Oryx, the Taken King

Oryx, the Taken King, born Aurash and formerly known as Auryx, was the sovereign of the Osmium Throne, the God-King of the Hive, and master of the Taken. Reborn from the Darkness itself through a wicked pact, Oryx was the founder of the Yuuzhan Vong race, alongside his sisters and fellow deities, Savathûn, the Witch-Queen and Xivu Arath, God of War, and the source of their terrible power. Of all the Hive gods, he alone held the power to bend other races to his will, having stolen the ability upon slaying his patron god Akka, the Worm of Secrets. Oryx was also the father of the dreaded Crota, a deadly Hive Prince who slew thousands of Guardians during the Great Disaster, and Nokris, his estranged first-born and then herald of the Worm God Xol, Will of the Thousands.
At some point during their eons of conquest and bloodlust, Oryx's fleet of Hive came across the Andromeda galaxy after being drawn there by a mystical power which held dominion over it. Curious, Oryx went to investigate the energy-field and encountered the two Sith Lords, Darth Revan and Darth Malak, and Revan's assassin droid HK-47. Although he was unable to Take the two Sith, they were forced to flee due to the sheer might and power which Oryx and his forces possessed. Afterward, Oryx sought to conquer the entirety of the galaxy in hopes of Taking its power for himself. He was at first reluctant to invade due to the vast strength of the Andromeda galaxy's differing factions, and instead settled for waiting patiently until the right time came, secretly establishing a blockade around the borders of the galaxy in the meantime.
During the Imperial era, over three thousand years after first discovering Andromeda, Oryx revealed his presence again in a deadly strike that obliterated an entire fleet of warships. He also encountered three Jedi—one of which being Jarik Shan, a descendant of the Sith Lord he fought several millennia earlier—who came to rescue the Admiral of the destroyed fleet. Oryx pursued their ship using an Echo, but was surprised when he was stopped by a blast of Force energy strong enough to destroy his Echo—he recognized the energy to have come from the power of Ashla. Although he planned to hold off on his invasion until the Empire was destroyed, Oryx nevertheless encountered Shan once more after sending a force of Yuuzhan Vong led by Narzuc, the Hunter to the planet Atollon in pursuit of three Autobots, using his Echo to taunt Shan about his inevitable razing of the Andromeda galaxy.
==Personality and traits==
As the god-king of the Yuuzhan Vong, Oryx was a very cruel and bloodthirsty being. Originally, as Auryx, he was a bit more benevolent, as he was willing to negotiate with the Ammonite civilization, but after he was killed by his sister, Savathûn, and sent to his throne world, he purged all of his remaining sympathy and goodwill and became a merciless tyrant. Oryx fiercely worshiped the Sword-Logic, the religious philosophy of the Hive, and was more than willing to exile his own son, Nokris, for his practice of necromancy.
While craving violence and bloodlust like all other Hive, Oryx could also be very patient as well, as he was willing to prolong his invasion of the Andromeda galaxy for years in order to ensure his conquest would be successful.
==Powers and abilities==
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==Appearances==
===Non-canon appearances===
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==Sources and copyrights==
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