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{{Quote|Once upon a time,* a gardener and a winnower lived** together in a garden.***<br>* It was once before a time, because time had not yet begun.<br>** We did not live. We existed as principles of ontological dynamics that emerged from mathematical structures, as bodiless and inevitable as the primes.<br>*** It was the field of possibility that prefigured existence.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener and Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]}} | {{Quote|Once upon a time,* a gardener and a winnower lived** together in a garden.***<br>* It was once before a time, because time had not yet begun.<br>** We did not live. We existed as principles of ontological dynamics that emerged from mathematical structures, as bodiless and inevitable as the primes.<br>*** It was the field of possibility that prefigured existence.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener and Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]}} | ||
According to the Lore Book "Unveiling," which is seemingly narrated by the [[Darkness]] itself, both the Light and the Darkness have existed since before the start of time, and thus before the universe came into existence. Being unbound by the laws of causality, neither the Light | According to the Lore Book "Unveiling," which is seemingly narrated by the [[Darkness]] itself, both the Light and the Darkness have existed since before the start of time, and thus before the universe came into existence. Being unbound by the laws of causality, neither the Light or Darkness can be said to have a beginning. Rather, they are emergent properties of even more fundamental "mathematical structures" that in turn underlay reality itself. <ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]], [[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener_and_Winnower|Gardener and Winnower]]''</ref> | ||
In the allegorical story in the Lore Book, the Darkness and Light occupied themselves by engaging one another in a game, analogous to a vastly more complex version of the "Game of Life" devised by Earth mathematician John Conway. This game would consistently arrive at an end-state dominated by a single, self-perpetuating pattern, which subsumed all others in the game. The Darkness found this to be a pleasing outcome, but the Light felt the pattern to be boring and desired that the game endlessly produce novel patterns instead. | In the allegorical story recounted in the Lore Book, the Darkness and Light occupied themselves by engaging one another in a game, analogous to a vastly more complex version of the "Game of Life" devised by Earth mathematician John Conway. This game would consistently arrive at an end-state dominated by a single, self-perpetuating pattern, which subsumed all others in the game. The Darkness found this to be a pleasing outcome, but the Light felt the pattern to be boring, and desired that the game endlessly produce novel patterns instead. In order to promote this novelty, the Light transformed itself into a new "rule" within the game; the Darkness did the same, to counteract the Light's efforts. These new rules were "set aside" from the other rules of the game, so that they could not be limited or influenced by them, but could manipulate the other rules to bring about their intended outcomes. | ||
While the story above is laden with metaphor and open to interpretation, it appears to suggest that the universe is the "game" | While the story above is laden with metaphor and open to interpretation, it appears to suggest that the universe is the "game" which the Light and Darkness played in the garden, that the rules of the game are the laws of physics as they are commonly understood, and that the "new rules" that the Light and Darkness became are the basis of paracausality. ''Unveiling'' also mentions that the garden was inhabited by "worms" and "insects" that fed upon "what was and what might be", which later escaped into the universe; this may refer to the [[Worms]] and [[Ahamkara]], which are both ancient species of paracausal creatures that base their existence on the [[Anthem Anatheme]]. | ||
===The Ancient Past=== | ===The Ancient Past=== | ||
Though their origins remain unknown, the [[ | Though their origins remain unknown, the [[Traveler]] and the [[the Veil|Veil]] are two of the oldest known paracausal beings in our universe, having existed for billions of years. | ||
Various species of intelligent | Various species of intelligent being across time are recorded as having encountered or made use of paracausal forces. The [[Precursors (Species)|precursor species]] that became the [[the Witness|Witness]] were the first known beneficiaries of the Traveler and its Light; later species visited by the Traveler included the [[Harmony]], who also had a relationship with the [[Ahamkara]]<ref name="Forty Five">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLV:_I.27d_shut_them_all_in_cells.|XLV: I'd shut them all in cells.]]''</ref>. Conversely, the [[Ecumene]] and the [[Qugu]] were attuned to the [[Darkness]], and used it for a variety of purposes<ref name="symbiosis">'''Bungie (2023/3/10)''',''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] - [[Lore:Inspiral|Inspiral]] - [[Lore:Inspiral#The Art of Symbiosis|The Art of Symbiosis]]''</ref>. | ||
==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
