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{{Quote|Once upon a time,* a gardener and a winnower lived** together in a garden.***<br>* It was once before a time, because time had not yet begun.<br>** We did not live. We existed as principles of ontological dynamics that emerged from mathematical structures, as bodiless and inevitable as the primes.<br>*** It was the field of possibility that prefigured existence.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener_and_Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener_and_Winnower]]''</ref>}}
{{Quote|Once upon a time,* a gardener and a winnower lived** together in a garden.***<br>* It was once before a time, because time had not yet begun.<br>** We did not live. We existed as principles of ontological dynamics that emerged from mathematical structures, as bodiless and inevitable as the primes.<br>*** It was the field of possibility that prefigured existence.|[[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener_and_Winnower|Unveiling: Gardener and Winnower]]<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Unveiling#Gardener_and_Winnower]]''</ref>}}
The '''garden''' is a metaphor for the probability space from which all possible universes could arise, a mathematical structure that predated time, space, and existence in general.
The '''Garden''', as it is referred to by the [[Darkness]], is a metaphor for the probability space from which all possible universes could arise, a mathematical structure that predated time, space, and existence in general.


In the metaphor, the garden was a simulator, using the [[flower game]] as a mechanism to iterate different potential universes. This game was overseen by abstract mathematical principles personified as a "gardener" and a "winnower". The gardener represented the rules that allowed flowers to be placed, to spread, and to sustain themselves over each "tick" of game time, while the winnower represented the rules that culled flowers.<ref name = 'The Flower Game'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Unveiling#The_Flower_Game]]''</ref>
In the metaphor, the garden was a simulator, using the [[flower game]] as a mechanism to iterate different potential universes. This game was overseen by abstract mathematical principles personified as a "Gardener" and a "Winnower". The gardener represented the rules that allowed flowers to be placed, to spread, and to sustain themselves over each "tick" of game time, while the winnower represented the rules that culled flowers.<ref name = 'The Flower Game'>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Unveiling#The_Flower_Game]]''</ref>
==History==
==History==
{{quote|The day was longer than all of time, and the night was swifter than a glint of light on a falling sugar crystal. Insects buzzed between the flowers, and worms slithered between the roots, feeding on what was and what might be, the first gradient in existence, the first dynamo of life. Rain fell from no sky. Voices spoke without mouth or meaning. A tree of silver wings bloomed yielded fruit shed feathers bloomed again.|Unveiling: Garden and Winnower<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower'/>}}
{{quote|The day was longer than all of time, and the night was swifter than a glint of light on a falling sugar crystal. Insects buzzed between the flowers, and worms slithered between the roots, feeding on what was and what might be, the first gradient in existence, the first dynamo of life. Rain fell from no sky. Voices spoke without mouth or meaning. A tree of silver wings bloomed yielded fruit shed feathers bloomed again.|Unveiling: Garden and Winnower<ref name = 'Gardener and Winnower'/>}}