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===The Veil=== | ===The Veil=== | ||
The entity known as [[ | The entity known as the [[The Veil|Veil]] is a powerful source of Darkness and appears to act as a Darkness-affiliated counterpart to the Traveler, with which it is connected. Its origins are unknown, although it is known to have existed for billions of years, predating the Witness and the Black Fleet.<ref name="Origins">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0CKckjryVI'''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2: Season of the Deep - The Witness's Origins Cinematic'']</ref> | ||
===The Witness=== | ===The Witness=== | ||
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===Lubrae's Ruin=== | ===Lubrae's Ruin=== | ||
Billions of years ago, the Witness visited the planet [[Lubrae]], where it met a young warrior named [[Rhulk]] who had become disillusioned with his family and clan following a series of perceived betrayals. The Witness granted Rhulk the use of the Darkness, which would later enable Rhulk to bring about the total annihilation of his own people by causing his homeworld's [[Sapphiric Sun]] to implode. Rhulk was subsequently taken in by the Witness and anointed the first of its Disciples. | Billions of years ago, the Witness visited the planet [[Lubrae]], where it met a young warrior named [[Rhulk]] who had become disillusioned with his family and clan following a series of perceived betrayals. The Witness granted Rhulk the use of the Darkness, which would later enable Rhulk to bring about the total annihilation of his own people by causing his homeworld's [[Sapphiric Sun]] to implode. Rhulk was subsequently taken in by the Witness and anointed the first of its [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciples]]. | ||
===The Ecumene=== | ===The Ecumene=== | ||
The civilization known as the [[Ecumene]] were attuned to the Darkness, though they did not seem to share the violent and destructive goals of the Witness and its | The civilization known as the [[Ecumene]] were attuned to the Darkness, though they did not seem to share the violent and destructive goals of the Witness and its Disciples, and indeed would later come into conflict with the nascent [[Hive]].<ref name="THW"/> | ||
===The Qugu=== | ===The Qugu=== | ||
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The Worm Gods promised to lend the sisters their paracausal powers, which they drew from the Deep, in return for the sisters becoming hosts for the Worms' larvae. The sisters agreed and became the founders and God-rulers of what would one day become known as the Hive.<ref name="Bargain"/> The Worms taught the nascent Hive Gods of the Sword Logic, which they used to become ever more powerful.{{Citation needed}} | The Worm Gods promised to lend the sisters their paracausal powers, which they drew from the Deep, in return for the sisters becoming hosts for the Worms' larvae. The sisters agreed and became the founders and God-rulers of what would one day become known as the Hive.<ref name="Bargain"/> The Worms taught the nascent Hive Gods of the Sword Logic, which they used to become ever more powerful.{{Citation needed}} | ||
Much later, the Hive God Auryx (who was once Aurash) slew the Worm God Akka to obtain enough power to learn more about the secrets of the Deep, and in doing so he obtained the power to [[Taken|Take]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVIII: King of Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> a power wielded by the Witness. He became thereafter known as | Much later, the Hive God Auryx (who was once Aurash) slew the Worm God Akka to obtain enough power to learn more about the secrets of the Deep, and in doing so he obtained the power to [[Taken|Take]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVIII: King of Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref> a power wielded by the Witness. He became thereafter known as Oryx, the Taken King. Sometime later, he sought to commune with the Witness directly and prepared an Ogre as a sacrifice, which the Deep inhabited and used to converse with Oryx.<ref name="BMW">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXI: battle made waves|XXXI: battle made waves]]''</ref><ref name="M. M.">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXII: Majestic. Majestic.|XXXII: Majestic. Majestic.]]''</ref> | ||
===The Cambrian Explosion=== | ===The Cambrian Explosion=== | ||
