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{{quote|Whispered lore and fragmentary theories suggest that Crota represents a distinct class of Hive entities, not resident in our material world. My latest synthesis of this scattered esoterica suggests that Crota's 'home' is a universe created or remade by his power and occupied by Hive organisms of immense age.|[[Ikora Rey]]}}<ref name="Crota">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Crota,_Son_of_Oryx|Crota, Son of Oryx]]''</ref>
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[[File:Destiny-TDB-CrotasEnd-Raid-Screen.jpg|thumb|Crota's throne world.]]
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An '''Ascendant realm''' (also known as a '''throne''', '''throne world''', '''sword world'''<ref name="King">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVIII:_King_of_Shapes|XXVIII: King of Shapes]]''</ref>, or '''netherworld'''<ref name="Carved">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXIX:_Carved_in_Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref>) is an alternate dimension ruled by the gods of the [[Hive]].<ref name="Weak">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVII:_The_Weakest_Verse|XVII: The Weakest Verse]]''</ref><ref name="Crota"/> Each Hive deity—[[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]], [[Savathûn]], [[Xivu Arath]], and [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]]—rules their own Throne world within the Ascendant realm, where they have absolute power over it through the Sword-Logic. The [[Worm|Worm Gods]], a higher group in the Hive pantheon, also dwell in a deeper part of the Ascendant realm, much closer to [[Darkness|The Deep]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIX:_Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]''</ref>
|image= [[File:Realm.jpg|300px]]
|location= Transdimensional Space
|accessibility= [[Crota's End]] <br> [[King's Fall]] <br> [[Patrol]] [[Dreadnaught]] <br> [[Last Wish]] <br> [[The Shattered Throne]] <br> [[A Hum of Starlight]] <br> [[Patrol]] [[Dreaming City]] <br> [[Target: The Mindbender]] <br> [[The Other Side]] <br> [[Last Rites]] <br> [[Blind Well]] <br> [[Shattered Realm]] <br> [[Patrol]] [[Court of Savathûn]] <br> [[Defiant Battlegrounds]]
}}


==Characteristics==
{{quote|Whispered lore and fragmentary theories suggest that Crota represents a distinct class of Hive entities, not resident in our material world. My latest synthesis of this scattered esoterica suggests that Crota's 'home' is a universe created or remade by his power and occupied by Hive organisms of immense age.|[[Ikora Rey]]}}<ref name="Crota">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota, Son of Oryx]]''</ref>
The development of a personal throne world is the natural result of reaching a certain level of power under the [[The Sword Logic|sword logic]].<ref name="Weak"/> All laws within these realms obey that logic, even other paracausal forces, such as the [[Light]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXIX:_open_your_eye_:_go_into_it|XXXIX: open your eye : go into it]]''</ref> They are completely immune to the effects of paracausal weaponry, such as the [[Harbinger]]s of the [[Awoken]], being miniature universes created from the mind of their resident god.<ref name="Weak"/> If the god is killed, they persist still as all Ascendant realms are located and connected on the "ascendant plane".<ref name ="Hellmouth">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Hellmouth|Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth]]''</ref>  This labyrinthine space is also called the "Overworld", and the "Sea of Screams", in which the Hive thrones reside in, with green-black "suns" mentioned as a source of light or reference point.<ref name ="Hellmouth"/>  


Ascendant realms have a connection to the Deep, the Worm Gods naturally living close to that connection while Oryx built a pathway and altar to communicate.<ref name="King"/> If one of the Hive Gods is slain in the material world, or in another god's Ascendant realm, their soul will pass to their throne where they will regain their strength until they can re-enter the material world; this can potentially be accelerated by the sacrifice of lesser Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"The soul of a Hive is sleeping inside. The Disciples of Osiris believe Ascendant Hive can be reborn in our realm when the time is right and with the sacrifice of lesser Hive souls. I think this one is marked for sacrifice"'', [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-sacrificial-stone Ghost Scans]: Sacrificial Stone''</ref> If they are killed within their own throne, they will die permanently.<ref name="Weak"/> The lesser Hive may enter the Ascendant realm at will,<ref name="Crota"/> but only if they are [[Ascendant Hive]], those Hive warriors who command legions of lesser soldiers and can pay a tithe of death and destruction to the Hive god who rules them.<ref name="Carved"/>
The '''Ascendant Realm''' (also known as the '''Ascendant Plane''',<ref name="Gift">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLVI: The Gift Mast|XLVI: The Gift Mast]]''</ref> '''Netherworld''', '''Overworld''',<ref name ="Hellmouth">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth|Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth]]''</ref> '''Sea of Screams''',<ref name="Carved">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXIX: Carved in Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref> or the '''Howling'''<ref name = "Reverie Dawn">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Reverie Dawn Armor#Reverie Dawn Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves|Reverie Dawn Gauntlets]]''</ref>) is an extradimensional plane of existence related to the [[Darkness]].<ref name="Weak">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVII: The Weakness Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref><ref name="Crota"/>  


