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{{Under construction}} {{Verbatim}} A list of all [[Patrol]] dialogue can be found here, sorted by location and type. ==Cosmodrome== ===''Destiny''=== ===''Destiny 2''=== ====Collect Supplies==== *'''Shaw Han''': The City's put out a call for raw materials. We're looking for anything that generates an electrical signal or bioenergetics. *'''Zavala''': To all Guardians in the region: the City is in need of unprocessed materials. You're standing in a target-rich environment. They may have something we can use. *'''Zavala''': The Vanguard needs a willing Guardian to track down hostiles in the region. Relieve them of anything we can break down for raw materials. *'''Zavala''': The City needs supplies, Guardian. Hostiles in your region have what we need. *'''Shaw Han''': See if the local hostiles have anything we can salvage. The City's supply vectors were waylaid this week. *'''Shaw Han''': The City Weapon Foundries have reported a shortage on resources. Can't run strikes without rifles. Vanguard will pay for whatever you can scavenge. *'''Zavala''': Guardian, we need you to hunt down local invaders and relieve them of their equipment. City's hurting for raw material. *'''Zavala''': To all Guardians on the Cosmodrome front lines — Invaders in your area possess equipment or bioenergetics the Tower can use. *'''Zavala''': Shipwright Holliday is asking for parts and fuel for hangar bays. See if local invaders have what we need. ====Combat==== *'''Shaw Han''': To any Guardian in range — we've got hostiles in the area. Coordinates marked. *'''Zavala''': The former Hunter Vanguard, Cayde-6, used to be in charge of patrol beacon placement. You remind me of him. Let's see if you can match his kill count. *'''Shaw Han''': Vanguard scouts report a group of hostiles threatens to destabilize the region. We need that area clear. Locate and neutralize them. *'''Zavala''': You've accessed a patrol marker. They're placed by Hunter scouts in target-rich environments. See to it their numbers thin. *'''Shaw Han''': The Vanguard needs an operative at these marked coordinates. Be ready for a firefight. *'''Zavala''': Hostiles detected in your region, Guardian. Locate and dispatch. *'''Zavala''': The Cosmodrome is one of several steady sources of new Guardians. We try to keep it clear of hostiles as often as possible. *'''Zavala''': The Vanguard keeps supply vectors towards the City as clear as possible across hostile territory. I've marked targets of opportunity that could use your attention. *'''Shaw Han''': Weapons-grade energy spikes detected. Could be anything from firearms to Hive bioenergetics. Requesting a Guardian responder. ==Ocean of Storms== ===''Destiny''=== ===''Destiny 2''=== ====Field Assignment: Active Duty==== =====Archer's Line Chasm===== *'''Toland''': They told others their mission was exobotany, but this fig leaf could not hide their desire. They wanted knowledge the Traveler would not give them. Nothing is sweeter than forbidden fruit. *'''Toland''': So many wonders of the age, so many sciences still used, conceived of here, in silence and secrecy. What inspired them? What did they find in this desolation? *'''Toland''': Serenity. Tranquility. Fertility. It seems a fine place for investigating alien life. Yes, but what of Storms? What of Cold? What of Crises? When does a sanctuary become a prison? *'''Toland''': Hubris blinded us to the realities of this place. To the hidden power pulsating throughout. One many shades darker than the Hive. Crota sat at the forefront of our story, and so we turned a blind eye to the very idea of puppet masters in the shadows. Darkness incarnate. *'''Toland''': Arrogance is little more than a by-product of hubris. And hubris destroys most of us in the end. Hundreds of Guardian souls shattered against the edges of Crota's blade the day of the Great Disaster, their Light consumed by his ambition. *'''Toland''': In the Hive, the Vanguard faced a new threat they didn't understand. So they did what they do best— they shot at it. And to their detriment, it shot back. Death was delivered the day of our Great Disaster. =====Accelerator===== *'''Toland''': Tragic. Casting a line out into the ocean of space, ignorant of what swims out there, waiting in the depths. If they had known the truth, even the barest inkling, they would have shrunk away from its shores in terror. *'''Toland''': Before we could leap from planet to planet like fleas, we had to crawl through the void like worms. The Accelerator flew humanity's necessities on swift wings, flitting them from the Moon to the colonies like starlings. But worms do not survive flights with birds. *'''Toland''': Dark the Moon. Dark the night. Hush the station. Hush the Hive. Gone their leaders. Gone the Light. *'''Toland''': Just think of the old colony ships, lumbering toward some distant planet loaded with bodies. And then some soulless cargo package flashes by shot from this Accelerator and piloted by an AI. It weighs you down, life. *'''Toland''': You feel it, don't you? The hunger that cannot be sated. What’s next? What if? Why? It eats at us, what we don't know. It always has. Ignorance has never been bliss - not once you’ve learned you lack the truth. =====Dome===== *'''Toland''': Exploration and discovery are pleasant but thin euphemisms for conquest. This was as true in our history as in any you'll find. Our first steps into the inky dark were no different. Lest we forget: The Hive's lunar settlements predate our own. *'''Toland''': Had the Traveler not come to our fragile home, humanity would've carried on as it always had. Reaching blindly in the dark. We likely would've extinguished ourselves well before the Hive took up the task. So I ask: Are we fortunate? Or unfortunate? *'''Toland''': For millennia, humanity gazed at the Moon and envisioned visiting it. Yet, no one dreamed it a trespass. The Hive is not a welcoming host, as you well know. *'''Toland''': How long were the Hive on the Moon? How did they arrive? How patient they were, listening to invaders scrabble across its surface. But I do not think they were hiding. They awaited a sign. *'''Toland''': We were destined to be found by this ageless expression: the pursuit of a last true shape. If not the Hive, some other adherent. Slay every living disciple of sword logic, but the logic itself — as any hard-coded feature of the cosmos — will simply await rediscovery. =====Traitor's Ketch===== *'''Toland''': The pirates came in the wake of our Collapse to pick at our bones. I have no answers as to whether it was bravery or desperation that drove them to scavenge at the edge of the Hive's most hallowed ground. But the Hellmouth has been rich in its bounty. And many Fallen crews made a name among the old Houses for the treasures stolen from this dead rock. *'''Toland''': The House of Dusk is not the future of the Fallen, but it is a sign of their evolution— of a future yet to come… No longer the desperate fools clinging to a lost history and misguided faith in machines. I am curious as to what the Eliksni will become on the far side of their current struggle. *'''Toland''': The question I ponder when considering the Eliksni and their fractured society is how we, the supposed heroes we claim to be, react to a species on the brink? As we are. To my mind, we must be cruel. End them now, while they are on the brink, or risk whatever it is they will one day become. *'''Toland''': It's