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{{Quote|Crota's minions emerge once more. The Hidden Swarm that previously served Crota has banded together once again, leaderless but not purposeless.|[[Eris Morn]].}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding_the_Hidden_Swarm|Regarding the Hidden Swarm]]''</ref>
{{Quote|Crota's minions emerge once more. The Hidden Swarm that previously served Crota has banded together once again, leaderless but not purposeless.|[[Eris Morn]].}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding_the_Hidden_Swarm|Regarding the Hidden Swarm]]''</ref>


Years after the deaths of Crota and Oryx, Years after the deaths of Crota and Oryx, the Spawn of Crota and the various broods of the Moon consolidated into the [[Hidden Swarm]], becoming the ''de facto'' Hive power. Rallying under [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]], the Hidden Swarm sought to reclaim their lost power.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#X:_Faith_in_Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref>
Years in the aftermath of Crota's murder and Oryx's war has left the [[Hidden Swarm]] bereft of warriors of a caliber befitting [[Prince|royalty]] that could lead the Hive on the Moon. When Oryx fell, Crota's brood rallied around the strongest of his children, [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]], and [[Voshyr]]. While the Swarm attempt to reaffirm their belief in the sword logic, the scheming daughters of Crota had enact a plot to recapture their grandfather's glory by going against his own logic.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#X:_Faith_in_Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref>


Hashladûn and her sisters sought to use the Luna [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]]'s power for its connection to the [[Darkness]] to enact vengeance against the Guardians for murdering their lineage. Using the forbidden [[Cryptoglyph]], Hashladûn and her sisters managed to create phantasmal [[Nightmares]] based on the Guardians trauma and the necessary armor to shield themselves against it.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Heretic]]''</ref> She also commanded the Hidden Swarm to construct a crimson fortress called the [[Scarlet Keep]] to amplify their magics and safeguard the Pyramid. However, their resurgence caught the attention of [[Eris Morn]] and the [[Vanguard]] who sent the Guardians to push back the Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Scarlet Keep]]''</ref>
Hashladûn and her sisters sought to use the Luna [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]]'s power for its connection to the [[Darkness]], having constructed a crimson fortress called the [[Scarlet Keep]] beneath the structure that could amplify their magics and shield the Hive of the Pyramid's influence. Using the forbidden [[Cryptoglyph]], they managed to harness the phantasmal essence in an failed attempt to recreate Oryx and Crota in their shape, instead they would raise a new [[Zulmak, Instrument of Torment|champion]] bound to their will.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Heretic]]''</ref> However, their resurgence caught the attention of [[Eris Morn]] and the [[Vanguard]] who sent the Guardians to push back the Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Scarlet Keep]]''</ref>


Hashladûn confronted them within the Scarlet Keep, but only to fall in turn. Later her sister [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]] failed to push the Guardians back as they tried to acquire the Cryptoglyph to reduce the Nightmares influence by creating armour that shields it. The last of Crota's spawn were survived by [[Voshyr]], and [[Kinox]] who went into hiding and sought power from alternate means to preserve their fathers legacy, even if it went against Sword Logic.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#XI.X:_Apocrypha|XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref>
Hashladûn would confronted the Guardians who murdered his family within the Scarlet Keep, only to be killed at the top of the spire. Later her sister [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]] failed to push the Guardians back as they claim the Cryptoglyph . The last of Crota's spawn were survived by [[Voshyr]] and [[Kinox]], who went into hiding to continue their work in preserving their forefathers' legacy, even if it went against the Sword Logic.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#XI.X:_Apocrypha|XI.X: Apocrypha]]''</ref>


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