The Nine are 4-dimensional entities that formed from dark matter being made sentient by human thought and are associated with the gravity wells of each planet within the Sol System as well as the Sun itself. They serve as the central device of Destiny's 2nd arc, named the Fate Saga.
History
The Nine have existed for a long time, long before The Traveler arrived in the Sol System. They reside in their own personal realm. They have 3 known Emissaries. No one could agree on the exact nature of the Nine until it was uncovered by an exiled Cryptarch named Lavinia Garcia Umr Tawil. She was able to deduce that the Nine were interested in the Ahamkara, that a copper box of dust came from them upon recovering it from Venus, and that they are entities made of dark matter. The Nine were divided into 2 groups: the Inner Orbits and the Outer Orbits. The Inner Orbits sought to acquire the power of paracausality while the Outer Orbits sought to escape into a higher order of reality.
Not much is known about the Nine, but reports suggest that they are responsible for Skolas's release from the Prison of Elders and hosting the Trials of the Nine after the Red Legion invasion of the Sol System. During the Guardian's investigation into the Drifter, the Invitations of the Nine were hosted where they learned about the Emissary's past as an Awoken Guardian named Orin, and the Nine's reaction to the preparations that Mara Sov was making for the return of the Black Fleet to the Sol System. The Nine also hosted the Reckoning. The Nine would show the Guardian the incoming fate of Io, Titan, Mercury, fand Mars when the Guardian inquired about the nature of The Darkness. The Nine revealed to them that the Darkness is a tool like The Light. They later hosted the Rite of the Nine, where players can players can players can play through the Prophecy, Spire of the Watcher, and Ghosts of the Deep dungeons for free and earn Nonary Manifold that can then be redeemed for Raid Banners and weapons with the Gravity Well origin trait.
The Nine played a more active role when the Guardian arrived to Kepler some time after Orin left her role as the Emissary of the Nine and Lodi was selected as the next emissary when III was killed by The Conductor by forcing it into a 3-dimensional space. After III's death, the Barant Imperium was formed through the intervention of VI. The Outer Orbits then gifted Dredgen Bael the core for the superweapon called Nightfall Station
Notable Members
- Mercury (I)
- Venus (II)
- Earth (III)
- Mars (IV)
- Jupiter (V)
- Saturn (VI)
- Uranus (VII)
- Neptune (VIII)
- Sun (IX)
- Theia (formerly)
- Asteroid Belt (potential)
Emissaries
Writing Styles
The Nine have unique writing styles as indicated in the lore tabs of the Trials of the Nine gear, the Declaration entry of the Dust Lore book, the Reextinction entry of The Dreaming City lore book, the Synesthesia entry of the Ecdysis lore book, the Emissary entry of The Awoken of the Reef lore book, the flavor texts of the Invitations of the Nine quests that could be obtained from Xûr during Season of the Drifter, lore tabs of the CODA armor set from the Prophecy dungeon, the Division lore tab from Episode: Heresy, the flavor text of the Emissary bounties players can pick up during the Rite of the Nine, the Anamórphōsis and Epochs & Orbits lore book, and dialogue from the Rite of the Nine collectibles and The Edge of Fate campaign. 14 writing styles have been observed, but 9 of them have been confirmed to be associated with the different members of the Nine.
- I: Standard writing (e.g. We are the Nine.) This writing style is used by the Nine member I.
- II: Standard writing with all uppercase letters and lack punctuation (e.g. I AM THE ONLY ONE WITH A POINT). This writing style is used by the Nine member VI.
- III: Standard writing with all lowercase letters and lack punctuation (e.g. the word for today is dust). This writing style is used by the Nine member III.
- IV: Standard writing with all uppercase letters (e.g. THE STORY OF THE BOOK CAN LEAD TO INSIGHTFUL LESSONS.). This writing style is used by the Nine member IV.
- V: Writing that contains uppercase letters that are separated by spaces and lack punctuation (e.g. N I G H T I S A T I M E O F D A Y W H E R E T H E S U N H A S S E T). This writing style is used by the Nine member V.
- VI: Standard writing with uppercase letters at the beginning of a word (In Writing, A Research Paper Is Written Using MLA Format.)
- VII: Standard writing with all lowercase letter (e.g. i walked the dog in the park yesterday.)
- VIII: Writing that contain uppercases letters separated by spaces (e.g. I W A N T E D S O M E C H I C K E N N U G G E T S F O R D I N N E R T O N I G H T.)
- IX: Writing that contain lowercase letter separated by spaces and lack punctuation (e.g. w e w a n t s o m e f r e e d o m e v e r y d a y)
- X: Standard writing that lack punctuation (e.g. A letter just came in the mail this afternoon)
- XI: Writing that have phrases separated by a dash (e.g. The stars - are shining). This writing style is used by the Nine member II.
- XII: Writing that have all lowercase letters and phrases separated by a plus (e.g. humans must embrace the + growth mindset to succeed) This writing style is used by the Nine member VII.
- XIII: Writing that uses all lowercase letters and an equal sign in place of a comma or a semicolon (i can see you = i can’t hear you). This writing style is used by the Nine member VIII.
- XIV: Writing that starts and ends in a period and contains a vertical line in the middle of a sentence (e.g. .she can ma | ke the map.) This writing style is used by the Nine member IX.