Ascension quest · Path of Ascension IV
The One Who Witnesses the Nightmare
The One Who Witnesses the Nightmare is an Ascension quest for level 45 for the Elyos. It has 4 steps. Rewards: 1 item reward.
Go to the Dream Crossroad and talk to Asahr
Start and finish
From the quest's acquire and complete rules in the game's Quest table; where an NPC stands is its spawn point in the map's spawn list.
- Starts
- Automatically after the quests below
- Requires
- Finish
DraupnirFinishThe One Who Dreams - Character level
- 10
- Finish
- Completes from the quest window once the objectives are done
Steps
The journal's lines and objectives, as the game writes them; who and what each objective names, from QuestStep.GoalList.
- Step 14th Ascension
- Go to the Dream Crossroad and talk to Asahr
AsahrDream Crossroad - Step 2Obtain the Relic of the Empyrean Lord Zikel
- Enter Zikel's Collapsed Barracks
- Step 3Obtain Zikel's Dream Fragment
- Enter Zikel's Distorted Dream
- Step 4See AION's Dream
- Enter the Dream of Torment
Rewards
Dialogue
23 lines, as the game writes them (NpcTalk rows named after the quest); lines in italics have no speaker.
Step 1 · 8 lines
Asahr: You have finally reached the Core, ‹your name›. Each step you have taken up until now has been proof of your strength.
Asahr: At long last, you stand ready to walk the path of the Arch Daeva.
Asahr: Daeva born with a fragment of AION can resonate with its power and make it their own. This is the path of the Arch Daeva. It is your path.
Asahr: The Empyrean Lords are those who were bestowed with AION's power directly. You will be tested through their memories.
Asahr: After the skies of Atreia were torn asunder, the Empyrean Lords of Elysea and Asmodae became similarly divided. Yet, their power is fundamentally one.
Asahr: ‹your name›, may you come to grasp the complete might of AION.
Asahr: Go to Asmodae, one half of the lost land. Search for the relics of Zikel in the land of Altgard.
Asahr: You who inherit the Core's Will, come to the Dream Crossroad.
Step 3 · 4 lines
Asahr: They believed, without a doubt, that the Bulwark was Atreia's last hope.
Asahr: They set out for the Abyss, prepared for annihilation, and stood against the Balaur until the very end.
Asahr: You can reach Narun through the memories you have found.
Asahr: Memory and dream are intertwined. Venture into Narun's Dream and seek him within.
Step 4 · 4 lines
Asahr: A part of AION's dream has been twisted into a Nightmare, and is affecting the extinct Empyrean Lords.
Asahr: Their warped egos now wander back and forth, lost. Follow Zikel's bloodied aura and head toward AION's nightmare.
Asahr: Within AION's Nightmare, Zikel will be shown in his most brutal and relentless form. He'll be consumed by destructive urges and demand you kneel before him.
Asahr: Overcome Empyrean Lord Zikel and prove you are worthy to claim AION's power.
Step 5 · 4 lines
Asahr: In the Last War, countless lives were lost and subsequently forgotten.
Asahr: And so the Dream of Eternity resolved to remember them all. It dreams an eternal dream, waiting for the bearers of AION's will to appear.
Asahr: Now, another dream calls to you.
Asahr: Within the Dream of Torment, a part of you slumbers. Go forth, another part of me will welcome you.
Turning in · 3 lines
The future is divided into countless paths, but in the end, there is but one destiny.
I am the Watcher. As the keeper of the Divine Will's dreams, I shall be your guide.
Walk forth until you are called once more, Daeva who holds the fragment.
When it is done
"Overcome the terror of the Empyrean Lord Kaisinel and prove that you are worthy enough to claim AION's power." Though they are now at odds with each other, the power of the Empyrean Lords of Elysea and Asmodae were all inherited from AION. Thus, Asahr revealed that by resonating with AION's power, one could make the divine power their own. In Asmodae, you confronted Zikel's dream and faced his trial to realize that you are capable of ascending as an Arch Daeva, one who can resonate with AION and wield the power of the Empyrean Lord. After passing the test, you began your Ascension as a true Daeva through Zikel's Dream Fragment.
The One Who Witnesses the Nightmare FAQ
How do you start The One Who Witnesses the Nightmare in AION 2?
The game offers it through its Ascension quest list from level 10.
How many steps does The One Who Witnesses the Nightmare have?
4: “4th Ascension”, “Obtain the Relic of the Empyrean Lord Zikel”, “Obtain Zikel's Dream Fragment” and “See AION's Dream”.
What are the rewards for The One Who Witnesses the Nightmare?
Ascension: The One Who Witnessed the Nightmare.
Quest ID 1602020 · internal name AQ1602020 · Data: client 2.0.6.0 (Steam build 25767555, 2026-10-07)