Hive (Destiny)

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The Hive are an alien race that features in Destiny.

History

The Hive were said to be an ancient and festering race of evil beings. During their existence, they had seen thousands of worlds fall to the Darkness.

In time, the Moon would fall at the hands of the Hive King Crota where they managed to dig deep extensive tunnel systems under the surface. This saw the establishment of a mighty fortress known as the Hellmouth that was situated deep underground. At some point, they established a library containing the lore they had on Earth with this being known as the World's Grave based on the Moon. For centuries, they had begun seeding Earth whilst waiting for their gods to return. During some unknown point, they had managed to acquire a piece of the Traveler that they took with them back to the Moon. In addition, through the Shrine of Oryx they remained in communion with their god.

After the Collapse, it was said that the Hive had not been on Earth's surface for many years. It was in fact believed that the Hive had been contained on the moon for centuries. However, they had managed to arrive at a site in Old Russia beneath the Skywatch though the Fallen would manage to seal them away. The Guardian during his journeys managed to uncover the Hive building an army with the express purpose of invading Earth in large numbers. Around this time, the Hive had begun a ritual designed to sap the power of the Traveler through a captured piece of it but this was stopped by a Guardian.

Overview

Hive Wizard with Thralls.

Similar to colonial insects, the species reproduced by being born in a pupae state and fed on worms that they swallowed whole.

Among the types of Hive included:

• Thralls : holding a swarming twisting frame and driven by unfettered rage, the Thralls were feral and fearless that charged their foes in an effort to claw them in melee strikes.
• Acolytes : more heavily armed warriors that were armed with ranged weapons.
• Knights : armored warriors that ranked as the foremost and most zealous of the Hive's defenders who had spent centuries of battle to toughen the bony protrusions of their body armor that was as hard as relic iron. In addition, they were empowered by Hive magic that allowed them to summon a shield whilst they healed from their wounds.
• Ogres : abominations of flesh and rage that were charged with Hive sorcery where they were unleashed within the deepest tunnels as living engines of destruction. Apocryphal lore accounts suggest that these creatures undergo agonizing rituals and terrible transformations as they grow allowing them greater might along with cunning.
• Wizard : these floating robed female specimens concealed themselves in fire and darkness where they dissected or experimented on any prey that fell in their clutches.

Their apathy towards the Light was claimed to be above hatred. To them, they saw the eternal struggle between the Light and the Dark as not a war but a crusade. This was because they believed that all Light must be devoured so that the Darkness can reclaim the universe. In terms of language, they made use of a sequence of complex runes that were difficult to translate.

There were a number of factions within the Hive that included:

• Hidden Swarm :
• Spawn of Crota :
• Blood of Oryx :

The Hive had a complex religious system based on profane rituals and worship of a pantheon of dark gods. These deities operated on a higher plane of misery and seek out the suffering of others. They made use of sacrificial altars that had an important part in their religion where they would sacrifice their own kind in order to achieve direct contact with their gods.

Tomb Ships were a type of craft used by the Hive that were the loose equivalent of troop carriers. These vessels glided from point-to-point by way of strange portals that were tears in the fabric of space. Much larger Seeder Ships were used by their kind to spread to other worlds and colonize them.

Members

• Crota :

Notes

Appearances

• Destiny:

External Links

• Destinypedia Entry

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