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{{Quote|The fifty-two moons of Fundament host a starfaring civilization far more sophisticated than anything you’ve encountered so far''[....]'' where a species of bony six-armed cephalopods keeps their icy capital. Savathûn’s named them the Ammonite.|Worm Gods<ref name="One">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIV:_52_and_One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref>}}

The '''Ammonites''' were an intelligent species who arose on one of the moons of the gas giant [[Fundament]].<ref name="One"/> They were destroyed by the early [[Hive]].<ref name="Crusaders">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIX:_Crusaders|XIX: Crusaders]]</ref>

The Ammonites were bony, six-armed cephalopods who evolved on an icy moon of Fundament.<ref name="One"/> At some point, the [[Traveler]] arrived at the planet and became a patron of the Ammonites,<ref name="One"/> who built an advanced spacefaring civilization with paracausal technology that spanned all of Fundament's fifty-two moons.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVI:_The_Sword_Logic|XVI: The Sword Logic]]''</ref> The Traveler's disciple, the [[Leviathan]] who lived in Fundament's ocean layer and kept the [[Worm]]s at bay, was revered by the Ammonites almost as much as the Traveler.<ref name="Rises">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVIII:_Leviathan_Rises|XVIII: Leviathan Rises]]''</ref>  

The Ammonite civilization was governed by the Ammonite Satellite Congress,<ref name="Weakness">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XVII:_The_Weakness_Verse|XVII: The Weakness Verse]]''</ref> and its military forces were under the command of Chroma-Admiral Rafriit at the time the [[Hive]] were created.<ref name="Prey">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XV:_Born_As_Prey|XV: Born As Prey]]''</ref> They also had contact with the [[Ecumene]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXV:_Dictata_ir_Dakaua|XXV: Dictata ir Dakaua]]''</ref>

The Ammonites prospered under the Traveler's patronage until the early Hive conquered the species of Fundament and gained the technology to build spaceships.<ref name="Sky">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XIII:_Into_the_Sky|XIII: Into the Sky]]''</ref> The proto-Hive [[Taox]], who the Hive's trio of leaders had sworn to kill, was granted asylum by the Ammonites. The Worms attempted to persuade them otherwise but failed.<ref name="One"/> In their pursuit of Taox, the Hive waged war against the Ammonites, but their initial victories were reversed by the clever strategies of [[Chroma-Admiral Rafriit]] and [[Auryx]]'s desire to reach a peaceful accommodation between their two races. Victory for the Ammonites seemed likely as the Hive were driven to the core of Fundament's sixth moon.<ref name="Prey"/>

Adding insult to injury, the Hive colonized the Ammonites' moons and converted them into mobile fortresses,<ref name="Sky"/> with which they continued their pursuit of Taox and the Traveler.<ref name="Crusaders"/><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#XXXVI:_Eater_of_Hope|XXXVI: Eater of Hope]]''</ref>

*One of the legends of the [[Nine]] states they come from a similar aquatic origin, either [[Europa]] or [[Titan (moon)|Titan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies/Legends_%26_Mysteries#Ghost_Fragment:_Legends_2| Ghost Fragment: Legends 2]]''</ref>