Editing Illyn

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|othernames= Wise Illyn<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Bench|"There were more Techeuns once. Wise Illyn. Nervous Portia. Steadfast Lissyl. Fearless Nascia. Now it is just me and Sedia and Kalli. Our coven, our family, is broken. Everything here conjures a memory…"]]''</ref>
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|affiliation= [[Reef]]
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|notable= Techeun Coven Mother
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{{Quote|Only a defeat here, now. Not there, then.|Illyn<ref name="Coven">'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Allies|Allies]]/[[Grimoire:Allies/The Queen|The Queen]], [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#The_Coven|The Coven]]''</ref>}}

'''Illyn''' is an [[Awoken]] who served [[Mara Sov]] as the Coven Mother of the last seven [[Techeun]]s who attended the [[Queen]]. She helped Mara and [[Riven of a Thousand Voices|Riven]] shape the [[Dreaming City]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Gardens 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> [[Kelda Wadj]] was her mentor in the [[Distributary]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#kelda Wadj Statue|"This is a statue of Kelda Wadj, teacher of teachers. She trained Illyn, the mother of our coven, and Illyn, in return, trained every Techeun to ever walk the Dreaming City."]]''</ref>

==Biography==
===Advisor to Queen Mara===
In the aftermath of the first [[Fallen]] assault against the [[Reef]], Illyn and Prince [[Uldren Sov]] examined the communication logs aboard the [[Ketch]] of the Fallen Baron who led the assault. They determined that the Baron did not transmit the location of the Reef to his Kell, ensuring that the Awoken remained safe and hidden for the time being.<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#Telic I|Telic I]]''</ref>

Centuries later, during the [[Great Ahamkara Hunt]] by the [[Guardian]]s of [[The Last City]], Queen Mara decided to grant the [[Vanguard]]'s request for assistance for her captured [[Ahamkara]], Riven, to be the last one in existence. They bargained with Riven to provide weapons for the Guardians,<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Armor of the Great Hunt (Titan)#Greaves of the Great Hunt|Greaves of the Great Hunt]]''</ref> and Illyn met with the [[Titan (class)|Titan]] [[Joxer]] and provided him a crate of weapons to use in the hunt for the wish-dragons. She mocked him for keeping his rifle ready in her presence and accused him of having fear as his primary motivation despite all the power the [[Light]] granted him, but Joxer countered that his fear was well-founded with the destruction the Ahamkara were inflicting upon [[Venus]]. Illyn suggested that the Ahamkara were simply rewriting Venus, not destroying it, but Joxer cared little for the distinction. Opening the crate of weapons Illyn explained that per the terms of their bargain laid out by "her", the weapons would need to be returned once the Great Hunt was finished, and refused to answer any of the Titan's questions about why or who set the terms of the agreement.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - Item Description: [[Armor of the Great Hunt (Titan)#Plate of the Great Hunt|Plate of the Great Hunt]]''</ref>

===Preparing for Ascension===
Shortly after the [[Wolf Rebellion]] was brought to a close, [[Eris Morn]] arrived at the Reef and provided the Queen information about [[Oryx, the Taken King]] and his impending arrival in the solar system. With the knowledge of the Hive God's [[Sword Logic]] and his ability to survive death through the use of a Throne World in the [[Ascendant realm|Ascendant Realm]], Illyn, the Techeun coven, and Riven began aiding Mara in the construction of her own Throne World. As the Techeuns built the [[Blind Well]] within the Dreaming City to act as a key to opening a portal to Mara's throne, Illyn created multiple tinctures of [[Tincture of Queensfoil|Queensfoil]] to enter the Ascendant Realm, to the point where her hands became stained reddish-black. Utilizing the Queensfoil to manipulate threads of reality within the other realm, bringing some closer together while pushing others away. Once Illyn and the Techeuns completed their task, Mara named her throne world [[Eleusinia]] and gathered with Illyn and her coven in the Blind Well. When [[Sedia]] expressed concerns over having a key to Eleusinia that could only be charged with paracasual energy generated by Guardians, Illyn told her that they must follow Mara's plan and remember her vows.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Dreaming City|The Dreaming City]], [[Lore:The Dreaming City#Throne|Throne]]''</ref>

Before the fateful [[Battle of Saturn]] Illyn presided over a rare meeting with the Coven, discussing what to do about [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. Illyn instructed Shuro Chi, Sedia, and Kalli to take the youngest [[Harbingers]] and "plant them" inside the [[Dreadnaught]], "a dead thing to have children of their own".<ref name="Coven"/>

