Auryx and The Worm Symbiosis
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The three sisters choose the Darkness of the Deep, but like Eve in the Garden, they are influenced by a soft voice whispering in their ears, villainizing the Leviathan, and motivating them to action through fear. The voice is that of a worm which was the late Osmium King’s familiar. Sathona stole the worm as she fled her homeworld, and it spoke to her and her sisters.
The worm called Yul appeals to Aurash:
“I am Yul, the Honest Worm[…]
I am fecund, Aurash. I am at the beginning and end of lives.
Behold Eir, and Xol, and Ur, and Akka. The Virtuous Worms. Look upon us, and know that We are go[o]d.
For millions of years We have been [trapped|growing] in the Deep. From across the stars We have called life to Fundament, so that it might contend against extinction. For millennia We have awaited you… our beloved hosts.
Against you stand the cruel Leviathan and all the forces of the Sky. They would crush you down into the dark. They have arranged their moons to drown you, in fear of your potential.
We want to help you, Princes. We offer to each of you a bargain… a symbiosis.
Take into your bodies our children, our newborn larvae. From them you shall obtain eternal life. From them you shall gain power over your own fragile flesh: the power to make of it as you will.” – IX: The Bargain
Aurash takes the deal. She and her sisters engage in the vampiric symbiosis. With the worm’s encouragement, they return to their homeworld to spread the worm throughout their population and to kill all who resist. The Hive we know begin to form, declaring war against, Taox, the Leviathan and the Sky.
In her new symbiosis, Aurash takes on the name Auryx and begins to use male pronouns.
“The worm grants you power over your own flesh, Aurash. When you’ve taken the king morph, what will your adult name be? Auryx. It means Long Thought. We approve.” – X: Immortals
Also Sathona becomes, “Savathûn, mother morph” and Xi Ro becomes “Xivu Arath, knight morph.”
