Hyenas

The Hyenas are a major enemy faction in Tom Clancy's The Division 2. While combining the killing instinct, thievery premise, and the firearm combat discipline of the Rioters and the Rikers in Tom Clancy's The Division, these roaming scavengers are thieves and murderers, who prey on the weak and incautious for resources and kill for kicks, as well as destroying everything they can't salvage to hobble their enemies.
The Hyenas are reckless and aggressive enemies that prioritze enemy elimination over their own safety, charging around in a battle and caring only about destroying their opponents completely.
After The Division brought most Council members to justice, including the ones in the District Union Arena, the Hyenas become disorganized. However, two council members assumed to be still active and at large: Mayhem and Zodiac.
== Background ==
The Hyenas are a loosely organized gang of hedonistic scavengers who rely on violence and intimidation to prey on struggling civilian encampments. These opportunistic raiders have no greater agenda other than to exploit weakness and vulnerability of those who were torn by the outbreak of the Green Poison, and thrive by capitalizing on the misfortune of citizens that were affected by the outbreak. 
As civilized society collapsed in the greater metropolitan area of Washington, D.C., citizens who gravitated to acts of depredation - stealing, plundering, raiding, pillaging, ambushing, double-dealing, etc. - to survive began to band together into clans to further gain supplies for their plundering. Some named themselves and claimed turf, similar to how youth gangs operate. But most were amorphous groupings whose membership and leadership shifted from day to day.
As the brutal, anarchic winter turned into spring, six larger clans rose to prominence in the shattered streets north of Constitution Avenue. For weeks, their vicious turf battles destabilized entire neighborhoods and terrorized the surviving citizenry. But in February, these six clans called an interpack truce that led to the creation of a so-called "freedom council" with each clan represented (many lesser clans exist but are not represented). This council has declared a series of purposes that they've termed "freedoms": 
*The freedom to conduct "business" (plunder) within the clan's sphere of influence without interference or consequence from other clans.
*The freedom to accumulate resources of value/wealth for the clan's own consumption as well as for bartering opportunities with other clans.
*The freedom to prevent enemies (i.e., any organization not designated a party to the council agreement) from acquiring control of any turf within the northern district.
The council also made one final declaration. The leaders created an umbrella designation for all six clans, calling themselves the Hyenas and officially making them unified into one technical clan. 
Despite a lack of centralized organization, the Hyenas are shrewd and well-inured to the use of violence. They care nothing for civilians other than as possible resources of survival goods, sometimes even terrorizing, killing, and hunting merely for sport or their amusement. They are callous opportunists, not only preying on a disrupted city but also actively resisting and undermining stabilization efforts by local and federal authorities in order to keep themselves in control of the settlements without any federal government interference. 
== Formation of the Council ==
The Hyenas were formed as a loosely organized gang of hedonists and marauders in the wake of Green Poison pandemic. Many of them were either criminals prior to the crisis or just civilians who gave in to their depraved desires from the chaos going around Washington D.C. As they enjoyed their hedonism and preying on struggling civillians, they also found themselves having difficult time against the more organized True Sons. To handle this threat, the Hyenas formed a council to unite and face their problems together. Of course, maintaining power as a member of the council requires ruthlessness. When one member dies, another takes their place.
However, not everyone in the council agreed in how to approach long-term goals for their faction. In one comm intercepted by Division agents, it involved two council members Mayhem and Books arguing whether to focus on fighting the True Sons or continue indulging in their chaos and debauchery
The Hyenas were secretely supplied by Black Tusk, giving the faction more advanced weaponry to face off against their enemies: True Sons, Division, and otherwise. As far as the Hyenas are concerned, their supplier were secret admirers who see them as "the baddest motherfuckers in D.C". In Black Tusk's eyes, however, the Hyenas were just a means to wage a proxy war to allow them more space to take over the city.
As luck would have it for the Hyenas, Air Force One got crashed right outside the Capitol Hill with President Andrew Ellis as the only survivor. Ellis was given to the Hyenas by the Black Tusk in secret, with the Hyenas hoping to use the POTUS as leverage.
But for the Hyenas, their days of senseless violence, chaos, and debauchery would soon come to an end.
== Fall of the Hyenas ==
As Division agents flocked to Washington, D.C to help in restoring the SHD Network, they also did their part in taking back the city block by block from hostile forces, including the Hyenas. At Grand Washington Hotel, agents were sent to rescue Eleanor Sawyer, Odessa's daughter, from the Hyenas. Many of those Hyenas would fall, including Saint, a dangerous Hyena and council candidate.
