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-'''Harbingers''' are powerful weapons used by the [[Awoken]]. During the [[Reef Wars]], the Harbingers destroyed [[Ceres]], and all the [[House of Wolves|Wolves]] there.<ref name = "Skolas">'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#WANTED: Skolas, Kell of Kells|WANTED: Skolas, Kell of Kells]]''</ref> Despite their incredible power, they are rarely used, as they can cause catastrophic collateral damage. For that reason, the Queen avoided their use to end the Seige of Pallas.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#WANTED: Weksis, the Meek|WANTED: Weksis, the Meek]]''</ref> The Harbingers are under the control of the [[Techeun]]s, 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> A number of Harbingers were deployed by [[Mara Sov|Queen Mara Sov]] during the [[Battle of Saturn]], but while they devastated many [[Hive warship]]s and [[Tombship]]s, they failed to damage the [[Dreadnaught]]. [[Oryx, the Taken King]] then activated the Dreadnaught's main weapon and destroyed the Awoken fleet. Vestiges of the Harbingers linger around [[Saturn]]'s moons.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[The Taken King]]: PlayStation 3, Activision Blizzard, [[Telesto]]''</ref>
+The Harbinger Minds, or '''Harbingers''', are "trophies from an ageless war" kept by the [[Awoken]] and used as superweapons. They have some degree of intelligence, and would respond somehow to speech. The Harbingers are under the control of the [[Techeun]]s and the [[Queen of the Reef]], 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>  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>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#WANTED: Weksis, the Meek|WANTED: Weksis, the Meek]]''</ref>
+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:Allies#WANTED: Skolas, Kell of Kells|WANTED: Skolas, Kell of Kells]]''</ref> They could not used again during the Siege of Pallas, as doing so would have destroyed both the defending Awoken fleet and killed the entirety of its civilian population.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-5-19)''', ''Destiny: House of Wolves, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#WANTED: Weksis, the Meek|WANTED: Weksis, the Meek]]''</ref> 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#WANTED: Pirsis, Pallas-Bane|WANTED: Pirsis, Pallas-Bane]]''</ref>
+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 one of the Harbingers 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. Vestiges of the Harbingers linger around [[Saturn]]'s moons.<ref>'''Bungie (2015-9-15)''', ''[[The Taken King]]: PlayStation 3, Activision Blizzard, [[Telesto]]''</ref>
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