Paging lore experts... Raga... (Destiny)

by Schedonnardus, Texas, Monday, September 03, 2018, 09:23 (2082 days ago) @ Durandal

The Taken are made by the Darkness, and may act as it's foot soldiers. They are were thought to be the 5th race early in D1 because of their ghostly aura and large glowing head spots seemed to match the 5th race image in the old concept art. However, that may not be the intent. As a "race" made of those kidnapped from other factions, they instead may be a filler concept, and we have yet to see the true form of the Darkness and it's "formlessness".

It appears however that their arrival will have to wait till D3, since D2's expansions have to deal with wrapping up the Cabal arc and expanding on the Dark age lore.

I always thought that it would've been cool to see "Taken" enemies that we've not seen the actual (untaken) enemy yet. Considering that Oryx had been traveling the universe taking races along the way, having some truly terrifying "WTF was that thing" would've been cool. Then later on in the Destiny cycle, you finally come across the native version of them.