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[[File:Sky Temple.jpg|350px|right|thumb|The Sky Temple, a result of the conflict between races.]] | |||
The '''Ing-Luminoth War'''{{name}} is a fanon name that refers to the conflict between the [[Luminoth]] and [[Ing]] races of Planet [[Aether]], occurring prior to and during the events of ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]''. | |||
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The '''Ing-Luminoth War'''{{name}} is a conflict between the [[Luminoth]] and [[Ing]] races of Planet [[Aether]], occurring prior to and during the events of ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]''. | |||
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==Events Leading to War== | ==Events Leading to War== | ||
During the [[Luminoth Golden Age|Golden Age]] of Luminoth discovery, technology, and culture, a [[Leviathan|stellar object]] approached the race's home planet of Aether.<ref>{{cite|By the time we detected the stellar object as it streaked toward our world, it was too late to stop it.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The Stellar Object|The Stellar Object]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> Though the Luminoth attempted to use their weaponry to alter its trajectory, these ultimately proved ineffectual and weakened Aether's planetary reserves.<ref>{{cite|We fired numerous weapons at it in a vain attempt to alter its trajectory. Nothing worked. Our efforts placed a great strain on the Energy Controllers, and weakened Aether.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The Stellar Object|The Stellar Object]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The residents stored food and water and took shelter from the blast,<ref>{{cite|All we could do as the object drew closer was take shelter and wait. We gathered stores of food and water, reinforced the shielding on our dwellings, and spent the last hours in peace.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The Stellar Object|The Stellar Object]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> but most of the planet was completely ravaged by the impact, hailing the beginning of a Dark Age on Aether. The planet held, despite expectations, but the land was transformed and half of Aether's planetary energy was gone: the [[Agon Wastes|Agon Plains]] were completely scorched and became a desert, and the [[Torvus Bog|Torvus Forest]] was engulfed by floods and turned to marshlands.<ref>{{cite|The starborne terror burnt through the heavens and struck Aether with and untold might. We all expected the world to shatter...but Aether held. There was great devastation, however. The green plains of Agon were scorched forever, and the forest of Torvus was engulfed and wracked by the sea. The skies burned for days, casting darkness over the land.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Cataclysm|Cataclysm]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref><ref>{{cite|In time, the roar of a wounded planet subsided. The air, though fouled, was breathable. Light made its way through the dark veil over our world. Slowly, we ventured out from the shelters of our homer to see what remained of our paradise. What little comfort we gained by surviving was soon shattered. Half of the planet's energy had vanished from the Energy Controllers. Aether became violently unstable as a result. Of the stellar object which stuck our home, there was no sign.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Age of Anxiety|Age of Anxiety]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> What the Luminoth hadn't forseen was that the collision into Aether had flung the planet and many objects upon it into a state of [[Transdimensional Flux]], meaning that half of that object's total atomic structure was transported to an alternate dimension of the same formations as Aether's current form.<ref name="warped">{{cite|Amidst this turmoil, we discovered many anomalies. Spacial disturbances appeared across the land. Object went into a state of dimensional flux, their atoms divided between Aether and...somewhere else. There was little time to ponder these strange happenings, for we had to deal with the devastation of our lands.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The World Warped|The World Warped]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> | During the [[Luminoth Golden Age|Golden Age]] of Luminoth discovery, technology, and culture, a [[Leviathan|stellar object]] approached the race's home planet of Aether.<ref>{{cite|By the time we detected the stellar object as it streaked toward our world, it was too late to stop it.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The Stellar Object|The Stellar Object]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> Though the Luminoth attempted to use their weaponry to alter its trajectory, these ultimately proved ineffectual and weakened Aether's planetary reserves.<ref>{{cite|We fired numerous weapons at it in a vain attempt to alter its trajectory. Nothing worked. Our efforts placed a great strain on the Energy Controllers, and weakened Aether.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The Stellar Object|The Stellar Object]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The residents stored food and water and took shelter from the blast,<ref>{{cite|All we could do as the object drew closer was take shelter and wait. We gathered stores of food and water, reinforced the shielding on our dwellings, and spent the last hours in peace.