Ahamkara: Difference between revisions

During the City Age, the Ahamkara 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>

The Ahamkara draw upon their wish-granting magics from the [[Anthem Anatheme]] to transform desire into reality to suit one's purposes, using a characteristic phrase when addressing other beings, taking the form of "O/Oh (subject) mine". This phrase is apparently a curse, invoking paracausal powers of ownership over the addressee. The [[Worm|Worm Gods]] and the Cabal Emperor [[Calus]] have also been recorded as using this same phrase, suggesting either a relationship between the three or a universal applicability of this phrase.

According to [[Ikora Rey]], who once wished to know more about Ahamkara and had her wish granted by one, the primary desire of the Ahamkara is to become "more real," or to transcend their current reality in some way; they refer to the path by which they seek to attain this goal as the Anathematic Arc. Ikora speculates that this goal may entail escaping their universe into one that is either subordinate or superordinate [i.e. a universe that exists within theirs (such as the distributary) or the universe that theirs exists inside of (such as our universe)]. By granting the wishes of Guardians and other beings, they apparently move closer to this objective<ref>https://www.bungie.net/en/explore/detail/news/51148?fbclid=IwAR0VpyHyrvhUYr6_-PGbaWGvvRj3O9NeSox6cG6Ln1wRk3YEHb5nXqfWMg8</ref>.

The Ahamkara are believed to have been sent by the [[Nine]] to fulfill some purpose within the Solar System. However, it is suspected by [[Ikora Rey]] that after the Great Hunt, the Nine sought to utilize Guardians for the same purpose as the Ahamkara.

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>.