#Šimmumah ur-Nokru

[steel-peach]

Gale challenging Šimmumah to a moth battle, and friendly moth relaxing time Having a blast in Season of the Witch

[flowers-of-io]

Perpetual Conversion

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Ei Irulac, Last of Her Coven, keeled over and died quite pathetically. It was unsurprising given her condition (an arc staff piercing her through like a shish kebab), but kind of cringe nonetheless, the dying scream she shrilled hoarse and strangled and her limbs flailing about awkwardly. The staff's owner walked up to her prone body and yanked the weapon free, with their other hand reaching for her Ghost. It twitched frantically as five gore-splattered fingers curled around its core and squeezed hard.

The Guardian then kicked the body, clasped the staff to the harness on their back, and leaped into a nearby mirror, chucking a grenade behind them as an extra safety measure.

A long while passed.

The unstable Arc charge was beginning to fizzle out by the time Šimmumah Ur-Nokru stepped into the chamber, eyeing Irulac's body impassively. A few of her Acolytes scuttled behind her.

She floated up to the Ghost's shatters, sprinkled on the floor right next to the corpse. The Acolytes spread out in a five-meter-radius circle and began drawing the runes.

Three incantations and one botched rune resulting in Šimmumah briefly experiencing an eyehole hemorrhage later, Ei Irulac cracked her middle eye open and peered up at the necromancer with a bemused expression. Her Ghost was still shaking off its freshly reassembled shell.

"Do try to be a little gentler next time," it chided, glaring at Šimmumah (though its optic was still recalibration, which ruined the effect a little). "I can feel all my insides jingling."

"Do try to refrain from dying next time," one of the Acolytes barked back.

Irulac drew herself unsteadily to her full height.

"I feared they would break the conduit," she said. The chamber was still strewn with blood and gore, floorboards marred with cracks and soot staining the bullet-ridden walls. Šimmumah only gave the mess around a fleeting glance.

"The experiment was a success, fortuitously." She turned with a flutter of robes and beckoned Irulac to follow with a gesture. The group of Acolytes swarmed around them like ducklings. "The First Ghost has asked about you. I shan’t tell him what a sorry display this was."

[thefirstknife]

Do you know anything else about Ur-Nokru other than that they were in the strange terrain strike? Nokris is my fave but it’s kinda hard to find any lore about his followers

Unfortunately not! We only know him as a follower of Nokris and that he was in Strange Terrain. I only remember him because I played Strange Terrain an ungodly amount of times (it was my fave and really good to do bounties in) and because I love when Hive have full on Sumerian names. So I immediately remembered the name.

Šimmumah means "priest" or "high priest" in Sumerian btw. The name fully would be "High Priest of Nokris." So at least through the name, we can tell a little bit.

Super glad to see him pop up again as a Lucent Necromancer. So much potential to explore this. Necromancy, but with Light?? Why would you need it if Light resurrects anyway? But then we saw him trying to do it to someone who hasn't been rezed by Light. Incredibly interesting angle that I never considered before. I hope we hear more.

[synnthamonsugar]

Rise from the Deep ...

Šimmumah ur-Nokru and Lightbearer Oryx that I painted for the Destiny Under The Sea zine!

[okome-sasanishiki]

迷宮 Dungeon

ウォーロードの旧跡 Warlord's Ruin

◇Hefnd's Vengeance, Blighted Chimaera

◇Primeval Thressia, Font of Blight 

予言 Prophecy

◇ファランクス・エコー Phalanx Echo

◇ケル・エコー Kell Echo

砕かれた玉座 The Shattered Throne

◇無限の渇望者ヴォルゴス Vorgeth, the Boundless Hunger

◇エターナルリターン、ダル・インカル Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return

異端の奈落 Pit of Heresy

◇苦悩の媒介者ズルマック Zulmak, Instrument of Torment

強欲の支配 Grasp of Avarice

◇貪欲のフライジア Phry'zhia, the Insatiable

◇キャプテン、強欲のアバロック Captain Avarokk, the Covetous

デュアリティ Duality

◇悲哀のガールランのナイトメア Nightmare of Gahlran, Sorrow Bearer

◇帝国の皇女、カイアトルのナイトメア Nightmare of Caiatl, Princess-Imperial

監視者のスパイア Spire of the Watcher

◇セイレーンの流れ、アケルス Akelous, the Siren's Current

◇原始の破滅者、パーシス Persys, Primordial Ruin

深淵の亡霊 Ghosts of the Deep

◇サバスンの盾、エクサー Ecthar, Shield of Savathun

◇ルーセント・ネクロ��ンサー、シムマー・ユル・ノクル Šimmumah ur-Nokru, Lucent Necromancer

[crow-posting]

Also: Captain (from Failsafe), Assistant (from Asher Mir), Pawn of the Queen (from Toland)

