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. They were able to trace their origins to a gas giant that they named Fundament. Long ago , the earliest form of the Hive had managed to crash their home planet into Fundament in an effort to hide from an unknown threat. The shattered remains of their world thus served as large continents that floated above the gas giant's surface. These massive shards floated above the Fundament Ocean in a layer of the planetary atmosphere and the early Hive managed to craft a civilization whilst forgetting their earlier history. The Hive were not alone on Fundament as it was population by hundreds of other intelligent species and the gas giant's 52 moons were similarly inhabited by a space faring race known as the Ammonites that were guided by the Traveler. Their existence by this point was noted to be harsh and the lifespan of their kind was quick with it rarely passing ten years on their world. Fundament was nearly uninhabitable for their people with the Fundament Ocean being toxic to them whilst the skies were ever stormy and it rain was either poisonous or corrosive whilst lightning killed anything it struck. In addition, there were numerous predators that stalked their people such as the Stormjoys that were living clouds that preyed on them and the Hive themselves also frequently fought against one another.

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. The early Hive had a short lifespan that rarely passed 10-Fundament years though those females that consumed 'mother jelly' lived longer and spawn.

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. Chief among them were the five Worm Gods that were conduits to the Darkness and through which the Hive served them. In fact, the Hive consumed the worms created by the Worm Gods with this being done not for sustenance but rather for survival.

Hive vital systems were located deep beneath the architecture of their technology. Hadium was a metal that was favoured by the Hive as not found within the Sol system. 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

• Oryx :
• Crota :

Notes

Appearances

• Destiny:

External Links

• Destinypedia Entry

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