Venom of Oryx

The Venom of Oryx is a secret sect of the Hive devoted solely to serving Oryx and carrying out special interest missions that he assigns them to take care of. The sect is most likely lead by Kandorak.

Description
A secret sect of the Hive veiled away to carry out missions that no one knows of. The Venom of Oryx are a form of task force who go on missions behind enemy lines and are comprised of Ascendant Knights both Hive and Taken alike. The Hive Knights are represented by a faded pale brass color and green glowing eyes. Very little is known about their numbers or their locations but it is clear that they came from the Dreadnaught when Oryx arrived in Saturn. Like the Blood of Oryx they are his direct servants only they are his silent warriors. They are able warp to and from places which is how they were able to get into Bunker RAS-2 in the quest mission The First Firewall.

The only sighting of them was when a Guardian investigated a strange signal coming from the Warmind Rasputin's bunker. It was here that the Venom of Oryx warped out of the Darkness in waves of both Hive and Taken Knights and engaged the Guardian. During the final wave the plausible leader of the Venom Kandorak appeared and was promptly slain by the Guardian.

Weapons
The Venom of Oryx are notable by the unique Hive weaponry they use. While the Taken Knights use boomers, most of the Hive Knights comprising the sect use a void damage shredder which is not a common weapon to see among Hive Knights.The Ascendant Knights can also project a Wall of Darkness to shield themselves from fire.

Tactics
There has only ever been one encounter with the Venom of Oryx but from the fight the Taken stay back and fire off boomer rounds at Guardians from a distance. The Hive Knights split off, half or them stay back and fire at a distance where as the other half chase down the Guardian they are attacking, more than often these Knights that give chase utilize the void Shredders. The sect was able to warp into the bunker without having to get in through the conventional way, so it could be speculated that they could randomly spawn or be summoned in various ways to surround a Guardian.

Notable Members

 * Kandorak