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The Vex may have been brought into our universe from another reality entirely, due to a mistake made by the [[Hive]] god [[Crota]], who was experimenting within the Ascendant Realm. He unknowingly let in the Vex into his realm, where they quickly learned of the Hive's Sword-Logic, and from it learned to achieve divinity by killing all who opposed them and adopting worship as a primary function. Though [[Oryx]] eventually succeed in eliminating the Vex from the Ascendant Realm, they preserved what they learned and passed it on to the rest of the Vex hivemind. | The Vex may have been brought into our universe from another reality entirely, due to a mistake made by the [[Hive]] god [[Crota]], who was experimenting within the Ascendant Realm. He unknowingly let in the Vex into his realm, where they quickly learned of the Hive's Sword-Logic, and from it learned to achieve divinity by killing all who opposed them and adopting worship as a primary function. Though [[Oryx]] eventually succeed in eliminating the Vex from the Ascendant Realm, they preserved what they learned and passed it on to the rest of the Vex hivemind. | ||
During the Golden Age, the Collective recovered a live specimen of the Vex and discovered that it had created an internal simulation of themselves, accurately predicting their every move. To Collective researchers, this ability raised profound philosophical quandaries about the nature of reality. Eventually the researchers were driven near to the point of madness when they discovered the Vex had simulations of themselves and perfectly predicted their every action, as they started to wonder if they themselves were just Vex simulations, so they decided to bring in a [[Warmind]] to intervene on their behalf. Warminds were many orders of magnitude more complex than humans, and it was believed that the Vex would be unable to simulate them; thus, the Warmind's presence and actions would be a sufficiently chaotic variable to allow the researchers to discern which universe was real and disrupt the simulation.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex|Ghost Fragment: Vex]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_2|Ghost Fragment: Vex 2]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_3|Ghost Fragment: Vex 3]]''</ref> | |||
To Collective researchers, this ability raised profound philosophical quandaries about the nature of reality. Eventually the researchers were driven near to the point of madness when they discovered the Vex had simulations of themselves and perfectly predicted their every action, as they started to wonder if they themselves were just Vex simulations, so they decided to bring in a [[Warmind]] to intervene on their behalf. Warminds were many orders of magnitude more complex than humans, and it was believed that the Vex would be unable to simulate them; thus, the Warmind's presence and actions would be a sufficiently chaotic variable to allow the researchers to discern which universe was real and disrupt the simulation.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex|Ghost Fragment: Vex]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_2|Ghost Fragment: Vex 2]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire/Enemies#Ghost_Fragment:_Vex_3|Ghost Fragment: Vex 3]]''</ref> | |||
When the [[Guardian]]s [[Kabr, the Legionless]], [[Pahanin]], and [[Praedyth]] ventured into the [[Vault of Glass]] on Venus, a major confluence of the Vex network, they were thwarted by the Vex defenses. Pahanin managed to escape, but Kabr perished and Praedyth was trapped and lost in time. Praedyth was forgotten until the time of the [[Taken War]], when the [[Taken]] began to blight the Vex network. After receiving a distress signal from Praedyth, a Guardian was sent to the Vault to investigate and was unexpectedly granted access by the Vex. Inside, the Guardian discovered a series of [[Dead Ghost]]s Praedyth had left behind. Praedyth revealed through recordings within the Ghosts that he had seen what the Vex had calculated would be their future: eons hence, the Vex would be completely corrupted by the Taken, becoming an eternal part of the legacy of [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. Although the Vex were able to foresee this future and were compelled to continue seeking a way to avert it, they had concluded that this grim fate was inevitable and unavoidable. Allowing the Guardian to fight the Taken blight that affected them was an act of desperation. Traveling through a portal, the Guardian was transported to the Vex's future, where the blight was defeated, the Vex were spared from their fate, and Praedyth's remains and Ghost were recovered. Despite this moment of cooperation, however, the Vex still had no intention of returning the favor and sparing [[the Last City]]. | When the [[Guardian]]s [[Kabr, the Legionless]], [[Pahanin]], and [[Praedyth]] ventured into the [[Vault of Glass]] on Venus, a major confluence of the Vex network, they were thwarted by the Vex defenses. Pahanin managed to escape, but Kabr perished and Praedyth was trapped and lost in time. Praedyth was forgotten until the time of the [[Taken War]], when the [[Taken]] began to blight the Vex network. After receiving a distress signal from Praedyth, a Guardian was sent to the Vault to investigate and was unexpectedly granted access by the Vex. Inside, the Guardian discovered a series of [[Dead Ghost]]s Praedyth had left behind. Praedyth revealed through recordings within the Ghosts that he had seen what the Vex had calculated would be their future: eons hence, the Vex would be completely corrupted by the Taken, becoming an eternal part of the legacy of [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. Although the Vex were able to foresee this future and were compelled to continue seeking a way to avert it, they had concluded that this grim fate was inevitable and unavoidable. Allowing the Guardian to fight the Taken blight that affected them was an act of desperation. Traveling through a portal, the Guardian was transported to the Vex's future, where the blight was defeated, the Vex were spared from their fate, and Praedyth's remains and Ghost were recovered. Despite this moment of cooperation, however, the Vex still had no intention of returning the favor and sparing [[the Last City]]. | ||