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|name= Dread | |name= The Dread | ||
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|domain(s)= [[Earth]] <br> [[Neptune]] <br> [[The Pale Heart]] | |domain(s)= [[Earth]] <br> [[Neptune]] <br> [[The Pale Heart]] | ||
|leadership= [[The Witness]] <br> [[Disciples of the Witness]] <br> [[Yirix]] | |leadership= [[The Witness]] <br> [[Disciples of the Witness]] <br> [[Yirix]] | ||
|ally= [[Shadow Legion]] <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] {{C|partially}} <br> [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Scorn]] <br> [[Psion Conclave]] <br> [[Revenant Scorn]]<br>[[Dire Taken]] | |ally= [[Shadow Legion]] <br> [[Xivu Arath's Horde]] <br> [[Taken]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] {{C|partially}} <br> [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Scorn]] <br> [[Psion Conclave]] <br> [[Revenant Scorn]]<br>[[Dire Taken]] {{C|partially}} | ||
|war= [[The Coalition]] <br> [[Lucent Brood]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] {{c|partially}} | |war= [[The Coalition]] <br> [[Lucent Brood]] <br> [[House of Salvation]] {{c|partially}}<br>[[Dire Taken]] {{C|partially}} | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|Agents of the Black Fleet. Nezarec, Rhulk, even Calus — they were just the beginning.|Mara Sov.}} | {{Quote|Agents of the Black Fleet. Nezarec, Rhulk, even Calus — they were just the beginning.|Mara Sov.}} | ||
'''The Dread'''<ref> | '''The Dread'''<ref>[https://press.bungie.com/Destiny-2-The-Final-Shape-Brings-Prismatic-Subclass-New-Enemy-Faction-'''Bungie Press Room''', ''Destiny 2: The Final Shape Brings Prismatic Subclass, New Enemy Faction, and More'']</ref> are an army of [[Darkness]]-wielding entities created by the [[The Witness|Witness]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Dread consist of beings reshaped by the Witness into their "perfected" form using stolen [[Light]] from the [[The Traveler|Traveler]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[The Ghost]]: [[Transmigration#Transcript|Servants of the Witness! They must be remnants from a conquered species!]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Mara Sov]]: [[The Final Shape (quest)#Step 4|"The abominations you encountered are of the Witness' making. This is but a fraction of the power it now wields. Using stolen Light, it has created a new army in opposition to the one the Traveler raised. Stewards of the final shape."]]''</ref> When killed, coiled, branching tendrils of Darkness burst from their bodies, much as observed with the Witness and its Disciples upon their defeat. | |||
The Dread consist of beings reshaped by the Witness into their "perfected" form | |||
Dread originate from varied sources, with the [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciples]] such as [[Rhulk]] and [[Nezarec]] serving as blueprints for some units such as Subjugators and Tormentors, [[Weaver]]s and [[Attendant]]s being reshaped [[Psion]]s,<ref name="Mark">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Flain Suit#Attendant's Mark|Attendant's Mark]]''</ref><ref name="Bond">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Flain Suit#Weaver's Bond|Weaver's Bond]]''</ref> [[Husk]]s being reshaped [[Fallen]],<ref name="Cloak">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Flain Suit#Husk's Cloak|Husk's Cloak]]''</ref> and [[Grim]] being created from the shattered minds of [[Precursors (Species)|Dissenters]] within the Witness itself.<ref name="Legs">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Flain Suit#Claws/Talons/Hooks of the Flain|Claws/Talons/Hooks of the Flain]]''</ref> Some Dread were even created by the Witness from other Dread, with the Subjugators [[Expector Yemiq|Yemiq]] and [[Expector Selin|Selin]] originating as two halves of a dissected [[Tormentor]].<ref name="Arms">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Flain Suit#Grips/Reach/Grasps of the Flain|Grips/Reach/Grasps of the Flain]]''</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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===Serving the Final Shape=== | ===Serving the Final Shape=== | ||
Upon entering | Upon entering the Pale Heart, the Witness first attempted to ask the Traveler to give it the Light willingly. But when it refused, the Witness opted to take the Light by force.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Flain Suit#Skull/Visage/Mask of the Flain|Skull/Visage/Mask of the Flain]]''</ref> With it, the Witness would begin to create the Dread. Its first attempt, a [[Subjugator]] named [[The Resonant Knife, First of the Reshaped|Keit'ehr]], would be rendered into a catatonic state with the Witness leaving them interred within a grave with the command to later rise forth and prove themselves.<ref name="Chest">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Flain Suit#Carapace/Adornment/Scales of the Flain|Carapace/Adornment/Scales of the Flain]]''</ref> Over time, the Witness would perfect the process, creating more Subjugators, as well as other Dread from its loyal forces, like the House of Salvation and Shadow Legion, by framing the transformation as a way to get vengeance on the Traveler or a form of reward for their service respectively.<ref name="Cloak"/><ref name="Bond"/> | ||
