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{{New content|[[The Final Shape]]}}
{{Article quote|A surreal domain of memory within the Traveler, corrupted by the Witness.}}
{{Article quote|A surreal domain of memory within the Traveler, corrupted by the Witness.}}
{{Location infobox
{{Location infobox
|name = The Pale Heart
|name = The Pale Heart
|image = [[File:Pale Heart Icon.jpg|350px]]
|image = [[File:Pale Heart Dev Preview Presskit 5.jpg|360px]]
|location = [[The Traveler]]
|location = [[The Traveler]]
|factions = [[The Dread]] <br> [[Shadow Legion]] <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] <br> [[Lucent Brood]] <br>[[Sol Divisive]]
|factions = [[The Dread]] <br> [[Shadow Legion]] <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] <br> [[Lucent Brood]] <br>[[Sol Divisive]]
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'''The Pale Heart''' of the [[The Traveler|Traveler]] is a [[destination]] in ''[[The Final Shape]]'' located within the Traveler.
'''The Pale Heart''' of the [[The Traveler|Traveler]] is a [[destination]] in ''[[The Final Shape]]'' that takes place within The Traveler itself.


==Overview==
==Overview==
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{{Quote|I ever tell you about the Hunter Vanguard before me? His name was Andal Brask; he was my mentor.<br>Great shot. TERRIBLE gambler. Still, we had this friendly little wager about what was inside the Traveler.<br>I told him, "There's nothing." So of coarse, Andal says, "Well, then I'm betting on everything."<br>[chuckles] "Everything." Ah, lucky guess.|Cayde-6 to the Guardian}}
The Pale Heart itself serves as a world crafted by the Traveler's consciousness and those within it. When first entered by the Guardian, it appears as a vast space lit by diffuse white light, with organic-looking structures visible in the distance; a series of platforms with aesthetics similar to the [[Tree of Silver Wings]] manifests to allow the Guardian to walk through the space. As the Guardian continued on, the surroundings gradually transformed into a lush green wilderness dotted with locales and structures mirroring or resembling various places and things seen by the Guardian in the past.


==History==
==History==
===Origins===
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The origins and full nature of the Pale Heart remain as mysterious as those of the Traveler itself; it presumably has existed within the Traveler since the time of its creation.
 
===Witch Queen Epilogue===
{{Quote|We have seen enough. The children of [[Sol System|Sol]] cry out for salvation. [[The Traveler|You]] promised them life, but deliver only death, as you have for so many before. Enough. Enough death. Enough life. You have no pieces left to place. The game is over.<br>Do not be afraid. Your pale heart holds the key.<br>This time... There is no escape.|The Witness to the Traveler}}
 
The first known reference to the Pale Heart was when the Witness declared to the Traveler that it would take action following the defeat of Savathûn by The Guardian. Shortly afterward, it used the [[The Veil|Veil]] to form a link with the Traveler and forge a portal between the [[Sol System]] and the Pale Heart.
 
===The Final Shape===
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Around a year after the Witness entered the Pale Heart, [[Uldren Sov|Crow]] was able to successfully follow it through the portal using a wish granted by the [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]]. In the process, however, he also wished for [[Cayde-6]]'s return, resulting in the deceased Hunter Vanguard returning to life within the Pale Heart as a construct made of Light. The two Hunters found themselves in a surreal wilderness, surrounded by landscapes that seemed partly to be drawn from their own memories of the world outside the Traveler, and encountered one another shortly after Crow's arrival. Cayde initially reacted with hostility upon recognizing Crow as his murderer, but the two quickly came to an understanding and agreed to work together.
 
At this time, the Witness had created a vast monolith at the center of the landscape within the Pale Heart, from which it sought to use the Traveler's [[Light]] to reshape the universe outside of the Traveler in accordance with its vision of the [[Final Shape]]. Shortly after Crow entered the portal, the Witness began transforming Earth and the Last City, but the Traveler managed to resist its efforts and undo the changes moments after they began.
 
