History NightmareFuel / Destiny

* The {{Flavor Text}}s of the ''Wrath of the Machine'' weapons are nothing short of disturbing, and looking at the previous Raid weapons, that's saying something. With frequent inserts of "SIVA", "Consumption", and "Replication", sometimes into the original weapon's FlavorText, SIVA feels less and less mindless. Rather, it's like it may have [[ItCanThink actually gained some semblance of sentience...]] and completely ''obsessed'' with [[AssimilationPlot taking over everything until there's only SIVA]].

-->'''Oryx (in the Gamescom demo):''' "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU! TOOK! MY! SON!]] [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge I... WILL TAKE YOU!]]"\\

** The implication of Qodron going into the Prison is that it's there ''for you specifically''. It knows that ''you'' will become legend, and its there to snuff you out. Congrats, Guardian. The unfathomable, time-spanning, world-eating, [[spoiler:Darkness-worshiping]] meshed intelligence has now ''noticed you'' and is putting dedicated assassins where it knows you're going.

* The {{Flavor Text}}s of the ''Wrath of the Machine'' weapons are nothing short of disturbing. With frequent inserts of "SIVA", "Consumption", and "Replication", sometimes into the original weapon's FlavorText, SIVA feels less and less mindless. Rather, it's like it may have [[actually gained some semblance of sentience...]] and completely ''obsessed'' with [[AssimilationPlot taking over everything until there's only SIVA]].

* The Plaguelands are as close to Hell as we're likely to get in this game, and considering the events of the base game and it's expansions that is ''really'' saying something. Everything in the Plaguelands is a testament to SIVA's unrelenting nature, and the Archon's Keep may as well be in Mordor, what with the lava and the putrid sky filled with choking smoke belching from Aksis' affront to humanity.

* [[FateWorseThanDeath The fate of the Iron Lords is nothing short of horrifying]]: [[spoiler: With the revelation that SIVA's replication system was merely damaged, you enter the chamber to see three human figures hanging from the ceiling, viciously mangled beyond recognition by SIVA's tendrils, confirming it was SIVA that murdered them. And then as you attempt to activate the self-destruct sequence, their corpses are yanked upward... before dropping back down, with the sole goal to kill you.]]
* The Plaguelands are as close to Hell as we're likely to get in this game, and considering the events of the base game and it's expansions that is ''really'' saying something. Everything in the Plaguelands is a testament to SIVA's unrelenting nature, and the Archon's Keep may as well be in Mordor, what with the lava and the putrid sky filled with choking smoke belching from Koviks' affront to humanity.

* [[FateWorseThanDeath The fate of the Iron Lords is nothing short of horrifying]]: [[spoiler: With the revelation that SIVA's replication system was merely damaged, you enter the chamber to see three human figures hanging from the ceiling, viciously mangled beyond recognition by SIVA's tendrils, confirming it was SIVA that murdered them. And then as you attempt to activate the self-destruct sequence, their corpses are yanked upward... before dropping back down, with the sole goal to kill you.]]

** It's gotten to the point that [[BadAss Shin Malphur]] himself, the man who killed Yor years ago, is becoming increasingly concerned about the newly anointed Dredgen Bane and Dredgen Vale and is even consulting with the Vanguard about this issue.

--->'''Lord Shaxx''': "What is this stuff? ''Get it out of my Crucible!''"

** As a testament to how insane these Fallen are, the ''Wretched Eye'' strike pits you against a Splicer Archon who has [[EyeScream torn out the eye of a Hive Ogre]] and affixed it to his own weapon, while the Ogre has been mutated by SIVA. [[BodyHorror It is]] [[{{Understatement}} not]] [[https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qvfsy1FyYco/maxresdefault.jpg pretty]].

** You may wanna make a DoubleTake there. [[CreateYourOwnVillain This is a man-made plague]], [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom created by humans from back in the Golden Age]]. Gameplay-wise, this is to be ''an even bigger threat than [[GodOfEvil Oryx]] [[ArmyOfTheDead and his Taken]].'' Think on that: '''''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero a threat worse than the God-King of the Hive is a monster of mankind's own creation, hiding in their basement.]]'''''

** Here's what the effects of this Plague can do [[http://puu.sh/pmsrm/f18f5a4f62.jpg to them.]]

* The Rise of Iron Expansion unveils a new threat in a form of a biomechanical Plague from the Golden Age long-contained, until the walls holding it broke down, and The Fallen went in to scavenge...

