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*#Völuspá is the most well-known poem in the Norse Poetic Edda, chronicling the creation and end of the world.
*#Völuspá is the most well-known poem in the Norse Poetic Edda, chronicling the creation and end of the world.
*#Fenrir is a demon wolf in Norse mythology described at length in the Prose Edda, son of Loki. During Ragnarok he will kill Odin after freeing himself from where the gods chained him; then he would be killed through the heart by one of Odin's sons.
*#Fenrir is a demon wolf in Norse mythology described at length in the Prose Edda, son of Loki. During Ragnarok he will kill Odin after freeing himself from where the gods chained him; then he would be killed through the heart by one of Odin's sons.
*#Teilhard is a Jesuit priest and philosopher who conceived the Omega Point, a spiritual belief and scientific speculation where life will eventually become united with the divine and argued that Jesus Christ was focal of this Omega Point. This can be considered one of the earliest known versions of the Christian Universalist belief, that everything no matter how fallen or depraved (such as the Devil) will be reconciled with God.
*#The SIDDHARTHA GOLEM protocol is a reference to Prince Siddhartha Gautama, son of King Suddhodhana of the ancient kingdom of Kapilavastu in the Indian sub-continent. Prince Siddhartha, while wandering outside the royal palace for the first time, witnessed human suffering in the form of old age, disease and death, which led to him renouncing his kingdom to live the life of an ascetic and seek enlightenment. He later came to be known as Gautama Buddha.
*#Surtr is a fire giant and will destroy the world during Ragnarok with his fire.
*#Surtr is a fire giant and will destroy the world during Ragnarok with his fire.
*#Teilhard is a Jesuit priest and philosopher who conceived the Omega Point, a spiritual belief and scientific speculation where life will eventually become united with the divine and argued that Jesus Christ was focal of this Omega Point. This can be considered one of the earliest known versions of the Christian Universalist belief, that everything no matter how fallen or depraved (such as the Devil) will be reconciled with God.
*#Veles is the Slavic god of death and the underworld. In mythology his opponent was Perun.  
*#Veles is the Slavic god of death and the underworld. In mythology his opponent was Perun.  
*#Yuga is a Hindu term for "age". There are four ages:
*#Yuga is a Hindu term for "age". There are four ages:
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*:#'' Dvapara Yuga''—the third age where people turn upon one another, corrupted by evil.
*:#'' Dvapara Yuga''—the third age where people turn upon one another, corrupted by evil.
*:#'' Kali Yuga''—the final age, called the Age of Destruction. According to modern Hindu mythology, humanity is currently living in this age.
*:#'' Kali Yuga''—the final age, called the Age of Destruction. According to modern Hindu mythology, humanity is currently living in this age.
*The descriptor of the protocol SKYSHOCK as being 'Inside Context' or 'Outside Context' is likely a reference to Iain M. Banks's Culture Novel ''Excession'', in which an extra-universal anomaly is referred to by the AI Minds in the story as an 'Outside Context Problem', defined as the kind of problem for which there is no precedence, and that 'most civilizations would encounter just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop.'
*The descriptor of the protocol SKYSHOCK as being 'Inside Context' or 'Outside Context' is likely a reference to Iain M. Banks's Culture Novel ''Excession'', in which an extra-universal anomaly is referred to by the AI Minds in the story as an 'Outside Context Problem', defined as the kind of problem for which there is no precedence, and that 'most civilizations would encounter just once, and which they tended to encounter rather in the same way a sentence encountered a full stop.'
*#The SIDDHARTHA GOLEM protocol is a reference to Prince Siddhartha Gautama, son of King Suddhodhana of the ancient kingdom of Kapilavastu in the Indian sub-continent. Prince Siddhartha, while wandering outside the royal palace for the first time, witnessed human suffering in the form of old age, disease and death, which led to him renouncing his kingdom to live the life of an ascetic and seek enlightenment. He later came to be known as Gautama Buddha.
 


*It is implied in the Grimoire that Rasputin and the [[Exo Stranger]] may have met at some point.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4]]''</ref>
*It is implied in the Grimoire that Rasputin and the [[Exo Stranger]] may have met at some point.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_Rasputin_4|Ghost Fragment: Rasputin 4]]''</ref>
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