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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Ahamkara were said to be wish-fulfilling "dragons", sought | The Ahamkara were said to be wish-fulfilling "dragons", and were sought after by many Guardians for the paracausal gifts they granted. After much debate it was decided that the bargains made with these creatures came at too high a price,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/salicin-fen-ii]''</ref><ref name="Knuckles">'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/knuckles-of-eao Knuckles of Eao]''</ref> beginning a [[Great Ahamkara Hunt|Great Hunt]] in which the Ahamkara were made all but extinct.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Ghost_Fragment:_Legends_3|Ghost Fragment: Legends 3]]''</ref><ref name="Warlock"/> Survivors are rumored to have been spotted as far out as [[Jupiter]] and [[Io]]<ref name="Long Tomorrow"/> Currently, the only known survivor is [[Riven]], a former ally of [[Mara Sov]] who was [[Taken]], now a powerful commander under [[Savathûn]]. | ||
Ahamkara bones were subsequently incorporated into charms and new varieties of armor. These were known to cause auditory hallucinations in their bearers, as if the bones were speaking to them.<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> | Ahamkara bones were subsequently incorporated into charms and new varieties of armor. These were known to cause auditory hallucinations in their bearers, as if the bones were speaking to them.<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> | ||
==Biology== | ==Biology== | ||
Based on their remains, the Ahamkara were believed to be avian or draconic in appearance, possessing scales, feathers and sharp beaks.<ref name="Activision"/> Various armor pieces adorned with supposed Ahamkara bones suggest that they had skulls with fanged jaws, with the lower jawbone being split down the middle, not unlike a pair of arthropod mandibles. Notable differences in bone structure can be observed between the skulls of young and Dire Ahamkara, suggesting significant developmental changes throughout their lifecycle. | Based on their remains, the Ahamkara were believed to be avian or draconic in appearance, possessing scales, feathers and sharp beaks.<ref name="Activision"/> Various armor pieces adorned with supposed Ahamkara bones suggest that they had skulls with fanged jaws, with the lower jawbone being split down the middle, not unlike a pair of arthropod mandibles. Notable differences in bone structure can be observed between the skulls of young and Dire Ahamkara, suggesting significant developmental changes throughout their lifecycle. [[Lord Shaxx]] has a gigantic skull hanging above his station in the Tower following the Red War, which has the split jaw and reptilian characteristics associated with other Ahamkara skulls, but otherwise looks quite different again. | ||
According to documents recovered from the Reef, Ahamkara are in fact shape-shifters, perhaps explaining the wide variety of shapes observed in their skeletal remains. During most encounters with Guardians, they preferred dragon-like forms; [[Riven]], an Ahamkara who was befriended by Mara Sov, also typically resembled a dragon, adopting the shapes of a winged and crested beast, a "needle-nosed basilisk," or an antlered creature with tiger's paws. | |||
Ahamkara were studied on [[Venus]] by the [[Ishtar Academy]] because of their unique genome, which contained unknown new proteins.<ref name = "Cayde Book" /> They were apparently parasitic in some sense, one of several pieces of evidence which may indicate some relationship to the [[Worms]]. <ref name = "Cayde Book" /> | Ahamkara were studied on [[Venus]] by the [[Ishtar Academy]] because of their unique genome, which contained unknown new proteins.<ref name = "Cayde Book" /> They were apparently parasitic in some sense, one of several pieces of evidence which may indicate some relationship to the [[Worms]]. <ref name = "Cayde Book" /> | ||
