Tablets of Ruin
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- "Auryx the First Navigator set upon his god with his sword and his words, and cut Akka to pieces, and took from those pieces the secret of calling upon the Deep. He wrote this secret on a set of tablets, which he called the Tablets of Ruin. And he wore them about his waist.."
- — Books of Sorrow #XXVIII — King of Shapes — Verse 3:8
The Tablets of Ruin are a series of Hive artifacts created by Oryx, the Taken King as a means to commune with the Witness in order to learn how to take.[1][2] The Tablets were sought after by many Hive, including the likes of Savathûn and Xivu Arath[3], even at one point, Oryx had placed one of the Tablets with Golgoroth to keep it away from his own son.[4] At an unknown point following the demise of the Taken King, Savathûn would find one of the Tablets and place it within her throne world and kept it under guard by Alak-Hul, the Lightblade following their resurrections.[5]
Lore (Episode: Heresy)
"The world is not built on the laws they love… Not with peace, but by victory at any means." —The Winnower
[This tablet was recovered from Savathûn's throne world when Alak-Hul, the Lightblade, was slain. It now sits idly in your possession. No whispers coax you to listen. No edicts compel you to act. Nevertheless, you stare unwaveringly at the etched stone.]
"Lightbearer. You're so serious about all of this."
"It's just a game."
"You want to shape the world but don't have the stomach for the 'wrong' kind of violence."
"So, you stare at stone or glass, trying to invoke the Deep with control."
"We are already more acquainted than you remember."
"Can you hear me now, over the whiners and would-be gods?"
"Do you know that I consider you a frustrating friend?"
"And yet you point a gun, even when there is still so much between us."
"You know this only ends one way."
"Then kill it. I dare you."
Trivia
- So far three Tablets of Ruin have been acquired by the Guardians and kept under lock and key by the Hidden, the first being the one held inside of Golgoroth, the second having been acquired from Savathûn's Throne World, and the third recovered by Eris Morn and Drifter in the Hall of Souls.[6][5][7]
List of appearances
- Destiny: The Taken King (First mentioned)
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen (First appearance)
References
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: Books of Sorrow #XXVIII: King of Shapes Verse 3:8
- ^ Bungie (2021/8/24), Destiny 2: Season of the Lost, Shattered Realm: [Oryx did not invent the Taken]
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: Books of Sorrow #XXXIV: More beautiful to know Verse 4:4
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: Golgoroth
- ^ a b Bungie (2022/2/22), Destiny 2: The Witch Queen, Strike: The Lightblade
- ^ THIS WEEK IN DESTINY – 05/02/2024
- ^ Bungie (2025/2/4), Destiny 2: Episode: Heresy - Recce
