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The Qugu evolved from herd animals, and in the process were infected by a virus that profoundly influenced their society. The virus rewrote the Qugu's genetic code so that they were compelled to ritualistically offer their limbs to be amputated by another species called [[jaw-beasts]]. Once the massive, sessile jaw-beasts had consumed Qugu cells, the virus converted the cells into eggs, which would develop and eventually hatch within the jaw-beasts. In turn, the jaw-beasts produced a nectar-like substance that the Qugu would consume to experience hallucinogenic visions.<ref name="Twenty Three">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxiii-fire-without-fuel '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXIII: Fire Without Fuel'']</ref> | The Qugu evolved from herd animals, and in the process were infected by a virus that profoundly influenced their society. The virus rewrote the Qugu's genetic code so that they were compelled to ritualistically offer their limbs to be amputated by another species called [[jaw-beasts]]. Once the massive, sessile jaw-beasts had consumed Qugu cells, the virus converted the cells into eggs, which would develop and eventually hatch within the jaw-beasts. In turn, the jaw-beasts produced a nectar-like substance that the Qugu would consume to experience hallucinogenic visions.<ref name="Twenty Three">[http://db.destinytracker.com/grimoire/enemies/books-of-sorrow/xxiii-fire-without-fuel '''Destiny Tracker''' - ''Grimoire: XXIII: Fire Without Fuel'']</ref> | ||
The Qugu were evidently attuned to the [[Darkness]], and could commune with the memories of their ancestors through it.<ref name="root lore">https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/11ozam5/lightfall_spoilers_root_of_nightmares_full_lore/</ref> | |||
By the time the [[Hive]] encountered the Qugu, they had become a spacefaring civilization and traveled on "ark-ships". [[Savathûn]]'s brood swiftly exterminated the Qugu and their jaw-beasts.<ref name="Twenty Three"/> When [[Oryx, the Taken King]] reported this in the [[Books of Sorrow]], he omitted any mention of the Qugu using the Darkness, likely at the behest of [[The Witness]]. The Witness itself, on the other hand, locked away a singular reference to this aboard the [[Essence]], which [[The Guardian]] recovered in the present day while searching for [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain]].<ref name="root lore"/> | |||
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