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]]

|factions = [[Savathûn's Brood]] <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[Wrathborn]] {{c|''[[Season of the Hunt]]''}} <br> [[Sol Divisive]] {{c|''[[Season of the Wish]]''}} <br> [[The Dread]] {{c|''Season of the Wish''}}

|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}}<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>

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 sacred place.<ref name="Awakening"/>. It was created by [[Mara Sov]] after her departure from the [[Distributary]] as her personal realm,{{Citation needed}} with the aid of the [[Ahamkara]] [[Riven]]'s wish-magic and the [[Techeun]] Coven Mother [[Illyn]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Garden 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>{{Citation needed}}

The Dreaming City is built upon a flat disk, constructed from the remains of at least one unknown rocky celestial body.{{Citation needed}} 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]] - [[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#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><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Waterfall|"This waterfall is not fed by a river. Instead, its water comes from hydrocapture systems buried deep in the bedrock. We recycle all of our water— the whole place runs on a closed ecosystem."]]''</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]] - [[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 singularity can also be seen in the sky, however, its nature 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 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]] - [[Patrol/Dialogue#Cave|The Dreaming City is so-called because the Awoken drive the fate of the Dreaming, and the Dreaming drive the will of the Awoken. The Dreaming have been known to manifest on occasion— strange faces, peering from rocks…]]''</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, and massacred many Awoken by beguiling them into leaping from the cliffs.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Dreaming City|The Dreaming City]], [[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, specifically [[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]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Eao's Nest|"This little chamber was once a home for an Ahamkara who betrayed the Awoken. He crept out of the Dreaming City and went to whisper in the ears of Warlocks who wondered who we were— and so we had to kill him. The Warlocks, too."]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Eao's Nest|"Ah… This is where Eao liked to rest, before Sjur hunted him down and skewered him for his deceit. One of your Warlocks bartered for his corpse and traded away his bones. Another mistake. You must never scatter the bones."]]''</ref>

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 to his illicit dealings.<ref name="Awakening"/>

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|The Awoken of the Reef]], [[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 Casque / Helm / Hood]]''</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 Cloak / Mark / Bond]]''</ref>

===Taken Infestation===

Three years following the Taken War, the Dreaming City remained infested by Oryx's leftover Taken unaware from the outside until [[Uldren Sov]] was manipulated by Riven into unsealing the City using a shard of the [[Traveler]] and the Taken-tainted Darkness within himself, unleashing an [[Voice of Riven|agent]] of hers which promptly devoured Uldren. The Guardian quickly killed the Taken Chimera and fulfilled their vengeance for [[Cayde-6]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Nothing Left to Say]]''</ref> The [[Scorn]] that accompanied Uldren and the [[Fikrul, the Fanatic|Fanatic]] remained in the city to exact revenge for their deaths and were met with opposition by the Taken.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/items/bounty-scourge-of-the-scorn Scourge of the Scorn]''</ref>

[[Petra Venj]], investigating the source of Uldren's corruption, gave the Guardian an Awoken talisman that could grant them both entry into the City.{{Citation needed}} Having returned for the first time to the Dreaming City since the Taken War, Petra surmised Riven as the cause of the Taken and Uldren's corruption after having made contact with Queen [[Mara Sov]] at the [[Oracle Engine]]. At the Queen's behest, Petra enlisted the support from the [[Vanguard]] to have Riven killed and her heart cleansed of her [[Taken]] essence.<ref name="Awakening">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Awakening (mission)|Awakening]]''</ref>

Two weeks later, a Guardian Raid team was quickly formed and breached their way into the [[Keep of Voices]] located at the heart of the city; In the process, they freed the [[Techeun]]s [[Kalli]] and [[Shuro Chi]] from their Taken corruption. While the Taken Riven baited the Guardians into killing her,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Last Wish]]''</ref> they inadvertently made a single collective wish,<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> allowing Riven to alter the rules of ascendancy within the Dreaming City according to [[Toland]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Toland, the Shattered]]: [[Toland, the Shattered#Shattered Throne quotes|"The rules of Ascendance have changed according to the wish of the dragon."]]''</ref> In ending the Taken Ahamkara, Riven's wish cursed the city; warping it in-between physical reality and the [[Ascendant Realm|Ascendant Plane]] with Taken energies having saturated and engulfed huge portions of the city. Soon enough, the entire realm was plunged into an unending battle between the Guardians and Awoken [[Corsair]]s against the armies of [[Taken]] and [[Hive]] sent under [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|Savathûn]] and [[Xivu Arath, God of War|Xivu Arath]] with remnants of [[Scorn]] in between crossfires.{{Citation needed}}

Meanwhile, Petra would provide tactical support for a [[Vanguard]] strike team to free the last Techeun [[Sedia]] of her Taken corruption.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[The Corrupted]]''</ref> The Drifter would also temporarily set up his [[Gambit]] within the [[Cathedral of Scars]] and brought [[Vex]] and [[Cabal]] to compete through unknown means.