At Jefferson Trade Center, Hyenas managed to capture Agent Espinoza while he was trying to reactivate the ISAC node underneath the building. Agents were sent to reactivate the node and rescue Espinoza. However, Espinoza was being tortured by Coyote, one of the Hyena council members. Despite their attempt to rescue him, Coyote shot Espinoza and sent him to his death. Agents promptly eliminated Coyote to avenge their fallen comrade, causing a blow to the Hyena council.
As time goes on, more and more of Hyenas operations would get disrupted and their territories captured by the Division and their allies. At the Bank Headquarters, many Hyenas were killed by Division agents who went there to recover the black box from Air Force One, including Roach's bodyguard, Rebound. But the agents soon learned that President Ellis is held hostage by the Hyenas, promptly rescuing him and extracting him from Bank HQ. This was a blow for the Hyenas as Mayhem was concerned their supplies would go dry as soon the rest of the council learns they lost the POTUS. Despite Roach's viciousness, he was killed by the agents, dealing another blow for the council.
But their biggest blow would happen at District Union Arena. Realizing that the Division would come knocking sooner or later, the Hyenas and the rest of their council decided to make their stand there despite Mayhem's objections. Therefore, Mayhem and Zodiac were not there when the Division assaulted their stronghold. During the assault, Books, Diesel, and Dime were all killed alongside many Hyena forces, effectively ending the Hyena council.
With the council down, the Hyenas went into disarray, finding themselves at war with every faction in the city and vying for control. During the Black Tusk's invasion, they also took over the District Union Arena, prompting the Division to assault the stronghold and stop the PMC. However, they'd learn that most of the supplies the Hyenas had in their stronghold belonged to Black Tusk and that the PMC were supplying the Hyenas the whole time. Nonetheless, the agents pushed Black Tusk forces off the stronghold.
== Disarray ==
In the wake of this disarray, a number of Hyenas have tried to take leadership to no avail. Meanwhile, reports of Hyena activities across the city came about, prompting the Division to investigate. At Nelson Theatre, Hyenas took civilians there as hostages, which didn't succeed as agents went there to eliminate Hyena forces there as well as Zero, who was the lead Hyena in the kidnapping. In the Central Aquarium, they also took a small community who were using the Aquarium to care for the sea animals as hostages. But just like before, the Hyenas in the Aquarium met their defeat by Division agents, rescuing the community in the process, And in the Tens Nightclub, the Hyenas were conducting supply lines for their Spice drug overseen by The Chemist, while Agent Emily Lee went there to disrupt it. The Hyenas there managed to kill Lee, though they met their demise by Division agents sent there, with their Spice supply lines disrupted.
When the Rogue Network got activated, many Hyenas flocked to Rogue Agents, who had hoped to use this alliance to take revenge against the Division. This was unwise as such agents like Venus, Wraith, and Kestrel were killed by Division agents, leaving the Hyenas scattered.
Unfortunately for the faction and their troubles, the Black Tusk stopped supplying them during the events of Price of Power in order to restore their alliance with True Sons. Without the infrastructure and resources the Hyenas were provided from Black Tusk, they'd fall into complete disarray.
During the events of First Rogue, the Hyenas would take over multiple locations in Judiciary Square, prompting Aaron Keener to send Division agents to push them out as the first trial of his test. The agents proceeded in taking over Hyenas-controlled control points, eliminating a large number of Hyenas and a dozen high-value individuals.
With Mayhem and Zodiac still unaccounted for, however, its only a matter of time if the Hyenas would either dissolve or be revitalized and take their revenge against the Division and their enemies.
== Leadership ==
The Hyenas leadership and government structure is a combination of a federation and an autocracy. As a federation, the Hyenas are led by a Council of Hyena clans. Each clan is self-governing and relatively independent of one another but are all unified as one. As an autocracy, each clan is led by a single leader who has absolute authority over his/her own clan and represents them within the council, acting as the speaker that voices the choices of his/her clan represented in the Council.
Originally the Hyenas were divided and often fought each other for control of turf to spread each clan's influence until a clan leader named Coyote proposed to other clan leaders to unify together. She argued that they all faced a common foe, the True Sons, and that they need to band together if they were going to survive. After much debate, the other clan leaders agreed with Coyote and thus the Hyena Council was formed.
