Reef: Difference between revisions

The Awoken of the Reef have long preferred to remain distant from and unaware of the affairs of the [[City]], but are known to be associated with the [[Nine]], who are said to control the planets beyond the asteroid belt.<ref name="The Queen">'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies#The Queen|The Queen]]''</ref> The current Queen allied with the Nine in a successful [[Reef Wars|war]] against the [[Fallen]] House of Wolves.<ref name="GFTQ">'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies#Ghost Fragment: The Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref> With half their House destroyed,  their [[Prime Servitor]] missing, and their [[Kell]] and [[Archon]] [[Aksor, Archon Priest|sealed]] within the [[Prison of Elders]], the House of Wolves became vassals of the Queen and lived alongside the Awoken until their rebellion.<ref name="The Queen"/><ref name="GFTQ"/> In the aftermath of the uprising, the Queen opened the Reef up to the [[Guardian]]s to fight alongside the [[Queen]] and her associates.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0 '''YouTube''' - ''Official Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves Prologue'']</ref> Unfortunately, this was because the [[Fallen]] had managed to mount the theft of the cell that [[Aksor, Archon Priest]] was impprisoned in, as well as various other attacks and thefts. One of their [[Pilot Servitor]]s, as well as several other major [[Fallen]] still remain in the [[Prison of Elders]].

When [[Oryx]] invaded the Solar System, the Reef was on the forefront of repelling the [[Hive]] fleet. Their vast armada met Oryx's fleet in combat in the rings of [[Saturn]], but were overwhelmed by Oryx's [[Dreadnaught]]'s superweapon and virtually the entire armada was obliterated with very few survivors. it is currently unknown if the [[Queen]] survived the attack.

Reef society is matriarchal and ruled by a single Queen with near-absolute power. The current and only known Queen of the Reef is [[Mara Sov]]. Second to the Queen in power is her brother Prince [[Uldren Sov]], Master of Crows, who manages the Reef's intelligence network of "Crows" and serves as the Queen's chief adviser.

The Queen commands the military forces of the Reef through seven [[Paladin]]s. The Royal Armada, consisting of the Reef's space fleet in addition to the [[Corsair]]s, who serve as field scouts, and the [[Vestian Guard]], which patrols the Reef's borders, is led by four Paladins. The Royal Army, which encompasses the Reef's soldiers, battle stations, and military installations, is in the charge of two. The seventh Paladin directs the [[Queen's Guard]], which is dedicated to protecting the Queen from both direct threats to her person and indirect threats that endanger the Reef as a whole and therefore the Queen by extension and/or association.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Allies#The Royal Awoken Guard|The Royal Awoken Guard]]''</ref>

*[[Vestian Outpost]]—a military outpost guarding the entrance to the Queen's realm. It was opened to [[Guardian]] presence in wake of the [[Fallen]] rebellion, as well as the arrival of [[Oryx]] in the inner Solar System.