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 {{Quote|Gahlran believed the Crown made the Hive his. Now he is [mine].|[[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen|The Witch]], Insidious.}}
-The '''Crown of Sorrow''' is a dangerous and powerful Hive artifact which connects its wearer's mind to those of all nearby [[Hive]], along with granting them access to Hive magics.
+The '''Crown of Sorrow''' is an ornate crown of [[Ascendant Hive]] authority which psionically connects the wearer's mind to those of all nearby [[Hive]], along with granting them access to Hive magics and arcana. It is originally created by the Hive God [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]] as part of a trap against the exiled [[Cabal]] [[Emperor Calus]].
 ==History==
-As part of a trap set by [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]], it came into the possession of the exiled [[Cabal]] [[Emperor Calus]]. Suspecting that such a powerful artifact was a lure, Calus directed his [[Psion]]s to examine it, finding the information stream sending data to the [[Ascendant Realm]]. Despite the obvious ploy, Calus still desired to use the Crown to command and civilize the Hive and instead gifted it to one of his [[Shadows]], [[Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer|Gahlran]]. Calus specifically bred Gahlran to wield the Crown's morbid powers to further his goals but in the end, the crown drove Gahlran completely mad. With the crown's power, Gahlran was able to summon an infestation of Hive within the Leviathan's vaults, working towards an unknown goal.
+===The Sorrow Bearer===
+The crown was first left on a stray [[War moon]],<ref name="Shadow Greaves">'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Item Description: [[Shadow of War Suit#Shadow's Greaves|Shadow's Greaves]]''</ref> which was claimed as an [[athenaeum world]] by Calus' [[Loyalist]] [[Cabal]].<ref name="Shadow Gauntlets">'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Item Description: [[Shadow of War Suit#Shadow's Gauntlets|Shadow's Gauntlets]]''</ref> It was then founded by [[Katabasis]], a [[Hunter]]-turned [[Shadows of Calus|Shadow]] who helped found the crown and delivered to the former emperor.<ref name="Shadow Mask">'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Item Description: [[Shadow of Silence Suit#Shadow's Mask|Shadow's Mask]]''</ref>
+When it was delivered, the [[Psion]]s studying the crown guessed that it was crafted in imitation of the [[Oryx, the Taken King|Taken King]]'s power to compel wills.<ref name="Shadow Greaves"/> Upon analysis, however, it was discovered that the crown served as a surveillance device, feeding all sorts of data to the Witch Queen deep within the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]].<ref name="Shadow Gauntlets"/> Calus, wanting a [[Shadow]] to control the [[Hive]] imprisoned within the [[Menagerie]],<ref name="Shadow Gloves">'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Item Description: [[Shadow of Judgment Suit#Shadow's Gloves|Shadow's Gloves]]''</ref> had bred a [[Ceremonial Bather]] in the Royal Pools of [[The Leviathan|Leviathan]] named [[Gahlran]] to wear the crown as his anointed Sorrow-Bearer.<ref name="Shadow Plate"/>
-Shortly after his Hive Shadow's corruption, Calus called upon his [[Guardian]] champions, offering great riches as reward for putting Gahlran down and purging the Hive from his ship. Even with the Crown's formidable dark powers granted to Gahlran, the former Shadow was defeated after a prolonged struggle. The Crown of Sorrow managed to survive the battle but was rendered inert without someone to bear it.
+Calus met with the newly born Gahlran and had his Psion [[Councilor]]s present the massive, plated helm to him from above. As they lower the crown, Gahlran heard a litany of voices shouting down at him from inside the artifact as it slowly descended. Despite his protests, Galhran is forced by the Psions to don the Hive artifact, which would meld his mind with a hundred billion [[Hive]] throughout the Leviathan.<ref name="Am I to Cast a Shadow?">'''Bungie (2019/06/03)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''[[Weblore]]: [[Weblore:Season_of_Opulence#"Am_I_to_Cast_a_Shadow?"|"Am_I_to_Cast_a_Shadow?"]]''</ref> Wearing the crown, however, revealed a more sinister purpose: to subvert the wearer's mind to the Witch Queen's will using Hive glyphs etched into a viral language within the crown's interior.<ref name="Shadow Plate">'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Item Description: [[Shadow of War Suit#Shadow's Plate|Shadow's Plate]]''</ref>
-Calus mentioned Savathûn had been able to control Gahlran through a "viral language" etched into the crown.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Shadow_of_War_Suit#Shadow's_Plate|Shadow's Plate]]''</ref>
+The Crown would drive the unwilling Gahlran insane until his death at the hands of a six-manned fireteam of [[Guardians]], rendering the helm inert without a bearer.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Raid: [[Crown of Sorrow (raid)|Crown of Sorrow]]''</ref> It is then recovered by [[The Guardian]] after the raid and presented to [[Werner 99-40]].<ref name="Crown of Sorrow Completion">'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/interactions/werner-99-40-crown-of-sorrow-raid-complete Crown of Sorrow Completion]''</ref> While the Crown of Sorrow was back in the Cabal's possession, Calus had his Psions continue to telepathically analyze it for additional traps.<ref name="Shadow Grips">'''Bungie (2019/06/04)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Item Description: [[Shadow of Silence Suit#Shadow's Grips|Shadow's Grips]]''</ref>
-===The Cursed Ship===
+===Presage===
-Following the disappearance of the Leviathan, Calus along with numerous advisors and a [[Katabasis|Guardian]], sought to use the Crown to commune with the anomaly left behind the wake of Mars' disappearance. Utilizing Scorn captives on the [[Glykon Volatus]], it would later be realized that [[Dark Ether]] held similar properties of the Crown's power, and would later find the [[Locus of Communion|perfect candidate]] to commune with it. However the experiment would turn against the Cabal as the Crown's power enforced large growths and a Scorn outbreak across the Glykon, leading to the deaths of the various Cabal and the Guardian on board.
+Following the disappearance of the Leviathan, Calus along with numerous advisors and [[Katabasis]], sought to use the Crown to commune with the anomaly left behind the wake of Mars' disappearance. Utilizing [[Psion]] [[Councilor]]s to re Scorn captives on the [[Glykon Volatus]], it would later be realized that [[Dark Ether]] held similar properties of the Crown's power, and would later find the [[Locus of Communion|perfect candidate]] to commune with it. However the experiment would turn against the Cabal as the Crown's power enforced large growths and a Scorn outbreak across the Glykon, leading to the deaths of the various Cabal and the Guardian on board.
 ==Trivia==