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Toward the end of his life, Bray embarked on a mission to [[Europa]], both to catalogue the moon's native life-forms and to investigate a source of power alluded to in messages from the [[Anomaly (artifact)|K1 anomaly]]. The [[paracausality|paracausal]] force empowering the artifact, which Bray referred to as "[[Darkness|Clarity]]", had promised Bray the secret to immortality - a secret which Bray was desperate to obtain. | Toward the end of his life, Bray embarked on a mission to [[Europa]], both to catalogue the moon's native life-forms and to investigate a source of power alluded to in messages from the [[Anomaly (artifact)|K1 anomaly]]. The [[paracausality|paracausal]] force empowering the artifact, which Bray referred to as "[[Darkness|Clarity]]", had promised Bray the secret to immortality - a secret which Bray was desperate to obtain. | ||
Upon reaching Europa, Bray discovered both native life in the moon's subsurface ocean, and the source of "Clarity | Upon reaching Europa, Bray discovered both native life in the moon's subsurface ocean, and what he believed to be the source of "Clarity": a veiled humanoid statue which Bray named "[[Clarity Control]]". Bray requested that his granddaughter [[Elsie Bray|Elisabeth]], who was suffering from inherited fatal insomnia caused by the elder Bray's genetic meddling, join him and assist with his work, which she agreed to do. | ||
"Clarity Control" instructed Bray to build a [[Vex]] gate, which Bray accomplished by stealing a Vex from the [[Ishtar Collective]]. The completed gate led to a [[2082 Volantis|blue giant star system]], in which the star had been surrounded by orbiting particle accelerators, statites and other Vex megastructures in order to both prolong its life and use it to generate heavy elements via fusion. | "Clarity Control" instructed Bray to build a [[Vex]] gate, which Bray accomplished by stealing a Vex from the [[Ishtar Collective]]. The completed gate led to a [[2082 Volantis|blue giant star system]], in which the star had been surrounded by orbiting particle accelerators, statites and other Vex megastructures in order to both prolong its life and use it to generate heavy elements via fusion. | ||
During his investigation of the Vex, Bray discovered that exposing Vex milk to "Clarity" resulted in a substance with paracausal "anti-structural" properties, but lacking the virulence of raw radiolarian fluid. He then administered some of this substance to the physical hardware of an [[Exos|exomind]], and discovered that it seemed to solve the "loop/billboard/crash" problem of exomind deterioration. Comparing this miraculous substance to the mythological Alkahest produced by the legendary Sorcerer's Stone, Bray decided to name his workplace on Europa the [[Deep Stone Crypt | During his investigation of the Vex, Bray discovered that exposing Vex milk to "Clarity" resulted in a substance with paracausal "anti-structural" properties, but lacking the virulence of raw radiolarian fluid. He then administered some of this substance to the physical hardware of an [[Exos|exomind]], and discovered that it seemed to solve the "loop/billboard/crash" problem of exomind deterioration. Comparing this miraculous substance to the mythological Alkahest produced by the legendary Sorcerer's Stone, Bray decided to name his workplace on Europa the [[Deep Stone Crypt (location)|Deep Stone Crypt]]. | ||
Bray | Around this time, Bray also commissioned the construction of [[Vesper Station]], a secret orbital research platform orbiting Europa, where he directed the creation of a [[The Corrupted Puppeteer|program]] that he hoped would serve as a tool for controlling the Vex. The program ultimately proved too dangerous, however, and the station was placed into quarantine. | ||
However, as the Vex began to infiltrate Europa by subtly encoding their patterns within the minds of Exo work teams returning from the 2082 Volantis, Bray subsequently extended the Exo memory-wipe protocol to trigger whenever certain classes of informational hazard - such as Vex machine code - were encountered. He referred to this as a sort of "noetic immune system", and noted that it would also return the Exos to peak mission readiness during future combat missions. | As Bray and his staff continued to work on Exo development, another roadblock emerged: Dissociative Exomind Rejection (or DER), which not even Bray's "[[Alkahest]]" could solve. Bray later hit upon two solutions to this problem; the first was a protocol for periodic retrograde amnesia, or "memory wipes", which would effectively reset the exomind to an earlier state before DER had set in, and the second was to build Exo bodies with humanlike traits, such as an ability to eat, that would reduce the dissociation exominds felt with their machine bodies. However, as the Vex began to infiltrate Europa by subtly encoding their patterns within the minds of Exo work teams returning from the 2082 Volantis, Bray subsequently extended the Exo memory-wipe protocol to trigger whenever certain classes of informational hazard - such as Vex machine code - were encountered. He referred to this as a sort of "noetic immune system", and noted that it would also return the Exos to peak mission readiness during future combat missions. | ||
