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{{Quote|This will be a beautiful [City]. But not a safe [City].|[[Riven]]}}
{{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]] in ''[[Forsaken]]'', featuring many endgame activities, such as the [[Last Wish]] raid and the [[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. To access the city, Guardians must complete the campaign of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and embark on a long and difficult questline.
The '''Dreaming City''' is a [[Destination]] in ''[[Forsaken]]'', featuring many endgame activities, such as the [[Last Wish]] raid and the [[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. To access the city, Guardians must complete the campaign of ''[[Forsaken]]'' and embark on a long and difficult questline.


==Overview==
==Overview==
{{Article quote|A long-hidden stronghold sacred to the [[Awoken]] of the [[Reef]].}}
{{Article 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. At one point, Prince [[Uldren Sov]] brought Mara a baby [[Ahamkara]] named [[Riven]]; whose assistance was proven essential in the City's construction with its wish-magic.
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. At one point, Prince [[Uldren Sov]] brought Mara a baby [[Ahamkara]] named [[Riven]]; whose assistance was proven essential in the City's construction with its wish-magic. The Dreaming City was built by Mara Sov and Techneun [[Illyn]], the Coven Mother; this artifical world was nothing but bare rocks when they started.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard'', Pilgrimage: Garden of Esila, View</ref>


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 systems within the bedrock<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/9gcjjp/pilgrimage_patrol_lore/</ref>.  
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 black hole or other light-warping phenomenon 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>https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyLore/comments/9gcjjp/pilgrimage_patrol_lore/</ref>. The nature of the black hole-like object is unknown, but it may be the singularity which grants access to the [[Distributary]].
A massive ring-shaped structure can be seen in the sky of the Dreaming City, along with what appears to be a black hole 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 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.
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>.  


==History==
==History==
===The Dark Age===
===The Dark Age===
After The Queen 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 went to bring the Queen a gift and returned with Riven, the Ahamkara. Riven stayed in the City for the rest of her life.
After The Queen 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 went to bring the Queen a gift and returned with an [[Ahamkara]] called [[Riven]]. Riven stayed 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 and 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; he learned the secrets of the Awoken and escaped the City, turning to Warlocks of [[Earth]]; the Awoken hunted and killed him for this betrayal<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Pilgrimage: Harbinger’s Seclude, Eao’s Nest''</ref>.


===The Taken War===
===The Taken War===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Dreaming City is the second [[Destination]] that is within the [[Ascendant realm]], the first being the [[Dreadnaught]].
*The city's size is as large as [[Nessus]].
*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 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>
*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>