The Long Drift is a period within Eliksni history where they journeyed through the vast expanses of space from their homeworld Riis and to the Solar System.[1]
History
The Eliksni were a peaceful race of gardeners once graced by the Traveler, however this changed with the arrival of the Darkness which destroyed their society in an event called the Whirlwind.[2] They suffered further casualties when Oryx, the Taken King challenged the House of Stone and its Kell, Chelchis. The House of Judgement who once maintained peace as mediators between the Houses also suffered losses.
They were forced to leave their homeworld after the noble Kells of the various Houses ordered a mass exodus and searched for salvation by following the Traveler across space.[3][4] The Kells instructed their respective Prime Servitors to calculate star flight which relayed the information to Pilot Servitors to pilot their Ketches. The Eliksni issued a pact where House Judgment shall have no Ketch and live among the other Houses to guide their Kells.[5]
This period of space flight lasted for centuries and the Eliksni raised many generations of younglings during space flight.[6] This new generation of Eliksni were deemed unlucky as they never witnessed the glory of Riis and were raised on stories and war songs that celebrated their lost culture.[7] Their Ketches also became sacred as it fostered many clans and homes to families. They carried remnants of their dying culture such as ceremonial washing bowls and children’s musical instruments and ceramic effigies of Servitors.[8]
As the Eliksni raced across the stars they became increasingly desperate and soon developed a dependence for machines they created. This deep rooted need turned their weapons to fight, ships to fly and Servitors to survive. Their cloaking technology were originally the toys of children, but soon developed into weaponry employed by the Silent Fang. Their inherent need turned into worship of Servitors and later a new faith emerged among the Eliksni society. The status of Archons grew as their roles shifted to the consecration of Servitors and carefully maintained its platings.
The Archons were celebrated as esteemed leaders and upon looked to provide hope to the Eliksni through their words, teachings, and interpretations of their machine gods.
References
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- ^ Bungie (2015/5/19), Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Grimoire: Variks, The Loyal
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, PlayStation 4, Lore: An Evolution of Faith
- ^ Bungie (2014/5/19), Destiny: House of Wolves, Playstation 4, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4
- ^ Bungie (2015/5/16), Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Gone to Ground
- ^ Bungie (2014/5/19), Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Grimoire: Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3
- ^ Bungie (2020/11/10), Destiny 2: Beyond Light, PlayStation 4, Lore: XIII. The Wildcard
- ^ Bungie (2020/11/10), Destiny 2: Beyond Light, PlayStation 4 Lore: II. RATIONS