"...and the priest asked a question that the Daughters of Oryx could not. If Oryx can't be resurrected, can he be remade?" - Toland, Random patrol on the moon. Oryx's return is inevitable. He will be final Champion of the Darkness. This is will post address why he is coming and why he is Destiny best antagonist both lore and storywise. 1) No one can replace him as the Taken King Since Oryx's death, many have tried to take his place as the new Taken King and failed. Savathun now controls the Taken, but she controls them through Quria's simulation of Oryx. It's already been speculated that Oryx gave the vex mind to Savathun with the intention of it killing her. “If it kills you, then you deserve to die.” Oryx says it with a quiet thrill, a happy thrill, because it is good to say the truth. - Books of Sorrow verse 5:2 2) The Hive needs him When Savathun fails, Xivu Arath will be left, but War can't come alone. "I secretly believe that I will be stronger with Oryx to war against." - Xivu Arath, Book of Sorrow 4:5. He needs someone as strong as Oryx to fight against. Vision 47: "he first comes in a shadow. A window becomes a door. An ebb becomes a gulf. The second comes in bones. Tithes offering feasts, carrying laws. A path torn, minds shattered. The third does not come alone. It cannot. Our truths woven into their being, desires beyond our own. The first needs the second to fail, the third needs the first to succeed. The second will never cease, yet the first always prevails. The third is born of all outcomes. Unless, all ends flow from the same pit." The first is Oryx. The second is Savathun. The third is Xivu Arath and he needs Oryx to prevail. 3) The Darkness needs a champion "The Darkness will rise, and choose its champions. They will be its hands, its will and its voice. And some of the light will hear its words." - Osiris, Prophecy of Osiris Comic Oryx is one of the few characters few that have spoken with the Darkness. Oryx truly believes the Darkness is the final shape and spent is life serving it. Although we can't say who the champions are, we can say Oryx certainly fits the bill. 4) Because we killed him Oryx believes that if you die then you deserve it because you failed to understand something. The same logic applies to Oryx. When Oryx returns he will realize his failure against us. He failed to recognize the Guardian as a worthy opponent and that Light is a source of power. He will do as has done before and seek out the universe's secrets. The secrets of the Pyramid people, his Worm Gods, and the Darkness. Last time he emerged as the Taken King. I wonder what form he will take. For Oryx death is a gift. 5) His story is our story Born mere mortals into a war as old as time. Died countless times and have learned through each experience. Lived with only a vague understanding of the truth. Both will have known failure. Failure? I mean the Guardian is set to fail in Destiny 3 and in that failure the Guardian accepts Darkness. This part I believe is what Shadowkeep has set the stage for. Although similar our journeys have been we find ourselves on opposite sides of the battlefield 6) Theme. The truth of Light and Darkness Oryx swore that he would never stop seeking to understand. The final battle will prove who is right. Oryx will bring his Darkness and the Guardian will bring within him/her Light and Darkness in balance. Oryx must know the Truth.