Black Garden: Difference between revisions

Some time later, a pair of [[Awoken]] from the [[Reef]], [[Uldren Sov]] and [[Jolyon Till]], explored the Black Garden. 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.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#Through_the_Gate|Through the Gate]]''</ref> While in the 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.<ref name= "In the Garden"/> They came across the site of a Cabal-Vex battle and interrogated one of the surviving [[Legionary|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.<ref name="On the Hunt"/> 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 [[Ghost]]s, hiding with Jolyon from arguing voices, and putting his [[Crow (device)|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 [[Asphodelia|red flowers]] back to the Reef.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#After_the_Heart_.7C_Part_I|After the Heart Part I]]''</ref><ref name="After Part 2"/>

[[File:The Black Heart.jpg|360px|thumb|The Black Heart.]]

After learning of the Black Garden's existence from the [[Exo Stranger]], the [[Guardian]] traveled to the [[Reef]] to get information about the Garden's location. Queen [[Mara Sov]] and Prince [[Uldren Sov]] revealed that a [[Vex]] portal on [[Mars]] led to the Garden, but required the [[Zydron, Gate Lord|Eye of a Vex Gate Lord]] to access. After obtaining the Eye, the Guardian activated the Vex spire controlling the portal and then passed through the portal.<ref>[http://www.destinydb.com/activities/3467097080-the-gardens-spire '''Destinydb''': ''The Garden's Spire'']</ref> Deep in the Garden, the Guardian discovered the Black Heart, guarded by the [[Sol Progeny]] as it drained the [[Traveler]]'s [[Light]] and kept it dormant.<ref>[http://www.destinydb.com/activities/1577957526-the-black-garden '''Destinydb''': ''The Black Garden'']</ref> The Guardian defeated the Progeny, which in turn caused the destruction of the Heart. As a result, Light returned to the Traveler and it began to heal, and the Garden ceased to drift between dimensions and was relocated to Mars, making it accessible to the rest of the Guardians.<ref name = "Destiny"/>

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]] were overwhelmed by the Taken as the Garden became a war zone. Only through [[Guardian]] intervention were the Taken expelled.

===Red War===