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{{Quote|I chose Gahlran, and his frailty betrayed us. He was too pure, too alone. Our new guests are neither. A glorious chain of Dark minds. An open mouth for the One in the Darkness, that it may sing in exaltation of my majesty. Greatness recognizes greatness. To invoke the attention of the End, our offer must be great.|Emperor Calus' address to the crew of the Glykon.}} | {{Quote|I chose Gahlran, and his frailty betrayed us. He was too pure, too alone. Our new guests are neither. A glorious chain of Dark minds. An open mouth for the One in the Darkness, that it may sing in exaltation of my majesty. Greatness recognizes greatness. To invoke the attention of the End, our offer must be great.|Emperor Calus' address to the crew of the Glykon.}} | ||
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> | 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 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"/> | 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"/> | ||