History Characters / DestinyTheHive

Once a Knight of the Hidden Swarm, Kelgorath swore his allegiance to Xivu Arath after coming to believe Savathûn was weak for failing to prevent the massacre of Crota's last descendants. He now stalks the Ley Lines surrounding the Dreaming City hunting for Techeuns, Guardians, and any other foes of his new master.

* BackFromTheDead: The Young Wolf first slays him while looking for "Osiris" in the Dreaming City. Kelgorath later returns and fights them again when they retrieve Ager's Sceptor. He returns again as the final boss of the "Exorcism" mission in ''Season of the Lost.'' And then he turns up ''again'' in ''Season of the Seraph,'' now promoted to Darkblade when he's fought in the Mars Heist Operation. According to lore, Kelgorath is reborn from battle and is likely an Ascendant Knight who must be slain in that plane to be permanently killed.

* DropTheHammer: The Books of Sorrow say that she uses a hammer, which Oryx stole to help fashion his Dreadnaught.

* ScreamingWarrior: Thralls tend to screech at opponents when charging them. Other Hive tend to just ''[[MightyRoar roar]]'' at opponents.
** And then there is Omnighul, whose unique screech is a warning that [[spoiler: angry reinforcements are coming to support her.]]

*** Within this same vein, the tithe system is hypocritical as well; instead of each Hive taking the strength that they gain from the deaths of their foes wholly for themselves, or stronger Hive simply forcibly taking whatever strength as tribute that they wish from weaker Hive [[PragmaticVillainy (which could include in a manner that isn't strictly lethal and simply proves that the Hive in question was strong enough to take what they wanted and was thus deserving of it, so they don't effectively cannibalize themselves from within)]], lesser Hive are instead expected and commanded to consciously give most of what they gain to their superiors, only keeping enough for themselves to marginally advance in the ranks of the Hive inch by inch. While it could be argued that stronger Hive are ''technically'' enforcing this upon weaker Hive under the pain of death [[FateWorseThanDeath (or worse)]], the existence of Mengoor and Cra'adug- a pair of Knights whom Oryx punished for choosing to give their tithes of strength to each other rather than to him- shows that this giving of tribute in this way is largely voluntary.

*** Within this same vein, the tithe system is hypocritical as well; instead of each Hive taking the strength that they gain from the deaths of their foes wholly for themselves, or stronger Hive simply forcibly taking whatever strength as tribute that they wish from weaker Hive [[PragmaticVillainy (which could include in a manner that isn't strictly lethal, simply proof that the Hive in question was strong enough to take what they wanted and was thus deserving of it)]], lesser Hive are instead expected and commanded to consciously give most of what they gain to their superiors, only keeping enough for themselves to marginally advance in the ranks of the Hive inch by inch. While it could be argued that stronger Hive are ''technically'' enforcing this upon weaker Hive under the pain of death [[FateWorseThanDeath (or worse)]], the existence of Mengoor and Cra'adug- a pair of Knights whom Oryx punished for choosing to give their tithes of strength to each other rather than to him- shows that this giving of tribute in this way is largely voluntary.

*** Within this same vein, the tithe system is hypocritical as well; instead of each Hive taking the strength that they gain from the deaths of their foes wholly for themselves, or stronger Hive simply forcibly taking whatever strength as tribute that they wish from weaker Hive (which could include in a manner that isn't strictly lethal, simply proof that the Hive in question was strong enough to take what they wanted and was thus deserving of it), lesser Hive are instead expected and commanded to consciously give most of what they gain to their superiors, only keeping enough for themselves to marginally advance in the ranks of the Hive inch by inch. While it could be argued that stronger Hive are ''technically'' enforcing this upon weaker Hive under the pain of death [[FateWorseThanDeath (or worse)]], the existence of Mengoor and Cra'adug- a pair of Knights whom Oryx punished for choosing to give their tithes of strength to each other rather than to him- shows that this giving of tribute in this way is largely voluntary.