unclear to me…are the remaining Fallen less because they have shed the dead ways of Kells and Archons, or are they more? Is the shedding of their societal chains and the dissolution of their faith their end? Or an evolution? I fear the scattered Fallen of today are forebearers of a terrible threat yet to come. *'''Toland''': How many crews have called this Ketch home? How many worlds has it plundered in the name of Fallen Houses that have since crumbled? Now the grand Houses, like this Ketch, are broken things— shades of old glory, like poor Luna. Once majestic, once an inspiration, now nothing more than a shattered relic of glory days beyond reclamation. =====Ketch Entrance===== *'''Toland''': The Brays were here. How fine their avarice, how grand their hubris. Such great spirit echoes through time and space. It lives on long after any mortal form. Are they all gone? I wonder… *'''Toland''': Those who worked here sought knowledge, despite dangers, heedless of consequences. Some seekers find reward. Others, ruin. Which shall you be? *'''Toland''': The study of alien flora concealed stranger sciences, but it was not without its own merit. They learned much here that has since been lost. *'''Toland''': In our own time of need, we failed ourselves. Crota struck us down en masse and destroyed much of what was built here. Moonbase included. The Traveler had come, it had brought us into a Golden Age. And yet little from that era mattered in the shadow of Crota. *'''Toland''': Beyond that day, the Vanguard would learn the true power of Crota's Will. Of realms between reality and the great beyond. Of Ascendance. I would be their guide. They would learn things from me. And in them, they would find truth and power. *'''Toland''': There were those who believed that in Crota, the end had come. From the Moonbase, they cried out for help. Their message beamed far and across the system. It would land with those who would not respond. Deemed to be only "affairs of the City." =====Moonbase===== *'''Toland''': All the Guardians lost here on this dead orb. All the Hive destroyed by our push against their dark will. So much loss on both sides. And always the Fallen, there to pick at the carnage, the scrap— surviving, thriving on the waste of this unending war we call existence. *'''Toland''': The Fallen's obsession with Luna has cost them much. They come to pillage the remains of human innovation and pick at the Hive's arcana. But I have yet to understand what drives them to take such a risk when there are other worlds more easily scavenged. *'''Toland''': There was a crew of Fallen who took to the Hive's sword logic. They are all dead now— by their own hands. They sought Ascension, but understood nothing of its meaning. I watched as they slaughtered one another over the course of months. The last of them, with no crew left to lead, walked to the Hellmouth's edge and cast himself into the depths. *'''Toland''': I offer no set conclusions, but it is my belief that the Fallen dare plunder the Hellmouth's depth. They know the value in mastering the strange science of their enemy - be it Hive, Human, Vex, or Cabal. They risk much to steal pieces of understanding from us all, until that time when they no longer fear extinction… but inflict it. *'''Toland''': All great journeys begin with a single step, but not if you stand at the precipice. How does one tell the difference between the horizon and an abyss in a place like this? They couldn't. Are you certain you can? *'''Toland''': Before Crota's death, the Hive viewed the Fallen as nothing more than an annoyance. But now, as they struggle to regain their purpose, the Hive have no patience for distraction. This has led to a renewed conflict as both fight to survive in the face of sustained Guardian aggression. =====Temple of Crota===== *'''Toland''': Eris — at the time, unbroken — together with Eriana-3 sought vengeance upon Crota. And they formed a team of powerful Guardians to aid in executing him. Vell Tarlowe, Sai Mota, Omar Agah… And of course, the only one who could truly guide them, me. All of them, so foolish. They passed through this canyon, naivete at their side, toward their inevitable doom. *'''Toland''': Vell Tarlowe was the first of us to fall in the dark below. Assaulted by both his pride and the Wizard Verok. I warned Vell of the dangers posed by the Hive. Being headstrong, I said, was not going to keep him alive. *'''Toland''': In the quest to fell Crota, we brought with us the desire for vengeance. We brought ego. But with me, I brought curiosity. Reverence. Fascination. And as such, here I sit, my soul still bound to existence. With the exception of Eris, I can't say the same for the rest. *'''Toland''': Though many souls were silenced at the Great Disaster, their memories lingered. A fire was born in the heart of Praxic Warlock Eriana-3. She fought the day of our disaster, lost one of her closest friends, and retreated alongside the survivors. But her Light remained. And she vowed vengeance upon Crota. =====Hellmouth Chasm===== *'''Toland''': The Moon is fragile. Even more so now than before. Look no further than the oozing schisms brought forth by the Pyramid. May they serve as a warning: The Moon has been carved out, far beyond imagination. Fetid miasma rises. It belongs to the Hive now. *'''Toland''': In a nest left untouched, the Hive pulse beneath the surface of the Moon. their influence grows. Their presence spreads. What you see rising from the schisms is the very essence of the Hive themselves. For there is naught else within the Moon's core. *'''Toland''': Behold: causation in all its exquisite majesty. Your persistence reshapes the Hidden Swarm; in turn, the Swarm reshapes the Moon. Their adaptations will only become more profound, the effects more pronounced. They have you to thank for this. *'''Toland''': New voices reverberate through the lunar formicary. Heresies whispered in the dark. Below your feet, the Hidden Swarm are acquainting themselves with deeper magics beyond their reckoning. To say nothing of ours. =====Hellmouth Overlook===== *'''Toland''': The Hellmouth: the foundry of Crota's deepest dreams. *'''Toland''': Crota claimed innumerable souls in this pit. The wages of our heroism were countless corpses and a strengthened, emboldened enemy. It’s no wonder the Hidden Swarm see Guardians as their greatest whetstone; ever eager and willing to sharpen their blade. *'''Toland''': Fools look at the Hive and see mindlessness. But they bear deep wounds— and they do not forget those who wounded them. Crota. Oryx. Omnigul. Each death shook the Hellmouth to the deepest pit. But as we say: That which doesn't kill you, et cetera. Just ask Hashladûn. Or her slaughtered sisters. *'''Toland''': Omar Agah entered these depths with his own unique faults: disbelief and distrust. But beneath it all was his truth: fear. The Hive fed off this very fear. Poor Eris had to watch as his Light was stripped from his soul and his essence used to strengthen the Hive. =====Hellmouth Edge===== *'''Toland''': I entered the Hellmouth with a sense of fateful inevitability. We would all die, or worse. I knew this to be true. Woefully unprepared was what we were. I stand by that. But it doesn't mean I didn't respect them. I did then, and I always will. *'''Toland''': Oh, Eriana — vengeful Eriana. Crota may have taken her Light, but she left her soul on the battlefield. She had a death wish long before