History Characters / DestinyTheHive

* ActressAllusion: This [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse isn't the first time]] that Kimberly Brooks has provided a voice for [[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper "the ultimate warrior" of a warmongering alien race]] 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 warmongering alien race]] with both PsychopathicWomanchild tendencies and a strong and desperate need to vindicate her MightMakesRight mindset.

* PsychopathicWomanchild: She's been referred to as "childish" more than once, with Savathûn calling her one outright in regard to how she's handling Oryx's death in an audio record during ''Season Of The Witch'', and in that same season, Eris notes that Xivu's fanatical and desperate adherence to the Sword Logic comes from a childlike desire for a world "[..] without grief or pity or doubt".

* PsychopathicWomanchild: She's been referred to as "childish" more than once, with Savathûn calling her one outright in regard to how she's handling Oryx's death in an audio record during ''Season Of The Witch'', and in that same season, Eris notes that Xivu's fanatical and desperate adherence to the sword logic comes from a childlike desire for a world "[..] without grief or pity or doubt".

* PsychopathicWomanchild: She's been referred to as "childish" more than once, with Savathûn calling her one outright in regard to how she's handling Oryx's death in an audio record during ''Season Of The Witch'', and in that same season, Eris notes that Xivu's fanatical adherence to the sword logic comes from a childlike desire for a world "[..] without grief or pity or doubt".

* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: 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.]]

* ActressAllusion: This [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse isn't the first time]] that Kimberly Brooks has provided a voice for [[Characters/StevenUniverseJasper "the ultimate warrior" of a warmongering alien race]].

[[folder:Ecthar]]
!!Ecthar, Sword of Oryx
->''"Their leaders belong to you. The rest await extermination."''

One of Oryx's retainers, implied to be the main Warden of the Dreadnaught's prisons.
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Only for one cutscene, leading to the above quote.
* BackFromTheDead: Brought back as a Lighterbearer Knight boss in the dungeon Ghosts of the Deep, coming back as Ecthar, Shield of Savathûn.
* CoolSword: A broadsword made of light unlike the usual Cleavers you see on a Hive Knight.
* DamageSpongeBoss: Has approximately 12 million HP in Ghosts of the Deep, which at equal power scaling equates to roughly six damage phases if you're going at it alone. If you don't know the trick to breaking his shield once he's made vulnerable (he's protected by a kinetic shield, and [[ExactWords Arbalest and Wish-Ender rip through all elemental shields]]), it's possible to waste several million more just wearing it down for each damage phase.
* UniqueEnemy: Aside from one cutscene, he is only met while patrolling the Dreadnaught, where you you must quickly defeat three Wardens to gain access to the Asylum. There, he will fight you with an unique sword of light and boasts a shield that can only be damaged by swords.
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[[folder:Savathûn's Worm (Season 16 spoilers)]]
!!Savathûn's Worm
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DeeBradleyBaker

The Worm that granted Savathûn her power and knowledge... at least until it gets separated from her at the end of ''Season of the Lost'' and is forced to search for a new host to avoid dying, striking a deal with Mara Sov in ''The Witch Queen''[='=]s post-campaign.

* KillTheOnesYouLove: Much like the guardians, they like testing themselves against each other in order to hone themselves. Unlike the Guardians, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality they see it as the purest expression of love]].

* {{Foil}}: Contrasted to Savathûn, an unfailingly polite, smooth-talking schemer, Immaru doesn’t sugarcoat anything; he’s a rude, blunt thug who’s constantly spewing threats and insults.

*** 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.

* HiddenDepths: The lore for the Veiled Tithes leg armor in ''Season of the Witch'' finally gives insight into his character, and reveals part of the reason why he dislikes humans so much - he sees their usage of the Light are irreverent, especially since they always refer to it as "''My'' Light", and never as belonging to their Ghosts or the Traveler. He also dislikes how the Guardians view Light as a tool, but begrudgingly admits that this makes them better at wielding it than the Hive, who treat it with reverence. That being said...

The calcified Worm that grants Savathûn her power and knowledge... at least until it gets separated from her at the end of ''Season of the Lost'' and is forced to search for a new host to avoid dying, striking a deal with Mara Sov in ''The Witch Queen''[='=]s post-campaign.

* {{Outgambitted}}: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed|tripe}} - while she did manage to manipulate the Guardians into removing her sister as a threat, Immaru's reactions indicate that she didn't expect this to happen by having Eris ''resurrect and kill her'' so that she'd get a big enough power boost to sever Xivu's connection to her throne world. Savathun takes it in stride, though]].

* 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.

* TheHeavy: Following the end of ''Lightfall'' and the Witness' departure from Sol, Xivu Arath becomes the most present driving force of evil in the setting. ''Season of the Deep'' in particular focuses on Xivu Arath's attempts to sever Sloane's connection to Ahsa before she can reveal critical information about the Witness' plans.

* FlamingSword: He wields a Cleaver that causes Solar damage, and when he strikes it into the ground, it unleashed a path of flames similar to the one left by a Titan's Burning Maul.

* TooCleverByHalf: A variation - Immaru isn't explicitly shown to be extremely knowledgeable, but he knows that his Lughtbearer is TheChessmaster and often states how everything is AllAccordingToPlan for her. He's visibly panicking in ''Season of the Witch'' whenever Xivu Arath decides to flip the script.
* UndyingLoyalty: Same as most Ghosts - the issue is that he is bonded to the Witch-Queen.

* MothMenace: It's not just a design motif, members of the Lucent Brood often get accompanied by Lucent Moths. If allowed to touch a Hive member, the Moth will bestow a temporary element-neutral shield to them, though it won't stop precision damage unless the target has an elemental shield already up. If their host dies, the Moth will simply try to bless other nearby Hive. If there's none around, then they'll become an ActionBomb to try and blow up Guardians.

* HiddenDepths: The lore for the Veiled Tithes leg armor in ''Season of the Witch'' finally gives insight into his character, and reveals part of the reason why he dislikes humans so much - he sees their usage of the Light are irreverent, especially since they always refer to it as "''My'' Light", and never as belonging to their Ghosts or the Traveler. He also dislikes how the Guardians view Light as a tool, but begrudgingly admits that this makes them better at wielding it than the Hive, who treat it with reverence.

* SmugSnake: Despite all his threats and boasting, it's incredibly clear that the only reason why he wasn't killed along with Savathûn at the end of ''The Witch Queen'' is because the Traveller bailed him out. [[spoiler: Even when he teams up with the Guardians to find a way to pursue the Witness, he's extremely condescending and [[TeethClenchedTeamwork doesn't hesitate to flat-out insult his allies]], but quickly shuts up or begs for his life when they threaten to imprison or kill him in response to his mouthing off.]]

** The lore for the Sparagmos jumpship in ''Season of the Witch'' also indicates that the Lucent Brood's Lightbearers can only specialize in one set of Light powers, unlike the Guardians. Rather notably, despite the Hive ''loving'' to use swords, Wizards are only shown becoming Stormcallers and never getting to use Solar Light and, by extension, Daybreak.