Editing Awoken

{{Race infobox
|name=Awoken
|othernames=
|image=[[File:Grimoire Awoken.jpg|300px]]
|variant=Awoken
|homeworld= [[Distributary]]
|focalworld= [[Earth]]
|goals=
|war= [[Cabal]] <br> [[Fallen]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Vex]] <br> [[Scorn]] <br> [[The Witness]]
|height=
|weight=
|distinctions=Pale blue skin <br> Glowing eyes
|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<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Guardian|Guardian]]/[[Grimoire:Guardian/Races|Races]], [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref>}}

The '''Awoken''' are a humanoid race sharing a 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.

==Overview==
{{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.

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 (expansion)|House of Wolves]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Leadership|Fallen Leadership]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Leadership#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.{{Citation needed}}

==History==
===Origins===
{{Quote|How did the Awoken survive?"<br>"No one knows…|The Guardian and Ghost}}
The Awoken originally descended from 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]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Marasenna|Marasenna]], [[Lore:Marasenna#Brephos I|Brephos I]]''</ref> 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|Marasenna]], [[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|Marasenna]], [[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|Marasenna]], [[Lore:Marasenna#Ecstasiate II|Ecstasiate II]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Marasenna|Marasenna]], [[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.{{Citation needed}}

===The Distributary years===
{{Quote|A paradise world: twin-ringed, impossible beauty, and a sky milk-bright with stars. She makes it real with a thought, and in that thought she falls herself, undoes her transient divinity, binds herself and all those after her into the law. The omniscient cannot explore. The omnipotent cannot struggle. She refuses that God-trap.|[[Lore:Marasenna|Marasenna]], [[Lore:Marasenna#Ecstasiate I|Ecstasiate I]]}}

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|Marasenna]], [[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 the fruit of the forest and hunting animals with [[Combat Bow|bows]]. Time in the Distributary moves faster than 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|Marasenna]], [[Lore:Marasenna#Katabasis|Katabasis]]''</ref>

It was initially assumed that Alis Li, the ship's captain, was the first to awaken, to shape the world and to awaken 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 Eccaleists believed that Awoken owed a debt to the cosmos and had 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|Marasenna]], [[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, surrendering her powers. Queen Alis' successors embraced the Eccaleist philosophy, supporting 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|Marasenna]], [[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 the alleged murder of the Diasyrm.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Marasenna|Marasenna]], [[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"/>

===Reef Wars===
{{Main|Reef Wars}}
{{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 (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] -  [[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]]
The flotilla arrived in the Asteroid Belt near the end of the [[Dark Age]]. After some initial encounters with the Fallen and upon receiving reconnaisance date about [[Earth]], the Traveler and the sorry state of humanity, about a third of the expedition members voted to go to Earth and join the [[Last City]], despite Mara Sov's prohibition.<ref name="revanche-2">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef|The Awoken of the Reef]], [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Revanche II|Revanche II]]''</ref> Some of them even used salvaged Human spacecraft to flee the flotilla.<ref name="revanche-3">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef|The Awoken of the Reef]], [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Revanche III|Revanche III]]''</ref> Failing to keep order, Mara Sov agreed for thousands of rebels to leave and reunite with humanity on Earth; thus the next generations of the Awoken people were split into Reefborn and Earthborn. Mara Sov was proclaimed Queen of the Reef on [[4 Vesta]]; at the same time, some Fallen [[Baron]] detected ships moving towards Earth and traced their paths back to Vesta.<ref name="revanche-5">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef|The Awoken of the Reef]], [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Revanche V|Revanche V]]''</ref> This first major assault was repealed, but the Awoken of the Reef had to militarize and finding superior weapons to fight back. At the Queen's order, her brother Uldren Sov scoured the Solar System for "a power unknown to all the other powers of this world" and discovered a young [[Ahamkara]] called [[Riven]]; Mara Sov's covenant with this creature laid a foundation for the Reef's prosperity.<ref name="tetic-2">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef|The Awoken of the Reef]], [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Tetic II|Tetic II]]''</ref>

