Editing Dreaming City

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

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

|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.

{{Quote|A long-hidden stronghold sacred to the [[Awoken]] of the [[Reef]].}}

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]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', 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]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', 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]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Spine of Keres, Cave</ref>.

After The Queen and her followers left the Awoken homeland, the [[Distributary]], she created the Dreaming City as her own personal realm. There, she and other Awoken could reside in peace. Uldren Sov desired to bring the Queen a gift and returned with an [[Ahamkara]] named [[Riven]], who would stay in the City for the rest of her life.

 

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]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[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]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Pilgrimage: Harbinger's Seclude, Eao's Nest''</ref>.

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]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[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]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[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]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Reverie_Dawn_Armor#Reverie_Dawn_Cloak_/_Mark_/_Bond|Reverie Dawn Cloak / Mark / Bond]]''</ref>

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]]. 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.

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, they inadvertently made a single collective wish, allowing Riven to alter the rules of ascendancy within the Dreaming City according to [[Toland]]. 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.

Meanwhile, Petra would provide tactical support for a [[Vanguard]] strike team to free the last Techeun [[Sedia]] of her Taken corruption. The Drifter would also temporarily set up his [[Gambit]] within the [[Cathedral of Scars]] and brought [[Vex]] and [[Cabal]] to compete in through unknown means, following the events of [[Beyond Light]], the map would become unavailable.  

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.

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]].

===Taking Back the Dreaming City===

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, with the intention of killing her as she came out of the crystal.

 

 

 

 

 

===Story missions===

===Dungeons===

===Raid===

===Strikes===

==Locations==

*[[Divalian Mists]] {{C|Landing Zone}}

**[[Queen's Court]]

**[[Harbinger's Seclude]]

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

*[[Mara Sov's Chambers]]

*[[Caliburn Gatehouse]]

*[[Cathedral of Scars]] {{C|[[Gambit]] map}}

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

*[[Riven's Lair]]

**[[The Crossing]]

**[[Sensorium (location)|Sensorium]]

**[[The Pavilion]]

**[[Lararium]]

**[[Cell of the Sycophant]]

**[[Garden of Plenty]]

**[[Reaver's Orison]]

**[[Temple of the Queen's Wrath]]

**[[Chamber of Wishes]]

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*The Divalian Mists and Rheasilvia share names with features on the asteroid [[4 Vesta]], the equatorial trough Divalia Fossa and the impact crater Rheasilvia, suggesting that the Dreaming City was built on it. In ''Destiny'', 4 Vesta was said to be the heart of the Awoken civilization.

*The city was originally going to be a standard location, initially explored through story missions, then finally unlock 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>

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