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Following the [[Arrival of the Black Fleet]], Calus had his [[Psion]] [[Councilor]]s psychically alter the Crown from its original purpose. Now gilded with gold from the Castellum, the exiled emperor sought to use the Crown on captive, undead [[Scorn]] as vessels to commune with the [[Witness|Voice in the Darkness]].<ref name="ENTRY 6">'''Bungie (2019/02/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]]'', ''Lore:[[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 6 - Excess of Avarice|ENTRY 6 - Excess of Avarice]]''</ref>. This experimentation was subject to repeat failure, with Scorn exposed to the anomaly dying brain death, only one surviving to speak with the voices of many dead <ref>https://commons.ishtar-collective.net/t/quest-a-voice-on-the-other-side-presage/3818</ref>. Now with a suitable test subject, Calus introduced mycelial [[egregore]] spores to the process of using the Crown.<ref name="Duality Memory 8">'''Bungie (2022/05/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]]'', ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIcERTaGz4 Duality | Eighth Repressed Memory]''</ref> Instead of controlling the mind of the bearer, it would now meld the [[Locus of Communion|Scorn's]] thoughts into a gestalt consciousness and broadcast them across dimensions.<ref name="Presage Final">'''Bungie (2019/02/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]]'', ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K8TWaIUwGY Presage | The Crown of Sorrow]''</ref> | Following the [[Arrival of the Black Fleet]], Calus had his [[Psion]] [[Councilor]]s psychically alter the Crown from its original purpose. Now gilded with gold from the Castellum, the exiled emperor sought to use the Crown on captive, undead [[Scorn]] as vessels to commune with the [[Witness|Voice in the Darkness]].<ref name="ENTRY 6">'''Bungie (2019/02/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]]'', ''Lore:[[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 6 - Excess of Avarice|ENTRY 6 - Excess of Avarice]]''</ref>. This experimentation was subject to repeat failure, with Scorn exposed to the anomaly dying brain death, only one surviving to speak with the voices of many dead <ref>https://commons.ishtar-collective.net/t/quest-a-voice-on-the-other-side-presage/3818</ref>. Now with a suitable test subject, Calus introduced mycelial [[egregore]] spores to the process of using the Crown.<ref name="Duality Memory 8">'''Bungie (2022/05/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]]'', ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OIcERTaGz4 Duality | Eighth Repressed Memory]''</ref> Instead of controlling the mind of the bearer, it would now meld the [[Locus of Communion|Scorn's]] thoughts into a gestalt consciousness and broadcast them across dimensions.<ref name="Presage Final">'''Bungie (2019/02/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]]'', ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K8TWaIUwGY Presage | The Crown of Sorrow]''</ref> | ||
The Crown was shipped aboard the ''[[Glykon Volatus]]'' along with Calus's scribe [[Amsot]], numerous Psion Councilors and [[Katabasis]] in preparation for its grand experiment, which was to happen at the planet-sized Darkness anomaly located where [[Mars]] once was. Once the Glykon crossed into the anomaly, the councilors placed their hands on the Crown and focused their cognition through it. They pried open the Scorn's collective synaptic pathways and sewed them into the fabric of the anomaly's memetic sphere. The first communion was initially a failure, as Calus' call was unanswered.<ref name="ENTRY 6"/> Many failed attempts to repeat the communion saw the Crown's golden surface tarnished by Egregore | The Crown was shipped aboard the ''[[Glykon Volatus]]'' along with Calus's scribe [[Amsot]], numerous Psion Councilors and [[Katabasis]] in preparation for its grand experiment, which was to happen at the planet-sized Darkness anomaly located where [[Mars]] once was. Once the Glykon crossed into the anomaly, the councilors placed their hands on the Crown and focused their cognition through it. They pried open the Scorn's collective synaptic pathways and sewed them into the fabric of the anomaly's memetic sphere. The first communion was initially a failure, as Calus' call was unanswered.<ref name="ENTRY 6"/> Many failed attempts to repeat the communion saw the Crown's golden surface tarnished by Egregore fungi, having burrowed its way into the crown's precious metal adornments since the last communion attempt. The final attempt, however, saw the councilors incinerated as the Glykon was suddenly pulled beyond the anomaly's event horizon before it impacted and ran adrift between dimensions.<ref name="ENTRY 8">'''Bungie (2019/02/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]]'', ''Lore:[[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 8 - Acheron's Wall|ENTRY 8 - Acheron's Wall]]''</ref> Calus could hear the Witness's cacophony of thoughts calling through the Crown of Sorrow, beckoning him to the anomaly in [[Mercury|Mercury's]] absence,<ref name="Duality Memory 9">'''Bungie (2022/05/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]]'', ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEu2P6kwWZY Duality | Ninth Repressed Memory]''</ref> before he himself was spirited away.<ref name="ENTRY 8"/> | ||
Katabasis and his Loyalist crew were left behind to fend for themselves against the rampant Scorn as the interior of the Glykon was infested with Egregore | With the Emperor having fled from the anomaly, Katabasis and his Loyalist crew were left behind to fend for themselves against the rampant Scorn as the interior of the Glykon was heavily infested with Egregore fungi and constantly shifting between spaces within the anomaly. His Psion cohort [[Qinziq]] had formulated a plan to return the Glykon back to their reality by severing the Crown's connection to the Scorn. Katabasis, along with Qinziq, [[Bahr'Toran]] and fifteen of their soldiers stormed the ship's bridge where they made their last stand against waves of Scorn. Qinzig attemped to sever the connection with the Egregore-infested Crown, only to cry out in agony as she was engulfed in black flames and subsequently perishes on the spot.<ref name="ENTRY 10">'''Bungie (2019/02/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]]'', ''Lore:[[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 10 - Blood in the Barrel|ENTRY 10 - Blood in the Barrel]]''</ref> The remainder of the Loyalists would all die at the hands of the Scorn that last [[Locus of Communion|bore]] the crown, with Katabasis killing his [[Ghost]] [[Gilgamesh]] before his final death.<ref name="ENTRY 12">'''Bungie (2019/02/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]]'', ''Lore:[[Lore:Captain's Log#ENTRY 12 - Debtor's Knife|ENTRY 12 - Debtor's Knife]]''</ref> | ||
[[The Guardian]] would locate the Crown of Sorrow in a secret compartment aboard the derelict Glykon after several weeks of expeditions. It was recovered and relocated to the [[Last City]] at the behest of [[Osiris]] (whom [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] was posing as at the time).<ref name="Presage Final"/> | [[The Guardian]] would locate the Crown of Sorrow in a secret compartment aboard the derelict Glykon after several weeks of expeditions. It was recovered and relocated to the [[Last City]] at the behest of [[Osiris]] (whom [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] was posing as at the time).<ref name="Presage Final"/> | ||