Other beings can apparently and independently enter the Ascendant plane separate from the Darkness, as evidenced when the [[Harmony]] wishful bishops "wrestled" with Xivu Arath near her throne.<ref name="Gift">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLVI:_The_Gift_Mast|XLVI: The Gift Mast]]''</ref>
==Overview==
{{quote|One day, as the green eye stars set behind the far-away spines left by the machines' failed injections, a Knight of Oryx met a Knight of Xivu Arath as they passed across a bridge in the Sea of Screams. To their north lay a strata of ossified corpses, tangled bones left by newborn beings who had hatched into this overworld from the weeping blistered souls of living worlds at the end of their sanity, only to become unanchored from the universe of matter and confuse their shapes with each other, until they became one screaming interchange of bodies and died. To their other north was an atoll of scriptures adrift on a sea of interpretations, gnawed at by heresies like white eels. To another north was one end of the bridge, and to the last north, the other end. All directions were north, but it was not at once obvious what lay at the northernmost place.|[[Weblore#Dust|Dust]]}}
 
The Ascendant Realm appears to be an infinite expanse of blackness, suffused with a thick fog or mist that often limits visibility, with occasional pockets of solid geography scattered throughout, typically in the form of throne worlds. The only natural illumination is a harsh, flickering white light from an unknown source. Toland's accounts of the Ascendant Realm describe it as containing green-black "suns";<ref name ="Carved in Ruin">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/cards/ghost-fragment-the-hellmouth?highlight=green-black Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth]''</ref> when the Guardians later entered the Ascendant Realm themselves, massive [[Taken]] [[Blight]]s could be seen in various locations within it, perhaps the same objects Toland was referring to.
 
Existence in the Ascendant plane is mutable, and maintained by force of will. Well-defended ideas there take physical form,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], Item Description: [[Fist of Eight Moons]]''</ref> creating bizarre and twisted landscapes.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#Dust|Dust]]''</ref>
 
The Ascendant Realm can also seemingly pull locations within the physical universe into itself, as it did with the [[Dreaming City]].<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/8vwncp/possible_spoilers_dreaming_city/</ref> Asteroid [[128 Nemesis]] within [[The Reef]] also phase shifts between our world and the Ascendant Realm, due to experimentation upon it by [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]].<ref name=GameInformer/>
 
===Throne Worlds===
Beings which have obtained sufficient paracausal power have the ability to create pocket universes within the Ascendant Realm known as Throne Worlds. These are personal realms whose forms and laws are defined by their creators, and which serve as a refuge for the creator's consciousness or "soul" in the event of their death in the physical world.
 
The most prolific creators and users of Throne Worlds are the Hive, who may become "Ascendant" through practicing the Sword Logic and eventually become powerful enough to create their own Throne Worlds.<ref name="Weak"/> All laws within these realms obey the Sword Logic, even other paracausal forces, such as the [[Light]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXIX: open your eye : go into it|XXXIX: open your eye : go into it]]''</ref> They are typically formed and can grow in size by the deaths of powerful entities, including the Light-affiliated [[Guardian]]s. Throne Worlds are completely immune to the effects of paracausal weaponry, such as the [[Harbinger]]s of the [[Awoken]], being spiritual worlds created from the mind of their resident Hive god.<ref name="Weak"/> If one of the Hive gods is slain in the material world, or in another god's Throne, their soul will pass to their throne where they will regain their strength until they can re-enter the material world; this can potentially be accelerated by the sacrifice of lesser Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]], ''"The soul of a Hive is sleeping inside. The Disciples of Osiris believe Ascendant Hive can be reborn in our realm when the time is right and with the sacrifice of lesser Hive souls. I think this one is marked for sacrifice"'', [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-sacrificial-stone Ghost Scans]: Sacrificial Stone''</ref> If an Ascendant Hive is killed within their own throne, they will die permanently.<ref name="Weak"/> The lesser Hive may enter the Ascendant Realm at will,<ref name="Crota"/> but only if they are [[Ascendant Hive]], those Hive warriors who command legions of lesser soldiers and can pay a tithe of death and destruction to the Hive god who rules them.<ref name="Carved"/>
 
