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|name= Hiraks, the Mindbender
|name= Hiraks, the Mindbender
|othernames= The Mindbender <br> Hiraks, the Brain <br> Hiraks, the Twisted <br> Hiraks, Ascendant
|othernames= The Mindbender <br> Hiraks, the Brain <br> Hiraks Ascendant
|image= [[File:HiraksInfobox.jpg|300px]]
|image= [[File:Hiraks.jpg|300px]]
|homeworld= [[Eliksni homeworld|Eliksni Homeworld]]
|birth=
|death=
|species= [[Fallen]]
|species= [[Fallen]]
|race= [[Scorn]]
|faction= [[Scorn]]
|faction= [[House of Exile]] {{c|formerly}}
|rank= [[Baron]]
|rank= [[Baron]] <br> [[Ultra]]
|class= [[Ultra]] [[Chieftain]]
|class= [[Chieftain]]
|gender= Male
|gender= Male
|height= 12'
|mass=
|mission= [[Target: The Mindbender]]
|mission= [[Target: The Mindbender]]
|weapon= {{Icon|Arc}} [[Boomer#Overview|Scorn Boomer]]
|weapon= [[Scorn Boomer]]
|ability= Summon [[Hive]] <br> High Durability <br> {{Icon|Void}} [[Ether Totem|Ether Shield]] <br> {{Icon|Kinetic}} Ultra Smash
|ability= Ether-Shield <br> Portal Travel <br> High Durability <br> Summon [[Hive]] <br> Ultra Smash
}}
}}
{{quote|Never heard of the Mindbender? Surprise. That's just how he likes it.|Cayde-6}}<ref name=GIBarons>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230309143734/https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/07/05/these-are-the-eight-barons-who-helped-kill-cayde-6-in-destiny-2-forsaken '''Game Informer''': ''These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken'']</ref>
{{quote|Never heard of the Mindbender? Surprise. That’s just how he likes it.|Cayde-6<ref name=GIBarons>[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/07/05/these-are-the-eight-barons-who-helped-kill-cayde-6-in-destiny-2-forsaken '''Game Informer''': ''These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken'']</ref>}}


'''Hiraks, the Mindbender''' is a [[Hive]]-obsessed [[Baron]] of the [[Scorn]] and an Ascendant Eliksni.
'''Hiraks, the Mindbender''', is a [[Baron]] of the [[Scorn]], and an Ascendant Eliksni. A year after the events of the [[Red War]], [[Uldren Sov]] freed him along with six other Scorn Barons, and worked together to orchestrate a massive breakout from the [[Prison of Elders]]. After the murder of [[Cayde-6]] at Uldren's hands, Hiraks fled the scene alongside the prince and his fellow barons to the [[Tangled Shore]]. He has the ability to summon [[Hive]] combatants and wields a [[Knight]]'s [[Boomer]] in battle. He reigns over a throne world, which is identified only as "[[Ascendant Plane]]".


==Biography==
==Biography==
As a simple [[Dreg]] of the [[House of Exile]], Hiraks was weak and timid. He eventually found himself falling into the [[Hellmouth]] on Earth's [[Moon]]. He emerged a changed Eliksni. He became obsessed with the study of the Hive and hasn't spoken a comprehensible word since his aforementioned time in the [[Hellmouth]]. Some say he learnt his ways from [[The World's Grave]] or from the shrines or even through a form of unutterable language. Only Hiraks truly knows. Years later, Hiraks found the means to become Ascendant and form his own throne world within the [[Ascendant Realm]]. He also gained a reputation for his ability to unravel his enemies' minds and take command over the Hive.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier|The Lawless Frontier]]: [[Lore:The Lawless Frontier#By Thy Tongue Be Damned|By Thy Tongue Be Damned]]''</ref>
As a [[Dreg]], Hiraks fell into the [[Hellmouth]] on the [[Moon]]. He emerged obsessed with the Hive and incomprehensible in his speech (possibly having adopted the Hive's language) and began to study them. Years later, Hiraks found a way to form his own throne world within the [[Ascendant realm]] and gained a reputation for his ability to unravel his enemies' minds, along with his command over the Hive.


As the mastermind of the Great Crow Heist, Hiraks trapped and converted Prince Uldren's [[Crow (title)|Crows]] with his mindbending might, using them to help engineer mistrust between the Reef and Earth. Building tension upon the already turbulent relationship the Reef and Earth shared. He was also responsible for experiments on Asteroid 128 Nemesis which resulted in the asteroid shifting between our dimension and the Ascendant realm.<ref name=GIBarons />
As the mastermind of the Great Crow Heist, Hiraks trapped and converted Prince Uldren's [[Crow (title)|Crows]] with his powers, using them to help engineer mistrust between the Reef and Earth. He was also responsible for experiments on Asteroid 128 Nemesis, where his actions caused the asteroid to shift between our dimension and the Ascendant realm.<ref name=GIBarons />
 
Before [[Cayde-6]] and his Six imprisoned him in the Prison of Elders with the other Barons he ran with, Hiraks warped the mind of a Hive brood stranded at the Tangled Shore, having taken [[In Anânh, Brood Queen]] as his consort and [[Knight]]s as his [[Hiraks's Familiar|Familiar]]s. He apparently also attempted to infuse In Anânh's Hive with copious amounts of [[Ether]] in hopes of breeding out their intolerance but only succeeded in poisoning them. He would later use a more "''copulating''" method to accomplish this.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Broodhold]]''</ref>
 
