Editing Fundament

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[[File: Fundament-Interactive-Trailer.jpg|300px]]
|name = Fundament
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|moon(s)= Fifty-two {{C|formerly}}<ref name="Fifty-two">'''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> <br> The [[Traveler]] {{C|formerly}}<ref name="Fifty-two"/>
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|gravity= 
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|atmosphere= {{Plain|[[Wikipedia:Hydrogen|Hydrogen]]}} (H<sub>1</sub>) <br> {{Plain|[[Wikipedia:Helium|Helium]]}} (He<sub>2</sub>) <br/> {{Plain|[[Wikipedia:Neon|Neon]]}} (Ne<sub>10</sub>)
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|species=*[[Ammonite]] {{C|formerly}}
*Needleship-builders {{c|formerly}}<ref name="Needle"/>
*[[Hive#Origins|Krill]] {{C|formerly}}
*The [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] {{C|formerly}}
*The Starcutters<ref name="Curiosity"/>
*[[Worm]] {{C|formerly}}
*[[Stormjoy]]s {{C|non-sapient}} 
*Thousands of non-sapient species<ref name="Syzygy">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#IV: Syzygy|IV: Syzygy]]''</ref>
*Five hundred and eleven intelligent species<ref name="Conquerors">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XI: Conquerors|XI: Conquerors]]''</ref>
|population= Trillions<ref name="Leviathan">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#VIII: Leviathan|VIII: Leviathan]]''</ref>
|government= Monarchy {{C|Krill}}
}}
{{Quote|That's what Fundament must be. A titanic gas planet. The endless storm above us must be one layer of the atmosphere. And the sea we float on… there's more down beneath it. So much more!|[[Aurash]]<ref name="Curiosity"/>}}
'''Fundament''' is a gas giant planet in an unknown star system that gave rise to the [[Hive]] billions of years ago.<ref name="Curiosity">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness|Darkness]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness#Calcified Fragments: Curiosity|Calcified Fragments: Curiosity]]''</ref>

==History==
===Birth of the Worm Gods===
According to [[Ahsa]], Fundament was once home to a species of serpentine, paracausally-empowered creatures, who led a largely peaceful existence until they became seduced by the [[the Witness|Witness]]' philosophy. Seeking to achieve ascendancy through the [[Sword Logic]], members of the species began attacking and killing one another, calling upon the [[Darkness]] as a weapon as they did so. Most of the species died in the planet-wide bloodbath that followed, with Ahsa being one of the few survivors.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - Item Description: [[Síocháin's Scuba Shell#Lore|Síocháin's Scuba Shell]]''</ref> Others transformed, becoming the powerful Darkness-aligned beings known as the Worm Gods. Six of these entities - [[Yul]], [[Xol]], [[Eir]], [[Ur]], [[Akka]], and their mother [[Xita]] - would become trapped within the core of the planet,<ref>'''Bungie (2022/3/5)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Witch Queen]] - Item Description: [[Resonant Fury Suit#Resonant_Fury_Helm|Resonant Fury Helm]]''</ref> where they remained for eons under the watchful eye of the creature known as the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]], one of the disciples of the Traveler.<ref name="Dive">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow|Books of Sorrow]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#VII:_The_Dive|VII: The Dive]]''</ref>

===Rise of the Hive===
{{Quote|Dearest sisters ''[…]'' We aren't native to the Fundament. Our ancient ancestors came here to hide.|Aurash<ref name="Curiosity"/>}}

Long ago, the rocky planet that was the [[Krill homeworld|original homeworld]] of the [[Hive#Origins|Krill]] crashed into Fundament and shattered. The shards of the planet came to float upon a vast sea that made up one of Fundament's layers, and became "continents" upon which the Krill eked out a meager existence.<ref name="Curiosity"/> Five hundred and eleven other intelligent species also inhabited Fundament's sea, presumably having arrived through similar circumstances.<ref name="Conquerors"/> Fundament's fifty-two moons also harbored intelligent life in the form of the spacefaring [[Ammonite]] civilization,<ref name="Fifty-two"/> which benefited from an alliance with the [[Traveler]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVI:_The_Sword_Logic|XIV: The Sword Logic]]''</ref> 

Life was quick and harsh for the Krill. Their natural lifespan rarely exceeded ten Fundament years, though Krill who ate "mother jelly" became able to spawn and live longer. In terms of environmental hazards, Fundament was hostile to the point of being almost uninhabitable. The Fundament ocean was toxic, freak lightning storms constantly ravaged the skies, the rain was poisonous and sometimes corrosive, lightning had enough energy to vaporize anyone it struck, "living clouds" called [[Stormjoy]]s would prey on the populace, and the Krill were frequently in conflict.<ref name="Predators">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#I: Predators|I: Predators]]''</ref>

One Krill polity on the Fundament Ocean was the [[Osmium Court]], ruled by the [[Osmium King]]. When the King went mad out of fear of an impending syzygy, a catastrophic alignment of Fundament's moons that would create a devastating global tidal wave, [[Taox]], the teacher of the King's three daughters, invited the rival [[Helium Drinkers]] of the [[Helium Court]] to invade and install her on the Osmium Throne. The Helium Drinkers did so,<ref name="Hate">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#II:_The_Hateful_Verse|II: The Hateful Verse]]''</ref> but failed to kill the King's three daughters: [[Oryx|Aurash]], [[Savathûn|Sathona]], and [[Xivu Arath|Xi Ro]]. The sisters escaped on a ship, swearing an oath to avenge their father by overthrowing the Helium Drinkers and hunting down Taox.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#III:_The_Oath|III: The Oath]]''</ref>

