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{{Article quote|The jungles of Venus conceal great treasures - and terrible power.}}
{{Planet infobox
{{Planet infobox
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|image=[[File:Grimoire Venus.jpg|300px]]
|image=[[File:Grimoire Venus.jpg|300px]]
|name= Venus
|name= Venus
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|gravity= .904 g
|gravity= .904 g
|diameter= 12,100 kilometers
|diameter= 12,100 kilometers
|daylength= 2,802 hours
|daylength= 5,832 hours
|yearlength= 225 days
|yearlength= 243 days
|atmosphere=
|atmosphere=
|population= [[Vex]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Taken]]
|population=  
|government=  
|government=  
}}
}}
{{Quote|Sunlight starves. The fierceness chills and thins and runs sweet. A new ocean emerges, thick and salty and hot, from springs and geysers that drench the dead ground. You wonder: will this world's second birth be its finest?|Ghost Fragment: Venus<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places/Venus#Ghost_Fragment:_Venus|Ghost Fragment: Venus]]''</ref>}}
'''Venus''' is the second planet in the [[Solar System]], and the largest terrestrial planet apart from [[Earth]].


'''Venus''' is the second planet in the [[Sol System]], and the largest terrestrial planet apart from [[Earth]]. It is also a living consciousness, and one of the [[Nine]].
==Overview==
With the coming of the [[Traveler]], Venus' toxic air was 'cleansed'<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' : ''Destiny Story'']</ref> and the world was swiftly colonized by [[Human|humanity]] during the [[Golden Age]],<ref name="HopesDreams">[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams?page=1 '''IGN''' ''Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams'']</ref> becoming known as a "paradise".<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/destinations/venus '''Bungie''' : ''Venus'']</ref> Venus is now a hostile world.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref> Sulfuric gasses are vented from the surface of the planet, <ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---10112013/en/News/News?aid=11189 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update - 10/11/2013'']</ref> and crackling lightning flashes through the sulfuric yellow sky. All the while, jungle and overgrowth has claimed the remnants of the [[Academy|scientific research settlement]] once held here by humanity.


==Overview==
==History==
With the coming of the [[Traveler]], Venus' toxic air was 'cleansed'<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' : ''Destiny Story'']</ref> and the world was swiftly colonized by [[Human|humanity]] during the [[Golden Age]],<ref name="HopesDreams">[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams?page=1 '''IGN''' ''Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams'']</ref> becoming known as a "paradise".<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/destinations/venus '''Bungie''' : ''Venus'']</ref> Venus is now a hostile world.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref> Sulfuric gasses are vented from the surface of the planet, <ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---10112013/en/News/News?aid=11189 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update - 10/11/2013'']</ref> and crackling lightning flashes through the sulfuric yellow sky. All the while, jungle and overgrowth has claimed the remnants of the [[Ishtar Academy|scientific research settlement]] once held here by humanity.
During the initial exploration of Venus, ancient ruins predating humanity's existence were discovered, leading to a colonization rush by some of Earth's brightest minds.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Places/Venus#Ishtar_Sink|Ishtar Sink]]''</ref> Following the [[Collapse]], the [[Vex]] lay claim to those ruins and began protecting them for unknown reasons.<ref name="Planetview">[https://www.destinyplanetview.com/en/home '''Destiny Planet View''']</ref>


The ruins of Venus feature energy relays used by the Vex, which are powered by a heavily protected [[Nexus]] far below the surface and are believed to be part of an ancient network that, if fully reawakened, could turn the planet itself into a system the Vex could control.<ref name="Planetview"/> Both the ancient Vex ruins, and the more recent human structures are now choked in vegetation,<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=11063 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda'']</ref> although humanity has managed to regain a presence there.<ref name="HopesDreams"/> But despite this, the forgotten cities are slowly being swallowed up by the Venusian ocean and in their place; the towering Vex [[Citadel]] now draws the eye—a hulking, obelisk Jenga tower of bizarre geometric shapes. Its purpose remains unknown, but the robotic Vex unceasingly defend it.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref>
The ruins of Venus feature energy relays used by the Vex, which are powered by a heavily protected [[Nexus]] far below the surface and are believed to be part of an ancient network that, if fully reawakened, could turn the planet itself into a system the Vex could control.<ref name="Planetview"/> Both the ancient Vex ruins, and the more recent human structures are now choked in vegetation,<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=11063 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda'']</ref> although humanity has managed to regain a presence there.<ref name="HopesDreams"/> But despite this, the forgotten cities are slowly being swallowed up by the Venusian ocean and in their place; the towering Vex [[Citadel]] now draws the eye—a hulking, obelisk Jenga tower of bizarre geometric shapes. Its purpose remains unknown, but the robotic Vex unceasingly defend it.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref>


