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{{ | {{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 "trophies from an ageless war" kept by the [[Awoken]] and used as superweapons. They have some degree of intelligence, and would respond | 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 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 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> | ||
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: | ==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> | |||
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. | ===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> | |||
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== | ==Gallery== | ||