Eventually the sisters salvaged and reactivated "[[Needle|the needle]]", a derelict, high-tech ship designed to explore Fundament's deepest depths.<ref name="Needle">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#V:_Needle_and_Worm|V: Needle and Worm]]''</ref> Deep below the sea, the sisters encountered the Leviathan,<ref name="Dive"/> who warned them away,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#VIII:_Leviathan|VIII: Leviathan]]''</ref> but they continued on and encountered the Worms and made a pact with them to gain immortality and power, taking on the Worms' parasitic larvae and spreading them among the other Krill;<ref name="Bargain">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#IX: The Bargain|The Bargain]]''</ref><ref name="Immortals">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#X:_Immortals|X: Immortals]]''</ref> thus the first true Hive were created, and Xi Ro became Xivu Arath,<ref name="Deep">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XII:_Out_of_the_Deep|XII: Out of the Deep]]''</ref> Sathona became Savathûn,<ref name="Conquerors"/> and Aurash became Auryx.<ref name="Immortals"/>

In a few short years the Hive conquered a swathe of Fundament's surface, reclaiming the Osmium Court and harrying Taox off-world.<ref name="Deep"/> After building their first starships, the Hive followed Taox and encountered the Ammonite civilization that lived among the moons, as well as the Traveler.<ref name="Fifty-two"/> The Ammonite were far more advanced than anything on Fundament's surface and were initially able to repulse the Hive advance, especially as Auryx held the Hive back in the hope of achieving a peaceful resolution to the conflict.<ref name="Prey">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XV:_Born_As_Prey|XV: Born As Prey]]''</ref> Decrying Auryx's weakness, Savathûn killed her brother. The Worms then vested Auryx and his sisters with the power to defy death so long as they continued their conquest and fed their worms.<ref name="Weakness">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XVII: The_Weakness_Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref> Auryx returned to life and together he and his sisters defeated the Ammonite, killed the Leviathan as it tried to reach safety on the Ammonite home moon, and forced the Traveler to flee.<ref name="Crusaders">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIX: Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]''</ref>

The Hive transformed Fundament's fifty-two moons into mobile colonies<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIII: Into the Sky|XIII: Into the Sky]]''</ref> and set out to conquer the universe in the name of the Darkness, and also to find Taox, who still eluded them.<ref name="Crusaders"/> Fundament's fate afterwards is unknown, though the syzygy had already taken place before the Hive had begun to war against the Ammonite. The global tidal wave had likely wiped out what remained of Fundament's surface civilizations, or the majority of those who survived the Hive.<ref name="Deep"/> 

Billions of years after the rise of the Hive, [[Ikora Rey]] used the [[Relic (Mars)|Relic]] on Mars to experience a memory associated with Savathûn's calcified Worm familiar, which the Guardian had retrieved from Savathûn's Throne World. In the vision she received, it was revealed that the Krill sisters had been lied to by the Witness, who had wanted to claim the Krill as its servants before the Traveler could uplift them.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''Destiny 2: The Witch Queen - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlzQnXcUxqI&t=746s Defeated]''</ref> It is thus unclear whether the syzygy and the God-Wave ever actually took place, or what its true cause was. The Leviathan claimed that the Worms were behind the event in its final plea to the Hive,<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVIII:_Leviathan_Rises|XVIII: Leviathan Rises]]''</ref> whereas the Worm Gods claimed that the alignment of the moons was caused by the Traveler in an effort to prevent the surface civilizations from finding them.<ref name="Conquerors"/><ref name="Prey"/> During her service to the Witness, Savathûn once asked the Witness about what had truly altered the motion of Fundament's moons, suggesting that she suspected the Witness had secretly engineered the syzygy.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[The Final Shape]] - [[The Pale Heart#Memories|Pale Heart Memory]]: [[The Pale Heart#Savathûn's crystalline prison|Savathûn's crystalline prison]]''</ref>

==Locations==
===Fundament's surface===
*[[Osmium Court]]—a Krill nation, home of the [[Osmium King]], the teacher [[Taox]] and the royal heirs [[Xi Ro]], [[Sathona]], and [[Aurash]]
*[[Helium Court]]—a Krill nation, land of the [[Helium King]] and the [[Helium Drinkers]]
*[[Star-surgery]]—a Krill nation, land of the Starcutters
*[[Hydrogen Fountain]]—a Krill nation
*[[Bone Plaza]]—a Krill nation
*[[Kaharn Atoll]]—a gathering place for Fundament's many species
*Tungsten Monoliths—structures containing detailed information about Fundament<ref name="Curiosity"/>
*Shvubi Maelstrom<ref name="Needle"/>

===Fundament's orbit===
*Fifty-two moons<ref name="Fifty-two"/>
**Large icy moon, capital of the [[Ammonite]] civilization<ref name="Fifty-two"/>
**Dry moon<ref name="Weakness"/>

==Non-canon appearances==
;Rising Timeline
{{Main|Fundament/Rising}}

==Trivia==
*If Calcified Fragments “Curiosity” and “Insight” are counted as part of the whole [[Books of Sorrow]], then there are exactly fifty-two Grimoire cards, a trait shared by Fundament’s fifty-two moons.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Cabal Booklet]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{1st}} {{c|Flashbacks}}
**''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Heresy]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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