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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> | {{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> | ||
The '''Ascendant | The '''Ascendant Realm''' (also known as the '''Ascendant Plane''',<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> '''Netherworld''', '''Overworld''',<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> '''Sea of Screams''',<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> or the '''Howling'''<ref name = "Reverie Dawn">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Reverie_Dawn_Armor#Reverie_Dawn_Grasps_/_Gauntlets_/_Gloves|Reverie Dawn Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves]]''</ref>) is an extradimensional plane of existence related to the [[Darkness]].<ref name="Weak">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVII:_The_Weakness_Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref><ref name="Crota"/> Entities closely linked to the Darkness, most notably powerful Hive such as [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]], [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Savathun]], [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]], and [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], create "cyst universes" within the Ascendant Realm known as throne worlds,<ref name="Weak"/> 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> | ||
==Overview== | ==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]]}} | {{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 | 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]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[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]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Fist of Eight Moons]]''</ref> creating bizarre and twisted landscapes.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#Dust|Dust]]''</ref> Similarly, using the [[Sword Logic]] to define one's own terms of existence causes one to develop a throne world suspended in the Ascendant Plane.<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]], 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 typically formed and can grown in size by the deaths of powerful entities, including the Light-affiliated [[Guardian]]s. They 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 god.<ref name="Weak"/> If the god is killed, they persist still as all Throne Worlds are located and connected on the Ascendant | 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]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Fist of Eight Moons]]''</ref> creating bizarre and twisted landscapes.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#Dust|Dust]]''</ref> Similarly, using the [[Sword Logic]] to define one's own terms of existence causes one to develop a throne world suspended in the Ascendant Plane.<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]], 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 typically formed and can grown in size by the deaths of powerful entities, including the Light-affiliated [[Guardian]]s. They 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 god.<ref name="Weak"/> If the god is killed, they persist still as all Throne Worlds are located and connected on the Ascendant Realm's plane.<ref name ="Hellmouth"/> | ||
Throne Worlds have a connection to the Deep, the Worm Gods naturally living close to that connection while Oryx built a pathway and altar to communicate. 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]]: 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 | Throne Worlds have a connection to the Deep, the Worm Gods naturally living close to that connection while Oryx built a pathway and altar to communicate. 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]]: 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 Hive are not the only entities capable of forming a throne world. [[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 | The Hive are not the only entities capable of forming a throne world. [[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> Other means of invading the Ascendant plane separately from the Darkness exist, as evidenced when the [[Harmony]] wishful bishops "wrestled" with Xivu Arath near her throne.<ref name="Gift"/> | ||
The Ascendant | The Ascendant Realm can also seemingly pull locations in our world into itself as well, 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/> | ||
During the [[Taken War]], [[Mara Sov]] also developed a Throne World known as [[Eleusinia]] with [[Eris Morn]]'s knowledge of the [[Sword Logic]] and through [[Riven]]'s wish-magic; showing the possibility to build a throne world for the [[Light]].<ref name="DD">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Unfinal Shapes]]''</ref> However, it was corrupted by [[Oryx]] following her death in the [[Taken War]], and is now a lair for [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]] where she is staging the [[Taken]] curse of the [[Dreaming City]]. | During the [[Taken War]], [[Mara Sov]] also developed a Throne World known as [[Eleusinia]] with [[Eris Morn]]'s knowledge of the [[Sword Logic]] and through [[Riven]]'s wish-magic; showing the possibility to build a throne world for the [[Light]].<ref name="DD">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Unfinal Shapes]]''</ref> However, it was corrupted by [[Oryx]] following her death in the [[Taken War]], and is now a lair for [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]] where she is staging the [[Taken]] curse of the [[Dreaming City]]. | ||
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===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
{{quote|For you are not the first hero—nor even Oryx the first villain—to meet upon this plane.|Sins of Kharad-Tan}} | {{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 | 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. | ||
===The Ancient Past=== | ===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]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[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"/> | 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]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[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 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]], 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. 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 out of the Ascendant | 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]], 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. 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 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]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref> | ||
===City Age=== | ===City Age=== | ||
There have only been six recorded events in which these realms were breached: once by the [[Vex]]; once by the Harmony's wishful bishops; and four times by the [[Guardian]]s of [[Earth]]. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to defeat, mainly because of [[Quria, Blade Transform]].<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 [[Oversoul Throne|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 was 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]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King.27s_Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref> Guardians also breached the Oversoul Throne a second time to [[Last Rites|steal a piece of Crota's soul]]. 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]]. | There have only been six recorded events in which these realms were breached: once by the [[Vex]]; once by the Harmony's wishful bishops; and four times by the [[Guardian]]s of [[Earth]]. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to defeat, mainly because of [[Quria, Blade Transform]].<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 [[Oversoul Throne|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 was 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]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King.27s_Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref> Guardians also breached the Oversoul Throne a second time to [[Last Rites|steal a piece of Crota's soul]]. 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]]. | ||
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 | 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/> | ||
