All-Mother Mountain is an unmarked location in Horizon Zero Dawn. It is a sacred mountain located inside the Nora settlement Mother's Watch. The mountain embodies the Nora deity All-Mother.
Description[]
All-Mother Mountain in Horizon Zero Dawn.
Normally locked off to all Nora except the Matriarchs, the entrance to All-Mother Mountain is protected by a wood palisade encirclement. After entering the mountain, a wide ramp slopes downward, flanked by ceremonial candles. To the right is a small doorway that leads to hallway. This hallway branches into multiple small rooms.
At the end of the ramp and corridor is a sizable room, named the Great Chamber,[1] which contains what is worshiped as the physical embodiment of All-Mother herself; a large bunker door about 20 foot in diameter, built into the rock wall of the cave. A circular pedestal in front of the door serves as a platform upon which entrance to the ELEUTHIA-9 cradle facility is requested. A bright blue light shines onto the landing once the bunker door is opened. This chamber is used for monthly gatherings of the Matriarchs.[2]
It was from this door that, to the Nora, it seemed Aloy was birthed. After being birthed in an artificial womb, Aloy was placed by one of the facility's servitor robots (under the direction of the AI GAIA) on the entrance pedestal in front of the door, to be found by the tribespeople inhabiting the area.
A synthetic voice emanates from the bunker door when approached, as with most other Old Ones' bunker doors. This voice reinforces the Nora's belief that there is a spirit within the mountain that protects the tribe's people.
History[]
In the Old World[]
During the time of the Old Ones, All-Mother Mountain was known as Cheyenne Mountain.[3]
As the Faro Plague became known, ELEUTHIA-9 was constructed within Cheyenne Mountain. A Horus was left derelict on the mountain for centuries, having piercing into the outer area of ELEUTHIA-9 with its drilled tentacles.
In the New World[]
On March 16, 2326, ELEUTHIA-9 released the humans born within[4] as teens due to the food supply within being exhausted.[5] As the centuries passed, the bunker door that the ancestors were released from became part of an elaborate myth to the Nora tribe, with only Matriarchs being allowed to enter All-Mother Mountain.[6] All-Mother Mountain is the site of the tribe's ritual of the Proving, where eighteen year old Nora are required to collect a Proving Trophy from Grazers and place it on the altar at Devil's Claw.[7]
One day, the Matriarchs heard cries coming from the mountain. Upon investigating, they discovered a newborn baby girl lying before the bunker door. With no sign of the child's mother, the Matriarchs were left to form their own conclusions. High Matriarch Teersa believed the child to be a gift, born from All-Mother herself; High Matriarch Lansra deemed the child a curse, sired by the Metal Devil to bring ruin upon the Nora.[1] In actuality, the child was a clone of Alpha Prime Elisabet Sobeck, created from stored genetic inside ELEUTHIA-9: months prior, GAIA self-destructed after a mysterious signal turned its subordinate functions into independent entities, in order to prevent the subfunction HADES from seizing control and causing a second global extinction. Before its sacrifice, GAIA ordered ELEUTHIA-9 to gestate the clone, determining the child would have the strongest chance of rebuilding GAIA and restoring the terraforming system.[8] Lansra's fear prevailed over Teersa's optimism, and the Nora refused to raise the child as one of them. The Matriarchs agreed to entrust her to the honorable outcast Rost, who named her "Aloy" and raised as a daughter.[9]
Horizon Zero Dawn[]
Aloy being scanned by "All-Mother".[10]
Eighteen years later, Aloy nearly perished in the Proving Massacre at Devil's Claw on All-Mother Mountain.[7] Despite Lansra's protests, Teersa and her fellow High Matriarch Jezza had Aloy nursed back to health in the mountain in case she passed, and dying near one's mother is considered sacred.[1] Upon waking, Aloy was guided by Teersa to the place she was found and told the truth of her discovery. Aloy approached the door and was denied access due to corruption of its Alpha Registry[10] (a side-effect of the subordinate functions escaping GAIA's destruction[8]). Determined to learn more, Teersa and Jezza gave Aloy the rank of Seeker, allowing her to leave Nora Sacred Lands to seek answers and hopefully "heal" the corruption.[10]
