In Destiny 2 a tech witch reveals secrets for a triumph

In Destiny 2 there is a Tech Witch who tells you many secrets. This even unlocks a Triumph.

Note: This article contains spoilers about the Last Wish Raid as well as numerous secrets in the Dreaming City. The title image is from the opening cutscene of “The Taken King” and is therefore not a spoiler.

What is a Tech Witch? Tech Witches are also known as “Techians” and were long the personal advisors and attendants of Mara Sov, the Queen of the Reef. They possess mysterious powers, including illusion and telepathy.

For the first time, they appeared in the opening cutscene of “The Taken King”, the expansion of Destiny 1. Together with Mara Sov, they summoned so-called “Harbingers” to stop Oryx. As a result, the Tech Witches destroyed numerous Hive ships in the battle at Saturn, but their Harbingers bounced off Oryx’s Dreadnaught.

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The Harbingers are “Super Weapons” of the Awoken, possessing a certain intelligence. You are said to be able to communicate with them. The Harbingers are under the control of the Techians and the Queen. In the Dreaming City, you can find several references to the Harbingers.

Which Tech Witch is in Destiny 2 and reveals secrets?

Shuro Chi is waiting for you: In the “Last Wish” raid, the second boss is the corrupted Techian Shuro Chi. You must defeat her to free her from the corruption of the Taken.

Since the first fireteam cracked the raid, Shuro Chi is now also present in the open world of the Dreaming City. She offers patrol missions to all Guardians there, guiding you to various locations and revealing secrets about certain objects.

This is how you unlock the Triumph: You need to play and complete 20 of these patrol missions to unlock the Triumph “Witch’s Wisdom”. This can be found in the Triumph overview under “Destinations” and “Dreaming City” on page 2 at the top left. It is worth a solid 200 Triumph Points.

Many secrets about the Dreaming City and the Awoken

Locations of Shuro Chi: The Techian will be displayed to you in the Dreaming City like a normal patrol mission. Her symbol looks like a Ghost shell. She can be found in the spawn area, in Rheasilvia and in the Shore area.

You can pick up and complete as many patrol missions from her each day as you want.

If you finish the missions in all three areas, fly into orbit and then back to the Dreaming City, she will have new missions and secrets for you again. This way, you can quickly complete the 20 missions for the Triumph.

What secrets does Shuro Chi reveal?

Shuro Chi says at the beginning of many missions that she is happy to reveal the secrets of the Dreaming City as long as it still exists. You can then make “Pilgrimages” to locations that she has much to tell about.

Tom says: Since I find the lore of Destiny extremely exciting, I have already listened to these secrets from Shuro Chi for hours. I have played over 60 missions overall – because Shuro Chi knows significantly more secrets than just the 20 needed for the Triumph. These missions probably don’t have an “end”. It has happened to me that the secrets repeat themselves, but then Shuro Chi tells something again that she hasn’t shared before.

Some of the secrets in the overview:

• Near the Oracle, Shuro Chi summoned her first Harbinger. She sent him to doom when they attacked the Dreadnaught. The Harbinger is a being of unfathomable age and immeasurable power.
• These are pink Asphodels that only grow in the Dreaming City. They have a power over the souls of the Awoken. It is a taboo to pick them, except for births and deaths. Legends say they were bred from the red flowers found in the Black Garden:

  

• This is Queen’s Leaf, from which the known tincture is made. It is very poisonous, but if the leaves are dried and crushed properly, it can be used for prophecies. The risk is immeasurable. The power of visions can destroy the weak:

  

• There is a stabilization ring beyond the horizon that keeps the Dreaming City in its orbit. When water runs over the horizon, it is caught and fed back into the atmosphere.