The Guardian proceeded to advance through the Pale Heart toward the Witness' monolith, accompanied by Cayde, Crow, Zavala and Ikora. After discovering that the Witness could be weakened by destroying the dissenting minds within its collective, the Guardian confronted the Witness at a recreation of the ritual site where the Witness was created, and managed to wound it by destroying three of its dissenters using the Light. Afterwards, a fireteam of Guardians stormed the monolith and severed the Witness' connection to the Traveler, wounding it further and forcing it to flee to another location in the Pale Heart. There, the Witness was destroyed through the combined efforts of twelve Guardians supported by the Vanguard and Coalition forces.
 
After the Witness' defeat, traces of its corruption lingered throughout the Pale Heart, which the Guardian worked to remove with the guidance of [[Micah-10]].


==Locations==
==Locations==
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==Memories==
==Memories==
{{Verbatim}}
{{Verbatim}}
===[[Hakim]]'s grave===
===Hakim's grave===
*'''[[Zavala]]''': He's asleep. Just got him down.  
*'''Zavala''': He's asleep. Just got him down.  


*'''[[Safiyah]]''': After all that running around you two did today? I'm surprised it took this long.  
*'''Safiyah''': After all that running around you two did today? I'm surprised it took this long.  


*'''Zavala''': I'll admit, uh... I did stay and watch him a few minutes longer. Heh. Just to be sure.  
*'''Zavala''': I'll admit, uh... I did stay and watch him a few minutes longer. Heh. Just to be sure.  
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*'''Zavala''': Bring him back. Bring him back!  
*'''Zavala''': Bring him back. Bring him back!  


*'''[[Targe]]''': I can't.  
*'''Targe''': I can't.  


*'''Zavala''': Take my [[Light]]!  
*'''Zavala''': Take my Light!  


*'''Targe''': You know I can't.  
*'''Targe''': You know I can't.  
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===Uldren and Mara statues===
===Uldren and Mara statues===
*'''[[Uldren Sov]]''': Behold, sister. The lie that makes itself true: an [[Ahamkara]].  
*'''Uldren Sov''': Behold, sister. The lie that makes itself true: an Ahamkara.  


*'''[[Mara Sov]]''': Do you know what power you hold within your hands?
*'''Mara Sov''': Do you know what power you hold within your hands?


*'''Uldren Sov''': I know it with my very soul. This is the way we safeguard [[Awoken|our people]].  
*'''Uldren Sov''': I know it with my very soul. This is the way we safeguard our people.  


*'''Mara Sov''': You gave chase to my words without hesitation! I hoped you might at least refuse!
*'''Mara Sov''': You gave chase to my words without hesitation! I hoped you might at least refuse!
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===Resonant splinter===
===Resonant splinter===
*'''[[Mithrax]]''': [hums softly]
*'''Mithrax''': [hums softly]


*'''[[Eido]]''': [fusses and chitters]
*'''Eido''': [fusses and chitters]


*'''Mithrax''': Ah, Eido, why do you not sleep? You are tired. I— I am tired. Do you wish to hear a story, hm? Beloved daughter, I will tell you a story of [[Riis]]. As my [[Inaaks|mother]] told me. Before the [[Long Drift]], before the [[Traveler|Great Machine]] left our people, we lived in heart-joy. We built great cities that reached the sky. We built great ships that brought us to distant stars. We were kind, and gentle. It was our sky, they were our stars. Many hands held us aloft, together. This was Riis. It sheltered us, and we tended it, as we tended our [[Fallen|people]].  
*'''Mithrax''': Ah, Eido, why do you not sleep? You are tired. I— I am tired. Do you wish to hear a story, hm? Beloved daughter, I will tell you a story of Riis. As my mother told me. Before the Long Drift, before the Great Machine left our people, we lived in heart-joy. We built great cities that reached the sky. We built great ships that brought us to distant stars. We were kind, and gentle. It was our sky, they were our stars. Many hands held us aloft, together. This was Riis. It sheltered us, and we tended it, as we tended our people.  


*'''Eido''': [chitters happily]
*'''Eido''': [chitters happily]
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===Savathûn's crystalline prison===
===Savathûn's crystalline prison===
*'''[[The Witness]]''': Your brother's conquest cut a path towards the [[Final Shape|final shape]]. When you have finished pouring your poison in his ear...  
*'''The Witness''': Your brother's conquest cut a path towards the final shape. When you have finished pouring your poison in his ear...  