Helis launched a devastating attack on the Sacred Lands with the intent of killing the entire Nora tribe, hoping Aloy would be among them.[11] As the Eclipse's forces broke through to the Embrace, Teersa ordered the tribe to evacuate to All-Mother Mountain. Lansra tried to argue, but was unable to as everyone rushed into the mountain.[12] Aloy's timely arrival boosted the morale of the survivors, who rushed to her aid to fight off the assault. With the assault stopped, Aloy restored the Alpha Registry and ventured into ELEUTHIA-9. There, Aloy finally learned the full truth of her birth, a revelation which nearly shattered her, as well as parts of the truth surrounding the origins of the known tribes.[13]
For the time being, due to the tribe teetering on extinction, Teersa has decided for the Nora to remain in All-Mother Mountain to remain close to the goddess. Aloy notes that if anything else, it's a defensible position.[14]
Gallery[]
Official Artwork[]
Screenshots[]
Horizon Zero Dawn[]
![Aloy within All-Mother Mountain.[10]](/wiki/File:The-Womb-Of-The-Mountain-1.PNG "The-Womb-Of-The-Mountain-1.PNG (1.4 MB)")
![Aloy and Teersa entering the Great Chamber.[10]](/wiki/File:The-Womb-Of-The-Mountain-4.PNG "The-Womb-Of-The-Mountain-4.PNG (1.95 MB)")
![Teersa and Aloy in front of the door to ELEUTHIA-9.[10]](/wiki/File:WombOfTheMountain.png "WombOfTheMountain.png (1.05 MB)")
Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered[]
![Aloy in one of the bedrooms in All-Mother Mountain.[7]](/wiki/File:The_Proving_(HZDR;_241).png "The Proving (HZDR; 241).png (1.61 MB)")
![Aloy in one of the bedrooms.[7]](/wiki/File:The_Proving_(HZDR;_243).png "The Proving (HZDR; 243).png (2.44 MB)")
![The door to the Great Chamber.[10]](/wiki/File:The_Womb_of_the_Mountain_(HZDR;_058).png "The Womb of the Mountain (HZDR; 058).png (1.03 MB)")
![The Great Chamber.[10]](/wiki/File:The_Womb_of_the_Mountain_(HZDR;_062).png "The Womb of the Mountain (HZDR; 062).png (1.68 MB)")
![The Great Chamber.[10]](/wiki/File:The_Womb_of_the_Mountain_(HZDR;_083).png "The Womb of the Mountain (HZDR; 083).png (1.77 MB)")
![The Great Chamber.[10]](/wiki/File:The_Womb_of_the_Mountain_(HZDR;_085).png "The Womb of the Mountain (HZDR; 085).png (1.57 MB)")
Trivia[]
- In-game, All-Mother Mountain can be seen from places as far as the Spearshafts and Meridian.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 As mentioned by Teersa during The Womb of the Mountain.
- ↑ Page 612 of Horizon Zero Dawn Collector's Edition Guide.
- ↑ Co-ordinates seen in The Womb of the Mountain.
- ↑ Operations Log
- ↑ E9B1 Incident Log C
- ↑ As mentioned by Aloy during The Womb of the Mountain.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The Proving
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 GAIA's Dying Plea
- ↑ Opening credits of Horizon Zero Dawn.
- ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 The Womb of the Mountain
- ↑ As mentioned by Helis during The Terror of the Sun.
- ↑ As mentioned by Varl during The Heart of the Nora.
- ↑ The Heart of the Nora
- ↑ Conversation with Teersa after completing The Heart of the Nora.
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| Nora Territory | ||
|---|---|---|
| Homeland | Sacred Lands | |
| Regions | The Embrace | |
| Settlements | Mother's Heart (capital) - Mother's Cradle - Mother's Crown - Mother's Rise - Mother's Watch | |
| Gates | Main Embrace Gate - Northern Embrace Gate - Southern Embrace Gate | |
| Camps and Homes | Brom's Camp - Grata's Camp - Jun's Lodge - Karst's House - Rost's Hovel | |
| Reclaimed Bandit Camps | Devil's Thirst Bandit Camp - Hollow Fort - Two-Teeth | |
| Other notable locations | All-Mother Mountain - Devil's Claw - Nora Hunting Grounds - Overlook Climb - Rost's Grave - Searcher's Course River - Spear's Reach | |
| Ruins in Nora territory | Bunker - Devil's Grief - Devil's Thirst - ELEUTHIA-9 - Ring of Metal - Ruins (Mother's Watch) | |
| Abandoned | Forsaken Village - Mother's Tears - Valleymeet | |