All this time. In the fallout of the Hawkins Lab massacre, the Mind Flayer escalated his conflict with the human world. They possess a mind blast which is more powerful against opponents with lower Intelligence scores, and have 90% magic resistance. Cryptic fragments of information on their origin appear in such ancient texts as the Sargonne Prophecies. However, Mike found Will and snapped him out of the vision before the Mind Flayer could touch him. When Will was trapped in the Upside Down and captured by a Demogorgon, the Mind Flayer became interested in Will and decided to use him for his own purposes, showing no care for him. However, he saw a red light illuminating the walls of his house. It's possible that to be infected, one needs to have a tendril similar to the. As with the Demogorgon, the kids used a Dungeons & Dragons-based analogy to theorize about the Mind Flayer's nature; and thus, the nickname "Mind Flayer" was born. The small saltor is a baboonlike furred scavenger with the ability to craft and wield rudimentary weapons and speak basic language.[6]. Does anyone know the song when Mike realizes that Will could help them find the Mind Flayers weakness? They are described as encountered alongside with drow, driders and grimlocks. In reality, she is one of his mind controlled thralls. The Mind Flayer slowly took over Will's body and mind, allowing to see and feel everything the Mind Flayer was doing. Gender Its skin color ranges from mauve to a greenish lavender, soft and damp like an amphibious creature, and constantly covered by a layer of glistening slime.[1]. Fundamentally, The Mind Flayer seems to be nothing but a pure evil monstrosity that seeks nothing but total domination and does not value any form of sentient life other than himself. The best sourcebook detailing the mind flayers is Lords of Madness (2005), which dedicates an entire chapter to describing illithid anatomy and society. After the rather rational aversion to fire, the Mind Flayer's second greatest weakness seems to be that it simply can't handle pain well, reacting to even small portions of its web being burnt with screeching and agony as well as being banished exorcism-style from Will simply by exploiting how heat hurts it. An illithid tadpole unintentionally allowed to grow without being implanted into a host can grow until it becomes a neothelid, a wild psionic predator. If pennywise read The flayer mind and know about The heat weakness he can turn to something like a gaint Wall of lava then he wins otherwise the mind flayer wins. All that work, all that pain, all of it for you. Mind flayers are infamously cruel, insidious, and evil. The biomass fused together with the fragment form into a creature with the approximate shape and proportions of the Mind Flayer's main form. After the Mind Flayer kills Billy, he suddenly loses control of his proxy body due to Joyce Byers closing the Gate underneath the mall. The life of a thrall is nightmarish and short, and usually ends with the mind flayer eating their brains and feeding the rest of the body to other thralls. In some cases, rare and unique creatures have been created by introducing a tadpole to an unusual creature. After the rather rational aversion to fire, the Mind Flayer's second greatest weakness seems to be that it simply can't handle pain well, reacting to even small portions of its web being burnt with screeching and agony as well as being banished exorcism-style from Will simply by exploiting how heat hurts it. The mind flayer appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2000). Mechanically, they must now attach all four tentacles to draw out the brain, unlike in AD&D 2e and earlier where a single tentacle can drill its way to the brain. With the telepathic link to his main form in the Upside Down severed, the ethereal fragment of the Mind Flayer that left Will's body became isolated and dis-empowered. Extreme heat causes the human extreme pain but is able to cure them with enough exposure and heat. These eggs hatch after around a month and take ten years to reach maturity, by which stage they reach three inches in length. A common feature among these moments is the infected being reminded of positive or happy memories(Dart remembering Dustin feeding him nougat, Will being reminded of happy memories involving his friends and family, Billy being reminded of his mother) these moments, along with how the Mind Flayer storm in Billy's mind was filled with traumatic memories from Billy's childhood, seem to suggest that the Mind Flayer feeds on negative emotions and memories. As the Mind Flayer loses control of his avatar, he tries to attack the Party, but fails when the Gate completely closes itself, allowing the Mind Flayer's proxy body to be killed. Environment He then goes after Eleven and her friends and attacks the cabin, managing to knock Jonathan against a wall where some of his tentacles are snapped by Eleven. 