** You may wanna make a DoubleTake there. [[CreateYourOwnVillain This is a man-made plague]], [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom created by humans from back in the Golden Age]]. Gameplay-wise, this is to be ''an even bigger threat than [[GodOfEvil Oryx]] [[ArmyOfTheDead and his Taken]].'' Think on that: '''''[[NiceJobBreakingItHero a threat worse than a literal god of darkness is a monster of mankind's own creation, hiding in their basement.]]'''''

* The Rise of Iron Expansion unveils a new threat in a form of a Plague from the Golden Age long contained, until the walls holding it broke down, and The Fallen went in to scavenge...
** Here's what the effects of this Plague can do [[http://puu.sh/pmsrm/f18f5a4f62.jpg to them.]]

** Even worse is when you're fighting him--as you whittle down his HP, this membrane on his head starts to swell up the more damage you do; on his last legs, it [[{{Squick}} pops, spewing dark bluish Taken Blood afterwards for the rest of the fight.]]

** not only is the Taken Shiver emote creepy, the description is "Oryx is dead, right?" Almost as if even killing him yourself doesn't mean he's deader than dead.

* Malok, Pride of Oryx was originally a Thrall that Oryx's sister Savathun implanted to steal his tithing and give it to her instead; when Oryx finally found him, he was so happy that he took Malok and turn him into [[https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny_content/grimoire/hr_images/770010_166f47f7d38abab2d6ac574a62d74ca7.jpg this...thing.]]

** not only is the Taken Shiver emote creepy, the description is "Oryx is dead, right?" Almost as if even killing him yourself doesn't mean he's Deader than dead.
** furthermore, the origin of the Taken gear? The Reef has started to manufacture it using actual Taken as raw materials for the process, under the direct orders of Petra Venj. Not only that, they offhandedly mentioned that they needed to install lots of soundproofing as Taken screams shatter plastics and blood vessels.
* Turns out that since the death of Oryx, all of the Taken capable of complex thinking are now scrambling towards taking his powers for themselves in a power vaccum, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Whoops]].
* Malok, Pride of Oryx was originally a Thrall that Oryx's Sister Savathun implanted to steal his tithing and give it to her instead, when Oryx was so happy about finally finding him he Took Malok and turn him into [[https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny_content/grimoire/hr_images/770010_166f47f7d38abab2d6ac574a62d74ca7.jpg this...thing now.]]
** Even worse is when you're fighting him and as you wittle down his HP, this membrane on his head starts to swell up the more damage you do and at his last legs, it [[Squick pops, spewing dark bluish Taken Blood afterwards for the rest of the fight.]]

** More fuel is added when you consider the King's Fall Raid. In order to finally defeat Oryx, the team has to [[spoiler: enter Oryx's throneworld (where his soul is kept) and basically kill his spirit. His sisters, Ir Anuk and Ir Halak have the same death-proofing. Yet, the team doesn't go into their individual throneworlds to finish the job. Realistically, the Kings Fall Raid only serves to make the sisters ''even more angry'' with you, and they know where you live....]]

** If attempted as a Daily Heroic, there are new hidden Ghosts in the Vault of Glass, containing transmissions from [[spoiler: the long dead]] Guardian Praedyth. In them, he speculates that the Vex [[spoiler: either aren't as omniscient as they appear, or have foreseen their own destruction inevitable and are trying to do anything they can to change this. While this may be good news for humanity, it doesn't necessarily mean that humanity will survive either.]]

** not only is the Taken Shiver emote creepy, the description is "Oryx is dead, right?"

* Malok, Pride of Oryx was originally a Hive Knight that Oryx's Sister Savathun implanted to steal his tithing and give it to her instead, when Oryx was so happy about finally finding him he Took Malok and turn him into [[https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny_content/grimoire/hr_images/770010_166f47f7d38abab2d6ac574a62d74ca7.jpg this...thing now.]]

* Ever wonder what a Taken Guardian looks like? [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/ee94f02922627975a885713847202dad/tumblr_o4g6sbQGHh1tmha78o1_1280.jpg Now you know.]]

