharkiss, Wolf Bane]]—Taken Vandal: sometime encountered in the [[Dust Palace]] Strike
**[[Morgath, Lore-Keeper]]—Taken Knight: encountered in [[The Undying Mind]] Strike during the quest [[Hunger Pangs]]
**[[The Navigator's Claw]]—Taken Wizard: [[Lake of Shadows]] Strike
**[[Nixis, Hunger of Oryx]]—Taken Captain: [[Winter's Run]] (Taken version) Strike
**[[Nolthok, the Withering]]—Taken Wizard: sometimes encountered in the [[The Sunless Cell]] Strike
**[[Orm Duluz, Bound to Sedia]]—Taken Knight: [[The Corrupted]]
**[[Sekrion, Subverted Mind]]—Taken Hydra: [[The Nexus|The Nexus: Revisited]] Strike
**[[Thelodron, Bound to Sedia]]–Taken Minotaur: [[The Corrupted]] (Nightfall)
**[[Urlot, the Trampler]]—Taken Knight: encountered in [[The Sunless Cell]] Strike
**[[Val Gruuk, Bound to Sedia]]–Taken Phalanx: [[The Corrupted]] (Nightfall)
**[[Val Talacanth, Bound to Sedia]]—Taken Centurion: [[The Corrupted]] Strike
**[[Val Prosk, Bound to Sedia]]–Taken Phalanx: [[The Corrupted]] (Nightfall)
**[[Whisper of Oryx]]—Taken Knight: Sometimes encountered in [[The Pyramidion]] Strike
**[[Xarthra]]—Taken Knight: sometimes encountered in the [[Fallen S.A.B.E.R.]] Strike
**[[Yatiks, Bound to Sedia]]—Taken Vandal: [[The Corrupted]] Strike

*'''Taken Lieutenants in [[Arena]]s'''
**[[Ad-Hoc Centurion]]-Taken Centurion: [[The Reckoning]] Arena
**[[Ad-Hoc Knight]]–Taken Knight: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Ad-Hoc Wizard]]–Taken Wizard: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Brute Champion]]–Taken Phalanx: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Counterfeit Hydra]]—Taken Hydra: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Counterfeit Phalanx]]—Taken Phalanx: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Counterfeit Servitor]]—[[Chimera]]: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Eshlor, Primeval Envoy]]–Taken Wizard: [[Gambit Prime]] Arena
**[[Käav, Primeval Envoy]]–Taken Wizard: Gambit Prime Arena
**[[Keksis, the Betrayed]]—Taken Captain: [[Prison of Elders]] Arena
**[[Likeness of Nokris]]—Taken Wizard: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Likeness of Oryx]]–[[Echo of Oryx]]: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Noru'usk, Servant of Oryx]]—Taken Centurion: Prison of Elders Arena
**[[Seditious Mind]]—Taken Hydra: Prison of Elders Arena
**[[Sylok, the Defiled]]—Taken Knight: Prison of Elders Arena
**[[The Hermit]]–Taken Knight: The Reckoning Arena
**[[Zumach, Primeval Envoy]]–Taken Wizard: Gambit Prime Arena

*'''Mentioned Taken'''
**[[Quria, Blade Transform]]—Taken Vex Hydra
**[[Tai Emperor Raven|The Perfect Raven]]—Taken [[Taishibethi]] Empress

==Trivia==
*Based on Grimoire analysis it can be assumed that the victim willingly chooses to be enslaved.<ref name="TC"/> It is unknown if any victims have ever rejected the Darkness.
*This power is described by the Ecumene as an "ontopathogenic" weapon, infecting and subverting soldiers and giving them "physically illegal" abilities,<ref name="Eat the Sky"/> not unlike the [http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Superpower_Wiki Superpower Wiki]'s description of "infect[ing] the very nature of the subject's existence".<ref name="Superpower">'''Superpower Wiki''', ''[http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Ontopathogenesis Ontopathogenesis]''</ref> Moreover, in the same article,<ref name="Superpower"/> Ontopathogenesis is described as also infecting the metaphysical reality of a creature, matching the language of The Taken Grimoire cards.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>
*In ''[[Destiny 2]]'' while most of the Taken remain largely the same in appearance, some Major and Ultra Taken appear with the trademark black bodies but their white eyes and glow is gold rather than the standard white along with crests on their back.
*Some concept art of the Taken shows them being able to Take other enemies although this is never seen in game.
*Some concept art of The [[Taken]] show a Taken [[Dreg]] but they are never seen in game
*The Taken enemies that appear in [[The Reckoning]] and [[Gambit Prime]] are not actually "real" Taken. Instead of being living creatures corrupted by [[Darkness]], they are artificial constructs of dark matter, created by [[the Haul]]'s "engine of pure potential," as the [[Nine]] themselves are beings of dark matter. Vanguard intelligence notes that these fake Taken have low counts of sterile neutrinos, typically associated with Taken, but instead have high ambient cold dark matter. This is the reason many of the bosses in The Reckoning and Gambit Prime are described as "counterfeit" or "likenesses," such as the [[Likeness of Oryx]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Take.jpg|Oryx holding the power to Take.
File:Dark patrol desktop.jpg|"Dark Patrol"; concept art of the Taken from Destiny's Pre-Alpha phase.
File:Destiny The Taken King Concept-Art RD01.jpg|Concept art of a [[Taken Ogre]], [[Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx|Ta'aun]], and a Taken Dreg.
File:Taken FX by Dorje Bellbrook.jpg|Concept art of a Taken Knight transforming a Cabal into Taken.
File:Taken FX by Dorje Bellbrook-1.jpg|A Taken Knight shown to have the ability to take multiple units at once.
File:Vro'ourn.jpg|[[Vro'ourn, Fist of Oryx]].
File:TakenArmy.jpg|Taken army.
File:Grimoire Taken Thrall.jpg|Taken [[Thrall]].
File:Grimoire Taken Acolyte.jpg|Taken [[Acolyte]].
File:Grimoire Taken Knight.jpg|Taken [[Knight]].
File:Grimoire Taken Wizard.jpg|Taken [[Wizard]].
File:Grimoire Taken Centurion.jpg|Taken [[Centurion]].
File:Grimoire Taken Phalanx.jpg|Taken [[Phalanx]].
File:Grimoire Taken Psion.jpg|Taken [[Psion]].
File:Grimoire Taken Vandal.jpg|Taken [[Vandal]].
File:Grimoire Taken Captain.jpg|Taken [[Captain]].
File:Grimoire Taken Goblin.jpg|Taken [[Goblin]].
File:Grimoire Taken Hobgoblin.jpg|Taken [[Hobgoblin]].
File:Grimoire Taken Minotaur.jpg|Taken [[Minotaur]].
File:Grimoire Seditious Mind.jpg|The [[Seditious Mind]], a Taken [[Hydra]].
File:Taken.jpg|A Taken Centurion in the [[European Dead Zone]].
File:TakenPhalanxBoss1.jpg|[[Grask, the Consumed]].
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]''
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}}
***''[[April Update|The April Update]]
**''[[Rise of Iron]]''
***''[[The Dawning]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Warmind]]''
**''[[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]]''
**''[[Joker's Wild]]''
**''[[Penumbra]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]''

==References==
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