Editing Ascendant Challenge

'''Ascendant Challenges''' are weekly rotating time trials available within the Dreaming City. There are six different regions that are accessible via [[Ascendant Portal]]s scattered throughout the City and its [[Lost Sector]]s, which are only made visible by utilizing a [[Tincture of Queensfoil]]. <ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref> [[Toland, the Shattered]] will often appear to lead the Guardian through the challenge. [[Petra Venj]] offers a weekly bounty for its completion.
==Challenges==
===Cimerrian Garrison===
The entrance to the Garrison is found in the final area of the [[Chamber of Starlight]], on the ledge where a pair of [[Taken Hobgoblin]]s lurk. This challenge involves sprinting through a twisting maze of bridges and floating stones, all while being hounded by [[Taken Thrall]], [[Taken Hobgoblin]]s, [[Shrieker]]s, [[Taken Phalanx]]es, and [[Abyssal Champion]]s. At the end of the winding ruins resides [[Drachna, Favored by Incaru]], protected by more shriekers in a tight garden of large stones. Killing the [[Darkblade]] rewards Dreaming City gear. 
===Ouroborea===
Tucked in the ceiling of [[Aphelion's Rest]] just before the final encounter is the portal to Ouroborea, which deposits into a chamber filled with shielded crystals. The objective is to destroy the four [[Blight]]s hidden in the outskirts, which will dispel the shields, but also spawn hordes of [[Taken Thrall]]. Destroying all the crystals without succumbing to the thrall or roving [[Abyssal Champion]]s concludes the challenge. 
===Forfeit Shrine===
This challenge is encountered on a cliffside within the [[Gardens of Esila]], peeking out toward the central tree. [[Crow]] used to flick coins off this cliff to make wishes before he recognised the significance of the place. <ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Wayfinder's Compass]]''</ref> Here the Guardian is required to collect four orbs of Taken power and bank them in a central pool, which is guarded by [[Taken Phalanx]]es, all the while avoiding the large [[Blight]]s infesting the area. Three [[Abyssal Champion]]s will stalk the Guardian throughout as well. Killing them and collecting all the Taken power will complete the challenge. 
===Shattered Ruins===
This challenge is well hidden in the [[Spine of Keres]], all the way down by the shore. Thankfully, the influence of Queensfoil allows for a shortcut there. Jumping off the right side of the first bridge reveals a series of hidden platforms that lead down to the island just before the Ahamkara Lenses. Continue toward the rocky mists, and the portal is visible floating behind the [[Taken Vandal]]'s vantage point. This challenge involves scaling a colossal statue of a [[Techeun]], all the while being harassed by [[Taken Vandal]]s and [[Taken Hobgoblin]]s. At the top of the jumping puzzle awaits [[Val Eralus, the Obedient]], who must be defeated to escape.
===Keep of Honed Edges===
Deep in the [[Harbinger's Seclude]] rests the grand statue of [[Osana Sov]], overlooking the bay and infested with blight. Above her head rests the ascendant rift, which is accessible via a series of hidden platforms that spiral upwards, starting off the right side of the bridge approaching her. Entering the portal transports the Guardian outside a shattered ruin infested with [[Hive]]. [[Garok, Xol Prince|Three]] [[Dakoor, Yul Prince|former]] [[Merok, Eir Prince|Princes]] kneel in the center of the chamber around a relic [[Cleaver]]. They will be invincible until the other Hive [[Wizard]]s and [[Acolyte]]s are cleared out. [[Taken]] reinforcements will spawn instead and the knights will stand, vulnerable. The sword can be used to slay the resurrected [[Swarm Princes]]. Then, the Guardian must escape back through the destabilizing debris field to where they entered to receive their reward.

This region is revisited during the [[Coup de Grâce]] mission, where the [[Guardian]] and [[Crow]] finally defeat the [[High Celebrant of Xivu Arath]] and end the [[Wrathborn]] plague to the City.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Coup de Grâce]]''</ref>
===Agonarch Abyss===
Stashed in the [[Bay of Drowned Wishes]], beneath the stone arch and immediately before the shielded cave is the rift into the Agonarch Abyss. A fitting name, as this challenge involves dropping down a dark chasm to the rotunda at the bottom, where [[Taken Wizard]]s [[An Hamaat, the Warp]] and [[An Salaak, the Weft]] dwell. The latter will conjure [[Blight]]s as area denial, which will disappear on her death. Killing both Wizards completes the challenge. 

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Hunt]]''
**''[[Season of the Lost]]''
==References==
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