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{{Location infobox
{{Location infobox
|image= [[File:Carousel MAPS Generic.jpg|350px]]
|image= [[File:Carousel MAPS Generic.jpg|350px]]
|planet= Unknown, Out of Time<br>[[Mars]] {{c|Portal at [[Valley of the Kings]]; destroyed by [[Red Legion]]}}<br>[[Moon]] {{c|Portal under the [[Lunar Battlegrounds]]}}
|factions= [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Sol Progeny]] <br> [[Precursors]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Descendants]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Virgo Prohibition]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Taken]]
|factions= [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Sol Progeny]] <br> [[Precursors]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Descendants]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Virgo Prohibition]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Taken]]
|connecting areas= [[Tharsis Junction]] <small>(quest only)</small><br>[[Valley of the Kings]]<br>[[Lunar Battlegrounds]] <small>(Raid only)</small>
|connecting areas= [[Tharsis Junction]] <small>(quest only)</small><br>[[Valley of the Kings]]<br>[[Lunar Battlegrounds]] <small>(Raid only)</small>
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{{Quote|A trillion timelines, and all at war. Like a thousand red flowers growing in a black garden.|[[Lakshmi-2]]}}
{{Quote|A trillion timelines, and all at war. Like a thousand red flowers growing in a black garden.|[[Lakshmi-2]]}}


The '''Black Garden''' is a mysterious realm located outside of space and time. Described as the birthplace of the [[Vex]], it once housed the [[Black Heart]], a failed replica of [[The Veil|the Veil]] that was used to weaken [[The Traveler|the Traveler]], and is tended and guarded by the Vex collective known as the [[Sol Divisive]].<ref name = "Destiny">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>. It was also once used by the [[Ahamkara]] [[Taranis]] as his lair, and serves as his resting place after he sacrificed himself to scatter his and [[Riven]]'s clutch of eggs.
The '''Black Garden''' is a mysterious realm located outside of space and time. Described as the birthplace of the [[Vex]], It houses the [[Black Heart]], a failed replica of [[The Veil|the Veil]] that is used to weaken [[The Traveler|the Traveler]], and is tended and guarded by the Vex collective known as the [[Sol Divisive]], led by 3 frames collectively called the [[Sol Progeny]].<ref name = "Destiny">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>. It was also the lair once used by [[Taranis]] to make his nest before making his final wish to scatter his and [[Riven]]'s clutch.


==Overview==
==Overview==
The Black Garden is a surreal place where "everything grows" and abstract patterns and ideas appear to bleed into physical reality.<ref name = "In the Garden"/><ref name="On the Hunt">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#On the Hunt|On the Hunt]]''</ref> It is lush and heavily vegetated, with countless species of plants growing amidst Vex structures built by the Sol Divisive. Two notable species of plant are [[Asphodelia]], a red-blossomed flower which can be used to create a panacea, and a large unnamed plant whose bulbs expand into broad, platform-like leaves when struck with force.   
The nature, origin and purpose of the Black Garden remains shrouded in mystery. According to [[Pujari]], the Garden is a reflection of the Traveler's actions: when it terraformed [[Mars]], the Garden either came to be or changed in response. The mesa-like structure in the center of the Garden strongly resembles the [[Cradle]] left behind by the Traveler on [[Io]], which was also seemingly a product of the Traveler's terraforming activities. However, it was not created by the Traveler.<ref name = "Pujari"/> When the Sol Divisive Vex arrived, they attempted to control it and impose their own changes through rigorous engineering and earth-moving.<ref name="In the Garden">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#In the Garden|In the Garden]]''</ref>


