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The Nine were cognizant of their dependence on the life of the Solar System: if that life ended, so would the Nine as thinking entities. They began searching for a way to end that dependence and sustain their existence independent of it. Two factions emerged after the arrival of the [[Traveler]] to Sol: one faction sought to harness the paracausal properties of [[Light]] to construct living bodies for themselves out of regular matter, the other sought to create a pocket universe with physical laws that could accommodate them.<ref name="TheWitch"/>
The Nine were cognizant of their dependence on the life of the Solar System: if that life ended, so would the Nine as thinking entities. They began searching for a way to end that dependence and sustain their existence independent of it. Two factions emerged after the arrival of the [[Traveler]] to Sol: one faction sought to harness the paracausal properties of [[Light]] to construct living bodies for themselves out of regular matter, the other sought to create a pocket universe with physical laws that could accommodate them.<ref name="TheWitch"/>
===Reef Wars===
During the [[Reef Wars]], the [[Queen's Wrath]] [[Sjur Eido]] was killed by an unknown party, and her [[Wish-Ender|bow]] stolen. A [[strange coin]] was left on her body as "weregild", suggesting that the Nine were in some way involved with her death.


===City Age===
===City Age===
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The Nine have an alliance of sorts with [[The Reef]], but their loyalty is in doubt following the release of [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] at their command.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Mystery: The Fate of Skolas|Mystery: The Fate of Skolas]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House_of_Wolves#Prison_of_Elders|Prison of Elders]]''</ref> The Cabal know of them as the Ennead.<ref group=note>An "ennead" is a group or set of nine, from the Greek ''enneas''.</ref><ref name="Ennead"/>
The Nine have an alliance of sorts with [[The Reef]], but their loyalty is in doubt following the release of [[Skolas, Kell of Kells]] at their command.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Mystery: The Fate of Skolas|Mystery: The Fate of Skolas]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/House_of_Wolves#Prison_of_Elders|Prison of Elders]]''</ref> The Cabal know of them as the Ennead.<ref group=note>An "ennead" is a group or set of nine, from the Greek ''enneas''.</ref><ref name="Ennead"/>
===Reef Wars===
During the [[Reef Wars]], the [[Queen's Wrath]] [[Sjur Eido]] was killed by an unknown party, and her [[Wish-Ender|bow]] stolen. A [[strange coin]] was left on her body as "weregild", suggesting that the Nine were in some way involved with her death.{{citation needed}}


===Arrival of the Taken King===
===Arrival of the Taken King===