Editing Awoken

|war= [[Cabal]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Vex]] <br> [[Scorn]] <br> [[The Witness]]

|lifespan=Immortal in the [[Distributary]] <br>Long-lived<ref group="note">''"Many Awoken still alive in the present fought in the Reef Wars, which took place over 126 years ago, as the Wars were fought before the founding of the Crucible, and according to [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6|Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6]] the Crucible was active 126 years ago."''</ref>

|notable-group=[[Guardian]]s <br> [[Corsair]]s <br> [[Paladin]]s <br> [[Royal Awoken Guard|Queensguard]]<br> [[Techeun]] Coven

|notable-person=[[Mara Sov]] <br> [[Uldren Sov]] <br> [[Osana Sov]] <br> [[Petra Venj]] <br> [[Sjur Eido]] <br> Commander [[Zavala]] <br> [[Tyra Karn]] <br> [[Asher Mir]] <br> [[The Emissary]] <br> [[Alis Li]] <br> [[Nguya Pin]] <br> [[Devna Tel]] <br> [[Sedia]] <br> [[Kalli]] <br> [[Shuro Chi]] <br> Coven Mother [[Illyn]] <br> [[Austyn]] <br> [[Sjari]] <br> [[Ylaia]]

{{quote|The others sing this song of Light and Dark. We, together, have transcended such unimaginative limitations.|Grimoire card blurb<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref>}}

 

The '''Awoken''' are a humanoid race sharing common ancestry with Earth [[human]]s. They descend from the crew and passengers of the [[Yang Liwei]], a colony ship that disappeared in a spacetime anomaly during the [[Collapse]]. Time in the [[Distributary]], the homeworld of the Awoken, flows differently, and Awoken society has had thousands upon thousands of years to flourish and build. At some point in their history, a massive expedition fleet led by [[Mara Sov]] and her brother [[Uldren Sov]] left the anomaly and returned to the Solar system. Thousands of Awoken abandoned the expedition and found their way to the [[Last City]] to reunite with humanity and give rise to new Earthborn Awoken, while Mara Sov carved out a recluse kingdom in the [[Reef]] and reigned over Reefborn Awoken and subjugated [[Fallen]]. This Awoken kingdom was plunged into disarray by consecutive disasters of the [[House of Wolves|Wolf]] rebellion, the [[Taken War]], and the [[Scorn]] insurrection, eventually relying on the [[Vanguard]]'s help to survive.

{{Quote|The Awoken did not have a choice. We did.|[[Xur, Agent of the Nine]]<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine]]: [[Xûr, Agent of the Nine#Quotes|Quotes]]''</ref>}}

Reef-Born Awoken are standoffish<ref>[http://gamelynch.com/previews/destiny-preview/ Gamelynch: ''Destiny Preview'']</ref> and resemble baseline [[human]]s, with the notable exception of having pale blue, purple, green, or gray skin. They also have luminescent eyes with glowing irises.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha.''</ref>

Beyond physical appearances, the Awoken seem to possess powers and abilities beyond their human ancestors. The [[Techeun]]s are a particularly notable example, though ordinary Awoken can also experience visions in the form of dreams.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Skolas: Defeated|Skolas: Defeated]]''</ref> This is a side effect of them being from the Distributary, a type of pocket universe within our main universe, created by Mara Sov. The Awoken do not have paracausal abilities, but are intertwined with the fabric of existence, thus they do not age past a certain point when in the Distributary.

{{Quote|How did the Awoken survive?"<br>"No one knows…|The Guardian and Ghost}}

It is said the Awoken were born in the Collapse, descended from those humans who tried to flee its wrath. Something happened to them out on the edge of the deep Black, and they were forever changed. After their race was formed, they took up residence in the [[Asteroid Belt]], constructing cities and habitats like the [[Dreaming City]]. Today many Awoken live in the Reef, aloof and mysterious, but others returned to [[Earth]], where their descendants now fight for the City. Earthborn Awoken sometimes venture out to the Reef, hoping to learn its secrets—but find no special welcome from the reclusive Queen.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref>

In ''Forsaken'', it is revealed the Awoken are the descendants of the crew and passengers of the Yang Liwei, codenamed Exodus Green, a generation ship that left Earth shortly before the Collapse in an attempt to find a way to live without [[the Traveler]]. The ship refused to take a side when the [[Black Fleet]] attacked the Traveler<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Cosmogyre I|Cosmogyre I]]''</ref>. During the initial sparring between the two paracausal entities, the ship was at the centerpiece of a kugelblitz, a black hole-like anomaly in space time that sucked it and all its inhabitants into a newborn pocket universe<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Cosmogyre IV|Cosmogyre IV]]''</ref>. The Yang Liwei's 891 crewmembers and 40,000 passengers were annihilated and lost their physical forms, becoming beings of pure potential. Mara Sov, a low-ranking crewmember, was the first person to enter the kugelblitz just before the ship. She reassembled her own disembodied conscience, manipulated the Distributary's physical laws to shape it into an earthly paradise of a planet and created a new body for herself<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Ecstasiate II|Ecstasiate II]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Nigh II|Nigh II]]''</ref>. Together with the ship's captain [[Alis Li]], who awakened the same way, Mara Sov induced other disembodied humans from the Yang Liwei to awaken as well and reincarnate into new blue-skinned, star-eyed bodies, having only vague memories about their past.