Within the Garden, ideas and concepts are carried on the wind as audible whispers, and introducing new ideas into the Garden's conceptual environment, such as through speech, causes those ideas to "take root" in the Garden; for example, when Uldren conversed with a [[Cabal]] [[Legionary]] in Ulurant, this led to the whispers taking on aspects of Ulurant grammar. The Sol Divisive Vex are particularly interested in the Black Garden because its effects on them ''"[grow] them toward what they want to be."'', and they have been observed to "sing" in order to ''"see how the Garden changes their song."''<ref name="After Part 2">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#After the Heart | Part II|After the Heart | Part II]]''</ref><ref name="On the Hunt"/>  
The Black Garden is a place where ''"everything grows"''  and where ''"abstract patterns war for survival, fighting to propagate themselves by preying on each other."''<ref name = "In the Garden"/><ref name="On the Hunt">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#On the Hunt|On the Hunt]]''</ref> Thoughts such as ideas and concepts are carried on the wind in the form of whispers, ''"sentences with just the beginnings of syntax"''. Introducing new ideas into its conceptual environment, such as through speech, causes those ideas to "take root" in the Garden. Uldren conversing to a [[Cabal]] [[Legionary]] in Ulurant led to the whispers taking on aspects of Ulurant grammar. Even the Vex there sing (''"faint, wraithlike notes of inhuman clarity"'') to ''"see how the Garden changes their song."''<ref name="On the Hunt"/> The Sol Divisive Vex are particularly interested in the Black Garden because its effects on them ''"[grow] them toward what they want to be."''<ref name="After Part 2">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#After the Heart | Part II|After the Heart | Part II]]''</ref>


Prolonged exposure to the Black Garden's environment can be dangerous. The concepts being whispered there are potentially a contagious "brainstain" hazard. The Legionary who Uldren spoke to had been exposed to the Garden for an unknown length of time, and ended up having its "secrets" grown into him in the form of thousands of tiny seeds pockmarking his skull, imparting him with knowledge of the Vex.<ref name="On the Hunt"/> It is stated that everything that dwells in the Garden becomes symbiotic with it as an extension of its growth, whether it be shedding leaves that fertilize the soil, or the bones or unspoken thoughts of individuals.  
Prolonged exposure to the Black Garden's environment can be dangerous. The concepts being whispered there are potentially a contagious "brainstain" hazard. The Legionary who Uldren spoke to had been exposed to the Garden for an unknown length of time, and ended up having its "secrets" grown into him in the form of thousands of tiny seeds pockmarking his skull, imparting him with knowledge of the Vex.<ref name="On the Hunt"/> It is even stated that everything that dwells in the Garden becomes symbiotic with it as an extension of its growth, whether it be shedding leaves that fertilize the soil, or the bones or unspoken thoughts of individuals.  


When it was initially accessed from a Vex portal on Mars, the sky of the Black Garden appeared as a thick green veil of mist, but after the destruction of the Black Heart, it became more clear and centered in what appeared to be in a cavern within the Martian landscape. When it was later accessed from the moon, the Black Garden also appeared with a misty sky, but with three suns along with a planet and its orbiting moon.  
The sky of the Martian Black Garden initially appeared as a thick green veil of mist but after the destruction of the Black Heart, it appeared more clear and centered in what appeared to be in a cavern within the Martian landscape. The Lunar Black Garden also appeared with a misty sky, but with three Suns along with a planet and its orbiting moon.  


===Accessibility===
===Accessibility===
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==History==
==History==
===Origins===
===Origins===
The nature, origin and purpose of the Black Garden remain shrouded in mystery. According to the [[Warlock]] [[Pujari]], who experienced visions of the Black Garden, the Garden is in some way a product or reflection of the [[Traveler]]'s terraforming of [[Mars]]; however, he was careful to state that this was "''not the beginning but it is the reason.''"<ref name = "Pujari"/> The mesa-like structure in the center of the Garden strongly resembles the [[Cradle]]s left behind by the Traveler on [[Mars]] and [[Io]], which were also seemingly a product of the Traveler's terraforming activities.
The origins of the Black Garden are largely unknown; however, it bears many similarities to an allegorical description of the primordial state of reality, itself described as a "[[garden]]", in which the Winnower and the Gardener existed before the universe began. It is unclear whether the two locations are the same; however, [[Eris Morn]] writes of a [[Tree of Silver Wings]] that was felled in the Black Garden, which would seem to suggest that she believes the Black Garden to indeed be the same as the primordial garden that gave rise to the universe.


