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|planet= Unknown, Out of Time<br>[[Mars]] {{c|Portal at [[Valley of the Kings]]; destroyed by [[Red Legion]]}}<br>[[Moon]] {{c|Portal under the [[Lunar Battlegrounds]]}} | |planet= Unknown, Out of Time<br>[[Mars]] {{c|Portal at [[Valley of the Kings]]; destroyed by [[Red Legion]]}}<br>[[Moon]] {{c|Portal under the [[Lunar Battlegrounds]]}} | ||
|factions= [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Sol Progeny]] <br> [[Precursors]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Descendants]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Virgo Prohibition]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Taken]] | |factions= [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Sol Progeny]] <br> [[Precursors]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Descendants]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Virgo Prohibition]] {{c|Temporary}} <br> [[Taken]] | ||
|connecting areas= [[Tharsis Junction]] <small>(quest only)</small><br>[[Valley of the Kings]]<br>[[Lunar Battlegrounds]] <small>(Raid only)</small> | |connecting areas= [[Tharsis Junction]] <small>(quest only)</small><br>[[Valley of the Kings]]<br>[[Lunar Battlegrounds]] <small>(Raid only)</small> | ||
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{{Quote|A trillion timelines, and all at war. Like a thousand red flowers growing in a black garden.|[[Lakshmi-2]]}} | {{Quote|A trillion timelines, and all at war. Like a thousand red flowers growing in a black garden.|[[Lakshmi-2]]}} | ||
The '''Black Garden''' is a mysterious realm located outside of space and time. Described as the birthplace of the [[Vex]], It houses the [[Black Heart]], a failed replica of [[the Veil]] that is used to weaken [[the Traveler]], and is tended and guarded by the Vex collective known as the [[Sol Divisive]], led by 3 frames collectively | The '''Black Garden''' is a mysterious realm located outside of space and time. Described as the birthplace of the [[Vex]], It houses the [[Black Heart]], a failed replica of [[The Veil|the Veil]] that is used to weaken [[The Traveler|the Traveler]], and is tended and guarded by the Vex collective known as the [[Sol Divisive]], led by 3 frames collectively called the [[Sol Progeny]].<ref name = "Destiny">'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]''</ref>. It was also the lair once used by [[Taranis]] to make his nest before making his final wish to scatter his and [[Riven]]'s clutch. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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The origins of the Black Garden are largely unknown; however, it bears many similarities to an allegorical description of the primordial state of reality, itself described as a "[[garden]]", in which the Winnower and the Gardener existed before the universe began. It is unclear whether the two locations are the same; however, [[Eris Morn]] writes of a [[Tree of Silver Wings]] that was felled in the Black Garden, which would seem to suggest that she believes the Black Garden to indeed be the same as the primordial garden that gave rise to the universe. | The origins of the Black Garden are largely unknown; however, it bears many similarities to an allegorical description of the primordial state of reality, itself described as a "[[garden]]", in which the Winnower and the Gardener existed before the universe began. It is unclear whether the two locations are the same; however, [[Eris Morn]] writes of a [[Tree of Silver Wings]] that was felled in the Black Garden, which would seem to suggest that she believes the Black Garden to indeed be the same as the primordial garden that gave rise to the universe. | ||
At some point, the Vex collective known as the Sol Divisive came to reside within the Black Garden, transforming it with their architecture and machinery | At some point, the Vex collective known as the Sol Divisive came to reside within the Black Garden, transforming it with their architecture and machinery where the [[Conceptual Mind]] would construct the Black Heart from a seed that had been planted in the Black Garden by the [[The Witness|Witness]].<ref>'''Bungie (02/28/2023)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore:Inspiral]]: [[Lore:Inspiral#Brass Gardeners|Brass Gardeners]]''</ref> | ||
===Post-Collapse and City Age=== | ===Post-Collapse and City Age=== | ||
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===Shadowkeep=== | ===Shadowkeep=== | ||
[[File:GOS1.jpg|360px|thumb|The Garden revisited in the Raid.]] | [[File:GOS1.jpg|360px|thumb|The Garden revisited in the Raid.]] | ||