Other beings are also capable of creating Throne Worlds. [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] is an unprecedented Ascendant [[Fallen]], as he fell into the [[Hellmouth]] as a [[Dreg]] and somehow gained Ascendant status, forging his own Throne within the Ascendant Realm by means of [[Cayde-6|Cayde's]] death.<ref name=GameInformer>[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/07/05/these-are-the-eight-barons-who-helped-kill-cayde-6-in-destiny-2-forsaken '''Game Informer''': ''These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken'']</ref>
 
Prior to the [[Taken War]], [[Mara Sov]] also developed a Throne World known as [[Eleusinia]] using [[Eris Morn]]'s knowledge of the [[Sword Logic]] along with [[Riven]]'s wish-magic <ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Lore: [[Reverie Dawn Armor#Reverie Dawn Strides / Greaves / Boots|Reverie Dawn Leg Armor]]''</ref>. However, it was corrupted by [[Oryx]] following Mara's death in the [[Taken War]], and became the lair for [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]], who perpetuates the [[Taken]] curse of the [[Dreaming City]].


==History==
==History==
The Ascendant plane was first discovered by Auryx when Savathûn killed him for negotiating with the [[Ammonite]]s, and the innate power it held when the Worm Gods told him to slay his Hive and observe the effects.<ref name="Weak"/> These realms would prove to be a boon in the Hive's quest for immortality as they warred amongst themselves to deepen their power and understanding<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXI:_an_incision|XXI: an incision]]''</ref> and during the war with the [[Ecumene]] giving them a place in which to recover.<ref name="Carved"/>
===Origins===
{{quote|For you are not the first hero—nor even Oryx the first villain—to meet upon this plane.|Sins of Kharad-Tan}}
The origins and true nature of the Ascendant Realm remain unknown. The description of the Warlock artifact known as the [[Sins of Kharad-Tan]] indicates that others walked the Ascendant Realm long before [[Oryx, the Taken King]] and the [[Guardian]]s, but no records have yet been discovered documenting these events.
 
According to [[Mara Sov]], ancient [[Warlocks]] believed the Ascendant Plane was once home to creatures of great power, a belief also expressed in [[Fallen|Eliksni]] legend according to [[Mithrax]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oQhbCLOmp8</ref>
 
===The Ancient Past===
Auryx was the first among the Hive to discover the Ascendant plane when Savathûn killed him for negotiating with the [[Ammonite]]s, and the first to realize the innate power it held when the Worm Gods told him to slay his Hive and observe how his relationship to baseline reality began to change.<ref name="Weak"/> These realms would prove to be a boon in the Hive's quest for immortality as they warred amongst themselves to deepen their power and understanding<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXI: an incision|XXI: an incision]]''</ref> and during the war with the [[Ecumene]], these realms gave them a place in which to recover.<ref name="Carved"/>
 
During the Hive's war against the Qugu, Savathûn or the Hive under her command tampered with the gate leading to [[Se'Otan]], the last safe star system available to the Qugu, inscribing it with runes that caused it to redirect any entering ships into the Ascendant Realm. Upon arriving at the other end of the gate, Warden [[Te'Qal]] described the space around them as a "strange realm" resembling a "mirror of reality".{{citation needed}}