  

• The Techians helped Mara Sov build the Dreaming City. Mara valued the integration of water into the landscape to make everything seem more real and to honor the old home at the tributary.
• The Awoken believe in the finality of death. They believe we are approaching an ultimate future, an ultimate form.
• Since the establishment, dozens of Ahamkara have come to the Dreaming City. They could change their appearance to meet the expectations of their observers. The Awoken expected nothing from them, which is why the Ahamkara came in their natural form.
• The Oracle machine is a bridge in two ways. Like the bridge of a ship, the power of the Oracle can be used to command the entire Dreaming City. It also connects worlds.
• When the Awoken arrived in the Reef, Mara was not a queen. She was just a leader, appointed queen by the Awoken.

The mother of the queen is named Osana Sov. There is a statue of her. She did not follow her children to the Reef. According to Shuro Chi, she was a coward.

All Harbingers are dead. Except for one. Only Mara Sov knows where this Harbinger is.

Reflections are powerful. They can disable some types of magic. Above all, wish magic is vulnerable to reflections, as this strongly depends on expectation and perception.

The Awoken stand with one foot in darkness and one foot in light. The Traveler is a gardener, which is why the Awoken are also gardeners. But the darkness demands that everything fits into its ultimate form – that is why the Awoken accept it when something must die.

Ahamkara have an excellent memory and love patterns and ceremonies. When you start a tradition with them, they remain loyal to it.

There are statues of an Awoken queen named Devna Tel, who had two Techians. One Techian was a man. Nothing prohibits men from becoming Techians, but this is extremely rare.

There is a cliff with a tree where a great tragedy happened. It was caused by an Ahamkara, even before the Awoken learned how to live side by side with them without becoming their prey:

At this cliff, an incredibly powerful Ahamkara caused dozens of citizens to jump from the edge. The Ahamkara named Azirim managed to flee.

The Techians were trained by someone named Illyn.

Illyn is the mother of the Techians’ coven.

Techians wear gemstones to enhance the powers that dwell within them. The choice of minerals is subject to personal preference and tasks.

The Awoken believe that it is quite natural to feel drawn to two different paths. There is the path of war for Corsairs and Paladins, and the path of spirit for Engineers and Techians.

Amethysts are a symbol of royalty and power among the Awoken. For they are minerals that have been irrevocably transformed – just like the Awoken.

The Dreaming City is older than the Tower, older than the Last City.

There are only three Techians left, and no more are being trained – by the queen’s order.

Before the battle at Saturn, there were 7 Techians.

A tree was planted in honor of Sjur Eido, the Wishender. She was the first wrath of the queen, and her skill with a bow and arrow was known throughout the Reef. Mara trusted her unconditionally. She was a master hunter of treacherous Ahamkara. She was also popular among the Fallen.

This is an Ansible Lens. This allows for messages to be received and transmitted at faster-than-light speed between Awoken cities and ships:

The Gardens of Esila were named after a famous poet and storyteller. She was one of Mara’s first supporters.

The Oracle was created in communion with the Ancients. The Ahamkara have nothing to do with the Oracle.

Shuro Chi has heard that the Awoken brought Ahamkara into this system. That they were found amidst the ruins of the planet that was made the foundation of the Dreaming City. In Shuro Chi’s opinion, however, they come from the Nine.

Rumors say that the Dreaming City was built on the foundation of a destroyed planet that was found and brought here from afar.

Shiny surfaces can reveal Ahamkara secrets, which is why there are so many in the Dreaming City as a precaution.

The place where the secret Ahamkara skull dealers are was once home to an Ahamkara who betrayed the Awoken. He snuck out of the Dreaming City and whispered in the ears of Warlocks who wondered who the Awoken were. Therefore, he had to be killed – and the Warlocks too.

Reef-born Awoken have dreams in which the same symbols frequently appear: roaring oceans, starless skies, or flowers.

Mara Sov created a map before her disappearance, the purpose of which is unknown, or what location it depicts. But Shuro Chi trusts it will be important for the future of the people.

What do you think of all these secrets? Will you unlock the Triumph?

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