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===XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes=== | ===XL: An Emperor For All Outcomes=== | ||
Oryx returns to his throne world and reads from the Tablets of Ruin, taking many Vex and pitting them against one another. Quria attempted to fight against Oryx using a wide array of strategies but was unable to fend off the Taken King, and the Vex were expelled. Oryx | Oryx returns to his throne world and reads from the Tablets of Ruin, taking many Vex and pitting them against one another. Quria attempted to fight against Oryx using a wide array of strategies but was unable to fend off the Taken King, and the Vex were expelled. Oryx threw Crota into the Vex gate as punishment, demanding that he fight and win or be forgotten. | ||
Crota fought and did win. Over time his legend grew, leaving tales of his might behind him as he made his way through the ages. | Crota fought and did win. Over time his legend grew, leaving tales of his might behind him as he made his way through the ages. While initially furious with Oryx (complaining about him to those who survived his rampages), he eventually understood his father better and built temples and monuments on his crusade, spreading the Hive further. | ||
Oryx, in the meantime, began to dwell on the Vex, seeing them as worthy rivals. Their study of geometry in particular intrigued him, and he | Oryx, in the meantime, began to dwell on the Vex, seeing them as worthy rivals. Their study of geometry in particular intrigued him, as it was the "map of perfect shapes", and he considered doing the same. He met with Savathûn outside the High War to learn what he could of the Vex; she told him the Vex sought to achieve victory in every possible universe. Oryx decides that he will counter by focusing on his own path, following the Deep and its single vision for the universe, and become the king of the only universe that mattered. In order to do this the Hive started a history of all the worlds that have fallen to them to map out their path. Life, as they knew it, was cellular automata; those which worshipped either the Deep or Sky escaped causality. | ||
Savathûn, meanwhile, already had a new focus. She and Xivu Arath conspired to attack Oryx’s still vulnerable throne world by striking when he least expected. Oryx was one step ahead of his sisters however, and had already made plans to move his throne world into the material plane and embed it within a gigantic Dreadnaught. | Savathûn, meanwhile, already had a new focus. She and Xivu Arath conspired to attack Oryx’s still vulnerable throne world by striking when he least expected. Oryx was one step ahead of his sisters however, and had already made plans to move his throne world into the material plane and embed it within a gigantic Dreadnaught. |