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* AmbiguousSituation: The Collector's Edition of ''The Final Shape'' throws a massive wrench into the alleged origins of the Vex. [[spoiler:"Unveiling" originally claimed they were a byproduct of the clash between Light and Darkness that created the universe, but "Entelechy" frequently makes reference to "glass minds" the Witness's former species used to see the future, glass bringing to mind Atheon and the Vault of Glass. Coupled with the fact that the Sol Divisive somehow remember the fall of the Witness's government/the Consensus, it raises a number of possibilities as to what's really going on: were the glass minds Vex all along, and the Consensus just didn't know it yet? Is "Unveiling" even more of a lie by the Penitent to make themselves look more important than they really are? Or is the question irrelevant because of the "pattern" and the Vex's ability to TimeTravel]]?
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* MythicalMotifs: Atheon is particularly minotaur-like, even compared to other Vex minotaurs, as it lives in the center of a labyrinth and has a prominent set of horns.
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* UniformityException: [[spoiler:As ''Destiny 2'' nears its conclusion, the Vex stand out for being the only Darkness-aligned faction to have a disciple related to them - the Hive, and by extension, the Taken were influenced by Rhulk, the Fallen were driven to their worst extremes by Nezarec, making him patron to the Scorn as well, and Calus would end up joing the ranks of the Disciples during ''Season of the Haunted'' and eventually give rise to the Shadow Legion. By contrast, the Vex just showed up one day and messed around with the Hive, leading the Sol Divisive to worship the Darkness. ''Lightfall'', specifically lore assoicated with Root of Nightmares, and ''Season of the Deep'', heavily imply this is because the Vex are a direct creation of the Witness and thus do not need a patron]].
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* UniformityException: [[spoiler:As ''Destiny 2'' nears its conclusion, the Vex stand out for being the only Darkness-aligned faction to have lack a disciple Disciple related to them - the Hive, and by extension, the Taken were influenced by Rhulk, the Fallen were driven to their worst extremes by Nezarec, making him patron to the Scorn as well, and Calus would end up joing the ranks of the Disciples during ''Season of the Haunted'' and eventually give rise to the Shadow Legion. By contrast, the Vex just showed up one day and messed around with the Hive, leading the Sol Divisive to worship the Darkness. ''Lightfall'', specifically lore assoicated with Root of Nightmares, and ''Season of the Deep'', heavily imply this is because the Vex are a direct creation of the Witness and thus do not need a patron]].
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* LightIsNotGood: Its frame is bright silver and it emits bright blue light. It is also the [[MechanicalAbomination Vex]] equivalent of a MadScientist, in charge of researching [[RealityWarper ontological warfare]].
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* WordSaladHorror: It's final recorded thoughts: [[spoiler: "PASSION AND PARADOX. \ AID THE VISION. \ SIMPLICITY REQUIRES COMPLEXITY. \ RESENT THE JOKE. \ GLIMPSE THE CHASM."]]
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* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: Fought in the heart of the Nexus much like the Subjugated Minds, with all the SceneryPorn of the AcidTripDimension further elevated by the platforming required to reach them. [[spoiler: When resurrected, everything in the Nexus instead turns a GloomyGrey from the Taken's influence]].
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* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: Fought in the heart of the Nexus much like the Subjugated Minds, with all the SceneryPorn of the AcidTripDimension further elevated by the platforming required to reach them. [[spoiler: When resurrected, everything in the Nexus instead turns a GloomyGrey GloomyGray from the Taken's influence]].
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* GloomyGrey: Their arena and cognitive space turns to this [[spoiler:after Quria restores them from their initial deletions]].
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* EvilIsPetty: Showed up demanding that the Neomunans make it their ruler, then murdered all their children out of spite when they said no.
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* TimeMaster: The Vex manipulate events and probabilities within time to create the effects they desire. They don't appear to control time in and of itself, but their gate network links to a reality where time moves differently compared with the normal world, which allows them to move between different timelines as they please. Their lack of absolute temporal manipulation is a weakness that the Guardians exploit; for all their power the Vex still expend vast resources and have to take some periods of linear time to achieve their goals, giving the Guardians an opportunity too eliminate Axis Minds and disrupt their operations before they can alter events.
