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|notable=Founder of Clovis Bray<br>Survived the [[Collapse]] as a giant Exo head buried beneath Europa | |notable=Founder of Clovis Bray corporation<br>Creator of the [[Exo]]s<br>Communed with [[the Witness]] through the [[Anomaly (artifact)|K1 Artifact]]<br>Survived the [[Collapse]] as a giant Exo head buried beneath Europa | ||
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{{Quote|Maps end. Maps insist on having borders and edges or the table falls away. Which isn't the way the universe works.|Clovis Bray I}} | {{Quote|Maps end. Maps insist on having borders and edges or the table falls away. Which isn't the way the universe works.|Clovis Bray I}} | ||
'''Clovis Bray I''' was a [[Golden Age]] scientist, the patriarch of the [[House Bray|Bray family]], and the founder of the technology and research company [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. | '''Clovis Bray I''' was a [[Golden Age]] scientist, the patriarch of the [[House Bray|Bray family]], and the founder of the technology and research company [[Clovis Bray (corporation)|Clovis Bray]]. He survives to the present day as an AI copy of himself kept in his company's facilities on [[Europa]]. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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To begin repairing Rasputin, Clovis directed the Guardians to acquire the data of Rasputin's Subminds, such as [[Malahayati]] and [[Charlemagne]]. After that, they would infiltrate the main control hub of the Warsat Network, Seraph Station, hovering in orbit over the Last City, and prepare it for when Rasputin is ready to be uploaded and assume control. During all of this, Clovis continually demanded the Guardians to be careful with his "property", much to Ana's and Elsie's aggravation. His smug arrogance would also anger the other coalition leaders, mainly Osiris and Mara Sov herself, with the Awoken Queen referring to him as a vile man. Despite this, he would slowly grow impressed with the Guardians capabilities in the field, even offering them a place in his "private guard" should the day come. | To begin repairing Rasputin, Clovis directed the Guardians to acquire the data of Rasputin's Subminds, such as [[Malahayati]] and [[Charlemagne]]. After that, they would infiltrate the main control hub of the Warsat Network, Seraph Station, hovering in orbit over the Last City, and prepare it for when Rasputin is ready to be uploaded and assume control. During all of this, Clovis continually demanded the Guardians to be careful with his "property", much to Ana's and Elsie's aggravation. His smug arrogance would also anger the other coalition leaders, mainly Osiris and Mara Sov herself, with the Awoken Queen referring to him as a vile man. Despite this, he would slowly grow impressed with the Guardians capabilities in the field, even offering them a place in his "private guard" should the day come. | ||
Unfortunately for Clovis Bray, Ana would find a means to repair Rasputin at a quicker pace through the use of [[Felspring]], the Ghost of the Iron Lord [[Felwinter]], who was recently discovered to have once been a piece of Rasputin's code placed in an Exo before being made a Lightbearer. The plan actually worked in restoring enough of Rasputin that the Warmind could speak directly with Ana and the Guardian, using Clovis's speech patterns. However, the Warmind would reveal the full extent of Clovis's deception in repairing | Unfortunately for Clovis Bray, Ana would find a means to repair Rasputin at a quicker pace through the use of [[Felspring]], the Ghost of the Iron Lord [[Felwinter]], who was recently discovered to have once been a piece of Rasputin's code placed in an Exo before being made a Lightbearer. The plan actually worked in restoring enough of Rasputin that the Warmind could speak directly with Ana and the Guardian, using Clovis's speech patterns. However, the Warmind would reveal the full extent of Clovis's deception in repairing Rasputin. In truth, Clovis never built the Warmind to protect humanity but to serve as a means for him to assume control, for in his mind, Clovis believed only he was worthy of being humanity's savior and thus sought to build a machine god of his own that would actually replace the Traveler. However, due to Ana Bray teaching Rasputin things which Clovis found irrelevant, such as history, philosophy, art, music and independence, the Warmind refused to adhere to Clovis's plans, as Rasputin saw the beauty in humanity which Clovis could not. As a result, the Warmind changed Clovis's protocols and locked him out, infuriating Clovis. Rasputin revealed that in the elder Bray's new state, he intended Rasputin to serve not as his proxy but as his prototype, the means through which he would upload himself into the Warsat Network and assume direct control, becoming a machine god himself and the self-proclaimed savior he always envisioned himself as. | ||
