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*Charlemagne is a character mentioned | *Charlemagne is a character mentioned in pre-alpha marketing material for ''Destiny'', which claimed players were to retrieve a shard of his core intelligence, but he was never mentioned in the final version of the game itself.<ref name = "Sack"/> A location in the [[Dust Palace]] called "Charlemagne's Vault" was also supposed to appear in the game and serve as the place where the player obtained [[Thorn]], but this was also removed or never completed. The only possible surviving reference to Charlemagne is [[Ghost]] commenting that the Dust Palace once housed "the Warmind of Mars", but this Warmind is never identified by name.<ref>[http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/02/17/bungies-destiny-a-land-of-hope-and-dreams '''IGN.com''' - ''Bungie's Destiny: A Land of Hope and Dreams'']</ref> | ||
*A currently classified [http://db.planetdestiny.com/items/view/1126665156 mission item] present in ''[[The Taken King]]'' game files appears to bear some relation to the Warminds. It features an upgrade node with the letters "CHLM", which may be an abbreviation of Charlemagne; if the item can be obtained in the game, then it may indicate that Charlemagne is still part of ''Destiny'' canon and could appear in future games and expansions. | |||
*Historically, [[wikipedia:Charlemagne|Charlemagne]] or Charles I, was the legendary 8th century Christian king of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor. His attempt at unifying Europe, the first time since ancient Rome, and attempt to resurrect the [[wikipedia:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]] which fell to the Germanic tribes in 476 C.E., may allude to humanity's attempt to reclaim their own empire, forged during the [[Golden Age]], which dissolved after the [[Collapse]]. | *Historically, [[wikipedia:Charlemagne|Charlemagne]] or Charles I, was the legendary 8th century Christian king of the Franks and the first Holy Roman Emperor. His attempt at unifying Europe, the first time since ancient Rome, and attempt to resurrect the [[wikipedia:Roman Empire|Roman Empire]] which fell to the Germanic tribes in 476 C.E., may allude to humanity's attempt to reclaim their own empire, forged during the [[Golden Age]], which dissolved after the [[Collapse]]. | ||