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{{Article quote|Readying for the battles to come, Lakshmi of Future War Cult is happy to accept any who would bear their mark.}} | {{Article quote|Readying for the battles to come, Lakshmi of Future War Cult is happy to accept any who would bear their mark.<ref>[https://www.light.gg/db/vendors/2260557667/lakshmi-2/ '''Lakshmi-2 - Destiny 2 Vendor - light.gg''']</ref>}} | ||
'''Lakshmi-2''' was an [[Exo]] who served as a leader of the [[Future War Cult]] and faction representative to the [[Consensus]]. She sold a variety of FWC-branded [[armor]], [[weapon]]s, and [[emblem]]s intended for use in the [[Crucible]] by [[Guardian]]s who represented the Cult prior to its collapse following her death. | '''Lakshmi-2''' was an [[Exo]] who served as a leader of the [[Future War Cult]] and faction representative to the [[Consensus]]. She sold a variety of FWC-branded [[armor]], [[weapon]]s, and [[emblem]]s intended for use in the [[Crucible]] by [[Guardian]]s who represented the Cult prior to its collapse following her death. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Rebirth on Neptune=== | ===Rebirth on Neptune=== | ||
According to research logs left by [[Chioma Esi]], | According to research logs left by [[Chioma Esi]], Lakshmi is the product of an experiment by [[Maya Sundaresh]] that took place some time after the ''[[Exodus Indigo]]'' brought Maya, Chioma and other [[Ishtar Collective]] researchers to Neptune during the Collapse. After arriving on Neptune, the colonists had discovered a paracausal entity, the [[the Veil|Veil]], on the terraformed surface of the planet, which produced psychic emanations and induced death in all who came into contact with it. Maya and Chioma developed a prototype interface by which researchers could receive and interpret the Veil's psychic signals, but the initial test of the interface resulted in the deaths of all participants. | ||
Undeterred, and against Chioma's wishes, Maya repeated the test with brain-dead Exos whose minds had been wiped during initial contact with the Veil, placing them in the Veil interface in lieu of biological human participants. In doing so, she reversed the machine's function: whereas previously the system was designed to have a single "conductor" guiding an "orchestra" of participants as they communed with the Veil, this new approach directed data from the assembled Exos into a central recipient. For unknown reasons, Maya had also provided her own mental imprint during the test, to be overlaid on that of the central Exo recipient. | Undeterred, and against Chioma's wishes, Maya repeated the test with brain-dead Exos whose minds had been wiped during initial contact with the Veil, placing them in the Veil interface in lieu of biological human participants. In doing so, she reversed the machine's function: whereas previously the system was designed to have a single "conductor" guiding an "orchestra" of participants as they communed with the Veil, this new approach directed data from the assembled Exos into a central recipient. For unknown reasons, Maya had also provided her own mental imprint during the test, to be overlaid on that of the central Exo recipient. | ||
The receiving test subject in this experiment was Lakshmi-2, who had undergone brain death like all the | The receiving test subject in this experiment was Lakshmi-2, an Exo Maya had known prior to arriving on Neptune, but who had undergone brain death like all the others brought on the mission. The experiment resulted in Lakshmi awakening, but with her mind having become either a total or partial copy of Maya's, speaking with Maya's voice and possessing some of her memories. | ||
Little is known of Lakshmi's activities after her revival; at some point she would leave Neptune and return to Earth during the Dark Age, but the circumstances of this are unknown. If she retained memories of her origins on Neptune, she never shared them with anyone, at least outside the Future War Cult.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woNYh2TPILA</ref> | |||
===Early Life and Master of the War Cult=== | ===Early Life and Master of the War Cult=== | ||
{{Quote|I walked during the [[Dark Age|dark times]]. A thousand kings rose and fell then.|Lakshmi-2}} | {{Quote|I walked during the [[Dark Age|dark times]]. A thousand kings rose and fell then.|Lakshmi-2}} | ||
Lakshmi was a refugee during the [[Dark Age]] and wandered across the world. During her wanderings she witnessed the rise and fall of thousands of would-be kings and saw hundreds of battles and conflicts including the [[House of Devils]] burning [[London]], an order of knights fighting the [[Darkness]] in [[Mumbai]], the siege of [[Tycho]], and saw the [[Hive]] at a place called Tranquility.<ref name="D1Q">''' Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lakshmi-2]] Quotes''</ref> Caught in these brutal conflicts, Lakshmi was eventually saved by the [[Future War Cult]], who recruited her into their ranks.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lakshmi-2]] Quotes''</ref> After being saved by the Cult, Lakshmi eventually arrived in [[The Last City]], although few knew her origins and found her sudden appearance abrupt. She rose through the ranks of the Future War Cult, eventually becoming one of the leaders of its Inner Circle and being appointed as their representative on the [[Consensus]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Tower_Allies#Future_War_Cult_Faction_Rep|Future War Cult Faction Rep]]''</ref> | |||
===Alternate Timelines=== | ===Alternate Timelines=== | ||