The [[Fallen]] [[House of Winter]] also has their [[Winter's Lair|Lair]] on Venus, adding to the number of hostile forces already present on the planet.<ref>[http://www.destinydb.com/activities/901521943-winters-run '''DetinyDB''': ''Winter's Run'']</ref>
The [[Fallen]] [[House of Winter]] also has their [[Winter's Lair|Lair]] on Venus, adding to the number of hostile forces already present on the planet.<ref>[http://www.destinydb.com/activities/901521943-winters-run '''DetinyDB''': ''Winter's Run'']</ref>
In [[Season of the Splicer]], the [[Waking Ruins]] area returned as part of the revamped [[Vault of Glass (raid)|Vault of Glass]] raid, however it is no longer a public space.
==History==
===The Ancient Past===
Long before the evolution of humanity, Venus and the other planets of the Sol System served as gravitational foci for interstellar streams of dark matter particles. When life evolved elsewhere in the System, the movements of lifeforms created perturbations in these looping streams, which caused the dark matter loops to "awaken" into consciousness. These nascent consciousnesses would one day become known to Humanity as the [[Nine]].
===Golden Age===
When the Traveler came to the [[Sol System]], it terraformed Venus, transforming its surface from a corrosive and superheated wasteland into a lush jungle, filled with life.
During the initial exploration of Venus, ancient ruins predating humanity's existence were discovered, leading to a colonization rush by some of Earth's brightest minds.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Ishtar Sink|Ishtar Sink]]''</ref> It has been acknowledged that the ruins came from another Venus in a different reality.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/ghost-fragment-vex-4?highlight=Venus]</ref> Following the [[Collapse]], the [[Vex]] lay claim to those ruins and began protecting them for unknown reasons.<ref name="Planetview">[https://www.destinyplanetview.com/en/home '''Destiny Planet View''']</ref>
===City Age===
The [[Ahamkara]] had a strong presence on Venus during the [[City Age]], and appeared to be engaged in terraforming the planet for unknown purposes. The nature of the changes wrought by the Ahamkara are unclear; according to [[Eris Morn]], eyewitnesses disagreed over what they saw, or the order in which events had occurred. During the Great Ahamkara Hunt, a "paracausal phenomenon" appeared over the Ishtar Academy which prompted at least one Guardian who witnessed it to apparently attempt permanent suicide. Ultimately, the Ahamkara were exterminated on Venus by the Guardians, although their skeletal remains continued to telepathically influence those who encountered them.
Sometime at the start to the [[Red War]], the [[Red Legion]] came to Venus. This can be found out by scanning a small radar dish in the gulch of the EDZ. Why they came and the status of their occupation is unknown, but it can be presumed that it was a further effort of combating and stealing from the Vex like on Nessus and the forces sent to the Black Garden's gate on Mars.