she approached me. In the end, of course, she blamed me for what happened. Pride begets death. *'''Toland''': If you'd asked me long ago what I thought of Eris Morn, you'd have learned kindness does not flow through my veins. But I have since gained a reverence for Eris. I thought her broken. Foolish. But I was the fool. Eris was the best of us all… and still is. *'''Toland''': Eris torments herself for her erstwhile fireteam and the fates we marched into together. An appreciated but needless penance. Our struggle is a grand dialogue. We exchange blood for understanding. It is not tragedy; it is simply the price, and ours to play. *'''Toland''': Deep below, the rudderless Hidden Swarm seek guidance. Order. They won't find it. Because of what you did— what you didn't do. It should've been your hand guiding them in Oryx's stead. Yet you disrupted a glorious engine. You: the arrogant, anomalous variable. *'''Toland''': Few perils in the cosmos are as dangerous as an idea. And few ideas are as dangerous as the heretical notion festering in the Hellmouth. =====Gatehouse===== *'''Toland''': The Hive know no limits when it comes to ambition. Nothing remains sacred within the darkness of their ritual halls. In the summoning pits, that was truer than ever. A horrifying abomination - Phogoth, the Untamed - was created within. *'''Toland''': This place reeks of death. This could be said of any structure on the Moon, but this hall is… especially saturated. You yourself carry painful memories of this place. Discard them. Their only use is to weigh you down — and to empower your enemy. I wish Eris could see it this way. But she is bound irretrievably to her pain. *'''Toland''': A series of unfortunate Guardians met their end under the weight of Phogoth's might. He strew them across the battlefields of the Moon and, together with Crota's brood, gave the Great Disaster its name. *'''Toland''': The origin of many Nightmares can be traced to this exact location. Here the Hive bred fear itself, enduring and true. Slay as many abominations as you like; the impressions they leave upon you will remain. We carry every fallen foe with us. Always. *'''Toland''': Countless Guardians perished not just on the battlefields of the Great Disaster, but within the lair of the Hive as well. Having lured them in, the Hive had a plan. It was domination and death. For Guardians, there was no escape that day. *'''Toland''': Not even Crota’s brood could fully contain the rage of Phogoth, the Untamed. His power was nearly unmatched. But in the end, the Light overpowered Phogoth, and he was slain by your hand. =====Sorrow's Harbor===== *'''Toland''': The Pyramid hasn't always held residence on the Moon. Like anything foreign, it arrived here somehow. That chasm would suggest a fall and a crash. And it is as such. Only a single question lingers: Why? The Collapse largely remains a mystery. *'''Toland''': There is much history in the dust here. Grasp a handful and you will hold Light now extinguished. You will hold power misguided. These grounds are covered in the madness of days gone by. Of Guardians and Hive alike. History haunts this place. *'''Toland''': The Moon sits lush with schisms. The result of Eris's curiosity. A Pyramid of pure power with the ability to terraform. Sounds familiar, doesn't it? If the Traveler is a god of Light, then what does that make the Pyramid who spews our tragedies back at us? We must always question the unknowable, for that is the only path to knowing. *'''Toland''': In the absence of the ability to bring Nightmares forth, the Hive manipulate ours, worshipping and even dying for them. No doubt they have plans for the Nightmares. The Hive adapt. They evolve. And they do it quickly. *'''Toland''': The Hive and their rituals. Like moths to a flame, they know no other way. They try time and again to revive the souls of the dead. Or even to bring forth something new. An abomination. A god. And now, our very own Nightmares. =====K1 Revelation===== *'''Toland''': One wonders the effects of the Pyramid on the Hive. If they've existed in its shadow for so long, have they ever communed with it? *'''Toland''': Eris was the first to bring the Pyramid to life… Was it of her will? Or the Pyramid's? The Hive must hate her for it after trying so long to do the same and failing. Or perhaps it's relief they feel. After so much time, they can finally pursue its power, whether it wants them to or not. *'''Toland''': Leaderless, the Hidden Swarm have sought a replacement. Sword logic dictates the violent removal of oneself in favor of the powerful. Never underestimate the machinations of the Hive. in the absence of guidance, they are always in search of it. *'''Toland''': I could tell you that the Pyramid hid from me as it did from you. But I would be betraying the truth. In this form, sight extends beyond the borders of certain realities. Though the Pyramid came into view, I could not see inside then nor now. But, oh, how I wish I could. *'''Toland''': For eons, the Pyramid sat hidden beneath the surface. The Hive, however, knew of its presence. For how long, I do not know. Their lust for power kept it secret. That we know of it now only makes me question whether it's due to coincidence or design. =====Scarlet Keep===== *'''Toland''': Does it burden you, Guardian, to know that your presence here was not simply expected, but desired? That you were summoned? It is no mere coincidence that you, the slayer of Oryx, have been drawn to this place. The Pyramid can't conjure Nightmares from Hive minds. They require a human psyche— anguished, burdened, Lightbearing vessels. *'''Toland''': The heresy was born here, in the Keep, where the daughters of Crota first began their experiments with Nightmares. It was here their priestess asked the question that her sisters would not: If Oryx cannot be resurrected, can he be remade? *'''Toland''': Sword logic demands that which dies remain dead. Hobbled and wounded by the loss of their leaders, the Hidden Swarm no longer agree. They've unmoored themselves from the foundational tenets of the logic. Until this affliction is snuffed out, it will only spread. *'''Toland''': The Hidden Swarm's aberrant behavior sprung from a simple conjecture: What if Oryx was meant to die, so that he might be reborn? Ludicrous, teleological thinking. An affront to everything he held dear. Unfortunately, Oryx is not here to correct them. *'''Toland''': Cloistered in their Keep, the daughters of Crota labor to architect a future renewed for their Swarm. They refuse to accept a world in which Oryx was struck down but not succeeded. They seek to correct that which you left undone. *'''Toland''': When Oryx fell, Crota's brood rallied under the strongest of his children, reaffirming their faith in the logic, accepting their loss. But deep in the hearts of four of Crota's daughters — Besurith, Kinox, Hashladûn, and Voskyr — a seed of doubt quietly took root. They resolved to lead their leaderless Swarm toward a new dawn and slaughter all who stood in their way. ==Ishtar Sink== ==Meridian Bay== ==Dreadnaught== ==Plaguelands== ==European Dead Zone== ==New Pacific Arcology== ==Arcadian Valley== ===Nothing is Crystal Clear=== *'''Failsafe''': Hey friends! I'm having a devil of a time getting some data we need. Can you initiate a manual scan? *'''Failsafe''': I believe there is something of interest at this locale. A scan would allow us to make that determination. Or if more