History Characters / DestinyTheHive

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Xivu Arath legitimately cannot or simply refuses to understand why the Guardians not only don't adhere to the Sword Logic, but also actively reject it. In the fourth memory found in "Ghosts of the Deep", she asks why the Guardians refuse to succeed Oryx as the Taken King, sounding confused and almost hysterical at what she calls "blasphemy".

[[folder:Scourges]]

Ascendant Hive directly responsible for the downfall of the races chronicled in the Books of Sorrow and Oryx's other personal writings, now consolidated by Xivu Arath as she plans her all-out assault on Sol.

* HeroKiller: Helped destroy the Dakaua, part of the Ecumene federation Oryx wiped out.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Though allowed to commit atrocities for billions of years unhindered, their first and only encounter with Guardians in ''Season of the Seraph'' delivers some long-overdue justice.
* TimeAbyss: The Scourges have been around since at least the middle of the Books of Sorrow, with at least one confirmed to have helped depose the Helium Drinkers from the days of the proto-Hive. This makes them billions of years old.

[[folder:The Wrathborn]]
!!The Wrathborn

An army of corrupted Hive, Fallen and Cabal created using the Cryptoliths to serve Xivu Arath. They were introduced in Year Four's ''Season of the Hunt''.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: With a good dose of MindRape too, the Wrathborn are stripped of everything mentally, leaving nothing left but the desire to kill.
* BodyHorror: Osiris notes that the Wrathborn have been perverted with Xivu Arath's magic to the point where they could no longer be seen as neither Hive, Fallen or Cabal. Savek, a mere Fallen Dreg, had her body ruptured and rapidly grown until she became the size of an Archon.
** Wrathborn are shown to mutate severely given enough time. One of the first Cabal Wrathborn created was found having its cleavers fused to its hands and bladed tendrils growing out of its back and stomach.
* HauntedTechnology: As revealed in Season of the Seraph, the Wrathborn curse is so potent that it can corrupt even the minds of machines and AI.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: As an army made from former members of various enemy factions who have been brainwashed into serving a Hive god, the Wrathborn serve as Xivu Arath's equivalent of the Taken previously deployed by her siblings.

* BackFromTheDead: Subverted. He's not revived in the traditional sense, as the Crota the Young Wolf encounters in ''Shadowkeep'' is a Phantasm, based on their encounter with him.

* LargeAndInCharge: As the bride of Crota, she's one of the most senior Wizards in the solar system, and much larger than her sisters.

* TheHeavy: Like the High Celebrant before it, Kelgorath is carrying out the God of War's will during ''Season of the Lost'' and ''Season of the Seraph''.

Ir Abassin, Broodlost, who shares her model and boss mechanics, is one of two Hive bosses encountered in the European Aerial Zone for the Solstice of Heroes 2019 limited-time event.

* LoveGoddess: Being the Hive's god of war means she's also the Hive's god of (platonic) love, showing mainly in how dearly she holds her siblings.

* ADayInTheLimelight: ''Season of the Haunted'' is the first Destiny content to really delve into her personality and motivations.

* YourSoulIsMine: The Darkness uses Xivu Arath's Wrathborn to punish Eramis over the events of ''Season of Plunder'' in this manner, sucking out the minds of hundreds if not thousands of her followers through Cryptoliths. The implication, of course, is that [[KickTheDog she wouldn't be such a failure if she didn't have a brain]].

* WorthyOpponent: An Exotic Mission in ''Season of the Deep'' has her acknowledge the Guardians as one despite her fury toward them for killing Oryx, though she's nonetheless eager for the day when they clash blows with one another.

* ArcVillain: Directly ascends to this position for ''Season of the Deep,'' being the greatest force of evil affecting the story while the Witness remains an unreachable GreaterScopeVillain for the time being. ''Season of the Witch'' actively sees her as the biggest threat in Sol, as Savathûn refuses to be revived until Xivu Arath is off the board, and the entire season is spent training to kill her.