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According to ''Unveiling'', the Cambrian Explosion (i.e. the rapid appearance and diversification of complex life on Earth) was one of innumerable examples across the history of the universe where the Darkness played a role in bringing about complex life, by virtue of curtailing the existence of weaker organisms and thereby driving biological evolution.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]]: [[Lore:Unveiling#The Cambrian Explosion|The Cambrian Explosion]]''</ref> | According to ''Unveiling'', the Cambrian Explosion (i.e. the rapid appearance and diversification of complex life on Earth) was one of innumerable examples across the history of the universe where the Darkness played a role in bringing about complex life, by virtue of curtailing the existence of weaker organisms and thereby driving biological evolution.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]]: [[Lore:Unveiling#The Cambrian Explosion|The Cambrian Explosion]]''</ref> | ||
===The Whirlwind=== | ===Riis and The Whirlwind=== | ||
{{Quote|Where is the | {{Quote|Where is the Great Machine? Where is the Great Machine?|[[Chelchis, Kell of Stone]]}} | ||
At | |||
At some point during the Golden Age of the [[Fallen|Eliksni]] on [[Riis]], a young Eliksni named [[Haaksis]] stole a scout-ship and became lost, eventually finding himself on an abandoned, airless world. He discovered an ancient, abandoned city, at the center of which was a "ship like a blade". Haaksis retrieved a spherical metallic artifact from the city, which spoke to him in his mind and showed him how to find his way home<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Garden-Way|The Garden-Way]]: [[Lore:The Garden-Way#Monsters|Monsters]]''</ref>. As Haaksis grew into adulthood, the voice within the artifact continued to speak to him, telling him of the pointless struggle of life, and of an impending doom that would befall the Eliksni<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Garden-Way|The Garden-Way]]: [[Lore:The Garden-Way#Monsters|Monsters]]''</ref>. | |||
Years later, Haaksis became a Baron of the House of Rain, and attempted to rid himself of the artifact's visions by casting it away into a river. However, the artifact was swallowed by a local predator known as a "river-catcher," which became corrupted with Darkness and began attacking Haaksis' people. The Slayer Baron Kiiraskes was sent to slay the beast, and upon dispatching the creature, she and her apprentice [[Irrha]] discovered the artifact within its remains; upon examining Irrha's memoirs untold centuries later, the scribe [[Eido]] of [[House of Light|House Light]] inferred that the object was of the same kind as the [[Unknown Artifact|mysterious artifact]] given to the Young Wolf by the Witness during their exploration of the Lunar Pyramid<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Garden-Way|The Garden-Way]]: [[Lore:The Garden-Way#Monsters|Monsters]]''</ref>. Kiiraskes later mentioned that Chelchis, Kell of Stone had recently been delivering "strange reports" to the Houses of Kings and Judgment, which Chelchis felt signaled an impending catastrophe; however, Kiiraskes stated that Chelchis believed the true danger would come from within Eliksni civilization, not from the outside<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Garden-Way|The Garden-Way]]: [[Lore:The Garden-Way#Return|Return]]''</ref>. | |||
Some time after this, Riis was attacked by the Witness and its Black Fleet, as well as Oryx's Hive, resulting in a cataclysm became known in Eliksni history as the [[Whirlwind]]. As it had so many times before, the Traveler fled Riis rather than face the Black Fleet, and the Eliskni were reduced to a race of interstellar nomads. | |||
===Pre-Collapse=== | ===Pre-Collapse=== | ||
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[[File:PyramidNightmare.jpg|300px|thumb|Nightmares surrounding the Luna Pyramid]] | [[File:PyramidNightmare.jpg|300px|thumb|Nightmares surrounding the Luna Pyramid]] | ||
Nightmares are the | Nightmares are apparitions created using the Darkness, usually manifesting to a given individual as someone whose memory is associated with fear, regret or other emotional trauma. It is believed that this application of the Darkness was first discovered by [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain]], who later wove Nightmares into his [[Pyramid]] as a security system.<ref name="Visitation">'''Bungie (2023/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[The Visitation]]''</ref> Like Deepsight, this power is thematically in keeping with the Darkness' association with memory and consciousness. | ||
===Egregore=== | ===Egregore=== | ||
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==Influences== | ==Influences== | ||
===The Witness and its Precursors=== | |||
