Editing The Nine

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{{Quote|More of your brother's Crows have entered the Cauldrons of Rhea. The Nine do not approve.|[[Techeun]]<ref name="TheQueen">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref>}}

The '''Nine''' (often represented as the '''IX''') are the enigmatic rulers of the [[Jovians]], the worlds and people beyond the Solar System's asteroid belt.<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>

The Nine have made contact with the [[Last City]] via one of their agents, [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine|Xûr]],<ref name="Activision"/> who sells [[Guardians]] what he calls "trash" yet are powerful weapons;<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Console, Activision Blizzard, [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine]]: [[Xûr#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref> and have formed an alliance with the [[Reef]].<ref name="TheQueen"/> After the apparent release of [[Skolas]], their loyalty is in doubt<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Mystery: The Fate of Skolas|Mystery: The Fate of Skolas]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House_of_Wolves#Prison_of_Elders|Prison of Elders]]''</ref> despite rumours to the contrary.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Silent Fang]]''</ref> [[Osiris]] had met with the Nine on [[Europa]]. According to [[Brother Vance]], "''He'' <nowiki>[Osiris]</nowiki> ''says the Nine are vulnerable every moment they touch our world.''"<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Quotes: [[Brother Vance]]''</ref> Prior to this, when he was [[Warlock]] [[Vanguard]] of the City, Osiris had sought after them to the exclusion of his duties.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Osiris#Osiris| Osiris]]''</ref>

Very little about the Nine or the Jovian peoples is known due to the isolation of the outer Solar System. Multiple legends offer contradictory clues and hints as to their nature, but none have been proven. It may very well be that all have some portion of truth to them.

*Former human colonies who made a compact with an alien force to survive became the Nine and/or the Jovians.<ref name="Legends 2">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Ghost_Fragment:_Legends_2| Ghost Fragment: Legends 2]]''</ref>

*Deep-orbiting [[Warmind]]s who survived the [[Collapse]].<ref name="Legends 2"/>

*Ancient leviathan intelligences originating either from Europa or [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref name="Legends 2"/>

*The Nine originated from the [[wikipedia:Corona_Borealis|Corona-Borealis]] supercluster.<ref name="Legends 2"/>

*The first [[Awoken]], now transcended into mental energy moving along the [[Jupiter]]-[[Io (moon)|Io]] [[wikipedia:flux_tube|flux tube]].<ref name="Legends 2"/>  

*[[Ghost]]s who exited the [[Solar System]] and studied the [[wikipedia:Heliosphere#Heliopause|heliopause]].<ref name="Legends 2"/>

*Remnants of the [[Darkness]], broken by the [[Traveler]]'s sacrifice, still seeking to destroy human civilization.<ref name="Legends 2"/>

*A viral language of pure meaning.<ref name="Legends 2"/>

*Imprints of a transcendent entity left behind after its complete destruction.<ref name="Legends 2"/>

*The name, "The Nine" or "IX", is likely a reference to the "Ix" in Frank Herbert's ''Dune'' series, a fictional planet whose position from its sun inspired the name, ruled by the Ixian Technocracy. Ix was the primary provider of technology for the Old Imperium (or Galactic Padishah Empire) after the infamous Bulterian Jihad, which banned AI; ironically, Leto Atreides II used many of their creations later in his reign, a situation unthinkable in his early years.<ref>[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Ix_(Dune) '''Wikipedia''' - ''Ix (Dune)'']</ref>

*Additionally it could also reference the Rings of Power in J.R.R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy—"''Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die''"—given by Annatar to corrupt nine powerful kings of men, of which three were Númenórean; the last three were noble survivors from an island kingdom that fell to evil and was destroyed.<ref>[http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/n/ninerings.html '''The Encyclopedia of Arda''' - ''Nine Rings]''</ref>

*Corona Borealis is a constellation, known as the "Northern Crown".<ref>[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Corona_Borealis#/Stars '''Wikipedia''' - ''Corona Borealis/Stars'']</ref> It is made up of seven stars, one of Bungie's many references to the number seven.<ref>[https://www.halopedia.org/Seven '''Halopedia''' - ''Seven'']</ref>

*Heliopause (also known as heliosphere) is the boundary between solar wind and external cosmic rays, effectively the outer boundary of the Solar System.<ref>[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Heliosphere '''Wikipedia''' - ''Heliosphere'']</ref> Therefore, the "Deep Black" is outside of the reach of the Sun's influence.

*The Jupiter-Io flux tube is a cylindrical section of Jupiter's magnetic field line which passes between Jupiter and Io. If it were able to be seen by the naked eye, it would resemble a tube of electromagnetic force between the two. Electrical current passes along this flux tube forming a circuit between the planet and moon, which ionizes the cloud of volcanic sulfur, oxygen, sodium and chlorine into a ring of plasma which surrounds the planet, boosting its already powerful magnetic field even further. The flux tube itself boosts radio emissions from Jupiter, making them increase considerably when Io's orbit brings it closer to Earth.<ref>[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Io_(moon)#/Interaction_with_Jupiter.27s_magnetosphere '''Wikipedia''' - ''Io (moon)/Interaction with Jupiter's magnetosphere'']</ref>

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