Editing Harbinger (Reef superweapon)

{{Quote|So the Queen calls, as only she can. [...] Behind the Queen's ship, the Harbingers awaken.|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen#Ghost_Fragment:_Fallen_4|Ghost Fragment: Fallen 4]]''</ref>}}
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The '''Harbinger Minds''', or '''Harbingers''', are mysterious entities used as superweapons by the [[Awoken]] of the [[Reef]]. They are described as "''trophies from an ageless war''", and are controlled by the [[Techeun]]s and [[Mara Sov]], though it seems that this control may be tenuous.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Quotes: [[Petra Venj]]''</ref><ref name="The Coven">'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[The Taken King]]: PlayStation 3, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#The_Coven|The Coven]]''</ref> Each Techeun has her own Harbinger,<ref name="Shuro Patrol">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-spine-of-keres-summoning-pillar Pilgrimages: Spine of Keres, Summoning Pillar]''</ref>  and bonding with it is a part of their training.<ref name="Bench">'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Activision Blizzard - [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/pilgrimage-garden-of-esila-garden-bench Pilgrimage: Garden of Esila, Garden Bench]''</ref> As weapons, they had little finesse and had the potential to cause enormous collateral damage; as a result, they could not be deployed near allied forces or civilian populations.<ref name="Weksis">'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Weksis.2C_the_Meek|WANTED: Weksis, the Meek]]''</ref> Their use as weapons may be gravitic in nature; during the [[Battle of Saturn]], asteroids and [[Tombship]]s were drawn in after their trails.<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>

The Harbingers seem to be a sentient species; the Awoken would summon them in the [[Spine of Keres]] to speak, persuade and listen to them, and [[Shuro Chi]] remarks they whispered "strange songs in languages we all felt we should know".<ref name="Shuro Patrol" /> Their destruction in the Taken War is referred by her as "death" and she mentions there is only one Harbinger left, only Mara knowing its location. They are described as "ageless, unfettered minds, twining through the mist like ribbons on the wind".

==History==
===Reef Wars===
The first known use of the Harbingers was when the Queen "awoke" them for the opening salvo of the [[Reef Wars]], destroying [[Ceres]] and half of the [[House of Wolves|Wolf]] fleet stationed there, including their Kell, [[Virixas]].<ref name = "Skolas">'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Skolas.2C_Kell_of_Kells|WANTED: Skolas, Kell of Kells]]''</ref> During the Siege of Pallas the Queen was reluctant to use them, as doing so would have destroyed both the defending Awoken fleet and killed the entirety of its civilian population.<ref name="Weksis"/> Instead, a [[Reef]]-manufactured illusion of their presence broke the siege, scattering the dismayed [[Fallen]].<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Fallen_Hunted#WANTED:_Pirsis.2C_Pallas-Bane|WANTED: Pirsis, Pallas-Bane]]''</ref>

===Taken War===
The Harbingers were last deployed against [[Oryx]]'s fleet at the Battle of Saturn. This was in accordance with a plan that "''overcame death and spanned universes''" devised by the Queen, in which all but the eldest Harbinger would be sent against the [[Dreadnaught]] to burrow into its hull and "have children."<ref name = "The Coven"/> On summoning, they devastated many [[Hive warship]]s and [[Tombship]]s, but apparently failed to harm the Dreadnaught. [[Oryx, the Taken King]] then activated the Dreadnaught's main weapon and destroyed the Awoken fleet. [[Uldren]] believed the Queen and the Coven had overstepped themselves in challenging Oryx's power, as it was "''not bound to anything the Origin Libraries even sought to describe''".<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[The Taken King]]: PlayStation 3, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies/The_Queen#The_Aftermath|The Aftermath]]''</ref> In truth, the Harbingers had done exactly as the Queen planned, and allowed her to enter Oryx's throne world when his weapon killed her.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The_Awoken_of_the_Reef#Tyrannocide_V|Tyrannocide V]]''</ref>

Vestiges of the Harbingers lingered around [[Saturn]]'s moons,<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[The Taken King]]: PlayStation 3, Activision Blizzard, [[Telesto]]''</ref> and a sample was collected for [[Petra]]'s use.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[The Taken King]]: PlayStation 3, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory/Special_Weapons#Telesto|Telesto]]''</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:Harbingers forming.png|A shot of the Harbinger energy in the viewport
File:Harbingers forming 2.png|The [[Harbingers]] forming before the Queen's Ketch
File:Seven Harbingers.png|Harbingers attack
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny]]: [[House of Wolves (expansion)|House of Wolves]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[The Taken King]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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[[Category:Awoken]]
[[Category:Military technology]]