More than a year after the Witness entered the portal, the Guardian and the [[Vanguard]] would follow it, encountering the Dread alongside the Witness' other followers.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]]''</ref> While primarily encountered within the Pale Heart, Dread units were briefly seen on [[Europa]] under the command of [[Korha, the Hollow]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[The Hollow, Part II]]''</ref> | More than a year after the Witness entered the portal, the Guardian and the [[Vanguard]] would follow it, encountering the Dread alongside the Witness' other followers.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]]''</ref> While primarily encountered within the Pale Heart, Dread units were briefly seen on [[Europa]] under the command of [[Korha, the Hollow]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[The Hollow, Part II]]''</ref> | ||
===Following the Echoes=== | ===Following the Echoes=== | ||
Following the death of the Witness, the remaining Dread forces would | Following the death of the Witness, the remaining Dread forces would become lost, looking to feel whole again.<ref name="SD">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - [[Sundered Doctrine]]''</ref> Many would try to find this by following the [[Echo (object)|Echoes]] expelled from the Traveler following the Witness' death. An Omen and Tormentor who had [[Eexonios, Pledged to Yirix|pledged]] [[Iziira, Pledged to Yirix|themselves]] to [[Yirix]], a leader of the [[Psion Conclave]], would lead a mission to claim the [[Echo of Command]] from the [[Maya Sundaresh|Conductor]] from deep within [[Nessus]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Echoes]] - [[Encore]]''</ref> | ||
Months later, [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]] was able to utilise many more Dread forces | Months later, [[Fikrul, the Fanatic]] was able to utilise many more Dread forces drawn to the power of his own Echo, the [[Echo of Riis]], in his mission to transform living [[Fallen|Eliksni]] into [[Scorn]] with its power.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Onslaught: Salvation]]''</ref> They would follow him to the derelict [[Prison of Elders]], where they would work with the Taken locked with such as [[Sylok, the Defiled]] and [[Keksis, the Betrayed|Keksis, Twice-Betrayed]],<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Tomb of Elders]]''</ref> and his [[Revenant Fortress]].<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Kell's Fall]]''</ref> After the Echo was taken by [[Eramis, Kell of Darkness|Eramis]] beyond the System, the Dread would begin looking for power elsewhere.<ref>'''Bungie (2024/10/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Revenant]] - [[Variks, the Loyal]]: [[Tomb of Elders#Transcript|"The Echo is far out of reach, now. The Dread, at least, will seek power elsewhere."]]''</ref> | ||
Sometime later, Dread under the command of Keit'Ehr, who had been Taken and renamed to '''The Resonant Knife''', would move on the [[Dreadnaught]] in pursuit of the last Echo, the [[Echo of Navigation]], and to establish a new base of operations alongside newly created [[Dire Taken]].<ref>'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - [[Sloane]]: [[The Nether#Transcrpt|The Taken and Dread think this ship belongs to them. They want a new base of operations in Sol. Rip them out of the hull, every inch of it. ]]''</ref> This activity would be found by the Vanguard when a projection of the Dreadnaught began dropping [[Eversion Anchor]]s in the [[EDZ]], sending [[the Guardian]], [[Eris Morn]] and the [[Drifter]].<ref>'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - [[Espial]]''</ref> Upon reaching the Dreadnaught, Eris and the Drifter would be ambushed by the Resonant Knife in the Court of Oryx, who would kill and drag the former away. The Guardian would later encounter the Resonant Knife and disrupt a ritual, forcing the Taken Omen to retreat.<ref>'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - [[Recce]]''</ref> | |||
===Sundered Doctrine=== | |||