Noticing the Fallen massing to destroy the Last City in an effort to steal back the Great Machine, the Queen chose to intervene and keep the oblivious out system [[House of Wolves]] from [[Twilight Gap|joining their brethren]] on Earth. While the House of Wolves had hundreds of thousands and probably millions of fighters, the Awoken used cunning and advanced weaponry. Striking suddenly, the Awoken fleet destroyed [[Ceres]] with a single salvo of the [[Harbinger (Reef superweapon)|Harbinger]]s, taking down half of the Wolves' fleet stationed here and the [[Kell]] [[Virixas]] himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] -  [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted|Fallen Hunted]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#Wanted: Skolas, Kell of Kells|Wanted: Skolas, Kell of Kells]]''</ref> The remaining Wolves were scattered across the Reef and found themselves in a civil war between three Barons [[Irxis]], [[Parixas]] and [[Skolas]], each wanting to claim the Kellship for themselves. The Reef Awoken launched a several-year-long campaign that whittled the Fallen's numbers and nobility to insignificance. This war involved a long siege of the asteroid [[Pallas]] by [[Pirsis]] and his fleet, with neither side willing to use their firepower in fear of hitting their own troops. Eventually, Awoken commander [[Hallam Fen]] managed to break the stalemate by creating an enormous visual illusion of another salvo of Harbingers, thus scaring Pirsis's ships off without a single actual shot being fired.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] -  [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted|Fallen Hunted]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Pirsis, Pallas-Bane|Wanted: Pirsis, Pallas-Bane]]''</ref> Another major engagement was in the Hildian Asteroids where the Awoken used the Charybdis, a gravity weapon strong enough to catch an asteroid Tinette and hurl it at another asteroid Fortuna which served as the Fallen fleet base. Even though [[Skolas]] defeated his contenders and proclaimed himself the Kell of Wolves, [[Variks]], a Wolf scribe disillusioned with Skolas, defected over to the Queen's side. Thanks to this betrayal the remaining Wolves were defeated in the decisive battle of Cybele and Skolas was taken prisoner.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] -  [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted|Fallen Hunted]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#Wanted: Kaliks-12|Wanted: Kaliks-12]]''</ref>

In the aftermath of the Reef wars, Skolas and most of the Wolf nobility were incarcerated in the [[Prison of Elders]], and Variks declared Mara Sov the new Kell of Wolves. Many Wolf prisoners swore fealty to her, thus joining the Reefborn Awoken under Mara Sov's rule; some of these Fallen even became part of the [[Royal Awoken Guard]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] -  [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted|Fallen Hunted]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted#WANTED: Saviks, Queenbreaker|WANTED: Saviks, Queenbreaker]]''</ref> The Queen gifted Skolas to her allies, [[the Nine]], for their role in defeating the Fallen but they released the Wolf Kell, beginning the [[Wolf Rebellion]] and forced the Reef to open itself to [[Guardian]] access.<ref name="The Queen">'''Bungie (2015/5/19)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]] -  [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen Hunted|Fallen Hunted]], [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#Ghost_Fragment: The Queen|Ghost Fragment: The Queen]]''</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0 '''YouTube''' - ''Official Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves Prologue'']</ref>

