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{{Quote|You are a Knight. Ancient warrior elite. Dreadful backbone of the Hive. You have scarred entire worlds. ''[...]'' You fear death. Even as you visit nothingness on your foes, even as you gather tribute from your acolytes, you know that one day your strength will be outmatched. And your centuries of slaughter will end. ''[...]'' You betray the sword logic. You compromise the totality of your violence. Why protect your ground when you could take the enemy’s? You need to make your guard into a weapon. There is a knife for you. It is shaped like ''[no more fear]''. Take up the knife. Hide no more. Take your new shape.|[[Grimoire]] description}} | |||
{{Boss infobox | {{Boss infobox | ||
|name= Taken Knight | |name= Taken Knight | ||
|image=[[File:Grimoire Taken Knight.jpg| | |image=[[File:Grimoire Taken Knight.jpg|260px]] | ||
|species= [[Taken]] | |species= [[Taken]] | ||
|faction= | |faction= | ||
|rank= Heavy Infantry | |rank= Heavy Infantry | ||
|class= [[Knight]] | |class= [[Knight]] | ||
|weapon= | |mission= | ||
|ability= | |gender= | ||
|height= 7 ft | |||
|mass= | |||
The '''Taken Knight''' is a type of [[Taken]] [[Hive]] | |weapon= [[Void]] [[Boomer]] (common) <br> [[Arc]] [[Shredder]] (rare) <br> Taken Cleaver (rare) | ||
|ability= Burn Projectiles <br> [[Solar]] Shield (Epic) <br> High Durability <br> Rapid Movement <br> Teleportation <br> Hive Melee | |||
}} | |||
The '''Taken Knight''' is a type of [[Taken]] [[Hive]] which fires explosive Solar jets in a wave to dissuade close combat and force players out of cover, teleports short distances to evade attacks. They are armed with a [[Void]] damage Boomer, which, unlike the Hive version, does not suffer from gravitational drop and its projectiles travel much faster, making it harder to evade long-range fire. | |||
==Known Taken Knights== | ==Known Taken Knights== | ||
*[[Aarta]] | *[[Aarta]] | ||
*[[Adleg, Warden of Oryx]] | *[[Adleg, Warden of Oryx]] | ||
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*[[An Ragaar, Son of Xivu Arath]] | *[[An Ragaar, Son of Xivu Arath]] | ||
*[[Ashorc, Temple Claimant (Knight)|Ashorc, Temple Claimant]] | *[[Ashorc, Temple Claimant (Knight)|Ashorc, Temple Claimant]] | ||
*[[Bab'dotek, the Abhorrent]] | *[[Bab'dotek, the Abhorrent]] | ||
*[[Balvog, Shield of Oryx]] | *[[Balvog, Shield of Oryx]] | ||
*[[Dakkadi]] | *[[Dakkadi]] | ||
*[[Darnu, Horn of Oryx]] | *[[Darnu, Horn of Oryx]] | ||
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*[[Dumuz-Nuna]] | *[[Dumuz-Nuna]] | ||
*[[Dumuzod]] | *[[Dumuzod]] | ||
*[[Gornith]] | *[[Gornith]] | ||
*[[Gurroth]] | *[[Gurroth]] | ||
*[[Ir Arok, Tongue of Quria]] | *[[Ir Arok, Tongue of Quria]] | ||
*[[Kalboh, the Unclaimed]] | *[[Kalboh, the Unclaimed]] | ||
*[[Kilulu]] | *[[Kilulu]] | ||
*[[Krathoor]] | *[[Krathoor]] | ||
*[[Malok, Pride of Oryx]] | *[[Malok, Pride of Oryx]] | ||
*[[Mengoor]] | |||
*[[Mishkara]] | *[[Mishkara]] | ||
*[[Morgath, Lore-Keeper]] | *[[Morgath, Lore-Keeper]] | ||
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*[[Orm Vashyx]] | *[[Orm Vashyx]] | ||
*[[Pandrok, Pillar of Nothing]] | *[[Pandrok, Pillar of Nothing]] | ||
*[[Saturn Survivor]] | *[[Saturn Survivor]] | ||
*[[Sorvox, Taken by the Voices]] | *[[Sorvox, Taken by the Voices]] | ||
*[[Stirok, Banner of Oryx]] | *[[Stirok, Banner of Oryx]] | ||
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*[[Varghul, Fragment of Oryx]] | *[[Varghul, Fragment of Oryx]] | ||
*[[Whisper of Oryx]] | *[[Whisper of Oryx]] | ||
*[[Xarthra]] | *[[Xarthra]] | ||
*[[Xavan, Daughter of Xivu Arath]] | *[[Xavan, Daughter of Xivu Arath]] | ||
*[[Yamaat, Ascendant Sentinel]] | *[[Yamaat, Ascendant Sentinel]] | ||
== | ==Trivia== | ||
Unusually, they are not armed with [[Cleaver]]s, modified or otherwise, like their non-Taken counterparts or Grimoire card (which features an "un-Taken" Cleaver). This could be a stylistic choice or for gameplay reasons. Lorewise, this ties into with the [[Ascendant Sword]] Grimoire card, which reads: | |||
:"''A Shredder or a Boomer is a powerful weapon, but it kills acyclically. You see? It sends out harm and it takes nothing back. The bolt passes away into nothing. A sword, though, a sword is like a bridge, a crossing-point. The sword binds wielder to victim. It binds life to death. And when the binding is done—the sword remembers. When the Boomer's fire has burnt away into axion and neutrino scatter, the sword goes on, hungrier and sharper.''"<ref>'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Ascendant_Sword|Ascendant Sword]]''</ref> | |||
According to [[The Sword Logic]] (also known as "The Killing Logic") the one who kills proves their right to survive over their defeated enemy, and gains power from that act. Upon being Taken the Knight loses the ability to feed their worm and grow that power; instead, all of that goes to the Taker, [[Oryx]], who receives it directly instead of through the hierarchy of ''Thrall > Acolyte > Knight/Wizard > Ascendant Hive > Hive God''. | |||
This is both a punishment and an honor,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/take-the-wanted-6 Take the Wanted]''</ref> as the Knight is forced to serve against his will, unable to think or act idependently from Oryx's will; on the other hand, it is a sort of apotheosis, the perfection of the Hive way of life: the perfect warrior, the Final True Shape. | |||
Taken Knights were formerly named Ripper during production of The Taken King. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Might of Riven (Other Side).jpg|A [[Might of Riven]] seen in the [[The Other Side]] [[Quest]]. | File:Might of Riven (Other Side).jpg|A [[Might of Riven]] seen in the [[The Other Side]] [[Quest]]. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny]] | *''[[Destiny]]'' | ||
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' | *''[[Destiny 2]]'' | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{Taken}} | {{Taken}} | ||
[[Category:Enemies]] | [[Category: Enemies]] | ||
[[Category:Taken]] | [[Category:Taken]] | ||