* OutOfFocus: While the Hive were central to the plots of two of the first game's expansions and a major part of the early half of the first game's plot, in ''Destiny 2'' they are less important, only operating on the moon of Titan in the main plotline of the sequel and having little direct influence on the story compared to the Cabal. They become significantly more important in the ''Warmind'' expansion, complete with the player [[spoiler: fighting and slaying both Nokris and Xol, a Worm God.]] They fully retake the stage during ''The Witch Queen'', which focuses on Savathûn [[spoiler:figuring out how to harness the pwoer of the Light for the Hive's own ends]].
** This state of affairs seems to be directly related to the arrival and subsequent death of Oryx. When Oryx arrived, the very first thing he did was begin creating a new Taken army that the Guardians are still fighting to this day. For a while, the Taken more-or-less supplanted the Hive in terms of narrative importance and with their greatest leaders dead they simply weren't. in a position to pose a significant threat to the Earth. Savathûn, and later Xivu Arath, end up turning it around during ''Season of the Hunt'', ''Season of the Lost'', ''The Witch-Queen'', ''Season of the Rison'', and ''Season of the Seraph'', menacing Sol with their efforts and showing how dangerous they still are.

* ActressAllusion: This [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse isn't the first time]] that Kimberly Brooks has provided a voice for [[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper "the ultimate warrior" of a race of aliens who, for eons, have invaded other planets and destroyed their native life in the name of "perfection" (and who are now gunning for Earth)]] with strong PsychopathicWomanchild tendencies and an obsessive and desperate need to vindicate her MightMakesRight mindset.

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Insomuch that a Hive God with eons of experience and power obtained from never-ending war could possibly be reduced to "normal", but the climax of ''Season of the Witch'' sees her cut off from her Throne World permanently, rendering her mortal and vulnerable to an offense from the Last City.]]

** [[spoiler:However, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome this comes back to bite her when she tries to backstab the Darkness]] by interfering in its communications with the Guardians during ''The Arrival''. The rest of the Hive ''really'' didn't appreciate her failed attempt to betray the highest God of gods in their Pantheon, and now she's considered a heretic and been forced into hiding to avoid being hunted down and killed]].

* ActressAllusion: This [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse isn't the first time]] that Kimberly Brooks has provided a voice for [[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper "the ultimate warrior" of a race of aliens who, for eons, have invaded other planets and destroyed their native life for the sake of "perfection" (and who are now gunning for Earth)]] with strong PsychopathicWomanchild tendencies and an obsessive and desperate need to vindicate her MightMakesRight mindset.

* ActressAllusion: This [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse isn't the first time]] that Kimberly Brooks has provided a voice for [[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper "the ultimate warrior" of a race of aliens who, for eons, have invaded other planets and destroyed their native life for the sake of a "perfect world" (and who are now gunning for Earth)]] with strong PsychopathicWomanchild tendencies and an obsessive and desperate need to vindicate her MightMakesRight mindset.

* AllForNothing: In one of the memories found in the "Ghosts of the Deep" dungeon, Xivu Arath outright asks whether or not their decision to take up the Sword Logic and side with the Witness was this. After all, the Guardians have killed Oryx and spat on the Sword Logic by not taking his vacant throne, and her own sister spurned the Witness and the Sword Logic in favor of the Light.

*** Within this same vein, the tithe system is hypocritical as well; instead of each Hive taking the strength that they gain from the deaths of their foes wholly for themselves, or stronger Hive simply forcibly taking whatever strength as tribute that they wish from weaker Hive (which could include in a manner that isn't lethal, simply proof that the Hive in question was strong enough to take what they wanted and was thus deserving of it), lesser Hive are instead expected and commanded to consciously give most of what they gain to their superiors, only keeping enough for themselves to marginally advance in the ranks of the Hive inch by inch. While it could be argued that stronger Hive are ''technically'' enforcing this upon weaker Hive under the pain of death [[FateWorseThanDeath (or worse)]], the existence of Mengoor and Cra'adug- a pair of Knights whom Oryx punished for choosing to give their tithes of strength to each other rather than to him- shows that this giving of tribute in this way is largely voluntary.

* ActressAllusion: This [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse isn't the first time]] that Kimberly Brooks has provided a voice for [[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper "the ultimate warrior" of a race of aliens who, for eons, have invaded and destroyed other planets on an intergalactic scale (and who are now gunning for Earth)]] with strong PsychopathicWomanchild tendencies and an obsessive and desperate need to vindicate her MightMakesRight mindset.