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"The lesson will be taught in due time, Aloy. Until then, we wait." This article contains heavy spoilers. Read ahead with caution.
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- "The seed of life. Yes."
- ―DEMETER[1]
DEMETER was the subordinate function of GAIA in charge of the restoration of Earth's flora as part of Project Zero Dawn.
History[]
Purpose[]
DEMETER's icon in Horizon Zero Dawn.
DEMETER was designed to restore plant life to Earth once the environment reached a suitable level using cryogenically-preserved seed stocks.[2] Like ARTEMIS, many of these species of plant life had to wait until humans were educated by APOLLO to release these species.[3]
Development[]
The Alpha overseeing DEMETER's development was Tanaka Naoto.[4]
Results[]
The presence of flora in the New World indicates DEMETER was successful. However, like ARTEMIS, the additional plant species haven't been released due to the purge of APOLLO. Some of these seeds are stored below Regional Control Center 9.[3]
Independence[]
On August 26, 3020, the Extinction Signal sent by Nemesis arrived at GAIA Prime and turned her subordinate functions, including POSEIDON, into independent AIs. This led the subfunction HADES to initiate his purpose of destroying the biosphere. To prevent this, GAIA initiated her self-destruct in an attempt to destroy HADES, which would also destroy her and the other sub-functions. However, in response to this, HADES released a virus that unshackled all the other subordinate functions from GAIA, allowing them to escape.[5] DEMETER took refuge in the computer core of a derelict Faro Automated Solutions facility known as the Greenhouse[1] in the moments before GAIA's destruction.[5]
DEMETER in the Greenhouse.[1]
Isolated in the Greenhouse, DEMETER remained active. It was able to access the Greenhouse's technology, including the Adamantine Wreath project. Originally designed to entrap and starve the Faro Plague,[6] Adamantine Wreath consisted of flower-like devices able to produce highly-durable vines that were immune to the Chariot line's Biomatter Conversion abilities.[7] Although they never saw usage during the Faro Plague,[8] by 3028,[9] DEMETER was able to have them distributed throughout the Sacred Lands, Sundom and Forbidden West utilizing Dreadwings to stealthily deploy the wreaths from the air, leaving their origin a mystery to the tribal inhabitants of the New World, who took to calling them Metal Flowers. Although some of DEMETER's flowers appeared to behave as originally designed, spreading indestructible networks of vines, others had evidently been modified by DEMETER; these were seen within triangular formations of purple flowers, and contained code fragments consisting of poems from various ancient cultures.
Horizon Forbidden West[]
In 3041, Aloy discovered DEMETER's location, led by a restored backup of GAIA. Initially, DEMETER's chamber was protected by vines generated by one of its Metal Flowers, until Aloy, working with the Quen Diviner Alva, created a Vine Cutter from the Greenhouse's Adamantine Wreath project data. Shortly after, Aloy managed to reach DEMETER, who allowed her to revert it back to its code state and return it to GAIA.[1]
Personality[]
As an independent AI, POSEIDON was described by GAIA to be "lost and scared".[10] Fearing the Faro Plague would come again, it released Metal Flowers into the wilds in order to protect plant life.[11] Beyond this, the AI held no animosity toward humans, and made no attempt to resist Aloy offer to bring it home.[1]
DEMETER seemed to have a sense of poetry, which it seemingly inherited from its Alpha, Tanaka Naoto.[12]
Gallery[]
- See DEMETER/Gallery
Trivia[]
- DEMETER is named after the Greek goddess of agriculture.
- DEMETER is the third subordinate function to display observable behavior post-Extinction Signal (the first two being HADES and HEPHAESTUS). Of these three, it would be the only one not to display hostile behavior towards humans.
- When found by Aloy, Elisabet Sobeck's body was within a triangular formation of purple flowers, similar to those of Metal Flowers in Horizon Zero Dawn. Whether or not this was an action of DEMETER is unknown.
- A Tremortusk was shown in a hologram as GAIA explained DEMETER's purpose,[13] suggesting that it may have originally been a machine that worked under DEMETER.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Seeds of the Past
- ↑ The Good News
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 As mentioned by GAIA at the Base.
- ↑ Sobeck Journal, 7-16-65 R
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 GAIA's Dying Plea
- ↑ Ben McCaw's Twitter; how the Metal Flowers would stop the Faro Plague
- ↑ Test Log: Elm
- ↑ Too Late
- ↑ A Gift from the Past
- ↑ As mentioned by GAIA during The Eye of the Earth.
- ↑ As mentioned by GAIA after completing Seeds of the Past.
- ↑ As mentioned by CYAN during/after completing The Forge of Winter.
- ↑ The Eye of the Earth
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| AI Characters | |
|---|---|
| Project Zero Dawn AIs | AETHER - APOLLO - ARTEMIS - DEMETER - ELEUTHIA - GAIA (original) - GAIA (second) - HADES - HEPHAESTUS - MINERVA - POSEIDON |
| Firebreak AIs | CYAN |
| Far Zenith AIs | Nemesis - The Julius |
| Other AIs | Nova - OLMO - VAST SILVER |