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{{Planet infobox
{{Planet infobox
|image=[[File:Earth1.jpg|300px|]]
|image=[[File:Grimoire Earth.jpg|300px|]]
|star, position= [[Sol]], III  
|star, position= [[Sol]], III  
|moon(s)= [[Luna]]
|moon(s)= [[Luna]]
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|demonym=  
|demonym=  
|species=
|species=
|population= [[Fallen]]<br>[[Hive]]<br>[[Taken]]<br>[[Cabal]]<br>[[Human]]
|population= [[Fallen]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Cabal]] <br> [[Human]]ity <br> [[Lightbearer]]
|government=
|government=[[Last City]]
}}
}}
{{Quote|The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken.}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>
{{Quote|The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken.}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>


'''Earth''' is the homeworld of the [[human]] species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the [[Sol System]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Mars|Mars]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mercury#Mercury|Mercury]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref>
'''Earth''' is the homeworld of the [[human]] species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the [[Sol System]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Mars|Mars]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mercury#Mercury|Mercury]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref> It is also a living consciousness, and one of the [[Nine]].


==Overview==
==Overview==
{{Quote|Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home|Grimoire description.}}
{{Quote|Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home|Grimoire description.}}
In the wake of the [[Collapse]], most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the [[Last City]], which was built beneath the [[Traveler]]'s protective aura.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The_City#The_City|The City]]''</ref>
In the wake of the [[Collapse]], most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the [[Last City]], which was built beneath [[The Traveler|the Traveler]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/The City#The City|The City]]''</ref>
Earth is continuously threatened by various [[Enemies|alien species]] who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's [[Light]], the [[Guardians]] fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Guardians|Guardians]]''</ref>
Earth is continuously threatened by various [[Enemies|alien species]] who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's [[Light]], the [[Guardian]]s fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Classes#Guardians|Guardians]]''</ref>


In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost_Fragment:_Clovis_Bray_2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref>
In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/9/20)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Mars#Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2|Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2]]''</ref>


Areas of the planet were occupied by the [[Red Legion]] during the [[Red War]].
Areas of the planet were occupied by the [[Red Legion]] during the [[Red War]].
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*[[Old Accra]]
*[[Old Accra]]
*[[Mombasa Ruins]]
*[[Mombasa Ruins]]
*[[Saharan Contested Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Red Moon Phantom Armor]]''</ref>
*[[Saharan Contested Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Red Moon Phantom Armor]]''</ref>


===Asia===
===Asia===
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*[[Old Bangkok]]
*[[Old Bangkok]]
*[[Taipei]]
*[[Taipei]]
*[[Nur-Sultan]]
*[[Tibet]]


===Europe===
===Europe===
*[[European Aerial Zone]]
*[[European Dead Zone]] {{C|Destination}}
*[[European Dead Zone]] {{C|Destination}}
**[[European Aerial Zone]]
**[[The Farm]]
**[[The Farm]]
**[[Trostland]]
**[[Trostland]]
**[[Memento]] {{c|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Legion's Gulch]] {{c|Crucible map}}
**[[Widow's Court]] {{c|Crucible map}}
**[[Emerald Coast]] {{c|[[Gambit]] map}}
*[[Old Russia]] {{C|Destination}}
*[[Old Russia]] {{C|Destination}}
**[[Cosmodrome]]
**[[Cosmodrome]]
**[[Plaguelands]]
**[[Plaguelands]]
**[[Coyote]]
**[[Exodus Blue]] {{c|Crucible map}}
**[[Sector 618]] {{c|Crucible map}}
**[[Skyshock]] {{c|Crucible map}}
*[[Eastern Flood Zone]]
*[[Eastern Flood Zone]]
**[[Rusted Lands]]
*[[Felwinter Peak]]
*[[Felwinter Peak]]
**[[Iron Temple]]
**[[Iron Temple]]
**[[Vostok Observatory]]
**[[Vostok Observatory]]
**[[Vostok]] {{c|Crucible map}}
*[[London]]
*[[London]]
*[[Neu Turbach]]


===North America===
===North America===
*[[Gulf of Mexico]]
*[[Gulf of Mexico]]
*[[North American Empire]] {{C|defunct political body}}
*[[North American Empire]] {{C|defunct political body}}
**[[Appalachian Dead Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: [http://db.destinytracker.com/d2/en/items/4179002916-mechanik-11 Mechanik 1.1 leg armor]''</ref>
**[[Appalachian Dead Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [http://db.destinytracker.com/d2/en/items/4179002916-mechanik-11 Mechanik 1.1 leg armor]''</ref>
**[[Manhattan Nuclear Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny]], Xbox One, Activision Blizzard: [[Xander 99-40]] dialogue and [[Cayde-6]] PA announcement in the [[Tower]]''</ref>
**[[Manhattan Nuclear Zone]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/23)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Xander 99-40]] dialogue and [[Cayde-6]] PA announcement in the [[Tower]]''</ref>
**[[Old Chicago]]
**[[Old Chicago]]
**[[New Whulge]]
**[[New Whulge]]
*[[Ontario]]
*[[Ontario]]
*[[Panama Ravine]]
*[[Panama Ravine]]
*[[Sinaloan Ruins]]


{{Col-2}}
{{Col-2}}
===South America===
===South America===
*[[Brazilian Dead Zone]]
*[[Brazilian Dead Zone]]
**[[Brasília]]
**[[Brasília]]
*[[Caracas]]
*[[Caracas]]
*[[Sinaloan Ruins]]