While the Guardians were dealing with the Echo of the Dreadnaught, a party of Dread led by a powerful Weaver known as [[Kerrev, the Erased]] would infiltrate the [[The Sunken Pyramid|Sunken Pyramid]] in search of something within that they could use to remake themselves into new shapes.<ref name="TDL">'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - [[The Drowning Labyrinth]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2025/2/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Episode: Heresy]] - Item Description: [[Future Proof#Lore|Future Proof]]''</ref> Reports of this would reach Ikora, who would send her [[The Hidden|Hidden]] to establish a camp within the Pyramid assemble a Guardian fireteam to find out what the Dread were doing and put a stop to it.<ref name="TDL"/> Upon entering the Pyramid, the Guardian fireteam fought their way through Kerrev's Dread and allied Hive, including a quartet of [[Shrieker]]s with Pyramidal Shells known as the [[Zoetic Lockset]], and eventually made their way to a large vault door where they found and defeated Kerrev.<ref name="SD"/> | |||
After exploring the Pyramid, collecting [[Worm]]s experimented on by [[Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness|Rhulk]] and claiming knowledge from the Dread studying the Pyramid, the Guardian would eventually discover what was being kept within the Vault and what the Dread were after: a Chisel that [[Oryx, the Taken King|Oryx]] used to carve the [[Tablets of Ruin]].<ref name="TDL"/><ref name="SD"/> | |||
==Members== | ==Members== | ||
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*[[Expector Selin]] | *[[Expector Selin]] | ||
*[[Expector Yemiq]] | *[[Expector Yemiq]] | ||
*[[Follower of Power]] | |||
*[[Herald of the Weapon]] | *[[Herald of the Weapon]] | ||
*[[Hrisk, Subjugator of Freedom]] | *[[Hrisk, Subjugator of Freedom]] | ||
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*[[Subjugator of Whispers]] | *[[Subjugator of Whispers]] | ||
*[[The Resonant Knife, First of the Reshaped]] | *[[The Resonant Knife, First of the Reshaped]] | ||
*[[Uta Resk, General of Dread]] | |||
*[[Vrhaask, Subjugator of Solace]] | *[[Vrhaask, Subjugator of Solace]] | ||
*[[Vrhada, Subjugator of Insight]] | *[[Vrhada, Subjugator of Insight]] | ||
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;Mentioned Only | ;Mentioned Only | ||
*[[Aemn]] | |||
*[[Jjenr]] | *[[Jjenr]] | ||
*The Ferrule, Subjugator of Locks | *[[The Ferrule, Subjugator of Locks]] | ||
*[[Uolot]] | |||
*[[Veskith]] | |||
{{Col-end}} | {{Col-end}} | ||
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**[[Bound Weaver]] | **[[Bound Weaver]] | ||
**[[Gordian Weaver]] | **[[Gordian Weaver]] | ||
**[[Preceptor's Novice]] | |||
**[[Revenant Essentia]] | **[[Revenant Essentia]] | ||
**[[Summoned Weaver]] | **[[Summoned Weaver]] | ||
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**[[Bound Husk]] | **[[Bound Husk]] | ||
**[[Carnage Husk]] | **[[Carnage Husk]] | ||
**[[Conclave Husk]] | |||
**[[Soul of Malice]] | |||
**[[Soul of Suffering]] | |||
**[[Tempest's Beloved]] | **[[Tempest's Beloved]] | ||
**[[Tormented Husk]] | **[[Tormented Husk]] | ||
{{Col-2}} | {{Col-2}} | ||
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***[[Lens Bearer]] | ***[[Lens Bearer]] | ||
***[[Omen of the Witness]] | ***[[Omen of the Witness]] | ||
***[[Shade of Keit' | ***[[Shade of Keit'Ehr]] | ||
***[[Tempest's Beloved]] | ***[[Tempest's Beloved]] | ||
***[[Tenet of Stillness]] | ***[[Tenet of Stillness]] | ||
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**[[Imprint of Nezarec]] | **[[Imprint of Nezarec]] | ||
**[[Threshold Sentinel]] | **[[Threshold Sentinel]] | ||
**[[Tormentor Equerry]] | |||
**[[Tormentor Precept]] | |||
**[[Viscera of Nezarec]] | **[[Viscera of Nezarec]] | ||
**[[Witness's Conscript]] | **[[Witness's Conscript]] | ||
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*The Dread are the first faction to have flying units with wings (Grim), and to have units that use [[Strand]] abilities (Weavers and Harbingers). | *The Dread are the first faction to have flying units with wings (Grim), and to have units that use [[Strand]] abilities (Weavers and Harbingers). | ||
*Prior to [[Episode: Heresy]], Dread units used the same symbol as the Shadow Legion. | *Prior to [[Episode: Heresy]], Dread units used the same symbol as the Shadow Legion. | ||
*The Dread units can be heard speaking in an untranslated language during combat; it is unknown whether this is the native language of the Witness, of the template species these units are based on, or an entirely new language used only by the Dread. | |||
*Although the Dread are stated to have been created by the Witness using the Traveler's Light, Tormentors were first encountered prior to the Witness entering the Pale Heart. It thus remains unclear as to how Tormentors were created. | |||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||