==Locations==
==Locations==
*[[Ishtar Sink]] {{C|Destination}}
*[[Ishtar Sink]] {{C|Destination}}
**[[Asylum]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Ishtar Academy]]
**[[Ishtar Academy]]
***[[Ishtar Commons]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Ishtar Commons]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Hall of Whispers]]
***[[Hall of Whispers]]
****[[The Archive (location)|The Archive]]
****[[The Archive]]
***[[N/Gen Branch]]
***[[N/Gen Branch]]
****[[Dig Site 4]]
****[[Dig Site 4]]
****[[The Nexus (location)|The Nexus]]
****[[The Nexus]]
**[[Ember Caves]] {{C|Public location}}
**[[Ember Caves]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Winter's Lair]]
***[[Winter's Lair]]
****[[Ash Coves]]
****[[The Cinders]]
****[[The Cinders]]
*****[[Ash Coves]]
****[[Wintership Simiks-Fel]]
******[[Winter's Run (location)|Winter's Run]]
****[[Winter's Run]]
*****[[Wintership Simiks-Fel]]
**[[The Citadel]] {{C|Public location}}
**[[The Citadel]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[The Juncture]]
***[[The Juncture]]
***[[The Terminus]]
***[[The Terminus]]
**[[The Last Exit]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[The Shattered Coast]] {{C|Public location}}
**[[The Shattered Coast]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Headlands]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Headlands]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Ishtar Cliffs]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Ishtar Cliffs]] {{C|Public location}}
**[[Waking Ruins]] {{C|Public location}}
**[[Waking Ruins]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Trial of Kabr|The Trial of Kabr]]
***[[Vault of Glass]]
****[[Templar's Well]]
****Trial of Kabr
*****[[The Gorgons' Labyrinth]]
****Templar's Well
******[[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]]
****Gorgon's Labyrinth
****Glass Throne
***[[Campus 9]]
***[[Campus 9]]
***[[Endless Steps]]
***[[Endless Steps]]
****[[Echo Chamber]]
****[[Echo Chamber]]
**[[Asylum]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Thieves' Den]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[The Last Exit]] {{C|Crucible map}}
*[[Maat Mons]]
*[[Maat Mons]]
**[[Infinite Descent]] {{C|[[Sparrow Racing League]] map}}
**[[Infinite Descent]] {{C|[[Sparrow Racing League]] map}}
**[[Shores of Time]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Shores of Time]] {{C|Crucible map}}
*[[Pomona Mons]]
*Pomona Mons
**[[Floating Gardens]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Floating Gardens]] {{C|Crucible map}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The [[Ishtar Sink]] is placed somewhere along the southeastern coast of the Ishtar Terra, one of four highland continents of Venus and just south of the north pole.<ref>'''reddit''': [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/42gmxq/geography_and_placement_of_locations_in_destiny/ '''Geography and placement of locations in destiny'''] (''"Most of the game so far has taken place in the Ishtar sink which is along the south eastern coast of Ishtar terra, which is located just south of the north pole.''")</ref>
*The Ishtar Sink is placed somewhere along the southeastern coast of the Ishtar Terra, one of four highland continents of Venus and just south of the north pole.<ref>'''reddit''': [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/42gmxq/geography_and_placement_of_locations_in_destiny/ '''Geography and placement of locations in destiny'''] (''"Most of the game so far has taken place in the Ishtar sink which is along the south eastern coast of Ishtar terra, which is located just south of the north pole.''")</ref>
 
==Non-canon appearances==
===Rising Timeline===
{{Main|Venus/Rising}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Destiny venus surface.jpg|The surface of Venus as seen on Bungie.net.
File:Destiny venus surface.jpg|Venus' surface as seen on Bungie.net
File:Venusgame.png|The sulphur canyons of Venus.
File:Venusgame.png|The sulphur canyons of Venus
File:Venus landscape.jpg|The Infinite Gardens.
File:Venus landscape.jpg
File:Screenshot venus02.jpg|The wastelands of Venus.
File:Screenshot venus02.jpg
File:Screenshot venus01.jpg|An Ishtar Collective research outpost in some Vex ruins.
File:Screenshot venus01.jpg|An Ishtar Collective research outpost in some Vex ruins
File:Screenshot venus04.jpg|Ruins of the City Metro Train station.
File:Screenshot venus04.jpg|Ruins of the city metro
File:Venus15.jpg|Three Guardians in the City Metro Train station.
File:Venus15.jpg
File:Venus portal.jpg|A Vex portal on Venus.
File:Venus portal.jpg|A Vex portal on Venus.
File:03-o-golden-age-postcard.jpg|A postcard of City Metro during the Golden Age.
File:03-o-golden-age-postcard.jpg|A postcard from Venus during the Golden Age.
</gallery>
</gallery>


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==References==
==References==
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