

The use of the Hive Runes on Titan show a completely different system than the ones on the Dreadnaught. It will be a killing ground and a school of the sword logic we have learned from our gods.”

“I shall establish a court, and whoever comes into this court may challenge me. The Court of Oryx runes and their use in the Interloper Ritual show the additive nature of the Court and are a reflection of Oryx’s decree upon creating the court: This is also evident in the King’s Fall raid during the Warpriest and Gogorth encounters, as the Hive tablets that are used are structured in a grid-like fashion. This could be a reflection of Oryx, as he prided himself on having order in his family. The structure and use of the runes are very rigid, suggesting uniformity and purpose. The majority of the Hive runes uncovered were originally discovered on Luna and Dreadnaught. Oryx was more practical and orderly with the structure and placement of the runes, while his scheming sister, Savathun is more chaotic and unruly. While the language itself is the same in Destiny 1 and 2, the general use and form are different. It is possible that the Shadows of Yor discovered new runes as they translated the Hive Tome found on Dredgen Yor’s ship. They are the same style of runes as the ones found on the ‘alphabet’ sigil and Court of Oryx runes, with an additional new type of rune: half runes. On the cover of the Lore book, For Every Rose a Thorn, there are new Hive runes (circled in lavender). These Hive runes are various combinations of the Court of Oryx runes. Above the room where the ritual is held, there are various glowing Hive runes. (Reciprocal)Īlso present in the Hall of Souls is the Interloper Ritual, where various Hive are praying and speaking in a ritualistic fashion. There are three tiers of Court of Oryx: Reciprocal, Stolen, and Antiquated. The runes are used to summon various ascendant Hive, which are members of Oryx’s High War. These runes are only present on the Dreadnaught in the Court of Oryx area, Hall of Souls. Independent of the ‘alphabet’ sigil, there are also the Court Of Oryx Runes. The base glyphs are used on a variety of things including Shriekers, hadium flake chests on the Dreadnaught, and Tomb Husks.

If you put the two together, you get the alphabet sigil present in Destiny 2. This one has the 5th, 1st 2nd and 3rd row of the sigil. There is another console in the Asylum which is used with the Agonarch Rune. This console has the 5th, 1st, 3rd and 4th row of the sigil. Each dial on the console was a ‘row’ of the sigil.įor example on the Dreadnaught, in the Hull Breach (as seen above), there is a console used to summon hive with the Wormsinger Rune. The base glyphs were first independently found on the Dreadnaught and the Moon on various consoles. This sigil, in particular, is in the Hall of Exalted in the Jetsum of Saturn, where you find a secret chest after defeating the Mindbender. The Hive ‘Alphabet’ sigil (The term alphabet is used loosely here as it seems the Hive do not actually have an alphabet) has a total of 18 character glyphs and 5 linear glyphs, which shall be referred to as the 23 “base glyphs” for their common usage by the Hive.