"Lesser" enemies include:

Rahn, House of Devils captain, their first named opponent

Banuk, Dakoor, Garok, and Merok - Hive princes

Zydron, Vex Gate Lord

Phogoth, Hive ogre

Sekrion, Vex Mind

Aksor, House of Winter archon priest

Valus Ta'aurc, Cabal commander

Omnigul, Hive wizard

S.A.B.E.R.-2, augmented Fallen shank

Valus Tlu'urn and Valus Mau'ual, Cabal shield-brothers

Alak-Hul, Hive knight

Theosyion, Vex Mind

Malok, Hive prince

Kovik, House of Devils splicer priest

Bracus Zahn, Cabal weapons supplier

Savathûn's Song, Hive shrieker

Thaviks, House of Dusk marauder

Protheon, Vex Mind

Brakion, Vex Mind

Grask, Taken Cabal phalanx

Valus Thuun, Cabal centurion

Dendron, Vex Mind

Nokris, Hive wizard

Kargen, Psion flayer

In Anânh, Hive wizard

Voice of Riven, Taken chimera

The Mad Warden, Variks' servitor

Asterion, Taken Fallen captain

Vorgeth, Taken Hive ogre

Dûl Incaru, Hive wizard

Baurisk, Taken Cabal incendior

Hashladûn, Hive wizard

Zulmak, Hive knight

Navôta, Hive wizard

Belmon, Vex Mind

Phry'zhia, Hive ogre

R-M80, Fallen tracer shank

Grispax, Fallen marauder

Avarokk, Fallen captain

Dracus, Cabal legionary

Basilius, Cabal colossus

Val Ma'rag, Cabal incendior

Ixel, Psion

Ignovun, Cabal centurion

Heimiks, Scorn raider

Ir Valoch, Lucent Hive knight

Mor'ak, Hive Lightbearer [acolyte]

Ir Akraht, Lucent Hive wizard

Uul'nath, Hive Lightbearer [knight]

Korosek, Hive Lightbearer [wizard]

Once-Phyris, Scorn raider

Warwatcher, Hive shrieker

Kelgorath, Taken Hive knight

Akelous, Vex Mind

Persys, Vex Mind

Exomida, Taken chimera

Zatocc, Psion flayer

Bracus Kravaum, Cabal centurion

Parthenios, Taken hydra

Ecthar, Hive knight

Vorlog, Hive knight

Šimmumah ur-Nokru, Hive wizard

Rathil, Malaris, Vrysiks, Nymeks, and Sirloks - Scorn chieftains

Locus of Wailing Grief, Taken Hive ogre

Hefnd's Vengeance, Taken chimera

Kataxiia, Tormentor

Eshkin’tuk, Taken Hive knight

Dolgith, Taken Hive ogre

Lenurae and Molak'al, Subjugators

Kalliks, House of Dusk baron

Hypolydron, Vex Mind

Kamarian, Vex minotaur

Antioptes, Vex Mind

*This list mainly covers D1-D2 strikes, battlegrounds, and dungeons, and does not include named enemies from most story missions, exotic quests, or activities like the Blind Well and Wellspring.

Titles of the Young Wolf :

The Hivebane, Crotas End, God Slayer, King Slayer, The Slayer of Oryx, Iron Lord and Saladins Young Wolf, Hero of the Red War, Protector of the Last City, The Chosen One, The Shadow of Earth, The Shadow of Calus, Avenger of Cayde 6, Spawn Killer, Rivens Bane, Queens Guard, Champion of Eris Morn, The Wish Keeper. Slayer of the Final Shape and Scourge of the Witness. Also : Neon Nerd, Meatbag, (from immaru) Slayer of: too many to put down on one post

Crippled the House of Devils by killing Riksis, Devil Archon and destroying Sepiks Prime Cleansed the Black Garden of Darkness by destroying the Black Heart Conqueror of the Vault of Glass and destroyer of Atheon, Time's Conflux Slayer of Crota, Son of Oryx in vengeance of the First Crota Fireteam and The Great Disaster Executioner of Skolas, Kell of Kells Usurper and Kingslayer of Oryx, the Taken King Destroyer of SIVA and Aksis, Archon Prime First of a new generation of Iron Lords Savior of the Red War and slayer of Dominus Ghaul Favored champion of Emperor Calus; Defended the Leviathan against Argos, Val Ca'uor, and Gahlran Destroyed Panoptes, Infinite Mind and reconciled the City with the exiled Osiris Slayer of Xol, Will of the Thousands in defense of the Warmind Avenged Cayde-6 by killing Uldren Sov and the Scorned Barons Slayer of Riven of a Thousand Voices and protector of the Dreaming City Reclaimant of the Black Armory Forges Thwarted an invasion of the Sol Divisive Vex and defeated the Consecrated Mind, Sanctified Mind, and Undying Mind Saved Saint-14 from his fated death by the Vex Mastered Stasis and defeated Eramis, Kell of Darkness Conqueror of the Deep Stone Crypt and slayer of Taniks, the Scarred Killed the High Celebrant of Xivu Arath and stopped an army of Wrathborn Chosen Vanguard champion and victor over Ignovun, Chosen of Caiatl Stopped the Endless Night and destroyed Quria, Blade Transform Aided Queen Mara Sov in rescuing the lost Techeuns and exorcising the Witch Queen’s worm Defeated Savathûn, the Witch Queen and the Lucent Brood Disciple Slayer of Rhulk, Calus, and Nezarec Mastered Strand and became savior of Neomuna Briefly tithed to the Hive God of Vengeance Eris Morn and slayed Leviathan-Eater, Bane of the Ammonites Protector of Riven’s lost clutch of Ahamkara whims as Taranis’s Wish-Keeper Became legend by destroying the Witness and ending the war of Light and Darkness eons in the making