== Intelligence Brief ==
Much like their animal counterparts, the Hyenas are generally opportunistic raiders and scavengers who prey on the weak but can also stand their ground against more powerful foes. The Hyenas appear to consist mostly of late teens and young adults who are either criminals, affiliated with gangs before the outbreak, and normal citizens who wish to cash in the anarchy and lack of law enforcement caused by the Green Poison. In fact, they've been known to manufacture drugs as drug labs can be seen within Hyena occupied buildings. As noted from their weapons and tactics:
* They mostly consist of young adults and late teens who exhibit reckless combat tactics and rely on unyielding aggression and suppressive fire.
* They are more lax about cover than disciplined opponents such as True Sons, often shoot without aiming, or simply take drugs and charge.
* Their weapons mostly consist of stolen police or civilian weaponry, consisting of mostly pistols, submachine guns, and shotguns, loaded mostly with 9mm or .45 ACP rounds, but 5.56 and 7.62 mm rounds are used by higher ranking Hyenas for Assault Rifles and LMGs.
*Their secondary equipment seems to mostly consist of stolen police and SWAT equipment, smoke grenades, tear gas munitions, gas masks, and ballistic goggles, but also has stolen FBI equipment and C4 explosives.
* They are equipped and trained sufficiently in explosives and electronics to create weapons such as explosive RC cars and sniper turrets.
* Their council is also shown to have a sufficient level of government structure, and mark their territory with green paint and fumes.
* They are also open to use their enemies' equipment as well, using stolen True Sons assault turrets, Outcast Flamethrowers, and even stolen Division technology, such as Drones, Turrets, Fireflies, and Seeker Mines to name a few.
== Relationship with other factions ==
The Hyenas are hostile towards anyone who attempts to jostle in on their territory, regardless of faction. They hate the True Sons in particular as they were the original reason for the unification and appear to be on the defensive against them, seen on the southern edge of Hyena territory and the Northern edge of True Sons territory (Federal Triangle). The Hyenas also appear to be hostile towards the Outcasts, most likely due to their want of control of D.C. The "clans" of Coyote, Saint, Diesel and Dime all possess control points with miniguns, suggesting that their clans were doing the bulk of the fighting against the True Sons.
They are hostile towards the Outcasts as an ECHO located on H Street NW, near the World’s End control point provides evidence that at least one group of Hyenas and at least one group of Outcasts were fighting over territory while trying to take out a squad of True Sons guarding a building in Downtown West. This suggests that the Hyenas see the Outcasts as a threat to their survival in Western D.C., and are trying to keep them at bay till they can muster the numbers needed to crush their control of West D.C.
Following the death of several Hyena Council members and the invasion of the Black Tusk, the Hyenas are now at war with every faction and are vying for control of positions within Washington, D.C. They have also attempted to re-organize under new leaders but failed as The Division has killed any Hyena that has attempted to.
Often after the fall of the Hyena Council, Rogue Agents would often attempt to recruit the Hyenas for their own purposes, namely Venus, Wraith, and Kestrel. Often this would prove to be a poor decision as The Division eliminated these Rogue Agents, often killing any Hyena who sided with them.
== Named Members ==
== Archetypes ==
==Quotes==
===Combat===
<tabber>Assault=
*You know what happens when you fuck with a Hyena?
*How do you like me now? Bitch! 
*You're in our hood now!
*Bleed motherfucker, bleed!
*Who do you think you are!
*Gonna fill you full of holes!
*I'm gonna drop you motherfucker!
*You are SO fucked!
*This is my town, agents!
*Gonna take care of business!
*Never liked that fucker anyway! - Hyena dies
*Ah, idiot never listened! - Hyena dies
*We're getting chewed to pieces! - Hyena dies
*That was my buddy, you fuck! - Hyena dies
*You're not gonna get away with that! - Hyena dies
*Come on! Are you out of ammo yet? - pinned down
|-|Thrower=
*How do you like them apples? 
*I'm gonna make it rain grenades! 
*Keep it up, agent! 
*Hope that hurts! 
*Launching grenade! - firing grenade
*Grenade out! - firing grenade
*I'll get you for that fucker! - Hyena dies
*We took a hit! - Hyena dies
*This ain't a hospital!- using armor kit
|-|Rusher=
*Feel the rage coming on!
*You're about to see something special!
*I'm going to smash your skull!
*I'm going to get you!
*I'm gonna get you!
*Haaaaa! 
*Yeeeeeaaah!
*Paaaaiiiin!