By then, the Vex infection had spread to Bray himself, corrupting his body at the molecular level. In order to save himself, Bray subjected himself to automated surgery, with the goal of replacing most of his organs with cloned replicas grown from pigs. However, during the operation, a Vex-defecting copy of [[Maya Sundaresh]] subverted the surgical machinery, ordering it to gruesomely vivisect Bray and awaken him after completion. He was rescued by Elisabeth, who had uploaded herself into an Exo body and destroyed the corrupted medical frames and the Vex unit, and was reassembled. | By then, the Vex infection had spread to Bray himself, corrupting his body at the molecular level. In order to save himself, Bray subjected himself to automated surgery, with the goal of replacing most of his organs with cloned replicas grown from pigs. However, during the operation, a Vex-defecting copy of [[Maya Sundaresh]] subverted the surgical machinery, ordering it to gruesomely vivisect Bray and awaken him after completion. He was rescued by Elisabeth, who had uploaded herself into an Exo body and destroyed the corrupted medical frames and the Vex unit, and was reassembled. | ||
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As his body continued to be corrupted by the Vex, Bray chose to upload himself into an exomind format, cleansing himself of the infection once and for all. The Vex copy of Maya continued to torment him even as he was in the process of uploading, controlling his motor functions to scrawl taunting messages in his journal as Bray recorded his last words. | As his body continued to be corrupted by the Vex, Bray chose to upload himself into an exomind format, cleansing himself of the infection once and for all. The Vex copy of Maya continued to torment him even as he was in the process of uploading, controlling his motor functions to scrawl taunting messages in his journal as Bray recorded his last words. | ||
After the download, Clovis I's mind was installed | After the download, Clovis I's mind was installed as an artificial intelligence in the Deep Stone Crypt, housed within a giant Exo head located in [[Creation]]. From there, Clovis I oversaw the activation of a specially-prepared high-spec Exobody he developed for himself and imprinted with his basic identity. However, [[Banshee-44|Clovis-1]] grew to resent Clovis I's cruelty and egomania, uniting with Elsie's to purge Europa of the Vex and undo the damage he had done, although he went through dozens of resets to do so. Clovis I's Exo head was shut down by Elsie and Clovis-43, who then reset himself to forget his identity as Clovis. | ||
===Reawakening=== | ===Reawakening=== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Clovis Bray I's AI is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Brian T. Delaney|Brian T. Delaney]], who also voices [[Saint-14]] and [[Praksis, the Technocrat]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] credits''</ref> | *Clovis Bray I's AI is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Brian T. Delaney|Brian T. Delaney]], who also voices [[Saint-14]] and [[Praksis, the Technocrat]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] credits''</ref> | ||
*Upon the release of the [[Mysterious Logbook]], initial speculation was that Clovis I's more bizarre characteristics were symptomatic of autism. Writer | *Upon the release of the [[Mysterious Logbook]], initial speculation was that Clovis I's more bizarre characteristics were symptomatic of autism. Writer Seth Dickinson replied to this with, "For whatever it's worth I never once thought of him as autistic. I think that would be a terrible and irresponsible decision to make in writing this character...From my outsider POV I feel like it would be awful to hear "this guy is autistic so he does experiments on humans and has severe issues with women and doesn't care about right and wrong." That's not an effect of autism." <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/jfwptr/spoiler_clovis_bray_i_destinys_most_sickening_and/g9q4gai/</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{1st}} | ||
**''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | **''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | ||
**''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Into the Light]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Episode: Revenant]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Bitter]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Characters]] | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
[[Category:Clovis Bray|*]] | |||
[[Category:Clovis Bray employees]] | [[Category:Clovis Bray employees]] | ||
[[Category:Golden Age characters]] | |||
[[Category:Humans]] | [[Category:Humans]] | ||
[[Category:Exos]] | [[Category:Exos]] | ||
[[Category:Artificial intelligence]] | |||