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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Ahamkara were said to be wish-fulfilling "dragons", and were sought after by many Guardians for the paracausal gifts they granted. After much debate it was decided that the bargains made with these creatures came at too high a price,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/salicin-fen-ii]''</ref><ref name="Knuckles">'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [ | The Ahamkara were said to be wish-fulfilling "dragons", and were sought after by many Guardians for the paracausal gifts they granted. After much debate it was decided that the bargains made with these creatures came at too high a price,<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [http://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/salicin-fen-ii]''</ref><ref name="Knuckles">'''Bungie (2017/28/3)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[Age of Triumph]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description, [[Knuckles of Eao]]''</ref> beginning a [[Great Ahamkara Hunt|Great Hunt]] in which the Ahamkara were made all but extinct.<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Ghost_Fragment:_Legends_3|Ghost Fragment: Legends 3]]''</ref><ref name="Warlock"/> Survivors are rumored to have been spotted as far out as [[Jupiter]] and [[Io]]<ref name="Long Tomorrow"/> Currently, the only known survivor is [[Riven]], formerly raised under [[Mara Sov]] who was then [[Taken]] by Oryx, now serving under [[Savathûn]]. | ||
Ahamkara bones were subsequently incorporated into charms and new varieties of armor. These were known to cause auditory hallucinations in their bearers, as if the bones were speaking to them.<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> | Ahamkara bones were subsequently incorporated into charms and new varieties of armor. These were known to cause auditory hallucinations in their bearers, as if the bones were speaking to them.<ref name="Activision">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> | ||
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The [[Awoken]] have had extensive experience with the Ahamkara, with some rumors claiming that the Awoken discovered them living within the rocky planetoid that was used to build the foundations of the [[Dreaming City]]<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-harbingers-seclude-shiny-geode?highlight=pilgrimage Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Shiny Geode]</ref>. The [[Techeun]] [[Shuro Chi]], however, suspected that the Ahamkara originally were sent by the [[Nine]]<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-harbingers-seclude-shiny-geode?highlight=pilgrimage Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Shiny Geode]</ref>. In the course of their dealings with Ahamkara, the Awoken learned that mirrors and other reflective surfaces can be used to see through an Ahamkara's illusions, leading them to strategically place polished, reflective geodes as countermeasures in certain areas of the Dreaming City<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-harbingers-seclude-shiny-geode?highlight=pilgrimage Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Shiny Geode]</ref>. | The [[Awoken]] have had extensive experience with the Ahamkara, with some rumors claiming that the Awoken discovered them living within the rocky planetoid that was used to build the foundations of the [[Dreaming City]]<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-harbingers-seclude-shiny-geode?highlight=pilgrimage Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Shiny Geode]</ref>. The [[Techeun]] [[Shuro Chi]], however, suspected that the Ahamkara originally were sent by the [[Nine]]<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-harbingers-seclude-shiny-geode?highlight=pilgrimage Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Shiny Geode]</ref>. In the course of their dealings with Ahamkara, the Awoken learned that mirrors and other reflective surfaces can be used to see through an Ahamkara's illusions, leading them to strategically place polished, reflective geodes as countermeasures in certain areas of the Dreaming City<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-harbingers-seclude-shiny-geode?highlight=pilgrimage Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Shiny Geode]</ref>. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
