Editing Dreaming City

{{Article quote|A long-hidden stronghold sacred to the Awoken of the Reef.}}

|image = [[File:Dreamingcity.png|350px]]

|location = [[Reef|The Reef]]/[[Ascendant Realm]]

|hostile races = [[Scorn]] <br> [[Hive]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[Ahamkara]] {{c|formerly}}

|accessibility = Complete [[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]

{{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, Pilgrimage: Garden of Esila, View}}

The '''Dreaming City''' is a [[Destination]] introduced in ''[[Forsaken]]'', featuring many endgame activities, such as the [[Last Wish]] [[Raid]], [[The Shattered Throne]] [[Dungeon]] and [[Blind Well]] horde activity.<ref name = "NewExpansion">[https://www.kotaku.com.au/2018/06/destiny-2s-next-expansion-is-changing-a-lot/ '''Kotaku''' - ''Destiny 2's Next Expansion Is Changing A Lot'']</ref> It is the most sacred location of the Reefborn [[Awoken]], and is where they study and meditate on greater paracausal powers through dreaming.<ref name = "ReallyDead">[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-06-15-destiny-2-why-bungie-killed-cayde '''Eurogamer''' - ''Bungie says Destiny 2 expansion Forsaken really does kill Cayde for good'']</ref> It served as the prison of the last known Ahamkara, [[Riven]], before becoming cursed upon her death. It now serves as the backdrop for an endless battle between the [[Awoken]] with their [[Guardian]] allies and the [[Taken]], [[Hive]], and [[Scorn]]. [[Petra Venj]] is the world vendor for the city. Previously, to access the city, Guardians had to complete the campaign of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and embark on a long and difficult questline.

The Dreaming City is the Reefborn [[Awoken]]'s most significant stronghold. It was created by [[Mara Sov]] after her departure from the [[Distributary]] as her personal realm, with the aid of the [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]]'s wish-magic and the [[Techeun]] Coven Mother [[Illyn]].

The Dreaming City is built upon a flat disk, constructed from the remains of at least one unknown rocky celestial body. Its upper surface contains a "silver sea", water from which continually spills off the edge of the disk and is reclaimed by a stabilization ring that also holds the City in place. The entire city is a closed ecosystem, with water being recycled by hydrocapture systems within the bedrock<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'', Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Cliffs</ref>.  

A massive ring-shaped structure can be seen in the sky of the Dreaming City, along with what appears to be a gravitational singularity directly overhead. The ring is a portal that controls access to the Dreaming City from the [[Tangled Shore]], and utilizes some form of cloaking technology to seal the Dreaming City off from the outside world<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'', Pilgrimage: Gardens of Esila, Bridge</ref>. The nature of the singularity is unknown, but [[Arach Jalaal]] speculated that it could be the singularity that leads to the Distributary, the Awoken's original homeland.<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/records/the-hidden-dossier?</ref>

The City is named after a group of unknown entities known as the [[Dreaming]], who are connected in some way with the will of the Awoken people as a whole<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'', Pilgrimage: Spine of Keres, Cave</ref>.

While Riven was instrumental in the creation of the Dreaming City, she was not the only Ahamkara who visited the Dreaming City. Another wish-dragon, [[Azirim]], was barred from entering the City but still visited the second solstice festival, massacred many Awoken by beguiling them into leaping from the cliffs<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Azirim|Azirim]]''</ref>. [[Eao]], another male Ahamkara, resided in a chamber known as Eao's Nest before he learned the secrets of the Awoken and escaped the City, threatening to reveal them to the Warlocks of the [[Last City]]. The Awoken, specififcally [[Sjur Eido]], hunted and killed him for this betrayal, with his bones becoming various [[Bones of Eao|powerful]] [[Knuckles of Eao|items]] for the Guardians of [[Earth]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Eao's Nest''</ref>. [[Taranis]] would eventually meet Riven once he was able to find a path into the Dreaming City on his own and together, they would create whims.

During the onset of the Taken War, Mara Sov ordered the Dreaming City to be evacuated and locked down on the advent of the God-King [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] and his [[Hive]] armadas, leaving Riven behind as its only prisoner. She and the Techeuns sealed off the Watchtower, barring the only known point of entry into the city, and charged [[The Spider]] with protecting the tower while turning a blind eye on his illicit dealings.

During the [[Battle of Saturn]] however, the Techeuns attempted to escape the death impulse of the [[Oversoul|superweapon]] from Oryx's [[Dreadnaught]] via emergency selfgates to the Dreaming City as the Awoken fleet was annihilated, but Mara remained behind as part of her gamble with [[Eris Morn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Awoken of the Reef#Tyrannocide V|Tyrannocide V]]''</ref> Unfortunately, Shuro Chi's efforts to save Mara left her selfgate open long enough for the Taken essence of Oryx's death impulse to seep into the Dreaming City,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Reverie Dawn Armor#Reverie Dawn Casque / Helm / Hood|Reverie Dawn Helmet]]''</ref> which resulted in the Techeuns becoming [[Taken]] by Oryx and causing the Dreaming City to be overwhelmed with Taken forces, which eventually made its way to Riven joining the Taken King.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], [[Reverie Dawn Armor#Reverie Dawn Cloak / Mark / Bond|Reverie Dawn Class Item]]''</ref> Realizing the danger of their clutch being at risk of being corrupted, Taranis eventually grants his own wish to scatter Riven's eggs into the [[Ley Lines]].

===Taken Infestation===

However, upon the death of Dûl Incaru, the Dreaming City reverted back to the state just after Riven's death, when the curse was first unleashed. The curse then spread in the same manner it had previously, with it being revealed that the curse trapped the Dreaming City within a time loop that resets upon Dûl Incaru's defeat. Through messages left by an unknown sender, it is revealed that the loop was made possible through the wish Riven granted upon her "death", and modeled upon Vex simulations overseen by the Taken Vex Mind [[Quria, Blade Transform|Quria]]. With the curse looping every three weeks, there is currently no known way to permanently rid the city of the curse despite the efforts of both [[Rasputin]] and [[Osiris]]. Following every reset, the Guardian made reports to Mara Sov using the Oracle Engine, occasionally visiting her personally within her new throne world.

===Siege of the God of War===

Two years after the Taken Curse first settled on the Dreaming City, Xivu Arath turned her attention back on the city, following the Witch Queen's disappearance. Unburdened by the bond of siblinghood, the Hive God of War had her [[High Celebrant of Xivu Arath|High Celebrant]] establish at least three [[Cryptolith]]s in the Awoken city, creating powerful [[Wrathborn]] from the local Hive including [[Dul Arath, Retainer of Xivu Arath]] and [[Xillox, Oppression of Xivu Arath]]. Ultimately, the High Celebrant was also lured and taken down in the city after a long hunt by [[the Guardian]] and [[the Crow]].

***[[Agonarch Abyss]]

*****[[Queenswalk]]

****[[The Descent (Dreaming City)|The Descent]]

**[[Chamber of Starlight]] {{C|Lost Sector}}

**[[Aphelion's Rest]] {{C|Lost Sector}}

*[[The Citadel (map)|The Citadel]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}

*[[Cocoon]] {{c|''Season of the Lost''}}

*[[Exorcism]] {{c|''Season of the Lost''}}

===[[Crucible]]===

*[[The Citadel (map)|The Citadel]]

 

*[[Cathedral of Scars]]

===Seasonal activities===

*[[Wrathborn Hunts]] {{c|''Season of the Hunt''}}

*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}

**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{Mo}}