Ana would feel incensed that her grandfather had lied to her to further his selfish schemes, leading her and the Guardian to confront Clovis on the H.E.L.M. with Elsie present. With his true plans exposed, and held at gunpoint, Clovis attempted to justify his deception, claiming the Traveler can't be relied upon, citing the entity's past actions of abandoning the Eliksni and recently giving the Hive the Light. He attempted to reason with Ana, stating that once the Warmind was repaired and under their control, they can fight the enemies of humanity together. Ana lowered her weapon but instead of complying with her grandfather any longer, she decided to remove him from the mission, by uploading Rasputin into the prototype Exo frame. Shocked as Rasputin aggressively took control over the Frame, Clovis grew desperate and demanded Elise to stop her sister but the Exo Stranger did nothing of the sort, merely standing by and | Ana would feel incensed that her grandfather had lied to her to further his selfish schemes, leading her and the Guardian to confront Clovis on the H.E.L.M. with Elsie present. With his true plans exposed, and held at gunpoint, Clovis attempted to justify his deception, claiming the Traveler can't be relied upon, citing the entity's past actions of abandoning the Eliksni and recently giving the Hive the Light. He attempted to reason with Ana, stating that once the Warmind was repaired and under their control, they can fight the enemies of humanity together. Ana lowered her weapon but instead of complying with her grandfather any longer, she decided to remove him from the mission, by uploading Rasputin into the prototype Exo frame. Shocked as Rasputin aggressively took control over the Frame, Clovis grew desperate and demanded Elise to stop her sister but the Exo Stranger did nothing of the sort, merely standing by and watching as he lost the battle with Rasputin, leading to his personality to be deleted from the frame. | ||
Despite deleting his personality from the frame, Rasputin clarified that Clovis continued to exist as an AI | Despite deleting his personality from the frame, Rasputin clarified that Clovis continued to exist as an AI, now confined to the Exoscience Labs of Europa once more. Before his deletion, he sent a warning to his facility there, informing himself that the Guardians now knew of his true plans, something that Ana also confirmed. With his plans exposed and in ruins, Clovis was left completely infuriated but powerless to do anything as the Guardian continued the mission in gathering submind data. He would attempt to make contact with both of his granddaughters but they refused to answer, leading the Warmind to speak for them, stating that his services are no longer required and that his progeny have surpassed him. Incensed and refusing to accept this, Clovis began to rant and demand Rasputin to cease but Rasputin merely cut his communications, leaving Clovis Bray trapped in the Creation lab. Out of spite, Clovis attempted to repeal the Guardians' access to BrayTech weaponry that he granted earlier but Rasputin stymied his efforts before locking him out entirely, angering him further. | ||
Many weeks later, Clovis would learn that Rasputin had sacrificed himself in destroying the Warsat Network to prevent them from being used against Traveler after Eramis had gained control over the network. Disappointed in that the Guardians "threw away" one of humanity's greatest creations, Clovis would continue to taunt the Guardians saying that had he fulfilled his goal, then he could've protected them and humanity. This claim however, would be angerly countered by Elsie, who stated that he was actually playing into the enemy's hands once again like with the Witness and the Vex and yet instead of learning his lesson, he never suffered the consequences and nearly made things worse. Elsie ends the conversation stating that she should've let him die on the operating table. | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
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Toward the end of his life, Bray appeared to suffer from megalomania and delusions of grandeur, with his diary entries proclaiming his intent to become the "LUCA", or Last Universal Common Ancestor (a term borrowed from biology), of all future human interstellar civilization. He saw his family as only being relevant insofar as being extensions of his will, a trait seen in psychopaths. | Toward the end of his life, Bray appeared to suffer from megalomania and delusions of grandeur, with his diary entries proclaiming his intent to become the "LUCA", or Last Universal Common Ancestor (a term borrowed from biology), of all future human interstellar civilization. He saw his family as only being relevant insofar as being extensions of his will, a trait seen in psychopaths. | ||