===Oceania===
===Oceania===
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===Unknown Regions===
===Unknown Regions===
*[[The Last City]]
*[[Last City]]
**[[Anchor District]]
**[[Anchor District]]
**[[Bannerfall]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Bannerfall]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Botza District]]
**[[Botza District]]
**[[The Core]]
**[[The Core]]
**[[Midtown]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Eliksni Quarter]]
**[[Midtown]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Peregrine District]]
**[[Peregrine District]]
**[[Ridgeback District]]
**[[Ridgeback District]]
**[[The Tower]]
**[[Tower]]
**[[H.E.L.M.]]
**[[H.E.L.M.]]
*[[City Perimeter|Last City Perimeter]]
*[[City Perimeter|Last City Perimeter]]
**[[Frontier]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Frontier]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Twilight Gap]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Twilight Gap (Crucible)|Twilight Gap]] {{C|Crucible map}}
***[[Nkechi's Cut]]
****[[Archimedes Annex]]
*[[Old Desert]]
*[[Old Desert]]
*[[Palamon]]
*[[Palamon]]
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*In the [[Director]]s of ''[[Shadowkeep]]'' and ''[[Beyond Light]]'', Earth is seen rotating the correct way, however the continents appeared backwards.
*In the [[Director]]s of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and ''[[Shadowkeep]]'', Earth is seen rotating the correct way, however the continents appeared backwards. This is easily seen when looking at the orientation of  Greenland and Canada in [[:File:DirectorShadowkeep.jpg|this image]].
*It is implied that the continent of Antarctica may no longer exist, or that is believed to be a myth according to the [[Chromatic Fire]] lore.
*The continent of Antarctica is believed to be a myth according to the [[Chromatic Fire]] lore, implying it may have ceased to exist physically.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
{{Col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
*''[[The Law Of The Jungle]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[The Law Of The Jungle]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny]]''
*''[[Destiny]]''
**''[[The Dark Below]]''
**''[[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]''
**''[[The Taken King]]''
**''[[Rise of Iron]]''
{{Col-2}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Curse of Osiris]]''
*''[[Destiny: Fall of Osiris]]''
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]''
*''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)|Destiny: Warmind]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]''
*''[[Entelechy]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]]''
*''[[Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Joker's Wild]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]''
**''[[Season of Dawn]]''
**''[[Season of the Worthy]]''
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]''
**''[[Beyond Light]]''
{{Col-end}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
<references/>


{{Sol System}}
{{Sol System}}
 
[[Category:Earth|*]]
[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:Planets]]
[[Category:Places]]
[[Category:Locations]]

Revision as of 18:36, July 28, 2024

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Earth
Grimoire Earth.jpg
Astrographical

Star, position:

Sol, III

Satellites(s):

Luna

Physical

Diameter:

12,742 km

Gravity:

1.0 G (9.8 m/s2)

Length of day:

23 hours, 56 minutes and 4 seconds

Orbital period:

365.2425 days

Atmosphere:

.9 atm (N2, O2)

Surface temperature:

-18° C to 38° C

Societal

Population:

Fallen
Hive
Taken
Cabal
Humanity
Lightbearer

Government:

Last City

 

"The cradle of humanity - a world of ancient glory, waiting to be retaken."[1]

Earth is the homeworld of the human species and is one of four terrestrial planets in the Sol System.[2][3][4][5] It is also a living consciousness, and one of the Nine.

Overview

"Once our cities lit the whole world. Now we huddle under the shadow of the Traveler, in the last place it protects. It is so very fragile, this small blue ship, our home"
— Grimoire description.

In the wake of the Collapse, most of the planet's surface lies in ruins except for the Last City, which was built beneath the Traveler.[6] Earth is continuously threatened by various alien species who seek to claim it for their own ends. With the help of the Traveler's Light, the Guardians fight to protect humanity's home and retake its lost lands.[7]

In the pre-Golden Age time, Earth had begun to suffer from overpopulation, and had become overcrowded.[8]

Areas of the planet were occupied by the Red Legion during the Red War.

Locations

Africa

Asia

Europe

North America

South America

Oceania

Unknown Regions

Gallery

  • Earth's surface

    Earth's surface

  • The Last City

    The Last City

  • Cosmodrome, Old Russia

    Cosmodrome, Old Russia

  • Mumbai, India

    Mumbai, India

  • Old Chicago, USA

    Old Chicago, USA

Trivia

  • In the Directors of Forsaken and Shadowkeep, Earth is seen rotating the correct way, however the continents appeared backwards. This is easily seen when looking at the orientation of Greenland and Canada in this image.
  • The continent of Antarctica is believed to be a myth according to the Chromatic Fire lore, implying it may have ceased to exist physically.

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny
  2. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Mars
  3. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Venus
  4. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Mercury
  5. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Jupiter
  6. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: The City
  7. ^ Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Guardians
  8. ^ Bungie (2016/9/20), Destiny, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: Clovis Bray 2
  9. ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Red Moon Phantom Armor
  10. ^ Bungie (2017/9/23), Destiny 2, Mechanik 1.1 leg armor
  11. ^ Bungie (2017/9/23), Destiny, Xander 99-40 dialogue and Cayde-6 PA announcement in the Tower

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