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The Stellar Object|The Stellar Object]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> but most of the planet was completely ravaged by the impact, hailing the beginning of a Dark Age on Aether. The planet held, despite expectations, but the land was transformed and half of Aether's planetary energy was gone: the [[Agon Wastes|Agon Plains]] were completely scorched and became a desert, and the [[Torvus Bog|Torvus Forest]] was engulfed by floods and turned to marshlands.<ref>{{cite|The starborne terror burnt through the heavens and struck Aether with and untold might. We all expected the world to shatter...but Aether held. There was great devastation, however. The green plains of Agon were scorched forever, and the forest of Torvus was engulfed and wracked by the sea. The skies burned for days, casting darkness over the land.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Cataclysm|Cataclysm]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref><ref>{{cite|In time, the roar of a wounded planet subsided. The air, though fouled, was breathable. Light made its way through the dark veil over our world. Slowly, we ventured out from the shelters of our homer to see what remained of our paradise. What little comfort we gained by surviving was soon shattered. Half of the planet's energy had vanished from the Energy Controllers. Aether became violently unstable as a result. Of the stellar object which stuck our home, there was no sign.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Age of Anxiety|Age of Anxiety]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> What the Luminoth hadn't forseen was that the collision into Aether had flung the planet and many objects upon it into a state of [[Transdimensional Flux]], meaning that half of that object's total atomic structure was transported to an alternate dimension of the same formations as Aether's current form.<ref name="warped">{{cite|Amidst this turmoil, we discovered many anomalies. Spacial disturbances appeared across the land. Object went into a state of dimensional flux, their atoms divided between Aether and...somewhere else. There was little time to ponder these strange happenings, for we had to deal with the devastation of our lands.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#The World Warped|The World Warped]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> | ||
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When none of the Keybearers returned, the rest of the Luminoth went to Dark Aether in search of them, but in vain.<ref>{{cite|None of the warriors sent to the Sky Temple returned. Our forces searched Dark Aether for them, in vain.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Shattered Hope|Shattered Hope]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The Energy Transfer Module that had been assigned to them had been captured by the Ing, and so the Luminoth set out to prepare another mission and build a second module.<ref>{{cite|Of the Energy Transfer Module, there was no sign. Though saddened, we set out to prepare another mission, to build another module, to try once more to save our dying world.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Shattered Hope|Shattered Hope]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> | When none of the Keybearers returned, the rest of the Luminoth went to Dark Aether in search of them, but in vain.<ref>{{cite|None of the warriors sent to the Sky Temple returned. Our forces searched Dark Aether for them, in vain.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Shattered Hope|Shattered Hope]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The Energy Transfer Module that had been assigned to them had been captured by the Ing, and so the Luminoth set out to prepare another mission and build a second module.<ref>{{cite|Of the Energy Transfer Module, there was no sign. Though saddened, we set out to prepare another mission, to build another module, to try once more to save our dying world.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Shattered Hope|Shattered Hope]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> | ||
Shortly afterward the Horde launched a massive attack and crippled the land of Agon, slaughtering many of the warriors there.<ref>{{cite|A massive Ing attack came to the land of Agon. Soon, the Temple of Agon was surrounded by the Horde, with no hope of salvation. Our gallant warriors there were slain, and Agon fell to the enemy.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Agon Falls|Agon Falls]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> All the defenders of the [[Agon Temple]] but the child acolyte squire [[D-Chr]] were slain, leaving the boy as the sole defender of the Temple | Shortly afterward the Horde launched a massive attack and crippled the land of Agon, slaughtering many of the warriors there.<ref>{{cite|A massive Ing attack came to the land of Agon. Soon, the Temple of Agon was surrounded by the Horde, with no hope of salvation. Our gallant warriors there were slain, and Agon fell to the enemy.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Agon Falls|Agon Falls]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> All the defenders of the [[Agon Temple]] but the child acolyte squire [[D-Chr]] were slain, leaving the boy as the sole defender of the Temple until Agon fell to the enemy.