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[[File:Grimoire Books of Sorrow.jpg|thumb|250px|Cover of the Books of Sorrow Grimoire. <br><br> The emblem of the Darkness is superimposed over a Calcified Fragment; in the background can be seen the faint outline of a pillar inside the Dreadnaught.]]

{{Article quote|I will prepare a book, which is a map to a weapon. And my vanquisher will read that book ''[...]'' and then they will take up my weapon, and they will use it, ''[...]'' and armed thus with my past, and my future, and my present ''[...]'' they will become me ''[...].'' Thus I will live forever.}}

==Summary==

# ([[Books_of_Sorrow#Calcified_Fragments:_Curiosity|Curiosity]] - [[Books_of_Sorrow#XIX:_Crusaders|XIX]]) Twenty of the Verses detail the lives of the proto-Hive sisters Xi Ro, Aurash, and Sathona on Fundament, their meeting with the Leviathan and the Worm Gods, eventual dominion over the Jovian world and destruction of the Ammonites. They emerge as Xivu Arath, Auryx, and Savathûn. In the process they discover the Ascendant plane and begin the hunt for the Traveler.

*The [[Worm|Worm Gods]]

**[[Akka, the Worm of Secrets]]

**[[Yul, the Honest Worm]]

*[[Xivu Arath]] {{C|Xi Ro}}

*Deathsong {{C|[[Deathsinger]]}}

*[[Dreadnaught]]

*[[Oversoul]]

*[[Taken]]

   

Oryx chose to write the Books of Sorrow to guide his killer, to teach them of who he was and where he came from, so they could better understand him. It would also teach them how to craft a weapon, one that will take all it can and is bound in malice, a symbol of all Oryx is, was, and will ever be. And when his killer uses that weapon, they will mantle Oryx (harkening back to [[Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVII:_shapes_:_points|Verse XXXVII [37]]], where Ir Anûk is said to have done this by imitating her father), carrying on his will and allowing Oryx to live forever as a guiding principle along the path to the final shape.

==Trivia==

*The Books of Sorrow were authored by {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Seth_Dickinson Seth Dickinson]}}, who has written ''{{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/The_Traitor_Baru_Cormorant The Traitor Baru Cormorant]}}'', and is also active in /r/DestinyTheGame and /r/DestinyLore.

*Verse XXXVIII (38) details the discovery and creation of the [[Oversoul]], the description of which is similar in concept to a {{Plain|[https://www.pottermore.com/explore-the-story/the-horcruxes Horcrux]}} from ''{{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Harry_Potter Harry Potter]}}'' or a lich's {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lich_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#/Ecology phylactery]}} from {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Dungeons_%26_Dragons Dungeons and Dragons]}}.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVIII:_The_partition_of_death|XXXVIII: The partition of death]]''{{Quote|We propose a method by which Ascendant souls can be detached and integrated into a tautological and autonomous thanatosphere, which we tentatively term an oversoul. Oversouls can be stored in a throne world as a mechanism of enhanced death resilience. As a side effect, new refinements to our Deathsong may be achieved, moving us closer to a generally effective paracausal death impulse.<br> [...] <br> "If we can separate our deaths from ourselves, and hide them, we will be hard to kill.|[[Ir Anûk, Deathsinger|Ir Anûk]] and [[Ir Halak, Deathsinger|Ir Halak]]}}</ref>

*Oryx's definition of life as "cellular automata" may be a reference to {{Plain|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Conway's Game of Life]}}. This is repeated by the Grimoire Card for [[Echo of Oryx]] where he makes reference to ''"shapes and gliders, automata all"''<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted_Hive#Echo_of_Oryx|Echo of Oryx]]''</ref>. The Game of Life is a cellular automaton, and "gliders" are a category of pattern frequently generated by it.

*#The verb "''Aiat''" (or ''āiat'') is the "third-person singular present active subjunctive" of ''āiō'', which is Latin for "to say". This phrase is used by Oryx when speaking law or defining a new reality.

*The title of Verse 31, ''battle made waves'', is a direct reference to a terminal in ''Marathon 2: Durandal'',<ref>[http://marathon.bungie.org/story/citadel.html#M2.13.4.1 '''Marathon 2: Durandal''' - ''Citadel'' - ''Six Thousand Feet Under (Terminal 4)'']</ref> and is related to chaotic primordial beings or a being called the W'rkncacnter. In ''Marathon Infinity'' several level names parallel the 50th (''You're Wormfood, Dude''; ''Eat the Path'') and 33rd cards (''Where are Monsters in Dreams'').

==Notes==

**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==