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|image= [[File:UndyingMindGrimoireCard.jpg|300px]] | |image= [[File:UndyingMindGrimoireCard.jpg|300px]] | ||
|species= [[Vex]] | |species= [[Vex]] | ||
|faction= [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Weavers]] <ref | |faction= [[Sol Divisive]] <br> [[Weavers]] <ref>'''Bungie (2020-05-08)''', ''[[Destiny]],[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/the-undying-mind The Undying Mind]''</ref> | ||
|rank= [[Vex Mind]] <br> [[Ultra]] | |rank= [[Vex Mind]] <br> [[Ultra]] | ||
|class= [[Hydra]] | |class= [[Hydra]] | ||
|mission= [[The Undying Mind (strike)|The Undying Mind]]<br>[[Vex Offensive|Vex Offensive: Final Assault]] | |mission= [[The Undying Mind (strike)|The Undying Mind]]<br>[[Vex Offensive|Vex Offensive: Final Assault]] | ||
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|weapon= {{icon|Solar}} /{{icon|Void}} [[Aeon Maul]] | |weapon= {{icon|Solar}} /{{icon|Void}} [[Aeon Maul]] | ||
|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 | |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 | ||
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{{Quote|When the Undying Mind is threatened, its [[Precursors|ancient creators]] step through time portals to defend it, ensuring that it will continue to thrive, until the Vex once again control the [[Black Garden]].|In game description}} | {{Quote|When the Undying Mind is threatened, its [[Precursors|ancient creators]] step through time portals to defend it, ensuring that it will continue to thrive, until the Vex once again control the [[Black Garden]].|In game description}} | ||
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===Sealing The Garden=== | ===Sealing The Garden=== | ||
{{Quote|The Black Garden may not stay among us for long. Something has begun to repair the schism torn by its destruction. Vex now flood the Garden channels to protect it. We must stop the weavers before they seal the Garden and begin to summon back its heart.|Ikora Rey}} | {{Quote|The Black Garden may not stay among us for long. Something has begun to repair the schism torn by its destruction. Vex now flood the Garden channels to protect it. We must stop the weavers before they seal the Garden and begin to summon back its heart.|Ikora Rey}} | ||
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 believed would | 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 believed 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 | 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 | 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]]'', [[Ghost Scans]]: ''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-the-cistern-nessus-3 The Cistern, Nessus, 3]''</ref> | 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]]'', [[Ghost Scans]]: ''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-the-cistern-nessus-3 The Cistern, Nessus, 3]''</ref> | ||
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An undetermined amount of time would pass outside the timeless Garden as the Sol Divisive Vex lie patiently in wait for the [[Witness]] to return power to them. During this time, the inactive Undying Mind became buried in a barrow of flora growing around it. Their prayers would be answered as Darkness returned to their realm in the form of a distant pulse sent across space-time by the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Lunar Pyramid]]'s awakening, empowering the Vex within the Garden yet again and causing the Mind to stir once more. With their faith rewarded, Vex [[Goblin]]s write more circuits to weld to the Mind, building it up to take advantage of their newfound power.<ref name="Realis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Realis|Realis]]''</ref><ref name="Irrealis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Irrealis|Irrealis]]''</ref> | An undetermined amount of time would pass outside the timeless Garden as the Sol Divisive Vex lie patiently in wait for the [[Witness]] to return power to them. During this time, the inactive Undying Mind became buried in a barrow of flora growing around it. Their prayers would be answered as Darkness returned to their realm in the form of a distant pulse sent across space-time by the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Lunar Pyramid]]'s awakening, empowering the Vex within the Garden yet again and causing the Mind to stir once more. With their faith rewarded, Vex [[Goblin]]s write more circuits to weld to the Mind, building it up to take advantage of their newfound power.<ref name="Realis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Realis|Realis]]''</ref><ref name="Irrealis">'''Bungie (2019/10/09)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Undying]]'', ''[[Lore]]: [[Lore:Aspect|Aspect]] - [[Lore:Aspect#Irrealis|Irrealis]]''</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 [[ | 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 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. | The Mind was considered unreachable until [[Ikora Rey]] constructed a modified Vex gate built from Vex 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 irrevocably changed the Vex's projected futures in the [[Infinite Forest]]; one that [[Osiris]] revealed all sharing the same simulated future of subatomic annihilation by the [[The Witness|Witness]].<ref>'''Bungie, (12/7/2019), [[Weblore]]:''' ''[[Weblore:Season of Dawn#Actions of Mutual Friends|Actions of Mutual Friends]]''</ref> | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||
{{quote|Interesting, undying, huh? What do you suppose they meant by that." <br> "I'll alert the Speaker. Let's find out.|[[Cayde-6]] and [[Zavala]]}} | {{quote|Interesting, undying, huh? What do you suppose they meant by that." <br> "I'll alert the Speaker. Let's find out.|[[Cayde-6]] and [[Zavala]]}} | ||
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 | 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]]. | ||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