During the war with the [[Ecumene]], Auryx and his sisters were on the verge of defeat, and so met in his throne to find a way; Auryx killed them after discussion to gain the necessary strength.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVI:_star_by_star_by_star|XXVI: star by star by star]]''</ref> He then traveled the Ascendant plane in search of the Worm God Akka, to take the power needed to save himself and the Hive.<ref name="King"/> Oryx would later return to explore the Ascendant plane more, trying to unlock the secrets of [[Darkness|The Deep]].<ref name="Partition">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVIII:_The_partition_of_death|XXXVIII: The partition of death]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXIV:_More_beautiful_to_know|XXXIV: More beautiful to know]]''</ref> He would later move his throne world "outside" of the Ascendant realm when he built his [[Dreadnaught]], turning it inside out and pouring it into the material plane.<ref name="Dread">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref>
During the war with the [[Ecumene]], Auryx and his sisters were on the verge of defeat, and so met in his throne world to find a solution; Auryx then killed them after in order to gain the necessary strength.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXVI: star by star by star|XXVI: star by star by star]]''</ref> He then traveled the Ascendant plane in search of the Worm God Akka, to take the power needed to save himself and the Hive. Oryx would later return to explore the Ascendant plane more, trying to unlock the secrets of [[Darkness|The Deep]].<ref name="Partition">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXVIII: The partition of death|XXXVIII: The partition of death]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXXIV: More beautiful to know|XXXIV: More beautiful to know]]''</ref> He would later move his throne world out of the Ascendant Realm when he built his [[Dreadnaught]], turning it inside out and pouring it into the material plane.<ref name="Dread">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref>


Only five times have been recorded in which these realms were breached: the [[Vex]]; the Harmony wishful bishops; and twice by the [[Guardian]]s of [[Earth]]. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to dislodge.<ref name="Partition"/> Later the Harmony wishful bishops stalemated with Xivu Arath until her sister came to her aid.<ref name="Gift"/> Finally, many years later, Crota's own realm was [[Crota's End|breached]] and the God-Prince killed;<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota.27s_End|Crota's End]]''</ref> and Oryx's invaded twice by Guardians, who first [[Regicide|killed]] his material form and later [[King's Fall|hunted]] his true self to extinction.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King.27s_Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref> The sole exception is [[Toland, the Shattered]]; instead of breaching it, Toland was ''allowed'' to enter the Ascendant plane by [[Ir Yût]], who did so by killing him with her Deathsong. This gave him greater insight into the Hive, but his true purpose was to search for [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Hellmouth"/>
===City Age===
After [[Toland, the Shattered]] was killed by [[Ir Yût]] with her [[Deathsong]], his consciousness persisted within the Ascendant Realm. At some point before or after leaving his corporeal form behind, he forged a small throne world for himself within the Realm.  


Despite Oryx's defeat, a number of worrying reports during the [[Red War]] indicate that [[Savathûn|something]] is trying to communicate from the Ascendant realm to scattered Hive forces on [[Io]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"I think these blights are like transmitters. They're either calling out to something, or... letting something whisper to the Taken here on Io"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-WM-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"Ascendant Realm readings in spades here. Down the line this could be another one of those weird portals. The Taken are so strange"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-1''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"Listen. It sounds like... It sounds like someone's whispering in there. Over and over". Eugh'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-2''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"I'm detecting… I think this is sending a message back to the Ascendant Realm. But who's listening?"'', [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-excavation-site-ii-io-3 Ghost Scan: Excavation Site II, Io, #3]: IO-EXS-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"This is sending out some kind of resonant signal. The same syllables, over and over: Sa... Va... Thun..."'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-TBC-3''</ref>
Some time after the [[Black Heart]] was destroyed by the [[Guardian]], Crota's [[Oversoul Throne]] was [[Crota's End|breached]] and the God-Prince killed.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/12)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota's End|Crota's End]]''</ref> [[Mara Sov]] also created a throne world, [[Eleusinia]], with the aid of her [[Techeun]]s, the [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]] and [[Eris Morn]].


==Known Throne worlds==
Oryx's throne world was subsequently invaded twice by Guardians, who first [[Regicide|destroyed]] his material form and later [[King's Fall|faced]] his true form, once again vanquishing him, save for his heart, in which he continued to exist.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King's Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref> Guardians also breached the Oversoul Throne a second time to [[Last Rites|steal a piece of Crota's soul]].
*Ascendant realm of Oryx. Later merged with the [[Dreadnaught]].<ref name="High">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXII:_The_High_War|XXII: The High War]]''</ref><ref name="Dread"/>
 