* CreativeSterility: As you chase down the High Celebrant through the Dreaming City midway through the Season of the Hunt, Osiris notes that Xivu Arath is merely pushing through the cracks in the Dreaming City that her sister Savathûn had left back in ''Forsaken'', lampshading that the Hive God of War must be lacking in ambitions of her own. [[spoiler: This gets funnier when you realize that Savathûn herself is the one pointing this out.]]
* DemonicPossession: Does this to Sloane in the climax of Season of the Deep in an attempt to thwart her connection to Ahsa.
* TheDragon: Season of the Lost sees her ascend to this position, directly hunting Savathûn on the behest of the Witness and gaining control over not only the Taken, but the Scorn as well.

* DumbMuscle: Downplayed. While her tactical smarts are mentioned by the Books of Sorrow to be fairly impressive, Xivu Arath is consistently shown to be simpler, easier to fool and generally less intelligent than her siblings. Even the Worm Gods talk down to her and many a Hive battle has boiled down to Xivu Arath ramming her immortal, superpowered head into a wall until Oryx and Savathûn come up with a better solution. Still, ''Shadowkeep'' lore warns not to underestimate her: she might not have her siblings’ subtlety, but that just means absolutely nothing can stop her ramming that wall and between her and the wall, [[{{Determinator}} the wall will give up first.]] She is stated to be a master of siege warfare and an expert strategist. In essence, if compared to her siblings-- one who worked out how to commune with the Darkness and master the power to Take, and the actual ''god of cunning and trickery''-- Xivu Arath does come out looking stupid, but this by no means should be taken to mean that she ''is'' stupid. [[spoiler:The Season of the Seraph reveals exactly, just how believing that she is this trope alone is a gross mistake to make, as she manages to nearly make her enemies nearly destroy themselves by being [[UnwittingPawn unknowing pawns]] of her ritual through bloodshed that would open the Ascendant Realm and literally ''[[TheCorruption Take]]'' the entire Earth before they realized what she was trying to accomplish.]]

!!Kelgorath, Risen from Bones

* TheBusCameBack: Xivu Arath drags him back out of the woodwork a year after his defeat in ''Season of the Lost'' together with the Scourges during ''Season of the Seraph''.

** Eris Morn has also set her sites on Xivu Arath as of ''Season of the Witch,'' preparing herself for an inevitable confrontation. For Xivu's part, it becomes clear by Week 2 that she sees Eris as a WorthyOpponent as the one who orchestrated the downfall of her family.

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* ArchEnemy: Caital considers her this after the razing of Torobatl. Eris Morn has also set her sites on Xivu Arath as of ''Season of the Witch,'' preparing herself for an inevitable confrontation.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: When it comes to actual gameplay, the Lucent Hive are far less lethal than a normal Guardian when using their supers (because having them be able to OneHitKill players would be overwhelmingly frusterating), but in the actual story, the Lucent Hive have been remarkably sucessful in hunting and killing Guardians despite the massive experience gap between them in wielding the Light.

* ArchEnemy: Caital considers her this after the razing of Torobatl.

* TheStarscream: Probably one of the biggest examples among the Hive...not that Oryx minds, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality he actually accepts that as love. ]][[spoiler:Then she tries it on the Darkness, and it is not as accepting as Oryx.]]

* ArcVillain: Directly ascends to this position for ''Season of the Deep,'' being the greatest force of evil affecting the story while the Witness remains an unreachable GreaterScopeVillain for the time being.

* YouAreInCommandNow: Xivu Arath and Savathûn seem to be in a power play with each other trying to claim Oryx's Taken for themselves, with Hive and Taken of Savathûn appearing on Titan and Io, while Taken and Hive of Xivu Arath have started appearing in the Dreaming City. [[spoiler: With Savathûn's excommunication from the Hive and the subsequent loss of Quria resulting in losing control over the Taken, the Darkness returns to having complete dominion over them, but lends Xivu Arath a part of its horde in order to hunt down her sister]].

