#xyor the unwed

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Rezyl Azzir actually having spawn with Xyor, the Unwed. Thank you and goodnight

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Toland and Ir Yût made friendships bracelets for each other, fight me on this

I’ve reached the uncomfortable and indisputable realization that Hive sorceresses are hot.

This is supported by lore.

Consider the following:

Rezyl Azzir

Epitome of a guardian. Paragon of what it meant to be a titan. Goes to the moon, comes face to face with Xyor the Betrothed. Gets whispered to intimately, and then immediately kills her husband, a Hive Knight.

To Rezyl, the approaching horror cut an imposing silhouette not unlike that of an ancient, disgraced knight. Maybe it had been heroic once. Maybe here in these shadows, to the watchful eyes of the wicked woman and her rotting horde it was a hero still – only for a darker, sinister cause. The thought intrigued Rezyl. 

Rezyl. No Rezyl. Noooo no.

We all know what happens next. 

This happens next.

Consider the Second: Toland the Shattered

Another guardian. Another Hive Sorceress. He hears her sing and is immediately smitten and fascinated, throwing aside his fireteam to meet her and listen to her deathsong.

I, too, am detached from my source. The charming Ir Yût made her introductions, and I was very pleased to meet her. We had a conversation, a little tête-à-Yût, a couple old wizards exchanging definitions.

Bestest of friends.

Consider the Third: Hiraks

Poor little dreg falls into the Hellmouth. Ends up fascinated by the Hive, learns all about them and ends up taking Ir Ananh, another Hive Sorceress, as his  consort.

ONCE IS A CURIOSITY. TWICE IS A CONCERN. THREE IS A PATTERN.

HHHRNNGN CROTA I’M TRYING TO CRAFT AN OVERSOUL BUT I’M DUMMY PARACAUSAL AND THE CLAP OF MY DEATHSONG KEEPS ATTRACTING THE MORTALS

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Inquisition of the Damned is such an interesting piece of Hive lore... it demonstrates a certain.. not humanity but an emotional range that comes with sapience. its not the only piece of course but i think a lot of people overlook the individuality of the Hive.

Crota went into a murderous rage after Omnigul had an attempt on her life. The Sisters had comforted eachother at the realisation of the Worms' deceit. Xyor the Unwed cursed Rezzyl Azzir whether directly or not for of killing her mate. Alak-Hul slaughtered thousands for Verok. Oryx sought a revenge that spanned lightyears for the death of his son.

in Inquisition; Azuvath loved her brother Akrazul so dearly that she let herself be sacrificed in agony so that he may continue revenge in her body, even though she had an incredible gift for the Song. Akrazul hated all who were not Azuvath because she was kind to him, he recognised Azuvath in Malkanth's body because of how her eyes had softened at the sight of him; he cried in relief of his depleted rage.

outside of a murder battery, i think the Hive have a capacity for emotional nuance that is sullied in the face of the Guardians and the Sword Logic, and sullied further by the fact that most of our understanding of Hive personality comes from Crota and Oryx. although, Oryx did have a lot of interesting things to think within the Books of Sorrow.

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So i saw your Dating Calus would include~ post, and it made me think, what about Dating Dredgen yor? The reason i thought of it is cause most people wouldn't think of dating him ( not judging or anything lol ), and neither would they think of Dredgen yor. Sorry for the long ask lol

Dredgen Yor! How I love Dredgen Yor. Who else would ever threaten to carve the Light out of their Ghost and leave its empty shell on the surface of an unfriendly planet. That dude is just so extra. He’s likely only got heart-eyes for screaming hive wizards by now. I want fics about him and his lady love, Xyor the Unwed. Wed her already you coward. 

*side eyes more than one of my fic-writing mutuals*

(If we had more lore about him I would totally write the dating headcanons for him, or at least Rezyl Azzir, because his is one of my fave Destiny lore stories.)

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Oh yes, and this gets even better when you consider the Hive mythos and the way definitions (including self-defining) plays into their magic. (Also note how self-defining is a direct contradiction to Ahamkara magic which works on the Ahamkara defining you, and I wonder if this could be an useful tool to fight their machinations.)

