The Dread

"I don't have time to explain why I don't have time to explain."
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Dread
Overview
Domain(s):	Earth Neptune The Pale Heart
Leadership:	The Witness
At war with:	The Coalition Lucent Brood
Allied with:	Disciples of the Witness Shadow Legion Xivu Arath's Horde Taken House of Salvation Sol Divisive Scorn

The Dread are an enemy faction created by the Witness, first seen with the Tormentors during the events of Lightfall. They are composed of beings reshaped by the latter into its "perfected" form, with its Disciples serving as a genetic blueprint for other Dread creations to have descended from their lineage and remnants of other conquered species transfigured into its own army using stolen Light from The Traveler.

Members

Subjugators

• Mhakt, Subjugator of the Forgotten
• Oeilumn, Subjugator of Wilderness
• Rhaska, Subjugator of Thresholds
• Rhalis, Subjugator of The Light
• Rhoj, Subjugator of Greed
• Rhuna, Subjugator of Chasms
• Subjugator of the Devoted
• Tempest's Beloved
• Vrihn, Subjugator of Gardens

Tormentors

• Araaxen, Reverent of the Witness
• Axsaeniia, Reverent of the Witness
• Kataxiia, Tormentor of the Ahamkara
• Kavauust, Reverent of the Witness
• Omen, Blade of the Black Terrace
• Toniq, Imprint of Nezarec
• Vereziia, Reverent of the Witness

Command structure

Attendant — Psion units that send out a wave of Stasis energy and inflict slow on targets caught in the wave's path. Fractal Attendant Frozen Attendant Tempest's Beloved Weaver — Psion units that send out a wave of Strand energy to pull its target towards it. Gordian Weaver Tangling Weaver Grim — A highly mobile flying enemy that slows and suppresses a Guardian’s abilities if they get too close. Resonating Grim Husk — An acrobatic melee bruiser that sends a deployable geist enemy toward you unless you hit their weak spot with a final blow. Bound Husk Carnage Husk Tempest's Beloved Tormented Husk

Subjugator — Units that support their allies with Pyramid drones similar to the Stormcaller's Arc Soul and cast a variety of Stasis or Strand attacks with their spears. Harbinger – Strand-wielding Subjugators. Bound Harbinger Enlightened Harbinger Harbinger of the Witness Omen — Stasis-wielding Subjugators. Bound Omen Enlightened Omen Omen of the Witness Tormentor — Brute-like units that can cast Void attacks with their scythes, and grabs their target to perform the Dark Harvest move. Blightmaker Cavum of Nezarec Imprint of Nezarec Threshold Sentinel Witness's Conscript

Technology

Weaponry

• Grim Blades
• Resonant Allision
• Subjugator Glaive
• Tormentor Scythe
• Transitory Lance

Structures

• Crux of Darkness
• Pyramid Spike
• Tech Pack

Trivia

• The Dread are the first faction to have flying units with wings (Grim), and to have units that use Strand abilities (Weavers and Harbingers).

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  The Attendant, a Stasis-wielding Psion.

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  The Weaver, a Strand-wielding Psion.

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  The Grim.

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  The Husk.

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  The Omen, a Stasis-wielding Subjugator.

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  The Harbinger, a Strand-wielding Subjugator.

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  The Tormentor.

List of appearances

• Destiny 2: Lightfall (First appearance)
  • Season of Defiance
  • Season of the Deep
  • Season of the Witch
  • Into the Light
  • The Final Shape (First identified as The Dread)