===Dreaming City and Eleusinia===
{{Main|Dreaming City|Eleusinia}}
{{Quote|Your Traveler terraformed your planets. But the Awoken terraformed the [[Dreaming City]]. It is our creation. It is a reflection of our people - not a false gift from a skittish god.|Shuro Chi}}<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Gardens of Esila Overlook|"Your Traveler terraformed your planets. But the Awoken terraformed the Dreaming City. It is our creation. It is a reflection of our people— not a false gift from a skittish god."]]''</ref>
[[File:DreamingCity1.png|thumb|300px|The Dreaming City]]
The Dreaming City is a Reef structure of an immense scale, built on a flat disc supposedly carved from a ruined planet found by the Awoken and hidden by a massive cloaking device.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Waterfall|"The Dreaming City is built upon a disc that contains a silver sea, The water is real, but the horizon is an illusion if you’re accustomed to spherical worlds. If you went far enough, you’d fall off the edge of the disc."]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Cave|"There are rumors that the Dreaming City was built upon the foundation of a ruined planet, one we found and towed back from beyond. They say we preserved the old structures and built atop them…"]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Cleft Gate|"Look into the sky. See that portal? It controls access to the Tangled Shore — and, crucially, it holds the cloaking technology that we use to disguise and protect the Dreaming City."]]''</ref> A special stabilizing ring below the disc maintains the City's atmosphere, catching any escaping water and returning it back.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Waterfall|"There is a stabilization ring beyond the horizon that holds the City in alignment. When water goes spilling off the horizon, it is captured and fed back into the atmosphere before it dissipates into space."]]''</ref> The Dreaming City was built by Mara Sov and Techeun [[Illyn]], the Coven Mother; this artificial world was nothing but bare rocks when they started.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Gardens of Esila Overlook|"When Mara and Illyn began to shape the Dreaming City, this was where they started. They stood on the edge of the world with rough rocks all around, and they saw the potential of what this place could be."]]''</ref>

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 (expansion)|House of Wolves]] -  [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen|The Queen]], [[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.<ref name="Throne"/>

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 name="Throne">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Dreaming City|The Dreaming City]], [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Throne|Throne]]''</ref>

Sometime 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|The Dreaming City]], [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Oracle|Oracle]]''</ref>

===The Taken War===
{{Expand-section|[[The Taken King]]}}
[[File:Battle on Saturn.jpg|300px|thumb|The Awoken fleet engaging the [[Dreadnaught]]]]

{{Main|The Taken War}}
{{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, no marks were 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 the disappearance of Prince Uldren, 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<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/scour-the-dreadnaught Scour the Dreadnaught]'' </ref> and prevented 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>

===Betrayal of a Prince===
[[File:ScornRise.jpg|300px|thumb|Uldren escaping the Prison of the Elders with the [[Scorn|Scorned Barons]]]]
{{Expand-section|[[Forsaken]]}}
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.

Though the Guardian managed to topple the Scorn's chaotic reign over the Reef and brought Uldren to justice for his crimes, the Awoken's home remains a dangerous place as remnants of the Scorn's forces continue to prowl over the Reef. Petra, the remaining Paladins and Techeuns barely maintain what's left of the Awoken's Reef civilizations, even as the Scorn and a newly resurgent Taken force plague the Dreaming City, the mysterious homeland of the Awoken.

===Riven's Scheme===
===A Thousand Voices===
{{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 to maintain the remaining Scorn within the Reef, the Dreaming City's opening and the darkness spreading from it were grim news for the Awoken. Knowing the danger the threat poses to the Solar System, Petra Venj was forced to reveal one of 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.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Armor of the Great Hunt (Warlock)#Hood of the Great Hunt|Hood of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> 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<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Armor of the Great Hunt (Warlock)#Boots of the Great Hunt|Boots of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> and eventually breach into the Distributary.<ref name="rac">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]], [[Lore:Truth to Power#react.7Cchoose.7Cact|react|choose|act]]''</ref>

To accomplish her goals, Riven orchestrated the Scorn's rise to power and used Uldren as her puppet, corrupting the prince while posing as his sister. Though the Scorn failed against the Guardians, Uldren succeeded in his purpose of opening the way into the Dreaming City, giving Riven a chance to break free.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Nothing Left to Say]]''</ref>

After confirming that Mara Sov is alive, Petra and the Awoken were able to gain the Vanguard's support after the revelation of the Taken's return spurred them into action.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]''</ref> Gathering a Raid team strong enough to kill Riven, the Guardians assaulted the Dreaming City. While proceeding through the City, the Guardians managed to free some of the Techeuns from Taken corruption and eventually confronted Riven herself in her true gigantic, draconic form.<ref name="LW">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Last Wish]]''</ref>

