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{{Quote|Lord of worlds, massive Jupiter and its moons must have been a cornerstone of Golden Age civilization. But the nature and extent of human presence there is now unknown. Old records refer to cities in ice and world-spanning oceans, but perhaps this is only poetry.|[[Grimoire]] description.<ref name="Jupiter">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Jupiter|Jupiter]]''</ref>}}

'''Jupiter''' is the fifth and largest planet in the [[Sol System]] with several dozen moons.<ref name="Jupiter"/> It is also a living consciousness, and one of the [[Nine]].

When the [[Traveler]] arrived at Jupiter, it terraformed the surrounding moons.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Jupiter#Ghost Fragment: Jupiter|Ghost Fragment: Jupiter]]''</ref> Another of its moons, [[Europa]], which was not touched by the Traveler, was colonized by [[human|humanity]]; this colony was later lost during the [[Collapse]].<ref name="Shooter"/> Another moon, [[Io]], was partially terraformed when the Collapse occurred.<ref name="GF: Cayde-6">'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6|Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6]]''</ref>

Now ice-encrusted, abandoned cities are all that remain.<ref name="Shooter">[http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-02-17-destiny-bungie-unveils-its-shared-world-shooter '''EuroGamer.net''' - ''Destiny:Bungie unveils its shared world shooter'']</ref><ref name="Jupiter"/> The survivors, however, may have been radically changed, as detailed in a Grimoire entry speculating on the nature of the Nine.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Legends 2|Ghost Fragment: Legends 2]]''</ref> Jupiter (and possibly the other outer worlds) are now governed by the [[Nine]], a mysterious group of entities whose power is rivaled only by the [[Awoken]] [[Queen]] [[Mara Sov]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen#Ghost Fragment: The Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref> The Nine seem to be interested in the [[Last City|surviving human civilization]]  and their Traveler, prompting them to send [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine|an agent]] to the City as their emissary.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-1-23)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Agent of the Nine|Agent of the Nine]]''</ref>

The [[Ahamkara]] are rumored to still exist somewhere in the vicinity of Jupiter.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], Item Description, [[Long Tomorrow 9G#Helm|Long Tomorrow 9G Helm]]''</ref>

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