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Edited by NaLo:
9/18/2014 7:05:52 AM
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Dragon(s) confirmed?
At 0:48 in the [url=http://youtu.be/jv7vqCmt6wY?t=48s]Destiny Launch gameplay trailer[/url] something that looks like a dragon is shown flying in the sky.
Well, it turns our that there might be a dragon/dragons in Destiny in future expansions! I hope we'll get to fight it/them.
This is what the "Ghost Fragment: Warlock" Grimoir card says
[quote]Why did I set her on the trail?
You try and try and try to explain, but no one ever understands. No one who's not a Warlock. Who hasn't spent a dozen years scouring the ruins for one string of symbols, one clean code, one black talon. Titans just make a hmphing noise, if they've stayed awake. Hunters clean their nails with their knives and look at you like you've grown a third eye.
But when you've spent your life searching through arcana for ancient power, you have the urge to reach out and educate others. Especially if you've had one too many.
Nah, she's not my type at all. We've played dice, cards, war games, you know, the usual stuff. I'd never tried to show off before. I don't know what came over me.
I had a broken vertebrae in my pocket that I'd borrowed from - yes, borrowed, I was going to put it back - what do you think you are, my conscience? It was a fossil, that means mineral replacement, a rock, basically. They can survive a few hours in my pocket. Do shut up.
The Cryptarchs weren't going to miss it. Everyone knows the Ahamkaras were hunted to extinction. There's nothing to be afraid of anymore.
Think of how mysterious this system is, I said. How much life sprang up when the Traveler came.[b] Like the Ahamkara. Do you know the legends? The dragon that made promises?[/b] And I pulled out the fossil with a flourish -
She pulled out her knife and started to pick the dirt from her nails. That set me off.
You could never have brought down one of these, I said. Ever. Not the greatest Hunter, not the brawniest Titan.
Her eyes narrowed. She said, Oh? Is that so? And I saw right then that she wasn't going to pass on the challenge.
I've murdered a Guardian, I thought. She's going to die. It'll be my fault.
And I looked at the piece of spine in my hand and wondered - why did I say that? What moved me to such pride? [/quote]
Ahamkara is Sanskrit term meaning egoism which seems to be a common trait in most dragons.
I know that it says that they were hunted to extinction but I'm not convinced. If they're never going to be in the game then why tease about them in a Grimoir card?
What are your thoughts on this? What more legendary creatures would you like to see in Destiny? Some of you probably already know [url=http://www.bungie.net/pubassets/25090/love_you_vivo.jpg]what[/url] I'm wishing for.
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Ghost Fragment Legends 3: The Great Ahamkara Hunt After great deliberation it was determined that the Ahamkara be made extinct. It was not an easy decision. Power had been obtained from the bargains, and the City needed power. Knowledge had been gleaned, and the Ahamkara knew answers to questions no one had known to ask. But the price was too high. And no edict or forbearance seemed to stop Guardians from seeking them out, driven by hope, or vengeance, or despair. The call had to be silenced. So the Great Hunt did its work. And thus the Ahamkara were made extinct, their call silenced, their solipsistic flatteries erased, their great design – if it ever existed – broken. Of this you can be assured, oh reader mine. So it looks like the "dragons" are intelligent. The Ahamkara may not be what we saw in the trailer, as that could have just been Venusian wildlife. The Ahamkara are obviously something more. Also notice the the phrase "oh reader mine." This phrase is spoken in a format that we see on all items related directly to the Ahamkara (thus excluding the Warlcok Ghost fragment, because it is about a Warlock first). On both exotic armors (Skull of a Dire Ahamkara, Spine of a Young Ahamkara) the phrase "oh bearer mine" is used in the description. The use of a repeated format of phrasing suggests that the creator of the armor and the author of the Grimoire card text are the same entity. The entity could be a cryptarch focusing on the Ahamkara, or something else. The phrasing makes the Ahamkara seem even more cryptic. Another small tidbit I found is the Legendary Scout Rifle, "Cryptic Dragon." Who's description reads, "Those who doubt the existence of dragons are always the first devoured." Seems like a little foreshadowing from Bungie, but take it as you will.
