Editing Primeval

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|name=Primeval
|image=[[File:Primeval Servitor.jpg]]
|species= [[Taken]]
|faction= [[The Drifter (character)|Drifter's]] [[Taken]]
|rank= Ultra
|class= [[Taken Centurion]] <br> [[Taken Ogre]] <br> [[Taken Captain]] <br> [[Taken Knight]] <br> [[Taken Minotaur]] <br> [[Chimera]]
|mission= [[Gambit]] <br> [[Gambit Prime]]
|gender= Varies
|height= Varies
|mass= 
|weapon= [[Shrapnel Launcher]] <br> [[Projection Rifle]] <br> Quake <br> Void Eversion <br> Eye Blast <br> Solar [[Boomer]] <br> [[Torch Hammer]]
|ability= Darkness Bolt <br> Axion Dart <br> Rapid Movement <br> Immense Durability <br> Protection Eye <br> Burn <br> Invisibility
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{{Quote|Tearing soldiers of the [[Darkness|Deep]] from [[Ascendant realm|another realm]] is crossin' a bridge too far as is. But those beasts? Those weren't normal [[Taken]] possessed and set to rage. They were born of that shadow realm and they were… angry. Worse. They were hungry for the [[Light]]. You could feel it. Even a ways off. Their aura and their rage weighed on me—cast a shadow I could feel in my core.|Excerpt from a Renegade's observations of a Drifter}}

'''Primevals''' are a class of [[Taken]] that are featured in [[Gambit]]. According to the [[The Drifter (character)|Drifter]], they are among the oldest and most powerful Taken, hence their name. They can be summoned through the use of [[Mote of Dark|Motes of Darkness]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/ancient-apocalypse-strides?highlight=Primevals Ancient Apocalypse Strides]</ref>

==Overview==
These beings are not like other Taken, They are not individuals transformed from the physical reality to the Deep, these creatures are born of that shadow realm, ever hungry for the [[Light]] and angry too, their elemental composition differs entirely, such as low Sterile Neutrino Count (''SNC''), High-Ambient Lanbda-CDM (''ΛCDM''). [[The Drifter]] has been pilfering the [[Ascendant realm]] of these Primevals with his [[Bank (Gambit)|banks]] for "potential". Now he can create "Primeval-like" entities using both energies from [[The Haul|the Haul]] and sheer force of will, those even take on the visage of the [[Echo of Oryx|Echoes of Oryx]] because the Drifter thought that would be the most frightening.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/potential?highlight=primeval Potential]</ref>

At one point, [[The Guardian]] managed to gain into their possession the Hear of an Ascnedant Primeval, it was delivered to the Drifter who would use it for later purposes.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-city-of-secrets-darkness-in-the-light?highlight=primeval City of Secrets]</ref> Primevals are rather fast and are powerful enough to tear apart teams of [[Guardian]]s, and likely permanently kills them too somehow, and are able to heal from their deaths.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/records/gambit-prime?highlight=primeval Gambit Prime]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/records/the-reckoning?highlight=primeval The Reckoning]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/invader-doctor-invader?highlight=primeval INVADER]</ref> However, a weakness they share is that their methods of engagement are like rituals, take out their [[Taken Envoy]]s and weaken them faster.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/sentry-kill-the-messengers?highlight=primeval Sentry]</ref>

When the [[Drifter]] summoned a group of Primevals, their arrival was preluded by the sky turning a shade of fiery green, and seemingly splitting in half. Because of their age, Primevals are also extremely powerful, as they towered over a group of [[Cabal]] who attempted to confront the Rogue Lightbearer when he traveled along the [[Emerald Coast|Coastline]]; shrugging off being attacked by the Cabal, and bombarded by the [[Cabal warship]] flying overhead. Despite the Cabal’s ferocious assault, the Primevals came out unscathed. <ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/ancient-apocalypse-strides?highlight=centurion Ancient Apocalypse Strides]</ref>

==Gameplay==
Primevals are summoned once the mote bank is full (Seventy five in Gambit and one hundred in Gambit Prime). In Gambit they play like any other Taken Ultra of their kind, but with much more health than many other Ultra Taken. In order to kill the Primevals the player must kill [[Taken Wizard|Taken Wizards]] named Envoys to weaken the Primeval and kill it.

In Gambit Prime the Primeval has an invulnerability shield and in order to damage the Primeval you must kill three Envoys scattered around the map to activate a well of [[Light]] and damage the Primeval.

==Trivia==
* The ''ΛCDM'' is referenced to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda-CDM_model Lanbda-CDM model], which is the parametization of the Big Bang cosmological model in which the universe has three components:
*# A cosmological constant denoted by Lambda (Greek ''Λ'') and associated with '''dark energy'''.
*# The postulated '''cold dark matter''' (abbreviated ''CDM'').
*# Ordinary '''matter'''.
* The ''SNC'' is a reference to Sterile Neutrino Count which are hypothetical particles (neutral leptons – neutrinos) that interact only via gravity and do not interact via any of the fundamental interactions of the Standard Model.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Forsaken (expansion)]]'' {{1st}}

==References==
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