The first generation of the Awoken consisted of reborn humans from Yang Liwei, including 30,111 women, 10,295 men, and 485 other.<ref name="ecstaciateIII">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Ecstasiate III|Ecstasiate III]]''</ref> The Distributary Awoken were immortal: they did not age, though could die from trauma. Initially, they lived a simple life, eating of the fruit of the forest and hunting animals with [[Combat Bow|bows]]. Time in the Distributary moves faster that in the Solar System; while centuries passed on Earth, it was thousands of years for the Distributary<ref name="katabasis">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Katabasis|Katabasis]]''</ref>.  

It was initally assumed that Alis Li, the ship's captain, was the first to awaken, to shape the world and to awake the others; Mara Sov kept her primogeniture in secret even from Alis Li, while manipulating the Awoken politics from behind. The nine verdicts established by a grand council defined the new's civilization identity, ethics and politics; captain Alis Li was elected the first Queen. The verdicts allowed the Awoken to procreate and bear new children, as immortal as they were, and encouraged the research and development of "good technology" salvaged from the ''Yang Liwei'', crashed as a spire planted into the bedrock of the Distributary<ref name="ecstaciateIII"/>.  

Philosophical disputes gave rise to two major movements, forest-dwelling [[Eccaleists]] and city-dwelling [[Sanguine]]; while the Eccaleist believed that Awoken owed a debt to the cosmos and have to resolve the primordial conflict that created their world, the Sanguine stated that their immortality is a reward from cosmic powers and they do not owe anything to anybody. An Eccaleist preacher [[Diasyrm]] instigated the Theodicy War by accusing the Queen Alis Li of deicide, or the killing of gods; she explained that the Queen could have made the Awoken truly immortal, free of want or suffering, but betrayed her people by creating them mortal<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Fideicide I|Fideicide I]]''</ref>. Many Awoken perished over years of bloodshed; in the end, the peace was signed on Mara Sov's terms. Diasyrm mysteriously vanished and some time later Queen Alis Li abdicated, surrending her powers. Queen Alis' successors embraced the Eccaleist philosophy, supporing the massive space exploration program orchestrated by Mara Sov. The succession of these Queens included [[Nguya Pin]] and [[Devna Tel]]<ref name="imponent-v">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Imponent V|Imponent V]]''</ref>.

At some time, a scholarly order of [[Gensym Scribes]] rose to power; they conspired to support [[Sjur Eido]], a Paladin and hero of the Theodicy War, in her intent to kill Mara Sov for alleged murder of Diasyrm<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Marasenna#Imponent I|Imponent I]]''</ref>. Sjur Eido lost a duel to Mara Sov's brother [[Uldren Sov]] and became Mara Sov's fervent supporter, while Mara Sov used the failed conspiracy to subjugate the Gensym Scribes and accelerate the space program<ref name="imponent-v"/>. Eventually, Mara Sov completed her long-running game by leading an exodus of tens of thousands of Eccaleist Awoken into space, leaving the Distributary behind<ref name="katabasis"/>.

{{Quote|We gathered to fight against our twilight, King and Devil, and Winter, all of us but us, the Wolves. Why? What kept us from the Gap? The Reef. The Queen. The slavers who played us against each other and docked us into subservience. These sly sterile un-people, these mirages with cold minds twinned to their own, these Carybdis butchers, they set us against each other. She played us. She made herself our Kell.|Skolas, Kell of Kells<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref>}}

[[File:Crow and queen of the Reef.jpg|thumb|300px|Queen Mara and Uldren with the House of Wolves under her command]]

 

 

 

In the aftermath of the Wolf Rebellion, Mara Sov forged a secret alliance with the human Hunter [[Eris Morn]], Earth's most knowledgeable expert on the [[Hive]] after the death of [[Toland, the Shattered]]. The immediate reason for this alliance was the threat of [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] and his armies of Hive searching for vengeance against Guardians.<ref name="gf-queen">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen#Ghost Fragment: The Queen 2|Ghost Fragment: The Queen 2]]''</ref> To rally the Awoken against this inescapable invasion, Eris agreed to deploy her vast expertise of the Hive's technology and magic that she learned whilst on the [[Moon]]. This included her knowledge of the [[Sword Logic]], the [[Ascendant Realm]] and the art of creating throne worlds.