* DragonAscendant: [[spoiler:After the player kills Savathûn, Immaru escapes, but the Vanguard retrieves her corpse, preventing her revival. In her absence, Immaru takes complete control of the Lucent Hive, and continues to act as their MissionControl if patrol beacons are anything to go by.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Threadbounds the player both times they attempt to crush him and escapes without ever facing accountability for his crimes against humanity]].

* GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:In the finale of ''Season of the Deep'', Ahsa reveals that of all the characters who know how to reach the Witness beyond the portal created by the veil, ''Savathûn'' is the only person who knows how. This revelation shakes Saladin and especially Saint-14, with Saladin reminding Zavala that Caitl has a bone to pick with the Witch Queen and Saint-14 is still understandably pissed at Savathûn for possessing Osiris and using him as a meat suit. Zavala understands their concerns, but states they do not have any other alternative solution.]]

--> '''I AM THE MOUNTAIN UPON WHICH ALL SWORDS ''SHATTER!!'' HONE YOUR EDGE AGAINST ME!!!!'''

* AerithAndBob: Named his Knight "Ken."
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Don't let his friendly, skittish personality make you think he's harmless. When he was unable to make it see reason Fynch ''killed the knight he ressurrected'' and refuses to resurrect it after.
* DarkIsNotEvil: One of the Hive Ghosts, but a pacifist who wants to save them from themselves.
* HearingVoices: His second entry in Lucent Tales reveals that even after killing his Knight, he can still hear (or thinks he can hear) it in his head, begging to be revived, which hasn’t been good for his psyche.
* FirstEpisodeTwist: The reveal of him being a Hive Ghost early on is the beginning of a litany of NotBrainwashed twists in the campaign.
* TheMole: For you. The other Lucent Hive haven’t realized he’s a traitor yet.
* NoSocialSkills: A nervous wreck that doesn't seem to be capable of putting a lot of conviction into his speech.
* RealisticDictionIsUnrealistic: Stutters and pauses a lot in his dialogue to illustrate his lack of social skills.
* UniformityException: One of the prongs of his shell is broken off, making him recognizable from all the other identical Hive Ghosts.
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[[folder:Alak-Hul]]
!!Alak-Hul, the Darkblade/Lightblade
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The Boss of the Sunless Cell strike, Alak-Hul is a Darkblade, an elite class of Hive knight. One of Crota's lieutenants during the invasion of the Moon, he and his consort Verok were present to fight back Eris Morn and Eriana-3's assassination attempt, and their spawn killed the Titan Vell Tarlowe. Following the raid gone wrong, Alak-Hul and Verok launched a rebellion against Oryx, but the Taken King captured Alak-Hul and imprisoned him within the Dreadnaught, decreeing that he never see light again.\\
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As of ''The Witch Queen'', he has died - but was chosen as a member of the Lucent Brood, being reborn as the Lightblade.
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* BonusBoss: He is the final boss of the Pit of Heresy dungeon in ''Shadowkeep''.

* BonusBoss: Getting into the "Shattered Throne" dungeon is already a hassle, since there isn't any indication that the Well in the Convergence is active during the week that the Taken curse is at its strongest. Getting to the end of that mission is an even more grueling task that takes half an hour and upwards to solve puzzles and defeat powerful bosses that recommend a power level of 590, which is above the "Last Wish" raid's difficulty. Dûl Incaru herself is flanked by three Darkblades, sports a massive amount of health (easily around 10 million), and will kick your ass if you're underleveled, if her knights won't do it first.

* TimeLimitBoss: Like many others in the King's Fall raid, the Warpriest will enrage after the Fireteam takes too long to kill him. However, he can also cause a wipe if the Fireteam fails to kill him before he summons his Occulus a fourth time.

* EvilOverlord: Just as straight an example as Crota, and for many of the same reasons. He has an army of pseudo-undead knights and creepy wizards at his command, rules an OminousFloatingCastle that travels through space, and like Crota, desires to destroy the forces of light with the power of of an evil god (in Oryx's case, the Darkness).

* FreudianExcuse: His backstory is ''incredibly'' tragic and [[spoiler: his status as a villain is not entirely willing on his part, as he was corrupted by the Worm gods and, by extension, the Darkness itself.]]