[blackwaxidol]

i dont remember if it's supposed to be La-zaar or La'zaar but honestly sue me man

[telestoapologist]

love that hive characters have odd and sometimes badass names. Šimmumah ur-Nokru, In Anânh, Ehrath'ur, Gornuk Däl... I say that shit out loud and my furniture is gonna start floating

[thefirstknife]

hello!! i have a random questions about simmumah ur-nokru, do they have confirmed pronouns?? I've seen a lot of people in like ghost of the deep articles and videos just use she/her because "wizard = female" (even though hive genders aren't that but i acknowledge a lot of them are referred to with she/her pronouns in game and lore) BUT i've also heard "he/him" be used. i know nokris is one of the few he/him wizards we know so it wouldn't be a stretch to have another in his brood but then again, i'm not totally caught up in lore 😅 i know there's not a whole lot about simmumah but i'm just curious!

Yeah, Šimmumah is a he/him. It says so in the dungeon!

The mechanic to get rid of Šimmumah's shield revolves around killing a knight called Vorlog on a specific spot. When a Vorlog is killed there, the mechanic to remove the shield starts and the text in the dungeon says that "Vorlog is slain at the [location], calling Šimmumah to his death."

Some people interpreted this as meaning that the Vorlog is calling Šimmumah to his own (Vorlog's) death, but that doesn't fit with what the mechanic is about. Vorlog's death is what literally allows us to damage Šimmumah which means that Vorlog calls Šimmumah to his (Šimmumah's) death. And also, once the dps phase is over, there's another message which says that Šimmumah "denies death." So the whole mechanic and the messages refer to the boss, meaning that Šimmumah is he/him canonically.

It definitely also makes sense to me considering Nokris is also he/him wizard and Šimmumah is his high priest.

[thefirstknife]

hi hello pretty please share ur thoughts on the dungeon when you've done it :D

This is the best dungeon ever and my favourite one. Absolutely insane what they gave us here.

Xivu Arath voice lines from her past and about Oryx and everything. Finally Xivu Arath POV and what a way to deliver it.

Arcology!!!! Stuff about the Collapse on Titan on weapon lore! Just as I wanted.

ŠIMMUMAH UR-NOKRU who I recognised as soon as I saw the name of the encounter. THIS IS HOW NOKRIS CAN STILL COME BACK AS A LIGHTBEARER!!!! I can't believe it, they actually made this guy a Lucent Necromancer. Fave fave fave.

And of course. Seeing Oryx's body. Man. The experience is unparalleled. The whole idea to rez him with Lucent Necromancy is insane. Really really good.

Amazing environments, really cool encounters, amazing looking armou sets, 10/10. I have yet to read the full lore, but so far from what I've seen it's incredibly good. Especially the stuff about Xivu and Oryx.

[synnthamonsugar]

*gently cutting out a picture of Šimmumah ur-Nokru and placing it in my heart-shaped locket between Ir Anûk & Ir Halak and Dûl Incaru*

*clutching locket and dreamily sighing while reclining in chair*

[flowers-of-io]

Thank you for your additions!! The ending of the Vexcalibur quests + the Scribetracer shell loretab implies Asher got subsumed by the Vex network, but it's not clear and also Kabr's Glass Aegis lore exists, so it is entirely possible to be subsumed by the network and retain your personhood in its entirety. And this is what I choose to believe.

34. Ir Anûk & Ir Halak - the only way to unlock their Grimoire cards is killing them at Crota's death ceremony in Last Rites, they come back later in the raid. They're also the creators of the Oversoul, so it would be strange if they didn't have any means of preventing themselves from dying

35. Šimmumah Ur-Nokru - killed in Warmind, comes back as Lucent

36. Ecthar, Sword of Oryx / Shield of Savathûn - killed in TTK, comes back as Lucent

37. Vorlog - one of the Court of Oryx bosses, comes back as "risen in heresy" in Ghosts of the Deep and killing him over and over is part of the mechanics. Where do you keep all these corpses Sav????

