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As Xol set about destroying Rasputin's neural network, he was pursued by the Guardian to the vicinity of Rasputin's central core, where he trapped the Guardian on a platform and engaged them in battle, using his jaws, bulk and paracausal abilities to attempt to destroy his foe. Ultimately, Xol was defeated by the Guardian using a super-charged [[Valkyrie]] javelin provided by Rasputin, leaving the Grasp of Nokris without their patron to worship and reducing the remainder of the Worm God pantheon from four to three. | As Xol set about destroying Rasputin's neural network, he was pursued by the Guardian to the vicinity of Rasputin's central core, where he trapped the Guardian on a platform and engaged them in battle, using his jaws, bulk and paracausal abilities to attempt to destroy his foe. Ultimately, Xol was defeated by the Guardian using a super-charged [[Valkyrie]] javelin provided by Rasputin, leaving the Grasp of Nokris without their patron to worship and reducing the remainder of the Worm God pantheon from four to three. | ||
===Legacy=== | |||
As with other Worm Gods, however, Xol's death was not his ending. Drawing power from the [[Sword Logic]] upon his defeat at the hands of the Guardian, Xol transcended physical death and communed with the [[Taken]] infesting the Jovian moon [[Io]], resurrecting three former [[Urzok, Aspect of Hate|enemies]] [[Ta'aurc, Aspect of War|of]] [[Drevis, Aspect of Darkness|humanity]] as his Taken champions.<ref name=WotW>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Whisper of the Worm#Lore|Whisper of the Worm]].''</ref> His presence caused a spike in Taken activity on Io according to the [[Drifter]], as Guardians reported a Taken anomaly | As with other Worm Gods, however, Xol's death was not his ending. Drawing power from the [[Sword Logic]] upon his defeat at the hands of the Guardian, Xol transcended physical death and communed with the [[Taken]] infesting the Jovian moon [[Io]], resurrecting three former [[Urzok, Aspect of Hate|enemies]] [[Ta'aurc, Aspect of War|of]] [[Drevis, Aspect of Darkness|humanity]] as his Taken champions.<ref name=WotW>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Whisper of the Worm#Lore|Whisper of the Worm]].''</ref> His presence caused a spike in Taken activity on Io according to the [[Drifter]], as Guardians reported a Taken anomaly | ||
found beneath the planet's surface where all three of his champions were there to test them. Once the Guardian proved themselves worthy of a host to feed upon, Xol invoked the [[Anthem Anatheme]] and transformed into the [[Whisper of the Worm]] as a weapon to feed off of the Guardian's kills.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, [[The Whisper]]''</ref> | found beneath the planet's surface where all three of his champions were there to test them. Once the Guardian proved themselves worthy of a host to feed upon, Xol invoked the [[Anthem Anatheme]] and transformed into the [[Whisper of the Worm]] as a weapon to feed off of the Guardian's kills.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'': ''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, [[The Whisper]]''</ref> | ||
Nokris, Xol's former high priest and the namesake of his followers, survived his encounter with the Guardians but became dejected after learning the Worm God had abandoned him for his killers. Despite the many traces of Xol's influence remaining on Mars, Nokris used a scrap of Worm-hide as a catalyst to craft his own [[Ascendant plane|Ascendant]] gate from the grave-corpse legions of his risen brood. His actions to deceiving the Guardians would earn him a place in his aunt [[Savathûn|Savathûn's]] [[High Coven|court]] as her supplicant.<ref name="FALSE IDOLS">'''Bungie (2020/6/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#False_Idols|FALSE IDOLS]]''</ref> | Nokris, Xol's former high priest and the namesake of his followers, survived his encounter with the Guardians but became dejected after learning the Worm God had abandoned him for his killers. Despite the many traces of Xol's influence remaining on Mars, Nokris used a scrap of Worm-hide as a catalyst to craft his own [[Ascendant plane|Ascendant]] gate from the grave-corpse legions of his risen brood. His actions to deceiving the Guardians would earn him a place in his aunt [[Savathûn|Savathûn's]] [[High Coven|court]] as her supplicant.<ref name="FALSE IDOLS">'''Bungie (2020/6/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#False_Idols|FALSE IDOLS]]''</ref> | ||