- "When the Undying Mind is threatened, its 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
The Undying Mind is an ancient Axis Mind of the Sol Divisive Vex, serving as the final boss of its own aforementioned 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.
History[edit]
Early history[edit]
- "We are starting to believe that time is home to the Vex, and somewhere in those unmappable voids dwell their undying minds."
- — Maya Sundaresh.[2]
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.[3] 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.[2]
Sealing The Garden[edit]
- "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 Guardian found entry into the Black Garden and destroyed its 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.[4] 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.[3]
Deep scans of the growing surge of Vex activity reaches the 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.[2]
A fireteam of Guardians 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 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 came 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.[5]
Season of the Undying[edit]
- "When Guardians last faced the Undying Mind, the Vex were trying to seal the Garden to resurrect the Black Heart. The object of their worship. Darkness incarnate. I wonder if that's still the case… or if the Pyramid forced a change of priority."
- — Ghost
An undetermined amount of time passes within the Garden as it and the Vex within lies patiently in wait for the Darkness to return power to them both. During this time, the inactive Undying Mind became buried in a barrow of flora growing around it. Darkness returns to the realm in the form of the Pyramid's awakening, which send a distant pulse across the Black Garden empowering it yet again and causing the mind to reawaken. With their faith rewarded, Vex Goblins write more circuits to weld to the Mind, building it up to take advantage of its newfound power.[6][7]
The Undying Mind re-establishes itself after a group of Guardians launched an excursion through a gateway found on Luna and destroyed the Sol Inherent Minds. With the Black Garden lying open yet again, the ancient Mind directs the Sol Divisive’s activity in an ongoing offense to claim the Moon for the Vex; drawn to the Pyramid buried beneath its surface.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11]
Gameplay[edit]
- "Interesting, undying, huh? What do you suppose they meant by that."
"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 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 Guardians. 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[edit]
The Undying Mind in Destiny 1.
The Undying Mind in Destiny 2.
- While the Undying Mind's Aeon Maul blasts are orange-colored (Solar) the killcam clearly shows they are the same as ordinary Torch Hammers or Aeon Mauls (Void). This may be a developer oversight.
- The Undying Mind is the third Axis Mind to return. Sekrion, Nexus Mind and Dendron, Root Mind being first and second respectively.
- The Undying Mind's appearance in Destiny 2 has been slightly altered, bearing a resemblance to The Templar in D1.
- Despite the Undying Mind being part of the Sol Divisive, Precursors are seen protecting it in Destiny 1. This may show the desperation of the Vex to keep the Undying Mind active as to bring forth models from other times to protect it.
- The Undying Mind is one of the few characters in Destiny that the player canonically kills multiple times.
List of appearances[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Bungie (2020-05-08), Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard,The Undying Mind
- ^ a b c Bungie (2014/12/09), Destiny: The Dark Below, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grimoire: The Undying Mind
- ^ a b Bungie (2014/12/09), Destiny: The Dark Below, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Strike Promotional image
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/09), Destiny 2: Season of the Undying, Transcript:The First of Many
