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{{Planet infobox
|image=[[File:Grimoire Venus.jpg|300px]]
|name= Venus
|star, position= [[Sol]], II
|moon(s)= None
|gravity= .904 g
|diameter= 12,100 kilometers
|daylength= 2,802 hours
|yearlength= 225 days
|atmosphere=
|population= [[Human]]ity {{c|formerly}}<br> [[Vex]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Cabal]] <br> [[Taken]]
|government= [[Ishtar Collective]] {{c|formerly}}<br>Vex Collective<br> [[House of Winter]] {{c|formerly}}<br>[[Barant Imperium]]
}}

'''Venus''' is the second planet in the [[Sol System]], and the largest terrestrial planet apart from [[Earth]]. It is also associated with '''II''', one of the [[The Nine|Nine]].<ref>'''Bungie (2025/7/15)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Edge of Fate]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Epochs & Orbits|Epochs & Orbits]], [[Lore:Epochs & Orbits#Venus - II|Venus - II]]''</ref>

==Overview==
With the coming of the [[Traveler]], Venus' toxic air was 'cleansed'<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160312011936/http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/story '''Bungie''' : ''Destiny Story'']</ref> and the world was swiftly colonized by [[Human|humanity]] during the [[Golden Age]],<ref name="HopesDreams">[http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams?page=1 '''IGN''' ''Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams'']</ref> becoming known as a "paradise".<ref>[http://www.destinythegame.com/au/en/game/destinations/venus '''Bungie''' : ''Venus'']</ref> Venus is now a hostile world.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Places|Places]]/[[Grimoire:Places/Venus|Venus]], [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Venus|Venus]]''</ref> Sulfuric gasses are vented from the surface of the planet, <ref>[http://www.bungie.net/7_Bungie-Weekly-Update---10112013/en/News/News?aid=11189 '''Bungie.net''': ''Bungie Weekly Update - 10/11/2013'']</ref> and crackling lightning flashes through the sulfuric yellow sky. All the while, jungle and overgrowth have claimed the remnants of the [[Ishtar Academy|scientific research settlement]] once held here by humanity.

The ruins of Venus feature energy relays used by the Vex, which are powered by a heavily protected [[Nexus]] far below the surface and are believed to be part of an ancient network that, if fully reawakened, could turn the planet itself into a system the Vex could control.<ref name="Planetview"/> Both the ancient Vex ruins, and the more recent human structures are now choked in vegetation,<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en/News/News?aid=11063 '''Bungie.net''': ''Breaking In - Annie VanderMeer Mitsoda'']</ref> although humanity has managed to regain a presence there.<ref name="HopesDreams"/> But despite this, the forgotten cities are slowly being swallowed up by the Venusian ocean and in their place; the towering Vex [[Citadel]] now draws the eye—a hulking, obelisk Jenga tower of bizarre geometric shapes. Its purpose remains unknown, but the robotic Vex unceasingly defend it.<ref>'''Game Informer January 2014''', ''page 52''</ref>

The [[Fallen]] [[House of Winter]] also has their [[Winter's Lair|Lair]] on Venus, adding to the number of hostile forces already present on the planet.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - [[Winter's Run]]''</ref>

==History==
Long before the evolution of humanity, Venus and the other planets of the Sol System served as gravitational foci for interstellar streams of dark matter particles. When life evolved elsewhere in the System, the movements of lifeforms created perturbations in these looping streams, which caused the dark matter loops to "awaken" into consciousness. These nascent consciousnesses would one day become known to Humanity as the [[Nine]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Drifter]] - Lore:[[Lore:Dust|Dust]], [[Lore:Dust#The_Nine|The Nine]]''</ref>

===Golden Age===
When the Traveler came to the [[Sol System]], it terraformed Venus alongside the [[Hesperonauts]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''Destiny: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [[Hesperos Type 1#Gauntlets|Hesperos Type 1]]''</ref> transforming its surface from a corrosive and superheated wasteland into a lush jungle, filled with life.

During the initial exploration of Venus, ancient ruins predating humanity's existence were discovered, leading to a colonization rush by some of Earth's brightest minds.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''Destiny - Grimoire:Places/Venus, [[Grimoire:Places/Venus#Ishtar Sink|Ishtar Sink]]''</ref> It has been acknowledged that the ruins came from another Venus in a different reality.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - Grimoire:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex|Vex]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex#Ghost Fragment: Vex 4|Ghost Fragment: Vex 4]]''</ref> Following the [[Collapse]], the [[Vex]] lay claim to those ruins and began protecting them for unknown reasons.<ref name="Planetview">[https://www.destinyplanetview.com/en/home '''Destiny Planet View''']</ref>