*Ascendant realm of Savathûn
At some point, [[Hiraks, the Mindbender|Hiraks]] fell into the [[Hellmouth]], surviving and learning to harness the power of the realm for his own purposes. He later used the power to pull Asteroid [[128 Nemesis]] between our world and the Ascendant Realm.<ref name=GameInformer/>
*Ascendant realm of Xivu Arath
 
*The [[Oversoul Throne]]—Ascendant realm of Crota.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Story Mission [[Last Rites]]''</ref>
A number of worrying reports during the [[Red War]] indicated that [[Savathûn]] was trying to communicate from the Ascendant Realm to the scattered Taken forces on [[Io]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], ''"I think these blights are like transmitters. They're either calling out to something, or... letting something whisper to the Taken here on Io"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-WM-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], ''"Ascendant Realm readings in spades here. Down the line this could be another one of those weird portals. The Taken are so strange"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-1''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], ''"Listen. It sounds like... It sounds like someone's whispering in there. Over and over". Eugh'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-2''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], ''"I'm detecting… I think this is sending a message back to the Ascendant Realm. But who's listening?"'', [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-excavation-site-ii-io-3 Ghost Scan: Excavation Site II, Io, #3]: IO-EXS-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], ''"This is sending out some kind of resonant signal. The same syllables, over and over: Sa… Va… Thun…"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-TBC-3''</ref>
 
Due to the effects of the Ahamkara [[Riven]]'s [[Last Wish|last wish]], the [[Dreaming City]] was pulled into the Ascendant Realm, trapping it between the Ascendant Realm and our universe.
 
===Season of Defiance===
With the aid of [[Mara Sov]], the Guardians would use the Ascendant Realm to bypass the defenses of [[Shadow Legion Prison]] structures located all across the [[Earth]] and its orbit, freeing prisoners captured by the [[Shadow Legion]].
 
==Known Throne Worlds & locales==
*[[Dreadnaught|High War]]— realm of Oryx; converted into the Dreadnaught.<ref name="Weak"/><ref name="High">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XXII: The High War|XXII: The High War]]''</ref><ref name="Dread"/>
*[[Court of Savathûn|High Coven]]—[[Savathûn]]'s realm, consecrated with [[Light]] after her rebirth as a [[Lightbearer]].<ref name="Weak"/>
*[[Black Terrace]]— [[Xivu Arath]]'s realm.<ref name="Weak"/>
*[[Ascendant Plane (location)]]— the space between throne worlds, also realm of [[Hiraks, the Mindbender|Hiraks]].
*Asteroid 128 Nemesis— a former Reef outpost that would become the experimental grounds of [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] to pull the asteroid in and out of the Ascendant Realm.<ref name=GameInformer/>
*[[Oversoul Throne]]— realm of Crota.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]], Story Mission [[Last Rites]]''</ref>
*[[Eleusinia]]— [[Mara Sov]]'s artificial throne world made using [[Riven of a Thousand Voices|Riven's]] [[Anthem Anatheme|wish-magic]] and knowledge of the [[Sword Logic]] provided by [[Eris Morn]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Lore: [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Throne|Throne]]''</ref>, developed shortly before the [[Taken War]] and later desecrated by [[Oryx, the Taken King]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Lore: [[Reverie Dawn Armor#Reverie Dawn Strides / Greaves / Boots|Reverie Dawn Leg Armor]]''</ref> 
*Toland's realm— a "scrap of a world", described by Mara Sov as a place of "swords and madness and all-consuming curiosity."<ref name = "Reverie Dawn"/>
*[[Court of Savathûn (Io)]]— simulated throne world created by Savathûn for [[Nokris, Supplicant to Savathûn|Nokris]] as his staging ground on [[Io]].<ref name="Io">'''Bungie (2020/10/6)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Interference]]''</ref>
*[[Shattered Realm]]— [[Shattered Realm: Forest of Echoes|Several]] [[Shattered Realm: Debris of Dreams|broken]] [[Shattered Realm: Ruins of Wrath|sections]] of the Ascendant Plane where [[Techeun]]s hid from the forces of Xivu Arath.
*[[Shadow Legion Territory]]— Sections of the Ascendant Plane adjacent to forts of the [[Shadow Legion]], used for infiltration by [[Guardian]]s through the power of Queen Mara.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Destiny TK Threshold.jpg|Threshold, The High War
File:Eleusinia-city.jpg|The Shattered Throne, Eleusinia
CrotasEnd1.jpg|Oversoul Throne
The Mindbender (Mission).PNG|Gateway into a Ascendant Realm
WQLocation5.jpg|Court of Savathûn, The High Coven
NokrisOversoul.jpg|The simulated Court of Savathûn
</gallery>
 
