#MALOK

[capndragn94]

*SPOILER ALERT*

I'm not sure why this stuck with me, but I really liked that Malok, the Romulan mutineer, had no problem with the Bynars beaming onto his ship when they realized Locarno was lying about them all being equals. If any of them show up again, I hope they're still working together.

[nathanielthetallone]

This is my apology post for savathûn the witch queen.

Firstly I didn't want to kill Oryx, he was my man, my homeboy. I will miss him very much.

Second SAVATHÛN I DIDN'T KNOW YOU THOUGHT OF US AS FRIENDS IM SO SORRY, PLS PLS FORGIVE ME

thirdly I'm not sorry about killing Malok he was a dickhead in the blighted chalice and his pulse (grasp of Malok) was a menace in the Crucible and I still haven't recovered from farming omnigul and his head looked good on my hunter whenever I played in once in a non hive infested moon.

So please savathûn forgive me ( it's gonna be awkward when I marry Xivu arath)

[modelsof-color]

Baboya Malok by Holly Desmond for New Wave Magazine May 2024

[maloking]

Doodle of a goblin I've posted before. Went with the name Evelyn, cause I think it fit well with her design and personality. :>

[variouspolltournaments]

[worldsofzzt]

Source “The Destruction of Malok” by Ben Berryman (1994) [MALOKA.ZZT] - “MalokPalace” Play This World Online

[papaziggy-devblog]

"Good, stay frozen, makes things easier for me <3"

Malok please help. True story, i once got into a car crash and sat in my car not knowing what to do cause i wasn't expecting a car to hit me

"Tbf I don't think anyone would be expecting a car to hit them"

"Glad you're ok though <3"

[thefirstknife]

I was going to ask how much of the Hive royal family/families we've killed, but it's probably a shorter list if I ask what named Hive royalty we haven't (yet) killed.

LMAO. Literally the only one we still have left is Xivu Arath.

Obviously, we killed Savathun but since she has the Light, she will return, so I don't know if that counts. Similarly, we killed Dul Incaru (Savathun's daughter) but since she's tied to the Dreaming City curse, she repeatedly comes back when the curse resets. Up to you if that counts.

For fun:

Oryx and his line: killed by Guardians - Oryx, his son Crota, his son Nokris (twice), his daughters Ir Anuk and Ir Halak, Crota's wife Omnigul, Crota's daughters Hashladun and Besurith killed by Osiris - Crota's daughters Voshyr and Kinox, including Voshyr's daughters Yishra and Ayriax and Kinox's son Ulg'Urin

Savathun and her line: Savathun (twice: first by Mara, second by Guardians but reborn in the Light so she can come back), daughter Dul Incaru (repeatedly), daughter Balwur and son Malok

Xivu Arath and her line: all of her known children: Xavan (daughter), Tir Balok (son), An Ragaar (son) and Scoroboth (son) (interestingly enough, the first three were all Taken)

Remaining: Xivu Arath. This actually puts her anger in perspective as we killed her entire family. Savathun, while still able to return, is now more or less aligned with us, in a way, through the Light.

[x-cl-br]

so helldivers is amazing, really awesome game that I've been LOVING every second of

HOWEVER it has made me realize that game community spaces, reddit being the most significant for me, have gotten SO much worse in the past decade.

back when I played destiny, specifically when the malok (maloc? malloc? memory allocate?) update came out, I was glued to the reddit for news and cool discoveries and all that. it was awesome, I felt super engaged and invested in the game even when I wasn't able to log in.

so the helldivers subreddit... and the finals subreddit... and the destiny subreddit nowadays... they all suck. it's all angry discussion about metas, or game design complaints with garbage suggestions for fixes, or complaints about fellow players / the playerbase as a whole. just a constant stream of negativity and now I just can't engage with games in a positive way without logging in

i miss being able to read stuff about a game but now it's all over optimization or grind guides or players complaining about all that stuff. I don't have a solution I'm just kind of mourning that I can't have as much hype for stuff as I used to.

[flowers-of-io]

I'm often thinking about how big of a deal Crota's death was, in both the ripples it sent through the narrative and the personal impact it made on Oryx and the Hidden Swarm (and how highlighted that was in the story). But how little attention is at the same time given to the children of Savathûn and Xivu that we've killed, and how the impact those death have had on them is never explored, or even mentioned, even though we've had Sav as an active character engaging in personal confrontations with the Guardian for quite some time now. Yes, it's totally plausible Oryx was far more dependent on his children's tributes than either of his sisters, and that's why Crota's death had such a direct influence on his actions; but nonetheless part of his motivation was grief, and the narrative underlined this strongly.

Meanwhile Savathûn and Xivu have been regularly losing children for the past several years and no one has said a word about it ever???? Which is super strange, especially with Alak-Hul making a comeback AND both Hashladûn and Nokris having been under Sav's influence?? By the strictest estimates, both Sav and Xivu have lost at least one son each (Malok and Scoroboth) by our hand. There's reasonable doubt to be had as to whether Balwûr is truly dead (thanks Oryx for your cryptic "Daughter of Savathûn, your death is hidden well") and if the three supposed children of Xivu Arath from the Dreaming City (Xavan, Tir Balok and An Ragaar) are really her children, but assuming that would raise the number of dead kids to 4 for Xivu and 2.5 for Savathûn (the .5 being Dûl Incaru and her Shröedinger's status). And despite all that I swear Hashladûn is mentioned expressing more grief for her grandfather than Savathûn is for her only known son.

(Albeit "not at all" is a pretty low bar to clear.)

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[nathanielthetallone]

This week has been interesting.

Malok, the pride of Oryx

For those who either don't remember or didn't play destiny 1, Malok was the main antagonist of the April update ( a free content drop to hold players over until rise of iron). Malok sought to claim the Taken throne after the death of oryx, we stopped in him in the blighted chalice strike.

Malok is interesting for a few reasons, him being a taken with some will left, seen by him trying to become Taken King, his name being one of the few hive words with a message Malok meaning my poison, and him being a son of savathûn.

And now after some many years he's mentioned again, as a relic.

One that's used alongside these disciples of Malok that try to find the echo of navigation to savathûn's throne world.

It's interesting that it's his head that's the relic for two reasons, the first being that his head was a hunter helmet that dropped from the blighted chalice strike.

And two it implies he is properly dead because normally when a taken dies it gets dragged back to the ascendant plane( I might be wrong about this because I can't find the source of this)

Which makes sense for him not being fully taken and keeping a bit of his will.

While I'm interested in seeing how his relic head may be used to help sloane

I'm more interested in savathûn's reaction, it's too raw and honest, she's upset with us taking the head of her son, it feels weird for her, like she loves Malok so much. Maybe oryx is right about her acting in earnest and predictable, because will knew she would try this, Malok being involved was a surprise, but it wasn't some great trick of plot. Maybe she loves her Family so much, her nature is lost. After all she swore to always follow her nature Infront of the worm gods and she isn't exactly on great terms with them.

[modelsof-color]

Baboya Malok by Holly Desmond for New Wave Magazine May 2024

[maloking]

Although I am not a great Soraka player, I like the idea behind her design and skills. 💙

Had this look swishing around in my head for a bit and wanted to get it down. ~

( I love all of the celestial space themed skins so much. =u= )

[onesoluna]

Oc fun fact: Malok has coulrophobia (fear of clowns)

[cosmicanger]

Baboya Malok by Holly Desmond for New Wave Magazine May 2024