The precursor species that gave rise to the Witness is the oldest known species to have encountered and wielded the Darkness. Eons after discovering the [[The Traveler|Traveler]], the precursors found the Veil in a distant star system, and sought to use its Darkness in combination with the Traveler's Light to bring about a "[[Final Shape]]" for the universe. Afterward, they used the Darkness of the Veil to merge the consciousnesses of their entire species into the [[The Witness|Witness]]<ref name="Origins"/>. | |||
===Guardians=== | ===Guardians=== | ||
{{Quote|You are the gardener's final argument. It would mean everything if I could convince you that I am the right and only way.<br>I truly value you. To the gardener, you are a means to an end. To me, you are majestic. Majestic. You are full of the only thing worth anything at all.<br>I am, by the only standard that matters or will ever matter, the winning team. Existence is a test that most will fail. Would you not count yourself among the victorious few?<br>Don't hurry to deliver your answer. I'll come over and hear it myself.|The narrator of ''Unveiling''}} | {{Quote|You are the gardener's final argument. It would mean everything if I could convince you that I am the right and only way.<br>I truly value you. To the gardener, you are a means to an end. To me, you are majestic. Majestic. You are full of the only thing worth anything at all.<br>I am, by the only standard that matters or will ever matter, the winning team. Existence is a test that most will fail. Would you not count yourself among the victorious few?<br>Don't hurry to deliver your answer. I'll come over and hear it myself.|The narrator of ''Unveiling''}} | ||
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As of recently, many Guardians have come to wield the Darkness in the form of [[Stasis]] and [[Strand]], and utilize its abilities such as [[Deepsight]] to reveal hidden secrets and [[Weapon Crafting|shape]] weapons from memory. According to [[Osiris]], the key to wielding the Darkness properly is to have the right perspective, such as a sense of self-discipline to use Stasis or a proactive, open mindset to use Strand. | As of recently, many Guardians have come to wield the Darkness in the form of [[Stasis]] and [[Strand]], and utilize its abilities such as [[Deepsight]] to reveal hidden secrets and [[Weapon Crafting|shape]] weapons from memory. According to [[Osiris]], the key to wielding the Darkness properly is to have the right perspective, such as a sense of self-discipline to use Stasis or a proactive, open mindset to use Strand. | ||
===Ghosts=== | |||
With certain modifications, [[Ghost]]s can access the Darkness as well as the Light; the [[Drifter's Ghost]] became attuned to the Darkness after being modified with parts scavenged from other Ghosts.<ref name="Bond">'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Drifter]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/illicit-reaper-bond Illicit Reaper Bond]''</ref>The Witness was also capable of overriding Ghosts and using them as conduits for communication, although it is unclear whether this ability stemmed from its use of the Darkness or the Light, or some other power at its disposal.{{citation needed}} | |||
===Eliksni=== | ===Eliksni=== | ||
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{{quote|What others call dark which is not I know what it is but no time room calm given for an appropriate telling so I say only that what is not shadow is an ally and a wonder and I respect what I cannot steal from and you cannot take from the dark you can claim only pain from the dark and that is why the dark is worthy of love beyond all other love that astonishing ability to evade being robbed.|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 2}} | {{quote|What others call dark which is not I know what it is but no time room calm given for an appropriate telling so I say only that what is not shadow is an ally and a wonder and I respect what I cannot steal from and you cannot take from the dark you can claim only pain from the dark and that is why the dark is worthy of love beyond all other love that astonishing ability to evade being robbed.|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 2}} | ||
The Eliksni civilization was destroyed when the [[Black Fleet]] attacked [[Riis]] and the | The Eliksni civilization was destroyed when the [[Black Fleet]] attacked [[Riis]] and the Traveler fled, an event known as the [[Whirlwind]]. A reclaimed (though corrupted) Fallen story mentions that the Fallen respect what they cannot steal from, which is "why the dark is worthy of love beyond all other love that astonishing ability to evade being robbed".<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen|Fallen]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 2|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 2]]''</ref> | ||