[[File:Hiraks.gif|thumb|300px|The Minderbender, Hiraks]]
 
A year after the events of the [[Red War]], [[Uldren Sov]] freed him along with the other Barons, and worked together to orchestrate a massive breakout from the [[Prison of Elders]]. After the murder of [[Cayde-6]] at Uldren's hands, Hiraks fled the scene alongside the Prince and his fellow Barons and went to the [[Tangled Shore]]. [[The Guardian]] later confronted him within the [[Hall of the Exalted]]. The Mindbender would attempt to escape into his own [[Ascendant Plane (location)|Ascendant Realm]], which he had built from Cayde's death, but he would instead be killed by the Guardian, destabilising it in the process.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]] - [[Target: The Mindbender]]''</ref>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
Hiraks mainly fights [[The Guardian]] with his [[Boomer#Overview|Scorn Boomer]], which has a faster cyclic rate and greater range than a typical Hive [[Boomer]]. The explosive [[Arc]] bolts discharged from the weapon can quickly blast through a Guardian's shield and health. He will stomp the ground at close range, knocking players back a significant distance and dealing massive damage to them in an instant. In addition, he is backed by Hive units instead of Scorn and will use [[Void]] Ether-Shields to completely negate all damage dealt to him and his reinforcements. Occasionally, he will run through a Hive portal and appear on the other side to summon more Hive backup and flank the player. The main weakness of Hiraks is his slow movement, making it possible to outmaneuver him in combat.
Hiraks mainly fights [[The Guardian]] with his [[Scorn Boomer]], which has a faster cyclic rate and greater range than a typical Hive [[Boomer]]. The explosive [[Arc]] bolts discharged from the weapon can quickly blast through a Guardian's shield and health. He will stomp the ground at close range, knocking players back a significant distance and dealing massive damage to them in an instant. In addition, he is backed by Hive units instead of Scorn, and will use [[Void]] Ether-Shields to completely negate all damage dealt to him as well as his reinforcements. Occasionally, he will run through a Hive portal and appear on the other side to both summon more Hive backup and flank the player. The main weakness of Hiraks is his slow movement, making it possible to outmaneuver him in combat.
 
==Mindbender Gallery==
<gallery perrow=3>
HiraksAscendant.jpg|Hiraks in his throne world
HiraksAscendant2.jpg|Hiraks in his Ascendant Plane
HiraksAscendant3.jpg|Another view of Hiraks
 
Hiraks3.jpg|Hiraks wielding a Scorn Boomer
HiraksAscendant1.jpg|A closeup of Hiraks
Hiraks1.jpg|Hirak, the Mindbender
 
Hiraks4.jpg|The Spider's hunt card of the Mindbender
</gallery>
 
==Mindbent Gallery==
<gallery class=centertext perrow=3>
MindbentThrall.png|link=Mindbent Thrall|A Mindbent Thrall
MindbentCursedThrall.png|link=Mindbent Cursed Thrall|A Mindbent Cursed Thrall
MindbentAcolyte.png|link=Mindbent Acolyte|A Mindbent Acolyte
MindbentKnight.png|link=Mindbent Knight|A Mindbent Knight
MindbentOgreMinor.png|link=Mindbent Ogre|A [[Minor]] Mindbent Ogre
MindbentOgreMajor.png|link=Mindbent Ogre|An [[Elite]] Mindbent Ogre
MindbentOgreBoss.png|link=Mindbent Ogre|An [[Ultra]] Mindbent Ogre
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Mindbender is the first enemy observed working with a race they are at war with.
*The Mindbender is the first enemy observed working with a race they are at war with.
*He is the first Fallen ever seen to have mastered the power of the Ascendant realm and carved his own throne world from it. However he is not the first Fallen to experiment with the Hive as [[Kovik, Splicer Priest]] infused [[SIVA]] into his [[Kovik's Monster|monster]].  
*He is the first Fallen ever seen to have mastered the power of the Ascendant realm and carved his own throne world from it.
*His past of being forced to survive amongst the Hive for years within the [[Hellmouth]] is very similar to that of [[Eris Morn]]. They both also were physically changed, with Eris having to steal an [[Acolyte]]s' eyes, while Hiraks appears to have either grown or grafted Hive-like horns onto his armor.
*His past of being forced to survive amongst the Hive for years within the [[Hellmouth]] is very similar to that of [[Eris Morn]]. They both also were physically changed, with Eris having to steal an [[Acolyte]]s' eyes, while Hiraks appears to have either grown or grafted Hive-like horns onto his armor.
*Hiraks is technically the largest and tallest of the Scorn Barons, easily towering over them and even Hive [[Ogre|Ogres]], however, he only appears like this inside of his throne world.
*It is unknown if the Hangman and the Rider speak English as they have only been heard roaring and growling.
*Hiraks could be the only Scorn Baron who doesn't speak English. However, it is unknown if the Hangman and the Rider speak English as they have only been observed growling and roaring.
*Hiraks is technically the largest and tallest of the Scorn Barons, easily towering over them and even Hive [[Ogre|Ogres]],however he only appears like this inside of his throne world.
*In a similar vein to [[Oryx]], whose real-world namesake is a genus of African antelope, a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyrax Hyrax] is a small African rodent-like mammal. This naming pattern may or may not be intentional on the part of the developers.
 
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Gravetide.jpg|The climactic encounter with the Mindbender.
</gallery>


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]''
**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Destiny: Cayde's Six]]''


==References==
==References==
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