*Diiiieeee!!!!
*Gonna take my vitamins! - Boosting
*Everyone outta my way! - Boosting
*Been jonesing for this all day! - Boosting
*I want to feel good! - Boosting
|-|Sniper=
*Hey! Asshole!
*Got you in my sights!
*Gonna hunt them down!
*I've got you!
*Smile, asshole! - activating dazzler
*Hey! Look at me! - activating dazzler
*Wanna see something cool? - activating dazzler
*I'm turning on the lights! - activating dazzler
*Get out of my face!- Surprised at close range
|-|Tank=
*Come get some!
*You're mine asshole!
*It's raining ammo!
*I'll just kill you myself! - Hyena dies
*No! You'll pay for that! - Hyena dies
*Stupid belt! - Ammo belt cut
*Get back on! - Ammo belt cut
*Come on! - Ammo belt cut
*Get in there! - Ammo belt cut
*Come on, you piece of crap! - Ammo belt cut
*This ain't over yet! -ammo belt cut
*You just bought yourself 5 seconds! - Ammo belt cut.
*You can't stop me! - Ammo belt cut
|-|Controller=
*You are so fucking dead!
*Leave this fuck to me!
*The Division is over!
*The Division's a joke!
*how do you like my driving? - placing RC car
*RC on the move! - placing down RC car
*RC on the ground! - placing down RC car
*Got a special delivery for ya!! - placing down RC 
*You kill a Hyena, you die! - Hyena dies
*We're losing people! - Hyena dies
*I'll make you pay! - Hyena dies
*I can't see, I can't see! - Blinded
*This ain't a hospital!- using armor kit
|-|Engineer=
*Setting up turret! - placing turret
*Won't be much longer!
*Gonna smash some skulls!
*Kill you and take all your stuff!
*Can't wait to grab me some Division swag! 
|-|Medic=
*I can bring them back!
*Get up, asshole! - reviving Hyena
*We need you out there!- Reviving Hyena
*Get back out there! – reviving Hyena
*On your feet!- reviving Hyena
*I can make you feel better! - boosting Hyenas
*I can make you feel good! – boosting Hyenas
*Fucker! - surprised at close range
|-|Shield=
*That's it. That's it!
*It's a new world, agent!
*‘’How does it feel to die?!’’
*Gonna strip this city to the bone!
*You won't last much longer!
*Drop dead!
*Can't believe this! - reloading
*Piece of crap! - reloading
*That's it. That's it! – Hyena dies
*Now it’s my turn, fucker! – Hyena dies
*That was one of ours! – Hyena dies
*What did you do to my shield! - shield destroyed
*I'm blind! - blinded
*Stupid fucking armor! – armor broken
|-|Idle=
*Bet the others are on a killing spree right now
*Who'd you piss off to end up with guard duty?
*Don't know why we're out here. Nobody's trying to steal this shit
</tabber>
== Gallery ==
===Archetypes===
Hyena Assault TD2.png|Hyena Assault
Hyena Controller TD2.png|Hyena Controller
Hyena Engineer TD2.png|Hyena Engineer
Hyena Shield TD2.png|Hyena Shield
Hyena Thrower TD2.png|Hyena Thrower
Hyena Medic TD2.png|Hyena Medic
Hyena Sniper TD2.png|Hyena Sniper
Hyena Tank TD2.png|Hyena Tank
===Concept Art===
Satanasov-06.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Assault
Satanasov-10.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Medic
Satanasov-03.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Engineer
Satanasov-05.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Sniper
Satanasov-02.jpg|Concept art of the unused Hyena Immobilizer
Satanasov-09.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Controller
Satanasov-08.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Thrower
Satanasov-04.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Shield
Satanasov-07.jpg|Concept art of the Hyena Tank with and without armor
===Other===
TD2-Hyenas-Faction-Thrower.png|A member of the Hyenas
201801182.jpg|Division agents in a gun battle with the Hyenas
File:Agents-in-a-firefight-with-the-Hyenas-Division-2-Facts-About-The-Hyenas.jpg|Division agents being attacked by Hyenas
===Characters===
File:Gear Coyote.png|Coyote
== Trivia ==
* Interestingly enough, a number of Hyena council members are mentioned in some of the gear items featured in Year 6 Season 1: First Rogue. Those items are namely: Thorn, Eagle's Grasp (named gloves item), Bober (named chest item), and Overlord Exotic Shotgun
== Appearances ==
*Tom Clancy's The Division 2
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