The Black Garden bears many similarities to an allegorical description of the primordial state of reality, itself described as a "[[Garden]]", in which the entities known as the Winnower and the Gardener existed before the universe began. It is unclear whether the two locations are the same; [[Eris Morn]] writes of a [[Tree of Silver Wings]] that was felled in the Black Garden, which would suggest that the Black Garden to indeed be the same as the primordial garden that gave rise to the universe.
At some point, the Vex collective known as the Sol Divisive came to reside within the Black Garden, transforming it with their architecture and machinery where the [[Conceptual Mind]] would construct the Black Heart from a seed that had been planted in the Black Garden by the [[The Witness|Witness]].<ref>'''Bungie (02/28/2023)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore:Inspiral]]: [[Lore:Inspiral#Brass Gardeners|Brass Gardeners]]''</ref>
 
At some point, the Vex collective known as the Sol Divisive came to reside within the Black Garden, and attempted to control it and impose their own changes through rigorous engineering and earth-moving.<ref name="In the Garden">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#In the Garden|In the Garden]]''</ref>


===Post-Collapse and City Age===  
===Post-Collapse and City Age===  
Following the apparent loss of the [[The Veil|Veil]] during the [[Collapse]], the [[The Witness|Witness]] visited the Black Garden and left behind a "seed" that would be used by the [[Conceptual Mind]] to construct the [[Black Heart]], which was intended as a replacement for the Veil.<ref>'''Bungie (02/28/2023)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore:Inspiral]]: [[Lore:Inspiral#Brass Gardeners|Brass Gardeners]]''</ref> However, the Black Heart was ultimately a failed copy, serving only to weaken the Traveler rather than forge the connection needed to open a portal into the Traveler's [[The Pale Heart|Pale Heart]].
Long before anyone from the Last City set foot in the Garden, tales of its existence were told throughout the system. The [[Warlock]] Pujari had a vision of the Garden when he drowned himself in the waters of the [[Shores of Time]].<ref name = "Pujari">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Legend: The Black Garden|Legend: The Black Garden]]''</ref> Pujari's vision mentions that the Black Garden's existence is related to the Traveler's coming to Mars; the Traveler did not create the Garden, Pujari claims, but its actions may have allowed the Garden to come into existence. Pujari also stated that "The Garden grows in both directions. It grows into tomorrow and yesterday. The red flowers bloom forever. There are gardeners now. They came into the garden in vessels of bronze and they move through the groves in rivers of thought."<ref name = "Pujari"/> The "gardeners" in question are most likely the Vex; Pujari's vision suggests that the Vex did not always inhabit the Black Garden, but came to existence after the life within the Garden called out a question, to which the Vex reached out as the answer.
 
Long before anyone from the Last City set foot in the Garden, tales of its existence were told throughout the Sol System. The [[Warlock]] Pujari had a vision of the Garden when he drowned himself in the waters of the [[Shores of Time]].<ref name = "Pujari">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Legend: The Black Garden|Legend: The Black Garden]]''</ref> Pujari's vision mentions that the Black Garden's existence is related to the Traveler's coming to Mars; the Traveler did not create the Garden, Pujari claims, but its actions may have allowed the Garden to come into existence. Pujari also stated that "The Garden grows in both directions. It grows into tomorrow and yesterday. The red flowers bloom forever. There are gardeners now. They came into the garden in vessels of bronze and they move through the groves in rivers of thought."<ref name = "Pujari"/> The "gardeners" in question are most likely the Vex; Pujari's vision suggests that the Vex did not always inhabit the Black Garden, but came to existence after the life within the Garden called out a question, to which the Vex reached out as the answer.


The [[Cloud Strider]] [[Rohan]] of [[Neomuna]] stumbled upon the Black Garden early in his career, after being tasked with guarding the [[CloudArk]]-[[Nexus]] border by his mentor [[Tramontane]]. While trying to find a way out of the Garden, he witnessed the creation of the Black Heart by the [[Conceptual Mind]], and deduced that it was an attempt by the Sol Divisive to replicate the Veil. He also overheard the voice of one of [[Maya Sundaresh]]'s many Vex-simulated copies, presumably as she conversed with her fellow simulated [[Ishtar Collective]] members.<ref>'''Bungie (02/20/2023)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Deterministic Chaos]] lore tab''</ref>
The [[Cloud Strider]] [[Rohan]] of [[Neomuna]] stumbled upon the Black Garden early in his career, after being tasked with guarding the [[CloudArk]]-[[Nexus]] border by his mentor [[Tramontane]]. While trying to find a way out of the Garden, he witnessed the creation of the Black Heart by the [[Conceptual Mind]], and deduced that it was an attempt by the Sol Divisive to replicate the Veil. He also overheard the voice of one of [[Maya Sundaresh]]'s many Vex-simulated copies, presumably as she conversed with her fellow simulated [[Ishtar Collective]] members.<ref>'''Bungie (02/20/2023)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Deterministic Chaos]] lore tab''</ref>

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