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[[File:Destiny-AscendantSword-GrimoireCard.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The [[Hive]] [[Cleaver]], signature weapon and illustration of the Sword-Logic]] | [[File:Destiny-AscendantSword-GrimoireCard.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The [[Hive]] [[Cleaver]], signature weapon and illustration of the Sword-Logic]] | ||
{{Quote|The sword binds wielder to victim. It binds life to death.|[[Toland, the Shattered]]<ref name="Ascendant Sword">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Ascendant_Sword|Ascendant Sword]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Dreadfang]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|The sword binds wielder to victim. It binds life to death.|[[Toland, the Shattered]]<ref name="Ascendant Sword">'''Bungie (2014/12/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Ascendant_Sword|Ascendant Sword]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Dreadfang]]''</ref>}} | ||
The '''Sword Logic''' is the guiding religious principle of the [[Hive]]. Most | The '''Sword Logic''' is the guiding religious principle of the [[Hive]]. Most information regarding the Sword Logic comes from the Hive religious text known as the [[Books of Sorrow]]<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> and scattered pieces of arcana from Toland's journal.<ref name="Ascendant Sword"/> | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Sword Logic is both a philosophy and a metaphysical framework by which one may gain paracausal powers. It is the antithesis to the philosophy of the [[Light]], which is associated with cooperation and sacrifice for the sake of others. | The Sword Logic is both a philosophy and a metaphysical framework by which one may gain [[paracausality|paracausal]] powers. It is the antithesis to the philosophy of the [[Light]], which is associated with cooperation and sacrifice for the sake of others. | ||
The central tenet of the Sword Logic is that "existence is the struggle to exist," and that any entity - whether a life-form or a fundamental aspect of nature - which cannot protect itself against defeat should rightfully be destroyed by a more powerful entity. In the context of intelligent beings, the Logic promotes as its ultimate goal the establishment of a systematic, self-proving civilizational structure which can survive until the end of time (and possibly beyond),<ref name="Weakness Verse">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[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="General Battuta">'''reddit''', ''[https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/5ag9ne/the_sword_logic_and_its_implications/d9gfxnb/ The Sword Logic and its implications - General Battuta, Books of Sorrow Grimoire writer]''</ref> an end-state often referred to as the "Last True Shape".<ref name="Darkness 3"/><ref name="amputation">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXX:_a_golden_amputation|XXX: a golden amputation]]''</ref> It may be likened to the ideology of Social Darwinism, in which the survival of the fittest is paramount in all aspects of life.<ref name="Darkness 3"/> It is a mistake to categorize it as a morality system; the Sword Logic is amoral and self-serving,<ref name="General Battuta"/> a meritorious system which dictates the rise and fall of its user by the right of force.<ref name="Carved in Ruin">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXIX:_Carved_in_Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref> | The central tenet of the Sword Logic is that "existence is the struggle to exist," and that any entity - whether a life-form or a fundamental aspect of nature - which cannot protect itself against defeat should rightfully be destroyed by a more powerful entity. In the context of intelligent beings, the Logic promotes as its ultimate goal the establishment of a systematic, self-proving civilizational structure which can survive until the end of time (and possibly beyond),<ref name="Weakness Verse">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[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="General Battuta">'''reddit''', ''[https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/5ag9ne/the_sword_logic_and_its_implications/d9gfxnb/ The Sword Logic and its implications - General Battuta, Books of Sorrow Grimoire writer]''</ref> an end-state often referred to as the "Last True Shape".<ref name="Darkness 3"/><ref name="amputation">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXX:_a_golden_amputation|XXX: a golden amputation]]''</ref> It may be likened to the ideology of Social Darwinism, in which the survival of the fittest is paramount in all aspects of life.<ref name="Darkness 3"/> It is a mistake to categorize it as a morality system; the Sword Logic is amoral and self-serving,<ref name="General Battuta"/> a meritorious system which dictates the rise and fall of its user by the right of force.<ref name="Carved in Ruin">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXIX:_Carved_in_Ruin|XXIX: Carved in Ruin]]''</ref> | ||