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Later in the Reef, the Guardians would locate Osiris but to their shock and horror, the "Osiris" that aided Lakshmi was actually Savathûn herself. The Witch Queen claimed that she had been "aiding" the Guardians for some time and her part in helping Lakshmi was a ploy to expose the War Cult leader's conspiracy, thereby removing traitors from within the Last City, ultimately making Lakshmi nothing more than a pawn in Savathûn's schemes. | Later in the Reef, the Guardians would locate Osiris but to their shock and horror, the "Osiris" that aided Lakshmi was actually Savathûn herself. The Witch Queen claimed that she had been "aiding" the Guardians for some time and her part in helping Lakshmi was a ploy to expose the War Cult leader's conspiracy, thereby removing traitors from within the Last City, ultimately making Lakshmi nothing more than a pawn in Savathûn's schemes. | ||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
Lakshmi-2 was talkative enough about war stories and the accomplishments of Future War Cult but was otherwise tight-lipped about the inner workings of her faction. She viewed the coming of the [[Darkness]] as an inevitable conflict, one that could not be simply avoided, as [[Dead Orbit]] wished. She was always pondering aloud about the nature of time, fate, and the existence of alternate timelines, particularly ones without war. Lakshmi was also obsessed with finding the [[Exo Stranger]], believing her to be the key to humanity's victory.<ref name="D1Q"/> | Lakshmi-2 was talkative enough about war stories and the accomplishments of Future War Cult but was otherwise tight-lipped about the inner workings of her faction. She viewed the coming of the [[Darkness]] as an inevitable conflict, one that could not be simply avoided, as [[Dead Orbit]] wished. She was always pondering aloud about the nature of time, fate, and the existence of alternate timelines, particularly ones without war. Lakshmi was also obsessed with finding the [[Exo Stranger]], believing her to be the key to humanity's victory.<ref name="D1Q"/> | ||
In Season of the Splicer, a darker side of Lakshmi-2 slowly appeared. Although she seemed optimistic about the alliance between the Vanguard and the Fallen [[House of Light]], she began to grow more paranoid after they were allowed to live within the Last City's walls. This was compounded by her constant use of the Device her faction venerated to peer into the future, leading her to believe the House of Light Eliksni were no different from the rest of the Fallen and that humanity could achieve victory over the Vex without them. As a result, Lakshmi-2 became a fearmonger, making broadcasts denouncing the alliance Ikora had forged with Mithrax while inciting the citizens of the Last City against the Eliksni. Her recent demeanor even caused members of the FWC to resign, disillusioned with the direction Lakshmi-2 was leading the faction in. Worst of all, it is heavily hinted that she intended to stage a coup against the Vanguard and the other City factions to assume full control over the city as its savior and prophet. | In Season of the Splicer, a darker side of Lakshmi-2 slowly appeared. Although she seemed optimistic about the alliance between the Vanguard and the Fallen [[House of Light]], she began to grow more paranoid after they were allowed to live within the Last City's walls. This was compounded by her constant use of the Vex Device her faction venerated to peer into the future, leading her to believe the House of Light Eliksni were no different from the rest of the Fallen and that humanity could achieve victory over the Vex without them. As a result, Lakshmi-2 became a fearmonger, making broadcasts denouncing the alliance Ikora had forged with Mithrax while inciting the citizens of the Last City against the Eliksni. Her recent demeanor even caused members of the FWC to resign, disillusioned with the direction Lakshmi-2 was leading the faction in. Worst of all, it is heavily hinted that she intended to stage a coup against the Vanguard and the other City factions to assume full control over the city as its savior and prophet. | ||
Ironically, Lakshmi-2's obsession with her prophecy would be her undoing. Believing that the Vanguard has lost its way, that the Guardians have failed, and the Eliksni would bring tragedy to the Last City, Lakshmi colluded with other factions to oust the Vanguard and cast the House of Light out of the City. In her zeal, Lakshmi would actually threaten the Last City with an invasion from the Vex. She was arrogant enough to believe that she could control the Vex portal to destroy the Eliksni by sending them to space but ultimately was killed by the Vex using the portal to enter the City, realizing too late that her prophecy had come true but not in a manner she had expected. As Ikora Rey put it, she foresaw the coming tragedy but failed to see it was of her own making. | Ironically, Lakshmi-2's obsession with her prophecy would be her undoing. Believing that the Vanguard has lost its way, that the Guardians have failed, and the Eliksni would bring tragedy to the Last City, Lakshmi colluded with other factions to oust the Vanguard and cast the House of Light out of the City. In her zeal, Lakshmi would actually threaten the Last City with an invasion from the Vex. She was arrogant enough to believe that she could control the Vex portal to destroy the Eliksni by sending them to space but ultimately was killed by the Vex using the portal to enter the City, realizing too late that her prophecy had come true but not in a manner she had expected. As Ikora Rey put it, she foresaw the coming tragedy but failed to see it was of her own making. | ||
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*Lakshmi-2 is voiced by [[wikipedia:Shohreh Aghdashloo|Shohreh Aghdashloo]]. | *Lakshmi-2 is voiced by [[wikipedia:Shohreh Aghdashloo|Shohreh Aghdashloo]]. | ||
*Her name is the same as that of a [[wikipedia:Lakshmi|Hindu goddess]]. | *Her name is the same as that of a [[wikipedia:Lakshmi|Hindu goddess]]. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[The Witch Queen]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==References== | ==References== |