<ref>{{cite|This is a statue of D-Chr, the Child Hero of Agon. Once a lowly acolyte squire, he became a warrior when the temple was attacked. All warriors but D-Chr were slain, leaving the boy as sole defender of the temple. He served for nearly a centicycle before being lost in battle on Dark Aether.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The energy in the temple had been drained: the Energy Transfer Module was being used by the Ing to seize the Light of Aether from the Energy Controllers on Aether.<ref>{{cite|Our blood chilled when we learned that the energy within that temple was drained. The Ing had found the Energy Transfer Module, and were using it as a weapon against us.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Agon Falls|Agon Falls]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> | ||
The forces of the Ing then moved on to Torvus, encountering heavy Luminoth resistance there.<ref name="torvus">{{cite|The Ing turned their focus on the Torvus Bog next, sending a vast force to lay siege to the temple there.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Torvus Falls|Torvus Falls]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> Thousands of Ing were slain, including at least one Ing Horde war chief by the Torvus hero [[B-Stz | The forces of the Ing then moved on to Torvus, encountering heavy Luminoth resistance there.<ref name="torvus">{{cite|The Ing turned their focus on the Torvus Bog next, sending a vast force to lay siege to the temple there.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Torvus Falls|Torvus Falls]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> Thousands of Ing were slain, including at least one Ing Horde war chief by the Torvus hero [[B-Stz]], and numerous battles were fought.<ref>{{cite|This is a statue of B-Stz, a great hero of Torvus. B-Stz led the charge in the Fourth battle of Torvus, single-handedly killing the Ing Horde war chief in battle. He died of old age in the temple he helped defend.|Scan Data|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> When the Ing's superior numbers eventually led to the fall of Torvus, the energy was to taken to Dark Aether.<ref>{{cite|Thousands upon thousands of Ing were destroyed by our warriors, yet they kept coming until there was no Luminoth alive to offer resistance in Torvus. On that day, the energy of Torvus was taken to Dark Aether, and our hopes for survival grew dim.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "[[Luminoth Lore#Torvus Falls|Torvus Falls]]"|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> | ||
===Phase Three: Desolation=== | ===Phase Three: Desolation=== | ||
[[File:U-Mos | [[File:U-Mos and Energy Controller.jpg|250px|right|thumb|U-Mos protecting the final Energy Controller.]] | ||
The remaining Luminoth forces had gathered at [[Sanctuary Fortress]], preparing for the inevitable siege that would strike the area. | The remaining Luminoth forces had gathered at [[Sanctuary Fortress]], preparing for the inevitable siege that would strike the area.<ref name="sanctuary">{{cite|Our battered forces gathered in the Sanctuary Fortress to prepare for the inevitable siege there. They didn't wait long. Wave after wave of Ing assaulted the greatest of our fortresses, with one goal in mind: to seize the energy there. The Ing turned the machines of Sanctuary against our warriors, and soon all was lost. The energy of Sanctuary was taken by the Ing. Only one Energy Controller remained on Aether.|[[Luminoth Lore]]-[[Luminoth Lore#Sanctuary Falls|Sanctuary Falls]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> waves of Ing bombarded the Fortress, possessing even the Luminoth mechanoids that had been built there.<ref name="sanctuary"/> Before long, they had drained the energy from the Fortress' Controller.<ref name="sanctuary"/> Only one Controller had remained intact on Aether.<ref name="sanctuary"/> With all hope of survival lost for the Luminoth, their only choice was to seclude from the destruction of their home in a life-preserving stasis that begged the question-would the Ing eventually decimate, or will the Luminoth remain in sleep forever?<ref name="twilight">{{cite|What few remained gathered in the Great Temple. There, all but U-Mos, the last Sentinel of Aether, entered into life-preserving stasis. There they remain, to be released once the Ing were destroyed...or to sleep forever. His people safe, U-Mos prepared for the last, terrible assault. In the silence of the Great Temple, he prayed for salvation, for deliverance from the terror of the Ing.|[[Luminoth Lore]]-[[Luminoth Lore#Twilight|Twilight]]|Metroid Prime 2: Echoes}}</ref> The last remaining sentinel of the Luminoth, [[U-Mos]], stayed behind to guard the final Energy Controller in solitude.<ref name="twilight"/> This marks the end of the Luminoth's resistance against the Ing. | ||
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==Revival of the Luminoth== | ==Revival of the Luminoth== | ||
[[File:Samus Entering Great Temple.png|220px|left|thumb|Samus Aran enters the Great Temple.]] | [[File:Samus Entering Great Temple.png|220px|left|thumb|Samus Aran enters the Great Temple.]] | ||