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* TimeMaster: The Vex manipulate events and probabilities within time to create the effects they desire. They don't appear to control time in and of itself, but their gate network links to a reality where time moves differently compared with the normal world, which allows them to move between different timelines as they please. Their lack of absolute temporal manipulation is a weakness that the Guardians exploit; for all their power the Vex still expend vast resources and have to take some periods of linear time to achieve their goals, giving the Guardians an opportunity too to eliminate Axis Minds and disrupt their operations before they can alter events.
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* OutsideContextProblem: [[spoiler:Given TheReveal of the true origins of the Witness and the Black Fleet in ''Season of the Deep'', which confirm that [[UnreliableNarrator the contents of Unveiling (which include the origin of the Vex) are a bunch of lies]], the Vex are the only race in ''Destiny'' with no defined origin in the context of the Saga of Light and Dark - what they are and what they want are known, but not where they come from]].
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* TheReveal: The lore book ''Inspiral'' from ''Root of Nightmares'' raid which follows ''Lightfall'''s campaign, as well as details about the Veil from post-campaign heavily imply [[spoiler:the Vex as a race was a creation of the Witness. The post-campaign reveals the Black Heart which the Sol Divisive Vex worshipped was in reality a failed attempt to imitate the Veil, and the Veil itself was in the Witness's possession for a long, ''long'' time before Nezarec lost it to Savathun during the Collapse; meaning, the only way the Vex could have acquired data about the Veil to attempt imitating it is if the Witness shared data to them at one point, and that means the Vex had contact with the Witness outside of their awareness (as the Vex doesn't have any records of encountering the Darkness prior to the events detailed in the Books of Sorrow)... which is logically only possible if the Witness gave it to them prior to their creation. One excerpt in ''Inspiral'' stops short of outright confirming that the Witness planted "a seed" which would then become the Vex]].
--> [[spoiler:anomaly Zero = infinite|witness; archive data retrieved. Zero = infinite|witness == (a seed was planted here.) Recorded referent: "Black|Heart"]]
** Revelations from ''Season of the Deep'' reinforce this. [[spoiler:The true origins of the Witness and the Black Fleet confirm that [[UnreliableNarrator the contents of Unveiling (which include the origin of the Vex) are a bunch of lies or at most allegories]], while simultaneously confirming the people who would become the Witness were also the first race who laid claim to the Veil. In other words, there is no possibility for the Vex to have had data about the Veil before the Witness]].
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** Revelations from ''Season of the Deep'' reinforce this. [[spoiler:The true origins of the Witness and the Black Fleet confirm that [[UnreliableNarrator the contents of Unveiling (which include the origin of the Vex) are a bunch of lies or at most allegories]], while simultaneously confirming the people who would become the Witness were also the first race who laid claim to the Veil. In other words, there is no possibility for the Vex to have had data about the Veil before the Witness]].
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* CameBackStrong: Brakion TookALevelInBadass ''several times over'' when it was resurrected to hunt down Asher Mir - when faced in //node.ovrd.AVALON//, it has a new cycle shield mechanic, increased backup, and resistance to supers.
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* {{Foil}}: To the Hive - while both are TimeAbyss races who serve the Darkness, their natures veer toward opposite extremes on the ScienceFantasy scale. The Vex are planktonic entities who use robotic shells to interact with the world, rely on highly advanced technology, and are for all intents a purpose a singular mind spread across many bodies. The Hive, meanwhile, are [[TheUndead undead-esque]] alien WizardsFromOuterSpace who use a mix of BlackMagic and OrganicTechnology to enhance themselves, and are split into multiple courts and broods, with each individual being capable of free thinking. Hive heavily favor melee combat while the Vex fight from a distance. Finally, while the entirety of the Hive worship the Darkness and regard Savathun as a traitor for betraying it, only the Sol Divisive Vex Collective worship the Darkness and are regarded as TheHeretic by the rest of their kin for doing so.
