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The '''High Celebrant of Xivu Arath''' is a [[Hive]] [[Knight]] who serves as the main antagonist of ''[[Season of the Hunt]]''.  

Tasked by [[Xivu Arath, God of War]] with creating an army of [[Wrathborn]], the High Celebrant is responsible for the numerous [[Cryptolith]]s of his master found across the system that corrupts [[Fallen]], [[Cabal]], and other Hive broods alike.  

When Xivu Arath's sister, [[Savathûn]], went into hiding for interfering with the [[Pyramids]] messages to the [[Guardians]], the War Goddess took this opportunity to consolidate her power within the [[Sol System]]. Seeking to establish a foothold over the power vacuum, the God of War sent her High Celebrant to oversee the creation of the Wrathborn using Cryptoliths bored across the planets, including the [[Moon]], the [[Tangled Shore]], and the [[Dreaming City]]. He would also hunt the excommunicated Witch Queen and wrestle the Hive free of her schemes.

The High Celebrant first appeared in the system with the intent to conscript the entire [[Hidden Swarm]] of [[Luna]] into [[Xivu Arath's Horde]]. With the entirety of the Scarlet Court, led by [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota's]] surviving daughters [[Voshyr]] and [[Kinox]], having gathered into one place at the [[Enduring Abyss]], their communion with the Hive God was interrupted by the sudden appearance of the [[Warlock]] [[Osiris]]. Facing an overwhelming onslaught of [[Light]], fifteen noble-brood were incinerated by his [[Dawnblade]], including Voshyr and her kin [[Yishra]] and [[Ayriax]], while [[Kinox]] fled leaving her son [[Ulg'Urin]] to be consumed by a [[Nova Bomb]] alongside his Knight guard.  

Xivu Arath would only draw tribute from the Warlock's desire to violently execute the noble Hive; her will tempting to enthrall Osiris into a [[Wrathborn]]. Despite the Warlock's resistance, the High Celebrant carves runes into the stone on either side of Osiris as he is offered up as a sacrifice for the War god before leaving. However, his quarry escaped Xivu Arath's grasp with the sacrifice of his Ghost [[Sagira]].<ref name="Immolant"/>

===Hunting Season===

Out for revenge, Osiris would begin his Hunt for the head of the High Celebrant as he tracked him down to the [[Shrine of Oryx]] of the [[Hellmouth]], where it summoned Cryptoliths to take command of the Hive within. The Guardians would get word of his mission and were sent into the Hellmouth to help the exiled [[Warlock]] to kill the High Celebrant who had himself laid a trap for them. Trapping Osiris inside of the Shrine, the Celebrant would continuously flee from the Guardian as it made its way deeper, eventually fleeing into the [[Ascendant realm]] where it would finally make its escape.