==Trivia==
*The capitalization of terms used for the Ascendant Plane is highly variable. The Ascendant Plane may be written as the Ascendant plane or ascendant plane, for example.
*Throne World creators seem to be able to change the size of themselves within the plane, such as [[Oryx]] or [[Hiraks, the Mindbender|Hiraks]].
**Since both Hiraks and Oryx appear bigger within their respective throne worlds, it might be that they are in their true size, and that they are in fact making themselves smaller when entering the material world.
*The concept of using negative matter/energy to create "pockets" of space vastly larger inside than it appears (possibly as large as a dwarf world, but externally nanometers in size) exists in (purely theoretical) physics; because of the nature of the Hive and Worms, this could explain the bizarre nature of Ascendant Realms since exotic particles are mentioned repeatedly in descriptions of both Light and Darkness.


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]''
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[The Dark Below]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Dark Below]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[The Taken King]]''
**''[[The Taken King]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{C|Mentioned}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forsaken]]''
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Opulence]]''
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]''
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]''
**''[[Season of the Lost]]''
**''[[The Witch Queen]]''
**''[[Season of Defiance]]''
**''[[Season of the Deep]]''
**''[[Season of the Witch]]''
**''[[Season of the Wish]]''
**''[[Into the Light]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}


==References==
==References==
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Ascendant Realm
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Overview

Location:

Transdimensional Space

Gameplay

Accessibility:

Crota's End
King's Fall
Patrol Dreadnaught
Last Wish
The Shattered Throne
A Hum of Starlight
Patrol Dreaming City
Target: The Mindbender
The Other Side
Last Rites
Blind Well
Shattered Realm
Patrol Court of Savathûn
Defiant Battlegrounds

 

"Whispered lore and fragmentary theories suggest that Crota represents a distinct class of Hive entities, not resident in our material world. My latest synthesis of this scattered esoterica suggests that Crota's 'home' is a universe created or remade by his power and occupied by Hive organisms of immense age."
— Ikora Rey[1]

The Ascendant Realm (also known as the Ascendant Plane,[2] Netherworld, Overworld,[3] Sea of Screams,[4] or the Howling[5]) is an extradimensional plane of existence related to the Darkness.[6][1]

Overview

"One day, as the green eye stars set behind the far-away spines left by the machines' failed injections, a Knight of Oryx met a Knight of Xivu Arath as they passed across a bridge in the Sea of Screams. To their north lay a strata of ossified corpses, tangled bones left by newborn beings who had hatched into this overworld from the weeping blistered souls of living worlds at the end of their sanity, only to become unanchored from the universe of matter and confuse their shapes with each other, until they became one screaming interchange of bodies and died. To their other north was an atoll of scriptures adrift on a sea of interpretations, gnawed at by heresies like white eels. To another north was one end of the bridge, and to the last north, the other end. All directions were north, but it was not at once obvious what lay at the northernmost place."
— Dust

The Ascendant Realm appears to be an infinite expanse of blackness, suffused with a thick fog or mist that often limits visibility, with occasional pockets of solid geography scattered throughout, typically in the form of throne worlds. The only natural illumination is a harsh, flickering white light from an unknown source. Toland's accounts of the Ascendant Realm describe it as containing green-black "suns";[7] when the Guardians later entered the Ascendant Realm themselves, massive Taken Blights could be seen in various locations within it, perhaps the same objects Toland was referring to.

Existence in the Ascendant plane is mutable, and maintained by force of will. Well-defended ideas there take physical form,[8] creating bizarre and twisted landscapes.[9]

The Ascendant Realm can also seemingly pull locations within the physical universe into itself, as it did with the Dreaming City.[10] Asteroid 128 Nemesis within The Reef also phase shifts between our world and the Ascendant Realm, due to experimentation upon it by Hiraks, the Mindbender.[11]

Throne Worlds

Beings which have obtained sufficient paracausal power have the ability to create pocket universes within the Ascendant Realm known as Throne Worlds. These are personal realms whose forms and laws are defined by their creators, and which serve as a refuge for the creator's consciousness or "soul" in the event of their death in the physical world.