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* TheHeavy: The Darkness may be the GreaterScopeVillain, but these guys are the primary villains of the release-day [=PvE=] content -- the main storyline is built towards shutting down the source of their power, the [[EldritchLocation Black Garden]]'s Heart, and the end-game raid that provides the toughest, highest-level challenge in the game, the Vault of Glass, is a dive into their 'underworld', the heart of their stronghold on Venus.
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* TheHeavy: The Darkness may be the GreaterScopeVillain, but these guys are the primary villains of the release-day [=PvE=] content -- the main storyline is built towards shutting down the source of their power, the [[EldritchLocation Black Garden]]'s Heart, and the end-game raid that provides the toughest, highest-level challenge in the game, the Vault of Glass, is a dive into their 'underworld', the heart of their stronghold on Venus. They gradually lose this as the story progresses, though, with said role being supplanted by the Hive and Tkane until ''Season of Arrivals'', where [[UnseenNoMore the Darkness finally makes a direct move on the Solar System]].
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Giant Space Flea From Nowhere is for singular bosses, the Vex have always been important and involved. It's either this or Diabolus Ex Nihilo, and they've been too involved for me to think it's that other trope.
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* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: [[spoiler:Given TheReveal of the true origins of the Witness and the Black Fleet in ''Season of the Deep'', which confirm that [[UnreliableNarrator the contents of Unveiling (which include the origin of the Vex) are a bunch of lies]], the Vex are the only race in ''Destiny'' with no defined origin in the context of the Saga of Light and Dark - what they are and what they want are known, but not where they come from]].
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* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Following Asher's death, Brakion is now trapped in an eternal loop of being deleted and backed up again within AVALON, as its only defined objective was to locate him at all costs]].
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* IronicHell: [[spoiler:It is implied AVALON was engineered by Asher to serve as one for Brakion [[ThanatosGambit after his death]], as the constant deathloop it faces resembles that of the defective Goblins encountered throughout the area, Specimens [[FunWithAcronyms Mu, Iota, and Gamma]]. The irony comes in the fact that Brakion is doing exactly what it was programmed to do, yet now fares no better than literal rejects and deviants]].
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* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Buys the Vex enough time to finally kill Asher for good, though not before he sends all of their research on the Black Fleet and the Veil to Earth]].
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* BarrierWarrior: Puts up a forcefield it can shoot through as its health lowers. To disable it, Guardians must capture two sync plates near the corner of the map where Brakion is hiding. In [=//NODE.OVRD.AVALON//=], it also guards the Vexcalibur exotic glaive, a master key for the Vex's security and which is also focused around generating Void overshields.
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* BarrierWarrior: Puts up a forcefield it can shoot through as its health lowers. To disable it, Guardians must capture two sync plates near the corner of the map where Brakion is hiding. In [=//NODE.OVRD.AVALON//=], //node.ovrd.AVALON//, it also guards the Vexcalibur exotic glaive, a master key for the Vex's security and which is also focused around generating Void overshields.overshields.
* BrickJoke: In the Pyramidion Strike, Asher goes on about a radiolarian lake that doesn't seem to exist in the present day. Five years later, //node.ovrd.AVALON// places Brakion's new arena at the center of said lake. In fact, that region of the Nexus has ''dozens'' in a perfect array.
* BrickJoke: In the Pyramidion Strike, Asher goes on about a radiolarian lake that doesn't seem to exist in the present day. Five years later, //node.ovrd.AVALON// places Brakion's new arena at the center of said lake. In fact, that region of the Nexus has ''dozens'' in a perfect array.
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* DamageSpongeBoss: Takes far more punishment as the Stalker Variant Mind in [=//NODE.OVRD.AVALON//=].
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* ResistantToMagic: Its rebuilt form takes half damage from all abilities, to the point where a Well of Radiance ''weakens'' weapon damage instead of improving it.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: The Vex are the only faction from base ''Destiny'' to have absolutely zero sympathetic members - the Fallen and Cabal both have honorable members and eventually make {{Heel Race Turn}}s in ''Destiny 2'', the Hive have sympathetic reasons for being as monsterous as they are, and even the Taken and the Scorn have the excuse of being corrupted by the Darkness in irrecoverable ways. The Vex, by contrast, have no sympathetic members, motives, or history, and just want to assimilate everything. {{Justified}} in that the Vex are a single mind with multiple different personalities spread across their millions of bodies - they are effectively one person, so they have no room for variation.