The origins of the Ahamkara remain a mystery. However, according to the [[Darkness]], in the primordial state before time or the universe began, entities existed which derived sustenance from the gradient between "what was and what might be." This may hint at the origins of beings such as the Ahamkara, which continue to base their existence on the difference between actual and possible realities.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/gardener-and-winnower#book-unveiling</ref> | The origins of the Ahamkara remain a mystery. However, according to the [[Darkness]], in the primordial state before time or the universe began, entities existed which derived sustenance from the gradient between "what was and what might be." This may hint at the origins of beings such as the Ahamkara, which continue to base their existence on the difference between actual and possible realities.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/gardener-and-winnower#book-unveiling</ref> | ||
===The Ancient Past=== | ===The Ancient Past=== | ||
{{quote|THE DRAGONS. Our gods should be ours alone. Their smug freedom is an insult to me. I’d shut them all in cells. Bring them to me! |[[Xivu Arath]]}} | {{quote|THE DRAGONS. Our gods should be ours alone. Their smug freedom is an insult to me. I’d shut them all in cells. Bring them to me! |[[Xivu Arath]]}} | ||
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Eventually, the Ahamkara were hunted down and seemingly rendered extinct in the Sol system. Riven was the only known survivor. | Eventually, the Ahamkara were hunted down and seemingly rendered extinct in the Sol system. Riven was the only known survivor. | ||
===Arrival of the Taken King=== | ===Arrival of the Taken King=== | ||
{{Quote|No!}}{{Quote|W E M U S T B E F O R E [[Oryx|H E]] T A K E S T H E M A L L}}{{Quote|imagine his power}}{{Quote|REACH TOGETHER NOW}}{{Quote|No, no, no!}}{{Quote|that our touch be lethal}}{{Quote|[[Riven]]!}}{{Quote|w e w i l l i t s o}}{{Quote|THE DREAMER IS LOST CULL THE REST}}{{Quote|that our judgment be true}}{{Quote|W E W I L L I T S O|The [[Nine]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [ | {{Quote|No!}}{{Quote|W E M U S T B E F O R E [[Oryx|H E]] T A K E S T H E M A L L}}{{Quote|imagine his power}}{{Quote|REACH TOGETHER NOW}}{{Quote|No, no, no!}}{{Quote|that our touch be lethal}}{{Quote|[[Riven]]!}}{{Quote|w e w i l l i t s o}}{{Quote|THE DREAMER IS LOST CULL THE REST}}{{Quote|that our judgment be true}}{{Quote|W E W I L L I T S O|The [[Nine]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Dreaming_City#Reextinction|Reextinction]]''</ref> | ||
At the onset of the [[Taken War]], [[Oryx, the Taken King]] invaded the Dreaming City, [[Taken|Taking]] Riven in the process. This event drove the [[Nine]] into a frenzy, as they feared that Oryx's power would become too great to face with an Ahamkara to serve him. Communications between the Nine during this time seem to suggest that the Nine knew of additional Ahamkara within the Sol System, and that they killed them in order to prevent them from falling into Oryx's hands as well. | At the onset of the [[Taken War]], [[Oryx, the Taken King]] invaded the Dreaming City, [[Taken|Taking]] Riven in the process. This event drove the [[Nine]] into a frenzy, as they feared that Oryx's power would become too great to face with an Ahamkara to serve him. Communications between the Nine during this time seem to suggest that the Nine knew of additional Ahamkara within the Sol System, and that they killed them in order to prevent them from falling into Oryx's hands as well. | ||
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*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. | *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 speculated 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 This is due to the [[Wikipedia:Convergent evolution|both species separately evolved to harness the underlying power within the phrase]].<ref> | *It has been speculated 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 This is due to the [[Wikipedia:Convergent evolution|both species separately evolved to harness the underlying power within the phrase]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Truth_to_Power#asudeM|asudeM]]''</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. | ||
**The "Unveiling" Lore Book mentions two groups of entities that escaped the primordial "garden" that gave rise to the universe, the "insects" and the "worms". This would seem to further suggest that the Worms and Ahamkara are distinct, albeit fundamentally similar, creatures. | **The "Unveiling" Lore Book mentions two groups of entities that escaped the primordial "garden" that gave rise to the universe, the "insects" and the "worms". This would seem to further suggest that the Worms and Ahamkara are distinct, albeit fundamentally similar, creatures. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{Fm}} | *''[[Destiny]]'' {{Fm}} | ||
**''[[The Taken King]]'' | **''[[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' | **''[[The Taken King]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Rise of Iron]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}} | ||
**''[[Joker's Wild]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Season of Opulence]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Season of Dawn]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||