Taranis

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Taranis
Biographical information
Other name(s):	Taranis Rivensmate
Species:	Ahamkara
Gender:	Male
Political and military information
Notable info:	Sacrificed himself to scatter Riven's clutch in order to protect them.

Taranis was an Ahamkara and the mate of Riven.

Biography

Taranis was born without the presence of the sire and dam that created him, as his first meal was the shell of the egg he was hatched from. He would the learn the ways of hunting from the Ahamkara elders. As he grows, he would begin his first hunt on Mars by using the wishes of a female Cabal slolder to relax for one day without giving up on her patrol duties. He would manipulate her wish creating a sandstorm that shrouded the firebase, then hunt her. He would then stop by Venus and discover the presence of the Eliksni scavengers and Lightbearers. He follows the Lightbearer holding a pale lantern whilst the other 11 Lightbearers engage with the Vex and Psions. The Lightbearer refuses to have desires around, so Taranis leaves Venus.

Taranis eventually discovers the Black Garden and claims a portion of it as his lair. He then follows a path towards the Awoken stronghold covered in jewels: the Dreaming City. Upon arriving in the Dreaming City through the Spine of Keres, he would meet his future mate, Riven, when she pins him down with a huge claw, inquiring on his presence on her lair. After some time bonding with Riven in the Divalian Mists and meeting Gwilym, Taranis finally invites her to visit his lair in the Black Garden. She accepts the invitation. Together, they would begin forging a bridge between their lairs inside the Black Garden and the Dreaming City and produce whims, with Taranis serving the role of a dam and Riven serving the role of a sire.

However, by the time the Great Ahamkara Hunt was commenced by the Lightbearers, now called Guardians, was commenced, they would become separated physically. Taranis would make a noble sacrifice to scatter their clutch as Riven would begin to conspire with Oryx and later Savathûn. The wish to scatter the clutch came at the cost of his final wish to be enacted. He would also bequeath a Bow as the final instruction to ensure the survival of his species: the Wish-Keeper. The Guardian discovers his corpse as they recover the clutch so Riven can grant the 15th wish: a wish to bypass the portal created the Witness into the Pale Heart of the Traveler. Riven would become shocked at Taranis's fate.

Appearance

• Destiny 2: Season of the Wish (First appearance)