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When the Young Wolf left Io for the last time, Asher realized that he never truly expressed his high opinion of some of their work. He contemplated leaving a letter, but believed it would have been relegated to a backlog of tasks he would never be able to complete. Asher entered the Pyramidion, destroying any Vex security in his way. As he continued through the corridors of the Pyramidion, he found that it seemingly began to welcome him, with security laser grids bending to avoid touching him and gravitational anomalies leaving him unaffected by shifting ground under his feet, while the Vex simply observed. Asher found himself next to a pit under the radiolarian lake hidden in unusual geometry. He reached up with both his arms, and pulled the lake down to himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Duress_and_Egress#Asher:_Conclusion|Duress and Egress: Asher: Conclusion]]''</ref> | When the Young Wolf left Io for the last time, Asher realized that he never truly expressed his high opinion of some of their work. He contemplated leaving a letter, but believed it would have been relegated to a backlog of tasks he would never be able to complete. Asher entered the Pyramidion, destroying any Vex security in his way. As he continued through the corridors of the Pyramidion, he found that it seemingly began to welcome him, with security laser grids bending to avoid touching him and gravitational anomalies leaving him unaffected by shifting ground under his feet, while the Vex simply observed. Asher found himself next to a pit under the radiolarian lake hidden in unusual geometry. He reached up with both his arms, and pulled the lake down to himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/6/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Arrivals]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Duress_and_Egress#Asher:_Conclusion|Duress and Egress: Asher: Conclusion]]''</ref> | ||
The instant after Asher brought the lake down upon himself, he encountered a Vex terminal. Ordering it to register him into the Vex Collective and halt his transformation, Asher then escaped into the [[Vex Network|Nexus]] just as Io vanished. He would not be seen again for years, the Vanguard declaring him MIA with Sloane in the meantime. | |||
===Digitization=== | |||
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{{Quote|I will do the same thing I always do: find answers. Then I will deliver them to you and you can use them to form some sort of plan.|Zavala's hallucination of Asher}} | {{Quote|I will do the same thing I always do: find answers. Then I will deliver them to you and you can use them to form some sort of plan.|Zavala's hallucination of Asher}} | ||
Following the reformation of the Traveler, Zavala began to daydream of those lost on the disappeared planets, Asher included, while preparing a speech to the people of the City. He imagined Asher contacting him over comms requesting approval to develop a machine to disable the Pyramids, which he granted. After hanging up, the hallucinated Asher momentarily reconnected to give his thanks.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Phobos_Warden_Armor#Lore_3|Phobos Warden Vest/Plate/Robes]]''</ref> | Following the reformation of the Traveler, Zavala began to daydream of those lost on the disappeared planets, Asher included, while preparing a speech to the people of the City. He imagined Asher contacting him over comms requesting approval to develop a machine to disable the Pyramids, which he granted. After hanging up, the hallucinated Asher momentarily reconnected to give his thanks.<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] - [[Lore]]: [[Phobos_Warden_Armor#Lore_3|Phobos Warden Vest/Plate/Robes]]''</ref> | ||
Half a year later during the [[Endless Night]], Asher began to appear in Vex predictions regarding [[Lakshmi-2]], seemingly accompanying an invasion of the City.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[Lore]]: [[Stochastic_Variable#Lore|Stochastic Variable]]''</ref> On the [[Override: Last City|Last City version of the Override]] activity, | Unbeknownst to the Vanguard, Asher continued to explore the Vex network as a digital entity for unknown reasons. He would only ever reveal his presence to the material world in the event that the Nexus itself bled into reality by either sending a Harpy or creating projections of his original body, and [[Mithrax, Kell of Light|Mithrax]] implies from his transmissions through radiolaria that his ventures are extremely painful to his consciousness. | ||
Half a year later during the [[Endless Night]], Asher began to appear in Vex predictions regarding [[Lakshmi-2]], seemingly accompanying an invasion of the City.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/5/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Splicer]] - [[Lore]]: [[Stochastic_Variable#Lore|Stochastic Variable]]''</ref> On the [[Override: Last City|Last City version of the Override]] activity, the aforementioned Harpy overlooks the events near an array of computers; while it does not interact with a Guardian, it emits beeps that can be translated via Morse code to read "ASSISTANT", the term that Asher had given to the Guardian frequently on his missions. | |||
At an unknown point in time, Asher discovered an access point to the portion of the Nexus connected to [[Neomuna]]. He would later use this to monitor the Guardian as they led [[Partition|excursions]] into the network to stop the [[Shadow Legion]] from damaging its integrity, with [[Quinn Laghari]] finding cryptic messages whose signatures matched his name. | |||
===Sacrifice=== | |||
{{Quote|It is as I said all along. No one can stop [[Final Shape|it]].<br>There is no sense in even trying.|Asher's final words before completely fading from existence}} | |||
A week after [[The Witness]] communed with [[The Veil]] and vanished into the resulting portal made on the Traveler, Asher would use the Nexus to contact Mithrax and the Guardian from the [[European Dead Zone]], using a Harpy like he had previously done during Lakshmi's coup. Following his guidance, the two discovered a rebuilt Brakion pursuing him for tampering with the Nexus's data. After Brakion was stopped, Asher rewarded them with [[Vexcalibur|a specialized glaive]] designed to break the Vex's security protocol and weaponize the barrier technology that Brakion had previously employed to fight him and the Vanguard. Repeated excursions would later reveal that to manually perform the simulations and downloads required to obtain the data he needed, Asher was forced to resume his integration into the Vex network. This ultimately culminated in a full simulation of the Veil, much to Mithrax's shock, but at the cost of Asher's transformation becoming completely unstoppable. | |||
