Editing Tree of Silver Wings

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[[File:CradleTree.jpg|300px|thumb|The tree of silver wings in the [[Cradle]].]]
{{quote|In the Garden grows a tree of silver wings. The leaves are ruin, the bark disaster. Of the [[Seed of Silver Wings|seeds]] we do not speak.|[[Ruin Wings]] flavor text}}

The '''Tree of Silver Wings''' is a mysterious entity referred to by multiple sources, typically in association with either the [[Black Garden]] or the metaphorical "[[garden]]" allegorically used to describe the state of reality predating the universe.<ref>'''Bungie (06/09/2020)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], [[Seed of Silver Wings]] lore tab''</ref>

==The Garden Before Time==
{{Quote|The day was longer than all of time, and the night was swifter than a glint of light on a falling sugar crystal. ''[...]'' A tree of silver wings bloomed yielded fruit shed feathers bloomed again.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener and Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener and Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]''</ref>}}
The tree once existed alongside the [[Light|Gardener]] and the [[Darkness|Winnower]]. It leaves are described as "ruin", its peeling bark "disaster", and the oppressive air around it inspires violence in those who would breathe even a little in. Nothing grows within the Tree's shadow, and it scintillates faintly at dusk. The Tree achieves its entelechy, its potential, with every body falling, every civilization laid to waste, every leaf forged into instruments of ruin.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], [[Mk. 44 Stand Asides]] lore tab''</ref> Its [[Seed of Silver Wings|seeds]] are malleable and hungering, and so they are not spoken of, nor on what they would become. According to Eris, the Tree and its seeds are fluid in nature, but not physically; they act as an engine of integration, incorporating that which it contacts into its structure. It feeds from paracausal energy, both the Light and the Dark vying for dominance within its every particle.

It was later brought down by the two entities fighting with each other, and left to smoke amid the meadows<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower2'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Unveiling#T = 0|Unveiling: T=0]]''</ref>.

==Discovery on Io==
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During the arrival of the Pyramids, [[Osiris]] recovered a [[Seed of Silver Wings|seed]] from the Pyramids<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]], Playstation 4, [[Weblore:Season_of_the_Worthy#What_Gives_Me_Pause|Weblore: What Gives Me Pause]]''</ref>. He later received a message from [[Mara Sov]] relayed to him through [[Brother Vance]], which instructed him simply to "plant the seed"<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]], Playstation 4, [[Lore:Trials_and_Tribulations#Chapter_8_-_Idolatry|Trials and Tribulations, Chapter 8 - Idolatry]]''</ref>. 

Another "tree of silver wings" was discovered by [[the Guardian]] and [[Eris Morn]] in the heart of the [[Cradle]] on [[Io]]. It was stated by Eris that the Traveler created it when it arrived on Io but the connection between this tree and the original is unclear; however, the flavor text for the Seed of Silver Wings recovered from the tree strongly implies that both share a similar nature. Moreover, [[Ruinous Effigy]], a trace rifle created from a branch of the tree, shares the motif of ruin and disaster described by Ruin Wings' flavor text and [[Mk. 44 Stand Asides]]'s loretab.

==Discovery on Essence==
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Following [[Root of Nightmares|an incursion]] inside a [[Essence|terraformed Pyramid]] once inhabited by [[the Witness]], a team of [[Guardian]]s discovered that the terraforming beam of Light [[the Traveler]] used against the Witness had grown a Tree of Silver Wings deep within the ship. Its roots started to grow all over the Pyramid, changing and terraforming it. When the guardians faced [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]] it had grown up to form a fully shaped Tree.

==Trivia==
*A Ghost projection in [[Eververse Trading Company|Eververse]] refers to the tree as the '''Sterling Arbor''', a synonym for "Silver Tree".

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: ''
**''[[The Dark Below]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' : ''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Lightfall]]''

==References==
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[[Category:Paracausal entities]]