===City Age===
The [[Ahamkara]] had a strong presence on Venus during the [[City Age]] and appeared to be engaged in terraforming the planet for unknown purposes.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Plate of the Great Hunt|Plate of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> The nature of the changes wrought by the Ahamkara is unclear; according to [[Eris Morn]], eyewitnesses disagreed over what they saw, or the order in which events had occurred. During the Great Ahamkara Hunt, a "paracausal phenomenon" appeared over the Ishtar Academy which prompted at least one Guardian who witnessed it to apparently attempt permanent suicide.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Great Hunt Suit#Mask of the Great Hunt|Mask of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> Ultimately, the Ahamkara were exterminated on Venus by the Guardians, but their skeletal remains continued to telepathically influence whoever encountered them.{{Citation needed}}

Sometime during the events of the [[Red War]], the [[Red Legion]] began to occupy Venus.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''Destiny 2 - [[Ghost scan]]s: [[Ghost scan#European Dead Zone, Earth|EDZ-TG-3]]''</ref>

==Locations==
*[[Artesia Mons]]
*[[Ishtar Sink]] {{C|Destination}}
**[[Ishtar Academy]]
***[[Ishtar Commons]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Hall of Whispers]]
****[[The Archive (location)|The Archive]]
***[[N/Gen Branch]]
****[[Dig Site 4]]
****[[The Nexus (location)|The Nexus]]
**[[Ember Caves]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Winter's Lair]]
****[[The Cinders]]
*****[[Ash Coves]]
******[[Winter's Run (location)|Winter's Run]]
*****[[Wintership Simiks-Fel]]
**[[The Citadel]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[The Juncture]]
***[[The Terminus]]
**[[The Shattered Coast]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Headlands]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Ishtar Cliffs]] {{C|Public location}}
**[[Waking Ruins]] {{C|Public location}}
***[[Trial of Kabr|The Trial of Kabr]]
****[[Templar's Well]]
*****[[The Gorgons' Labyrinth]]
******[[Vault of Glass (location)|Vault of Glass]]
***[[Campus 9]]
***[[Endless Steps]]
****[[Echo Chamber]]
**[[Asylum]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}
**[[Thieves' Den]] {{C|Crucible map}}
**[[Last Exit]] {{C|Crucible map}}
*Maat Mons
**[[Infinite Descent]] {{C|[[Sparrow Racing League]] map}}
**[[Shores of Time]] {{C|Crucible map}}
*Pomona Mons
**[[Floating Gardens]] {{C|Crucible map}}
*[[Wikipedia:List of montes on Venus|Freyja Montes]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''Destiny 2: Forsaken - Item Description: [[Freyja Shell]]''</ref>
*[[Selina Morass]]

==Trivia==
*The [[Ishtar Sink]] is placed somewhere along the southeastern coast of the Ishtar Terra, one of four highland continents of Venus and just south of the north pole.<ref>'''reddit''': [https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/42gmxq/geography_and_placement_of_locations_in_destiny/ '''Geography and placement of locations in destiny'''] (''"Most of the game so far has taken place in the Ishtar sink which is along the south eastern coast of Ishtar terra, which is located just south of the north pole.''")</ref>
*In [[Season of the Splicer]], the [[Waking Ruins]] area returned as part of the revamped [[Vault of Glass (raid)|Vault of Glass]] raid. However, it is no longer a public space.
*In ''[[Renegades]]'', Venus was stated to have returned to Sol,<ref>'''Bungie (2025/12/2)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Renegades]] - [[Drifter]]: [[Renegades (Quest)#Step 6|Ops ain't been cleared on Venus since it popped back into Sol. Legal ones, anyway.]]''</ref> presumably during ''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' when various planets and moons were abducted by the Witness. However, there are multiple mentions of Venus still being around up to ''[[Season of the Lost]]''.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''Destiny 2: [[Season of the Lost]] - Lore:[[Lore:Ripples|Ripples]], [[Lore:Ripples#VI - Isolation|VI - Isolation]]''</ref> This either indicates a writer oversight or Venus was abducted sometime later.

==Non-canon appearances==
===Rising Timeline===
{{Main|Venus/Rising}}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Destiny venus surface.jpg|The surface of Venus as seen on Bungie.net.
File:Venusgame.png|The sulphur canyons of Venus.
File:Venus landscape.jpg|The Infinite Gardens.
File:Screenshot venus02.jpg|The wastelands of Venus.
File:Screenshot venus01.jpg|An Ishtar Collective research outpost in some Vex ruins.
File:Screenshot venus04.jpg|Ruins of the City Metro Train station.
File:Venus15.jpg|Three Guardians in the City Metro Train station.
File:Venus portal.jpg|A Vex portal on Venus.
File:03-o-golden-age-postcard.jpg|A postcard of City Metro during the Golden Age.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]''
**''[[The Taken King]]''
**''[[Rise of Iron]]''
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Dawn]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{Nc}}
**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Haunted]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Episode: Heresy]]'' {{Im}}
**''[[The Edge of Fate]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Renegades]]''
*''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)|Destiny: Warmind]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny: Cayde's Six]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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