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During the war with the [[Ecumene]], Auryx and his sisters were on the verge of defeat, and so met in his throne to find a way; Auryx killed them after discussion to gain the necessary strength.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVI:_star_by_star_by_star|XXVI: star by star by star]]''</ref> He then traveled the Ascendant plane in search of the Worm God Akka, to take the power needed to save himself and the Hive.<ref name="King"/> Oryx would later return to explore the Ascendant plane more, trying to unlock the secrets of [[Darkness|The Deep]].<ref name="Partition">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVIII:_The_partition_of_death|XXXVIII: The partition of death]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXIV:_More_beautiful_to_know|XXXIV: More beautiful to know]]''</ref> He would later move his throne world "outside" of the Ascendant realm when he built his [[Dreadnaught]], turning it inside out and pouring it into the material plane.<ref name="Dread">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref>

Only five times have been recorded in which these realms were breached: the [[Vex]]; the Harmony wishful bishops; and twice by the [[Guardian]]s of [[Earth]]. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to dislodge.<ref name="Partition"/> Later the Harmony wishful bishops stalemated with Xivu Arath until her sister came to her aid.<ref name="Gift"/> Finally, many years later, Crota's own realm was [[Crota's End|breached]] and the God-Prince killed;<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota.27s_End|Crota's End]]''</ref> and Oryx's invaded twice by Guardians, who first [[Regicide|killed]] his material form and later [[King's Fall|hunted]] his true self to extinction.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King.27s_Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref>

Only five times have been recorded in which these realms were breached: the [[Vex]]; the Harmony wishful bishops; and twice by the [[Guardian]]s of [[Earth]]. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to dislodge.<ref name="Partition"/> Later the Harmony wishful bishops stalemated with Xivu Arath until her sister came to her aid.<ref name="Gift"/> Finally, many years later, Crota's own realm was [[Crota's End|breached]] and the God-Prince killed;<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota.27s_End|Crota's End]]''</ref> and Oryx's invaded twice by Guardians, who first [[Regicide|killed]] his material form and later [[King's Fall|hunted]] his true self to extinction.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King.27s_Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref> The sole exception is [[Toland, the Shattered]]; instead of breaching it, Toland was ''allowed'' to enter the Ascendant plane by [[Ir Yût]], who did so by killing him with her Deathsong. This gave him greater insight into the Hive, but his true purpose was to search for [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Hellmouth"/>

The sole exception is [[Toland, the Shattered]]; instead of breaching it, Toland was ''allowed'' to enter the Ascendant plane by [[Ir Yût]], who did so by killing him with her Deathsong. This gave him greater insight into the Hive, but his true purpose was to search for [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Hellmouth"/>

Despite Oryx's defeat, a number of worrying reports during the [[Red War]] indicate that [[Savathûn|something]] is trying to communicate from the Ascendant realm to scattered Hive forces on [[Io]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"I think these blights are like transmitters. They're either calling out to something, or... letting something whisper to the Taken here on Io"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-WM-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"Ascendant Realm readings in spades here. Down the line this could be another one of those weird portals. The Taken are so strange"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-1''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"Listen. It sounds like... It sounds like someone's whispering in there. Over and over". Eugh'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-2''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"I'm detecting… I think this is sending a message back to the Ascendant Realm. But who's listening?"'', [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-excavation-site-ii-io-3 Ghost Scan: Excavation Site II, Io, #3]: IO-EXS-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"This is sending out some kind of resonant signal. The same syllables, over and over: Sa... Va... Thun..."'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-TBC-3''</ref>

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 During the war with the [[Ecumene]], Auryx and his sisters were on the verge of defeat, and so met in his throne to find a way; Auryx killed them after discussion to gain the necessary strength.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXVI:_star_by_star_by_star|XXVI: star by star by star]]''</ref> He then traveled the Ascendant plane in search of the Worm God Akka, to take the power needed to save himself and the Hive.<ref name="King"/> Oryx would later return to explore the Ascendant plane more, trying to unlock the secrets of [[Darkness|The Deep]].<ref name="Partition">'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVIII:_The_partition_of_death|XXXVIII: The partition of death]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXIV:_More_beautiful_to_know|XXXIV: More beautiful to know]]''</ref> He would later move his throne world "outside" of the Ascendant realm when he built his [[Dreadnaught]], turning it inside out and pouring it into the material plane.<ref name="Dread">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XLI: Dreadnaught|XLI: Dreadnaught]]''</ref>
-Only five times have been recorded in which these realms were breached: the [[Vex]]; the Harmony wishful bishops; and twice by the [[Guardian]]s of [[Earth]]. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to dislodge.<ref name="Partition"/> Later the Harmony wishful bishops stalemated with Xivu Arath until her sister came to her aid.<ref name="Gift"/> Finally, many years later, Crota's own realm was [[Crota's End|breached]] and the God-Prince killed;<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota.27s_End|Crota's End]]''</ref> and Oryx's invaded twice by Guardians, who first [[Regicide|killed]] his material form and later [[King's Fall|hunted]] his true self to extinction.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King.27s_Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref>
+Only five times have been recorded in which these realms were breached: the [[Vex]]; the Harmony wishful bishops; and twice by the [[Guardian]]s of [[Earth]]. The Vex were let into the High War by Savathûn tricking her nephew and proved difficult to dislodge.<ref name="Partition"/> Later the Harmony wishful bishops stalemated with Xivu Arath until her sister came to her aid.<ref name="Gift"/> Finally, many years later, Crota's own realm was [[Crota's End|breached]] and the God-Prince killed;<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#Crota.27s_End|Crota's End]]''</ref> and Oryx's invaded twice by Guardians, who first [[Regicide|killed]] his material form and later [[King's Fall|hunted]] his true self to extinction.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/15/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/Raids#King.27s_Fall|King's Fall]]''</ref> The sole exception is [[Toland, the Shattered]]; instead of breaching it, Toland was ''allowed'' to enter the Ascendant plane by [[Ir Yût]], who did so by killing him with her Deathsong. This gave him greater insight into the Hive, but his true purpose was to search for [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Hellmouth"/>
-The sole exception is [[Toland, the Shattered]]; instead of breaching it, Toland was ''allowed'' to enter the Ascendant plane by [[Ir Yût]], who did so by killing him with her Deathsong. This gave him greater insight into the Hive, but his true purpose was to search for [[Osiris]].<ref name = "Hellmouth"/>
 Despite Oryx's defeat, a number of worrying reports during the [[Red War]] indicate that [[Savathûn|something]] is trying to communicate from the Ascendant realm to scattered Hive forces on [[Io]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"I think these blights are like transmitters. They're either calling out to something, or... letting something whisper to the Taken here on Io"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-WM-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"Ascendant Realm readings in spades here. Down the line this could be another one of those weird portals. The Taken are so strange"'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-1''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"Listen. It sounds like... It sounds like someone's whispering in there. Over and over". Eugh'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-EXS-2''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"I'm detecting… I think this is sending a message back to the Ascendant Realm. But who's listening?"'', [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-excavation-site-ii-io-3 Ghost Scan: Excavation Site II, Io, #3]: IO-EXS-3''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, ''"This is sending out some kind of resonant signal. The same syllables, over and over: Sa... Va... Thun..."'', [[Ghost Scans]]: IO-TBC-3''</ref>