Editing The Undying Mind

|faction= [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Weavers]] <ref>'''Bungie (2020-05-08)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard,[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/the-undying-mind The Undying Mind]''</ref>

|rank= [[Axis Mind]] <br> [[Ultra]]

|ability= Rotating Shields <br> Midair Levitation <br> High Durability <br> {{icon|Kinetic}} Detonation Melee <br> Summon Blockage <br> Blinding Confluxes <br> {{icon|Solar}} Death Blast <br> Summon Vex

'''The Undying Mind''' is an ancient [[Axis Mind]] of the [[Sol Divisive]] [[Vex]], serving as the final boss of the [[The Undying Mind (strike)|eponymous]] [[Strike]] and later the main antagonist in ''[[Season of the Undying]]''. Its purpose is to protect the [[Black Garden]] from intrusion by sealing it out of space and time and to restore the [[Black Heart]].

{{Quote|We are starting to believe that time is home to the Vex, and somewhere in those unmappable voids dwell their undying minds.|Maya Sundaresh.}}<ref name="Grimoire">'''Bungie (2014/12/09)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]]'', ''Playstation 4'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''Grimoire: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Vex Axis Minds#The Undying Mind|The Undying Mind]]''</ref>

Long feared by the Vex, the Undying Mind was created by the [[Precursors]] eons ago and has laid dormant in the channels of the Black Garden since.<ref name="Promo">'''Bungie (2014/12/09)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Dark Below]]'', ''Playstation 4'', ''Activision Blizzard'', ''[https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/shacknews/assets/editorial/2014/12/Undying_Mind_strike.jpg Strike Promotional image]''</ref> The ancient Hydra gets its title from its immortal Vex programming, making it seemingly impossible to destroy permanently. Its existence had even became documented by [[Maya Sundaresh]] and the [[Ishtar Collective]].<ref name="Grimoire"/>

Several months after a [[The Guardian|Guardian]] found entry into the Black Garden and destroyed its [[Black Heart|heart]], the Undying Mind awakens to seal the Garden away in [[Darkness]] once more. Its secondary directives are also to restore its birthplace by summoning back the Black Heart; an act that would result in the destruction of the [[Traveler]].<ref name="Vex Invasion 1">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript:[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/vex-invasion-the-first-of-many The First of Many]''</ref> Deep within the garden, the ancient Vex Mind weaves the fabric of space-time around the realm while the Vex gather from across the gate network to protect it.<ref name="Promo/>

Deep scans of the growing surge of Vex activity reaches the [[The Hidden|Hidden]] lead by the [[Warlock]] Vanguard [[Ikora Rey]]. With its readings matching no temporal functions, Ikora uncovers the ancient Mind responsible for sealing the Garden and resolves to deal with it accordingly. She begins mapping out its pathways with fragmented data from the [[Ishtar Academy]]'s archive and successfully pinpoints its hidden channels, with the aid of [[Cayde-6]] and [[Zavala]].<ref name="Grimoire"/>     

A fireteam of [[Guardian]]s is dispatched to the Black Garden at Ikora's behest to face the Undying Mind, while dealing with a growing number of Sol Divisive Vex protecting it. With the ancient Mind under threat by the Light-bearing intruders, swarms of Precursors are summoned to defend it with a massive [[Divisive Oculator]] barring the way. The Guardians kills the [[Cyclops]] and its Precursor army as they proceed to an open Vex gateway and disrupt the nearby [[Conflux|Confluxes]]. The Undying Mind is successfully drawn out of the gateway along with armies of Precursors to defend it, but it is destroyed nonetheless.

True to its name, the Undying Mind would not stay dead for long. It would come back from its destruction to seal the Garden yet again, forcing fireteams of Guardians to confront the immortal Vex mind for no end until the events of the [[Red War]]. The arrival of the [[Red Legion]] would push the [[Cabal]] to retake the [[Meridian Bay]] and destroy the only gate to the Black Garden, sealing it off once more and completing the Undying Mind's objective for it.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]'', ''Activision Blizzard'', [[Ghost Scans]]: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-the-cistern-nessus-3 The Cistern, Nessus, 3]''</ref>

The Undying Mind re-establishes itself after a group of Guardians launched an [[Garden of Salvation|excursion]] through a [[Embrace|gateway]] found on [[Luna]] and destroyed the [[Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent|Sol]] [[Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent|Inherent]] Minds. With the Black Garden lying open yet again, the ancient Mind directs the [[Sol Divisive]]'s activity in an ongoing [[Vex Invasion|invasion]] to claim the Moon for the Vex; drawn to the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]] buried beneath its surface.<ref name="Eyes On The Moon">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/vex-invasion-eyes-on-the-moon Eyes on the Moon, Vex Invasion]''</ref> In addition, it began hiding in multiple co-occurrent timelines, making copies of itself in hundreds upon thousands of different realities to evade the Guardians.<ref name="Patternbreaking">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/vex-invasion-patternbreaking Patternbreaking, Vex Invasion]''</ref>

The Mind was considered unreachable until [[Ikora Rey]] constructed a modified Vex gate built from Vex chasis components, which she and Zavala had tested by killing two dozen of its copies.<ref name="To Destroy a Mind">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/to-destroy-a-mind To Destroy a Mind]</ref> This allow the Guardians to draw the ancient Hydra out of the timelines it established and destroy it once again. However, as multiple copies of the Undying Mind existed in the timeways, the Guardians had to summon every single copy one at a time until all were destroyed in a matter of weeks. With the destruction of the Undying Mind, however, the Guardians had changed the course of history: the Vex's projected futures from the [[Infinite Forest]] gave way to one of subatomic annihilation by the [[Black Fleet]]; which was witnessed by [[Osiris]].<ref>'''Bungie, (12/7/2019), [[Weblore]]:''' ''[[Weblore:Season of Dawn#Actions of Mutual Friends|Actions of Mutual Friends]]''</ref>

The Undying Mind is a unique Hydra in that it has three shields instead of one. When it first spawns, the passage which the player came from will be blocked, ensuring that there is no escape. It also has the ability to "detonate" when a Guardian gets too close, instantly killing them, and can summon endless waves of reinforcements, and while doing so, two vertical confluxes will send out blinding waves of energy to disorient  [[Guardian]]s. It is otherwise functionally identical to Hydras in that it is capable of blasting through a Guardian's shield very quickly with its [[Aeon Maul]].

*''[[Destiny]]''

**''[[The Dark Below]]'' {{1st}}

*''[[Destiny 2]]''

**''[[Season of the Undying]]''