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[[File:Destiny-HiveShrieker.jpg|thumb|A Hive Shrieker.]] | [[File:Destiny-HiveShrieker.jpg|thumb|A Hive Shrieker.]] | ||
'''Shrieker'''s are a class of [[Hive]], possessing a metallic body containing an energy core inside. It lies dormant until provoked, where it will split into multiple pieces that float around a core. To attack, it will shoot many simultaneous projectiles at the player until killed. | '''Shrieker'''s are a class of [[Hive]], possessing a metallic body containing an energy core inside. It lies dormant until provoked, where it will split into multiple pieces that float around a core. To attack, it will shoot many simultaneous projectiles at the player until killed. These ever-watchful sentinels are believed, in some circles, to serve as the eyes of the Hive's innermost covens, allowing powerful Wizards and Knights to watch over their domains. Others believe Shriekers are nothing more than weapons meant to guard Hive ritual sites. | ||
There is nothing living to the Shrieker, but neither are they mechanical constructs in a classical sense. They seem to be dead mass, animated by the arcane will of the Hive. When a Shrieker is broken, its Void charge rips free of the hull to seek vengeance. | |||
==Trivia== | |||
When a Shrieker is defeated it will release a final swarm of its explosive projectiles which will then track towards the Guardian that defeated it, making it deadly even in death. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Revision as of 22:51, November 6, 2014
Shriekers are a class of Hive, possessing a metallic body containing an energy core inside. It lies dormant until provoked, where it will split into multiple pieces that float around a core. To attack, it will shoot many simultaneous projectiles at the player until killed. These ever-watchful sentinels are believed, in some circles, to serve as the eyes of the Hive's innermost covens, allowing powerful Wizards and Knights to watch over their domains. Others believe Shriekers are nothing more than weapons meant to guard Hive ritual sites.
There is nothing living to the Shrieker, but neither are they mechanical constructs in a classical sense. They seem to be dead mass, animated by the arcane will of the Hive. When a Shrieker is broken, its Void charge rips free of the hull to seek vengeance.
Trivia
When a Shrieker is defeated it will release a final swarm of its explosive projectiles which will then track towards the Guardian that defeated it, making it deadly even in death.
Gallery
A dormant Shrieker in-game.
Shrieker`s core.
List of appearances
- Destiny (First appearance)