*'''[[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]]''': Not MY poison.  
*'''Savathûn''': Not MY poison.  


*'''The Witness''': We see your doubts. You speak them to [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]].
*'''The Witness''': We see your doubts. You speak them to Oryx.


*'''Savathûn''': Doubts? After all this time, you think I have doubts?
*'''Savathûn''': Doubts? After all this time, you think I have doubts?
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*'''Savathûn''': What changed the motion of our moons, my Witness?
*'''Savathûn''': What changed the motion of our moons, my Witness?


*'''The Witness''': You cried out... as your brother did, as your [[Xivu Arath, God of War|sister]] did. Into the [[Darkness]]. Now the [[Human|children]] of [[Sol]] do the same.  
*'''The Witness''': You cried out... as your brother did, as your sister did. Into the Darkness. Now the children of Sol do the same.  


*'''Savathûn''': You aren't the answer they want.  
*'''Savathûn''': You aren't the answer they want.  
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*'''Zavala''': We're done here.  
*'''Zavala''': We're done here.  


*'''[[Ikora Rey]]''': We're done here when I say we're done here. How dare you dismiss my command like that!  
*'''Ikora Rey''': We're done here when I say we're done here. How dare you dismiss my command like that!  


*'''Zavala''': That was not a command! It was vengeance, pure and simple, and you know it. You're better than that!  
*'''Zavala''': That was not a command! It was vengeance, pure and simple, and you know it. You're better than that!  
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*'''Ikora Rey''': Call it what it is! At least I have the spine to take action. Meanwhile, you sit back here at your pathetic War Table, sulking!  
*'''Ikora Rey''': Call it what it is! At least I have the spine to take action. Meanwhile, you sit back here at your pathetic War Table, sulking!  


*'''Zavala''': I'm grieving our [[fireteam]].  
*'''Zavala''': I'm grieving our fireteam.  


*'''Ikora Rey''': And I am grieving our friend, Zavala! [[Cayde-6|Cayde]]'s killer walks free, and you're too high and mighty to give the order yourself, so you sit back and let [[the Guardian]] do your dirty work for you! You disgust me.  
*'''Ikora Rey''': And I am grieving our friend, Zavala! Cayde's killer walks free, and you're too high and mighty to give the order yourself, so you sit back and let the Guardian do your dirty work for you! You disgust me.  


===Iron War Axe===
===Iron War Axe===
*'''The Crow''': Devotion to my potential... [scoffs] I don't know what you think that potential is, or... why you left me this.  
*'''The Crow''': Devotion to my potential... [scoffs] I don't know what you think that potential is, or... why you left me this.  


*'''[[Saladin Forge|Lord Saladin]]''': What do you see when you hold that [[Iron Battle Axe|weapon]] in your hands?
*'''Lord Saladin''': What do you see when you hold that weapon in your hands?


*'''The Crow''': Lessons... stained into the blade.  
*'''The Crow''': Lessons... stained into the blade.  


*'''Lord Saladin''': Wrong. You're spending too much time looking at blemishes. Devote yourself to them, and you miss the edge's sharpness, the sturdiness of the haft. All things have potential, if they are properly cared for. If not... they rust, they chip, and eventually... they shatter. People are no different. I was in command. There was an [[The Coalition|alliance]] to protect, and you were chipping away at yourself. You were a new Light with a future; it was my responsibility to care for you. Now... it's time you figured out what that future is.
*'''Lord Saladin''': Wrong. You're spending too much time looking at blemishes. Devote yourself to them, and you miss the edge's sharpness, the sturdiness of the haft. All things have potential, if they are properly cared for. If not... they rust, they chip, and eventually... they shatter. People are no different. I was in command. There was an alliance to protect, and you were chipping away at yourself. You were a new Light with a future; it was my responsibility to care for you. Now... it's time you figured out what that future is.


