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The '''Ecumene''' (or '''Amiable Ecumene''') was an interstellar government composed of multiple advanced spacefaring species in a distant galaxy. It was destroyed by the [[Hive]].

The Ecumene was a peaceful alliance of multiple technologically-advanced spacefaring species, including the [[Dakaua]], and was well over twenty thousand years old by the time the Hive first encountered it. Member species were known as clients of the Ecumene. Prior to the advent of the [[Hive]], the Ecumene maintained contact with the [[Ammonite]] civilization of [[Fundament]] and were aware of its destruction, but not of its cause.<ref name="XXV">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxv-dictata-ir-dakaua '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua'']</ref>

The Ecumene was led by the Ecumene Crisis Council during the war against the Hive, which had the authority to marshal the economic and technological resources of all civilizations for the war effort. Its military, the Ecumene Status Army, utilized soldiers or weapons called "war angels". Its level of technology was considerable; [[Xivu Arath]] described them as "lords of matter and physical law," and they regularly destroyed entire planets in order to kill Hive leadership.<ref name="XXVI">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxvi-star-by-star-by-star '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXVI: Star by Star by Star'']</ref><ref name="XXVII">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxvii-eat-the-sky '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXVII: Eat the Sky'']</ref><ref name="XXXIV">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/more-beautiful-to-know '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXXIV: More beautiful to know'']</ref>

The [[Vex]] possessed a gate within Ecumene territory, though the extent of their presence is unknown.<ref name="Forty Three">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xliii-end-of-failed-timeline '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XLIII: End of Failed Timeline'']</ref>

This strategy of overwhelming force proved effective for a time, and the Hive's advanced stalled. In response, [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] acquired the power to [[Taken|Take]] from the [[Worm]] [[Akka]], the power of the [[Darkness]] itself, and rapidly regained the advantage. The Ecumene Crisis Council met and determined that the Ecumene and its species faced extinction within two hundred twenty years, and should therefore devote every aspect of its civilization to fighting the Hive. While this bought the Ecumene some time, the Hive's victory was now inevitable. After a century of war, the Ecumene Crisis Council was killed by Oryx at a place called the Fractal Wreath. Forty years after that, Oryx deceived the Dakaua and eliminated them. The Ecumene fled from their galaxy into the intergalactic void and were pursued by the Hive. One thousand years later, the Ecumene had been annihilated so utterly that only the Hive and Taox, who had managed to flee, remembered it.<ref name="XXVII"/><ref name="XXIX">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxix-carved-in-ruin '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXIX: Carved in Ruin'']</ref>