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==The Garden Before Time==
==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>}}
{{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>.
According to several Lore entries, a "tree of silver wings" once existed in the primordial "garden" which predated the universe, alongside the entities known as the [[Light|Gardener]] and the [[Darkness|Winnower]]. The tree is described as being associated with ruin, disaster, and violence, with its "entelechy" being realized by the deaths of sentient beings, the fall of civilizations, and every ''"leaf forged into instruments of ruin"''. It is said that nothing grew in its shadow, and that it ''"[scintillated] faintly at dusk".''<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], [[Mk. 44 Stand Asides]] lore tab''</ref> The tree was later brought down by the Gardener and Winnower as they fought with each other, and was ''"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>.
 
The tree is also described as producing "seeds", seemingly the same as the [[Seed of Silver Wings|seed]] obtained by [[Osiris]] from the [[Witness]] during the second arrival of the [[Black Fleet]] in the [[Sol System]]. These seeds are described as "malleable and hungering," and it is said in several places that they are ''"not to be spoken of"'', nor is that which they become. Eris stated that the Tree and its seeds are "fluid" in nature, acting as "engines of integration" that feed upon Light and Darkness, which are in contest with one another within its structure.


==Discovery within the Black Garden==
==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>.
When the Guardians [[Garden of Salvation|raided]] the [[Black Garden]] to follow the signal of the [[Unknown Artifact]], they discovered 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==
==Discovery on Io==
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{{Main|Tree of Silver Wings (Io)}}
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}}
Another "Tree of Silver Wings" would be discovered by [[the Guardian]] and [[Eris Morn]] in the heart of the [[Cradle]] on [[Io]]. Eris claimed that the tree had formed when the Traveler terraformed Io {{Citation needed}}, but it remains uncertain whether she was correct, or whether it had in fact grown from a seed obtained by [[Osiris]] from the [[Black Fleet]], which [[Mara Sov]] subsequently instructed him to plant<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><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>. Eris also claimed that the Tree in the Cradle was the offspring of the Tree which had been felled in the Black Garden.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Seed of Silver Wings]]''</ref>


==Discovery within the Heart==
==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 [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]] and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xiro]] 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]].
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 [[Oryx, the Taken King|Aurash]], [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Sathona]] and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xiro]] 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]].


==Trivia==
==Trivia==

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The tree of silver wings in the Cradle.

"In the Garden grows a tree of silver wings. The leaves are ruin, the bark disaster. Of the 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.[1]

The Garden Before Time

"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."
— Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower[2]

According to several Lore entries, a "tree of silver wings" once existed in the primordial "garden" which predated the universe, alongside the entities known as the Gardener and the Winnower. The tree is described as being associated with ruin, disaster, and violence, with its "entelechy" being realized by the deaths of sentient beings, the fall of civilizations, and every "leaf forged into instruments of ruin". It is said that nothing grew in its shadow, and that it "[scintillated] faintly at dusk".[3] The tree was later brought down by the Gardener and Winnower as they fought with each other, and was "left to smoke amid the meadows"[4].

The tree is also described as producing "seeds", seemingly the same as the seed obtained by Osiris from the Witness during the second arrival of the Black Fleet in the Sol System. These seeds are described as "malleable and hungering," and it is said in several places that they are "not to be spoken of", nor is that which they become. Eris stated that the Tree and its seeds are "fluid" in nature, acting as "engines of integration" that feed upon Light and Darkness, which are in contest with one another within its structure.

Discovery within the Black Garden

When the Guardians raided the Black Garden to follow the signal of the Unknown Artifact, they discovered a felled Tree of Silver Wings[5]. Inside what remained of the severed trunk, after defeating the Sanctified Mind that protected it, the Guardians would discover a Veiled Statue[6].

Discovery on Io

Main article: Tree of Silver Wings (Io)

Another "Tree of Silver Wings" would be discovered by the Guardian and Eris Morn in the heart of the Cradle on Io. Eris claimed that the tree had formed when the Traveler terraformed Io [citation needed], but it remains uncertain whether she was correct, or whether it had in fact grown from a seed obtained by Osiris from the Black Fleet, which Mara Sov subsequently instructed him to plant[7][8]. Eris also claimed that the Tree in the Cradle was the offspring of the Tree which had been felled in the Black Garden.[9]

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 Blooming within the 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 Aurash, Sathona and Xiro among its branches.

A smaller "sapling" strongly resembling an immature version of the Tree of Silver Wings discovered on Io was discovered within the Blooming Deep Lost Sector, where it was guarded from the Witness' forces by the Lucent Brood Wizard Luzaku.

Trivia

  • A Ghost projection in 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 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.

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ Bungie (06/09/2020), Destiny 2: Season of Arrivals, Seed of Silver Wings lore tab
  2. ^ Bungie (2019/10/1), Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower
  3. ^ Bungie (2017/12/5), Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris, Mk. 44 Stand Asides lore tab
  4. ^ Bungie (2019/10/1), Destiny 2: Shadowkeep, Unveiling: T=0
  5. ^ Bungie (2020/6/9), Destiny 2: Season of Arrivals, Seed of Silver Wings
  6. ^ File:VexSalvationGarden1.jpg
  7. ^ Bungie (2020/3/10), Destiny 2: Season of the Worthy, Weblore: What Gives Me Pause
  8. ^ Bungie (2020/3/10), Destiny 2: Season of the Worthy, Trials and Tribulations, Chapter 8 - Idolatry
  9. ^ Bungie (2020/6/9), Destiny 2: Season of Arrivals, Seed of Silver Wings
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