Editing Ammonite

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|name= Ammonite
|othernames= Ammonites
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|focalworld= [[Fundament]]
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|distinctions= Six-armed cephalopods
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|notable-group= [[Ammonite Satellite Congress]]
|notable-person= [[Chroma-Admiral Rafriit]]
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{{Quote|The fifty-two moons of Fundament host a starfaring civilization far more sophisticated than anything you’ve encountered so far''[....]'' where a species of bony six-armed cephalopods keeps their icy capital. Savathûn’s named them the Ammonite.|Worm Gods<ref name="One">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIV:_52_and_One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref>}}
The '''Ammonites''' were an intelligent species who arose on one of the moons of the gas giant [[Fundament]].<ref name="One"/> They were destroyed by the early [[Hive]].<ref name="Crusaders">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIX:_Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]</ref>

==Overview==
The Ammonites were bony, six-armed cephalopods who evolved on an icy moon of Fundament.<ref name="One"/> At some point, the [[Traveler]] arrived at the planet and became a patron of the Ammonites,<ref name="One"/> who built an advanced spacefaring civilization with paracausal technology that spanned all of Fundament's fifty-two moons.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVI:_The_Sword_Logic|XVI: The Sword Logic]]''</ref> The Traveler's disciple, the [[Leviathan]] who lived in Fundament's ocean layer and kept the [[Worm]]s at bay, was revered by the Ammonites almost as much as the Traveler.<ref name="Rises">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVIII:_Leviathan_Rises|XVIII: Leviathan Rises]]''</ref> 

The Ammonite civilization was governed by the Ammonite Satellite Congress,<ref name="Weakness">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVII:_The_Weakness_Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref> and its military forces were under the command of Chroma-Admiral Rafriit at the time the [[Hive]] were created.<ref name="Prey">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XV:_Born_As_Prey|XV: Born As Prey]]''</ref> They also had contact with the [[Ecumene]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXV:_Dictata_ir_Dakaua|XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua]]''</ref>

==History==
The Ammonites prospered under the Traveler's patronage until the early Hive conquered the species of Fundament and gained the technology to build spaceships.<ref name="Sky">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIII:_Into_the_Sky|XIII: Into the Sky]]''</ref> The proto-Hive [[Taox]], who the Hive's trio of leaders had sworn to kill, was granted asylum by the Ammonites. The Worms attempted to persuade them otherwise but failed.<ref name="One"/> In their pursuit of Taox, the Hive waged war against the Ammonites, but their initial victories were reversed by the clever strategies of [[Chroma-Admiral Rafriit]] and [[Auryx]]'s desire to reach a peaceful accommodation between their two races. Victory for the Ammonites seemed likely as the Hive were driven to the core of Fundament's sixth moon.<ref name="Prey"/>

Auryx's sister [[Savathûn]] killed him for his weakness, however, and when the powers of the Worms and the [[Darkness]] returned Auryx to life, his resolve was strengthened and the Hive began an all-out offensive to crush the Ammonites.<ref name="Weakness"/> In the last, desperate days of the war, the Leviathan attempted to flee Fundament for the Ammonite capital moon. Rafriit and his personal guard accompanied the Leviathan on its journey, but the Hive defeated them.<ref name="Rises"/> The Leviathan was slain and fed to the Worms, the Ammonites were wiped out, and Taox and the Traveler fled.<ref name="Rises"/><ref name="Crusaders"/>

Adding insult to injury, the Hive colonized the Ammonites' moons and converted them into mobile fortresses,<ref name="Sky"/> with which they continued their pursuit of Taox and the Traveler.<ref name="Crusaders"/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVI:_Eater_of_Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The Ammonites' home moon bears slight resemblance to {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Europa_(moon) Europa]}}, where life is hypothesised to exist beneath the icy exterior.
*One of the legends of the [[Nine]] states they come from a similar aquatic origin, either [[Europa]] or [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Ghost_Fragment:_Legends_2| Ghost Fragment: Legends 2]]''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]''
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{First mentioned}}

==References==
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[[Category:Races]]