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/09), Destiny 2, Activision Blizzard, Ghost Scans: The Cistern, Nessus, 3
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/09), Destiny 2: Season of the Undying, Lore: Aspect - Realis
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/09), Destiny 2: Season of the Undying, Lore: Aspect - Irrealis
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/09), Destiny 2: Season of the Undying, Transcript: Eyes on the Moon, Vex Invasion
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/09), Destiny 2: Season of the Undying, Transcript: Patternbreaking, Vex Invasion
- ^ Bungie (2019/10/09), Destiny 2: Season of the Undying, Transcript: To Destroy a Mind
- ^ Bungie, (12/7/2019), Weblore: Actions of Mutual Friends
Bosses in Destiny
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Agrax, the Rotted • Baxx, Hand of Oryx • Bracus Sho'ogurn • Bracus Tha'aurn • Bracus Tho'ourg • Corrective Mind • Devils' High Emissary • Draksis, Winter Kell • Driviks, the Chosen • Echo of Oryx • Frigoris, Exiled Baron • Grayliks, Winter Baron • Kranox, the Graven • Kell's Guard • Malok, Pride of Oryx • Might of Crota • Morphon, Blighted Mind • Mar-Zik, the Blightcaller • Omnigul, Will of Crota • Orbiks Prime • Oryx, the Taken King • Paskin, King Baron • Perfected Walker • Primus Sha'aul • Prohibitive Mind • Rahn, Devil Captain • Rakta, the Mournful • Remnant Iron Lords ( Remnant of Felwinter • Remnant of Gheleon • Remnant of Jolder) • Riksis, Devil Archon • Riliks, Devil Claw • Sardok, Eye of Oryx • Sardon, Fist of Crota • Sarkoor • Sepiks Perfected • Silent Fang • Simiks-3 • Skolas, Kell of Kells • Sol Progeny ( Eschaton Mind • Imminent Mind • Primeval Mind) • Swarm Princes • Syrok, Word of Oryx • Ta'aun, Hand of Oryx • Telthor, Unborn • The Infantine • Tsugoth, Gauntlet of Oryx • Vekis, King Baron • Vro'ourn, Fist of Oryx • Yavek, Wolf Baron • Zydron, Gate Lord
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Adleg, Warden of Oryx • Aksor, Archon Priest • Alak-Hul, the Darkblade • Basoriks, Wolves' Guard • Bracus Dra'ang • Bracus Thra'aurg • Bracus Ma'aulh • Bracus Mu'urrn • Drarok, the Watching • Dresiks, Splicer Baron • Flayer Guard • Gamoth, the Consumed • Heolstor, Warden of Oryx • Hephone, Corruption Mind • Khendiss, World Corruptor • Kiphoris, Devil Captain • Kophoris • Kovik, Splicer Priest • Kovik's Monster • Malok, Pride of Oryx • Morgath, Lore-Keeper • Mormu, Xol Spawn • Naksis, Devil Baron • Nixis, Hunger of Oryx • Nolthok, the Withering • Null Captain • Omnigul, Will of Crota • Phogoth, the Untamed • Physkin, King Baron • Pilxis, Wolf Claw • Psion Flayers • S.A.B.E.R.-2 • Sekrion, Nexus Mind • Sekrion, Subverted Mind • Sepiks Prime • Sepiks Perfected • Sepiks-23 • Shock Captain • Splicer Operative • Splicer Scorch Captain • Taniks Perfected • Taniks, the Scarred • Theosyion, the Restorative Mind • Thracu, Warden of Oryx • The Undying Mind • Umra, Xol Spawn • Val Bou'urc • Val Ma'aurg • Val Zu'uarc • Valus Gho'ourn • Valus Mau'ual • Valus Ta'aurc • Valus Tlu'urn • Urlot, the Trampler • Wolf Captain • Xarthra • Xyor, the Unwed
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Aksis, Archon Prime • Atheon, Time's Conflux • Crota, Son of Oryx • Golgoroth • Ir Anûk, Deathsinger • Ir Halak, Deathsinger • Ir Yût, the Deathsinger • Meksis, Siege Engineer • Null Servitor • Oryx, the Taken King • Rahndel, the Perfected • Siege Engine • Scorch Servitor • Shock Servitor • The Gorgons • The Templar • Vosik, the Archpriest • Voltage Eater • The Warpriest
