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The '''Ecumene''' (or '''Amiable Ecumene''') was an interstellar government composed of multiple advanced spacefaring species in a unknown galaxy. It was destroyed during its cataclysmic [[Hive-Ecumene war|war]] with the [[Hive | The '''Ecumene''' (or '''Amiable Ecumene''') was an interstellar government composed of multiple advanced spacefaring species in a unknown galaxy. It was destroyed during its cataclysmic [[Hive-Ecumene war|war]] with the [[Hive]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref><ref name="XXIX">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXIX:_Carved_in_Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Ecumene was a peaceful alliance of multiple technologically-advanced spacefaring species, such as the [[Dakaua]], and was well over twenty thousand years old by the time the Hive first encountered it. Member species were known as "clients" of the Ecumene. They were evidently attuned with the [[Darkness]], if not wielders of it, and their connection to the Darkness appeared to form a central part of their civilization.<ref | The Ecumene was a peaceful alliance of multiple technologically-advanced spacefaring species, such as the [[Dakaua]], and was well over twenty thousand years old by the time the Hive first encountered it. Member species were known as "clients" of the Ecumene. They were evidently attuned with the [[Darkness]], if not wielders of it, and their connection to the Darkness appeared to form a central part of their civilization.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/11ozam5/lightfall_spoilers_root_of_nightmares_full_lore/</ref> | ||
Prior to the advent of the [[Hive]], the Ecumene maintained contact with the [[Ammonite]] civilization of [[Fundament]] and were aware of its destruction, but not of its cause.<ref name="XXV">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXV:_Dictata_ir_Dakaua|XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua]]''</ref> | Prior to the advent of the [[Hive]], the Ecumene maintained contact with the [[Ammonite]] civilization of [[Fundament]] and were aware of its destruction, but not of its cause.<ref name="XXV">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXV:_Dictata_ir_Dakaua|XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua]]''</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Approximately twenty-four thousand years after the first Hive destroyed the Ammonite civilization and departed Fundament, the Ecumene's frontier fell under attack by the Hive. Over the course of a century, the Ecumene Status Army failed to protect seventeen member worlds from Hive incursions. After the Dakaua discovered the [[Hive#Origins|Krill]] [[Taox]], who explained the Hive's motivations and the identities of its leaders, the Ecumene decided to deploy its most powerful weapons with the goal of completely eradicating the Hive.<ref name="XXV"/> | |||
Approximately twenty-four thousand years after the first Hive destroyed the Ammonite civilization and departed Fundament, the Ecumene's frontier fell under attack by the Hive. | |||
Over the course of a century, the Ecumene Status Army failed to protect seventeen member worlds from Hive incursions. After the Dakaua discovered the [[Hive#Origins|Krill]] [[Taox]], who explained the Hive's motivations and the identities of its leaders, the Ecumene decided to deploy its most powerful weapons with the goal of completely eradicating the Hive.<ref name="XXV"/> | |||
This strategy of overwhelming force proved effective for a time, and the Hive's advanced stalled. In response, [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] acquired the power to [[Taken|Take]] from the [[Worm]] [[Akka]], the power of the [[Darkness]] itself, and rapidly regained the advantage. The Ecumene Crisis Council met and determined that the Ecumene and its member species faced extinction within two hundred twenty years, and should therefore devote every aspect of its civilization to fighting the Hive. While this bought the Ecumene some time, the Hive's victory was now inevitable. After a century of war, the Ecumene Crisis Council was killed by Oryx at a place called the Fractal Wreath. Forty years after that, Oryx deceived the Dakaua and eliminated them. The Ecumene fled from the galaxy into the intergalactic void but were pursued by the Hive. One thousand years later, the Ecumene had been annihilated so utterly that only the Hive and Taox, who had managed to flee, remembered it.<ref name="XXVII"/><ref name="XXIX"/> Even so, their use of the Darkness would in turn be forgotten by the Hive and [[The Witness]], both evidently unable to fathom the idea of it being used for good. | This strategy of overwhelming force proved effective for a time, and the Hive's advanced stalled. In response, [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] acquired the power to [[Taken|Take]] from the [[Worm]] [[Akka]], the power of the [[Darkness]] itself, and rapidly regained the advantage. The Ecumene Crisis Council met and determined that the Ecumene and its member species faced extinction within two hundred twenty years, and should therefore devote every aspect of its civilization to fighting the Hive. While this bought the Ecumene some time, the Hive's victory was now inevitable. After a century of war, the Ecumene Crisis Council was killed by Oryx at a place called the Fractal Wreath. Forty years after that, Oryx deceived the Dakaua and eliminated them. The Ecumene fled from the galaxy into the intergalactic void but were pursued by the Hive. One thousand years later, the Ecumene had been annihilated so utterly that only the Hive and Taox, who had managed to flee, remembered it.<ref name="XXVII"/><ref name="XXIX"/> Even so, their use of the Darkness would in turn be forgotten by the Hive and [[The Witness]], both evidently unable to fathom the idea of it being used for good. | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny | *''[[Destiny]]'' | ||
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{First mentioned}} | |||
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