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|lifespan=Long-lived<ref group="note">''"Many Awoken still alive in the present fought in the Reef Wars, which took place over 126 years ago, as the Wars were fought before the founding of the Crucible, and according to [[Grimoire | |lifespan=Long-lived<ref group="note">''"Many Awoken still alive in the present fought in the Reef Wars, which took place over 126 years ago, as the Wars were fought before the founding of the Crucible, and according to [[Grimoire:Allies/Legends & Mysteries#Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6|Ghost Fragment: Cayde-6]] the Crucible was active 126 years ago."''</ref> | ||
|notable-group=[[Guardian]]s <br/> [[Royal Awoken Guard]] <br> [[Techeun]] Coven | |notable-group=[[Guardian]]s <br/> [[Royal Awoken Guard]] <br> [[Techeun]] Coven | ||
|notable-person=[[Mara Sov]] <br/> [[Uldren Sov]] <br/> [[Petra Venj]] <br/> [[Commander Zavala]] <br/> [[Tyra Karn]] | |notable-person=[[Mara Sov]] <br/> [[Uldren Sov]] <br/> [[Petra Venj]] <br/> [[Commander Zavala]] <br/> [[Tyra Karn]] | ||
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{{quote|The others sing this song of Light and Dark. We, together, have transcended such unimaginative limitations.|Grimoire card blurb}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire | {{quote|The others sing this song of Light and Dark. We, together, have transcended such unimaginative limitations.|Grimoire card blurb}}<ref>'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian/Races#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref> | ||
The '''Awoken''' are a race of humanoids living in the [[City]] <ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/destiny#page=story&panel=story-The-City '''Bungie.net''': ''The City'']</ref> and also [[the Reef]]. Ruled by a [[Mara Sov|Queen]] and her [[Uldren Sov|brother]], they were generally isolated from [[Earth]], long avoiding contact with the [[City]] until the [[House of Wolves|Wolf]] rebellion and later the [[Taken War]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0 '''YouTube''' - ''Official Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves Prologue'']</ref> | The '''Awoken''' are a race of humanoids living in the [[City]] <ref>[http://www.bungie.net/en-us/destiny#page=story&panel=story-The-City '''Bungie.net''': ''The City'']</ref> and also [[the Reef]]. Ruled by a [[Mara Sov|Queen]] and her [[Uldren Sov|brother]], they were generally isolated from [[Earth]], long avoiding contact with the [[City]] until the [[House of Wolves|Wolf]] rebellion and later the [[Taken War]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0 '''YouTube''' - ''Official Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves Prologue'']</ref> | ||
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Awoken are standoffish<ref>[http://gamelynch.com/previews/destiny-preview/ Gamelynch: ''Destiny Preview]''</ref> and resemble baseline [[human]]s, with the notable exception of having pale blue or gray skin. They also have luminescent eyes with glowing irises.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> | Awoken are standoffish<ref>[http://gamelynch.com/previews/destiny-preview/ Gamelynch: ''Destiny Preview]''</ref> and resemble baseline [[human]]s, with the notable exception of having pale blue or gray skin. They also have luminescent eyes with glowing irises.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard.''</ref> | ||
Beyond physical appearances, the Awoken seem to possess powers and abilities beyond their human ancestors. The [[Techeun]]s are a particularly notable example, though ordinary Awoken can also experience visions in the form of dreams.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire | Beyond physical appearances, the Awoken seem to possess powers and abilities beyond their human ancestors. The [[Techeun]]s are a particularly notable example, though ordinary Awoken can also experience visions in the form of dreams.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#Skolas: Defeated|Skolas: Defeated]]''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
{{Quote|How did the Awoken survive?"<br>"No one knows...|The Guardian and Ghost}} | {{Quote|How did the Awoken survive?"<br>"No one knows...|The Guardian and Ghost}} | ||
It is said the Awoken were born in the [[Collapse]], descended from those humans who tried to flee its wrath. Something happened to them out on the edge of the deep Black, and they were forever changed. Today many Awoken live in [[the Reef]], aloof and mysterious, but others returned to [[Earth]], where their descendants now fight for the [[City]]. Earthborn Awoken sometimes venture out to the Reef, hoping to learn its secrets—but find no special welcome from the reclusive [[Queen of the Reef|Queen]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire | It is said the Awoken were born in the [[Collapse]], descended from those humans who tried to flee its wrath. Something happened to them out on the edge of the deep Black, and they were forever changed. Today many Awoken live in [[the Reef]], aloof and mysterious, but others returned to [[Earth]], where their descendants now fight for the [[City]]. Earthborn Awoken sometimes venture out to the Reef, hoping to learn its secrets—but find no special welcome from the reclusive [[Queen of the Reef|Queen]].<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Awoken|Awoken]]''</ref> | ||
