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| {{Quote|With this tribute, I shall undertake a mighty work. A real humdinger of a scheme. I'm going to refinance my entire existence. I'm going to move from an existential economy based on the accumulation of violence to an existential economy based on the accumulation of secrets and the tribute of failing-to-understand-me. I shall name this tribute of failing-to-understand IMBARU, for it shall be as formless as the mist.|[[Savathûn]]}} | | {{Quote|With this tribute, I shall undertake a mighty work. A real humdinger of a scheme. I'm going to refinance my entire existence. I'm going to move from an existential economy based on the accumulation of violence to an existential economy based on the accumulation of secrets and the tribute of failing-to-understand-me. I shall name this tribute of failing-to-understand IMBARU, for it shall be as formless as the mist.|[[Savathûn]]}} |
| | | '''Imbaru''' is the name used by [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]] to refer to a method of [[paracausality|paracausal]] tribute-gathering she conceived as an alternative to (or reinterpretation of) [[The Sword Logic]] <ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/thank-you?highlight=Imbaru Truth to Power: Thank you</ref>. Whereas [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]]'s [[Hive]] acquired power from slaying enemies and redistributed that power to their superiors as "tribute", Imbaru is gained by Savathûn whenever another being is misled by or fails to understand her schemes and intentions. |
| '''Imbaru''' is the name used by [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] to refer to a method of [[paracausality|paracausal]] tribute-gathering she conceived as a reinterpretation of the [[ Sword Logic]] originally set by her [[Oryx, the Taken King|brother]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard - [[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]]: [[Lore:Truth to Power#Thank you|Thank you]]''</ref> Whereas [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]]'s [[Hive]] acquired power from slaying enemies and redistributed that power to their superiors as "tribute", Savathûn gains power from Imbaru by whenever another being is misled by her or fails to understand her schemes and intentions. | |
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| Savathûn first demonstrates Imbaru to the [[Guardians]] in a [[Lore:Truth to Power|manifesto]] she published in the structure of a [[Wikipedia:Chiastic structure|chiasmus]] under the guise of several fabricated identities like [[Eris Morn]], the Craftmind [[Medusa]], [[Quria, Blade Transform]] and even her daughter [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]]. She would then deliver it in secret to [[the Guardian]] via encrypted in [[Glimmer]] that [[the Hidden]] would then intercept.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Drifter]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard - [[Lore:Stolen Intelligence|Stolen Intelligence]]: [[Lore:Stolen Intelligence#Forgeries|Forgeries]]''</ref> She would also attempt to deceive the Guardian by infiltrating the [[Vanguard]]'s communication channels and feeding them several false missives with the intent of subterfuge and misdirection.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore:Martian Missives|Martian Missives]]: [[Lore:Martian Missives#Eris II|Eris II]]''</ref> However, Savathûn's greatest example of Imbaru would be when she possessed the body of [[Osiris]] and hid in the [[Last City]] for nearly a year amongst her enemies, impersonating the formerly-exiled [[Warlock]] and working desparately from the shadows to feed her starving [[Savathûn's Worm|worm]]; all while evading the wrath of the [[Witness]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[Lore:Beneath the Endless Night|Beneath the Endless Night]]: [[Lore:Beneath the Endless Night#VII - Ripe|VII - Ripe]]''</ref>
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| Hidden deep within the [[Court of Savathûn]] lies [[the Imbaru Engine]]: a labyrinth space located above the [[Altars of Summoning]] where the Witch Queen generates her tribute from the confusion she inflicts through her lies and deception and kills any intruders who fail at its tests.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]], [[The Imbaru Engine (activity)|The Imbaru Engine]]''</ref> Lying at the center of the engine is an [[Ahamkara]] egg of [[Riven]]'s clutch, which she had kept as an heirloom for her contingency plans.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/8/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Witch]], [[Lore:Rites of Passage]] - [[Lore:Rites of Passage#Contingency Plans|Contingency Plans]]''</ref>
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| ==Trivia== | | ==Trivia== |
| * The name "imbaru" is derived from the Sumerian word "imbaru", which means 'mist'. | | * The name "imbaru" may be derived from the Latin word [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/imber#Latin imber], one meaning of which is "stormcloud". |
| * "Imbaru" is the name of Chilean neofolk/classical music project ([https://imbaru.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp page], [https://www.discogs.com/artist/3975801-Imbaru Discogs page]) | | * "Imbaru" is the name of Chilean neofolk/classical music project ([https://imbaru.bandcamp.com/ Bandcamp page], [https://www.discogs.com/artist/3975801-Imbaru Discogs page]) |
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| ==List of appearances==
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| *''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{Fm}}
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| **''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Mo}}
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| **''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
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| *''[[The Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}
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| ==References== | | ==References== |