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Aarta • Beltrik, the Veiled • Blighted Chord • Blighted Descendant • Bracus Dru'urng • Commander Edru'us • Conflux Watch • Dakkadi • Darnu, Horn of Oryx • Disrok • Drevis, Wolf Baroness • Dumuzod • Dumuz-Nuna • Elyksis, Wolf Rebel • Ether Runner • Falsek, Lost to Oryx • Grayris, Baroness • Greksis, Devil Claw • Gornith • Gurroth • Howling Raider • Irxori, Lost to Oryx • Kaliks-12 • Keldar, Archon Priest • Kilulu • Krathoor • Lhoks, Exile Baron • Loksis, Devil Claw • Maniphage • Minotaur Tracker • Mishkara • Nulsis, Lost to Winter • Ordnance Geologist • Peekis, the Disavowed • Phikk, Exile Lost • Pirsis, Pallas-Bane • Purtra, the False Tongue • Queenbreaker Captain • Queenbreaker Vandal • Repeater Shank • Saviks, Queenbreaker • Sho'oulth, Horror of Oryx • Siege Engineer • Splicer Emissary • Splicer Priest • Spy Servitor • Stirok, Banner of Oryx • Surnon, Darksong • Survey Boss • Tracer Shank • Twisted Claw • Ultra Captain • Valus Tau'ugh • Ve'ength • Veliniks, the Ravenous • Warden's Knight • Weksis, the Meek • Wolf Enforcer • Wolf High Servitor • Wolf Scavenger
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Bosses in Destiny 2
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Acanthos, Gate Lord • Agoros, Gatekeeper • Ahamkara Illusion • Besurith, Daughter of Crota • Brann, the Unbent Blade • Bruiser Thurn • Brutiks, Lightbane • Dominus Ghaul • Elykris, the Machinist • Enforcer Rusk • Entangled Mind • Eramis, Kell of Darkness • Erruk, the Taken • Eye of the Swarm • Fikrul, the Fanatic • Final Guard Straff • Garmurg • Gothrax, Protector of the Swarm • Hapax, the Convergent Mind • High Celebrant of Xivu Arath • Hive Wrathborn • Imperial Deserter • Irausk, Herald of Savathûn • Jaliks, Fallen Captain • Kelgorath, Risen from Bones • Khartion, Archival Mind • Kiriks-16 • Kreth, the Living Skyfire • Kridis, Dark Priestess • Mahesh, the Bitter • Maksor, Starving Scavenger • Methodios, Module Proxy • Modular Sigma • Modular Upsilon • Network Protector • Nokris, Herald of Xol • Norr, the Taken • Panoptes, Infinite Mind • Pashk, the Searing Will • Phylaks, the Warrior • Praksis, the Technocrat • Purifier Vurst • Rhungatt, Might of Xivu Arath • Savathûn's Right Hand • Savathûn, the Witch Queen • Scorn of the Fanatic • Scorn Walker • Skirvaa, Abhorred Chieftain • Skriviks, the Sharp-Eyed • Subjugated Curator • Teleks-5 • Telksis the Pillager, Kell's Scourge • Termiiks, Invasive Warrant • Thumos, the Unbroken • Tikkis, Diminished Scrapper • Tyranos, Gatekeeper • Ubara, Hive Prince • Valus Dralgur, the Exiled • Voice of Riven • Wyr, the Taken • Xol, Will of the Thousands
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Alak-Hul, the Lightblade • Baurisk, Envoy of Savathûn • Belmon, Transcendent Mind • Bracus Zahn • Brakion, Genesis Mind • Dendron, Root Mind • Fikrul, the Fanatic • Grask, the Consumed • Hashladûn, Daughter of Crota • Heimiks, Warden of the Harvest • Ignovun, Chosen of Caiatl • In Anânh, Brood Queen • Kargen, the Technocrat • Navôta, Eir Spawn • Nokris, Herald of Xol • Protheon, Modular Mind • Savathûn's Song • Sedia, the Corrupted • Thaviks, the Depraved • The Mad Warden • Valus Thuun • Xol, Will of the Thousands
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Ablazed Glory, Kell's Scourge • Atraks-1, Fallen Exo • Consecrated Mind, Sol Inherent • Crypt Security • Emperor Calus • Gahlran's Deception • Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer • Insurrection Prime, Kell's Scourge • Kalli, the Corrupted • Morgeth, the Spirekeeper • Riven of a Thousand Voices • Royal Beasts • Rhulk, Disciple of the Witness • Sanctified Mind, Sol Inherent • Shuro Chi, the Corrupted • Taniks, the Abomination • The Caretaker
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Captain Avarokk, the Covetous • Dûl Incaru, the Eternal Return • Grisprax, Bosun of Avarokk • Kell Echo • Nightmare of Caiatl, Princess-Imperial • Nightmare of Emonut, Sworn of Moli Imoli • Nightmare of Gahlran, Sorrow Bearer • Nightmare of Ka'hok, Sworn of Umun'arath • Nightmare of Uroa, Sworn of Shayotet • Phalanx Echo • Phry'zhia, the Insatiable • R-M80, Loyal to Avarokk • Volmâr, the Tempted • Vorgeth, the Boundless Hunger • Zulmak, Instrument of Torment
