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Hashladûn began as an abnormally large and strong [[Thrall]], ''"huge of crest and thick of arm"''. Viewing this as excessive, her father Crota ordered her ritually mutilated ''"in the old way of floods"'' in order to reduce her to a normal size and strength, and sent a hundred Thrall, ten [[Knights]], and an [[Ogre]] to retrieve her. Hashladûn fought off the entire force, but was left exhausted; after that, Crota himself came for her, impressed but unrelenting, and took her to a floodplain deep within the [[Ascendant plane]], where she was impaled and exposed to the paracausal tides of the Sea of Screams, flooding her body five times with caustic and harmful substances. | Hashladûn began as an abnormally large and strong [[Thrall]], ''"huge of crest and thick of arm"''. Viewing this as excessive, her father Crota ordered her ritually mutilated ''"in the old way of floods"'' in order to reduce her to a normal size and strength, and sent a hundred Thrall, ten [[Knights]], and an [[Ogre]] to retrieve her. Hashladûn fought off the entire force, but was left exhausted; after that, Crota himself came for her, impressed but unrelenting, and took her to a floodplain deep within the [[Ascendant plane]], where she was impaled and exposed to the paracausal tides of the Sea of Screams, flooding her body five times with caustic and harmful substances. | ||
After the five inundations, Hashladûn broke free from her impalement, starving, wounded, and much reduced in form. On witnessing her | After the five inundations, Hashladûn broke free from her impalement, starving, wounded, and much reduced in form. On witnessing her crawling back to his throne world, Crota stated: ''“You are great now, and you cannot love Me. For the parts of you that were Mine have been taken from you; the parts that were [[Oryx|His]] remain.”'' With all ties to Crota severed by the floods, and therefore rendered closer to Oryx, Hashladûn had [[Ascendant Hive|ascended]] into her grandfather's [[Court of Oryx|court]] much to her father's joy and grief; knowing that she can never set foot in his court again. She was then sent forth to Oryx's side by her father, who cut a rift through space-time to an unknown destination.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#Hope|Hope]]''</ref> | ||
It is largely unknown what role Hashladûn played in her grandfather's court but she was presumed dead by the Guardians since Crota's fall.<ref name="The Scarlet Keep">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Scarlet Keep]]''</ref> | It is largely unknown what role Hashladûn played in her grandfather's court but she was presumed dead by the Guardians since Crota's fall.<ref name="The Scarlet Keep">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Scarlet Keep]]''</ref> | ||
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===Inquisition of the Damned=== | ===Inquisition of the Damned=== | ||
{{Quote|Seek your forebears in those ethereal shapes. For, while I could tell you such a path leads to disappointment, you must see for yourselves. Such is the need of Daughters desperate to impress their fathers.|Savathûn}} | {{Quote|Seek your forebears in those ethereal shapes. For, while I could tell you such a path leads to disappointment, you must see for yourselves. Such is the need of Daughters desperate to impress their fathers.|Savathûn}} | ||
Following the [[Taken War]], Hashladûn hid beneath the [[Moon|Lunar surface]] alongside her sisters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], and [[Voshyr]], and plotted their revenge against the [[Guardian]]s for the deaths of her immediate family. Unable to accept a world without their King, Hashladûn and her sisters enacted a plot to recreate their deceased grandfather in the form of a phantasmal [[Nightmare]]; a necessary violation of the [[Sword Logic]] since the Taken King was never succeeded by his killers. They also believed that Oryx might yet truly resurrected, having been defeated before and returning to life through sheer will and tribute in his name.<ref name="FIB">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#X:_Faith_in_Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref> | Following the [[Taken War]], Hashladûn hid beneath the [[Moon|Lunar surface]] alongside her sisters [[Besurith, Daughter of Crota|Besurith]], [[Kinox]], and [[Voshyr]], and plotted their revenge against the [[Guardian]]s for the deaths of her immediate family. Unable to accept a world without their King, Hashladûn and her sisters enacted a plot to recreate their deceased grandfather in the form of a phantasmal [[Nightmare]]; a necessary violation of the [[Sword Logic]] since the Taken King was never succeeded by his killers. They also believed that Oryx might yet be truly resurrected, having been defeated before and returning to life through sheer will and tribute in his name.<ref name="FIB">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#X:_Faith_in_Bone|X: Faith in Bone]]''</ref> | ||
As the coven of sisters worked to enact their sinister plot, they were still left to deal with conspirators and contenders for the vacancy of a champion left by their late father. Many of the Hive that still held to the old beliefs in the [[Sword Logic]] gave way to gladiatorial combat in the [[Pit of Heresy|Pit]] beneath the Keep, though none of the sisters believed any were worthy of their father or grandfather's succession. Hashladûn and her sisters attended the Pit to witness the gladiatorial games, and silenced Besurith and Voshyr as they expressed doubts about the fighters when the games began.<ref name="II: An Audience with Slaughter">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#II:_An_Audience_with_Slaughter|II: An Audience with Slaughter]]''</ref> | As the coven of sisters worked to enact their sinister plot, they were still left to deal with conspirators and contenders for the vacancy of a champion left by their late father. Many of the Hive that still held to the old beliefs in the [[Sword Logic]] gave way to gladiatorial combat in the [[Pit of Heresy|Pit]] beneath the Keep, though none of the sisters believed any were worthy of their father or grandfather's succession. Hashladûn and her sisters attended the Pit to witness the gladiatorial games, and silenced Besurith and Voshyr as they expressed doubts about the fighters when the games began.<ref name="II: An Audience with Slaughter">'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Inquisition_of_the_Damned#II:_An_Audience_with_Slaughter|II: An Audience with Slaughter]]''</ref> | ||