The Awoken built the [[Blind Well]], an energy borehole in the fabric of space and time drilled by Riven and aided by Techeuns [[Lissyl]] and [[Sedia]], in a great cathedral on the eastern shore of the Dreaming City. The gate at the bottom of the Blind Well was built by [[Kalli]] and [[Shuro Chi]] inside in a hall they named "[[The Confluence]]". Illyn used copious [[Tincture of Queensfoil|tinctures of Queensfoil]] to reach the Ascendant Realm and began construction from the other side, sorting the threads of reality on a vast metaphysical loom. Thus, Mara, Riven and the Techeuns built an isolated pocket universe and named it Eleusinia; Mara's third throne after the Distributary and Vesta. In the ascendant halls of Eleusinia, Mara carved a statue for Sjur Eido after her death during the Reef Wars. The Blind Well would be used as a cross-world tunnel between the Solar System and Eleusinia and required a continuous multi-week charge of paracausal energies for operation.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Throne|Throne]]''</ref>

Some time after the construction of Eleusinia, Mara Sov was contacted by the [[Ancients]], a group of mysterious entities describing themselves as "the nothing-space fabric". They possessed three Techeuns, including [[Kelda Wadj]], the Allteacher, and used them as mouthpieces to converse with Mara. Mara Sov agreed to a deal proposed by the Ancients and Kelda Wadj's body was destroyed to be turned into a singularity. This singularity would then be the Awoken used to construct the [[Oracle Engine]], a sophisticated machine used for communication and transportation between planes of reality.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Oracle|Oracle]]''</ref>

[[File:Battle on Saturn.jpg|300px|thumb|The Awoken fleet engaging the [[Dreadnaught]]]]

{{Quote|The Awoken died for us. They gave their lives to save the system, to stop Oryx's fleet at the outer planets. We must honor their sacrifice. We must face the Taken King without fear. Queen Mara has given us a gift. We must not waste it.|Eris Morn<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/The Taken King#The Coming War|The Coming War]]''</ref>}}

The Awoken were among the first to respond to Oryx's invasion. Attacking his fleet out around [[Saturn]], the Queen and her Witches sacrificed themselves to fire the Harbingers, mysterious weapons or entities of incredible power, at the Hive [[Dreadnaught]]. Despite destroying a good portion of Oryx's fleet there were no marks made upon the flagship, and shortly thereafter Oryx ended the battle with a single blow from his cannon.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[The Coming War]]'' </ref>

Despite a significant loss of Reef leadership, including the Queen and a missing Prince, the Reef aided the City and its Guardians in destroying Oryx's [[Taken]]. Setting bounties upon several lieutenants the Reef oversaw their extermination and eventual rooting out of the Taken [[Blight]]s in conjunction with the Vanguard. During this conflict [[Petra Venj]], Acting Regent-Commander, continued to search for the missing Queen and preventing a resurging House of Wolves from regrouping on Mars. With the aid of Variks and the Guardians the nascent Wolf house was scattered again.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Prime's Path]]'' </ref>

[[File:ScornRise.jpg|300px|thumb|Uldren escaping the Prison of the Elders with the [[Scorn|Scorned Barons]]]]

Following the resurgence of Uldren Sov, he led a rogue Fallen house known as the [[Scorn]] against the Reef, betraying his own people, and driving the Reef-borne Awoken into complete chaos and disarray. [[Cayde-6]] was murdered in the Scorn's escape from the Prison of Elders, and Reef agents were forced to work with Guardian forces to prevent the total collapse of their society.

{{Quote|The Guardians killed Riven and ripped out her heart. But Ahamkara transcend death. They can transform desire into reality… even when they are nothing but bone and dust. I should have known that Riven would grant one last wish… one last curse. Now, the Dreaming City has been Taken. I opened the gates. I ordered the attack. I… should have known.|Petra Venj.}}

[[File:Riven Raid.jpg|thumb|300px|Taken Ahamkara Riven]]

As the Guardians and the Awoken worked together in maintaining the remaining Scorn within the Reef, the Dreaming City's opening and the darkness spreading from it was grim news for the Awoken. Knowing the danger the threat poses to the Solar System, Petra Venj was forced to reveal one to the Awoken's deepest secrets that lay within the City: Riven of a Thousand Voices, the last living Ahamkara. It was soon discovered that Riven had been Taken when Oryx invaded the Reef during the Taken War and partially brought the Dreaming City into the Ascendant Realm. However, after Oryx's death, Riven was aimless but soon gained a new master, [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]], the Witch Queen of the Hive, and together, they sought to corrupt the homeland of the Awoken and eventually breach into the Distributary.

