ENEMIES Now that we have covered the Guardians and there vast amount of weaponry we will discuss the enemies of destiny. (All of this info is thanks to Matt Miller’s interview with Bungie) THE FALLEN http://i.imgur.com/mBw32Rb.jpg The Fallen This vicious race of pirates is a scavenging menace from deep space. Once a proud and honorable species split into various noble houses, hey have fallen from grace into a nomadic and parasitic path. Its members still wear distinct sigils representing their house allegiance, amid he mismatched and tattered armor and cloth they’ve each pilfered. Their bodies have an arachnid-like quality, visually reinforced by four arms. Shoot a Fallen in the head, and their souls seem to lift up and away like wisps. Their mechanized vehicle units carry overtones of Japanese mecha, and their ships appear like rusted futuristic submarines. The Fallen DREGS are the lowest rung of society, so reviled that they’ve had two of their arms removed. http://i.imgur.com/vJ5Cn5D.png The VANDALS are a tier above, wielding swords and guns as they charge into battle. http://i.imgur.com/Iuap9rN.png Fallen CAPTAINS coordinate battles, and their hulking armor, long capes, and energy shields give them an unmistakable authority in the field. Sometimes, http://i.imgur.com/ZLPcQAT.png Fallen enter battle with mechanical Shanks to aid them – hovering turrets to harry their foes. THE CABAL http://i.imgur.com/hKzSJhV.jpg The Cabal The unstoppable engine of war powers the Cabal, an industrial, militaristic empire that spreads its corruption through organized and efficient expansion and unwavering resolve. Everything about the Cabal is big, from their bulky capital ships to their heavily armored soldiers, who appear as lumbering space rhinos. Cabal architecture is dirty and menacing, smoke issuing from vents and messy oil pouring down the sides. Kill a Cabal soldier, and they collapse with a crash and squirt dark oil from their livery. Like an unstoppable Roman empire from space, the hierarchical Cabal is spreading out to take the solar system for their own. LEGIONNAIRES toe the line and charge straight into battle. http://i.imgur.com/Seqi0HE.png The tougher CENTURIONS stay mobile thanks to jump jets that blast them across the battlefield. http://i.imgur.com/uHdiSvh.png GLADIATORS lead through their own ferocious size and strength, often wielding devastating Gatling Guns. http://i.imgur.com/uqVvspl.png A smaller Cabal variant called Psions (Sorry haven’t found a picture of these guys yet) harness the power of their minds to confront enemies and pilot the Cabal’s barn like ships, adding an unexpected twist to the other wise uniform army. THE VEX http://i.imgur.com/acVM6tv.jpg The Vex Picture the classic science fiction machine race, and mix it with the inscrutable motives of a timeworn Lovecraftian nightmare monster, and you get the Vex. They arrive in the solar system via warp gates, likely from another time in the past or future. Robotic bodies still carry a hint of organic components, and individual bodies might be humanoid, creature-shaped, or in between, but often with long, vicious clawed fingers. The seemingly illogical geometric designs of their structures come together like giant ant hills, but these stone citadels must hold some significance that is unknown to humanity. Head shots do little to slow their advance, but target their abdomen power cores, and a burst of glowing liquid signals their destruction. Vex bear names drawn from mythology. Plentiful swarms of GOBLINS harass and over whelm http://i.imgur.com/wcbTpdT.png , and their larger Hobgoblin (No Picture of this guys yet) cousins are distinguished by their tails, MINOTAURSare larger still broad-shouldered robotic menaces that glare out from three glowing eyes. http://i.imgur.com/9VZOiTL.png Hydras (no picture yet) are segmented machines that float through the air to attack; each segment bears its own turret, and these robotic centipedes fire those turrets as they wriggle through the air Finally, the smaller Harpies (no picture yet) fly rapidly in and out of a fight, occasionally pausing to open up their shells to reveal a writhing mass of filaments before they begin firing. THE HIVE http://i.imgur.com/XRdTwkD.jpg The Hive Inspired by the classic undead from fantasy fiction, the Hive are an impossibly ancient race that has kept themselves alive on tomblike sarcophagus ships. The Hive delves deep into a planetoid, unheeding of the damage they do in the process, crafting linked caverns and gothic-inspired columns. Their underground spaces are like a dungeon that has only recently been pulled up from too long under water. Destroy them, and their dry, mummy-like flesh ignites in a shower of dust and embers. In keeping with the theme, the Hive have names drawn from fantasy. THRALLS http://i.imgur.com/5xRGwvn.jpg attack in a shambling mob, usually unarmoured and without weapons. Troopers (haven’t found a picture of one yet) do the bulk of the combat, but are often assisted by KNIGHTSwielding enormous cleavers. http://i.imgur.com/am8s5Xa.jpg WIZARDS wear long, crumbling robes and fly overhead to unleash their spells, drawing on the power of the Darkness to fuel their powers. http://i.imgur.com/p1LB8Nc.jpg Delve deep enough, and eventually you’re likely to find an Ogre, a gigantic mass of muscle and rage that might stomp you to death if it doesn’t catch you with a blast of violet energy from its head. http://i.imgur.com/AOn9q9t.jpg