Theodicy War
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The Theodicy War was a conflict waged between two factions of the Awoken within the Distributary, the Eccaleists who claimed the Awoken must return to their original universe, and the Sanguine, who wanted the Awoken to remain in the Distrbutary. Secretly, the war was engineered by Mara Sov to create a sense of guilt among the Awoken and convince them to join her in leaving the Distributary and fight in the cosmic war between Light and Darkness.
Overview[edit]
Sometime after the Awoken had established themselves in the Distributary, they lived predominantly in two ways; in cities or in tribes within the forests and on the seas.[1] Mara Sov would secretly cultivate a belief among the tribes that the Awoken needed to repay a debt to the cosmos, these Awoken would come to be known as the Eccaleists.[2][1] Conversely, the Awoken within the Cities lived by the Seventh Tenet of the Awoken, which stated that the Awoken owed no debt to the universe other than to remain within the Distributary, and would be known as the Sanguine.[3][1] It would be when the leader of the Eccaleists, a woman known as the Diasyrm, went to the cities and preached that the Awoken Queen Alis Li had denied the Awoken Godhood by choosing their mortal form when she first entered the Distributary that the Theodicy War began.[1]
During the war, Alis Li would appoint Paladins to oversee her military.[4] Eventually, it would be when one of her Paladins was killed with a Maltech matter laser that Alis would seek an end to the war. She had only gifted Maltech weapons to a few of her Paladins that she couldn't bear to lose, and suspected that one of them had defected to the Diasrym. Alis would meet with Mara in the Shipspire and told her she wished to negotiate peace and needed the help of Osana Sov to do it. Mara would agree in exchange for a future boon.[5] Osana and Uldren Sov would go to the Diasrym's camp and promised her that Mara would tell her any secret if she stopped the killing. As she did, Uldren slipped between the Diasrym's warriors, spreading rumors what what Mara knew, leading the Eccaleists to scatter across the Distributary. The Diasrym would seek out Mara on her mountain for her secret knowledge, and would disappear shortly after.[6]
Following the war, Alis Li would step down as Queen as the guilt of the war was heavy on her.[6]
Trivia[edit]
- The term theodicy refers to an argument which attempts to resolve the coexistence of a benevolent deity with the presence of evil and needless suffering (otherwise known as the "problem of evil" among philosophers of religion).
List of appearances[edit]
- Destiny 2: Forsaken (First mentioned)
- Season of the Drifter (Mentioned only)
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Marasenna, Fideicide I
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Marasenna, Nigh I
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Marasenna, Ecstasiate III
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:The Awoken of the Reef, Telic I
- ^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Marasenna, Fideicide II
- ^ a b Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Lore:Marasenna, Fideicide III