Following the full extraction of the Vex's data on the Witness and the Veil, Asher pushed further into the center of the Vex Network, discovering billions of simulations that all end in the [[Final Shape]] being invoked. This ultimately cost him his life, ceasing to exist as an individual and disappearing from the Nexus entirely. His final thoughts were spent cursing the outside world, lamenting that he had been right all along about the nature of the universe's end. | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
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Asher has an overall bad habit of explaining situations and certain topics using advanced scientific definitions, leaving many confused and forcing him to simplify his answers, annoying him considerably. Additionally, when faced with a conundrum he can't fathom or figure out, Asher tends to act childishly, throwing temper tantrums or refuses to acknowledge that he can't figure it out, as noted by Ikora. Despite this, Asher will, albeit grudgingly, admit when his analyses are incorrect. | Asher has an overall bad habit of explaining situations and certain topics using advanced scientific definitions, leaving many confused and forcing him to simplify his answers, annoying him considerably. Additionally, when faced with a conundrum he can't fathom or figure out, Asher tends to act childishly, throwing temper tantrums or refuses to acknowledge that he can't figure it out, as noted by Ikora. Despite this, Asher will, albeit grudgingly, admit when his analyses are incorrect. | ||
His surliness may be in part be driven by a deep-seated anxiety regarding his gradual assimilation by the Vex, and his frustration that all his efforts to halt it have failed.<ref name=GS/> Similarly, Asher possesses a great deal of guilt for what happened to his Ghost during his original mission in the Pyramidion. He attempted to cure | His surliness may be in part be driven by a deep-seated anxiety regarding his gradual assimilation by the Vex, and his frustration that all his efforts to halt it have failed.<ref name=GS/> Similarly, Asher possesses a great deal of guilt for what happened to his Ghost during his original mission in the Pyramidion. He attempted to cure its condition, but failed. He also considered ending his Ghost to spare it from the Vex modifications it received, though he couldn't bring himself to do it. Asher therefore considers himself a coward for that. | ||
With his presence returning in ''[[Season of Defiance]]'', Asher has revealed an affinity for Arthurian legends. Despite being in a dire situation, possibly permanently disembodied in the Vex Network, he still relishes in his ability to interfere with Vex operations, extracting as much fun as he can by likening his and the Guardians activities to legends of the old world. Further, despite the experience of being digitized into the Vex's world, Asher's main characteristics remained largely unchanged as he sent messages through a Harpy calling for the Guardian's "assistance" and Mithrax noted in similar messages to stop bothering him. He also kept his grudge against Brakion and took great satisfaction in seeing him destroyed by the Guardian within the Vex Network. However, his bitter, spiteful nature also remained underneath his bravado, worsened by his findings on the totality of the Final Shape. Despite his outward glee at watching the Guardian extract his resources, Asher's dying thoughts were of resignation and anger towards the universe for allowing his apocalyptic foresight to come to pass. | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
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* "...Ever-spiraling complexity... Yes, their simulations are potentially limitless!" | * "...Ever-spiraling complexity... Yes, their simulations are potentially limitless!" | ||
* " I have not been reborn since the accident. In truth, I do not know what would happen. Is my Ghost even capable of such a thing anymore?" | * " I have not been reborn since the accident. In truth, I do not know what would happen. Is my Ghost even capable of such a thing anymore?" | ||
* " | * "Cabal Again!? With their blasted rock shaking concentration shattering Machinery!" | ||
* "These calculations would astonish even the most hardened of Cryptarchs!" | * "These calculations would astonish even the most hardened of Cryptarchs!" | ||
* "Every iteration of the Collective nets me more data; I need more information!" | * "Every iteration of the Collective nets me more data; I need more information!" | ||
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Asher serves as the vendor and one of the main questgivers for [[Io]]. He is situated in [[The Rupture]]. Turning in Io tokens, Phaseglass Needles and Phaseglass Spires increases player reputation with Asher Mir and rewards legendary faction gear, shaders and other rewards. | Asher serves as the vendor and one of the main questgivers for [[Io]]. He is situated in [[The Rupture]]. Turning in Io tokens, Phaseglass Needles and Phaseglass Spires increases player reputation with Asher Mir and rewards legendary faction gear, shaders and other rewards. | ||
===Faction | ===Faction armor=== | ||
*[[Gensym Knight Armor]] | *[[Gensym Knight Armor]] | ||
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*[[Berenger's Memory]] | *[[Berenger's Memory]] | ||
===Always | ===Always for sale=== | ||
*[[Man O' War]] - upon completion of the Io World Quest. | *[[Man O' War]] - upon completion of the Io World Quest. | ||
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**''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Curse of Osiris]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Forsaken]]'' | **''[[Forsaken]]'' | ||
***''[[ | ***''[[Season of the Forge]]'' | ||
***''[[ | ***''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' | ||
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
***''[[Season of the Undying]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
***''[[Season of Dawn]]'' | ***''[[Season of Dawn]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}} | ***''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
***''[[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{Mo}} | ***''[[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Lightfall]]'' | |||
***''[[Season of Defiance]]'' | |||
***''[[Season of the Deep]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Characters]] | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
[[Category:Awoken]] | [[Category:Awoken]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Guardians]] | ||
[[Category:Vendors]] | [[Category:Vendors]] | ||