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The nature and purpose of the Black Garden is one of the longest-running mysteries known to the scholars of the Tower. According to [[Pujari]], the Black Garden is a reflection of the Traveler's actions: when it terraformed the "[[Mars|iron world]]," the Garden either came to be or changed to match. The mesa-like structure in the center of the Garden strongly resembles the [[Cradle]] left behind by the Traveler on [[Io]], which was also seemingly a product of the Traveler's terraforming activities. However, it was not created by the Traveler.<ref name = "Pujari"/> When the [[Sol Divisive]] Vex arrived, they attempted to control it and impose their own changes through rigorous engineering and earth-moving.<ref name="In the Garden">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#In_the_Garden|In the Garden]]''</ref> | The nature and purpose of the Black Garden is one of the longest-running mysteries known to the scholars of the Tower. According to [[Pujari]], the Black Garden is a reflection of the Traveler's actions: when it terraformed the "[[Mars|iron world]]," the Garden either came to be or changed to match. The mesa-like structure in the center of the Garden strongly resembles the [[Cradle]] left behind by the Traveler on [[Io]], which was also seemingly a product of the Traveler's terraforming activities. However, it was not created by the Traveler.<ref name = "Pujari"/> When the [[Sol Divisive]] Vex arrived, they attempted to control it and impose their own changes through rigorous engineering and earth-moving.<ref name="In the Garden">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#In_the_Garden|In the Garden]]''</ref> | ||
The Black Garden is a sentient place where ''"everything grows"'' and where ''"abstract patterns war for survival, fighting to propagate themselves by preying on each other."''<ref name = "In the Garden"/><ref name="On the Hunt">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#On_the_Hunt|On the Hunt]]''</ref> Thoughts such as ideas and concepts are carried on the wind in the form of whispers, ''"sentences with just the beginnings of syntax"''. Introducing new ideas into its conceptual environment, such as through speech, causes those ideas to "take root" in the Black Garden, changing the concepts present. Uldren conversing to a [[Cabal]] [[Legionary]] in Ulurant led to the whispers taking on aspects of Ulurant grammar. Even the Vex there sing (''"faint, wraithlike notes of inhuman clarity"'') to ''"see how the Garden changes their song."''<ref name="On the Hunt"/> The [[Sol Divisive]] Vex are particularly interested in the Black Garden because its effects on them ''"[ | The Black Garden is a sentient place where ''"everything grows"'' and where ''"abstract patterns war for survival, fighting to propagate themselves by preying on each other."''<ref name = "In the Garden"/><ref name="On the Hunt">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#On_the_Hunt|On the Hunt]]''</ref> Thoughts such as ideas and concepts are carried on the wind in the form of whispers, ''"sentences with just the beginnings of syntax"''. Introducing new ideas into its conceptual environment, such as through speech, causes those ideas to "take root" in the Black Garden, changing the concepts present. Uldren conversing to a [[Cabal]] [[Legionary]] in Ulurant led to the whispers taking on aspects of Ulurant grammar. Even the Vex there sing (''"faint, wraithlike notes of inhuman clarity"'') to ''"see how the Garden changes their song."''<ref name="On the Hunt"/> The [[Sol Divisive]] Vex are particularly interested in the Black Garden because its effects on them ''"[grow] them toward what they want to be."''<ref name="After Part 2">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Forsaken_Prince#After_the_Heart_.7C_Part_II|After the Heart Part II]]''</ref> | ||
Prolonged exposure to the Black Garden's environment can be dangerous. The concepts being whispered there are potentially a contagious brainstain hazard. The Legionary who Uldren spoke to, who had been exposed to the Garden for an unknown length of time, ended up having its "secrets" grown into him in the form of thousands of tiny seeds pockmarking his skull, incidentally imparting him with some knowledge of the Vex.<ref name="On the Hunt"/> It is even stated that everything that dwells in the Garden becomes symbiotic with it as an extension of its growth, whether it be shedding leaves that fertilize the soil, or the bones or unspoken thoughts of individuals. | Prolonged exposure to the Black Garden's environment can be dangerous. The concepts being whispered there are potentially a contagious brainstain hazard. The Legionary who Uldren spoke to, who had been exposed to the Garden for an unknown length of time, ended up having its "secrets" grown into him in the form of thousands of tiny seeds pockmarking his skull, incidentally imparting him with some knowledge of the Vex.<ref name="On the Hunt"/> It is even stated that everything that dwells in the Garden becomes symbiotic with it as an extension of its growth, whether it be shedding leaves that fertilize the soil, or the bones or unspoken thoughts of individuals. | ||
Due | Due to its timeless nature, the Black Garden has existed simultaneously across parallel versions of itself indefinitely. As such, any event which have happened somewhere in the Garden, including the destruction of its heart, are always due to repeat indeterminately, whether in the present, past or future.<ref name="Irrealis">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect#Irrealis|Irrealis]]''</ref> It is also described that the structures of the Vex such as the [[Corridors of Time|pathways]] are the only straight lines in the Garden, which the Vex having weaved themselves into the Garden and vice versa. Even Vex machinery are overgrown with flora from the Garden and would still function afterwards.<ref name="Realis">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Playstation 4, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect#Realis|Realis]]''</ref> | ||
The sky of the Martian Black Garden appeared as a thick green veil of [[Darkness]] and after the destruction of the Black Heart, it appeared more clear and centered in what appeared to be in a cave of the Martian landscape. The Lunar Black Garden appeared as a misty sky with three Suns along with a planet and its orbiting moon. | The sky of the Martian Black Garden appeared as a thick green veil of [[Darkness]] and after the destruction of the Black Heart, it appeared more clear and centered in what appeared to be in a cave of the Martian landscape. The Lunar Black Garden appeared as a misty sky with three Suns along with a planet and its orbiting moon. | ||