Despite her vast Taken powers, Riven's physical form was destroyed and her blighted heart was brought before the Techeuns to be cleansed. Unfortunately, before that could happen, Riven's scheme came full circle as she performed one last wish for her master: to curse the Dreaming City with a Taken plague.<ref name="LW"/>

===The Cycle===
[[File:Queenscourt.jpg|thumb|300px|Queens Court]]
Though Riven was silenced once and for all, her plan succeeded as Taken forces began to heavily corrupt the Dreaming City. Worse, the Hive and Taken managed to capture [[Eleusinia]], Mara Sov's Throne World, as a staging ground. Savathûn then began the next stage of her plan by having her daughter, [[Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return]], find a way to invade the Distributary.<ref name="rac"/><ref name="asudeM">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Truth to Power|Truth to Power]], [[Lore:Truth to Power#asudeM|asudeM]]''</ref>

Wanting to prevent the birthplace of the Awoken from being invaded and defiled, Mara Sov tasks the Guardians to destroy the Hive and Taken infesting her Throne World. After a perilous struggle through the ruins of Eleusina, the Guardians managed to destroy Dûl Incaru and seemingly reverse the Taken corruption in the Dreaming City.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[The Shattered Throne]]''</ref>

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]].<ref name="asudeM"/> This forced the Guardians to partake in the same battle over and over again.

===The Queen Returns===
[[File:New Techeuns ritual.png|thumb|300px|The exorcism ritual performed by Mara]]
Sometime after the Dreaming City had been corrupted during the Taken War,  Petra would oversee training a new coven of Techeuns since the [[Battle of Saturn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - Item Description: [[Pathfinder's Suit#Pathfinder's Helmet / Helm / Visor|Pathfinder's Helmet / Helm / Visor]]''</ref> Following Mara's attempt to halt the [[Arrival of the Black Fleet|advance]] of the Black Fleet and its commander, a collective consciousness of the first civilization uplifted by the Traveler made manifest in Darkness known as [[the Witness]], towards the Sol System,<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]] - [[Vanguard Transmissions]]''</ref> the new Coven would be sent to rescue her using the [[Ley Lines]]. While they successfully found Mara Sov, they unexpectedly attracted the attention of the Hive God of War, [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]]. Mara would return to the Dreaming City at the cost of the new coven of Techeuns scattering themselves among the Ley Lines,<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - Item Description: [[Pathfinder's Suit#Pathfinder's Hood / Mark / Bond|Pathfinder's Hood / Mark / Bond]]''</ref> and would strike a bargain with [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] to remove her [[Worm]]. To accomplish this objective, Mara tasked the Guardian with freeing the Techeuns lost within the Ley Lines from Xivu Arath's forces led by [[Kelgorath, Risen from Bones]]. She would also discover that her brother is reborn as a [[Lightbearer]] named Crow.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Cocoon]]''</ref>

As the Guardian recovered more Techeuns from the Ley Lines, Mara discovered a plot to steal [[Ager's Scepter]] from the [[Dozmary Vault]] and tasked the Guardian with stopping its theft by collecting Astral Skews across the [[European Dead Zone|EDZ]], the [[Tangled Shore]], the Moon and the Dreaming City. Along the way, she would tell them the tale of Rega and Ager, an allegory of her and Uldren's relationship, and instruct them to keep Ager's Scepter.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[A Hollow Coronation]]''</ref> Eventually, the exorcism ritual would be ready to begin> However, it would come under assault by Xivu Arath's forces in a last-ditch attempt to capture Savathûn. The Guardian and [[Saint-14]] were deployed to the ritual to protect Mara and the Techeuns as they completed the ritual. However, Savathûn would escape, leaving a comatose Osiris behind.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Exorcism]]''</ref>

