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Hiraks, the Mindbender
Biographical information
Other name(s):	The Mindbender ; Hiraks, the Brain ; Hiraks, the Twisted ; Hiraks, Ascendant
Species:	Fallen
Race:	Scorn
Faction:	House of Exile (formerly)
Rank:	Baron ; Ultra
Class:	Chieftain
Gender:	Male
Combat information
Mission:	Target: The Mindbender
Weapon(s):	Scorn Boomer
Abilities:	Summon Hive ; High Durability ; Ether Shield ; Ultra Smash

Latest revision as of 09:10, October 5, 2024

This article is about the Baron. For the Adventure, see Target: The Mindbender.

"Never heard of the Mindbender? Surprise. That's just how he likes it."

— Cayde-6^[1]

Hiraks, the Mindbender is a Hive-obsessed Baron of the Scorn and an Ascendant Eliksni.

Biography[edit]

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.^[2]

As the mastermind of the Great Crow Heist, Hiraks trapped and converted Prince Uldren's 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.^[1]

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 Knights as his Familiars. 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.^[3]

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 Realm, which he had built from Cayde's death, but he would instead be killed by the Guardian, destabilising it in the process.^[4]

Gameplay[edit]

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 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.

Mindbender Gallery[edit]

Hiraks in his throne world
Hiraks in his Ascendant Plane
Another view of Hiraks
Hiraks wielding a Scorn Boomer
A closeup of Hiraks
Hirak, the Mindbender
The Spider's hunt card of the Mindbender

Mindbent Gallery[edit]

A Mindbent Thrall
A Mindbent Cursed Thrall
A Mindbent Acolyte
A Mindbent Knight
A Minor Mindbent Ogre
An Elite Mindbent Ogre
An Ultra Mindbent Ogre

Trivia[edit]

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 monster.
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 Acolytes' 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 Ogres, however, he only appears like this inside of his throne world.
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.
In a similar vein to Oryx, whose real-world namesake is a genus of African antelope, a Hyrax is a small African rodent-like mammal. This naming pattern may or may not be intentional on the part of the developers.

List of appearances[edit]

Destiny 2: Forsaken (First appearance)
- Season of the Drifter (Mentioned only)
- Season of the Witch (Mentioned only)
Destiny: Cayde's Six

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Game Informer: These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken
^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - The Lawless Frontier: By Thy Tongue Be Damned
^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Broodhold
^ Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Target: The Mindbender

[GIBarons-1] Game Informer: These Are The Eight Barons Who Helped Kill Cayde-6 In Destiny 2: Forsaken

[2] Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - The Lawless Frontier: By Thy Tongue Be Damned

[3] Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Broodhold

[4] Bungie (2018/9/4), Destiny 2: Forsaken - Target: The Mindbender

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-|image= [[File:Hiraks.jpg|300px]]
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+|race= [[Scorn]]
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+|faction= [[House of Exile]] {{c|formerly}}
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+|rank= [[Baron]] <br> [[Ultra]]
+|class= [[Chieftain]]
 |gender= Male
-|height= 12'
-|mass=
 |mission= [[Target: The Mindbender]]
-|weapon= [[Scorn Boomer]]
+|weapon= {{Icon|Arc}} [[Boomer#Overview|Scorn Boomer]]
-|ability= Ether-Shield <br> Portal Travel <br> High Durability <br> Summon [[Hive]] <br> Ultra Smash
+|ability= Summon [[Hive]] <br> High Durability <br> {{Icon|Void}} [[Ether Totem|Ether Shield]] <br> {{Icon|Kinetic}} Ultra Smash
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-{{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>
-<ref name="ADBarons">[https://adorabledaniella.com/destiny-2-forsaken-baron-hiraks-the-mindbender/ '''AdorableDaniella''': ''Destiny 2 Forsaken Baron: Hiraks, the Mindbender – Cinematic Boss Fight'']</ref>
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+{{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>
-'''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 seven 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]]".
+'''Hiraks, the Mindbender''' is a [[Hive]]-obsessed [[Baron]] of the [[Scorn]] and an Ascendant Eliksni.
 ==Biography==
-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 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 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 />
+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>
-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 />
+[[File:Hiraks.gif|thumb|300px|The Minderbender, Hiraks]]
-Before [[Cayde-6]] and his Six imprisoned him in the Prison of Elders with the other Barons, Hiraks took [[In Anânh, Brood Queen]] as his consort and a [[Knight]] as his [[Hiraks' Familiar|Familiar]]. He apparently attempted to infuse In Anânh's Hive with [[Dark Ether]], but only succeeded in poisoning them.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken (expansion)|Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Broodhold]]''</ref>
+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==
-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.
+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.
+==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==
 *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.
+*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]].
 *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.
+*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.
-*Hiraks could be the only Scorn Baron that 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 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.
 *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==
-*''[[Destiny 2]]''
+*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
-**''[[Forsaken]]'' {{1st}}
+**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}
+**''[[Season of the Witch]]'' {{Mo}}
+*''[[Destiny: Cayde's Six]]''
 ==References==
 <references/>
-{{BossD2}}
+{{Bosses|D2}}
-[[Category:Main Antagonists]]
+[[Category:Characters]]
+[[Category:Main antagonists]]
 [[Category:Enemies]]
-[[Category:Fallen]]
+[[Category:Scorn]]
-[[Category:Characters]]