* PetTheDog: Defied the Sword Logic to give Crota his sword and his name, but made clear that that was it for parental mercy.

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler: He was once a genuinely noble and kind person who wanted to improve his kingdom. After his kingdom was betrayed, his father murdered, and his people threatened by a coming disaster, him and his sisters turned to the Worm gods in the center of Fundament out of desperation. Thus they were corrupted into the monsters they are now, a fact that absolutely horrified the young Oryx.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: Amazingly enough, his origin as detailed in the Books of Sorrow indicate that he was [[spoiler: once an idealistic heir to the throne of a continent-sized kingdom. Unfortunately, the kingdom was betrayed, and a series of increasingly catastrophic events led to him pledging himself to what would become the Worm gods of the Hive and ultimately serving the Darkness as its willing King. When a Vex simulation of his former self encounters him as he is now, she's appalled at what she's become.]]
* WeHaveReserves: His first major act in ''The Taken King'' is to obliterate both the Reef's fleet and his own flotilla of warships, leaving the Dreadnaught alone around Saturn's rings and without much of an army to continue his crusade. However, he then turns his attention to the Cabal on Mars and begins Taking half of their forces, and the number of Taken across the system only piles up from there.

* DumbMuscle: Downplayed. While her tactical smarts are mentioned by the Books of Sorrow to be fairly impressive, Xivu is consistently shown to be simpler, easier to fool, and generally less intelligent than her siblings. Even the Worm Gods talk down to her, and many a Hive battle has boiled down to Xivu Arath ramming her immortal, superpowered head into a wall until Oryx and Savathûn come up with a better solution. Still, ''Shadowkeep'' lore warns not to underestimate her: she might not have her siblings’ subtlety, but that just means absolutely nothing can stop her ramming that wall, and between her and the wall, [[{{Determinator}} the wall will give up first.]] She is stated to be a master of siege warfare and an expert strategist. In essence, if compared to her siblings-- one who worked out how to commune with the Darkness and master the power to Take, and the actual ''god of cunning and trickery''-- Xivu Arath does come out looking stupid, but this by no means should be taken to me she ''is'' stupid. [[spoiler:The Season of the Seraph reveals exactly just how believing she is this alone is a gross mistake to make, as she manages to nearly make her enemies nearly destroy themselves by being [[UnwittingPawn unknowing pawns]] of her ritual through bloodshed that would open the Ascendant Realm and literally ''[[TheCorruption Take]]'' the entire Earth before they realized what she was trying to accomplish.]]

*** In ''Season of the Hunt'' [[spoiler:after Savathûn's failed attempts to interfere with the Darkness' message to the Guardians, the Darkness has declared Savathûn an enemy, and most of the Hive sided with their TopGod. Savathûn went into hiding, and Xivu Arath now intends to fill the EvilPowerVacuum left by Oryx's death and Savathûn's failure, sending her High Celebrant to raise the Wrathborn, an army of brainwashed warriors which will slaughter everyone in the Solar system in Xivu Arath's name.]]

** In ''Season of the Seraph'', she is once again sending her Wrathborn on the warpath, attacking Rasputin's sub-mind bunkers to gain control of the Warsats, so as to use them against the Solar System. [[spoiler:And even if her forces fail to acquire them, if the Guardians were to use the Warsats against her forces, the resulting deaths would be enough to fuel her ritual and summon her to Earth and do to it what she did to Torobatl.]]

** In ''Season of the Seraph,'' it is indicated that Xivu Arath, for all her fanaticism and wrath, may actually be deeply unhappy with her position in the Black Fleet. She is aware that she could never break free of the Witness' influence the way her sister did, and the fact that she has not been named a Disciple yet indicates that while she may torment Eramis, her own standing with the Voice in the Darkness is little better.

* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Although she manages to enter Sol by the end of ''Season of the Deep'', the Witness tells her in no uncertain terms that despite previous indications, the Guardians are in fact gaining ground against her. Her response to this is the Whetstone, to try and make the Young Wolf even stronger. Only time will tell if this is a suitable measure.