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According to Eris, egregore is a manifestation of Darkness, similar to [[Stasis]], but "impure" in some way.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Eidolon Shell#Lore|Eidolon Shell]]''</ref> Egregore spores can open one's mind to the Darkness, and also permit affected individuals to pass through energy barriers generated by the fungus. The fungus' mycelial network forms psychic connections between Darkness-associated entities located across space and even in different dimensions, creating links between artifacts of the [[Black Fleet]] such as the [[Pyramids]] and the [[Ziggurat]], powerful Darkness-aligned beings such as [[Rhulk]] and [[Calus]], and [[the Witness]] itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Eidolon Pursuant Suit (Titan)#Eidolon Pursuant Mark|Eidolon Pursuant Mark]]''</ref> Eris Morn and the Drifter discovered this by experimentally burning egregore stalks near Pyramid technology, which opened up visions of the network formed by the egregore.   
According to Eris, egregore is a manifestation of Darkness, similar to [[Stasis]], but "impure" in some way.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Eidolon Shell#Lore|Eidolon Shell]]''</ref> Egregore spores can open one's mind to the Darkness, and also permit affected individuals to pass through energy barriers generated by the fungus. The fungus' mycelial network forms psychic connections between Darkness-associated entities located across space and even in different dimensions, creating links between artifacts of the [[Black Fleet]] such as the [[Pyramids]] and the [[Ziggurat]], powerful Darkness-aligned beings such as [[Rhulk]] and [[Calus]], and [[the Witness]] itself.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Eidolon Pursuant Suit (Titan)#Eidolon Pursuant Mark|Eidolon Pursuant Mark]]''</ref> Eris Morn and the Drifter discovered this by experimentally burning egregore stalks near Pyramid technology, which opened up visions of the network formed by the egregore.   


Egregore appears to use the Crown of Sorrow as a passageway to infest spaces. Usage of the Crown upon the H.E.L.M has caused egregore to infect and spread throughout and past the quarantine zone the Crown is placed within. This is similar to how the Crown sprang spores of egregore upon the Glykon, after it had been used to commit multiple communions with the anomaly<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 8 - Acheron's Wall|Captain's Log: ENTRY 8 - Acheron's Wall]]''</ref>. It is currently unknown how Drifter came to be in possession of his ownership of egregore, though he claims it was on a icy planet with no name and no importance<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Eidolon Pursuant Suit#Eidolon Pursuant Plate / Tunic / Robe|Eidolon Pursuant Plate / Tunic / Robe]]''</ref>.
Egregore appears to exist in multiple distinct forms, perhaps depending on the environment in which it is found. The egregore aboard the Derelict mostly takes the form of either thin blackish-green tendrils with glowing petal-like tips or amorphous swirling masses, whereas the egregore aboard the Leviathan is gray in color and grows in thick, lumpy stalks. A third variety of egregore has been found growing in the depths of Titan's methane ocean, where it takes on a more coral-like appearance.  
 
Calus' own current possession of egregore appears to stem from his visitation of a planet "far off" from Earth, where it grows in great forests across its surface<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl0sRvKCU2s</ref>. He claims the Leviathan infestation is still connected to that same planet's own forestry. Crow speculates Eris may find this information interesting, but is nervous at the idea of intelligent fungus able to communicate across the void of space.


==History==
==History==
According to Calus, he first discovered egregore on a distant world, where it grew in great "forests".
According to Calus, he first discovered egregore on a distant world, where it grew in great "forests".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl0sRvKCU2s</ref>.


The infestation of egregore aboard the [[Drifter]]'s [[Derelict]] was claimed to have been found on a distant icy world by the Drifter himself.  
The infestation of egregore aboard the [[Drifter]]'s [[Derelict]] was claimed to have been found on a distant icy world by the Drifter himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Eidolon Pursuant Suit#Eidolon Pursuant Plate / Tunic / Robe|Eidolon Pursuant Plate / Tunic / Robe]]''</ref>.  


===''Presage''===
===''Presage''===
As a result of Calus' attempts to commune with the [[The Witness|Witness]], the carrier ''[[Glykon Volatus]]'' became overrun with egregore.
As a result of Calus' attempts to commune with the [[The Witness|Witness]] via egregore linked with the [[Crown of Sorrow]], the carrier ''[[Glykon Volatus]]'' became overrun with egregore.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 8 - Acheron's Wall|Captain's Log: ENTRY 8 - Acheron's Wall]]''</ref>.  


===''Season of the Haunted''===
===''Season of the Haunted''===