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An undetermined amount of time would pass outside the timeless Garden as the Sol Divisive Vex lie patiently in wait for the [[Witness]] to return power to them. During this time, the inactive Undying Mind became buried in a barrow of flora growing around it. Their prayers would be answered as Darkness returned to their realm in the form of a distant pulse sent across space-time by the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Lunar Pyramid]]'s awakening, empowering the Vex within the Garden yet again and causing the Mind to stir once more. With their faith rewarded, Vex [[Goblin]]s write more circuits to weld to the Mind, building it up to take advantage of their newfound power.<ref name="Realis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Realis|Realis]]''</ref><ref name="Irrealis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Irrealis|Irrealis]]''</ref> | An undetermined amount of time would pass outside the timeless Garden as the Sol Divisive Vex lie patiently in wait for the [[Witness]] to return power to them. During this time, the inactive Undying Mind became buried in a barrow of flora growing around it. Their prayers would be answered as Darkness returned to their realm in the form of a distant pulse sent across space-time by the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Lunar Pyramid]]'s awakening, empowering the Vex within the Garden yet again and causing the Mind to stir once more. With their faith rewarded, Vex [[Goblin]]s write more circuits to weld to the Mind, building it up to take advantage of their newfound power.<ref name="Realis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Realis|Realis]]''</ref><ref name="Irrealis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Irrealis|Irrealis]]''</ref> | ||
The Undying Mind re-establishes itself after a group of Guardians launched an [[Garden of Salvation|excursion]] through a [[Embrace|gateway]] found on [[Luna]] and destroyed the [[Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent|Sol]] [[Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent|Inherent]] Minds. With the Black Garden lying open yet again, the ancient Mind directs the [[Sol Divisive]]'s activity in an ongoing [[Vex Invasion| | The Undying Mind re-establishes itself after a group of Guardians launched an [[Garden of Salvation|excursion]] through a [[Embrace|gateway]] found on [[Luna]] and destroyed the [[Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent|Sol]] [[Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent|Inherent]] Minds. With the Black Garden lying open yet again, the ancient Mind directs the [[Sol Divisive]]'s activity in an ongoing [[Vex Invasion|invasion]] to claim the Moon for the Vex; drawn to the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]] buried beneath its surface.<ref name="Eyes On The Moon">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/vex-invasion-eyes-on-the-moon Eyes on the Moon, Vex Invasion]''</ref> In addition, it began hiding in multiple co-occurrent timelines, making copies of itself in hundreds upon thousands of different realities to evade the Guardians.<ref name="Patternbreaking">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/vex-invasion-patternbreaking Patternbreaking, Vex Invasion]''</ref> | ||
The Mind was considered unreachable until [[Ikora Rey]] constructed a modified Vex gate built from Vex chasis components, which she and Zavala had tested by killing two dozen of its copies.<ref name="To Destroy a Mind">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/to-destroy-a-mind To Destroy a Mind]</ref> This allow the Guardians to draw the ancient Hydra out of the timelines it established and destroy it once again. However, as multiple copies of the Undying Mind existed in the timeways, the Guardians had to summon every single copy one at a time until all were destroyed in a matter of weeks. With the destruction of the Undying Mind, however, the Guardians had changed the course of history: the Vex's projected futures from the [[Infinite Forest]] gave way to one of subatomic annihilation by the [[Black Fleet]]; which was witnessed by [[Osiris]].<ref>'''Bungie, (12/7/2019), [[Weblore]]:''' ''[[Weblore:Season of Dawn#Actions of Mutual Friends|Actions of Mutual Friends]]''</ref> | The Mind was considered unreachable until [[Ikora Rey]] constructed a modified Vex gate built from Vex chasis components, which she and Zavala had tested by killing two dozen of its copies.<ref name="To Destroy a Mind">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/to-destroy-a-mind To Destroy a Mind]</ref> This allow the Guardians to draw the ancient Hydra out of the timelines it established and destroy it once again. However, as multiple copies of the Undying Mind existed in the timeways, the Guardians had to summon every single copy one at a time until all were destroyed in a matter of weeks. With the destruction of the Undying Mind, however, the Guardians had changed the course of history: the Vex's projected futures from the [[Infinite Forest]] gave way to one of subatomic annihilation by the [[Black Fleet]]; which was witnessed by [[Osiris]].<ref>'''Bungie, (12/7/2019), [[Weblore]]:''' ''[[Weblore:Season of Dawn#Actions of Mutual Friends|Actions of Mutual Friends]]''</ref> | ||