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This one's a bit trickier than last time, step right up and try your luck! There will be a full explanation posted once it is solved.
On a side note, this is the last original riddle I will post for a good while. After this, I will take a page out of Cadence's book and make some Throwback Riddles: riddles I have posted before that have been brought back from the dead.
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Who/What am I?
You cannot shake the feeling that I am less a weapon than a doorway. I bind one to another, and when the binding is done, I remember. I foresee an end to all things, the final move in this great game. It always wins, and I am the mighty hammer by which it strikes down its foes. But I do not exist alone. My brothers stand with me, each holding power over their own mighty domains. I am the pinnacle. And I foresee your death. For if there is beauty in destruction, why not also in its delivery?
[b]Hint 1:[/b] While I may be the end, I am not the last of your struggles, for my brothers are soon to follow. One you have seen before, and the other you shall meet again. But for the present, walk with me, guardian. Walk through the weeping, silver trees, past its sleeping children.
[b]Hint 2:[/b] Come to us, guardian. You must, for you have already done it. And you will again. You must start with me, and work your way back through time. She has led you here, but now you will receive no help.
[b]Winner:[/b] hardsackboy
[b]Answer:[/b] The Eschaton Mind
[b]Explanation:[/b]
[spoiler][i]You cannot shake the feeling that I am less a weapon than a doorway. I bind one to another, and when the binding is done, I remember.[/i] The Eschaton Mind is not just an Axis Mind, but a vessel for the Black Heart. It binds the Heart to the Vex
[i]I foresee an end to all things, the final move in this great game. It always wins, and I am the mighty hammer by which it strikes down its foes.[/i] 'Eschaton' means both the final event of a divine plan and the apocalypse. The Eschaton Mind is controlled by the Black Heart (a part of the Darkness) and it wields a torch hammer.
[i]But I do not exist alone. My brothers stand with me, each holding power over their own mighty domains.[/i] The Eschaton Mind stands next to the Primeval Mind and the Imminent Mind, who hold power of the Precursors (past) and Descendants (future), respectively.
[i]I am the pinnacle. And I foresee your death. For if there is beauty in destruction, why not also in its delivery?[/i] The first two sentences relate again to the definition of 'eschaton.' The next sentence refers to the mind's sleek, almost gilded body and also serves to throw you off.
[i]While I may be the end, I am not the last of your struggles, for my brothers are soon to follow. One you have seen before, and the other you shall meet again.[/i] This refers to 'eschston' again. The two other minds hold control over past and future.
[i]But for the present, walk with me, guardian. Walk through the weeping, silver trees, past its sleeping children.[/i] The weeping, silver trees are present in the Legend: The Black Garden card, as well as referring to the Tree of Ruin from which the Ruin Wings are made from.
[i]Come to us, guardian. You must, for you have already done it. And you will again. You must start with me, and work your way back through time. She has led you here, but now you will receive no help.[/i] The Black Garden is the last Story Mission in vanilla Destiny, and in the Garden, time is a bit weird. The Eschaton Mind is fought first, followed by the Imminent and Primeval Minds. The Stranger has led you here, but you enter alone.[/spoiler]
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Thanks to ihunt for helping me out with the hints!
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The Tree of Ruin
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Atheon