The Osmium siblings aside, you have some noteworthy examples of Hive characters changing their names and titles following the events which affected their identity. Xyor, the Betrothed, the Blessed, renames herself to Xyor, the Unwed following the murder of her fiance--and this is also the beginning of Thorn’s story, as she curses Rezyl for killing her lover. Hashladûn is titled as the Inundated after the formative experience of torture and survival her father put her through, the event that rendered her into Oryx’s courtier and shaped her identity. Azavath changes her name to Ir Airâm (albeit after Savathûn’s suggestion) when she takes up the legacy of A'Airâm and rebuilds the mythical Choir, something that has been her lifelong dream. Nokris also changes his title from Herald of Xol to Supplicant to Savathûn when he sheds his loyalty to the worm god (which is another interesting point about Nokris’ identity being reliant on other beings). Part of Oryx’s power is defining others’ identities and names, and to define yourself regardless of another is a sign of strength. When you define yourself, you have power over your shape, and when another defines you, you yield your power to him.

In short, titles in Destiny are important (not only to the Hive--just take a look at this Grimoire--of course, but with the Hive this shines the brightest because of their Magical Words thing), but the most important are the changes in definition you execute over yourself. A major reason the Drifter is one of my most beloved characters is how he effortlessly refuses to be rendered down in a definition and just hates to have a name. People call him many things, as he used to call himself many things, but all of them were but mirrors which faultily reflected who he really is. I like to think he can be anything, now that he chooses to be nothing. This is also an oddly specific trait for someone who has a habit of nicknaming everyone he encounters.

Identity in Destiny is fascinating.

Everyone, barring non-Guardian, non-Yang Liwei Awoken and non-Guardian Humans, has been, functionally speaking, at least two people.

Guardian Yang Liwei Awoken have been three.

Orin, as Emissary, has been four.

Exos, bless their overloaded circuits, have been as many people as they have reboots, in addition to the new-personhood being a Guardian might give.

Guardians, of course, have been at least two.

And then you have the Hive siblings, one of whom changed name, gender, and grew wings because he just felt like wings would be lit.

But the truly wonderful thing is how Destiny approaches these identities.

Whether or not someone is the same person from life to life is both a hotly contested issue in-universe and in our community, and it's incredibly irrelevant.

The ONLY person who can say whether or not they are who they claim to be is, well, themselves.

Crow is Crow because he's decided, for himself, that he is not Uldren.

Banshee-44 is Banshee-44 because he's decided, for himself, that he is not Clovis Bray, nor is he Clovis-1 through 43.

Ana Bray is Ana Bray because she's decided, for herself, that she is still Ana Bray.

Elsie Bray is Elsie Bray, and all of her former boots are as well, because she's decided, for herself, that she's Elizabeth fuckin Bray uninterrupted. Note how she forgoes her number.

And then you have the nebulous people, like Cayde-6, who at once is and isn't Caydes 0-5 as well. He acknowledges them, follows their advice, but is in most respects simply Cayde-6.

Nebulous people like Orin, who does not know but yet feels Nasya Sarwar and Nasan Ar, and carries Nasan's torch still with respect to her dealings with Mara. She is the Emissary of the Nine, but is also Orin, and the entities are at once one and separate.

The point of all this is that everyone chooses for themselves who they want to be, and the debate of people who are not them has simply no relevance or bearing.

They aren't in denial. They aren't playing pretend.

They're unrepentantly themselves.

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Hi guys this is Xyor, the Unwed from Destiny.  She is  a unique wizard in The Summoning Pits strike and is responsible for Rezzyl Azir turning into Dredgen Yor.  Let me know what you guys think in the comments.

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I AM THE END OF 'MORROWS. XYOR, THE BLESSED. XYOR, THE BETROTHED. I AM OF THE COMING STORM. YOUR LIGHT WILL ONE DAY SHATTER AND DIE. FOR NOW IT SIMPLY OFFENDS…AND YOU, DEAR, SWEET, FRAGILE THING, SHALL BE MADE TO SUFFER FOR YOUR TRANSGRESSIONS UPON THIS HOLY GROUND.

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I was doing Grasp of Avarice on Warlock for the first time and got an armour piece, read the flavour text and of course couldn’t focus on the rest of the dungeon anymore because I got so hyped.

‘CAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THE FLAVOUR TEXTS ARE?

Okay so! every class has a distinct way the flavour texts are formatted. The Titan set (Descending Echo) starts with “Down...” and seems to tell a story. I believe it’s some kind of reference to the descent Rezyl made into the Hive nest on the Moon and later on his mental/moral descent into Darkness:

Down in the abyss, there was no hope. Down where things lurked beyond the light. Down amongst the shadows, there were no tomorrows. Down amongst the dark roots of the twisting blossoms. Down where the seeds of ruin were planted. 