38. Kudazad, Binder of Savathûn / Bound to Xivu Arath - a high value target from Titan, later their skull is found by Kelgorath and they get resurrected to serve Xivu Arath

39. Val Ca'uor - Spire of Stars boss who later gets resurrected and Taken by Xivu Arath, returning in Season of the Deep

40. Praksis the Technocrat / the Defiled - killed in Beyond Light, returns as a Scorn in Seraph

41. Phyris / Once-Phyris, the Exhumed Tether - Eramis' friend who was resurrected as a Scorn after death

42. Kabr - Kabr's Glass Aegis loretab quite bluntly says "i speak again and was wrong i am still him and i am now them" (a reference to iirc The Aegis grimoire card, where Kabr's last words are "If I speak again, I am not Kabr"), so. There.

43. Also you know whom I forgot the first, and second, and third time around? Fucking Uldren Sov / Crow

I’ve been haunted by this idea since yesterday so there it is, all Destiny characters who died and then it was revealed they were still, in one way or another, alive (in no particular order):

Taniks, the Scarred - a classic. died four (five?) times and it’s inferred he’s not quite done yet because I heard that after you defeat him in DSC you can still hear him laugh

Omnigul - died, then canonically came back (“undid her death”), which infers she has a throne world, and as we have yet to kill her in her throne world, she’s most likely still vibing there

Saint-14 - we’ve SEEN his grave, then Season of Dawn happened

Tevis Larsen - we see his body in the Black Garden, then years later Aspect is released and tells us how his consciousness is in fact very much alive and trapped there

Praedyth - we see his skeleton in the Vault, then, once again, Aspect is released and tells us he is still in some way trapped there. Now time is a blurry mush when the Vex are involved, but I believe what’s happening in Aspect is being caused by either the Darkness closing in on Sol or the Lunar pyramid stirring - so as this is a paracausal force, it can very well mess with Praedyth’s fate and allow him to escape the Vault safely before he dies there. If you want to debate this, @ing me is very welcomed!!

Ir Yût - we kill her in Crota’s throne world, but then she can be seen attending his death ceremony in TTK

The Undying Mind - the name says it all. We kill it twice in D1 and then it comes back yet again in Season of the Undying

Xol - we kill him in Warmind, but in the Whisper mission he still whispers to us and it’s inferred he actually lives, in some way, within the Whisper of the Worm sniper rifle

Mara Sov - she literally died in TTK and came back only because she found a way to escape into Oryx’s throne world and then into her own

Toland - he died (at least his body was sundered) but then also Ascended and is now an orb

Omar Agah - Eris (and all of us) believed him to be dead, but then we learn in Shadowkeep he’s actually a bug

Asher Mir - the Exodus quest and lorebook made it seem like he died, but then the friendly Harpy morse-codes “ASSISTANT” to us, so like… you know

Ana Bray - believed to be dead at Twilight Gap, turned out to actually be in hiding so she could discover her past

Lady Efrideet - believed to be dead by everyone including her closest friends (Saladin and Tyra), turned out to have run off to form a pacifist colony in the outer system

Nokris - we kill him in Warmind, he later comes back in Season of Arrivals

Sepiks Prime - we kill him in D1 vanilla, in RoI is ressurected by SIVA

Atheon - we canonically kill him again in TTK as a part of the No Time to Explain quest

Techeun Shuro Chi - believed to have died in the battle of Saturn, turned out she was Taken and later freed by Guardians

Techeun Sedia - same as above

Techeun Kalli - same as above

Paladin Leona Bryl - believed to have died in the battle of Saturn, turned out she survived and later was supportive of Petra in the political clash about whether she should take the position of Queen or not

Urzok, Aspect of Hate - formerly Urzok, the Hated, killed by Guardians and later resurrected and Taken by Xol, fought again in the Whisper mission

Drevis, Aspect of Darkness - formerly Drevis, Wolf Baroness, killed by Guardians and later resurrected by Xol in the same manner as Urzok

Ta'aurc, Aspect of War - formerly Valus Ta’aurc (yes, the Valus Ta’aurc), killed by Guardians and later resurrected by Xol. He is encountered yet again in Dares of Eternity, and from Xûr’s words it appears he recognises his killer so it’s still the same person

Crota - killed by Guardians, encountered again in Dares of Eternity - from Xûr’s words it appears he recognises his killer so it’s still the same person

Zydron, Gate Lord - same as above

This list is, by no means, complete, because Bungie can’t keep a corpse a corpse and we will probably see more of dead characters returning to life in the future.

[blackwaxidol]

"Šimmumah (ur-Nokru)" is pronounced "Shimmumah" but u didn't hear that from me.