According to his own notes, Bray apparently had an antipathy toward women. This, combined with his megalomania, may have prompted his decision to donate his own mitochondrial DNA to his children in lieu of their mother's during their embryonic development. He was also obsessed with micromanaging his family line, and seemed to resent his adopted granddaughter [[Anastasia Bray|Ana]] over her genetics, though it's unclear whether this is outright racism or simply rejection of non-Bray DNA. Further, he resented his grandson, Alton Bray, as he found his genetics "useless" and only used him to act as a troubleshooter and administrator for his company, hardly acknowledging him for anything else. Despite his desire to become an Exo himself, Clovis I would spin up several instances of the same person's exomind to further study the exact ways in which they inevitably died suffering, suggesting a lack of empathy or regard for ethics. | According to his own notes, Bray apparently had an antipathy toward women. This, combined with his megalomania, may have prompted his decision to donate his own mitochondrial DNA to his children in lieu of their mother's during their embryonic development. He was also obsessed with micromanaging his family line, and seemed to resent his adopted granddaughter [[Anastasia Bray|Ana]] over her genetics, though it's unclear whether this is outright racism or simply rejection of non-Bray DNA. Further, he resented his grandson, Alton Bray, as he found his genetics "useless" and only used him to act as a troubleshooter and administrator for his company, hardly acknowledging him for anything else. Despite his desire to become an Exo himself, Clovis I would spin up several instances of the same person's exomind to further study the exact ways in which they inevitably died suffering, suggesting a lack of empathy or regard for ethics. Due to his actions towards his own family, most of the Bray Family had nothing but contempt towards Clovis but they couldn't openly oppose him due to his status and power as head of the corporation. | ||
Upon being encountered by the Guardians as an ancient "confidential intelligence", Clovis remains as arrogant and condescending as he was in life. He regarded the Guardians as intruders who solely aimed to steal his research but was surprised to learn that centuries had passed since his original death, from the Collapse to the appearance of the Fallen. Regardless of becoming an uneasy ally to the Guardians, Clovis continued to be patronizing and smug, despite them actually saving and aiding him. Upon reuniting with his granddaughters, [[Ana Bray]] and [[Exo Stranger]] (Elisabeth Bray), Clovis revealed that he remained obsessed in ensuring the legacy of the Bray name, even if said measures endanger humanity, claiming that the powers of the Darkness was meant for his family, not for the good of humanity. Clovis even remained unapologetic on how his research on the Vex brought the machines into the Solar System. Though he defended himself on that the Vex appearance wasn't his intent and admitted he may have "facilitated" their appearance, he claimed it was all for his research. | Upon being encountered by the Guardians as an ancient "confidential intelligence", Clovis remains as arrogant and condescending as he was in life. He regarded the Guardians as intruders who solely aimed to steal his research but was surprised to learn that centuries had passed since his original death, from the Collapse to the appearance of the Fallen. Regardless of becoming an uneasy ally to the Guardians, Clovis continued to be patronizing and smug, despite them actually saving and aiding him. Upon reuniting with his granddaughters, [[Ana Bray]] and [[Exo Stranger]] (Elisabeth Bray), Clovis revealed that he remained obsessed in ensuring the legacy of the Bray name, even if said measures endanger humanity, claiming that the powers of the Darkness was meant for his family, not for the good of humanity. Clovis even remained unapologetic on how his research on the Vex brought the machines into the Solar System. Though he defended himself on that the Vex appearance wasn't his intent and admitted he may have "facilitated" their appearance, he claimed it was all for his research. This shows that Clovis had a complete inability or refusal to accept that he made a mistake or be willing to take responsibility for them. Even when his Exo experiments led to the death of his own son, Clovis refused to acknowledge that it was his fault, instead finding ways to blame others. | ||
