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*The name "Ahamkara" comes from the Sanskrit term for [[wikipedia:Ahamkara|attachment to one's ego]]. | *The name "Ahamkara" comes from the Sanskrit term for [[wikipedia:Ahamkara|attachment to one's ego]]. | ||
*Some players believed that the winged, flying creatures seen in the skies above [[Venus]] may have been living Ahamkara. According to Bungie, these creatures are "[[batadactyl]]s". They got their informal name during an argument between members of Bungie's environment team over what animal the creatures most resembled.<ref name="RAV">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXb7eBoCJ8 '''Ride Along - Venus''' - ''Bungie Commentary'']</ref> This led to the misconception that the Ahamkara were predominately found on Venus. | *Some players believed that the winged, flying creatures seen in the skies above [[Venus]] may have been living Ahamkara. According to Bungie, these creatures are "[[batadactyl]]s". They got their informal name during an argument between members of Bungie's environment team over what animal the creatures most resembled.<ref name="RAV">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTXb7eBoCJ8 '''Ride Along - Venus''' - ''Bungie Commentary'']</ref> This led to the misconception that the Ahamkara were predominately found on Venus. | ||
*It | *It is implied in several lore entries that the Ahamkara are aware of Destiny being a video game. In Destiny 2, the lore tab for [[Skull of Dire Ahamkara]] suggests that it speaks directly to the player of the game, and the [[Claws of Ahamkara]] suggest that they are trapped in a prison behind a screen. | ||
** An [[Lore:Truth to Power#Unnamed entry|intentionally unused lore entry]] strongly suggests that Ahamkara can view the actual development of Destiny through concepts relating to the [[Anthem Anatheme]], and tell when the player of the game finds things that are not intended to be available in-game. However, its canonicity cannot be verified. | ** An [[Lore:Truth to Power#Unnamed entry|intentionally unused lore entry]] strongly suggests that Ahamkara can view the actual development of Destiny through concepts relating to the [[Anthem Anatheme]], and tell when the player of the game finds things that are not intended to be available in-game. However, its canonicity cannot be verified. | ||
*It has been theorized that Ahamkara are closely related to, if not the same species as, the [[Worm God]]s, given their similar attributes and use of the phrase "O___mine". This was later suggested not to be the case by the craftmind [[Medusa]] (who may in fact be Eris Morn) in a lore entry, who hypothesized that both species separately evolved to harness the underlying power within the phrase.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/asudem?highlight=Dreaming+City</ref> Given that this lore series continually changes the stated identity of the person delivering the information, the validity of this information may be suspect. | *It has been theorized that Ahamkara are closely related to, if not the same species as, the [[Worm God]]s, given their similar attributes and use of the phrase "O___mine". This was later suggested not to be the case by the craftmind [[Medusa]] (who may in fact be Eris Morn) in a lore entry, who hypothesized that both species separately evolved to harness the underlying power within the phrase.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/asudem?highlight=Dreaming+City</ref> Given that this lore series continually changes the stated identity of the person delivering the information, the validity of this information may be suspect. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||