Samus Aran's arrival on Aether began the beginning of a new age for the Luminoth. As she flew her [[Samus Aran's Gunship|Gunship]] through the planet's harsh climate, it was struck by a bolt of lightning that was caused by the dimensional flux of the planet. She crash-landed in the [[Temple Grounds]], the base area of the Great Temple and the landing site of the ''G.F.S. Tyr''. She began her search for the frigate, and soon found what remained of the crew. Exeter had a recording of the Ing attack from cameras in the ship, or most likely a helmet camera feed. After watching the feed, Samus herself was attacked by Darklings that had transported to the scene of the massacre. She dispatched them, and proceeded to enter the Great Temple herself. There she was attacked by a [[Alpha Splinter|Dark Alpha Splinter]] in the main hub. The creature seemed to have held one of the Energy Transfer Modules that the Luminoth had created. Although not even her [[Scan Visor]] could identify the object, she was now immune to Ing possession, just as its original purpose had been. She took the elevator to the Energy Controller, where she met U-Mos. The last Sentinel informed Samus of all that had happened over the past years, and how he had been waiting for anything, anyone that could save their civilization from extinction. Samus proudly accepted the feat, and proceeded to journey into each region of Aether and its dark counterpart, taking the stolen energy from Dark Aether and restoring it into the corresponding Energy Controller. She also recovered the weapon and visor systems of the fallen Keybearers, taken by the Ing. | |||
Samus Aran's arrival on Aether began the beginning of a new age for the Luminoth. | |||
Samus accepted the | |||
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[[File:Emperor Ing 1.jpg|250px|left|thumb|Samus faces off against the Emperor Ing.]] | |||
[[File:Emperor Ing 1.jpg|250px| | [[File:Luminoth 02.png|250px|right|thumb|The Luminoth bid Samus farewell.]] | ||
In order to gain access to the final Dark Energy Controller and defeat the Emperor Ing, Samus collects all ten [[Sky Temple Key]]s hidden across Dark Aether. She | In order to gain access to the final Dark Energy Controller and defeat the Emperor Ing, Samus collects all ten [[Sky Temple Key]]s hidden across Dark Aether. She found A-Kul's clues in the [[Sky Temple Gateway|gateway]] where her fallen body lay and collected the keys herself, all hidden in [[Ingworm Cache]]s that can only be seen using [[Dark Visor]] technology. During her journey as well, she met the final hologram recordings of fallen heroes of Aether that gave their lives to protect the Energy Controllers. Once all of the keys were collected, she gained access to the Sky Temple and faced off against the Emperor Ing. After a long battle, the leader was finally defeated, and the energy was restored to Aether. With no energy to keep it together, Dark Aether began to collapse, the entire dimension being destroyed. Samus, fleeing the area, encountered Dark Samus for the final time, and in a limited time as well. She managed to escape the destruction of the world and return back to the Great Temple, where the awakening Luminoth greeted her. They bowed in honor of her courage, and she left without a word. If Samus had not destroyed the Ing threat, they would most definitely ravage other planets across the galaxy. Peace had, finally, returned to Aether. | ||
After a long battle, the leader was finally defeated, and the energy was restored to Aether. With no energy to | |||
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==Notable Figures== | ==Notable Figures== | ||
===U-Mos=== | ===U-Mos=== | ||
[[File:U-Mos. | [[File:U-Mos.jpg|180px|right|thumb|U-Mos]] | ||
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'''U-Mos''' is the last surviving sentinel of the Luminoth. He was the only survivor that did not join stasis, as to guard the Great Temple's Energy Controller. He met Samus Aran and informed her on her mission to save their world, and gave her advice on where to go, as well as the [[Light Suit]], the ultimate armor against the Dark World. | '''U-Mos''' is the last surviving sentinel of the Luminoth. He was the only survivor that did not join stasis, as to guard the Great Temple's Energy Controller. He met Samus Aran and informed her on her mission to save their world, and gave her advice on where to go, as well as the [[Light Suit]], the ultimate armor against the Dark World. | ||
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===Temple | ===I-Sha=== | ||
{{ | [[File:I-Sha.jpg|180px|right|thumb|I-Sha]] | ||
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'''I-Sha''' was the last sentinel of the Agon Temple who informed Samus on the dangers of Dark Aether in his final hologram. | |||
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===A-Voq=== | |||
[[File:A-Voq.jpg|180px|right|thumb|A-Voq]] | |||
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'''A-Voq''' was the last sentinel of the Torvus Temple who warned Samus of the toxic waters of Dark Aether and how the Torvus Forest became flooded. | |||
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===O-Lir=== | |||
[[File:O-Lir.jpg|180px|right|thumb|O-Lir]] | |||
'''O-Lir''' was the last sentinel of the Sanctuary Temple who told Samus of his regret for creating the Fortress' mechanoids, as they were possessed and used against their own kind. | |||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Luminoth]] | |||
*[[Ing]] | |||
*[[Aether]] | *[[Aether]] | ||
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[[Category:Events]] | [[Category:Events]] | ||
[[Category:Wars]] | [[Category:Wars]] |