55
edits
Essence: Difference between revisions
→Overview
(Moved Overview to the top and locations added.) Tag: Mobile edit |
|||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
When [[The Guardian]] visits the Essence in person, it is fractured and leveled by the influence of the Traveler's terraforming. Its spaces are wide and open in a similar manner to [[The Sunken Pyramid]], but makes heavier use of temple-like architecture and introduces fossils reminiscent of Earth's animals scattered throughout the walls of Pyramid architecture. Rather than gravity lifts, long-distance travel within the ship is achieved by kinetic launch pads that physically push the user towards the intended destination. | When [[The Guardian]] visits the Essence in person, it is fractured and leveled by the influence of the Traveler's terraforming. Its spaces are wide and open in a similar manner to [[The Sunken Pyramid]], but makes heavier use of temple-like architecture and introduces fossils reminiscent of Earth's animals scattered throughout the walls of Pyramid architecture. Rather than gravity lifts, long-distance travel within the ship is achieved by kinetic launch pads that physically push the user towards the intended destination. | ||
Scattered throughout the Essence are numerous urn-like containers, each | Scattered throughout the Essence are numerous urn-like containers, each using the power of the Darkness to hold [[Lore:Inspiral|a memory from a civilization the Witness or its agents had visited in the past]], including humanity and the Guardians. When recovered by the Guardian, each memory transformed into a regular data storage medium and was found to contain numerous references and retrospectives on the [[Final Shape]], the Witness's beliefs, and the use of the Darkness as a force throughout history — [[Ecumene|including]] [[Qugu|some]] that had previously been excised from all other historical records encountered thus far. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||