2 Mind Flayers Do Have Weaknesses. In the summer of 1985, a secret Russian operation located beneath Hawkins' newly-built Starcourt Mall successfully opened another Gate into the Upside Down. Its technology and magic were advanced and unstoppable, and the species it conquered were subjected to an endless nightmare of slavery. Follow. Despite Eleven removing the piece of the Mind Flayer, Eleven's telekinesis is weakened and the Mind Flayer manages to find the Party after Billy tracked them due to the piece of the Mind Flayer that was in El's wound. The first wave of Demodogs arrived at the house, but as they did, so did Eleven. Some will wear a unique illithid dampsuit, a moist leather bodysuit intended to protect the mind flayer from deadly heat and dry conditions. Just like Jaws, the original Demogorgon does have weaknesses, and eventually gets killed by our heroes. Demodog minds are not as susceptible to Mind Flayer control, as the demogorgon obeyed all of his orders while Dustin's demodog, D'artagnan did not attack him after remembering him. Unleashing countless Demodogs into the underground tunnels, the Mind Flayer seemed hell-bent on destroying his enemies. Like the mind flayers, they possess psionic ability and monstrous appearance. Already a deviant? Although he was safely recovered by friends and family, Will began to have visions of the Upside Down. Mind Flayers came to this land in tall grey ships from across the Tol Sea. Mind flayers typically use their thralls as slaves and armies, and owning a large collection of unique slaves carries great social status. The aphorism "with an illithid's faith" is used by adventurers to mean "with treachery".SJR6 Greyspace (2e) (1992), p.69, The mind flayers are telepathic, and have no need for a spoken language of their own. He went to have a bathroom break in the middle of the night and was returning to his bedroom. He wields supreme control of the Upside Down, as well as the Demogorgons, tendrils, and the Flayed. The Mind Flayer's abilities at genetic control and rapid manipulation, combined with its extensive psychic abilities, are very, very similar to the Zerg Overmind from the Starcraft videogame series, and it is very likely just as dangerous. Finally, Eleven channeled her anger and closed the Gate, sealing the Mind Flayer's main form back inside the Upside Down. Many communities lack even a single ulitharid. The mind flayer magically emits psychic energy in a 60-foot cone. Aliases Exactly how long he had existed for, and how and why he came to inhabit the Upside Down, is unknown. Meanwhile, the assembled allies retreated to the Byers house. All hosts within his hive mind share this weakness, resulting in him feeling pain whenever a host is exposed to heat or burned. Alternatively… She doesn’t know the wizard is an alhoon, but she knows he has granted her power. Weaknesses Hive Mind Since The Mind Flayer shares a hive mind to his allies when the gate is open, once the gate is close, it will destroy the hive mind and weaken him to death. A mind flayer must consume humanoid brains to survive. The Demogorgon, also terrifying, was more like … Its eyes are pure white. We've been building it... for you. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Eleven feels the effects of the bite but removes the piece of the Mind Flayer that was inside her leg. What's the song at 41 minutes? The Mind Flayer, aka the Shadow Monster, is the Big Bad Wolf of Stranger Things 2, and it can psychically control people and other monsters. Firstappearance Normally, it then used the host's body to lure others into its illithid creators' hunting grounds. Also know as D'Artagnan, Dustin adopts the little creature … The gith rose up, slaughtered their masters, and destroyed almost all traces of the illithids’ astral domains. In season 3, the Mind Flayer gets awakened when another gate created by Russian researchers is created underneath the Starcourt Mall. Mind flayers are feared and reviled by most sentient races. A possessed Billy uses "we" pronouns to refer to itself, suggesting that the Flayed may maintain vestigial traits of individuality even while part of the Mind Flayer's hive mind. Mind flayers have no concept of friendship or family. Type [1], Mind flayer societies have no use for coinage. Artwork establishes what would become the creature's iconic appearance, wearing long wizardlike robes with tall collars and adorned with skulls. At the last minute, Dustin, Lucas, Max, Mike, and Steve made a plan to distract the Mind Flayer, and thus diverting his attention from the events involving Eleven and Will. Illithids are highly intelligent, and infamously sadistic. The only thing more horrific than a mind flayer is turning into one! Basically, one thing let to another, we're standing before the boss-room, with one mind-flayer and 4 custom cultists (with AC around 17) standing in somewhat close proximity inside the room. Eleven ended his plan by closing the Gate and severing the connection between the two worlds but left a part of the Mind Flayer trapped within the human world. The creature has multiple limbs, some of which branch into several smaller appendages; these limbs visually resemble the tendrils and vines present in the Upside Down. He uses Billy to capture Heather and make her become one of the Flayed. The Mind Flayer first began his conquest to take over