Malok, Pride of Oryx

==Summary==
Once just a lowly thrall, Malok was created by Savathûn to redirect tithes of might from Oryx to her. However, Malok had other plans. He successfully hid from both Hive Gods to ascend to Princehood, at which made Oryx notice his prescence. Impressed by Malok's actions, Oryx Took him while allowing his indepence. Malok was now empowered with this new form that he would be known for.
After the death of Oryx, Malok rose as a new leader to the otherwise aimless Taken. His goal was to subsume the Osmium throne, and to become the new Taken King. However, he was chased out of the Dreadnaught, hunted down, and slain by a fireteam of three Guardians before this could come to pass.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , likely 
Name: Malok, Pride of Oryx; My Poison
Origin: Destiny
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown, but very old
Classification: Taken Prince, Blood of Oryx
Powers and Abilities: 
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|-|Abilities=Sword Logic, Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Magic, Immortality (Types 1IX: The Bargain, 5Destiny 2: Season of the Lost: Astral Alignment, and 7Destiny: Warmind (comic)), Acausality (Type 4), Non-Physical Interaction (Can interact with Vex energy and data structures, souls, metaphysical samples, Vex that exist as agressive ideas and Nightmares made of chaos, negation, and the raw things found existing in spaces between thought and fear), Subjective Reality (The Light and Darkness are ontological forces that grant power over that which is real, and that which isn’tDestiny 2: Season of Arrivals: The Reckoning), Clairvoyance (The Sword Logic finds the weakest point in a structure and destroys itHidden Dossier. Powerful Hive also use Shriekers to survey their territory or remote locationsShriekerA Shadow Overhead), Mathematics ManipulationHidden Dossier, Quantum Manipulation (Darkness manipulates reality at the quantum levelCodes & Procedures Handbook), Adaptation (Hive can quickly develop adaptationsAdventure: Bug in the SystemKrill), Earth ManipulationGhost Scan: Crota, Illusion CreationThe Dreadnaught, Telepathy (Should at least be capable of the same as WizardsGhost Fragment: Warlock 2 and KnightsSylok, the Defiled), Organic Manipulation (Much of the Hive's technologies and structures are organicThe Wretched EyeVanguard Communications, Season of the Hunt), Corruption, Matter Manipulation, Law Manipulation, Reality Warping, Existence Erasure, Void Manipulation, Information Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, Possession (Passively exudes the Taken Blight, which spreads the Taken corruption wherever they go. Can possibly directly Take his foes, though not to the same efficacy as Oryx, the Taken King), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1 [combat inapplicable], Type 2 otherwise; Taken utilize the Darkness, which is an ontological force. When the barrier between the material universe and the Ascendant Plane is eroded, there’s no difference between the words on Hive runes and their meaning. A rune for ‘death’ brings literal deathGhost Scan: Festering Halls, Titan), Radiation ManipulationAdventure: Getting Your Hands Dirty, Sound Manipulation (Taken screams can shatter plastics and burst blood vesselsReport: Taken Power), AuraA Matter of Trust, Limited Black Hole CreationQuest: Further Interference, Let Loose Thy Talons, Power Nullification, Regeneration Negation, and Statistics Reduction via Shadow Touched, Absorption (Mastered the power of the Taken, considered suitable to become the new Oryx), Teleportation, Space-Time Manipulation and Gravity Manipulation (With Void abilities and the Taken Blight), Vibration Manipulation with Fist of Darkness, Homing Attack and Explosion Manipulation with Axion Darts, Summoning, Empowerment, Electricity Manipulation and Magnetism Manipulation with Fist of Darkness and his Boomer, Fire Manipulation, Energy Manipulation and Heat Manipulation with Burn Projectiles
|-|Resistance=Resistance to Information Analysis, Analytical Prediction, Duplication, Precognition, Power Mimicry (The Vex can't simulate paracausal entitiesOsirisAdventure: Deep Conversation), Power Absorption, Power Modification, Power Nullification (Nothing happens when he is hit by Suppression Grenades, which prevent the victim from using their abilities. As a significant amount of Malok's power comes from the Sword Logic it's difficult to affect his abilities without affecting the Sword Logic itself. Paracausal powers in general have proven difficult to steal), Subjective Reality, Reality Warping, Law Manipulation, Statistics Reduction, Corruption, Existence Erasure, Void Manipulation, Possession (Malok spreads the Taken Blight and is unaffected by Hive corruption), Corrosion Inducement, Quantum Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation, Black Hole Creation, Life and Energy-Absorption, Soul Manipulation, Matter Manipulation (Macro-Quantum), Fire Manipulation, Temperature Manipulation, Radiation Manipulation, Light Manipulation, Magma Manipulation, Plasma Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation, Magnetism Manipulation, Paralysis Inducement, Explosion Manipulation, Physics Manipulation, Absolute Zero, Vibration