* Everything about the legendary jumpship Agonarch Karve is really unsettling. Everything from its flavor text (Life is pain. Pain is power. And power is life) to its [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/0988a1c975fa068ea22e6cf76ef04fe3/tumblr_nudipf6QOQ1uday91o1_1280.jpg appearance]] is a stark contrast to all the other ships in the game. It also resembles the raid weapons of King's Fall, which all appear to be bone held together by sinew.

** More fuel is added when you consider the King's Fall Raid. In order to finally defeat Oryx, the team has to [[spoiler: enter Oryx's throneworld (where his soul is kept) and basically kill his spirit. His sisters, Ir Anak and Ir Halak have the same death-proofing. Yet, the team doesn't go into their individual throneworlds to finish the job. Realistically, the Kings Fall Raid only serves to make the sisters ''even more angry'' with you, and they know where you live....]]

** If the Grimoire card for Atheon is to be believed, there exist multiple timelines where the Vex were succesful in taking over the galaxy. In theory, that means everytime you restart a checkpoint, a timeline exists where Guardians failed to stop The Darkness and Vex.

* The implications of the Undying Mind Strike: [[spoiler:The Vex are not only repairing the damage caused by you slaying the Black Garden's heart, but they're trying to ''summon the Black Heart'' back - a force which was powerful enough that it was responsible for shutting down the Traveler itself. Which means that when you slew the Sol Progeny, you didn't actually kill whatever the Vex were worshipping. It's still out there somewhere]].

* The Taken are a group of the four enemy races who has been corrupted by the Darkness and Oryx so much it turns them into shadow-like zombies with their ''[[AndIMustScream bodies in constant agony as they kill their own kind]]'' and that they violently twitch and jitter. With ''The Taken King''[='=]s release, they sporadically roam patrol areas ''irregardless of player level'', leading to situation where you can be overwhelmed by more than two opposing forces.

* Everything about the legendary jumpship Agonarch Karve is really unsettling. Everything from its flavor text(Life is pain. Pain is power. And power is life) to its [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/0988a1c975fa068ea22e6cf76ef04fe3/tumblr_nudipf6QOQ1uday91o1_1280.jpg appearance]] is a stark contrast to all the other ships in the game. It also resembles the raid weapons of King's Fall, which all appear to be bone held together by sinew.

* Speaking of the Cabal, guess what plan A is for dealing with Oryx? Crash their ships into Oryx's dreadnought's core to destroy it, even doing so will likely destroy the solar system. Again, this is Plan A.

** Prior to that mission, you return to the site where the Hive attempted to summon Crota and are greeted by an Ogre called Baxx the Gravekeeper. He's not that much different from any normal Ogre so dealing with it should be no problem. However, before you can deal the final blow, Oryx takes the Ogre. Still, you snag the fragment and the mission complete screen appears, ending this mission... Except it hasn't ended. Your communications are cut and are unable teleported back to your ship. Suddenly, Oryx face appear yet again before bringing Baxx back with a whole bunch of Taken, all of them completely invulnerable. What began as a simple extraction mission became a race for your life.

** Reading through the entires, you'll see a very ''familiar'' phrase pop up every so often when the Worm Gods of the Hive are involved: [[spoiler: Oh bearer mine]]. The implications that the worms have some sort of connection to [[spoiler: the [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Ahamkara]]]] is chilling, not helped by the fact that [[spoiler: some pieces of Guardian armor is made from their remains and that those that wear them long enough start to hear voices]]...

* Ever been to a hive funeral? It is one of the most bonechilling things in Destiny. A floating coffin surrounded by floating robed figures wearing hoods that look like something out of silent hill, while they are guarded by invincible Knights. Not only that but rather than just one deathsinger, there are multiples of them in the procession, beings that can kill with their voice alone. The entire thing being punctuated by wailing that is alien and twisted, is the icing on this cake of a horror show.

** Prior to that mission, you return to the site where the Hive attempted to summon Crota and are greeted by an Ogre called Baxx the Gravekeeper. He's not that much different from any normal Ogre so dealing with it should be no problem. However, before you can deal the final blow, Oryx takes the Ogre. Still, you snag the fragment and the mission complete screen appears, ending this mission. ...Except it hasn't ended. Your communications are cut and are unable teleported back to your ship. Suddenly, Oryx face appear yet again before bringing Baxx back with a whole bunch of Taken, all of them completely invulnerable. What began as a simple extraction mission became a race for your life.