Sometime around the events of [[Shadowkeep]], Guardians were introduced to Fallen [[Champion]]s who had been "touched" by the Darkness and given powerful abilities to fight back against their foes.<ref name="Stem the Dark">'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/stem-the-dark Stem the Dark]''</ref> Usually they are seen in high-leveled endgame content such as Nightfalls and recently Raids. | Sometime around the events of [[Shadowkeep]], Guardians were introduced to Fallen [[Champion]]s who had been "touched" by the Darkness and given powerful abilities to fight back against their foes.<ref name="Stem the Dark">'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/stem-the-dark Stem the Dark]''</ref> Usually they are seen in high-leveled endgame content such as Nightfalls and recently Raids. | ||
Later, [[Eramis]] would proclaim herself as the [[Kell | Later, [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]] would proclaim herself as the [[Kell]] of the [[House of Salvation]] and led the newly formed House to [[Europa]] to acquire the powers of the Darkness. They began utilizing the Darkness as a means to destroy the [[Guardian]]s and [[The Last City]], going against the Fallen's traditions and ideals by willingly using the very thing that destroyed their home. With her newfound power, she began plotting to rebuild their Eliksni civilization and take vengeance against the Traveler for abandoning her people centuries prior.<ref>[https://www.gamespot.com/articles/destiny-2-beyond-light-expansion-will-let-you-wiel/1100-6478184/?ftag=NLS-04-10aaa1d '''GameSpot''' - ''Destiny 2 Beyond Light Expansion Will Let You Wield Darkness'']</ref> | ||
===Scorn=== | ===Scorn=== | ||
[[File:FikrulNothingLeft.jpg|thumb|300px|The resurrecting Fikrul the Fanatic]] | [[File:FikrulNothingLeft.jpg|thumb|300px|The resurrecting Fikrul the Fanatic]] | ||
{{Quote|We… are alike. Trapped in death… a never-ending dance.|Fikrul, the Fanatic}} | {{Quote|We… are alike. Trapped in death… a never-ending dance.|Fikrul, the Fanatic}} | ||
The [[Scorn]] are a horde of undead | The [[Scorn]] are a horde of undead Fallen created through the use of [[Dark Ether|Ether infused with Darkness]]. Originally born from a distorted wish granted to [[Uldren Sov]] by the [[Taken]] [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]], the Scorn display the ability to resurrect, even multiple times, though their minds seemingly degrade with each return. They were originally led by [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]], a heretical [[Archon]] and first in their number, but since his disappearance, they have been seen under the control of other powerful Darkness entities, like the [[Disciples of the Witness]] and [[Xivu Arath, God of War]]. The Witness itself seems capable of resurrecting dead Eliksni into more Scorn, which has been used as punishment for Eramis's repeated failures. | ||
Scorn under this new leadership enjoy access to powerful Pyramid technology, which allows many of them to rise to the power of their deceased [[Baron]]s, and perhaps even surpass them. However, despite their power, all Scorn are often fully enslaved to the entity controlling them, incapable of expressing original thoughts. When abandoned without a guide, they follow whatever order was given to them last, which usually brings them to repeat their violence on others in an endless loop. | Scorn under this new leadership enjoy access to powerful Pyramid technology, which allows many of them to rise to the power of their deceased [[Baron]]s, and perhaps even surpass them. However, despite their power, all Scorn are often fully enslaved to the entity controlling them, incapable of expressing original thoughts. When abandoned without a guide, they follow whatever order was given to them last, which usually brings them to repeat their violence on others in an endless loop. | ||
===Cabal=== | ===Cabal=== | ||
The Cabal had some texts on their [[ | The [[Cabal]] had some texts on their [[Athenaeum World]]s that theorized about the Darkness, with the little concrete information the texts contained about the Darkness having been recorded from the "dreams of worms".<ref>'''Bungie (2018/8/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]] - Item Description: [[Equitis Shade Armor#Equitis Shade Rig|Equitis Shade Rig]]''</ref> | ||
[[File:ZavalaCabal.jpg|thumb|300px|Zavala, Osiris, and Cabal talking about the Darkness]] | [[File:ZavalaCabal.jpg|thumb|300px|Zavala, Osiris, and Cabal talking about the Darkness]] | ||
