The books of Sorrow mentions Oryx taking countless species long before his arrival to the Solar System, and I think the April Update would have been the perfect opportunity to add just one individual from one of those other species. Instead we got Malok, another Hive Knight that happened to be Taken, and a head made of chewing gum (so creative). For example, in the Books of Sorrow, Oryx took the emperor of a birdlike species. She was really formidable, and able to cut through the "war moons," the Hive used as ships for mass transport. [quote]On the fifth pace, the Tai Emperor Raven comes home to her Bridge, and she cuts a moon with her talons, she cuts it open and kills its brood. On the sixth pace, Oryx speaks, saying, listen to me, Emperor Raven, and I will describe to you the Last True Shape, which is written on my tablet. And he puts out his fist, full of black fire, and he swallows up the Emperor Raven with a wound. Aiat! Only Oryx knows this power, the power to take. On the seventh pace, the Perfect Raven comes out of Oryx’s wound, and she spreads her wings across Taishibeth. Never again is a Taishibethi child born. She is perfect, she enacts the will of Oryx. (Verse 4:0 — a golden amputation)[/quote] #ThatsSoEmperorRaven THAT is what I wanted to fight. Malok had a fairly unique model for a Hive knight, so I think the resources to make a member of a completely new (or ancient) species were there. The whole Taken era is passing though, so the opportunity is likely gone, but a lesson can be learned from it. This is not just about the April Update; this is just one example of a missed opportunity to bring the lore into the game, and the disconnect between the universe of the lore and the universe of the game. [b]Bungie, If you have a completely valid and perfect opening like this to bring your lore into the game, please take it next time.[/b] I hope there's someone in the writing department fighting for this kind of thing. Without that, I don't think we will ever see lore figures like Savathun, Xivu Arath, Taox, or the Emperor Raven in a Destiny game, instead, we'll just get random ones pulled out of the devs' bums like "Nokris" and "Malok." The universe of the game and the universe of the lore should feel like the same thing, but they don't.