===After the War===
At some point after the Battle of Saturn, before the Dreaming City was sealed off, Illyn met with Petra Venj in the [[Divalian Mists]]. The Queen's Wrath came to her to propose the training of a new Coven of Techeuns. Illyn was initially resistant to the idea, stating that the Techeuns were not weapons for her, but eventually came around when Petra pointed out their depleted ranks due to the death of [[Kalli]], [[Sedia]] and [[Shuro Chi]]. With Petra agreeing to do whatever the Coven mother needed, she told Petra to send her recruits and hoped they would be stronger than her.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/8/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Lost]] - Item Description: [[Pathfinder's Suit#Pathfinder's Helmet/Helm/Visor|Pathfinder's Helmet/Helm/Visor]]''</ref>

Although she had agreed to train the new Coven, the relationship between the Queen's Wrath and the remaining elder Techeuns only deteriorated without the influence of Shuro Chi. Despite this, Illyn, [[Lissyl]] [[Nascia]] and [[Portia]] worked with [[Variks, the Loyal]] to find a way to control [[Taken]] energies together and use it to [[Desolate|empower armor]] for Guardians.<ref>'''Bungie (2016/4/12)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] - [[Grimoire]]:[[Grimoire:Enemies|Enemies]]/[[Grimoire:Enemies/The Taken|The Taken]], [[Grimoire:Enemies/The Taken#Report: Taken Power|Report: Taken Power]]''</ref>

A year after the [[Red War]], Illyn would be found by Uldren Sov. He demanded that Illyn admit that she trapped his sister in the Dreaming City, but she just reiterated that she was dead. She spoke more to Uldren about how they knew he would return and how her sister needed nothing from any of the Awoken. All of this only continued to anger Uldren, to the point of wanting to kill her. Eventually, he broke down after a rant about his purpose, and the purpose of all Awoken, and surrendered himself to be locked in the [[Prison of Elders]].<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore]]:[[Lore:The Forsaken Prince|The Forsaken Prince]], [[Lore:The Forsaken Prince#Free .7C Part I|Free | Part 1]]''</ref>

===Presumable Death===
At some point after her encounter with the mad Uldren Sov, Illyn, Portia, Nascia and Lissyl snuck into a place known as [[Processes and Services]], where they had created the Desolates. it was here that Illyn tried to communicate with [[Shuro Chi]] and made the fatal mistake of wishing for her, Mara and Uldren to come back. This attracted the attention of the Taken [[Ahamkara]] Riven who presumably killed all the Techeuns present.<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#Illyn|Illyn]]''</ref>

==Quotes==
*''We each must play our part in the greater plan.''
===Illyn's old epics===
*''"A rainbow resolute, they soared ahead and backs turned to the sun, sought new stars. But one by one, they flickered — green, black, red — and winked out in the clash of nascent wars."''<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Illyn's Crystal|"Illyn used to recite poetry here. She'd say, "A rainbow resolute, they soared ahead and backs turned to the sun, sought new stars. But one by one, they flickered — green, black, red — and winked out in the clash of nascent wars.""]]''</ref>
*''In anguish, dying, maimed, they keened unheard into the ether's vast and airless reach. A final whisper deep within them stirred and crossed the void. Then voices filled the breach.''<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Illyn's Crystal|"This place always reminds me of Illyn and her dust old epics… How did it go? Mm, "In anguish, dying, maimed, they keened unheard into the ether's vast and airless reach. A final whisper deep within them stirred and crossed the void. Then voices filled the breach.""]]''</ref>
*''Speaking us awake — darkness and starlight released our minds and overwhelmed our sight. Their cosmic boon did we at first rejoice, 'til they laid at our feet a fateful choice…''<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Illyn's Crystal|"Illyn, the mother of our coven, used to bring us here to remember the old epics. A piece of one used to go, "Speaking us awake — darkness and starlight released our minds and overwhelmed our sight. Their cosmic boon did we at first rejoice, 'til they laid at our feet a fateful choice.""]]''</ref>
*''I sing of twilight's children, who awoke; when at the edge of darkness, all hope lost, upon the treacherous reef their vessels broke, and untold kin their exodus cost.''<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Shuro Chi]]: [[Patrol/Dialogue#Illyn's Crystal|"Illyn used to gather us here to recite the old epics. She’d say “I sing of twilight’s children, who awoke when at the edge of darkness, all hope lost, upon the treacherous reef their vessels broke, and untold kin their exodus cost.""]]''</ref>

==Trivia==
*Illyn has a [[Temple of Illyn|temple]] named after her in the [[Dreaming City]].

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]]'' {{Fm}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Lost]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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[[Category:Awoken characters]]
[[Category:Techeuns]]
[[Category:Citizens of the Reef]]