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High Forge
Overview
Location:	Ascendant Realm
Enemy factions:	Weavers of Sorrow
Hostile races:	Hive Taken

"The Hive here, they claim to come from Shin'ra's Throne World. Some place called the High Forge."

— Takedown in the Abhorrent Depths dialogue.

The High Forge, also known as the Court of Shin'ra, Court of Sorrow and the Court of the Maker, is the Throne World of Shin'ra, the Sorrow-Maker. A Throne World that invokes the idea of Shin'ra's Final Shape, known to him as Perfection Eternal, which serves as a realm that holds near perfect copies of the worlds that the Hive had previously encountered, conquered or destroyed.

Description[edit]

The appearance of the High Forge is unlike other Throne Worlds encountered, placing it on various planets that exist in Shin'ra's pocket of the Ascendant Plane. These planets include Fundament, home world of the Hive, Riis, the Eliksni home world and even Torobatl, the Cabal home world. They appear in a perpetual state in their Golden Ages, Fundament before the Hive arose, Riis when the Traveler blessed the Eliksni and Torobatl during its thousand year reign of Emperor Calus.

While the Fallen and Cabal see it as a disgrace and sacrilege of their home worlds, Shin'ra however made them in their Golden Ages to be the exact opposite. He believed that he wanted to rebuild the worlds and hold them in their Golden Ages after the Witness concluded its own iteration of the Final Shape, and then rebuild the species that once ruled over the worlds from scratch.

The High Forge's version of the Fundament seems to be the most of all changed. Where the Osmium Court once rested now resides a massive black fortress with spikes that protrude outward and upward. A massive replication of the Jade Citadel protrudes from the center of the black fortress, often described as a lighthouse as it flickers a sickly green hue that can be seen from the planet's orbit.

The High War is continuously patrolled by the realm's version of the Maker's Tomb Carrier, the Nephilim, almost acting as a "shark, hunting in shallow waters" for unwanted visitors of the domain. Its actions and motives seem to make it more alive than a simple armament for Shin'ra to control, even possessing the ability to manifest a loud and almost metallic roar when hunting prey.

Locations[edit]

Perfected Fundament
- Perfected Osmium Court
  - Synagogue of the Weavers
    - Temple of Unmaking
  - Court of Worms
    - Chantry of the All-Maker
    - Osmium King's Crypt

Trivia[edit]

It is believed that the reason Shin'ra named his Throne World the High Forge was to openly mock Savathûn, who named hers the High Coven to openly mock Oryx's High War.

List of appearances[edit]

Destiny 2: Season of Sorrow (First mentioned)
- Season of the Lost (Mentioned only)
- Season of the Risen (First identified as High Forge)
- Season of the Deep (Mentioned only)
- Season of the Witch (Mentioned only)
- Episode: Dread (First appearance)

v • d • e Hive

Infantry	Thrall (Cursed Thrall) • Acolyte (Adherent, Lightbearer Acolyte) • Knight (Vanquisher, Darkblade, Lightbearer Knight) • Wizard (Lightbearer Wizard) • Ogre • Projection of Savathûn • Lucent Moth

Hive sects	Blood of Oryx • Grasp of Nokris • Hidden Swarm • Savathûn's Brood • The Silent Brood • Spawn of Crota • Venom of Oryx • Xivu Arath's Horde (Wrathborn) • Lucent Brood

Arsenal	Acolyte Grenade • Shredder • Boomer • Cleaver • Hive Axe • Hive Shield • Hive Trap • Soulfire Rifle • Splinter • Shrieker • Vestige

Technology	Annihilator Totem • Ascendant Portal • Cryptoglyph • Cryptolith • Deathsong • Oversoul • Shadowrift

Spaceships	Tombship • Seeder Ship • Hive warship • Dreadnaught • Karve Scoutship

Strongholds	Ascendant Realm (Oversoul Throne, Dreaming City, Dreadnaught, Eleusinia, Court of Savathûn, Black Terrace) • Earth (Skywatch) • Mars (Hellas Basin) • Moon (Hellmouth, Scarlet Keep) • Reef (Tangled Shore, Prison of Elders, Dreaming City) • Titan (New Pacific Arcology)

Religious	Ascendant Hive • Deathsinger • God-King • Imbaru • Shrine of Oryx • Soul of Crota • Taken • Sword Logic • Worm

Consumables	Agonarch Rune • Antiquated Rune • Black Wax Idol • Charged Agonarch Rune • Embalming Orb • Hadium Flakes • Legendary Keys • Moldering Shard • Reciprocal Rune • Runed Core • Silken Codex • Stolen Rune • Tomb Husk • Wormfeeder Rune • Wormsinger Rune • Wormspore

Materials	Grafted Bones • Husk Flakes • Marrow Dust • Runed Tablet • Scalpel Leech • Warping Claws

v • d • e Cabal

Infantry	Legionary • Phalanx • Centurion • Colossus • Psion • Gladiator • War Beast • Incendior

Vehicles	Cabal Plow • Drop Pod • Goliath Tank • Imperial Land Tank (Cerberus Vae III, Halphas Electus) • Interceptor