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Araskes, the Trickster • Azyrax, Exalted Conjurer • Blood Cleaver • Curator Arrox • Cyronax • Defender Born • Defender Hahn • Drusk, the Crushing Fist • Elyksul, Assault Leader • Enforcer Karch • Herald of Savathûn, Proxy • Hiraks, the Mindbender • Investigator Prurg • Investigator Tosusk • Iraz, Eye of Savathûn • Jagad, the Overwhelming Surge • Kagathos, Empathic Mind • Kaniks, the Mad Bomber • Merix-5 • Nalcthor, the Crystaline • Network Minotaur • Ordnance Keeper Tulg • Pirrha, the Rifleman • Prusk, the Unequaled Maul • Raktar, the Unrelenting • Relentless Grak • Reksis Vahn, the Hangman • S.A.B.E.R.-0.6 • Security Chief Kolg • Skexsis, Outcast Captain • Spekkis, Pike Captain • Taksor, Scavenger Raider • Taskmaster Vazar • Teliks, Bandit Captain • Tekton, Constructive Mind • Valus Traud, Proxy • Vex Warden • Viadon, Inquisitor Mind • Warden Derg • Yaviks, the Rider
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Alkestis, Sacrificial Mind • Azilis, Dusk Marauder • Bar-Zel, Tutelary of Savathûn • Calzar, Scarred Captain • Devourer Darg • Dread Tatsrekaa • Drekthas, Metal Captain • Dust-Choked Thrag • Fortifier Yann • Garut Gra'am • Golmuut • Graxus, Blind Captain • Hathrek, the Glasweard • Inkasi, Disciple of Quria • Inquisitor Hydra • Kalsis, Sunless Captain • Karugul • Keldrik, Drained Captain • Kurg, the All-Seeing Force • Mazan, Lost Captain • Nariks Reborn • Nightmare of Arguth, the Tormented • Nightmare of Kelnix Reborn • Nightmare of Reyiks, Actuator • Nightmare of Rizaahn, the Lost • Pakrion • Pandrok, Pillar of Nothing • Phyzann, Drowned Captain • Primus Cal'aug • Qeldron, Keeper • Rannix, Drenched Captain • Ruined Mind • Segrex, the Tainted • Talas, Dusk Captain • Teliks, House Salvation • Thaan'Hul • Thyrdron • Ur Haraak, Disciple of Quria • Varghul, Fragment of Oryx • Vendraxis, Shadow of Oryx • Vilzii, Scorn Chieftain • Yirksii, Subversive Chieftain • Zerz, the Unstoppable Weight • Zetix-7
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Abyssal Champion • Abyssal Sorcerer • Arsenal Walker • Barit, Imprisoned Flayer • Blightmaker • Choking Blade • Demented Abomination • Elite Mercury Defender • Empathic Sentinel • Ereshkel, Insight of Savathûn • Excavator Valus • Falysion, Frenzied Mind • Fanatic's Chosen • Ghalsis, Pilferer Captain • Glomus, the Severing Slash • Hemolymph Repair Shank • Infiltrator Valus • Integration Mind • Kashur, the Infinite Blaze • Kathok, Roar of Xol • Kiphoris, the Eclipsed • Kudazad, Binder of Savathûn • Lurg, the Burning Shield • Mercury Conqueror • Mercury Defender • Moag, the Deafening Volley • Naktal, Fury of Savathûn • Nur Abath, Crest of Xol • Prime Ether Servitor • Rudoc, Imprisoned Flayer • Salvaged Walker • Shambling Torrent • Soaring Keen • Subterranean Mind • Terminus Keeper • Thox, the Smoldering Wasp • Vanbaluk, Trusted of Savathûn • Vex Gate Lord • Viadion, Cleansing Mind • Viadion, Transformed Mind • War Hound • Watchful Harpy • Vrees, Imprisoned Flayer • Wretch Captain • Xegonion, Warped Mind • Yalsis, the Igniter
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Brandaks Prime • Commander Truvul • Drensik, Venom of Oryx • Elatiox, Beloved of Quria • Hagios, Reverent Mind • Haraal, Venom of Oryx • Ir Arok, Tongue of Quria • Kraug, the Undeterred • Mithrax, the Forsaken • Raksil, Archon Priest • Serkuleks, the Fount • Val Bulgur • Val Garurc• Zarik, the Booming Voice
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Belhor, Herald of the Plague • Cragur, Plague of the Well • Inomina, Plague of the Well • Itzlii, Herald of the Plague • Kakos, Herald of the Plague • Kydoimos, Herald of the Plague • Macuii, Herald of the Plague • Mholoch, Herald of the Plague • Oxus, Herald of the Plague • Sikariis, Plague of the Well • Teraph, Herald of the Plague • Tezcaa, Herald of the Plague • Varkuuriis, Plague of the Well
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Akorith, Lightdrinker of Savathûn • Ba'aruk, Dissident • Drevis, Aspect of Darkness • Ishrasek, Lightbinder of Savathûn • Korusk, Lighteater of Savathûn • Locus of Communion • Qabix, Insurgent • Siriks, Loyal to Eramis • Ta'aurc, Aspect of War • Tarusk, Lighteater of Savathûn • Urzok, Aspect of Hate
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