History of Akka

Akka, the Worm of Secrets, was one of the five Worm Gods of Hive mythology, ancient beings second only to The Deep in the Hive pantheon. Akka held secret power that the Hive king Auryx sought, and Auryx considered that power gifted rather than taken, which he saw as untrue to the Deep. Oryx, who was Auryx before he became the Taken King, killed Akka in the Ascendant Realm to steal its knowledge, and then communed with the Deep and gained the power to Take.

Akka's status is recorded differently across sources. The Destinypedia Worm Gods article lists Akka as incapacitated, and says Akka remained active in some form and battled Oryx after the Golden Amputation. Oryx recovered a fragment of Akka's shell and used it to build the Dreadnaught, which is Akka's final resting place. The Dreadnaught's size suggests Akka was comparable to a small celestial body.