During his exile, the former | During his exile, the former [[Emperor]] [[Emperor Calus|Calus]] sought the means to defeat his usurper [[Dominus Ghaul]] by exploring the secret places of the galaxy and pushing the limits of reason once he regains control of the Leviathan. He eventually crossed paths with a perfect void at the edge of the universe, being the Witness and the Black Fleet, and resolved to become its herald.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - Item Description: [[It Stared Back#Lore|It Stared Back]]''</ref> He would watch them consume the light of the universe, and all among the last of the living would know his greatness.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Calus' letter]]''</ref> Calus also knows of the pact that [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] made with the [[Worm]]s, comparing it to Ghaul's takeover of the legions.<ref>'''[[Cabal Booklet]]''', "[[Cabal Booklet#Ghaul, the Dominus|Ghaul, the Dominus]]"</ref> Calus' strange powers and his claims of "''knowing the truth''" about the galaxy and his mockery of the Guardians' "''feeble light''" imply that he may have some knowledge of the Darkness. | ||
At some point, [[Red Legion]] [[Psion]]s used their psionic powers to successfully harness and infuse Taken energy into themselves and their superiors, empowering them with Taken-enhanced shielding. However, this effort was stopped by [[The Guardian]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Dark Alliance]]''</ref> | At some point, [[Red Legion]] [[Psion]]s used their psionic powers to successfully harness and infuse Taken energy into themselves and their superiors, empowering them with Taken-enhanced shielding. However, this effort was stopped by [[The Guardian]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Dark Alliance]]''</ref> | ||
During the [[Season of Dawn]], the Guardians had faced Cabal | During the [[Season of Dawn]], the Guardians had faced Cabal Champions who were "touched" by the Darkness and were given newfound abilities.<ref name="Stem the Dark"/> Soon they were frequently encountered at high-leveled endgame content, most notably Nightfalls. | ||
During [[Season of the Haunted]], Calus would return to Sol two years later, now the newest Disciples of the Witness. He would succeed in merging his consciousness with the [[The Lunar Pyramid|Lunar Pyramid]], however, he would be stopped by the [[The Coalition|Coalition]] who would sever his connection with the pyramid. | |||
Calus alongside his new army the [[Shadow Legion]] would arrive in Sol alongside the Witness. The Shadow Legion have access to powerful [[Pyramid]] technology and are assisted by [[Tormentor]]s among their ranks. They are said to be filled with emptiness and follow orders without question. The Shadow Legion are described by [[Empress Caiatl]] as not knowing what it is like to be Cabal when their attempt to recreate the [[Rite of Proving]] failed. | |||
===Hive=== | ===Hive=== | ||
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The Hive revere the Darkness and serve the [[the Witness|Witness]]. The progenitors of the Hive made a pact with their highest gods, the [[Worms]], who grant the powers of Darkness to the Hive. The Hive god [[Oryx, the Taken King]] stole the power of the Darkness from his patron deity, [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets]], which allowed him to wield the Darkness and create [[Taken]]. The Hive religion, based around the 'Sword-Logic', is based upon the Darkness' philosophy of survival-of-the-fittest and power through conquest. | The Hive revere the Darkness and serve the [[the Witness|Witness]]. The progenitors of the Hive made a pact with their highest gods, the [[Worms]], who grant the powers of Darkness to the Hive. The Hive god [[Oryx, the Taken King]] stole the power of the Darkness from his patron deity, [[Akka, the Worm of Secrets]], which allowed him to wield the Darkness and create [[Taken]]. The Hive religion, based around the 'Sword-Logic', is based upon the Darkness' philosophy of survival-of-the-fittest and power through conquest. | ||
===Vex=== | ===Vex=== | ||