===Defiance against the Witness===
[[File:MaraSovPressKit.jpg|thumb|300px|Mara, casting a defensive ward over the Farm]]
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]]. Mara herself would play a role in the [[Invasion of Earth]] as she and the Techeuns would cast a defensive ward around the [[Farm]].{{Citation needed}} 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.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Defiance]]''</ref> 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.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Defiance]] - [[Mission: Retribution]]''</ref> The Coalition would celebrate this victory, but it would be 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]].<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] - [[Desperate Measures]]''</ref>

==Organizations==
* [[Corsair]]s
* [[Crow (title)|Crows]]
* [[Paladin]]
* [[Techeun]]s
* [[Royal Awoken Guard|Queensguard]]
* [[Master Ives|Reef Cryptarchy]]

==Known Awoken==
*[[Earth]]
**[[Arach Jalaal]], Dead Orbit representative
**Commander [[Zavala]], Titan Vanguard
**[[Druis]], Guardian Warlock
**[[Fenchurch Everis]], [[The Hidden|Hidden]] agent
**[[Master Rahool]], Tower Cryptarch
**[[Nadiya]], Guardian Hunter
**[[Nadya]], Guardian Warlock
**[[Shayura]], Guardian Warlock
**[[Tess Everis]], Special Orders vendor
**[[Uldren Sov|The Crow]], The Prince of the Reef, revived as a [[Hunter]] Guardian
**[[Tyra Karn]], Iron Temple Cryptarch
*[[Reef]]
**[[Abra Zire]], Paladin of the Royal Armada {{c|deceased}}
**[[Amrita Vae]], Corsair
**[[Austyn]], Techeun
**[[Devi Cassl]], Paladin of the Royal Armada
**[[Gwilym]], Corsair
**[[Hallam Fen]], Paladin of the Royal Armada
**[[Illyn]]—[[Techeun]] Coven Mother
**[[Imogen Rife]], Paladin of the Royal Armada {{c|deceased}}
**[[Jolyon Till]], Crow
**[[Kalli]], Techeun
**[[Kamala Rior]], Paladin of the Royal Armada
**[[Leona Bryl]], Paladin of the Royal Armada
**[[Lissyl]]
**[[Mara Sov]], Queen of the Reef
**[[Master Ives]], Reef Cryptarch {{c|deceased}}
**[[Nascia]]
**[[Pavel Nolg]], Paladin of the Royal Army {{c|deceased}}
**[[Petra Venj]], Acting Regent-Commander
**[[Pinar Venj]], Amethyst Techuen Coven leader {{c|deceased}}
**[[Portia]]
**[[Sedia]], Techeun
**[[Shuro Chi]], Techeun
**[[Sjari]], Techeun
**[[Sjur Eido]], First Queen's Wrath {{c|deceased}}
**[[Yasmin Eld]], Paladin of the Royal Awoken Guard {{c|deceased}}
**[[Ylaia]], Techeun
*[[Io]]
**[[Asher Mir]], Guardian [[Vex]] Researcher {{c|deceased}}
*[[Tangled Shore]]
**[[Trihn]], Wandering Warlock
*[[Unknown Space]]
**[[The Emissary]], Mouthpiece of [[The Nine]]

