Just look up the Collective and press Join. Yes, I believe that Oryx got his 'Taken' powers when he was knighted and gifted the Osmium Throne. The Collective's resident Hive experts compares the Hive gods to the Ancient Greek Pantheons: Urrox is a demigod; Crota is a god; Oryx is a titan; and Eir, Ur, Xol, and Yul are primordial forces. There are many other gods though