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{{quote|Whispered lore and fragmentary theories suggest that Crota represents a distinct class of Hive entities, not resident in our material world. My latest synthesis of this scattered esoterica suggests that Crota's 'home' is a universe created or remade by his power and occupied by Hive organisms of immense age.|[[Ikora Rey]]}}<ref name="Crota">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Exalted Hive#Crota,_Son_of_Oryx|Crota, Son of Oryx]]''</ref>

The '''Ascendant realm''' (also known as the '''Ascendant Plane''',<ref name="Gift">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLVI:_The_Gift_Mast|XLVI: The Gift Mast]]''</ref>  '''Netherworld''', '''Overworld''',<ref name ="Hellmouth">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Places/Moon#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Hellmouth|Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth]]''</ref> '''Sea of Screams''',<ref name="Carved">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXIX:_Carved_in_Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref> or the '''Howling'''<ref name = "Reverie Dawn">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Reverie_Dawn_Armor#Reverie_Dawn_Grasps_/_Gauntlets_/_Gloves|Reverie Dawn Grasps / Gauntlets / Gloves]]''</ref>) is an extradimensional plane of existence related to the [[Darkness]].<ref name="Weak">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVII:_The_Weakness_Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref><ref name="Crota"/> Entities closely linked to the Darkness, most notably powerful Hive such as [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]], [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|Savathun]], [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]], and [[Crota, Son of Oryx|Crota]], create "cyst universes" within the Ascendant Realm known as throne worlds,<ref name="Weak"/> where they have absolute power over it through the Sword-Logic. The [[Worm|Worm Gods]], a higher group in the Hive pantheon, also dwell in a deeper part of the Ascendant realm, much closer to [[Darkness|The Deep]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIX:_Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]''</ref>

{{quote|For you are not the first hero—nor even Oryx the first villain—to meet upon this plane.|Sins of Kharad-Tan}}

The origins and true nature of the Ascendant realm remain unknown. The description of the Warlock artifact known as the [[Sins of Kharad-Tan]] indicates that others walked the Ascendant realm long before [[Oryx, the Taken King]] and the [[Guardian]]s, but no records have yet been discovered documenting these events.

===The Ancient Past===

Auryx was the first among the Hive to discover the Ascendant plane when Savathûn killed him for negotiating with the [[Ammonite]]s, and the first to realize the innate power it held when the Worm Gods told him to slay his Hive and observe how his relationship to baseline reality began to change.<ref name="Weak"/> These realms would prove to be a boon in the Hive's quest for immortality as they warred amongst themselves to deepen their power and understanding<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXI:_an_incision|XXI: an incision]]''</ref> and during the war with the [[Ecumene]], these realms gave them a place in which to recover.<ref name="Carved"/>

Due to the effects of the Ahamkara [[Riven]]'s [[Last Wish|last wish]], the [[Dreaming City]] was pulled into the Ascendant realm, trapping it in a perpetual state within both the realm and our world.

*[[Dreadnaught|High War]]—realm of Oryx; converted into the Dreadnaught.<ref name="Weak"/><ref name="High">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXII:_The_High_War|XXII: The High War]]''</ref><ref name="Dread"/>

*[[High Coven]]—[[Savathûn]]'s realm.<ref name="Weak"/>