chess is in order. *'''Failsafe''': Friends, there are many things I am good at. Chess, conversion… math. But I cannot initiate a short-range scan at this locale. Could you assist me? *'''Failsafe''': Captain? I'm getting irregular signals over here. An on-site scan sure would make me a heck of a lot less nervous. *'''Failsafe''': Close-range scans at key junction points could be crucial to our success. And I… have precisely zero limbs with which to aid me. *'''Failsafe''': Possible system weakness detected at this coordinate. Probability of hack without manual scan, zero percent. Probability of manual scan, 97 percent. If you would, Captain? *'''Failsafe''': Hey. Go here. Scan this. Brighten up a lady's day. *'''Failsafe''': Captain, I'm attempting to generate a detailed report on sector 02249. An on-site scan would make this go ever-so-much faster. *'''Failsafe''': Scanning localized phenomenon with the sensor array I currently have online is ill-advised. Assuming you are a fan of your skin, which seems like a safe assumption. ==Echo Mesa== ===Assassination=== *'''Asher''': My condition is delicate today, and I am feeling particularly cross. Therefore, I wish to see something die. Something big. *'''Asher''': A noteworthy enemy is tracking you. It is noteworthy only because it is an interruption, and I CANNOT abide interruptions. *'''Asher''': Ikora wished for me to pass along a message. I was not listening, so: something, something, kill the valuable target. There. Message relayed. *'''Ikora''': Sending you details regarding a high-priority target. I could send one of my Hidden, but there's no one I trust more than you. *'''Asher''': Ikora's agents have identified a valuable target. I have identified a theory on said target's combat tactics. Confirm it for me. *'''Ikora''': Your good work isn't going unnoticed, Guardian. The enemy has sent a champion to hunt you. Perhaps they think it will stop us. *'''Ikora''': My agents have been tracking a priority target, which is apparently …tracking you. Give it something to regret. *'''Ikora''': Our enemies believe that this moon is a safe place to groom new leaders. Prove their ignorance. *'''Ikora''': I have fresh intel on an enemy commander not far from your current location. Sending details to your Ghost now. *'''Asher''': Assistant, an enemy of unusual size thirsts for your blood. I will as well, if you do not dispatch it quickly. *'''Ikora''': A powerful enemy dares to hunt you, Guardian. Destroy it. *'''Ikora''': The creatures here are rallying behind a new leader. Remind them of what we do to enemy leaders. ===Combat=== *'''Asher''': Ikora and I have developed a new theory regarding enemy combat tactics. We need your assistance to validate it. *'''Ikora''': My agents are reporting an increase in enemy activity in all sectors. Keep your eye out, Guardian. *'''Asher''': The enemy's presence threatens the validity of my calculations. I will not have it. Cut them down. *'''Ikora''': Intelligence indicates that enemy forces are mobilizing. Stop them before they press our forward line. *'''Asher''': I have a hypothesis about maximizing your utility potential. Prove it. Demonstrate your ability to destroy. *'''Asher''': My readings indicate a rising trend in enemy activity. It is to our mutual benefit to reverse that trend, wouldn't you agree? *'''Ikora''': I sense a great war on the horizon. Hone your skills against the enemies around you. Make yourself sharp and ready. *'''Ikora''': Each enemy that you kill brings us one step closer to restoring the purity of this sacred place. *'''Ikora''': The Vex and the Taken have claimed many planets, but Io will not be one of them. Push them back! ===Analysis=== *'''Asher''': Are you just WANDERING AROUND? You're in the field; take field readings! Scan something! This isn't a vacation! This is science! *'''Asher''': I require manual scans to continue my research. Ikora has suggested you might help if I say "please." In conclusion: Please. *'''Ikora''': Regrettably, I cannot study Io firsthand. But you can be my eyes in the field. Gather scans for me, Guardian. *'''Asher''': BAH! Blasted Vex interference! Assistant! I need you to recalibrate my extrasolar arrays. A few manual scans should do it. Hurry now! *'''Asher''': I've detected an unusual pattern in enemy communication. A few on-site scans might yield interesting results. *'''Asher''': Assistant, I require field scans to better understand this moon. I observe that you are in the field. Therefore, get me scans. *'''Ikora''': This moon seems desolate, I know. But there are forgotten wonders hidden in everything around you. Your Ghost can uncover them. *'''Ikora''': I have little insight into the artifacts present on this moon. If you could send back some scans, I would be… most appreciative. *'''Asher''': Enemy interference is disrupting my calculations! Track it down, assistant! I have no time for such setbacks! ===Survey=== *'''Ikora''': Asher claims to understand the creatures here, but I am not ashamed to declare that I… do not. Spy on them. Help me understand. *'''Ikora''': Blessed energy flows beneath the surface of this moon. Help us understand where it gathers and why. *'''Ikora''': The enemy may be rallying near you current location. Find a recon point and report back as you're able. *'''Ikora''': I'm sending you recon coordinates. Asher's sensors indicate unusual activity nearby, but my agents can't confirm this report. *'''Ikora''': I have a reconnaissance mission for you, if you're interested. My other agents are currently preoccupied. *'''Asher''': Your explorations have scratched just a fraction of this moon's surface. Look sharp and take a good look at what is around you. *'''Asher''': There are many places on this moon that I have not yet explored myself. Find a good vantage point. It will inform my research. *'''Asher''': Our satellites need to be recalibrated. You don't seem to be doing anything important, so… go stand in one place for a while. *'''Asher''': We have a whole moon to explore, too little time, and too few explorers. Show me something I haven't seen yet! *'''Asher''': It sounds inane, but: We don't know what we don't know. Plumb the depths of your naivete, assistant. Survey the area. *'''Asher''': Field work is meaningless without a proper field report. Transmitting survey coordinates now. *'''Ikora''': I need boots-on-the-ground confirmation of an urgent intelligence report. Dispatching coordinates now. *'''Ikora''': Some of my agents are inbound with fresh supplies. I'm sending you details on their intended route. Scout it out, confirm it. ===Salvage=== *'''Ikora''': Upcoming operations require supplies that we can find only here on Io. *'''Asher''': We have need of each other, assistant. MY research materials are running low. YOU need something to do. So: do something. *'''Ikora''': Sensitive materials were stolen from one of my agents. Stand by for an encrypted recovery plan… *'''Ikora''': There is a wealth of knowledge to be gained from enemy resources. See what you can gather. *'''Ikora''': This moon is rich with mystery. Gather its treasures so that we might unravel its secrets. *'''Asher Mir''': I have no time for Ikora's so-called "supply chain delays"! I will make my OWN supply chain! Fetch me new materials! *'''Ikora''': Our foes bear strange artifacts. Collect them. *'''Asher''': Assistant! A power failure just wiped out hours - HOURS! - of my research. I need samples