Editing The Other Side

|next= '''TBA'''

|campaign= [[Penumbra]]

|place= [[Ascendant realm|Ascendant Leviathan]], [[Leviathan]]

{{Article quote|Venture into the [[Ascendant Plane]] in search of the essence that [[Emperor Calus|Calus]] described to you.}}

'''The Other Side''' is a secret [[Quest]] found in [[The Tribute Hall]] aboard the [[Leviathan]] when the player places a total of 18 tributes. Completing this quest awards the player the [[Bad Juju]] [[Exotic]] [[Pulse rifle]]. This quest is found within the center of the Tribute Hall in a class case containing the Bird Skull (or projection of the Pulse Rifle when completed) once all 5 [[Royal Beast]] tributes are placed (final one is unlocked with 18 Tributes Placed, including the Beasts themselves).

 

:::::The player enters the Portal, ending up in the [[Ascendant realm]]. The player approaches a door where [[Toland, the Shattered]] waits for the Guardian.

:::::The player follows Toland to an Ascendant version of [[Emperor Calus|Calus]]' Throne Room, where they are ambushed by a [[Taken]] squad lead by a [[Ravenous Taken Knight]]. After killing the squad and a [[Revenant Shrieker]] above the Throne itself, the Taken Barrier where players would go after defeating Calus in the [[Leviathan (raid)|Raid]] will dissipate. There, they will see the broken landscape of the Ascendant Leviathan. The player progresses through the floating abyss, taking out any other Taken squad attempting to keep the player away from the essence. The player eventually arrives at an Ascendant Pleasure Gardens, where they are greeted by a hellish howl and swarms of [[Shadowbeast]]s. After killing the sources of [[Blight]], [[Ravenous Taken Minotaurs]], [[Ravenous Taken Wizards]] and [[Graam, Born of the Hellmouth]] spawns. After killing every remaining enemy in the Gardens, the Taken Barrier leading to the essence will dissipate. After crossing the floating rocks leading to the essence, the player arrives at the entrance to the Throne located in the Castellum, where the essence is seen looming above a battle between the stranded [[Loyalists]] and the Taken.