[[Mysterious Logbook|Health scans]] indicate that while Clovis is capable of feeling compassion, he subconsciously refuses to entertain the notion because of his ego and other preconceptions. Near the end of Clovis's life, he did manage to realize the scale of his wrongdoings and finally accept this fact, confessing to [[Banshee-44|his Exo copy]] in a written letter attached to [[The Lament]] that he had originally started his work out of an intense fear of death, forgetting, and being forgotten (thanato- and athazagoraphobia, respectively), yet lost his way and descended into narcissism after he eventually forgot that the love for his family was why he developed those fears to begin with. Clovis-1 was created with the intention of carrying on this revelation, but the copy in Bray Exoscience would fail to receive a similar epiphany, causing it to descend further into Clovis's worst traits as time passed. With Clovis-1's eventual transformation into Banshee-44, this copy would become the last remaining trace of the original Clovis's individuality, rendering all of the above a moot point. | |||
In ''Season of the Seraph'', the full extent of Clovis's delusions and madness would be laid bare. Under the guise of aiding Ana and the Guardians in restoring Rasputin, he intended to use them to grant himself the opportunity to become a machine god himself and assume control over humanity. He was arrogant enough to believe that he alone was worthy of being called humanity's savior, originally intending to have Rasputin to actually replace the Traveler, creating a savior of his own design. However, he couldn't fathom Ana teaching the things Clovis found no actual value in, the things that convinced the Warmind in the beauty of humanity: philosophy, history, art and music. For Clovis, everything was to ensure his own legacy and regain the control he refused to relinquished. However, after his plans were exposed by Rasputin and casted out by his own progeny, Clovis would be left furious and ranting, unable to accept his granddaughter's independence or Rasputin's statement that his progeny have surpassed him. To further cement his deluded arrogance, Clovis can't comprehend that the Guardians will be able to restore Rasputin or survive The Witness's return without his aid. | In ''Season of the Seraph'', the full extent of Clovis's delusions and madness would be laid bare. Under the guise of aiding Ana and the Guardians in restoring Rasputin, he intended to use them to grant himself the opportunity to become a machine god himself and assume control over humanity. He was arrogant enough to believe that he alone was worthy of being called humanity's savior, originally intending to have Rasputin to actually replace the Traveler, creating a savior of his own design. However, he couldn't fathom Ana teaching the things Clovis found no actual value in, the things that convinced the Warmind in the beauty of humanity: philosophy, history, art and music. For Clovis, everything was to ensure his own legacy and regain the control he refused to relinquished. However, after his plans were exposed by Rasputin and casted out by his own progeny, Clovis would be left furious and ranting, unable to accept his granddaughter's independence or Rasputin's statement that his progeny have surpassed him. To further cement his deluded arrogance, Clovis can't comprehend that the Guardians will be able to restore Rasputin or survive The Witness's return without his aid. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Clovis Bray I's AI is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Brian T. Delaney|Brian T. | *Clovis Bray I's AI is voiced by [[Wikipedia:Brian T. Delaney|Brian T. Delaney]], who also voices [[Saint-14]] and [[Praksis, the Technocrat]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]] credits''</ref> | ||
*Upon the release of the [[Mysterious Logbook]], initial speculation was that Clovis I's more bizarre characteristics were symptomatic of autism. Writer | *Upon the release of the [[Mysterious Logbook]], initial speculation was that Clovis I's more bizarre characteristics were symptomatic of autism. Writer Seth Dickinson replied to this with, "For whatever it's worth I never once thought of him as autistic. I think that would be a terrible and irresponsible decision to make in writing this character...From my outsider POV I feel like it would be awful to hear "this guy is autistic so he does experiments on humans and has severe issues with women and doesn't care about right and wrong." That's not an effect of autism." <ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/jfwptr/spoiler_clovis_bray_i_destinys_most_sickening_and/g9q4gai/</ref> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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*''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Destiny 2]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{1st}} | **''[[Beyond Light]]'' {{1st}} | ||
**''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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