Despite Oryx's defeat, a number of worrying reports during the [[Red War]] indicate that [[Savathûn|something]] is trying to communicate from the Ascendant | 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 Taken 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> | ||
Due to the effects of the Ahamkara [[Riven]]'s [[Last Wish|last wish]], the [[Dreaming City]] was pulled into the Ascendant | Due to the effects of the Ahamkara [[Riven]]'s [[Last Wish|last wish]], the [[Dreaming City]] was pulled into the Ascendant Realm, trapping it in a perpetual state within both the realm and our world. | ||
==Known Throne Worlds & locales== | ==Known Throne Worlds & locales== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==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. | *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. | ||
*The Asteroid 128 Nemesis was the experimental grounds used by [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] to pull the asteroid between the Ascendant | *The Asteroid 128 Nemesis was the experimental grounds used by [[Hiraks, the Mindbender]] to pull the asteroid between the Ascendant Realm and our dimension.<ref name=GameInformer/> | ||
*Throne World creators seem to be able to change the size of themselves within the plane, such as [[Oryx]] or [[Hiraks, the Mindbender|Hiraks]]. | *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. | **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 | *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== | ||
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- "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] Entities closely linked to the Darkness, most notably powerful Hive such as Oryx, Savathun, Xivu Arath, and Crota, create "cyst universes" within the Ascendant Realm known as throne worlds,[6] where they have absolute power over it through the Sword-Logic. The Worm Gods, a higher group in the Hive pantheon, also dwell in a deeper part of the Ascendant Realm, much closer to The Deep.[7]
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";[8] 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,[9] creating bizarre and twisted landscapes.[10] Similarly, using the Sword Logic to define one's own terms of existence causes one to develop a throne world suspended in the Ascendant Plane.[6] All laws within these realms obey the Sword Logic, even other paracausal forces, such as the Light.[11] They are typically formed and can grown in size by the deaths of powerful entities, including the Light-affiliated Guardians. They 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 god.[6] If the god is killed, they persist still as all Throne Worlds are located and connected on the Ascendant Realm's plane.[3]
Throne Worlds have a connection to the Deep, the Worm Gods naturally living close to that connection while Oryx built a pathway and altar to communicate. 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.[12] If they are 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]
The Hive are not the only entities capable of forming a throne world. 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.[13] Other means of invading the Ascendant plane separately from the Darkness exist, as evidenced when the Harmony wishful bishops "wrestled" with Xivu Arath near her throne.[2]
The Ascendant Realm can also seemingly pull locations in our world into itself as well, as it did with the Dreaming City.[14] 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.[13]
During the Taken War, Mara Sov also developed a Throne World known as Eleusinia with Eris Morn's knowledge of the Sword Logic and through Riven's wish-magic; showing the possibility to build a throne world for the Light.[15] However, it was corrupted by Oryx following her death in the Taken War, and is now a lair for Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return where she is staging 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.
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 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
There have only been six recorded events in which these realms were breached: once by the Vex; once by the Harmony's wishful bishops; and four times by the Guardians of Earth. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to defeat, mainly because of Quria, Blade Transform.[18] Later the Harmony wishful bishops stalemated with Xivu Arath until her sister came to her aid.[2] Finally, many years later, Crota's own realm was breached and the God-Prince killed;[21] and Oryx's was 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. 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.
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.[13]
Despite Oryx's defeat, a number of worrying reports during the Red War indicate that something is trying to communicate from the Ascendant Realm to 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 in a perpetual state within both the realm and our world.
Known Throne Worlds & locales
- High War—realm of Oryx; converted into the Dreadnaught.[6][28][20]
- High Coven—Savathûn's realm.[6]
- Xivu Arath's realm.[6]
- Ascendant Plane (Tangled Shore)—the space between throne worlds, also realm of Hiraks.
- Oversoul Throne—realm of Crota.[29]
- Eleusinia—Mara Sov's artificial throne world made using Riven's wish-magic and knowledge of the Sword Logic provided by Eris Morn, developed shortly before the Taken War and later desecrated by Oryx, the Taken King.[15]
- Toland's realm—a "scrap of a world", described by Mara Sov as a place of "swords and madness and all-consuming curiosity."[5]
Gallery
Threshold, High War
The Shattered Throne, Eleusinia
Oversoul Throne
Gateway into a Ascendant Realm
Savathûn Court, High Coven
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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.
- The Asteroid 128 Nemesis was the experimental grounds used by Hiraks, the Mindbender to pull the asteroid between the Ascendant Realm and our dimension.[13]
- 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
- Destiny
- The Dark Below (First appearance)
- The Taken King
- Destiny 2
References
- ^ a b c Bungie (2014/9/9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Crota, Son of Oryx
- ^ a b c Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XLVI: The Gift Mast
- ^ a b Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth
- ^ a b c Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XXIX: Carved in Ruin
- ^ a b Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Reverie Dawn Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XVII: The Weakness Verse
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XIX: Crusaders
- ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: Fist of Eight Moons
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/11), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Weblore: Dust
- ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XXXIX: open your eye : go into it
- ^ 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", Ghost Scans: Sacrificial Stone
- ^ a b c d Game Informer: These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken
- ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/8vwncp/possible_spoilers_dreaming_city/
- ^ a b Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Unfinal Shapes
- ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XXI: an incision
- ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XXVI: star by star by star
- ^ a b Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XXXVIII: The partition of death
- ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XXXIV: More beautiful to know
- ^ a b Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny: The Taken King Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XLI: Dreadnaught
- ^ Bungie (2014/9/12), Destiny: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Crota's End
- ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: King's Fall
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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?", Ghost Scan: Excavation Site II, Io, #3: IO-EXS-3
- ^ 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
- ^ Bungie (2015/15/9), Destiny: The Taken King, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: XXII: The High War
- ^ Bungie (2015/9/15), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Story Mission Last Rites
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