The most prolific creators and users of Throne Worlds are the Hive, who may become "Ascendant" through practicing the Sword Logic and eventually become powerful enough to create their own Throne Worlds.[6] All laws within these realms obey the Sword Logic, even other paracausal forces, such as the Light.[12] They are typically formed and can grow in size by the deaths of powerful entities, including the Light-affiliated Guardians. Throne Worlds are completely immune to the effects of paracausal weaponry, such as the Harbingers of the Awoken, being spiritual worlds created from the mind of their resident Hive god.[6] If one of the Hive gods is slain in the material world, or in another god's Throne, their soul will pass to their throne where they will regain their strength until they can re-enter the material world; this can potentially be accelerated by the sacrifice of lesser Hive.[13] If an Ascendant Hive is killed within their own throne, they will die permanently.[6] The lesser Hive may enter the Ascendant Realm at will,[1] but only if they are Ascendant Hive, those Hive warriors who command legions of lesser soldiers and can pay a tithe of death and destruction to the Hive god who rules them.[4]

Other beings are also capable of creating Throne Worlds. Hiraks, the Mindbender is an unprecedented Ascendant Fallen, as he fell into the Hellmouth as a Dreg and somehow gained Ascendant status, forging his own Throne within the Ascendant Realm by means of Cayde's death.[11]

Prior to the Taken War, Mara Sov also developed a Throne World known as Eleusinia using Eris Morn's knowledge of the Sword Logic along with Riven's wish-magic [14]. However, it was corrupted by Oryx following Mara's death in the Taken War, and became the lair for Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return, who perpetuates the Taken curse of the Dreaming City.

History

Origins

"For you are not the first hero—nor even Oryx the first villain—to meet upon this plane."
— Sins of Kharad-Tan

The origins and true nature of the Ascendant Realm remain unknown. The description of the Warlock artifact known as the Sins of Kharad-Tan indicates that others walked the Ascendant Realm long before Oryx, the Taken King and the Guardians, but no records have yet been discovered documenting these events.

According to Mara Sov, ancient Warlocks believed the Ascendant Plane was once home to creatures of great power, a belief also expressed in Eliksni legend according to Mithrax.[15]

The Ancient Past

Auryx was the first among the Hive to discover the Ascendant plane when Savathûn killed him for negotiating with the Ammonites, and the first to realize the innate power it held when the Worm Gods told him to slay his Hive and observe how his relationship to baseline reality began to change.[6] These realms would prove to be a boon in the Hive's quest for immortality as they warred amongst themselves to deepen their power and understanding[16] and during the war with the Ecumene, these realms gave them a place in which to recover.[4]

During the Hive's war against the Qugu, Savathûn or the Hive under her command tampered with the gate leading to Se'Otan, the last safe star system available to the Qugu, inscribing it with runes that caused it to redirect any entering ships into the Ascendant Realm. Upon arriving at the other end of the gate, Warden Te'Qal described the space around them as a "strange realm" resembling a "mirror of reality".[citation needed]

During the war with the Ecumene, Auryx and his sisters were on the verge of defeat, and so met in his throne world to find a solution; Auryx then killed them after in order to gain the necessary strength.[17] He then traveled the Ascendant plane in search of the Worm God Akka, to take the power needed to save himself and the Hive. Oryx would later return to explore the Ascendant plane more, trying to unlock the secrets of The Deep.[18][19] He would later move his throne world out of the Ascendant Realm when he built his Dreadnaught, turning it inside out and pouring it into the material plane.[20]

City Age

After Toland, the Shattered was killed by Ir Yût with her Deathsong, his consciousness persisted within the Ascendant Realm. At some point before or after leaving his corporeal form behind, he forged a small throne world for himself within the Realm.

Some time after the Black Heart was destroyed by the Guardian, Crota's Oversoul Throne was breached and the God-Prince killed.[21] Mara Sov also created a throne world, Eleusinia, with the aid of her Techeuns, the Ahamkara Riven and Eris Morn.

Oryx's throne world was subsequently invaded twice by Guardians, who first destroyed his material form and later faced his true form, once again vanquishing him, save for his heart, in which he continued to exist.[22] Guardians also breached the Oversoul Throne a second time to steal a piece of Crota's soul.