Manipulation, Status Effect Inducement, TransmutationRuinous Effigy, Sound ManipulationBRONTIOS Type 0 (Malok is resistant against the majority of the Guardian's abilities), Poison Manipulation, (Malok is mostly unaffected by the various poisons the Guardian can use. Hive regularly drink poisonXX: Hive and only a special sort of poison affects themEight Million Tales in the City: Florescent Canal, Chamber), Sense Manipulation (Not affected by the Helm of Saint-14Helm of Saint-14), Pain Manipulation (The Hive feed on pain, including their own), Sealing (With powerful enough Sword Logic one can escape sealing that was previously effectiveXII: Out of the Deep), Mind Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Types 2 and 3; Malok is fine within the Sea of Screams, which is hostile to the psycheReverie Dawn Gauntlets and indirect exposure to the Ascendant Plane is enough to drive people madThe Gate. He's also unaffected by its brain stain, infection by a contagious ideaOn the Hunt), and Fusionism (Malok can maintain his 'shape' within the Ascendant PlaneDust)
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Attack Potency: Large Country level+, likely Continent level (Rose to the rank of Hive Prince before being Taken and could have become the new Taken King after Oryx’s death, though most other contenders were already dead at this point.Pretender To The Throne Malok posed a greater threat than the Psion Flayers who were able to move Phobos into a geostationary orbit close to Mars.The Psion Flayers)
Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Comparable if not superior to The Stormherd, who can hook lightning from the air mid-dsecendCloudstrike. Can fight with the Guardian, who was able to react to lightning during their Stormcaller trainingShard of the Traveler (Stormcaller). Is unusually quick for a Taken being of his size)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 5 (Far superior to most Titans, who wear helmets that are heavy enough to snap a human neckDestiny 2 2017 and other armor pieces that are heavy enough to break skullsKnight Type 1 and rocksFieldplate through sheer mass. A weaker Titan knocked down a weakened OgreWild Hunt Plate, which are roughly the size of an elephant and Malok is even larger), likely Class P (Can match most Guardians, such as Warlocks, at their strongest)
Striking Strength: Large Country level+, likely Continent level
Durability: Large Country level+, likely Continent level (Takes many hit from post-Oryx Guardians before going down)
Stamina: Infinite (The Taken do not tire)
Range: Multiversal with teleportation (Taken can teleport to and throughout the Ascendant Plane), at least Hundreds of Kilometers otherwise
Standard Equipment: Taken Blight, Hive boomer
Intelligence: Above Average (Able to hide from both Savathûn and Oryx for untold ages, stealing enough power to become a 'Prince'. Able to invoke and command the remaining Taken in Oryx's wake, with him being the most likely to become the new Taken King. Eris Morn considers him to be an immediate threat that must be dealt with)
Weaknesses: None notable
Feats:
*Hid his treachery from both Savathûn and Oryx for long enough to become an Ascendant hive.
*His actions impressed Oryx enough for Oryx to let him keep what he had accumulated and bestow him with his Taken form.
*After the death of Oryx, would have become the new Taken King if not stopped.
*Mastered the power of the Taken blight, bending it to his will.
*Considered an immediate threat by Eris Morn, a former Guardian most knowledgeable on the Hive due to her encounter with Crota.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
*Fist of Darkness: Malok punches the ground, creating a large shockwave capable of instantly killing Guardians.
*Summon Taken: Malok summons legions of Taken to overwhelm the Guardians.
*Burn Projectiles: Malok emits a stream of fire, causing a lingering burning effect on the ground around where it hits. This is capable of quickly incinerating guardians, and a direct hit is usually lethal.
*Axion Dart: Malok fires off a mass of Void projectiles that aggressively seek out and track Guardians. They are known to be able to kill a Guardian.
*Taken Blight: Being Taken, Malok passively exhudes the blight, spreading the effects of the Taken wherever he goes. Unlike other Taken, Malok has achieved mastery over this power in Oryx's absence. He can consciously utilize its effects, rather than it merely being a consequence of his existence. With this power, Malok can summon legions of Taken on a whim, fill areas with blights, teleport himself across vast distances (from the rings of Saturn to Earth's Moon, empower other Taken, and even spawn blights directly on top of Guardians.
Shadow Touched A debuff inflicted by smaller Taken Blights. This debuff disables double jump abilities, teleportation, nullifies any regenerative effects, and drastically slows down movement speed while applying damage over time. The much larger blight that he made in the center of the room instantly kills Guardians on contact.
==Gallery==
Malok.png|Malok prepares to slam
Malok_slam.png|Malok uses Fist of Darkness
No_weapons_Malok.png|Malok eschews the use of his Boomer 
==Notable Matchups==
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