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Traversing the debug chamber leads to the "hub" area of the Infinite Forest, located in what appears to be either the actual interior of Mercury, or a simulated version of it. This area contains four tower-like structures with gateways, three of which lead to different time periods within different simulations, and one that leads back to Mercury's surface. The sleek, futuristic tower to the left of the entrance leads to the distant past where Mercury is a lush garden world; the tower directly across the entrance, which is composed of conventional Vex architecture, leads to iterations of the present; and the crumbling, darkened tower to the right of the entrance leads to the far future, where the Sun is long dead, along with all life and the Vex have spread everywhere.<ref name="Livestream"/> The Infinite Forest does not only simulate Mercury or the Sun, but also entire timelines, comparable to other simulations of universes, there can even be doorways to other places such as [[Mars]],<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/mZYzcA5.jpg Osiris Comic Image]</ref> or even travel from Mercury to [[Earth]]. As Guardians move toward the main towers, they encounter simulated [[Cabal]], [[Fallen]], and [[Hive]], as well as [[Vex]], and must defeat disguised units called "Daemons" to generate new pathways and advance, these pathways change randomly every time one enters the forest. | Traversing the debug chamber leads to the "hub" area of the Infinite Forest, located in what appears to be either the actual interior of Mercury, or a simulated version of it. This area contains four tower-like structures with gateways, three of which lead to different time periods within different simulations, and one that leads back to Mercury's surface. The sleek, futuristic tower to the left of the entrance leads to the distant past where Mercury is a lush garden world; the tower directly across the entrance, which is composed of conventional Vex architecture, leads to iterations of the present; and the crumbling, darkened tower to the right of the entrance leads to the far future, where the Sun is long dead, along with all life and the Vex have spread everywhere.<ref name="Livestream"/> The Infinite Forest does not only simulate Mercury or the Sun, but also entire timelines, comparable to other simulations of universes, there can even be doorways to other places such as [[Mars]],<ref>[https://i.imgur.com/mZYzcA5.jpg Osiris Comic Image]</ref> or even travel from Mercury to [[Earth]]. As Guardians move toward the main towers, they encounter simulated [[Cabal]], [[Fallen]], and [[Hive]], as well as [[Vex]], and must defeat disguised units called "Daemons" to generate new pathways and advance, these pathways change randomly every time one enters the forest. | ||
Within simulations of the past, present, and future, Guardians will continue to encounter simulated enemies from the other races. For example, in one of the infinite variations of reality being analyzed, the far future where the Vex have triumphed over everything may also contain Fallen survivors. | Within simulations of the past, present, and future, Guardians will continue to encounter simulated enemies from the other races. For example, in one of the infinite variations of reality being analyzed, the far future where the Vex have triumphed over everything may also contain Fallen survivors. The Forest can even simulate realities where the Infinite Forest did not even exist. | ||
The Vex can use the Infinite Forest to understand enemy strategies and tactics, such as the Fallen's patterns of retreat. The Vex can manipulate virtually any variable within these simulations, including how long the simulation itself lasts or whether it repeats itself. | The Vex can use the Infinite Forest to understand enemy strategies and tactics, such as the Fallen's patterns of retreat. The Vex can manipulate virtually any variable within these simulations, including how long the simulation itself lasts or whether it repeats itself. | ||
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===''Forsaken''=== | ===''Forsaken''=== | ||
While the City celebrated the [[Festival of the Lost]] in the year after the [[Red War]], the Infinite Forest began exhibiting strange behavior, taking on a new iteration of the Forest where simulations prey on the fears of others, with the primary simulation area within Mercury's core becoming darkened and inhabited by simulated entities known as "Nightmares". Later, A part of the Forest started to | While the City celebrated the [[Festival of the Lost]] in the year after the [[Red War]], the Infinite Forest began exhibiting strange behavior, taking on a new iteration of the Forest where simulations prey on the fears of others, with the primary simulation area within Mercury's core becoming darkened and inhabited by simulated entities known as "Nightmares". Later, A part of the Forest started to exhibit an environment of lush flora, referred to as the [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/the-verdant-forest?highlight=verdant Verdant Forest], greenery during the [[Revelry]]. | ||
===''Shadowkeep/Season of the Undying''=== | ===''Shadowkeep/Season of the Undying''=== | ||
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===''Season of the Dawn''=== | ===''Season of the Dawn''=== | ||
Osiris would later return into the Forest to monitor | Osiris would later return into the Forest to monitor it's simulations, and as he and Sagira entered the realm, it appeared pitch black. Thinking something may have gone wrong, they contacted Ikora. She informed them of the war on the Moon and the Vex invasions, and that the Guardian ended [[The Undying Mind]]. Osiris in turn, notified Ikora that when the Mind was destroyed it changed the course of history and futures. | ||
