Destiny 2 Lore - Who is Oryx, The Taken King? What you don't know about Destiny's Greatest Villain!

[Lancersilva]

If you’re a lover you’ve gotta be a fighter. Because if you don’t fight for your love, what kind of love do you have?” - Oryx, the Taken King

[mr._.mav]

I would be absolutely enthralled by an episode on the weapons we receive from King's Fall. I'm definnitely gonna cast my vote for that episode next, if I may

[surprizeforyou]

Oryx: Any last words?
Me: How's your sister?

[quay]

Would love to see lore about the bosses and encounters, especially gologoroth and war priest

[CT-fify]

A video about oryx’s relation with the witness would be cool

[thesteelwarden]

Oryx's views did not align with the Witness's views of the final shape. It's a common misconception that he did. Oryx wanted to test the worth of everything in the universe by his sword. Ultimately wanting the Hive to be one of, if not the last species to exist. He cared about the Hive, his main goal being that they would live forever. The Witness wants everything to cease to exist. It doesn't anything to remain. The Witness's final shape is nothing. Oryx would not agree with that, as he wanted the Hive to persist.

Edit: It is in my opinion that the Witness's views do not align with the darkness's and it merely uses it's control over it as a tool to benefit it's own goals. I always believed that Oryx's views aligned more with the darkness. As if he understood the darkness more than the witness, or the witness just didn't care about what the darkness actually stood for.

[mathieudupre]

Does King’s Fall’s return have any consequence to the story? Will Oryx truly return as Savathun said? Can a force of evil such as Oryx be resurrected as a guardian like Savathun? What chance is there that we fight alongside the light-born hive against the witness? We’ve see the darkblade be reborn as a lightbearer, is Oryx next?

[theoldworldwarrior]

Personally, the description of Doom of Chechis (if that's how you spell it) is my favorite because how simple yet haunting it is. I'd love a video talking about him!

[individual]

As a D1 Vet I have had one big question about this raid; WHAT IS BOMB LOGIC?
How does it play a role in the final encounter?
How does it differ from Sword Logic?
Why was Toland mad about how we defeated Oryx with it?

[cfriesen]

Hey Byf, just wanted to say that despite bouncing off Destiny back in the original Vanilla version, I've kept watching your vids because the narrative and world of Destiny is immensely compelling.

I'm thinking of coming back for Lightfall and am trying to convince my two friends to make a Fireteam when it launches. But to try to get them up to speed on the lore is so daunting. Do you think making a video before Lightfall comes out that does a quick sparknotes on the major events leading to them, as well as the major players/antagonists could be in the works?

Either way, keep up the good work

[z--r]

I'd really love to see the taken Taishibehti Emperor Raven at some point. The thing is supposed to be so large Oryx in the final encounter is just a dwarf in comparison.
Also, the time it takes for Oryx to go from the middle to one of the plates is about the time it took for taken Emperor Raven to completly obliterate it's kind.

[talialevi]

Definitely an episode on the weapons of Kings Fall. It seems to me that the names are all of powerful foes that Oryx triumphed over, except Touch of Malice which represents our final triumph over Oryx.

[guilhermeaffiune]

Since this videos is about Oryx life, it makes sense to speak of his defeat and the touch of malice next. It would also make sense to go through each raid encounter leading up to that moment.

[DredgenStorm]

As always, fantastic job Byf. I was hoping you would cover Oryx, and I still hope for a full King's Fall video, encounters, secrets, weapons and all! Thank you for being a consistent anchor in this tumultuous time. I hope that someday I can join you and the other Loremasters in a Round Table conversation of the lore

[redfalcon]

Hey Byf. I want to know more about the Raid weapons. Zaouli, Chelchis, Drystan, Merain, Yasmin, and so on. I feel like there's some lore behind these names and I hope there are some lore tabs that you can find so you can read em. Thanks for this video too. I'm very interested in this raid.

[camerongriffiths]

Would love to hear more about the warpriest! He’s such a badass looking lad!

[vitela]

I remember playing D1 and seeing Oryx’s name on regular red bars and orange bars and thinking “Man, who is this Oryx??”. The mystery behind him and build up was done so perfectly.

[irishspartanstudios]

_"one of_ Destiny's greatest villains."

Bold words for someone in taking range.

[twistedtomato]

Oryx was my favorite endgame boss of all time due to the fact that he looked cool and had a great fight with him in the campaign and raid. Campaign Oryx just gives me a whole other feeling of nostalgia.

[jackgammon]

There has been a lot of division in the community on whether The Witness and The Darkness/The Deep are the same entity. I, as well as many others I'm sure would love to hear your personal theory on the subject, perhaps with some lore evidence to go with your thoughts