wtf kinda vocab did my eyes lay on.

I believe they've stated somewhere they are ripped through space and time through the darkness. It makes them stronger. About the god part Luke smith already hinted on it in the GI interview. He seems to be more of a figure head. I assume it is very similar to old Egyptian/Medieval hierarchy mixed with the animal pack/family mentality. Luke smith said he was knighted. Idk how realistic this is but it seems to be almost as a dictatorship/cult. He came to power and they live for a very long time, therefore his son, which might be more of an apprentice (see last paragraph) would be next in succession. Maybe when the time came Crota would overthrow Orxy as maybe Orxy overthrew his "father", etc. A knight might have moved up rank and Orxy saw this and raised him through the ranks (ritual-progressions.) We know Ogres are Thralls that have been warped by the wizards. Maybe this is the case with knights. Metamorphous seems to be a theme with the hive. Husk of the pit, Thralls, Acolytes. Thrall are the basest as said in the cards. They go to either Acolytes or Ogres. Acolytes transform to Knights (maybe also wizards as well) through a ritual, as their cards says they seek ascension. Knights wield some form of magic through being able to conjure a shield of darkness. Knights then turn into higher forms of them selves. Gulrots card talk about the wizards preforming a metamorphosis on I assume a hive ogre. There are all these different speciality names/positions (flame prince, wretched, fist, hated, swarm princes, etc) There also could be a chance that Orxy is alpha male and mates or whatever with other (breeder?) hive. This means everyone has the chance to be the next "Crota." Maybe they are all his children and the thrall are like the larva form of the hive.

Yeah I feel bad for the knight in trailer 2 of the weekly update. Knight "My king." Oryx turns around. Knight "I come with the most dire of news. Your son, prince Crota, has met his demise. From CheeseSando and a series of snickering guardians who enjoy to kneel on one another's bodies." Oryx stunned stares off with that blank look that all hive always have, except this time it's just a little extra emotionless. Knight "I'm sorry my lord, what is our plan." Oryx "we fight." Knight *spits out his Red Bull mid sip (brought to you by Red Bull and 7-11. Red Bull: it gives you wings.) Oryx "why do you insult me by spilling this Holy Nectar brought to us by 7-11 on this sacred ground" Knight "as in today? Because I have a date with Cheryl tonight and it's the 3rd date... Kind of hoping tonight we get thrall nasty." Oryx "I'll pay you overtime." Knight "but I'm salary, we don't get over-" oryx grabs his wrist and turns him into Taken. The 2 remaining Knights kneel before their Dark Ruler and ask what the plan is. Oryx sips his Red Bull (Brought to you by Red Bull and 7-11. Red Bull it gives you wings) "We're gonna get Cheese'd" This has been another Cheese Sando original. Presented to you by Red Bull and 7-11. Red Bull: It gives you wings.

We know that there are other gods in the hive pantheon, so perhaps the taken hive are just other gods' followers that oryx took for himself? It would be kind of interesting to see the dynamics of the hibe pantheon and how maybe they disagree on certain things, like conquering our solar system.

Do you know of the new strike boss, the Darkblade Alak-Hul? Apparently he has been imprisoned for resisting Oryx, so I guess all hive do not have the same ideas about what to do.

English mother -blam!-er, do you speak it?!

Like the Fallen, not all Hive i believe are "evil". They may be dark, but not of ill intent... only hostile due to the same two opposing sides of any war fight. Now Hive have also been shown to be forced to fight us. Urzok existed as an executioner... he kills Hive who refuse or fail to carry out orders. Their weapons represent pain, sorrow, fear, death, etc. Their entire structure of ranking is based on fear. Oryx, Crota, Omnigul, all have positions over the rest of the Hive that are solely based on fear. Thrall is synonymous with slave. Phogoth was chained up and tortured. See where im getting at this? Oryx doesn't care about the Hive under his command. And if he does, he becomes an embodiment of the saddness and anger and hate associated with losing them... even if he is the one responsible. To Inflict pain on the Hive....is to make them stronger. Oryx is just forcing their ways upon the rest of the races. Just my thoughts.

If you watch the prologue cinematic, three hive knights literally kneel before Oryx and offer themselves. I believe becoming Taken makes them stronger, but soulless.

Well crota chose to use the hive to destroy us which failed, so now oryx is using his dark power on other races to try gain an extra advantage for revenge, he knows hive couldn't stop us

Aztec gods required rituals of horrible sacrifice to appease them. Imagine walking up the pyramid barefoot on shattered clay jars, to then have your heart cut out. Being "Taken" is equivalent.

They gave them self to him to be upgraded

Just speculating, but he isn't a god in the literal sense. He's a mortal being, that apparently is very good at manipulating other beings, and the ones that aren't manipulated, are forced. This happens in real life, too. Xerxes, Hitler, Stalin as examples.

I tought I saw a putty cat.

They gave themselves over to him willingly to be vessels for his dark power, the hive anyway, the other races are taken