As the | As the duo returned back to their current position in the Simulation, on Mercury, everything was pitch black, there were no stars, and the void reached to the [[Traveler]] and likely beyond. The purple twilight of the Sun from the Dark Future was unseen and the shimmer from the Forest was gone. Arriving at [[The Last City]], they found that there was no Traveler, in it's place was a [[Pyramids|Large Obsidian Monolith]] at least twice the size of the City. Osiris projected that this would likely come to pass in about two to three decades depending on a multitude of variables, with acceleration potentially caused by the actions of the Guardian.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/records/actions-of-mutual-friends?highlight=actions]</ref> | ||
With the incursion of the Red Legion lead by the Three [[Psion]] Sisters, they sought a reality where they won the [[Red War]], one of them included either the usage of the Infinite Forest or it's destruction, either case, Osiris wanted the Guardians to stop them or it would have detrimental affects on the | With the incursion of the Red Legion lead by the [[Ozletc, the Sky Piercer|Three]] [[Tazaroc, the Sun Eater|Psion]] [[Niruul, the Hollow Voice|Sisters]], they sought a reality where they won the [[Red War]], one of them included either the usage of the Infinite Forest or it's destruction, either case, Osiris wanted the Guardians to stop them or it would have detrimental affects on the timeline.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/the-sundial?highlight=forest The Sundial]</ref> | ||
We would later use the Sundial to save Saint-14 from the Infinite Forest, changing the past and preventing hisThe death, he would later exit the forest at some point in Mercury's past and return to the City to defend it and learn from the history he was absent from.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/quest-open-the-gate-completing-an-impossible-task?highlight=forest Quest: Open the Gate, Completing an Impossible Task]</ref> | |||
Later, the Guardian would return to Osiris and he would thank them for cleaning up his messes and their rescue of [[Saint-14]]. He would explain what he had witnessed in that future, he had saw the destruction of the Universe at a sub-atomic level, nothingness remained, he had hoped that our actions with [[The Sundial]] would have prevented this, for he believed that no power or gun could stop that [[Darkness|emptiness]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/talk-to-osiris-pharos-link?highlight=forest Talk to Osiris, Pharos Link]</ref> | Later, the Guardian would return to Osiris and he would thank them for cleaning up his messes and congratulate them on their rescue of [[Saint-14]]. He would explain what he had witnessed in that future, he had saw the destruction of the Universe at a sub-atomic level, nothingness remained, he had hoped that our actions with [[The Sundial]] would have prevented this, for he believed that no power or gun could stop that [[Darkness|emptiness]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/talk-to-osiris-pharos-link?highlight=forest Talk to Osiris, Pharos Link]</ref> | ||
==='' | ===''Season of Arrivals''=== | ||
With the Festival of the Lost | With the Festival of the Lost, [[Eva Levante]] sends the Guardian to go see [[The Spider]] about helping him with some favors. He mentions that at some point, the [[House of Kings]] led a salvage operation on the [[Dreadnaught]] and while on the way back, the Vex slew the salvage crew, managed to simulate their salvaging party, and were able to take what the Fallen had found. The Guardians were tasked in heading to the Forest to retrieve what the Vex had been simulating.<ref>[https://youtu.be/5Cf_UlQJ1ag?t=139 Festival of the Lost Spider Request]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/apocryphal-accomplice?highlight=dreadnaught Apocryphal Accomplice]</ref> | ||
At the end of the Season of Arrivals, after Zavala issued evacuation orders for all contacts on Pyramid-sieged planets, the Guardian set off from Mercury, leaving Brother Vance alone. He made his way from the Lighthouse to the gate of the Infinite Forest, entering with his Infinite Simulacrum, attuning it to the crack in the Forest itself, and sealing it from within.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/vance-passeri#book-duress-and-egress Duress and Egress: Passeri]</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*It is | *It is mentioned during the [[Tree of Probabilities]] that on the off chance, simulations of the Cabal could escape the Forest with world ending tech. And another transcript that they can escape where they succeed in obtaining Vex Tech.<ref>[https://commons.ishtar-collective.net/t/tree-of-probabilities-strike/1516]</ref> This would imply that Simulations can enter the physical universe. | ||
*From a few bounties when the Haunted Forest was created showed many similarities or likely the same feats of the Vex capable of creating [[Nightmares]] that | *From a few bounties when the Haunted Forest was created showed many similarities or likely the same feats of the Vex capable of creating [[Nightmares]] that prey on our greatest fears,<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/haunted-terrors?highlight=haunted Haunted Terrors]</ref> [[Eris Morn|Eris]] even asked if they would created shade of ourselves.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/colony-collapse?highlight=vex Colony Collapse]</ref> | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||