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[[File:NightmareCrota.gif|thumb|right|300px|Nightmare Veins circulating out of Crota's Nightmare]]
[[File:NightmareCrota.gif|thumb|right|300px|Nightmare Veins circulating out of Crota's Nightmare]]


According to [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]], Nightmares are described as the malleable creations of the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]], as they are not alive but made of chaos, negation, and the raw things found existing in spaces between thought and fear.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Item Description: [[Heretic#Lore|Heretic]]''</ref> Nightmares appear to be extracted from the psyche as violent manifestations that wreak havoc with grief and trauma.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Letters from Eris]] - [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding Nightmares|Regarding Nightmares]]''</ref> Their phantasmal essences are also known to induce major psychosis among its victims; most notably the crew of the [[K1]] project after they were exposed to an [[Anomaly (artifact)|artifact]] from the Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Revelation]] - [[Lore:Revelation#Noetic Effects|Noetic Effects]]''</ref> 
According to [[Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota|Hashladûn]], Nightmares are malleable creations of the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]], not truly alive but made of "chaos, negation, and the raw things found existing in spaces between thought and fear."<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/29)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], Item Description: [[Heretic#Lore|Heretic]]''</ref> They are extracted from the psyche of targets, wreaking havoc by provoking grief and trauma as well as presenting a physical threat.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Letters from Eris]] - [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding Nightmares|Regarding Nightmares]]''</ref>


Nightmares usually takes the form of a miasma of crimson reddish-black [[Darkness]] that extrudes shimmering tendrils radiating away at its core; often appearing as previous enemies of humanity in corporeal form or ghosts of former past allies; both which associated with painful or traumatic memories. Eris initially surmised that the true purpose of the Nightmares was a tool to manipulate and exploit [[Guardian]]s at their weakest; for the explicit temptation towards the [[Pyramids]] and their [[Stasis|promises of power]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Letters from Eris]] - [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding the Pyramid|Regarding the Pyramid]]''</ref> This would be recanted much later when she revealed that the Nightmares were in fact a defense mechanism to drive away those who would tamper with the lunar Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/05/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUL5Vd5rleI Bound in Sorrow | Formulating a Plan]''</ref>
Nightmares are usually surrounded by a miasma of crimson reddish-black [[Darkness]] with radiating ghostly tendrils. Eris initially surmised that the true purpose of the Nightmares was a tool to manipulate and exploit [[Guardian]]s at their weakest; for the explicit temptation towards the [[Pyramids]] and their [[Stasis|promises of power]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Letters from Eris]] - [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding the Pyramid|Regarding the Pyramid]]''</ref> This would be recanted much later when she revealed that the Nightmares were in fact a defense mechanism to drive away those who would tamper with the lunar Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/05/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]], [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUL5Vd5rleI Bound in Sorrow | Formulating a Plan]''</ref>


The Nightmares are found primarily near and in the [[Scarlet Keep]] citadel, which was built in close proximity towards the Pyramid. Beyond the moon, Nightmares had propagated on other celestial bodies, roosting in [[Lost Sector]]s as its previous enemy tenants.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Letters from Eris]]: - [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding the Spread of Nightmares|Regarding the Spread of Nightmares]]''</ref> [[Emperor Calus|Calus]], the exiled [[Cabal]] [[Emperor]], would weaponize the Nightmares to his bidding by communing a psychic bond between the dormant lunar Pyramid and his massive flagship, the [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]]. This in turn transforms Calus' ship into an extension of the Pyramid's resonance and for new Nightmares to haunt the derelict vessel.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/05/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]], [https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/SeasonOfTheHaunted Season of the Haunted]''</ref>
The Nightmares are found primarily near and in the [[Scarlet Keep]] citadel, which was built in close proximity towards the Pyramid. Beyond the moon, Nightmares had propagated on other celestial bodies, roosting in [[Lost Sector]]s as its previous enemy tenants.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/1)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Lore:Letters from Eris]]: - [[Lore:Letters from Eris#Regarding the Spread of Nightmares|Regarding the Spread of Nightmares]]''</ref> [[Emperor Calus|Calus]], the exiled [[Cabal]] [[Emperor]], would weaponize the Nightmares to his bidding by communing a psychic bond between the dormant lunar Pyramid and his massive flagship, the [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]]. This in turn transforms Calus' ship into an extension of the Pyramid's resonance and for new Nightmares to haunt the derelict vessel.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/05/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]], [https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/SeasonOfTheHaunted Season of the Haunted]''</ref>
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