==Technology==
*[[Balefire]]
*[[Crow (device)|Crows]]
*[[Harbinger (Reef superweapon)|Harbinger]]
*[[Martian Navcore]]
*[[Tincture of Queensfoil]]
*[[Oracle Engine]]
*[[Blind Well]]
*[[Wayfinder's Compass]]
*[[Ascendant Scepter]]
*[[Starlight Lodestone]]
*[[Wall of Wishes]]
*[[Maltech]]—a weaponized material that is known for leaving almost no remains, potentially sourced from the [[Golden Age]]<ref name="Fideicide2">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Marasenna|Marasenna]], [[Lore:Marasenna#Fideicide II|Fideicide II]]''</ref>
*Phaeton backscatter scanner—a device invented by the Queen to see the [[Nine]] when the Awoken began losing ships near [[Rhea]]<ref>'''Bungie (2019/3/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Drifter]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:Dust|Dust]], [[Lore#Dust#The Leviathan|The Leviathan]]''</ref>
*Fieldcom device—a communicator used by Corsairs<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Corsair Down]]''</ref>
*Ships
**[[Ceres Galliot]]
**[[Pallas Galliot]]
**[[Hildian Seeker]]
**[[Chasing Infinity]]
**[[Ermine TAC-717]]—Distributary modification of a [[Hawk]]
**Various salvaged Frigates involved in the Scatter
*Distributary Weaponry
**Matter laser—a Maltech weapon that fired coherent bosons<ref name="Fideicide2"/>
;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]]
*[[Doomed Petitioner]]—[[Linear Fusion Rifle|linear fusion rifle]]
*[[Lethophobia]]—bow
*[[Scalar Potential]]—pulse rifle
*[[Scatter Signal]]—fusion rifle
*[[Supercluster]]—shotgun
;Appropriated weaponry
*[[Gahlran's Right Hand]]—auto rifle
*[[Calusea Noblesse]]—scout rifle
*[[Emperor's Courtesy]]—shotgun
*[[Bane of Sorrow]]—machine gun
;Constellation weaponry
*[[Chrysura Melo]]—auto rifle
*[[Vulpecula]]—hand cannon
*[[Iota Draconis]]—fusion rifle
*[[Fractethyst]]—shotgun
*[[Wolftone Draw]]—bow
*[[Canis Major]]—[[Grenade Launcher|heavy grenade launcher]]
*[[Ascendancy]]—rocket launcher
;Queensguard weaponry
*[[Caretaker]]—sword
*[[Prodigal Return]]—[[Grenade Launcher|special grenade launcher]]
*[[Regnant]]—heavy grenade launcher
*[[Raconteur]]—bow
*[[Perpetualis]]—auto rifle
*[[Royal Executioner]]—fusion rifle
*[[Ecliptic Distaff]]—[[Glaive|glaive]]
;Exotic weaponry
*[[Wish-Ender]]—bow
*[[Ager's Scepter]]—trace rifle
*[[Verglas Curve]]—bow

==Notes==
<references group="note"/>

==Trivia==
*Joe Staten and Christopher Barrett described the Awoken as being beautiful, exotic, and mysterious.  They mentioned the team looked at elves, vampires, ghosts, and angels to "capture that exotic, sort of ethereal feel".<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfqFiyIhrb4 '''YouTube''', ''Destiny - News GDC Panel'']</ref> They have been described as being of "otherworldly origins."<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/apr/28/destiny-hands-on-bungie-xbox-playstationshared-world-shooter '''The Guardian''': ''How the Makers of Halo Plan to Change the Future of Shooters'']</ref>
*The Awoken once ruled [[Mars]],<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - Item Description: [[Long Tomorrow 9G#Chest|Long Tomorrow 9G Chest]]''</ref> which may explain the reasoning behind [[Valus Trau'ug]]'s unsanctioned attack.

==Gallery==
<Gallery>
File:Awoken2.jpg|Concept art of an Awoken.
File:Grimoire Awoken.jpg|Grimoire card of an Awoken.
File:Awoken hunter.jpg|Concept art of an Awoken female [[Hunter]].
File:E3 awoken.jpg|[[Commander Zavala]], Awoken [[Titan (class)|Titan]] [[Vanguard]].
File:Grimoire The Queen.jpg|[[Mara Sov]], Queen of the Reef
File:Destiny-PetraVenj-Closeup-crop.jpg|[[Petra Venj]], member of the [[Royal Awoken Guard]]
File:awokenforest.jpeg|Early concept art from ''Destiny's'' development as a fantasy game.
File:Awokengame.png | [[Prince Uldren Sov]], brother to [[Mara Sov]]
File:Awoken Avatar.jpg|The Queen's Emissary.
</Gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
*''[[Destiny: Fall of Osiris]]''
*''[[Destiny: Warmind (comic)|Destiny: Warmind]]''
*''[[Destiny: Cayde's Six]]''
*''[[Mysterious Logbook]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny Grimoire Anthology, Volume IV]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[The Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Bitter]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
<references/>

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