===Reverse waterfall===
===Reverse waterfall===
*'''[[Caiatl]]''': [[Calus|Father]]... if that person is still within this twisted flesh of a [[Disciples of the Witness|disciple]]... It's over, and my blade rests over your throat. I cannot forgive you. But were it possible for us to walk a different path, side by side... I would. The [[Cabal]] are dead. Heritage and tradition smolder with [[Torobatl]]... Your golden vision melted down and recast into a new age. We have paid our dues. It is time for the empire to rise again. Not as Cabal, not as a revival of what was. We will redeem what was lost.
*'''Caiatl''': Father... if that person is still within this twisted flesh of a disciple... It's over, and my blade rests over your throat. I cannot forgive you. But were it possible for us to walk a different path, side by side... I would. The Cabal are dead. Heritage and tradition smolder with Torobatl... Your golden vision melted down and recast into a new age. We have paid our dues. It is time for the empire to rise again. Not as Cabal, not as a revival of what was. We will redeem what was lost.


===Veiled Statues===
===Veiled Statues===
*'''Caiatl''': On the eve before battle, we once carved messages on the inside of the ornamentation we wore upon our tusks... "Last words", you might say. Bodies were left to rot where they fell, but these bands were returned to the families of the dead, and passed down across generations. I will wear my ancestors' for this [[Operation Ahamkara]].  
*'''Caiatl''': On the eve before battle, we once carved messages on the inside of the ornamentation we wore upon our tusks... "Last words", you might say. Bodies were left to rot where they fell, but these bands were returned to the families of the dead, and passed down across generations. Bodies were left to rot where they fell, but these bands were returned to the families of the dead, and passed down across generations. I will wear my ancestors' for this Operation Ahamkara.  


*'''Zavala''': No. I need you here in the [[Last City|City]]. You and Saladin must ring it with your spears. In all my years... I have faced certain death countless times. And yet, never have I felt closer to it than in this moment.  
*'''Zavala''': No. I need you here in the City. You and Saladin must ring it with your spears. In all my years... I have faced certain death countless times. And yet, never have I felt closer to it than in this moment.  


*'''Caiatl''': Unlike my ancestors, your people count on a triumphant return.  
*'''Caiatl''': Unlike my ancestors, your people count on a triumphant return.  


*'''Zavala''': [[Emperor of the Cabal|Empress]]... I don't think I return from this mission.
*'''Zavala''': Empress... I don't think I return from this mission.


*'''Caiatl''': Is it that you expect not to return? Or perhaps, Commander, is it that you hope not to?
*'''Caiatl''': Is it that you expect not to return? Or perhaps, Commander, is it that you hope not to?
==Activities==
===[[Vendor]]s===
*[[The Ghost|Ghost]]
*[[Micah-10|Micah's Conduit]]
===[[Patrol]]===
*[[Overthrow]]
===[[Story|Story missions]]===
*[[Transmigration]]
*[[Temptation]]
*[[Exegesis]]
*[[Requiem]]
*[[Ascent]]
*[[Dissent]]
*[[Iconoclasm]]
*[[Excision]]
===Cysts===
*[[Alone in the Dark]]
**[[Aerial Ace: Cyst]]
**[[Moth-Infested: Cyst]]
**[[Searing Light: Cyst]]
**[[Slayer: Cyst]]
**[[Smoldering Darkness: Cyst]]
**[[Sword Dance: Cyst]]
===[[Adventure]]s===
*[[The Hollow, Part I]]
*[[The Hollow, Part II]]
*[[Home, Part I]]
*[[Home, Part II]]
*[[Queens, Part I]]
*[[Queens, Part II]]
===[[Strike]]s===
*[[Liminality]]
===[[Raid]]===
*[[Salvation's Edge]]
===[[Exotic]] quests===
*'''Convalesence'''
**[[Convalescence: Rootbound]]
**[[Convalescence: Underbrush]]
**[[Convalescence: Greenery]]
**[[Convalescence: Budding]]
*[[Destined Heroes]]
**[[Hope (Exotic Mission)|Hope]]
*[[Dual Destiny]]
*[[Wild Card]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Pale Heart is the first and only destination, currently, to contain each of the existing enemy species.
*The Pale Heart is the first and only destination, currently, to contain each of the existing enemy races.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{1st}}
***''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]''
**''[[The Final Shape]]''
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
***''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Revenant]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[10th Anniversary]]''


==References==
==References==
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