At some point, Hiraks fell into the Hellmouth, surviving and learning to harness the power of the realm for his own purposes. He later used the power to pull Asteroid 128 Nemesis between our world and the Ascendant Realm.[11]

A number of worrying reports during the Red War indicated that Savathûn was trying to communicate from the Ascendant Realm to the scattered Taken forces on Io.[23][24][25][26][27]

Due to the effects of the Ahamkara Riven's last wish, the Dreaming City was pulled into the Ascendant Realm, trapping it between the Ascendant Realm and our universe.

Season of Defiance

With the aid of Mara Sov, the Guardians would use the Ascendant Realm to bypass the defenses of Shadow Legion Prison structures located all across the Earth and its orbit, freeing prisoners captured by the Shadow Legion.

Known Throne Worlds & locales

Gallery

  • Threshold, The High War

  • The Shattered Throne, Eleusinia

  • Oversoul Throne

  • Gateway into a Ascendant Realm

  • Court of Savathûn, The High Coven

  • The simulated Court of Savathûn

Trivia

  • The capitalization of terms used for the Ascendant Plane is highly variable. The Ascendant Plane may be written as the Ascendant plane or ascendant plane, for example.
  • Throne World creators seem to be able to change the size of themselves within the plane, such as Oryx or Hiraks.
    • Since both Hiraks and Oryx appear bigger within their respective throne worlds, it might be that they are in their true size, and that they are in fact making themselves smaller when entering the material world.
  • The concept of using negative matter/energy to create "pockets" of space vastly larger inside than it appears (possibly as large as a dwarf world, but externally nanometers in size) exists in (purely theoretical) physics; because of the nature of the Hive and Worms, this could explain the bizarre nature of Ascendant Realms since exotic particles are mentioned repeatedly in descriptions of both Light and Darkness.

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ a b c Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, Grimoire: Crota, Son of Oryx
  2. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XLVI: The Gift Mast
  3. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth
  4. ^ a b c Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XXIX: Carved in Ruin
  5. ^ a b Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Reverie Dawn Gauntlets
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XVII: The Weakness Verse
  7. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth
  8. ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King, Item Description: Fist of Eight Moons
  9. ^ Bungie (2019/10/11), Destiny 2, Weblore: Dust
  10. ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/8vwncp/possible_spoilers_dreaming_city/
  11. ^ a b c d Game Informer: These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken
  12. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XXXIX: open your eye : go into it
  13. ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny, "The soul of a Hive is sleeping inside. The Disciples of Osiris believe Ascendant Hive can be reborn in our realm when the time is right and with the sacrifice of lesser Hive souls. I think this one is marked for sacrifice", Ghost Scans: Sacrificial Stone
  14. ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Lore: Reverie Dawn Leg Armor
  15. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oQhbCLOmp8
  16. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XXI: an incision
  17. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XXVI: star by star by star
  18. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XXXVIII: The partition of death
  19. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XXXIV: More beautiful to know
  20. ^ a b Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XLI: Dreadnaught
  21. ^ Bungie (2014/9/12), Destiny, Grimoire: Crota's End
  22. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny, Grimoire: King's Fall
  23. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2, "I think these blights are like transmitters. They're either calling out to something, or... letting something whisper to the Taken here on Io", Ghost Scans: IO-WM-3
  24. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2, "Ascendant Realm readings in spades here. Down the line this could be another one of those weird portals. The Taken are so strange", Ghost Scans: IO-EXS-1
  25. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2, "Listen. It sounds like... It sounds like someone's whispering in there. Over and over". Eugh, Ghost Scans: IO-EXS-2
  26. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2, "I'm detecting… I think this is sending a message back to the Ascendant Realm. But who's listening?", Ghost Scan: Excavation Site II, Io, #3: IO-EXS-3
  27. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2, "This is sending out some kind of resonant signal. The same syllables, over and over: Sa… Va… Thun…", Ghost Scans: IO-TBC-3
  28. ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, Grimoire: XXII: The High War
  29. ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny, Story Mission Last Rites
  30. ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Lore: Throne
  31. ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Lore: Reverie Dawn Leg Armor
  32. ^ Bungie (2020/10/6), Destiny 2: Season of Arrivals, Interference

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