[[File:Queenscourt.jpg|thumb|300px|Queens Court]]

Unfortunately, this victory was short-lived, as the Taken corruption soon returned as it appeared the City was caught in a time-loop created by [[Quria, Blade Transform]]. This forces the Guardians to partake in the same battle over and over again.

 

 

 

The Awoken would join [[the Coalition]] alongside the Vanguard, the Cabal Empire led by [[Empress Caiatl]], and the Eliksni [[House of Light]] led by [[Mithrax, Kell of Light]]. The Guardian was able to defeat Savathûn after she acquired the Light, slay a [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple of the Witness]] named [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]] inside [[the Sunken Pyramid]], sever [[Emperor Calus|Calus's]] connection to [[the Lunar Pyramid]], recover the relics containing body parts of [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]] before [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]] could, and finally bring [[Rasputin]] back online before he chose to sacrifice himself as the Witness approaches Earth's orbit. Mara would play a role in the [[Invasion of Earth]] as she and the Techeuns are able to cast a defensive ward around the [[Farm]]. Mara, Crow, Mithrax, [[Devrim Kay]], and [[Amanda Holliday]] would assist in pushing back the [[Shadow Legion]] invading Earth, with Mara able to provide her power through the Ascendant Scepter onto her Queensguard. She would also grant the Guardian her power to destroy the [[Shadow Legion Flagship]] hanging above Earth's orbit as retribution for the death of Amanda Holliday. The Coalition celebrate this victory, but it is short-lived as the Witness was able to use the energy from [[the Veil]], hidden in [[Neomuna]], to connect it to the Traveler and open the portal to its Pale Heart so it can begin the [[Final Shape]].

* [[Royal Awoken Guard|Queensguard]]

**Commander [[Zavala]], Titan Vanguard

*[[Reef]]

**[[Devi Cassl]], Paladin of the Royal Armada

**[[Mara Sov]], Queen of the Reef

**[[Asher Mir]], Guardian [[Vex]] Researcher {{c|deceased}}

**[[The Emissary]], Mouthpiece of [[The Nine]]

*[[Tincture of Queensfoil]]

**[[Pallas Galliot]]

;Reef weaponry

*[[Vestian Dynasty]]—[[Sidearm|sidearm]]

*[[The Supremacy]]—[[Sniper Rifle|sniper rifle]]

*[[Techeun Force]]—[[Fusion Rifle|fusion rifle]]

*[[Vesta Noblese]]—[[Scout Rifle|scout rifle]]

*[[Hygiea Noblesse]]—scout rifle

*[[Payment VI]]—[[Pulse Rifle|pulse rifle]]

*[[Her Courtesy]]—[[Shotgun|shotgun]]

*[[Her Benevolence]]—sniper rifle

*[[Her Right Hand]]—[[Auto Rifle|auto rifle]]

*[[Her Mercy]]—[[Hand Cannon|hand cannon]]

*[[Dreamwalker]]—[[Rocket Launcher|rocket launcher]]

*[[Wolves' Bane]]—[[Machine Gun|machine gun]]

*[[Merciless (hand cannon)|Merciless]]—hand cannon

*[[Lethe Noblese]]—scout rifle

*[[Final Duty]]—pulse rifle

*[[Bane of the Taken]]—machine gun

;Dreaming City weaponry

*[[Waking Vigil]]—hand cannon

*[[Tigerspite]]—auto rifle

*[[Vouchsafe]]—scout rifle

*[[Twilight Oath]]—sniper rifle

*[[Retold Tale]]—shotgun

*[[Sleepless]]—rocket launcher

*[[Abide the Return]]—[[Sword|sword]]

*[[Age-Old Bond]]—auto rifle

*[[Transfiguration]]—scout rifle

*[[Nation of Beasts]]—hand cannon

*[[Tyranny of Heaven]]—[[Combat Bow|bow]]

*[[Chattering Bone]]—pulse rifle

*[[Apex Predator]]—rocket launcher

*[[Appetence]]—[[Trace Rifle|trace rifle]]

;Appropriated weaponry

*[[Gahlran's Right Hand]]—auto rifle

*[[Calusea Noblesse]]—scout rifle

*[[Emperor's Courtesy]]—shotgun

*[[Bane of Sorrow]]—machine gun

*The Awoken once ruled [[Mars]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]], [[Long Tomorrow 9G#Chest|Long Tomorrow 9G Chest]]''</ref> explaining the reasoning behind [[Valus Trau'ug]]'s unsanctioned attack.

*''[[Destiny: Fall of Osiris]]''

*''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)|Destiny: Warmind]]''

*''[[Destiny: Cayde's Six]]''

*''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[The Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}

*''[[Bitter]]'' {{Mo}}