When the Guardian ventures into [[the Lunar Pyramid]], the Witness takes possession of their [[The Ghost|Ghost]] and leads them to a spherical, [[Unknown Artifact|unknown artifact]]. Upon interacting with the artifact, they are subjected to a vision within the Black Garden, wherein the Witness, taking the form of the Guardian's doppelganger, speaks to them directly. Stating that they have "heard [their] cries for help" and would soon answer, the Witness identified themselves not as the Guardian's friend nor enemy, but rather their "salvation". | When the Guardian ventures into [[The Lunar Pyramid|the Lunar Pyramid]], the Witness takes possession of their [[The Ghost|Ghost]] and leads them to a spherical, [[Unknown Artifact|unknown artifact]]. Upon interacting with the artifact, they are subjected to a vision within the Black Garden, wherein the Witness, taking the form of the Guardian's doppelganger, speaks to them directly. Stating that they have "heard [their] cries for help" and would soon answer, the Witness identified themselves not as the Guardian's friend nor enemy, but rather their "salvation". | ||
After bringing the artifact back to [[Eris Morn]], it begins transmitting a signal that leads to the Black Garden. A fireteam of Guardians then enter the Black Garden via a newly-discovered portal on the moon, faced the [[Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent|Consecrated Mind]] in a labyrinth, and defeated the Sanctified Mind after it was found communing with a [[Pyramid Scale]] sighted at the garden. At the end of their journey, the fireteam traced their signal to a veiled statue identical to the one aboard the Luna Pyramid, which unlocked direct communication with the [[Darkness]] through the artifact. | After bringing the artifact back to [[Eris Morn]], it begins transmitting a signal that leads to the Black Garden. A fireteam of Guardians then enter the Black Garden via a newly-discovered portal on the moon, faced the [[Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent|Consecrated Mind]] in a labyrinth, and defeated the Sanctified Mind after it was found communing with a [[Pyramid Scale]] sighted at the garden. At the end of their journey, the fireteam traced their signal to a veiled statue identical to the one aboard the Luna Pyramid, which unlocked direct communication with the [[Darkness]] through the artifact. | ||
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===Lightfall=== | ===Lightfall=== | ||
When the Guardian, [[Osiris]], and [[Nimbus]] learned about the Black Heart’s origins, they planned to enter the Garden to learn more. The Witness would order the Sol Divisive to destroy the Conceptual Mind due to the intel it held, but they would refuse. The Witness would send the Taken to destroy the Conceptual Mind instead, leading to the Vex and Taken engaging in conflict. The Guardian would enter the Garden, with Nimbus entering shortly after, both of them quickly discovering the Taken presence. After convincing Nimbus to return to [[Neomuna]] and to do their duty as a Cloud Strider, the Guardian would destroy the Conceptual Mind, receiving its memory core and the information it held. Osiris discovers the information the memory core held as their investigation of the Veil concludes, where the Black Heart was | When the Guardian, [[Osiris]], and [[Nimbus]] learned about the Black Heart’s origins, they planned to enter the Garden to learn more. The Witness would order the Sol Divisive to destroy the Conceptual Mind due to the intel it held, but they would refuse. The Witness would send the Taken to destroy the Conceptual Mind instead, leading to the Vex and Taken engaging in conflict. The Guardian would enter the Garden, with Nimbus entering shortly after, both of them quickly discovering the Taken presence. After convincing Nimbus to return to [[Neomuna]] and to do their duty as a Cloud Strider, the Guardian would destroy the Conceptual Mind, receiving its memory core and the information it held. Osiris discovers the information the memory core held as their investigation of the Veil concludes, where the Black Heart was used to create a static in the flow of the Traveler's energy as opposed to the link the Witness desired so it could begin the [[Final Shape]]. | ||
===Season of the Wish=== | |||
