Taken

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Taken
Overview
Goals:	Serve Oryx and the Darkness
At war with:	The City, Cabal, Fallen, Vex
Distinctions:	Enslaved and corrupted version of other races Violent twitching movements Bodies burn with an ethereal flame
Notable individual(s):	Syrok, Word of Oryx

The Taken are the personal army of Oryx, the Taken King. The Taken are formed from the ranks of the other enemy races in the game; they are ripped out of our dimension and then sent back, wholly possessed by the Darkness and have been twisted and corrupted, mind and body, by Oryx's power. Taken are unwaveringly loyal to Oryx, and will turn on their former allies. These Taken versions behave radically different from the standard version of enemies, including new abilities designed to counter Guardian abilities. Groups of Taken can be mixed with members of different species, and appear on every planet.

Sometimes, enemies you are currently fighting may be sucked into portals and converted into Taken. One such example is Gorgath, Unborn.

Taken Enemies

Fallen

• Taken Vandal - Summons a spherical shield similar to Ward of Dawn. This shield heals enemies inside and allows them to shoot out but not in.
  • Consumed Vandal
• Taken Captain - Sends out moving balls of Darkness to blind Guardians. Arc damage shrapnel launcher and Solar Shielded.

Hive

• Taken Thrall - Ability to teleport short distances in an instant. Does solar damage.
  • Shadow Thrall - A shadowy imitation of a Thrall summoned by Taken Wizards. Does Solar damage.
• Taken Acolyte - Deploys Acolyte's Eye turrets. Does arc damage with their shredders.
• Taken Wizard - Can summon Shadow Thralls. Does Solar Damage, has a void shield.
  • Tortured Wizard
• Taken Knight - Fires explosive solar jets in a wave to dissuade close combat, teleports short distances to evade attacks. Does void damage with their boomer.
• Taken Ogre - Does arc damage with both its eye blast and ground slam.

Vex

• Taken Goblin - Spawn in groups of three. When in close proximity, one or two generate an invincible shield for the third.
• Taken Hobgoblin - Fires a Shrieker-like fast-moving projectile. Fires a void Line Rifle.
  • Devoured Hobgoblin
• Taken Minotaur - Always cloaked. Fires solar Torch Hammer.
  • Tortured Minotaur
  • Blighted Descendant

Cabal

• Taken Psion - Has the ability to multiply itself. Does arc damage with their slug rifle.
• Taken Phalanx - Can fire arc blasts from their shield that can push guardians, much like the physical shields themselves.
  • Devoured Phalanx
• Taken Centurion - Fires tracking shots that can reach enemies around corners.
  • Tortured Centurion

Unique

• Taken Blight - A sphere of darkness that can appear procedurally in the world. The blight can summon Taken ambushes, which can include named characters that drop runes.
• Acolyte's Eye - A stationary unit deployed by Taken Acolytes. It is an orb of Darkness energy that fires Arc shots at enemies, and detonates in an Arc blast when destroyed.

Named Taken

• Baxx, Thane of Oryx
• Bracus Horu'usk
• Cra'adug
• Gorgath, Unborn
• Kagoor
• Primus Ta'aun
• Putra, the False Tongue
• Sarkoor
• Syrok, Word of Oryx

Gallery

• Taken-Knight.jpg

  Taken Knight

• Taken-Psion.jpg

  Taken Psion

• Taken-Vandal.jpg

  Taken Vandal

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  "Dark Patrol," Possible concept art of the Taken from Destiny's Pre-Alpha phase

List of appearances

• Destiny
  • The Taken King (First appearance)