As the curse continued to blight the Dreaming City for three weeks, Petra was able to identify the true source of the city's Taken curse: [[Dûl Incaru]], a daughter of the Witch-Queen and the mastermind behind her mother's scheme to access the [[Distributary]] using the Awoken secrets found within the City, commanding the curse from Mara's desecrated throne-world of [[Eleusinia]].{{Citation needed}} With the curse now at its peak, the [[Techeun]]s used the [[Blind Well]] (which was kept charged with [[Light]] by the Guardians) and opened a rift into Eleusinia, where the Guardians could confront the Witch and her [[Darkblade]] bodyguards.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[The Shattered Realm]]''</ref>

However, upon the death of Dûl Incaru, the Dreaming City reverted 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.{{Citation needed}} Through messages left by an unknown sender, it was 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]].<ref name="asudeM"/> 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]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[The Oracle Engine]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Dark Monastery]]''</ref> Following every reset, the Guardian made reports to Mara Sov using the Oracle Engine, occasionally visiting her personally within her new throne world.{{Citation needed}}

===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]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]] - [[Wrathborn Hunts]]''</ref> Ultimately, the High Celebrant was also lured and taken down in the city after a long hunt by [[the Guardian]] and [[the Crow]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Hunt]] - [[Coup de Grâce]]''</ref>

After the [[Expunge: Delphi|destruction]] of [[Quria, Blade Transform]] and the [[Override: Last City|Vex invasion]] of the Last City, the [[Vanguard]] [[Cocoon|tracked]] the lightless [[Warlock]] [[Osiris]] to the Dreaming City, where he was revealed to have been impersonated by [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] since he lost his [[Light]]. Encased in a crystal formed by Mara Sov, the Witch Queen had struck a deal with the returned Awoken Queen, who agreed to rid the Hive God of her [[Savathûn's Worm|Worm]] in exchange for getting Osiris back,<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Cocoon]]''</ref> intending to kill her as she came out of the crystal.{{Citation needed}}

In the following months, the Queen would enlist the help of Guardians to protect the [[Blind Well]] from [[Scorn]] and [[Taken]] forces under the command of [[Xivu Arath, God of War]], to establish an [[Astral Alignment]] in preparation of this ritual, as well as the recovery of her Techeun Coven from [[Shattered Realm: Forest of Echoes|the]] [[Shattered Realm: Debris of Dreams|Shattered]] [[Shattered Realm: Ruins of Wrath|Realms]] of the [[Ascendant Plane]]. For this, [[Mara Sov's Chambers]] were connected to the [[H.E.L.M.]] via a portal, allowing the [[Vanguard]] to easily coordinate with the Awoken.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]]''</ref>

Eventually, the alignment would complete, and the [[Exorcism]] would take place as [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] began its final assault. The Guardians protected the Awoken Queen from this onslaught, and she completed the exorcism, hoping to have a clear shot at a weakened Savathûn after its end. However, The Witch Queen had prepared a contingent spell that had her switch places with [[Osiris]] as her worm was removed, returning the [[Warlock]] as promised, albeit comatose.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - [[Exorcism]]''</ref>

 

 

 

The Guardians cleanse a corrupted egg, then reactivate the Oracle Engine to recover the final egg. Once all of the eggs are recovered, Crow shares his plans with the Guardian, Mara, and Osiris: he volunteers to be the first Guardian to enter the Pale Heart via the Ley Lines since the 15th wish only allows one individual to enter it. The Guardian returns to the [[Wall of Wishes]] and enters the 15th and final wish. The final wish causes Riven to meet the same fate as Taranis before her but allows Crow to enter the Ley Lines so Osiris can replicate the link with the Veil and allow [[The Coalition|the Coalition]] to enter the Pale Heart and finally confront the Witness before it can enact the [[Final Shape]].

*****[[Queenswalk]]

**[[Shattered Ruins]]

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

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

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

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

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

===[[Crucible]]===

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

===[[Gambit]]===

*[[Cathedral of Scars]]

===Seasonal activities===

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

*The city was originally going to be a standard location, initially explored through story missions, then finally unlocking access to the expansion's raid. In November 2017, this was changed to being a location that players could explore in its entirety at will, with the raid unlocked immediately alongside the location.<ref>[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-09-22-destiny-2-forsakens-dreaming-city-was-originally-very-different '''Eurogamer''' - ''Destiny 2 Forsaken's Dreaming City was originally very different'']</ref>

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

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

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

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