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[[file:Dark Portal 02.png|right|thumb|300px|Samus approaching a Portal in [[Agon Wastes]].]]

'''Portals''' are dimensional anomalies from ''[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]''. They are found on [[Aether]] and [[Dark Aether]]. Most of them were created when a [[Leviathan]] struck the surface of Aether, creating its dark twin. [[Samus Aran|Samus]] often uses them to travel from Aether to Dark Aether and vice versa while on her quest to save the [[Luminoth]], making them extremely important to her quest.

The Portals were created when a Leviathan struck the surface 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. 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. 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]] "The Stellar Object"|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref><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]] "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 home 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]] "Age of Anxiety"|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref><ref>{{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]] "The World Warped"|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref><ref name="The Ing Attack">{{Cite|The day came when space was torn asunder, revealing dimensional rifts to a dark place. Horrible dark swarms streaked forth from these rifts, engulfing nearby creatures and transforming them into what we could come to call darklings. The dark creatures became our enemies, and peace came to an end on Aether.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "The Ing Attack"|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref> The division of Aether and Dark Aether caused several rifts in the planet, allowing the [[Ing]] to travel through to Aether.<ref name="The Ing Attack"/> This led the Luminoth to create machines to artificially generate Portals to take them to Dark Aether.<ref>{{Cite|In time, we created machines to open rifts to our enemy's world. Volunteer scouts went through the rifts and found a twisted world, harsh and poisonous...a Dark Aether. They discovered that this world held the missing half of our planet's energy. They also saw the true face of the enemy, a race we came to call "Ing", meaning terror. Our scouts could not survive long on the surface of Dark Aether, so venomous was its air. Still, we vowed to return. We prepared for war.|[[Luminoth Lore]] "Dark Aether"|[[Meroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref> When Samus travels through Aether and Dark Aether, she uses these Portals to travel to Dark Aether and recover the stolen [[Light of Aether]]. After the defeat of the [[Emperor Ing]] and the demise of Dark Aether, the Portals close, never to open again.

There are two types of portals; white portals found in Dark Aether known as '''Light Portals''' and black portals found on Aether known as '''Dark Portals'''.  This can cause areas where matter can pass through the interdimensional void and travel from one to the other. These portals can lead both ways, or they may only travel in one direction. Regardless, in their natural state, the portals are too unstable for anything to safely pass through. They can be stabilized by dark or light energy, in the form of the [[Dark Beam]] and [[Light Beam]], respectively, depending on the type of portal. Dark portals require dark energy while light portals require light energy. Energizing them in this way temporarily allows matter, including Samus, to safely pass through.  

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | The Portal leads to a cutscene in which Samus encounters Dark Samus and has her abilities stolen by a group of Warrior Ing. Samus returns through the portal during the cutscene. Both Portals disappear afterwards and the area of Dark Aether the Portal leads to is not visited again in-game.

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | [[Temple Grounds]] - [[Temple Access Site]]

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | The Portal requires the [[Light Beam]] to access and the [[Dark Beam]] to energize.

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | The Portal is used to access the Abandoned Base before reaching Torvus Bog

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | A Puzzle must be solved to access. The Puzzle is designed as a fail-safe to ensure completion of the Agon Wastes before accessing Torvus Bog. The Portal may be accessed using a ghetto jump, saving time and health.

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | The Portal can be used to access a [[Beam Ammo Expansion]] and a [[Sky Temple Key]].

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | The Portal must first be uncovered by using a mining drill located in the room. The Portal's most only practical use is to reach another otherwise unreachable Portal in the [[Duelling Range]]. Samus will then be able to access the [[Darkburst]].

| style="{{border}} {{background}}" | [[Agon Wastes]] - [[Command Center]]

==Logbook==

|entry=Dark Portals allow living beings to travel to Dark Aether without being scattered throughout the interdimensional void. They are unstable, however, and only remain viable for limited periods of time. Some can be reactivated, while others vanish forever once they are used.<ref>{{cite|Dark Portals allow living beings to travel to Dark Aether without being scattered throughout the interdimensional void. They are unstable, however, and only remain viable for limited periods of time. Some can be reactivated, while others vanish forever once they are used.|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes Logbook]] "Dark Portal|[[Metroid Prime 2: Echoes]]}}</ref>

file:Dark Portal 03.png|An inactive Luminoth portal