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The majority of the Vex avoid the Darkness, due to a combination of their inability to simulate paracausality and the fact that their ultimate goal of Convergence (an end state of the universe where only the Vex exist) means that they would have to overcome the Darkness. The Vex of the [[Sol Divisive]] however, worship the [[Black Heart]], an aspect of the Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds|Vex Axis Minds]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds#Sol Progeny|Sol Progeny]]''</ref>Osiris theorized that some Vex technology is tuned to react to the presence of the Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas|Crucible Arenas]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas#Timekeeper|Timekeeper]]''</ref> | The majority of the Vex avoid the Darkness, due to a combination of their inability to simulate paracausality and the fact that their ultimate goal of Convergence (an end state of the universe where only the Vex exist) means that they would have to overcome the Darkness. The Vex of the [[Sol Divisive]] however, worship the [[Black Heart]], an aspect of the Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds|Vex Axis Minds]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds#Sol Progeny|Sol Progeny]]''</ref>Osiris theorized that some Vex technology is tuned to react to the presence of the Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas|Crucible Arenas]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Crucible Arenas#Timekeeper|Timekeeper]]''</ref> | ||
Through unknown means, the Sol Inherent, a powerful subdivision of the [[Sol Divisive]], appear to have been exposed to the Darkness and changed by it somehow, causing them to take on malformed, organic, visceral appearances. Upon the deactivation of the [[Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent|Sanctified Mind]], a structure behind it opens up to reveal a statue identical to the one found on the | Through unknown means, the Sol Inherent, a powerful subdivision of the [[Sol Divisive]], appear to have been exposed to the Darkness and changed by it somehow, causing them to take on malformed, organic, visceral appearances. Upon the deactivation of the [[Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent|Sanctified Mind]], a structure behind it opens up to reveal a statue identical to the one found on the Lunar Pyramid, hidden by a geometrical platform above which floats a [[Pyramid Scale]]. The significance of this is unknown.<ref name="GOS"/> | ||
During the events of [[Shadowkeep]], Guardians faced [[Champion#List of Champions|Vex Champions]] who have been "touched" by the Darkness and were given newfound abilities to be on par against their powerful adversaries.<ref name="Stem the Dark"/>They were later encountered in high-level content such as Nightfalls. | During the events of [[Shadowkeep]], Guardians faced [[Champion#List of Champions|Vex Champions]] who have been "touched" by the Darkness and were given newfound abilities to be on par against their powerful adversaries.<ref name="Stem the Dark"/>They were later encountered in high-level content such as Nightfalls. | ||
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[[File:TheNinePyramids.jpg|thumb|300px|The Emissary showing the Drifter the Darkness fleet]] | [[File:TheNinePyramids.jpg|thumb|300px|The Emissary showing the Drifter the Darkness fleet]] | ||
The [[Awoken]] were once humans but were transformed during the Collapse upon reaching the edge of the [[ | The [[Awoken]] were once humans but were transformed during the Collapse upon reaching the edge of the [[Asteroid Belt]]. Beyond the belt, "the edge of the Deep Black", the system is totally immersed in Darkness.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races|Races]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire:Places/Saturn|Saturn]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Saturn#Saturn|Saturn]]''</ref> The events of their transformation were further detailed in the Lore book "Marasenna", which reveals that the Awoken were captured in a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelblitz_(astrophysics) kugelblitz] formed by the Darkness and Light battling one another in the vicinity of the [[Yang Liwei]]. As a result of this event, the Awoken were reborn as beings containing both Light and Darkness within themselves. | ||
During his possession by the | During his possession by the Taken [[Ahamkara]] known as Riven, Uldren Sov emitted streams of Darkness from his eyes to activate the gate of the [[Dreaming City]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Nothing Left to Say]]''</ref> | ||
===Taken=== | ===Taken=== | ||
[[File:Oryx.gif|thumb|300px|Oryx demonstrating the power to Take]] | [[File:Oryx.gif|thumb|300px|Oryx demonstrating the power to Take]] | ||
As demonstrated by the | As demonstrated by the Witness and Oryx, the Darkness can be used to take direct possession of other beings, transforming them into Taken. When a being is Taken, they are warped into the Ascendant Plane, where they are reshaped into spectral ghost-like versions of their former selves, with new paracausal abilities and a single-minded dedication to the one that Took them. | ||