from the field to regain lost time. *'''Asher''': Ah-ha-hem… I find myself experiencing more difficulty than usual today. I can hold the complications at bay, but, I'll need your help gathering supplies. *'''Asher''': I have a new theory on our enemies, but I lack the materials necessary to verify it. Therefore, make yourself useful. Get me those materials. *'''Ikora''': I have new reports on the enemy's supply chain. Dispatching requisition manifest… *'''Asher''': At last, a suitably brutish task for you. Specimen collection! A hallmark of traditional field research, as you are likely unaware. *'''Ikora''': This moon is a sacred place. The creatures here will steal whatever wonders they can find. Reclaim what they've taken. ==Fields of Glass== ===Salvage=== *'''Brother Vance''': It is your duty to help me gather relics that Osiris may have passed, touched, or breathed upon. Or even just looked at. *'''Brother Vance''': Collect evidence of Osiris's travels, and you will have my gratitude. Few have been offered such an honor. *'''Brother Vance''': Demonstrate your will to learn. Gather items for study from the creatures that dare tread near the Lighthouse. *'''Brother Vance''': Osiris counsels against hoarding, but… these are exceptional times. You would do well to gather the treasures of our enemies. *'''Brother Vance''': Since our enemies have come to Mercury in force, hundreds of precious artifacts have gone missing. You will help us rebuild our collection. *'''Brother Vance''': The Followers curate a vast collection of relics related to Osiris's friends AND enemies. We are always accepting donations. *'''Brother Vance''': I have seen the true path. I know its secrets lie in the hands of our foes. *'''Brother Vance''': Osiris's great influence draws precious artifacts to the Lighthouse. It is our right — no, our very DUTY — to gather them. *'''Brother Vance''': We can learn much about the path by studying even the objects our enemies bring to Mercury. *'''Ikora Rey''': The Followers say that items from the past and the future wash up at the Lighthouse. Maybe there's some truth to that. *'''Ikora Rey''': Our enemies carry resources that are costly for us to gather ourselves. Take advantage of their hard work. *'''Ikora Rey''': The Cryptarchs are asking for some things from Mercury. I, uh, volunteered you. *'''Ikora Rey''': If you come across anything that seems useful while you're exploring, send it to the Tower. Everything serves some purpose. *'''Ikora Rey''': If you're not busy, I hear Holliday's running low on supplies. Sending a requisition list. *'''Ikora Rey''': I mentioned to Shaxx that you were at the Lighthouse. He's asking for souvenirs. *'''Ikora Rey''': Zavala sends his regards… and a a list of supplies for his next knitting project. *'''Ikora Rey''': Asher Mir requests you send him anything relevant to his studies. As he refuses to ask you himself, send him everything, and let him sort it out. *'''Ikora Rey''': Vance believes that gathering supplies will give you insight into the ways of the universe. He's wrong. We gather them to grow stronger. *'''Ikora Rey''': Vance calls the items our enemies carry "treasures." He's a fool. They're resources, and we always need more. *'''Ikora Rey''': It's important to study what our enemies carry into battle. It helps us learn how to better destroy them. *'''Ikora Rey''': I suggest collecting supplies while you're on Mercury. Who knows when they might come in handy. ===Combat=== *'''Brother Vance''': The First Command: Prove your devotion to Osiris in everything you do. *'''Brother Vance''': The Second Command: Just as Osiris does, walk the path between life and death. *'''Brother Vance''': The Third Command: Just as Osiris does, accept that life is the pursuit of death. *'''Brother Vance''': The Fourth Command: Just as Osiris does, know that death is the highest purification. *'''Brother Vance''': The Fifth Command: Just as Osiris does, seek out adversity wherever you go. *'''Brother Vance''': The Sixth Command: Just as Osiris does, cast your enemies asunder. *'''Brother Vance''': The Seventh Command: Just as Osiris does, use death to unravel mysteries. *'''Brother Vance''': The Eighth Command: Just as Osiris does, prove your worth in every fight. *'''Brother Vance''': The First Command: Just as Osiris does, cull the weak without mercy. *'''Brother Vance''': The Tenth Command: Just as Osiris does, embrace toil and blood in service of the path. *'''Brother Vance''': The Eleventh Command: Just as Osiris does, embody tenacity. Become hunger. *'''Brother Vance''': The Twelfth Command: Just as Osiris does, hone your Light into a perfect weapon. *'''Ikora Rey''': Mercury's future was uncertain until you arrived. Keep it up, and one day the tress will grow again. *'''Ikora Rey''': The Lighthouse is a nexus. I believe there will always be conflict here. *'''Ikora Rey''': Never underestimate your ability to learn something new from a fight. *'''Ikora Rey''': Mercury has always attracted turmoil. Thread your way through the chaos. *'''Ikora Rey''': I hear echoes of a future conflict made present again. Sounds like nonsense, I know, but it's as plain as I can make it. *'''Ikora Rey''': Osiris used to tell me that a warrior is nothing without an enemy to fight. *'''Ikora Rey''': I have no love for Vance or his sycophants, but I do not wish to see the Lighthouse fall. Protect it. *'''Ikora Rey''': The Followers of Osiris are misguided, but they deserve our protection all the same. Most of the time. *'''Ikora Rey''': The Followers believe in a man they've never met. Show them why our Guardians are worthier of their devotion. *'''Ikora Rey''': I hear the Followers of Osiris are keeping an eye on you. Give them something to watch. *'''Ikora Rey''': Vance does have one thing right: we must always search for ways to increase our strength. *'''Ikora Rey''': Vance will tell you to fight according to Osiris's ideals. Ignore him. Fight for yourself. ==Hellas Basin== ===Survey the Hive=== *'''Ana Bray''': I could really use some more information on the Neural Nodes. Will you scan for me? *'''Ana Bray''': I've noticed some really interesting ice formations out there. Go take a scan for me. *'''Ana Bray''': This Golden Age tech is awesome. I could use more data, though. Take a scan! *'''Ana Bray''': I'd love to know more about where these Frozen Hive are coming from. Go take a scan. ===Survey the Area=== *'''Ana Bray''': Let's get a better understanding of Martian terrain. ==Tangled Shore== ==Dreaming City== ===Pilgrimage=== ====Approach==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Good morning. *'''Shuro Chi''': Another dawn. ====Active==== *'''Shuro Chi''': There is something I would like you to see. *'''Shuro Chi''': Let me teach you about the Dreaming City while it still stands. *'''Shuro Chi''': Have you come here simply to fight? Or are you willing to learn, as well? *'''Shuro Chi''': To truly defend this City, you must understand its past. *'''Shuro Chi''': If you wish to learn about our people, I am willing to teach you. *'''Shuro Chi''': I'd like you to see something, Guardian. *'''Shuro Chi''': We have protected our secrets too long. Let me share something with you. *'''Shuro Chi''': History lays hidden all around you—if you are willing to look. ====Illyn's Crystal==== *'''Shuro Chi''': 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." *'''Shuro Chi''': 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." *'''Shuro