Several moments after the Conceptual Mind was defeated, the Sol Divisive would create an Axis Mind capable of harnessing [[Ahamkara]] energies and simulating the [[Techeun]]s to stop them from recovering Riven's eggs. As the Guardian arrived too late to recover one of the eggs, the Sol Divisive would transport the egg into the Black Garden, near Taranis's corpse. Crow would track the egg and allow the Guardian to pursue them into the Garden by using Riven's accessway. They would use the sparks left behind to approach the structure resembling [[The Citadel]] from [[Venus]], unlock the paracausal locks, navigate the mist otherwise hazardous to them, defeat [[Akardon, Pitiless Mind]], and recover both Riven's egg and [[Wish-Keeper]], a gift given to them by Taranis to honor his wish to protect his and Riven's unborn whims. Riven reveals that the Black Garden was used as a lair by Taranis, just like the [[Dreaming City]] was used as a lair by her. Taranis and Riven would spend time in the Black Garden until the [[Great Ahamkara Hunt]] was commenced by [[Lightbearer]]s of the [[Last City]], when they were separated. Taranis would make a noble sacrifice at the cost of his death: he would grant his own wish to scatter the clutch. Riven would begin sending messages by having the Guardian use Wish-Keeper to form constellations around both the Black Garden and the Dreaming City, then having them visit Taranis's corpse to deliver it. As they do so, they would also build mysterious platform to access a portal above the corpse. Once all the celestal anomalies are found inside the Dreaming City and the Black Garden, the Guardian finally discovers what lies behind the portal: a symbol of the Ishtar Collective built with Vex architecture. | |||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
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**In an article back in 2015 regarding a Bungie ride along video on Mars, it talks about a NASA Scientist Who studies Geology that found the rock formations of the Black Garden on Mars familiar, The person theorizes that the location of the Black Garden is somewhere in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Mons Olympus Mons], which makes sense as the Tenebrous Tunnels connects all around the planet.<ref>[https://www.gamespresso.com/2015/02/nasa-scientist-thinks-that-destinys-black-garden-may-still-be-on-mars/ NASA Scientist talks about Black Garden in Mars]</ref> | **In an article back in 2015 regarding a Bungie ride along video on Mars, it talks about a NASA Scientist Who studies Geology that found the rock formations of the Black Garden on Mars familiar, The person theorizes that the location of the Black Garden is somewhere in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus_Mons Olympus Mons], which makes sense as the Tenebrous Tunnels connects all around the planet.<ref>[https://www.gamespresso.com/2015/02/nasa-scientist-thinks-that-destinys-black-garden-may-still-be-on-mars/ NASA Scientist talks about Black Garden in Mars]</ref> | ||
*Prior to ''Destiny's'' release, there was speculation that the Black Garden was located on [[Earth]] or elsewhere. Bungie clarified the Garden was found on Mars.<ref>[https://twitter.com/UrkMcGurk/status/412102902186905601 ''''Twitter''': ''Nope, Mars. ;)'']</ref> | *Prior to ''Destiny's'' release, there was speculation that the Black Garden was located on [[Earth]] or elsewhere. Bungie clarified the Garden was found on Mars.<ref>[https://twitter.com/UrkMcGurk/status/412102902186905601 ''''Twitter''': ''Nope, Mars. ;)'']</ref> | ||
*In the Lore Book "[[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]]," the state of existence which gave rise to the universe is described allegorically as a garden | *In the Lore Book "[[Lore:Unveiling|Unveiling]]," the state of existence which gave rise to the universe is described allegorically as a garden filled with flowers. The flowers in this metaphorical garden are the basis of a game analogous to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_Game_of_Life Conway's Game of Life], which the Darkness seeks to win by bringing about an end-state dominated by a single self-perpetuating pattern that subsumes all others. This description of the primordial state of reality bears many parallels to the Black Garden; however, the significance of these parallels is yet unknown. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Upper Black Garden.jpg|Concept art of the "Upper Black Garden". | Upper Black Garden.jpg|Concept art of the "Upper Black Garden". | ||
File:Carousel MAPS Generic.jpg | File:Carousel MAPS Generic.jpg | ||
Destiny 2 Black Garden.png|thumb|Black Garden in the Garden of Salvation raid. | Destiny 2 Black Garden.png|thumb|Black Garden in the Garden of Salvation raid. | ||
GOS Veil.jpg|The veiled statue seen in the raid. | GOS Veil.jpg|The veiled statue seen in the raid. | ||
2Black Garden d2.jpg | 2Black Garden d2.jpg | ||
GoS skybox2.jpg|Skybox in the raid. | GoS skybox2.jpg|Skybox in the raid. | ||
1Black Garden d2.jpg | 1Black Garden d2.jpg | ||
GOS2.jpg | GOS2.jpg | ||
GOS3.jpg | GOS3.jpg | ||
GOS4.jpg | GOS4.jpg | ||
Black Garden Citadel.jpg|Taranis's lair within the Black Garden | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||