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===The Scarlet Keep=== | ===The Scarlet Keep=== | ||
{{Quote|Potent energies are gathering above you. A burning anticipation. Hashladûn yearns for your arrival.|Eris Morn}} | {{Quote|Potent energies are gathering above you. A burning anticipation. Hashladûn yearns for your arrival.|Eris Morn}} | ||
With their control over the Hidden Swarm secured, the Daughters of Crota rallied the remaining Hive on the Moon and began construction of the [[Scarlet Keep]], acting as an amplifier of their magics and to ward themselves of the Pyramid's influences with the forbidden [[Cryptoglyph]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Eris Morn]]: [[Eris Morn#Quotes|The energy spilling from the tower suggests another purpose: I believe it amplifies Hive magic. This may be where the Hive achieve their immunity to the Pyramid's influences]]''</ref> While the [[Hive]] were unable to conjure Nightmares, they instead | With their control over the Hidden Swarm secured, the Daughters of Crota rallied the remaining Hive on the Moon and began construction of the [[Scarlet Keep]], acting as an amplifier of their magics and to ward themselves of the Pyramid's influences with the forbidden [[Cryptoglyph]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Eris Morn]]: [[Eris Morn#Quotes|The energy spilling from the tower suggests another purpose: I believe it amplifies Hive magic. This may be where the Hive achieve their immunity to the Pyramid's influences]]''</ref> While the [[Hive]] were unable to conjure Nightmares, they instead bade their time for the [[Eris Morn|one]] behind Oryx's killers to be their catalyst, manipulated of her curiosity by the Witch Queen herself.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'', ''[[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#Poison|Poison]]''</ref> <ref>'''Bungie (2019/09/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'', ''[[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#THE BLACK NEEDLE|THE BLACK NEEDLE]]''</ref> | ||
After [[Eris Morn]]'s discovery of the Pyramid unleashed its phantasmal power, Hashladûn utilized the great tower of the Scarlet Keep to channel its energy for their experiments, which helped the Hive summon [[Nightmares]] of great power near the Keep based on the fears and past foes of the Guardians, including [[Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx|one]] of her late father.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'', ''[[In Search of Answers]]''</ref> Using the [[Cryptoglyph]], Hashladûn experimented with the creations of the ancient Pyramid and found no hope of truly restoring Oryx and Crota through their power, as their essences had truly disappeared. However, she and her sisters embraced Savathûn's gifts and began crafting what remained of Zulmak into a fearsome champion of their own design and under their control. Through her experiments, Hashladûn distilled the primordial essence of terror and contributed it to Besurith and Voshyr reshaping of Zulmak's husk.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Heretic]]''</ref> | After [[Eris Morn]]'s discovery of the Pyramid unleashed its phantasmal power, Hashladûn utilized the great tower of the Scarlet Keep to channel its energy for their experiments, which helped the Hive summon [[Nightmares]] of great power near the Keep based on the fears and past foes of the Guardians, including [[Nightmare of Crota, Son of Oryx|one]] of her late father.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]]'', ''[[In Search of Answers]]''</ref> Using the [[Cryptoglyph]], Hashladûn experimented with the creations of the ancient Pyramid and found no hope of truly restoring Oryx and Crota through their power, as their essences had truly disappeared. However, she and her sisters embraced Savathûn's gifts and began crafting what remained of Zulmak into a fearsome champion of their own design and under their control. Through her experiments, Hashladûn distilled the primordial essence of terror and contributed it to Besurith and Voshyr's reshaping of Zulmak's husk.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Heretic]]''</ref> | ||
When the Guardians invaded the moon to challenge the Hive's resurgence and the appearance of the Nightmares, Hashladûn personally encountered [[The Guardian|the Guardian]] who slew her father, mother, and grandfather at the bridge to the Keep. Retreating to the top of the spire, Hashladûn lures the Guardian and their fireteam to her position to finally claim her revenge for her ravaged lineage. Having gathered potent energies to amplify her powers, the Inundated summons waves of Hive reinforcements to swarm her enemies and use her magic in several attempts to knock them off the tower. In her quest for vengeance, however, Hashladûn met her demise in flames much like her family. From her remains, the Guardians found a tablet containing evidence of the [[Cryptoglyph]] hidden at the bottom of the [[Hellmouth]].<ref name="The Scarlet Keep" /> | When the Guardians invaded the moon to challenge the Hive's resurgence and the appearance of the Nightmares, Hashladûn personally encountered [[The Guardian|the Guardian]] who slew her father, mother, and grandfather at the bridge to the Keep. Retreating to the top of the spire, Hashladûn lures the Guardian and their fireteam to her position to finally claim her revenge for her ravaged lineage. Having gathered potent energies to amplify her powers, the Inundated summons waves of Hive reinforcements to swarm her enemies and use her magic in several attempts to knock them off the tower. In her quest for vengeance, however, Hashladûn met her demise in flames much like her family. From her remains, the Guardians found a tablet containing evidence of the [[Cryptoglyph]] hidden at the bottom of the [[Hellmouth]].<ref name="The Scarlet Keep" /> | ||