Chi''': 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." *'''Shuro Chi''': 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." ====Asphodelia==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Legend has it that these asphodelia were originally cultivated from red flowers gathered in the Black Garden. You can see they’ve lost their color. *'''Shuro Chi''': Many Reefborn Awoken experience prophetic dreams. They vary, but often feature the same symbols— roiling oceans, or starless skies, or, commonly, flowers… *'''Shuro Chi''': That's pink asphodelia. Plain, but pretty. We used to grow asphodelia to mark births and deaths. It's taboo to pick the flowers for any other reason. *'''Shuro Chi''': When I was Taken, my thoughts were not my own. It was as though I had been exiled from my own body. But there were moments of clarity when I could see something, or smell it… like these flowers. *'''Shuro Chi''': Asphodelia… the flowers are a symbol of the fragility of life, and they were originally planted from clippings gathered in a place of enduring death. *'''Shuro Chi''': Pink asphodelia is grown only in the Dreaming City, and we do not pick the flowers except to celebrate a birth or mourn a death. They have a unique power over the Awoken soul. *'''Shuro Chi''': Pink asphodelia. It’s a cultivated strain said to descend from the flowers in the Black Garden. Among our people, Prince Uldren was the first to walk the Garden, and the first to bring these back. *'''Shuro Chi''': Asphodelia flowers are taboo to pick except under special circumstances. Getting a thorn lodged in you skin causes paranoia, madness, violence… but the petals themselves, steeped in tea, bring peace and enlightenment. ====Cave==== *'''Shuro Chi''': There are rumors that the Dreaming City was built upon the foundation of a ruined planet, one we found and towed back from beyond. They say we preserved the old structures and built atop them… *'''Shuro Chi''': I can name the heroes depicted in every one of our statues… but this face is a mystery. We did not carve it ourselves. It simply manifested overnight. *'''Shuro Chi''': I don’t know who or what that face depicts. All I know is the Awoken did not carve it. Queen Mara has said it’s an ugly thing to carve your own likeness in stone will you still live. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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… ====Summoning Pillar==== *'''Shuro Chi''': This was a summoning ground, once. We called the Harbingers here to speak to them, to persuade them, to listen to their whispering — strange songs in languages we all felt we should know. *'''Shuro Chi''': This was once a place to call the Harbingers. It is a pity that you cannot see them as they were — ageless, unfettered minds, twining through the mist like ribbons on the wind. They were beautiful. *'''Shuro Chi''': I called my first Harbinger standing where you stand right now. It was mine, and mine alone, and I sent it to its death when we attacked the Dreadnaught. A being of immeasurable age and power… destroyed in an instant by that beast. *'''Shuro Chi''': We used to use that spire to summon the Harbingers. They're all dead now— all but one, and only Queen Mara knows where it is. A good thing too, considering that me and my sisters were Taken. ====Amethyst==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Amethyst is a symbol of royalty and power among the Awoken. As a mineral, it is nothing more than simple quartz, but it had been irrevocably transformed— much like us. *'''Shuro Chi''': We Techeuns wear gems to augment our innate powers. The variety of mineral varies by personal preference and by task. Amethyst, in particular, is good for communing with the Ancients. *'''Shuro Chi''': We used to give carved amethyst as political gifts to the Eliksni— back in the old days, before the Wolves rose up. The Archons, especially, prized our amethyst for its beauty. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Awoken once had a space station we called Amethyst in honour of the gems we use to channel our magic. The station fell at the start of the Reef Wars. Petra still mourns those we lost. ====Oracle Engine==== *'''Shuro Chi''': We created the Oracle in communion with the Ancients. It was our invention, and ours alone. The Ahamkara had nothing to do with it. *'''Shuro Chi''': I'm told that before the Collapse, humans invented mechanical models of this solar system. This is no model. Models are static. They do nothing but mimic an idea. This Oracle— it creates ideas. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Oracle Engine is a bridge — and I mean that in two ways. Like the bridge of a ship, its power can be used to command the whole of the Dreaming City… and like a bridge across a chasm, it links worlds together. ====Star Map==== *'''Shuro Chi''': The Awoken were wayfarers. We walked between worlds; we charted stars. It’s for this reason I know Queen Mara respected Oryx. He was a beast— but a navigator, too. *'''Shuro Chi''': Before the Queen left, she conjured the map you see there. I do not know what it represents or where it is— but I trust it is important to our future as a people. *'''Shuro Chi''': That map is not just decoration. It is a kind of prediction. The Awoken will meet their final fate somewhere in those stars and planets wherever they may be. *'''Shuro Chi''': When you know your future, you must make yourself ready to meet it. This map is not so much a signpost as it is a promise. ====Meditation Circle==== *'''Shuro Chi''': This was once a training ground for Techeuns… Hmm, do you know Petra Venj was once meant to join our order? She denied the call. It’s just as well, I suppose. *'''Shuro Chi''': Generations of Techeuns have stood where you stand now, dreaming of a future where they might twin themselves to their own Harbinger. *'''Shuro Chi''': When I was learning to be a Techeun, I often meditated here. I'd like to tell you it was a transcendent experience, but… most of the time I was bored to tears. Ha! I was so young! *'''Shuro Chi''': Young Techeuns in training used to come to this platform to meditate. Now, just three of us remain and we will train no more — by decree of the Queen. ====Dual-Ring Globe==== *'''Shuro Chi''': The Awoken were born from the Collapse. We have as many legends about our own genesis as there are statues in this City. One story speaks of a planet with two rings. *'''Shuro Chi''': Ordinarily, it is not possible for a planet to have more than a single ring. Gravity and the planet’s equator will pull two rings into one. But, where there’s a wish, there’s a way… *'''Shuro Chi''': Dual-ringed planets should be impossible. Two rings, distinct and equal, each in its own self-supported orbit. They are a good metaphor for the Awoken, if you ask me. *'''Shuro Chi''': Awoken explorers once ventured far beyond this solar system. They saw many strange things: abandoned worlds orbiting accretion disks; rogue planets lost to the Light; young planets with dual rings… ====Ansible Lens==== *'''Shuro Chi''': We built the Dreaming City with the help of the Ahamkara. Their wishes fueled our innovations, but it was our own ingenuity that shaped our evolution as a people. Wishes only go so far with the short-sighted and unimaginative. *'''Shuro Chi''': Awoken communication systems rely upon paracausal realities. We route our communications and transmat networks through other worlds. *'''Shuro Chi''': This is an ansible lens. It is capable of relaying and transmitting messages between Awoken cities and ships at faster-than-light speed. *'''Shuro Chi''': Ansibles like this one are capable of transmitting information into the past. As such, only a queen is permitted to make such broadcasts— and even then, only under grave circumstances. ====Bench==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Before the Battle of Saturn, there were seven of us. It is good to be myself again, good to be whole — but I miss the afternoons where my friends and I would come to these benches to talk and enjoy the sun. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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… *'''Shuro Chi''': I used to come to this bench and sit with Nascia. She and I entered the coven at the same time. She bonded to her Harbinger before I did— I was so jealous, and I could not say so, because we were taught to feel no jealousy. Not all lessons stick. *'''Shuro Chi''': My friends and I used to come here. Now they are dead. Whatever rituals you enjoy, Guardian, whatever little things you hold dear— cling to them while you have them. You don't know when they'll disappear. ====Gardens of Esila Overlook==== *'''Shuro Chi''': When the Awoken first arrived in the Reef, Mara was not our Queen. She was simply our leader. We MADE HER our Queen. This is where she was crowned. This is where we knelt and pledged our devotion to her. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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''': Turn and look out over the clouds. Breathe in… then out… now turn. Look at the gardens. Study them. Take them in. Everything you see is the reason we’re here, Guardian. If beautiful places like this cannot survive, then why fight at all? ====Cleft Gate==== *'''Shuro Chi''': These gardens were named for Esila, a famed poet and storyteller who chronicled our history and sang our epics. She was one of the first to stand in support of Mara during the Reckoning. *'''Shuro Chi''': Do you see the arches before you? We call it a cleft gate. The architecture symbolises the divide between the past we left behind and the present we live in now. There is no bridge between them because there is no going back. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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. *'''Shuro Chi''': There is a large gazebo just beyond this bridge. It was Queen Mara's favorite place to meditate, to think. When we first realized that Oryx was on his way into our system— that is where we found her when we delivered the news. ====Broken Statue==== *'''Shuro Chi''': We Techeuns are taught absolute obedience to our queen. We have no desire but what our queen desires. We have no fears but what our queen fears. Good traits. But weaknesses against certain enemies — like the Taken. Like the Aphelion. *'''Shuro Chi''': Those statues there… look up at them. Those Techeuns died a vicious, irreversible death. They died in trance; each one screaming with the other's voice; each one unable to comprehend the horror of the thing that had killed them. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Techeuns you see here died while they were in trance together. Sometimes, when you are in communion, you cannot see what is coming close— like the Aphelion. Their last words were these: "First it shimmered… Then it crawled… and then it screamed." *'''Shuro Chi''': These three Techeuns were victim to the Aphelion. I pray you never see it, my friend, because no matter what gods you have killed… you will not survive it. ====Dead Tree==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Let this tree serve as a reminder that all things have their end. There is a certain amount of time that every one of us is granted. We must all make the most of it. *'''Shuro Chi''': You Guardians embrace death. But, it is not final for you, and so it has not weight, no impact. The Awoken believe in its finality. We believe we are charting towards a final future, a final shape. It is our duty to help shape it before we are gone. *'''Shuro Chi''': We Awoken have one foot in the Darkness and one in the Light. Your Traveler is a gardener, so we garden, too. But the Darkness demands each thing fit to its final shape — and so we accept when something must die. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Hive preach the gospel of the final shape: death. In our way, we believe in its power, too — but the Hive have such limited imagination. They have not heard the song of the Sky. There are more ways to carve and craft than cutting and killing. ====Queensfoil==== *'''Shuro Chi''': See that plant? It's queensfoil. The leaves, carefully prepared, can be used to see into other planes, other realms— but the power of the vision can destroy the weak. *'''Shuro Chi''': That's queensfoil. It's highly poisonous, but when the leaves are properly dried and crushed, it can be used to induce prophecy. The risks are immeasurable. *'''Shuro Chi''': When my friend Nascia was still in training to become a Techeun, she dried her own queensfoil and tried to induce a vision. It nearly killed her. Give that plant a wide berth. *'''Shuro Chi''': Queensfoil. Orin the Lost stole several of those plants before she embarked on her fool’s journey into the heliopause. I tried to warn her, but her curiosity was overwhelming. She did not listen to me. ====Azirim's Cliff==== *'''Shuro Chi''': A great tragedy once occurred at these cliffs. It was early in our relationship with the Ahamkara, before we’d learned their tricks, before we’d learned how best to live alongside them without becoming their prey… *'''Shuro Chi''': Step past the tree. Peek down over the ledge. That drop goes on for some time. Now imagine a voice whispering to you, luring you, promising you that your feet will find solid ground where, in truth, there is only air… Ahamkara lies. *'''Shuro Chi''': Dozens of good people died walking over these cliffs. They were lured to their death by an Ahamkara during a celebration of the solstice. Those creatures… They can turn on you in an instant if you aren't wary. *'''Shuro Chi''': This was the site of a mass murder. An Ahamkara of immense power tricked dozens of civilians into walking right off the edge of these cliffs. We saved none of them. And to our great shame, the Ahamkara — Azirim, he was called — escaped. ====Devna Tel Statue==== *'''Shuro Chi''': This is a statue of Queen Devna Tel, ruler of the Distributary, last of her name. She held the throne when the Sky and the Deep came to the Awoken to collect their terms. She chose to stay, and Mara chose to go. *'''Shuro Chi''': This is an altar to Queen Devna Tel. To be honest, I’ve never understood why we chose to honour her. She was selfish and cowardly; she chose to luxuriate in paradise when she knew she could have stood to change fate. *'''Shuro Chi''': Queen Devna Tel and her loyal Techeuns. Devna's rule predates the arrival of the Awoken in the Reef, as did all that came before Queen Mara. We built these statues in their memory. *'''Shuro Chi''': These statues depict Queen Devna Tel and her Techeuns, Yara and Imar. Imar is himself noteworthy, as he was a man. There are no prohibitions against men becoming Techeuns— nor against men ruling. It's simply rare. ====Waterfall==== *'''Shuro Chi''': When we helped Queen Mara build this place, she felt it was essential to incorporate water into the landscape — to honor our old home in the Distributary, to make everything here feel more… real. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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. ====Geode==== *'''Shuro Chi''': I have heard it said that the Awoken brought the Ahamkara into this system — that we found them amid the ruins of the planet that we carved into the base of the Dreaming City — but if you ask me, they came from the Nine. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Ahamkara always came and went from the Dreaming City by way of this platform, which meant they always passed these geodes. We used them as protective measures. Shiny surfaces can reveal some of the Ahamkara secrets— if you know what to look for. *'''Shuro Chi''': Reflections are powerful things. They can disarm certain kinds of magic. Wish-magic, in particular, is susceptible— since it is so heavily dependent on expectation and perception. *'''Shuro Chi''': Know this, Guardian. If an Ahamkara has hidden itself away beyond Jupiter, if the last of them did not die here in the Dreaming City… you can reveal their true intentions with reflective surfaces. ====Meeting Pillar==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Dozens of Ahamkara have crawled or flown or slithered across this platform since it was built. They had the power to change their shape, to reform themselves to match the expectation of their beholders. We expected nothing of them, and so they came as they were. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Awoken knew the Ahamkara long before the Guardians ever noticed them. We made our alliances and cut our deals at this pillar— and for the most part, we lived alongside each other. *'''Shuro Chi''': It was here that we first struck an agreement with the Ahamkara and here that we met the very last of them. Those creatures have keen memories, and they love patterns and ceremony. When you start a tradition with them, they follow it through. *'''Shuro Chi''': I remember the day that the last Ahamkara arrived in the Dreaming City. Queen Mara was standing beside this pillar. She turned toward the horizon and saw the refugees fleeing extinction, and she felt… pity, I think. Perhaps empathy. ====Osana Sov Statue==== *'''Shuro Chi''': You can tell a statue of a queen from a statue of a Techeun by what they hold in their hands. The queens hold nothing at all. Techeuns hold symbols of life— orbs, lights… *'''Shuro Chi''': That statue depicts Osana Sov— mother to Queen Mara and Prince Uldren. Thought she is venerated here as a Queen, she was not royal herself. The Awoken do not believe in royal lines or inheritance. *'''Shuro Chi''': That is Osana Sov, the Queenmother. She did not follow her children to the Reef. Forgive me, Queen Mara, for saying this, but — I feel she was a coward. *'''Shuro Chi''': Osana Sov. She does not deserve the respect my lady grants her with that statue. Uldren argued against putting it up; he thought Osana should be forgotten. But Queen Mara chose to remember. ====Kelda Wadj Statue==== *'''Shuro Chi''': The Awoken believe that it is natural to gravitate toward two different paths. The first path is the path of war— for Corsairs and Paladins. The second is the path of the mind— for engineers and Techeuns. *'''Shuro Chi''': When a Techeun takes her title, she must swear a sacred oath to cover her eyes for the remainder of her life, showing them to no one— not even those closest to her. They can only be uncovered again when she has died. *'''Shuro Chi''': That statue depicts Kelda Wadj. She was Illyn's mentor in the Distributary. For all her wisdom, I'm told she was one of the loudest voices to speak out against Queen Mara's decision to leave. *'''Shuro Chi''': 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. ====Alis Li Statue==== *'''Shuro Chi''': That is a statue of Alis Li, the great bargainer. They say she turned the Green into the storm. They say she cast out the lightning sails to attract both the Light and the Dark. But those are not my stories to tell. Not really… *'''Shuro Chi''': This is Alis Li. She woke before the rest of us; she spoke to the Sky and the Deep and heard their confusion when they found us caught between their fists, and she agreed to their terms. She founded the Distributary. *'''Shuro Chi''': Alis Li, the very first of our queens. She was given a precious opportunity to build a society in the way she thought best. She chose equality, exploration, engineering, peace… and her wisdom led us to paradise. *'''Shuro Chi''': Alis Li. I did not know her; I was not born in the Distributary— but Mara knew her. Illyn knew her, Uldren, too. They all spoke highly of Alis. She was an excellent starship pilot and a levelheaded ruler. A good queen. ====Sjur's Tree==== *'''Shuro Chi''': It’s taboo to carve a statue for someone who still lives, and so sometimes, we will plant trees instead. The Queen planted this one herself after one of our best warriors went missing. Would that we were all so lucky. *'''Shuro Chi''': This chamber was refashioned in honour of Sjur Eido, the first Queen's Wrath, when she was found dead. She was a fearsome warrior in her own right— the only Awoken to ever survive an Aphelion attack, and a skilled hunter of traitorous Ahamkara. *'''Shuro Chi''': This chamber was built for one of our most skilled archers. Her name was Sjur, and she was beloved by all of us— even by the Eliksni. They called her "Siyuriks pak Variisis"— Sjur the Unyielding. *'''Shuro Chi''': That tree was planted in honor of Sjur Eido, the Wishender. She was the first Queen's Wrath, and her skill with bow and arrow was renowned throughout the Reef. Queen Mara trusted her implicitly. ====Elevator==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Illyn used to ask us riddles when we were training. She would ask, "Can there simply be light if there is no source?" And if we replied "No, that is not possible," she would say, "think again." *'''Shuro Chi''': A single light burning in the dark is a potent but uninspiring symbol. It's far better the rally around the more complicated ideas. Sometimes, embracing the dark is the only way to find light. *'''Shuro Chi''': Turn and look behind you. Do you see the two statues? The left hand is for creation. The right hand is for destruction. Illyn used to say that we can hold fate in just one hand at a time. *'''Shuro Chi''': Turn. Look down. You stand above the entrance to the Hall of Names. Techeuns and Paladins alike used to receive their titles in that Hall, witnessed by the living and the lost alike. ====Hall of Names==== *'''Shuro Chi''': Look at the statues all around you. How many queens? How many Techeuns came before you? The Dreaming City is older than your Tower, your Last City— but the carvings here almost all honor people that never once stepped foot in the Reef. *'''Shuro Chi''': We call this the Hall of Names. It was once a place of ceremony. Young women — and sometimes men — came here to be transformed as a final rite of passage in becoming a Techeun. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Hall of Names has always attracted great power. Illyn used to say it was the elevator shaft, that its circumference and depth were precisely engineered to create a vortex irresistible to immaterial beings. I think she was having a laugh at my expense. *'''Shuro Chi''': The Hall of Names. Solemn as it may b