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{{Quote|In ''[the Gift Mast's]'' light live the Harmony, and they are now our prey.|The Books of Sorrow, entry XLVI: The Gift Mast<ref name="Forty Six">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] | {{Quote|In ''[the Gift Mast's]'' light live the Harmony, and they are now our prey.|The Books of Sorrow, entry XLVI: The Gift Mast<ref name="Forty Six">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLVI: The Gift Mast|XLVI: The Gift Mast]]''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Gift Mast''' was a megastructure built by the [[Traveler]] around the black hole at the center of the [[Harmony]]'s star system. Filled with the [[Light]] of the Traveler, the Mast was described as constantly singing in radiance with a "radio lullaby", and beamed with silver light. The | The '''Gift Mast''' was a megastructure built by the [[Traveler]] around the black hole at the center of the [[Harmony]]'s star system. Filled with the [[Light]] of the Traveler, the Mast was described as constantly singing in radiance with a "radio lullaby", and beamed with silver light. The structure was also weaponized by the Harmony to be able to bend the black hole's accretion disk to fire relativistic plasma jets, called a "Sting".<ref name="Forty Six"/> | ||
The radiance of the Mast attracted the [[Hive]] into the | The radiance of the Mast attracted the [[Hive]] into the system—who were following in the wake of the [[Darkness|Deep]] as [[The Witness|it]] pursued the Traveler<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLIV:_strict_proof_eternal|XLIV: strict proof eternal]]''</ref>— and the [[Xivu Arath, God of War|three]] [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|god]] [[Oryx, the Taken King|siblings]] swore to destroy and feast upon it.<ref name="Forty Five">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow##XLV: I'd shut them all in cells.|XLV: I'd shut them all in cells.]]''</ref> The armies of all three Hive Gods engaged the Harmony in a centuries-long war, which ended with Oryx's destruction of the Mast. The God King offered the majority of the remains of the Gift Mast to his armies, so that they could devour and gain power from the Light stored within.<ref name="Forty Six"/> | ||
It is uncertain if Oryx ever learned the location of the Gift Mast through the [[Nicha Thought-ship]], as it turned out to be a [[Vex]] trap.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] | It is uncertain if Oryx ever learned the location of the Gift Mast through the [[Nicha Thought-ship]], as it turned out to be a [[Vex]] trap.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI:_Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm | *''[[Destiny]]'': ''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
