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'''The Book of Unmaking''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[ | [[File:LoreUnmaking.png|300px|thumb]] | ||
'''The Book of Unmaking''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[Season of the Forge]]'' following the release of the [[The Last Word|Last Word]] [[Exotic]] quest. It contains passages that were translated from the 7th Book of Sorrow with handwritten notes taken by [[Teben Grey]], a [[Shadows of Yor|Shadow of Yor]]. Entries are earned by completing steps in the Last Word Exotic quest. | |||
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"Evolution is claimed only through our unmaking." | "Evolution is claimed only through our unmaking." | ||
—1st Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | —1st Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | ||
These pages, and the Understandings gleaned, are our best efforts at a translation of incomplete discovery. | These pages, and the Understandings gleaned, are our best efforts at a translation of incomplete discovery. | ||
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"Mortal flesh is a prison that makes liars of our beautiful caged minds." | "Mortal flesh is a prison that makes liars of our beautiful caged minds." | ||
—2nd Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | —2nd Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | ||
Our search began with a legend—[[Dredgen Yor]], the hated scourge upon the [[Guardian|Guardians]]' good name. Any attempts to seek details of his deeds were met with dismissal. The [[Vanguard]] would not see us, uniformly, not just on an individual basis, but by some long-standing internal decree. [[Shaxx|Lord Shaxx]] came at us with threats. He's very protective of his charge as overseer of the [[Crucible]]. None of us blame him. The competition is vital to Guardian survival, both in the way it forcibly hones skill and how it serves a necessary dual role as morale booster and stress reliever. There are few places a Guardian can let loose like they can in the controlled arenas of the Shaxx's quarantined fighting pits. | Our search began with a legend—[[Dredgen Yor]], the hated scourge upon the [[Guardian|Guardians]]' good name. Any attempts to seek details of his deeds were met with dismissal. The [[Vanguard]] would not see us, uniformly, not just on an individual basis, but by some long-standing internal decree. [[Shaxx|Lord Shaxx]] came at us with threats. He's very protective of his charge as overseer of the [[Crucible]]. None of us blame him. The competition is vital to Guardian survival, both in the way it forcibly hones skill and how it serves a necessary dual role as morale booster and stress reliever. There are few places a Guardian can let loose like they can in the controlled arenas of the Shaxx's quarantined fighting pits. | ||
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"Know thyself in honest ways, or falter in light of your truest self." | "Know thyself in honest ways, or falter in light of your truest self." | ||
—3rd Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | —3rd Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | ||
The search for the truth of Yor's tale was not easy. If official records existed, they were hidden beyond our purview, and the realities of the legend were tracked only by word of mouth. The fabled [[Dwindler's Ridge]] was not on any map, the burnt ground where [[Palamon]] once stood wasn't marked as anyone's sacred site, and the [[Shin Malphur|renegade]] who'd felled Yor had not been seen for some time following that fated showdown. | The search for the truth of Yor's tale was not easy. If official records existed, they were hidden beyond our purview, and the realities of the legend were tracked only by word of mouth. The fabled [[Dwindler's Ridge]] was not on any map, the burnt ground where [[Palamon]] once stood wasn't marked as anyone's sacred site, and the [[Shin Malphur|renegade]] who'd felled Yor had not been seen for some time following that fated showdown. | ||
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"On the path of the hushed tones, the cutting word will guide your unmaking." | "On the path of the hushed tones, the cutting word will guide your unmaking." | ||
—4th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | —4th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | ||
We found the craft, undisturbed, in low-orbit. Its course synchronized to the exact coordinates of its master's final resting place some 1,800 km below. | We found the craft, undisturbed, in low-orbit. Its course synchronized to the exact coordinates of its master's final resting place some 1,800 km below. | ||
