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Following the Guardian's trials on Titan and tangling with the Hive Gods, the Coalition learned that their only way to pursue the Witness within the Traveler's Pale Heart is to make a wish with a Ahamkara to open a pathway after finding a pure Ahamkara egg within Savathûn's Spire, likely to have originated from Riven's clutch. Despite the risks in making a wish with a Ahamkara who are notorious for twisting the intention of the wishes they grant, Mara Sov agrees with the plan. However, since Riven was slain years ago by the Guardians on Mara's orders, she and her Techeuns conjure Riven's spirit using the Ahamkara's Heart, awakening her. However, when the Guardian uses the Wall of Wishes to enact the 15th Wish, Riven refuses to grant it, surprising and angering Mara.

In private conversation with Riven's spirit, Mara demands an explanation to which Riven merely explains that she had no reason to grant it since she is already dead, along with the rest of her kind, which the Vanguard had ensured. The Last Ahamkara further admonishes Mara for going further in not only having the Guardian slay her but also had her forces destroy her clutch of eggs. Or at least most of them as Riven managed to hide many of them, like the one found within Savathûn's Spire. Riven then offers Mara a bargain: ensure the safety of her kind and she will grant the 15th wish. Though Mara scoffs as such a bargain, believing that it would only ensure the Ahamkara will terrorize the system once again but weighing the options, Mara agrees with Riven's bargain.

Speaking with the Guardians on this matter, Mara voices what she has always feared, that the Curse over the Dreaming City cannot be lifted, after combing through the Scrolls found in the Witch Queen's domain. Nonetheless, Mara refuses to give up on the Dreaming City and those trapped within. Thus, she asks the Guardians to proceed with Riven's bargain and do what they do best: carve a path. They must descend into Riven's Lair to find her clutch of eggs even though it has become infested with Sol Divisive Vex and Taken. However, as the Guardians reached the end of Lair and opened the Vault, they find it empty which angers Riven. Accusing her of dispatching her last clutch, Mara voices her innocence before ordering Petra and her Techeuns to figure out how this happened. They soon learn that Riven's eggs had been cased to drift in the Ascendant Plane, leaving them to orbit the material plan like "comets to a star". Despite this set back, Mara was able to use the Ley Lines to acquire at least one of the eggs, a similar strategy they used to rescue her Techeun Coven, with the Guardian descending into the Lair to procure the egg. However, during the whole time, Riven would taunt her, the Guardian, Petra and Crow, testing the limits of their patience.

As the Guardian worked in securing the eggs, Mara began to formulate contingency plans in the event Riven's bargain becomes lethal to them. She would correspond with Osiris in trying to find alternate methods in following the Witness but the former Warlock's research into The Veil yielded little save an understanding the link between it and the Traveler. Thus with no other choice, the Coalition must continue in cooperating with Riven's bargain.