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- "A trillion timelines, and all at war. Like a thousand red flowers growing in a black garden."
- — Lakshmi-2
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The Black Garden is a location isolated from space and time. It houses the Black Heart, an entity that is intrinsically linked to the Darkness, and is tended and guarded by the Vex.[1]
History
Origins
Long before any living being set foot in the Garden, tales of its existence were told throughout the system. In particular, the Warlock Pujari had a vision of the Garden when he drowned in the waters of the Shores of Time.[2]
Pujari's vision mentions that the Black Garden's existence is related to the Traveler's coming to Mars. However, he is careful to point out that "This is not the beginning but it is the reason." The Traveler did not create the Garden, Pujari claims, but its actions may have allowed the Garden to come into existence, because "In these things there is always symmetry." Pujari adds, "The Garden grows in both directions. It grows into tomorrow and yesterday. The red flowers bloom forever. There are gardeners now. They came into the garden in vessels of bronze and they move through the groves in rivers of thought."[2] The "gardeners" in question are most likely the Vex; Pujari's vision suggests that the Vex did not always inhabit the Black Garden, but entered it some time after its creation.
Uldren and Jolyon
- "Everything grows here. Look at your nails."
- — Jolyon
The first known human expedition into the Black Garden was a pair of Awoken from the Reef, Uldren Sov and Jolyon. By then, the location of the Vex gate leading to it was common knowledge, as well as the fact that it could only be entered by tricking the Vex into opening it for them. To enter it, Uldren and Jolyon provoked a Cabal attack on the gate, forcing it to activate and produce a Gate Lord to defend it, and then slipped in while it was distracted.[3]
In the Black Garden, they witnessed many bizarre sights: plants with roots of circuitry, vines with thorns shaped like letters, beetles that wrestled with each other despite being only hollow exoskeletons.[4] They came across the site of a Cabal-Vex battle and interrogated one of the surviving legionaries, who claimed that he had been kidnapped by the Vex. They discovered that the Garden had been slowly assimilating him in the form of seeds growing into his flesh.[5]
After that point, Uldren's recollections grew surreal and dreamlike. His memories included a persistent heartbeat, fleeing through a thorny grove among fruits shaped like Ghosts, hiding with Jolyon from arguing voices, and putting his Crows through a dryer in an apartment block with a perfectly round hole in his hand. Uldren and Jolyon somehow found their way out, bringing some of the native red flowers back to the Reef.[6][7]
Recent events
After learning of the Black Garden's existence from the Exo Stranger, the Guardian travels to the Reef to inquire the Garden's location. Queen Mara Sov and Prince Uldren reveal that a Vex portal on Mars leads to the Garden, but requires the Eye of a Vex Gate Lord to access. After obtaining the Eye, the Guardian activates the Vex spire controlling the portal and then enters the portal itself.[8] Deep in the Garden, the Guardian discovers the Black Heart, a malevolent entity guarded by the Sol Progeny that is feeding off of the Traveler's Light, keeping it dormant.[9] Once the Heart is destroyed, Light returns to the Traveler and it begins to heal. The Garden's dimension ceases to drift and becomes part of Mars, making it accessible to the rest of the Guardians.[1]
Later, a powerful Vex Axis Mind called The Undying Mind arrives in the Garden and attempts to revive the Black Heart with assistance from the Sol Primeval. The Mind also attempts to separate the Garden from our timeline, but it is destroyed before it can do either.
During the Taken War, Oryx, the Taken King sent an expeditionary force of Taken into the garden to investigate and possibly restore the Black Heart. An Echo of Oryx and its Taken coven invaded the Garden through secret tunnels under Freehold. The Sol Divisive was overwhelmed by the Taken as the Garden became a war zone. Only through Guardian intervention were the Taken expelled.
Destiny 2
During the events of Destiny 2, the Cabal Red Legion invaded Mars and broke the Vex stalemate they had with the Cabal. In addition to occupying Mars, the Red Legion apparently destroyed the main gate used to access the Black Garden. It is unknown if the Vex can still access the Garden.
Existence
The nature and purpose of the Black Garden is one of the Destiny franchise's longest-running mysteries.
According to Pujari, the Black Garden is a reflection of the Traveler's actions: when it terraformed the "iron world," the Garden either came to be or changed to match. However, it was not created by the Traveler.[2] When the Vex arrived, they attempted to control it and impose their own changes through rigorous engineering and earth-moving.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag The original entrance made a return in The Taken King, however, and is seen during the Story mission Tenebrous Tunnels.
Gallery
The Black Garden in-game.
List of appearances
References
- ^ a b Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard
- ^ a b c Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: Legend: The Black Garden
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Through the Gate
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, In the Garden
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, On the Hunt
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, After the Heart Part I
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, After the Heart Part II
- ^ Destinydb: The Garden's Spire
- ^ Destinydb: The Black Garden
- ^ 'Twitter: Nope, Mars. ;)
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