I wondered briefly whether the seeds of ruin and twisting blossoms were any connection to the Tree of Silver Wings and its ruinous vibe, but I’m more inclined to believe they’re rather referring to the Rose-Thorn conversion. After all, it is the leaves of the Trees that are ruin, and the bark disaster. Of the seeds we do not speak.

Also some of those lines are almost a direct quote from this Grimoire from Rise of Iron:

More? Time was lost in this place, and with it any remembrance of hope... of promise... of purpose in the longing for a brighter tomorrow.

Down amongst the shadows there were no tomorrows.

The Hunter set (Twisting Echo) starts with “To...” and looks very much like the flavour text of Thorn to me: “To rend one's enemies is to see them not as equals, but objects - hollow of spirit and meaning.” I believe, looking at the flavour texts, that they are referring the Shadows of Yor and Shin’s whole plan to use the organisation to find Guardians tempted by the Darkness:

To act free of conscience. To undertake vile means to carve a greater end. To tempt the Darkness. To allow one's Light to be tainted. To piece together fragments across time and space. To make the old path your own.

I wonder if these are exact quotes from Shin, even, if the last part is about us getting the Last Word and stepping in Shin’s shoes in a way?

THE WARLOCK THOUGH! The Warlock set (Corrupting Echo) is almost all the same things Xyor, the Betrothed told Rezyl when he encountered her, back in that Grimoire from Rise of Iron! That was also the beginning of his corruption, and her curse (& her fiance’s bones) pushing him down the dark path, her words echoing through this whole story. The set goes:

I am the words that tell of the end. I am the end of 'morrows. I am the weaver of bitter revenge. I am the coming storm. I am the withering of roses.

And Xyor said:

“I am the end of 'morrows. Xyor, the Blessed. Xyor, the Betrothed. I am of the coming storm. These are not my words, but prophesy. Your Light will one day shatter and die. For now it simply offends... And you, dear, sweet, fragile thing, shall be made to suffer for your transgressions upon this holy ground.”

Some are direct quotes (I’m very angry about the coming storm one, ONE WORD misaligning, gah!); the weaver of bitter revenge refers to Xyor cursing Rezyl for killing her fiance, the withering of roses quite obviously to Rose withering into Thorn.

This is all so cool I’m!! hyped!!

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While tonight's overtly elaborate dream was about something else entirely, a minor detail (but a detail nonetheless) was that Dredgen Yor had hooked up with Xyor, the Unwed, and ???? brain why??

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It's so unbearably funny to me that about a half of named happy couples in Destiny are Hive. Like out of humans? We know Zavala and Cayde had partners, there's O14, Devrim and Marc, Ana and Camrin, Mara and Sjur, and the somewhat-loving but also Very Dysfunctional marriage of Sylvie and Clovis II Bray. For Eliksni all we know about is Eramis and Athrys. And Hive? Ah boy, there's the infinitely cursed love story of Hiraks and In Anânh whose fruit were so plentiful they almost overran the Shore. There's Alak-Hul, whose love for Verok Eris cites as the reason why he rose against Oryx. Also he slew a legion of Thrall in her name, aww. The whole reason, and I don't say this lightly, for why the weapon Thorn even exists is Rezyl Azzir killing a Knight who happened to be the fiancé of a Wizard Xyor and sticking the bones to his gun, and out of rightful anger for murdering her betrothed Xyor cursed him. She also changed her name to "Unwed" to represent her grief, which is a big thing considering the Hive system of naming things, definitions, reality-changing words and such; the Hive die all the time, and yet she *defined herself* with the death of her fiancé and her own abandonment as a result. And of course there's Omnigul, described as unending loyal to Crota, the embodiment of his Will (which is another crucial concept in the Hive culture and magic). When Lokaar tried to assassinate Omnigul, Crota grew so furious he chased her all the way to Oryx's court, and asked his father to kill her - although Oryx himself once said Crota had been taught to ask for nothing, and yet.

This love is war is love is war, and I'm very soft over it.

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Nooo it's okay! <3 I genuinely laughed, I make jokes about it myself all the time lmao

Xyor may be Unwed but she sure is Taken

(I think it's the fault of this post tbh fjshhrjsk)

While tonight's overtly elaborate dream was about something else entirely, a minor detail (but a detail nonetheless) was that Dredgen Yor had hooked up with Xyor, the Unwed, and ???? brain why??