===Reef Wars=== | ===Reef Wars=== | ||
{{Main|Reef Wars}} | {{Main|Reef Wars}} | ||
{{Quote|We gathered to fight against our twilight, King and Devil and Winter, all of us but us, the Wolves. Why? What kept us from the Gap? The Reef. The Queen. The slavers who played us against each other and docked us into subservience. These sly sterile un-people, these mirages with cold minds twinned to their own, these Carybdis butchers, they set us against each other. She played us. She made herself our Kell.|Skolas, Kell of Kells<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire | {{Quote|We gathered to fight against our twilight, King and Devil and Winter, all of us but us, the Wolves. Why? What kept us from the Gap? The Reef. The Queen. The slavers who played us against each other and docked us into subservience. These sly sterile un-people, these mirages with cold minds twinned to their own, these Carybdis butchers, they set us against each other. She played us. She made herself our Kell.|Skolas, Kell of Kells<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 3]]''</ref>}} | ||
The Reef Wars mark the first time the Awoken emerged from their isolation. Noticing the Fallen massing to destroy the Last City in an effort to steal back the [[Great Machine]], the Queen chose to intervene and keep the oblivious outsystem [[House of Wolves]] from [[Twilight Gap|joining their brethren]] on [[Earth]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire | The Reef Wars mark the first time the Awoken emerged from their isolation. Noticing the Fallen massing to destroy the Last City in an effort to steal back the [[Great Machine]], the Queen chose to intervene and keep the oblivious outsystem [[House of Wolves]] from [[Twilight Gap|joining their brethren]] on [[Earth]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#Wanted: Skolas, Kell of Kells|Wanted: Skolas, Kell of Kells]]''</ref> | ||
Striking suddenly, the Awoken fleet destroyed [[Ceres]] and scattered the Wolves across the Reef, beginning a several-year-long campaign that whittled the Fallen's numbers and nobility to insignificance. After [[Variks]], a Wolf scribe, defected over to the Queen's side, the remaining Wolves were defeated and [[Skolas]] their leader imprisoned.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire | Striking suddenly, the Awoken fleet destroyed [[Ceres]] and scattered the Wolves across the Reef, beginning a several-year-long campaign that whittled the Fallen's numbers and nobility to insignificance. After [[Variks]], a Wolf scribe, defected over to the Queen's side, the remaining Wolves were defeated and [[Skolas]] their leader imprisoned.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#Wanted: Kaliks-12|Wanted: Kaliks-12]]''</ref> | ||
The Queen later gifted Skolas to her allies, the [[Nine]], for their role in defeating the Fallen but they released the Wolf Kell, beginning the [[Wolf Rebellion]] and forced the Reef to open itself to [[Guardian]] access.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0 '''YouTube''' - ''Official Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves Prologue'']</ref> | The Queen later gifted Skolas to her allies, the [[Nine]], for their role in defeating the Fallen but they released the Wolf Kell, beginning the [[Wolf Rebellion]] and forced the Reef to open itself to [[Guardian]] access.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPg3jWn6Nn0 '''YouTube''' - ''Official Destiny Expansion II: House of Wolves Prologue'']</ref> | ||
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===The Taken War=== | ===The Taken War=== | ||
{{Main|The Taken War}} | {{Main|The Taken War}} | ||
{{Quote|The Awoken died for us. They gave their lives to save the system, to stop Oryx's fleet at the outer planets. We must honor their sacrifice. We must face the Taken King without fear. Queen Mara has given us a gift. We must not waste it.|[[Eris Morn]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire | {{Quote|The Awoken died for us. They gave their lives to save the system, to stop Oryx's fleet at the outer planets. We must honor their sacrifice. We must face the Taken King without fear. Queen Mara has given us a gift. We must not waste it.|[[Eris Morn]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/1/23)''', ''[[Destiny]]: Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities/The_Taken_King#The Coming War|The Coming War]]''</ref>}} | ||
The Awoken were among the first to respond to Oryx's invasion. Attacking his fleet out around [[Saturn]], the Queen and her Witches sacrificed themselves to fire the [[Harbinger]]s, mysterious weapons or entities of incredible power, at the [[Hive]] [[Dreadnaught]]. Despite destroying a good portion of Oryx's fleet there were no marks made upon the flagship, and shortly thereafter Oryx ended the battle with a single blow from his cannon.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Coming War]]'' </ref> | The Awoken were among the first to respond to Oryx's invasion. Attacking his fleet out around [[Saturn]], the Queen and her Witches sacrificed themselves to fire the [[Harbinger]]s, mysterious weapons or entities of incredible power, at the [[Hive]] [[Dreadnaught]]. Despite destroying a good portion of Oryx's fleet there were no marks made upon the flagship, and shortly thereafter Oryx ended the battle with a single blow from his cannon.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[The Coming War]]'' </ref> | ||