the world in 1984 when he used the Gate to spread the Upside Down's toxic biological growth underneath Hawkins, as well as possessing Will Byers and an army of Demodogs to take down Hawkins Lab. Mind flayers are usually created by introducing a parasitic illithid tadpole to a human or similar humanoid. The mind flayers truly hate the githyanki and githzerai, who they once kept enslaved thousands of years ago, and the hatred is mutual. Don't you see? This monstrous creature served as a proxy body, through which the Mind Flayer could once again influence events in Hawkins. Also, other men, women, and children became part of the Flayed at an unknown time. A mind flayer who becomes a lich is known as an alhoon, or colloquially the illithilich. Share. All that work. The mind flayers established themselves in hidden and underground places, particularly the Underdark, where they need not fear sunlight or the encroachment of the surface peoples. They spend much of their time in psionic research and the pursuit of esoteric knowledge. The mind flayer alhoon stat block can be found in Volo's Guide to Monsters. Steve Messing, a matte painter who was also consulted on the designs of several other Stranger Things elements, created concept art of the creature based on tornadoes, volcanoes, and other natural forces. The Mind Flayer is a massively powerful being of unknown origin. Mind flayer colonies are run by elder brains which control all the mind flayers, if the mind flayer ends up too far away from an elder brain it gains control of itself. He's connected to it. The Mind Flayer, via the mist creature, immediately summoned hordes of rats to the Steel Works, melting down their bodies and creating the Proxy Body. Mindflayer is an enemy in Final Fantasy XV fought during various main quests and hunts, and also found in the Balouve Mines, Steyliff Grove, and Costlemark Tower mazes. In grade four, Dustin Henderson arrived at their school and joined their friend group. El fended off the Dogs, and after reuniting with her friends, the allies developed a three-fold plan of action against the Mind Flayer. Shadow MonsterThe BrainHe/Him (by Will, the Party and the Flayed) Its small, circular mouth is lined with rows of teeth. Follow. It is commonly engraved on walls in illithid cities, but is extremely difficult for non-illithids to comprehend.[4]. They isolated the compromised Will in a dark room to stop the Mind Flayer from spying any further. They even wear outfits straight out of Flash Gordon. The evil entity, also referred to as the Shadow Monster, made its debut in the Netflix show's second season. Weaknesses: Extreme light can be disorienting for them Notable Attacks/Techniques: A Mind Flayer about to perform Ceremorphosis on a Drow. Mind flayers begin their lives as tiny parasitic tadpoles which hatch from eggs in spawning pools. "I thought we couldn't trust him anymore. The Mind Flayer's ultimate goal and why he constantly tries to enter our world is also unclear. Material Plane It is built from unnervingly alien shapes, spiral walkways, curved tunnels and undulating tentacular forms. Some two thousand years ago, the gith rose in rebellion against their masters and overthrew, destroying the second illithid civilization and scattering them across worlds. Dungeons & … Strategic Review #1 (1975). The kigrid resembles a large monstrous clawed cat. The Demogorgon, also terrifying, was more like … He'll know its weakness," I explain. It is unknown if the Mind Flayer is entirely made of smoke, or if there is any physical anatomy to the creature. However, in an ENWorld Q&A thread, Gygax described that there was no connection: The mind flayer is one of the oldest D&D creatures considered product identity, a unique creation of D&D where copyright is currently reserved by Wizards of the Coast and does not appear in the System Reference Documents. Instead, they shared their knowledge, especially with the Elves of the Elder Age, but also with Dwarves, Gnomes, Halflings, and to a lesser extent, with Humans. That he's a spy for the mind flayer now," Max exclaims. Now we can all see you. They appear in several dungeons, such as Flying Fortress, the Cavern of Ice, and the Chaos Shrine. [4], In an insane solution, the few surviving illithid of sacrificed countless elder brains, the psionic leaders of their race, hoping to tear a psychic rift in the universe and overcome the laws of time itself. It has no physical body or gender, but manifests in the form of a giant brain whose ganglia reach to all corners of existence and learn from the minds of all beings across the multiverse.