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'''Toland, the Shattered''' was a [[warlock]] who studied the [[Darkness]] and eventually went mad, leaving the [[City]] in Exile.<ref name = "Bounty">Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Toland's Legacy]] [[Bounty]] description.</ref> He was an expert on "forbidden" Hive Arcana; for that reason, he was recruited by the [[Praxic Warlocks|Praxic Warlock]] [[Eriana-3]] to be part of the six [[Guardians]] who delved into the [[Hellmouth]] in search of [[Crota]].<ref>Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Activities#Crota's_End|Crota's End]]</ref> Considering only [[Eris]] came back alive, he is assumed to be dead. Even so, unlike the other members of the fireteam, his fate is never disclosed. Nonetheless, many of his discoveries survived via fragments of his journal and the memories of [[Dead Ghost]]s.

Toland's studies led him to conclude that the Darkness was the evolutionary endpoint of the universe, and that its campaign of destruction was to ensure that nothing could ever rise up to challenge it.<ref>Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Darkness_3|Ghost Fragment: Darkness 3]]</ref> Toland even claimed to be able to commune with the Darkness, with an increasingly morbid curiosity in [[Hive]] rituals,<ref>Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Might_Of_Crota|Might of Crota]]</ref> particularly the Deathsong of [[Ir Yût]].<ref>Bungie (2014-9-9), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ir_Yût,_the_Deathsinger|Ir Yût, the Deathsinger]]</ref>