Taken

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Taken
Overview
Goals:	Serve Oryx and the Darkness
At war with:	The Last City, The Reef, Cabal, Fallen, Vex
Distinctions:	Enslaved and corrupted version of other races Violent twitching movements Bodies burn with an ethereal flame
Notable individual(s):	Syrok, Word of Oryx Baxx, Hand of Oryx Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx

The Taken are the personal army of Oryx, the Taken King. The Taken are formed from the ranks of the other enemy races in the game; they are ripped out of our dimension and then sent back, wholly possessed by the Darkness and have been twisted and corrupted, mind and body, by Oryx's power. Taken are unwaveringly loyal to Oryx, and will turn on their former allies without hesitation. Even powerful enemies such as Vex Axis Minds or Cabal commanders are incapable of resisting this change. More frightening is that although only Oryx can produce new Taken and they are tied to his power, any existing Taken will not simply dissipate with Oryx's defeat; according to Eris Morn, the Taken stagnate and decay without a master, but will linger indefinitely until they are thoroughly exterminated.

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, and can appear on Earth, Venus, and Mars in most activities. Taken will also appear on the Moon, but only during select Story missions and not during Patrol.

Taken Enemies

Fallen

• Taken Vandal - Summons a spherical shield similar to Ward of Dawn. This shield heals enemies inside and allows them to shoot out but not in.
  • Consumed Vandal
  • Devoured Vandal
• Taken Captain - Sends out moving balls of Darkness to blind Guardians. Arc damage shrapnel launcher or Arc swords are used and Solar Shielded.

Hive

• Taken Thrall - Ability to teleport short distances in an instant. Does solar damage.
  • Shadow Thrall - A shadowy imitation of a Thrall summoned by Taken Wizards. Does Solar damage.
• Taken Acolyte - Deploys Acolyte's Eye turrets. Does arc damage with their shredders.
• Taken Wizard - Can summon Shadow Thralls. Does Solar Damage, has a void shield.
  • Tortured Wizard
• Taken Knight - Fires explosive solar jets in a wave to dissuade close combat, teleports short distances to evade attacks. Does void damage with their boomer.
  • Tortured Knight
• Taken Ogre - Does arc damage with both its eye blast and ground slam.
  • Light-Eater Ogre

Vex

• Taken Goblin - Spawn in groups of three. When in close proximity, one or two generate an invincible shield for the third.
• Taken Hobgoblin - Fires a Shrieker-like fast-moving projectile. Fires a void Line Rifle.
  • Devoured Hobgoblin
• Taken Minotaur - Always cloaked. Fires solar Torch Hammer.
  • Tortured Minotaur

Cabal

• Taken Psion - Has the ability to multiply itself, splitting and creating another Taken Psion with full health. Does arc damage with their slug rifle.
• Taken Phalanx - Can fire arc blasts from their shield that can push guardians, much like the physical shields themselves.
  • Devoured Phalanx
• Taken Centurion - Fires slower moving Axion Darts, much like the Voidwalker's Axion bolt, that tracks targets and deals Arc damage. They can reach enemies around corners easily and can be shot and detonated to avoid damage.
  • Tortured Centurion

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 shots at enemies, and detonates in an Arc blast when destroyed.

Named Taken

• Taken Lieutenants in Patrol encounters
  • Aarta - Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
  • Blighted Descendant - The Hollows, Mars
  • Dakkadi - Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
  • Darnu, Horn of Oryx - The Divide, Earth
  • Falsek, Lost to Oryx - Dock 13, Earth
  • Gornith - Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
  • Grayris, Baroness - The Shattered Coast, Venus
  • Gurroth - Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
  • Irxori, Lost to Oryx - Skywatch, Earth
  • Purtra, the False Tongue - Hull Breach, Dreadnaught
  • Stirok, Banner of Oryx - Rocketyard, Earth

• Taken Lieutenants in Court of Oryx (Hall of Souls, Dreadnaught)
  • Bracus Horu'usk
  • Cra'adug
  • Kagoor

• Taken Lieutenants in Story missions, Quests, and Strikes
  • Balvog, Shield of Oryx - Dread Patrol quest
  • Baxx, Hand of Oryx - Regicide mission
  • Driviks, the Chosen - Lost to Light mission (Heroic Daily Story version only)
  • Morphon, Blighted Mind - Paradox mission
  • Mysik, Daughter of Oryx - Blighted Coven mission
  • Sarkoor - Lost to Light mission
  • Syrok, Word of Oryx - The Coming War mission
  • Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx - Regicide mission
  • Thyshik, Matron of Oryx - Blighted Coven mission
  • Tsugoth, Gauntlet of Oryx - Kings of Decay mission
  • Urlot, the Trampler - The Sunless Cell strike
  • Vro'ourn, Fist of Oryx - Outbound Signal mission
  • Zyrak, Daughter of Oryx - Blighted Coven mission

Gallery

• Taken-Knight.jpg

  Taken Knight

• Taken-Psion.jpg

  Taken Psion

• Taken-Vandal.jpg

  Taken Vandal

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  "Dark Patrol," Possible concept art of the Taken from Destiny's Pre-Alpha phase

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)