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|name = Fundament | |name = Fundament | ||
|star, position= | |star, position= | ||
|moon(s)= Fifty-two {{C|formerly}} | |moon(s)= Fifty-two {{C|formerly}} <br> The [[Traveler]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
|diameter= | |diameter= | ||
|gravity= | |gravity= | ||
|daylength= | |daylength= | ||
|yearlength= | |yearlength= | ||
|atmosphere= {{Plain|[ | |atmosphere= {{Plain|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen Hydrogen]}} (H<sub>1</sub>) <br> {{Plain|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium Helium]}} (He<sub>2</sub>) <br/> {{Plain|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon Neon]}} (Ne<sub>10</sub>) | ||
|temperature= | |temperature= | ||
|demonym= | |demonym= | ||
|species=*[[Ammonite]] {{C|formerly}} | |species=*[[Ammonite]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
*Needleship-builders {{c|formerly}} | *Needleship-builders {{c|formerly}} | ||
*[[Hive#Origins|Krill]] {{C|formerly}} | *[[Hive#Origins|Krill]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
*The [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] {{C|formerly}} | *The [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
*The Starcutters | *The Starcutters | ||
*[[Worm]] {{C|formerly}} | *[[Worm]] {{C|formerly}} | ||
*[[Stormjoy]]s {{C|non-sapient}} | *[[Stormjoy]]s {{C|non-sapient}} | ||
*Thousands of non-sapient species | *Thousands of non-sapient species | ||
*Five hundred and eleven intelligent species | *Five hundred and eleven intelligent species | ||
|population= Trillions | |population= Trillions | ||
|government= Monarchy {{C|Krill}} | |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"/>}} | {{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# | '''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]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness|Darkness]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Darkness#Calcified_Fragments:_Curiosity|Calcified Fragments: Curiosity]]''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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{{Quote|Dearest sisters ''[…]'' We aren't native to the Fundament. Our ancient ancestors came here to hide.|Aurash<ref name="Curiosity"/>}} | {{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=" | 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">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XI:_Conquerors|XI: Conquerors]]''</ref> Fundament's fifty-two moons also harbored intelligent life in the form of the spacefaring [[Ammonite]] civilization,<ref name="One">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: The Taken King - Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow, [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIV:_52_and_One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref> 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> | 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> | ||
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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"/> | 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=" | 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="One"/> 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"/> | 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.<ref name="Deep"/> 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> | 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> | ||
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===Fundament's orbit=== | ===Fundament's orbit=== | ||
*Fifty-two moons | *Fifty-two moons | ||
**Large icy moon, capital of the [[Ammonite]] civilization<ref name=" | **Large icy moon, capital of the [[Ammonite]] civilization<ref name="One"/> | ||
**Dry moon<ref name="Weakness"/> | **Dry moon<ref name="Weakness"/> | ||