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Orsa found the scribbled glyphs on thick leather inside the craft that once, long ago, belonged to Yor. We couldn't identify the origin of the writing at the time, much less translate. Though we'd all heard the stories of the Hive, an ancient evil and an ancient battle that turned [[Moon|Luna]] into a forbidden zone—most held them as folklore—scary stories to counteract our natural curiosity and keep brave Guardians from venturing beyond their means. And while we had our theories about Dredgen Yor and how his fall was linked to the nightmare tales of wicked creatures born of bone and shadow, we were cautious not to let assumption guide our inquisition. | Orsa found the scribbled glyphs on thick leather inside the craft that once, long ago, belonged to Yor. We couldn't identify the origin of the writing at the time, much less translate. Though we'd all heard the stories of the Hive, an ancient evil and an ancient battle that turned [[Moon|Luna]] into a forbidden zone—most held them as folklore—scary stories to counteract our natural curiosity and keep brave Guardians from venturing beyond their means. And while we had our theories about Dredgen Yor and how his fall was linked to the nightmare tales of wicked creatures born of bone and shadow, we were cautious not to let assumption guide our inquisition. | ||
—hand-scrawled note accompanying Teben Grey's personal translation of ancient Hive text | —hand-scrawled note accompanying Teben Grey's personal translation of ancient Hive text | ||
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"Know pain, that it may teach you all you never imagined possible." | "Know pain, that it may teach you all you never imagined possible." | ||
—8th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | —8th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | ||
"Unmaking." For the longest time, we thought it was a threat, but as our work continued and we deciphered more and more of the glyphs we came to see it as something more—a promise. Yor's etchings were a road map—arcane and cryptic, but with specific intent. Old research hinted at mysterious tomes labeled as "books of sorrow." It was theorized by researchers long before our time that the Hive had their own set of "holy" texts, evidence of which had been gathered before the [[Great Disaster]]. These "books" were believed to be archives of Hive ritual and history, chronicling royal blood lines and varied ceremonies and rites of passage. | "Unmaking." For the longest time, we thought it was a threat, but as our work continued and we deciphered more and more of the glyphs we came to see it as something more—a promise. Yor's etchings were a road map—arcane and cryptic, but with specific intent. Old research hinted at mysterious tomes labeled as "books of sorrow." It was theorized by researchers long before our time that the Hive had their own set of "holy" texts, evidence of which had been gathered before the [[Great Disaster]]. These "books" were believed to be archives of Hive ritual and history, chronicling royal blood lines and varied ceremonies and rites of passage. | ||
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"Do not linger on the coming embrace, your unmaking is yours alone—a solitary journey devoid of peace." | "Do not linger on the coming embrace, your unmaking is yours alone—a solitary journey devoid of peace." | ||
—9th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | —9th Understanding, 7th Book of Sorrow | ||
Any Guardian with interest in old nightmares has heard stories of the Weapons of Sorrow—deadly tools said to be infected and warped by twisted science verging on mysticism. In particular, Thorn, the cursed weapon of the Light-killer, Dredgen Yor. But such tools of destruction were only rumor. There was direct evidence of Yor having been a vile bastard, but the legends of [[Thorn|his sickly weapon]] and the disease it spread seemed exaggerated—another ghost story to warn of unknown dangers. But our translations of ancient Hive text seemed to point to truth in the legend. The Hive had rituals for forced evolution. And what we'd found hinted at transmutation through corruption, degradation, and rebirth—the Weapons of Sorrow were real. Worse, they were a road map to a greater threat, a greater evil. | Any Guardian with interest in old nightmares has heard stories of the Weapons of Sorrow—deadly tools said to be infected and warped by twisted science verging on mysticism. In particular, Thorn, the cursed weapon of the Light-killer, Dredgen Yor. But such tools of destruction were only rumor. There was direct evidence of Yor having been a vile bastard, but the legends of [[Thorn|his sickly weapon]] and the disease it spread seemed exaggerated—another ghost story to warn of unknown dangers. But our translations of ancient Hive text seemed to point to truth in the legend. The Hive had rituals for forced evolution. And what we'd found hinted at transmutation through corruption, degradation, and rebirth—the Weapons of Sorrow were real. Worse, they were a road map to a greater threat, a greater evil. | ||