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*The tetrahedral shapes often seen in association with the Darkness allude to the philosophy of the Darkness, as presented in the Books of Sorrow and ''Unveiling''; tetrahedrons are the simplest possible three-dimensional shape, and the Darkness seeks to reduce the universe into a maximally simplified, eternal form. Notably, the Pyramids of the Black Fleet are themselves tetrahedrons, with each face being either a right, isosceles or regular triangle. In contrast, the Traveler is a sphere, which can be described as having infinitely many faces; this may allude to the philosophy of the Light, which encourages complexity and diversity. | *The tetrahedral shapes often seen in association with the Darkness allude to the philosophy of the Darkness, as presented in the Books of Sorrow and ''Unveiling''; tetrahedrons are the simplest possible three-dimensional shape, and the Darkness seeks to reduce the universe into a maximally simplified, eternal form. Notably, the Pyramids of the Black Fleet are themselves tetrahedrons, with each face being either a right, isosceles or regular triangle. In contrast, the Traveler is a sphere, which can be described as having infinitely many faces; this may allude to the philosophy of the Light, which encourages complexity and diversity. | ||
*A teaser released on the official Destiny 2 Twitter page on the 29th of May 2020 features a 1:13 long video that plays audio that seems to fit the nature of the Darkness. The Video also features a typical soundbar background but the bars do not move in time with the audio itself, instead, they are frozen with some of the bars forming the shape of a small pyramid and a large pyramid. At the end of Season of Arrivals, it was revealed that these sounds were the ambience for the pillar room. Many of these sounds were reused for the Europan Pyramid's interior, mixed with the pulsing from the Lunar Pyramid. | *A teaser released on the official Destiny 2 Twitter page on the 29th of May 2020 features a 1:13 long video that plays audio that seems to fit the nature of the Darkness. The Video also features a typical soundbar background but the bars do not move in time with the audio itself, instead, they are frozen with some of the bars forming the shape of a small pyramid and a large pyramid. At the end of Season of Arrivals, it was revealed that these sounds were the ambience for the pillar room. Many of these sounds were reused for the Europan Pyramid's interior, mixed with the pulsing from the Lunar Pyramid. | ||
*The theme that accompanies the Darkness and the Pyramids contains seven notes. | *The theme that accompanies the Darkness and the Pyramids contains seven notes. | ||
*The Lore entry ''[[Nacre]]'', written by an anonymous entity, uses a similar tone as that used by the speaker in ''Unveiling'' and "''Majestic. Majestic''"; the speaker in ''Nacre'' also references "my sedimentary necrolite, frozen in time," which appears to reference the Witness' failed vision of the Final Shape, whether or not the speaker is the Darkness/Winnower is unconfirmed. | *The Lore entry of ''[[Nacre]]'', written by an anonymous entity, uses a similar tone as that used by the speaker in ''Unveiling'' and "''Majestic. Majestic''"; the speaker in ''Nacre'' also references "my sedimentary necrolite, frozen in time," which appears to reference the Witness' failed vision of the Final Shape, whether or not the speaker is the Darkness/Winnower is unconfirmed. | ||
*In various Lore entries, entities associated with the Darkness are described as giving off the smell of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrichor petrichor] or wet soil.<ref name="War">'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Garden-Way|The Garden-Way]], [[Lore:The Garden-Way#War|War]]''</ref><ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/relic-conduit-the-hidden-shape?highlight=petrichor</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/07)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Forge]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Black Armory Papers|The Black Armory Papers]]: [[Lore:The Black Armory Papers#Entry 70, 71, 72|Entry 70, 71, 72]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Plunder]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Above All Else#II. The Whispering Dark|Above All Else: I. The Whispering Dark]]''</ref> The significance of this, if any, is unknown. | |||
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