Taken Captain

"You are a Captain. The only thing between your band and asphyxiation. Every Dreg and Vandal counts on you. All of them want to be you. Your entire life is a performance: you play at strength, or you die of weakness. [...] Everything that sees your banners and your riches wants to kill you and take what you have. If you cannot hide yourself, you must make them blind. There is a knife for you. It is shaped like [you cannot find me]. Take up the knife. Breathe the blade. Take your new shape."

— Grimoire description

Taken Captain
Biographical information
Species:	Taken
Rank:	Elite Infantry
Class:	Captain
Combat information
Weapon(s):	Arc Shrapnel Launcher (common) Arc Shock Blades (rare)
Abilities:	Solar Shield Short Distance Teleport Darkness Bolt Melee

The Taken Captain is a type of Taken Fallen that sends out moving balls of Darkness to blind Guardians. They use either an Arc Shrapnel Launcher or Arc Shock Blades, and are Solar-shielded. They can quickly teleport to evade incoming attacks much like their non-Taken counterpart.

Trivia

Among the Destiny community the Taken Captain has become infamous for its rapid teleportation and proliferate usage of Darkness Bolts. This is especially true in missions such as Paradox and Lost to Light where the player is often forced to fight them in groups and at close quarters. The Prison of Elders boss Keksis, the Betrayed, is also reviled for continuously spamming this ability.

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)