[4]. Upon its return to Earth in 1985, the Mind Flayer lured Billy into its new lair, converting him into the first Flayed and using him to turn other residents of Hawkins, as well. Enemies have their own behavior and unique attacks, killing enemies provide various drops that reward players with items and souls. I'd say the best use a Mind Flayer would find in a human is a simpleminded musclehead (dumb barbarian). It premiered on October 27, 2017 along with the rest of the season. Mind flayers live in well-protected subterranean communities, typically consisting of between 200 and 2,000 individuals. The Mind Flayer sent one of his many coils through the barrier in an attempt to stop her while simultaneously commanding Demodogs to attack them. After Will took advantage of his possession to rescue Jim Hopper where the tunnels were burned by the government soldiers, the Mind Flayer used his possession of Will, forcing him to trick the soldiers into going a trap, as revenge for hurting him through the burning of the tunnels. Aberration They both later capture Heather's parents Janet and Tom. I grabbed items from under the sink. A more serious condition is that of a partial personality, where a remnant of the host body's mind survives the transformation process.[3]. The creature was ultimately absorbed into the Spider Monster. Once it was decided that the monster was going to be “storm-like”, the Graffs began looking to references of storms and tornadoes. Enemies have their own behavior and unique attacks, killing enemies provide various drops that reward players with items and souls. Mind Flayers can only exist indefinitely in The Void. "Lucas. Because the first season incorporated several electrical interferences, they knew the second season would involve storms. Demodogs work like a beehive mind, where Mind Flayer would be the “queen” and demogorgons would be workers and demodogs would be soldiers, demodogs have no apparent weakness like the demogorgon had. If they hit with their melee attack and the character fails the intelligence save, that character is dead. All this time, we've been building it! Show More. Some suggest that they were not native to there, but merely came to our reality from that place. Central to each community is a single elder brain, who acts as unquestioned ruler of the group. Like the Mind Flayer, the Thing’s weakness is heat. The scene in which the Shadow Monster infects or enters Will bears resemblance to similar possession sequences in horror films, most notably in 1973's. "Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer" is the sixteenth episode of Stranger Things and the eighth episode of the second season. Time to end it. This fragment form would lay dormant at Brimborn Steel Works for over seven months, until the events of July 1985. Spellcasting. The resulting mind flayers spend the next twenty years in a period of growth and education before they are permitted to leave the city.[1]. Millennia ago, the empire of the illithid slowly began to establish itself for a second time, and quickly succeeded in enslaving the species known as the gith. A mind flayer's four prehensile tentacles can be extended from around 2 feet to to around 4 feet in length, and the mind flayer can manipulate them with great precision. The mind flayer appears in the Monster Manual (3.0) (2000) and Monster Manual (3.5) (2003), p.186-188. With murderous intent, he repeatedly attempts to corrupt both Hawkins and the rest of the world. Despite having an episode named after it, the creature itself is not present in said episode, The Mind flayer is very similar to the Elder gods of H.P. However, they are regarded as deviants by their illithid peers and usually shunned. Looking through the Dungeons & Dragons manual, they decided to name the creature after the Mind Flayer due to how similar it was to their concept for the Shadow Monster. To his horror, he witnessed a blood-red storm raging in the sky above, before hearing an unearthly howl. [3], While the entity had been referred to as the Shadow Monster throughout production, the Duffers eventually decided to give him a proper name. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d8 + 4) psychic damage and be stunned for 1 minute. In addition, they were inspired by volcanic eruptions with lightning storms in South America. And now, you are going to have to let us stay. It first emerged in 1984 in Hawkins USA, later remerging in 2020 were it tried to take over the world. The history of the Mind Flayer prior to October 1984 remains a mystery. Dart was able to remember Dustin, Will was able to communicate in Morse Code while being reached emotionally by his family and Billy was able to fight the Mind Flayer, even though he died. Have the same question? Baldur's Gate III has the Mind Flayer in a prominent role. I would like help making a class that might perform well against this specific type of enemy. Will's next vision took place at school, shortly after he encountered Dart in the bathroom. by Alec Wilson “We’re friends. I grabbed items from under the sink. And now it's time. The Mind Flayer has also been shown to be highly vindictive, such as when he centered his entire plan on personally destroying the Party, and directly threatening Eleven through Billy inside her own psyche. Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monster Manual > Volume 4 > Monster Manual/Mind Flayer Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by alignment > Evil monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by alignment > Lawful monsters > Lawful Evil monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by quest > Monsters in The Underdark . Lovecraft, with his work actually tying into the stranger things universe, with lisa. They later appeared in Eldritch Wizardry (1976), p.39, where they are said to have their own spoken language. The mist fragment eventually re-awakened at Brimborn Steel Works when the Starcourt Key was activated in the Summer of 1985, renewing the mist fragment's telepathic link to the main body. *The Mind Flayer appears during a flashback in The Spy. They no longer need to eat brains to survive, but suffer from horrendous skin dessication, requiring them to frequently bathe in liquid and consume soup. Despite lacking a jaw, the mind flayer is capable of speech.[2]. If put into Nowhere, their bodies will completely disappear and never exist again. And now you are going to have to let us stay. I think this is one of the most fascinating topics, and examining it can help us less well-known writers improve dramatically. The creature was highly hostile toward anyone and anything that threatened his plans; using his almost omnipotent intelligence and dominion over the Upside Down to his advantage, he would develop ways to thwart and outsmart his adversaries. This further weakened the Mind Flayer's grip on Will, as well as drawing some of the Demo-Dogs away from the Gate and Eleven. Mind Flayers did not seek to dominate others with their psionic powers at first, in fact, many believe it was the journey from their land to ours that gave rise to those powers. Mind flayers particularly fear the undead, whose unliving minds cannot be detected or harmed with psionics, and who often have no brains for the mind flayer to eat.[4]. “Mind flayers aren’t the real boss monster,” I wrote in my post on mind flayer tactics.. “They usually live in colonies, not by themselves. The Flayed Billy managed to trap Mike, El, and Max at a dead end before knocking all three of them unconscious and taking El hostage. [4], The mind flayers possess a written script, Qualith, which has no spoken form. Further mind flayer lore is detailed in Monster Manual 3 (4e) (2010), p.136-139, which details the mind flayer inquisitor, mind flayer scourge, the thoon hulk, and the level 23 elite controller elder brain. Mind Flayer Culture, Psychology, & Lore. Intellect devourers resembled walking brains on a set of bestial legs. Forms Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monster Manual > Volume 4 > Monster Manual/Mind Flayer Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by alignment > Evil monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by alignment > Lawful monsters > Lawful Evil monsters Root > DDO library > Monsters > Monsters by quest > Monsters in The Underdark It enraged the Mind Flayer as referred by an ailing Will and as retaliation, the Mind Flayer deceived Will into revealing a location that it was afraid of and exploited their connection to use him to massacre the scientists at the Hawkins Lab. 5'4 - 6'2 However, Hopper managed to fend off the Dogs, while El used her powers to neutralize the coil. Knowing her location, the Mind Flayer melts the Flayed (except for Billy) and absorbs them to become stronger. The Mind Flayer eventually confronted Will and started to seek him as a vessel in order to use him to pave into the real world. 3 months ago. The monster also assimilates others much like the Mind Flayer tries to do, assembling his body from others. Mind flayers are, of course, underground-dwellers, living in the underdark, far away from the sun. Whether the mind flayers became decadent or the gith discovered a weakness, none can say. Join the community to add your comment. Mind flayers supplement their diet of brains with other food, especially other humanoid organs. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The surviving parastic tadpoles are inserted into the body of a humanoid captured for this purpose, which burrows its way into the individual's brain, growing over the course of one week until it completely replaces the victim's brain. Relations "I thought we couldn't trust him anymore. This incarnation of the Mind Flayer closely matches its Upside Down counterpart in terms of its shape and proportions. [1] It constantly drips an oily slime. Fewer than 1% of mind flayers are ulitharids, and they always rise to the highest status in their community, below only the elder brain. With the Demodogs eradicated and the Gate sealed, the human world unknowingly enjoyed a quiet victory. The fragment of the Mind Flayer awakening. They are powerful spell casters, who were able to overwhelm and imprison Sage Freke. The mind flayer appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2000). 3840x1920px 445.51 KB. Each creature in that area must succeed on a DC 15 Intelligence saving throw or take 22 (4d8 + 4) psychic damage and be stunned for 1 minute. Hospital Monster (lesser physical proxy)The Spider Monster (physical proxy) Have the same question? The dream of mind flayers on many worlds is to extinguish the sun, but this is generally considered impractical. Computer roleplaying games flew far, far away into the night and was returning to his being a part the. 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