Editing Ammonite

{{Race infobox
|name= Ammonite
|othernames= Ammonites
|homeworld= [[Fundament]]
|focalworld(s)= Moons of Fundament
|distinctions= Six-armed cephalopods
|notable-group= [[Ammonite Satellite Congress]]
|notable-person= [[Chroma-Admiral Rafriit]]
}}
{{Quote|The fifty-two moons of Fundament host a starfaring civilization far more sophisticated than anything you've encountered so far ''[....]'' where a species of bony six-armed cephalopods keeps their icy capital. Savathûn's named them the Ammonite.|Worm Gods}}<ref name="One">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIV:_52_and_One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref>
The '''Ammonites''' were an intelligent species who arose on one of the moons of the gas giant [[Fundament]].<ref name="One"/> They were destroyed by the early [[Hive]].<ref name="Crusaders">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIX:_Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]''</ref>

==Overview==
The Ammonites were bony, six-armed cephalopods who evolved on an icy moon of Fundament.<ref name="One"/> At some point, the [[Traveler]] arrived at the planet and became a patron of the Ammonites,<ref name="One"/> who built an advanced spacefaring civilization with paracausal technology that spanned all of Fundament's fifty-two moons.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVI:_The_Sword_Logic|XVI: The Sword Logic]]''</ref> The Traveler's disciple, the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] who lived in Fundament's ocean layer and kept the [[Worm]]s at bay, was revered by the Ammonites almost as much as the Traveler.<ref name="Rises">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVIII:_Leviathan_Rises|XVIII: Leviathan Rises]]''</ref> 

The Ammonite civilization was governed by the Ammonite Satellite Congress,<ref name="Weakness">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVII: The Weakness Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref> and its military forces were under the command of Chroma-Admiral Rafriit at the time the [[Hive]] were created.<ref name="Prey">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XV:_Born_As_Prey|XV: Born As Prey]]''</ref> They also had contact with the [[Ecumene]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXV:_Dictata_ir_Dakaua|XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua]]''</ref>

==History==
The Ammonites prospered under the Traveler's patronage until the early Hive conquered the species of Fundament and gained the technology to build spaceships.<ref name="Sky">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIII:_Into_the_Sky|XIII: Into the Sky]]''</ref> The Krill [[Taox]], who the Hive's trio of leaders had sworn to kill, was granted asylum by the Ammonites. The Worms attempted to persuade them otherwise but failed.<ref name="One"/> In their pursuit of Taox, the Hive waged war against the Ammonites, but their initial victories were reversed by the clever strategies of [[Chroma-Admiral Rafriit]] and [[Auryx]]'s desire to reach a peaceful accommodation between their two races. Victory for the Ammonites seemed likely as the Hive were driven to the core of Fundament's sixth moon.<ref name="Prey"/>

At an unknown point, the Ammonites were found to be worshipping a song developed by the Traveler, dubbed the "Song of Life". A Hive Wizard group by the name of the Choir would study and make repeat performances of the song in an attempt to harness its secrets but repeatedly failed until one among them known as [[the Stricken]] found hidden notes within the song and, by making them reversed and mirrored in pitch, weaved her own song that she sang at the Choir, which caused the death of the Choir's First Conductor. Intrigued by the song, the Choir eventually captured the Stricken and had her interrogated to understand her findings. The Stricken's discoveries would be used to create a whole new song, what would soon be known as the [[Deathsong]].<ref>.'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned|Inquisition of the Damned]], [[Lore:Inquisition of the Damned#IX.I: The Unmaking|IX.I: The Unmaking]]''</ref>

Auryx's sister [[Savathûn]] killed him for his weakness, however, and when the powers of the Worms and the [[Darkness]] returned Auryx to life, his resolve was strengthened and the Hive began an all-out offensive to crush the Ammonites.<ref name="Weakness"/> In the last, desperate days of the war, the Leviathan attempted to flee Fundament for the Ammonite capital moon. Rafriit and his personal guard accompanied the Leviathan on its journey, but the Hive defeated them.<ref name="Rises"/> The Leviathan was slain and fed to the Worms, the Ammonites were wiped out, and Taox and the Traveler fled.<ref name="Rises"/><ref name="Crusaders"/>

Adding insult to injury, the Hive colonized the Ammonites' moons and converted them into mobile fortresses,<ref name="Sky"/> with which they continued their pursuit of Taox and the Traveler.<ref name="Crusaders"/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVI:_Eater_of_Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*The Ammonites' home moon bears a slight resemblance to {{Plain|[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Europa_(moon) Europa]}}, where life is hypothesized to exist beneath the icy exterior.
*One of the legends of the [[Nine]] states they come from a similar aquatic origin, either [[Europa]] or [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries|Legends & Mysteries]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost_Fragment:_Legends_2|Ghost Fragment: Legends 2]]''</ref>
*Ammonites are a species of cephalopod in the real world, from Earth. [[Io]] in ''[[Destiny 2]]'' had fossil structures resembling real-world Ammonite shells. It is unknown if the Ammonites in ''[[Destiny]]'' are related to real-world earth Ammonites or resemble them in any way or if these fossil structures were meant to represent them.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Seraph]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Im}}

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