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===Sealing The Garden=== | ===Sealing The Garden=== | ||
{{Quote|The Black Garden may not stay among us for long. Something has begun to repair the schism torn by its destruction. Vex now flood the Garden channels to protect it. We must stop the weavers before they seal the Garden and begin to summon back its heart.|Ikora Rey}} | {{Quote|The Black Garden may not stay among us for long. Something has begun to repair the schism torn by its destruction. Vex now flood the Garden channels to protect it. We must stop the weavers before they seal the Garden and begin to summon back its heart.|Ikora Rey}} | ||
Several months after a [[The Guardian|Guardian]] found entry into the Black Garden and destroyed its [[Black Heart|heart]], the Undying Mind awakens to | Several months after a [[The Guardian|Guardian]] found entry into the Black Garden and destroyed its [[Black Heart|heart]], the Undying Mind awakens to seal the Garden away from the [[Guardian]]s once more. Its secondary directives are also to restore its birthplace by summoning back the Black Heart; an act that would result in the destruction of the [[Traveler]].<ref name="Vex Invasion 1">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript:[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/vex-invasion-the-first-of-many The First of Many]''</ref> Deep within the garden, the ancient Vex Mind weaves the fabric of space-time around the realm while the Vex gather from across the gate network to protect it.<ref name="Promo/> | ||
Deep scans of the growing surge of Vex activity reaches the [[The Hidden|Hidden]] lead by the [[Warlock]] Vanguard [[Ikora Rey]]. With its readings matching no temporal functions, Ikora uncovers the ancient | Deep scans of the growing surge of Vex activity reaches the [[The Hidden|Hidden]] lead by the [[Warlock]] Vanguard [[Ikora Rey]]. With its readings matching no temporal functions, Ikora uncovers the ancient Mind responsible for sealing the Garden and resolves to deal with it accordingly. She begins mapping out its pathways with fragmented data from the [[Ishtar Academy]]'s archive and successfully pinpoints its hidden channels, with the aid of [[Cayde-6]] and [[Zavala]].<ref name="Grimoire"/> | ||
A fireteam of [[Guardians]] is dispatched to the Black Garden at Ikora's behest to face the Undying Mind, while dealing with a growing number of Sol Divisive Vex protecting it. With the ancient Mind under threat by the Light-bearing intruders, swarms of Precursors are summoned to defend it with a massive [[Divisive Oculator]] barring the way. The Guardians kills the [[Cyclops]] and its Precursor army as they proceed to an open Vex gateway and disrupt the nearby [[Conflux|Confluxes]]. The Undying Mind is successfully drawn out of the gateway along with armies of Precursors to defend it, but it is destroyed nonetheless. | A fireteam of [[Guardians]] is dispatched to the Black Garden at Ikora's behest to face the Undying Mind, while dealing with a growing number of Sol Divisive Vex protecting it. With the ancient Mind under threat by the Light-bearing intruders, swarms of Precursors are summoned to defend it with a massive [[Divisive Oculator]] barring the way. The Guardians kills the [[Cyclops]] and its Precursor army as they proceed to an open Vex gateway and disrupt the nearby [[Conflux|Confluxes]]. The Undying Mind is successfully drawn out of the gateway along with armies of Precursors to defend it, but it is destroyed nonetheless. | ||
True to its name | True to its name, the Undying Mind would not stay dead for long. It would came back from its destruction to seal the Garden yet again, forcing fireteams of Guardians to confront the immortal Vex mind for no end until the events of the [[Red War]]. The arrival of the [[Red Legion]] would push the [[Cabal]] to retake the [[Meridian Bay]] and destroy the only gate to the Black Garden, sealing it off once more and completing the Undying Mind's objective for it.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', [[Ghost Scans]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-the-cistern-nessus-3 The Cistern, Nessus, 3]''</ref> | ||
===Season of the Undying=== | ===Season of the Undying=== | ||