Editing Tree of Silver Wings

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[[File:Silver Wings - Pure 1.png|300px|thumb|The tree of silver wings in the [[Cradle]].]]
{{quote|In the Garden grows a tree of silver wings. The leaves are ruin, the bark disaster. Of the [[Seed of Silver Wings|seeds]] we do not speak.|[[Ruin Wings]] flavor text}}

The '''Tree of Silver Wings''' is a mysterious entity referred to by multiple sources, typically in association with either the [[Black Garden]] or the more metaphorical "[[Garden]]" allegory used to describe the state of reality predating the universe.<ref>'''Bungie (06/09/2020)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Seed of Silver Wings]] lore tab''</ref>

==The Garden Before Time==
{{Quote|The day was longer than all of time, and the night was swifter than a glint of light on a falling sugar crystal. ''[…]'' A tree of silver wings bloomed yielded fruit shed feathers bloomed again.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener and Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener and Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]''</ref>}}
The tree once existed alongside the [[Light|Gardener]] and the [[Darkness|Winnower]]. Its leaves are described as "ruin", its peeling bark "disaster", and the oppressive air around it inspires violence in those who would breathe even a little in. Nothing grows within the Tree's shadow, and it scintillates faintly at dusk. The Tree achieves its entelechy, its potential, with every body falling, every civilization laid to waste, every leaf forged into instruments of ruin.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], [[Mk. 44 Stand Asides]] lore tab''</ref> Its [[Seed of Silver Wings|seeds]] are malleable and hungering, and so they are not spoken of, nor on what they would become. Eris states that the Tree and its seeds are fluid in nature, but not physically; they act as an engine of integration, incorporating that which it contacts into its structure. It feeds from paracausal energy, both the Light and the Dark vying for dominance within its every particle.

It was later brought down by the two entities fighting with each other, and left to smoke amid the meadows<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower2'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Unveiling#T = 0|Unveiling: T=0]]''</ref>.

==Discovery within the Black Garden==
When the Guardians [[Garden of Salvation|raided]] the [[Black Garden]] to follow the signal of the [[Unknown Artifact]] they would discover a "felled" Tree of Silver Wings<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Seed of Silver Wings]]''</ref>. Inside what remained of the severed trunk, after defeating the [[Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent|Sanctified Mind]] that protected it, the Guardians would discover a [[Black Fleet#Veiled Figures|Veiled Statue]]<ref>[[:File:VexSalvationGarden1.jpg]]</ref>.

==Discovery on Io==
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During the arrival of the Black Fleet, [[Osiris]] recovered a [[Seed of Silver Wings|seed]] from the Pyramids<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]], [[Weblore:Season of the Worthy#What Gives Me Pause|Weblore: What Gives Me Pause]]''</ref>. He later received a message from [[Mara Sov]] relayed to him through [[Brother Vance]], which instructed him simply to "plant the seed"<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]], [[Lore:Trials and Tribulations#Chapter 8 - Idolatry|Trials and Tribulations, Chapter 8 - Idolatry]]''</ref>. 

This Tree would be discovered by [[the Guardian]] and [[Eris Morn]] in the heart of the [[Cradle]] on [[Io]]. Eris claimed it formed when the Traveler first terraformed Io, not knowing that Osiris planted the Seed, but the connection between this tree and the original is unclear; however, the flavor text for the Seed of Silver Wings recovered from the tree strongly implies that both share a similar nature.{{citation needed}}

==Discovery within the Heart==
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A tree resembling the overall form of the mature Tree of Silver Wings on Io was also found within the [[The Blooming|Blooming]] within the [[The Pale Heart|Pale Heart]]; however, instead of the silver-white metallic substance of the Tree on Io, this tree seemed to be made out of normal wood, and contained three sculpted representations of Hive among its branches. A smaller "sapling" strongly resembling an immature version of the Tree of Silver Wings discovered on Io was discovered within the [[The Blooming Deep|Blooming Deep]] [[Lost Sector]], where it was guarded from the Witness' forces by the [[Lucent Brood]] [[Wizard]] [[Luzaku]].

==Non-canon appearances==
'''Rising Timeline'''
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==Trivia==
*A Ghost projection in [[Eververse Trading Company|Eververse]] refers to the tree as the '''Sterling Arbor''', a synonym for "Silver Tree".
*Despite it being referred to as a root within the [[Root of Nightmares]] [[Root of Nightmares#Objectives|Objectives]], the massive structure heavily resembles a Tree of Silver Wings along with its ability to feed off of paracausal powers.
**Adding to this, the Tree within the Pale Heart is also referred to as a root in dialogue, suggesting that root may be another term for a Tree of Silver Wings. It is also possibly a manifestation of the Tree on Io made from [[Ikora Rey]]’s own memory of the Cradle.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' : ''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]''
**''[[The Final Shape]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Paracausal entities]]
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