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* AchillesHeel: Even aside from their overall weakness to paracausality, the Taken appear to especially pose a threat to the Vex - every time they have come into conflict, it's never gone well for the Vex, always requiring Guardians come in and deal with the Taken, lest they infect the entire Network. The Vex themselves seem to begrudgingly realize this, and multiple times they've deliberately opened their network to the Guardians entirely to get the Taken off their back.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Asher Mir considers it his, because it was the Mind that converted him and killed his fireteam.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Asher Mir considers it his, because it was the Mind that converted him and killed his fireteam.
fireteam. After Asher's survival of the events of ''Season of Arrivals'' is confirmed, it is rebuilt specifically to hunt him down.
* BackFromTheDead: Returns in ''Season of Defiance'' pursuing Asher's manipulations of the Vex network following the confirmation of his survival in ''Lightfall''.
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* BackFromTheDead: Returns in ''Season of Defiance'' pursuing Asher's manipulations of the Vex network following the confirmation of his survival in ''Lightfall''.
* BarrierWarrior: Puts up a forcefield it can shoot through as its health lowers. To disable it, Guardians must capture two sync plates near the corner of the map where Brakion is hiding. In [=//NODE.OVRD.AVALON//=], it also guards the Vexcalibur exotic glaive, a master key for the Vex's security and which is also focused around generating Void overshields.
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* BlackBox: ''Lightfall'' implies them not being able to understand paracausality is a two-way street, with the Darkness itself unable to fully comprehend their nature. [[spoiler:Nezarec can even be overheard genuinely pondering [[DoAndroidsDream how the hell they actually work in the context of their interactions with the Darkness]] on Neomuna]].
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Only the Sol Divisive is The Dragon to the Witness, and they're a Renegade Splinter Faction so far removed from the other Vex.
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* TheDragon: The Vex are one of two species that openly serve and worship the Darkness, though unlike the Hive, [[DragonWithAnAgenda the Vex seem to be trying to find a way to avoid being dominated and consumed by the Darkness]]. Instead, they simply seek to use the Darkness' power to further their own ends.
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* TheDragon: The DoAndroidsDream: Nobody's really sure if they have any semblance of individuality on their own. Even the Darkness and its agents don't seem to have a clear answer, despite their corruption clearly enabling certain Vex are one of two species that openly serve and worship to deviate from the Darkness, though unlike the Hive, [[DragonWithAnAgenda others. [[spoiler:This comes to a head in ''Lightfall'', where Nezarec has to ask himself this question even as the Vex seem network is quite literally falling apart in front of him due to the Taken getting inside. It should be trying to find noted that Taking normally requires a way to avoid being dominated living host and consumed by the Darkness]]. Instead, they simply seek YourHeartsDesire to use the Darkness' power to further their own ends.work]].
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!!Aesop, the Sovereign
A Vex Axis mind from Neomuni folklore, notable for being the only known Vex mind with individuality and ambition. It attempted to court the populace's favor and become their leader in exchange for getting the other Vex to stand down.
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* AmbiguousSituation: As it is only spoken of in a folktale, it's left ambiguous if Aesop actually exists. However, considering something is ''seriously'' wrong with the Neptunian sector of the Nexus, there's a non-zero chance it or something else like it is running around inside.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Has its own motivations separate from the other Vex, and comes off as a pompous, baby-munching asshole for it.
* EatsBabies: Upon being turned down by the Neomuni long enough, it went into the [=CloudArk=] and deleted the brain scans of every single child inside, erasing them from existence.
* ItCanThink: Has heightened intelligence compared to other Vex, being able to think and scheme as an individual while also talking in plain English.
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* LanguageEqualsThought: They don't have true semiotics or symbolic terms in intra-radiolaria communication, every concept is simply directly transferred or simulated. This indicates their incredible practicality, prizing of accurate data, and complete lack of creativity or imagination.