Aircraft	Harvester • Interceptor (Aircraft) • Thresher

Command	Bracus • Commander • Dominus • Optus • Primus • Val • Valus

Legions	Blind Legion • Broken Legion • Dust Giants • Ice Reapers • Imperial Cabal • Loyalists • Psion Conclave • Red Legion • Sand Eaters • Shadow Legion • Siege Dancers • Skyburners

Arsenal	Anti-Air Gun • Cabal Bronto Cannon • Cabal Frag Detonator • Cabal Headhunter • Cabal Heavy Munitions • Cabal Magma Launcher • Cabal Severus • Cabal Shield • Cabal Slug Launcher • Cabal Slug Shotgun • Energy Shield • Heavy Slug Thrower • Projection Rifle • Scorpius • Slug Rifle

Technology	Cabal Battle Network • Cabal oil • Injection Rig • Mining Lander • OXA Machine • Suppressor • Tech Pack

Spaceships	Cabal Carrier (Astaroth Rex II, Echion Vae, Glykon Volatus, Orbital Prison Ship, Shadow Legion Flagship, Vual Gaudium) • Cabal warship (The Immortal, Dantalion Exodus VI, Eligos Lex V) • The Almighty • The Leviathan • Traveler Cage • Typhon Imperator

Strongholds	Earth (Firebase Hades, Shadow Legion Prison) • Io (Terrabase Charon) • Mars (Exclusion Zone, Hellas Basin, Firebase Delphi, Firebase Thuria) • Phobos (Fleetbase Korus) • Mercury • Neptune (Neomuna) • Nessus • Torobatl

Culture	Cabal Emperor (Calus • Ghaul • Caiatl) • Consul • Praetorate • Rite of Proving

Consumables	Network Keys • Resupply Codes • Skyburners Command Beacon • Skyburners Deployment Codes • Skyburners Security Pass

v • d • e Fallen

Fallen infantry	Dreg • Wretch • Marauder • Vandal • Captain

Machine infantry	Shank (Tracer Shank, Exploder Shank, Repeater Shank) • Security Turret • Servitor (Defiled Servitor)

Heavy infantry	Brig • Heavy Shank • Walker

Command	Baron • Kell • Splicers

Religious	Archon • Prime Servitor

Spaceships	Skiff • Ketch

Vehicles	Pike • Heavy Pike • Hauler (Lucent Hauler, Treasure Hauler)

Houses	House of Devils • House of Dusk • House of Exile • House of Judgment • House of Kings • House of Light • House of Rain • House of Salvation • House of Scar • House of Slayers • House of Spider • House of Stone • House of Winter • House of Wolves

Other groups	Devil Splicers • Kell's Scourge • Silent Fang • Scorn • Taniks' Crew

Strongholds	Riis • Earth (Devils' Lair • King's Watch • Archon's Forge) • Europa (Riis-Reborn) • Venus (Winter's Lair) • Tangled Shore (Spider's Palace • Spider's Safehouse) • Titan • Nessus • Moon

Fallen arsenal	Arc Spear • Molten Welder • Scorch Cannon • Shieldbreaker • Shield Drone • Shock Blade • Shock Dagger • Shock Grenade • Shock Pistol • Shock Rifle • Shrapnel Launcher • SIVA • Splinter of Darkness • Splinter Mine • Trip Mine • Web Mine • Wire Rifle

Other technology	Fallen Drone • Glimmer Drill • Jammer • Mesh generator • Sensor Mite • Shock Core • Wire Wrap • Temper Cloth • Docking Cap • Ether Sup • Fusor Proxy Drive • Splicer Gauntlet • Skeleton Key • Swivel Turret • Induction Rod

Consumables	Ether • Ether Seeds • House Banners • SIVA Offering • Enhanced SIVA Offering • Fused SIVA Offering • Perfected SIVA Offering • SIVA Cache Key • Splicer Key • Splicer Intel Relay

v • d • e Taken

Infantry	Taken Thrall (Shadow Thrall) • Taken Acolyte • Taken Knight • Taken Wizard • Taken Ogre • Taken Vandal • Taken Captain • Chimera • Taken Goblin • Taken Hobgoblin • Taken Minotaur • Taken Hydra • Taken Phalanx • Taken Psion • Taken Centurion • Shadowbeast • Taken Incendior • Corrupted Techeun • Echo of Oryx

Weapons	Acolyte's Eye • Blight • Defensive Ward • Stasis Boomer • Taken Essence

Masters	Disciples of the Witness • Drifter • Oryx, the Taken King • Quria, Blade Transform • Riven of a Thousand Voices • Savathûn, the Witch Queen • The Nine • The Witness • Xivu Arath, God of War

Miscellaneous	Captured Essence • Darkness • Hive • Primeval • Shadow Legion • The Dread • Taken Polyp

Strongholds	Ascendant Realm (Dreadnaught, Dreaming City, Eleusinia, Oversoul Throne) • Earth (Cosmodrome, European Aerial Zone, European Dead Zone, Shadow Legion Prison) • Io • Mars • Phobos • The Moon (Shrine of Oryx) • Neomuna (Typhon Imperator) • The Reef (Prison of Elders, The Dreaming City) • Unknown Space • Venus • Vex Network