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| + | |origin = Unidentified alternate dimension (accessible through the [[Slide Projector]] [[Object of Power|OOP]]) |
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| + | |type = [[Resonance]]-based [[extradimensional being]] |
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| + | * [[Dylan Faden]] |
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| + | * [[Zachariah Trench]] |
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| + | |age = Unknown|status = Active; source of resonance cut off, agents still present in [[Oldest House]]}} |
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| + | {{Quote|You’ve always been the new you. You want this to be true. We stand around while you dream. You can almost hear our words but you forget. This happens more and more now. You gave us the permission in your regulations. We wait in the stains. The word that describes this is redacted.|A portion of the [[Hiss incantation]]|}} |
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| + | The''' Hiss '''is a hostile [[paranatural]] force of [[resonance]] that invaded the [[Oldest House]] on [[Hiss invasion|October 29, 2019]], resulting in the near-destruction of the [[Federal Bureau of Control]]. Originating from an alternate dimension, the Hiss influenced FBC Director [[Zachariah Trench]] into unleashing it using the [[Slide Projector]] [[Object of Power]]. The Hiss's source of resonance was cut off by [[Jesse Faden]] when she deactivated the Projector; however, the possessed Hiss agents still lingered in the Oldest House, continuing to pose a major threat. |
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| + | == Nature == |
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| − | {{Quote|The winding way down is the twisting stair of reality. We see through your pretenses. We bore through you, slipping through your skin into the rotten marrow at your core. Your dark and blood-soaked dreams are cosmic dust, motes in our spiraling consciousness...|[[Malcolm Rooney]] (possessed by the Hiss)|''[[Control]]'' alpha demo}} |
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| + | The Hiss, like Polaris, is a self-propagating force of interdimensional [[resonance]]. The Hiss is aggressive and virulent, described by [[Jesse Faden|Jesse]] as 'an earworm that you can't get out of your head'. It is unknown if the Hiss has a central point of transmission or amplification like the [[Hedron]] entity, or if the Hiss are a pervasive element throughout their home dimension. Only [[Polaris]], a resonance-based intelligence from [[Slidescape-36]], is capable of protecting living things from Hiss infection and driving off Hiss contamination in paranatural objects; by extension, the [[Hedron]] and [[Jesse Faden]] also possess this capability. It is unclear whether the Hiss is an intelligent being, or merely a viral signal, a compulsion to spread which uses those it infects to provide strategic actions to aid the propagation of the signal. |
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| + | Most people when possessed by the Hiss signal float in the air, endlessly repeating the [[Hiss incantation]], a mysterious chant of ambiguous meaning. It is unclear if this form of Hiss agent is otherwise harmless or if they are direct vectors for the signal's spread. Individuals with combat capacity whom the Hiss overtakes often remain mobile, and are able to attack the uninfected with the same skill they had as normal people. These possessed combatants lose their hair and experience violent physical deformation, leading Pope to theorize that the Hiss resonance can rearrange and modify the genetic and cellular structures of the body at the molecular scale. Despite often fatal physical distortion, these agents survive and are capable of using powerful paranatural abilities comparable to those of Jesse. The resonance of the Hiss can also manifest as physical phenomena, forming strong barriers that can even stop bullets; concentrated Hiss resonance can become Hiss clusters, which heal other Hiss agents. |
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| − | The''' Hiss '''is a hostile paranatural force that originates from beyond ordinary reality, capable of possessing and corrupting objects and living things. During the [[Hiss invasion]], it overruns the [[Federal Bureau of Control]]'s headquarters, the [[Oldest House]], and kills [[Director of the Federal Bureau of Control|Director]] [[Zachariah Trench]], hurtling the Bureau's infrastructure into chaos. As the new Director, [[Jesse Faden]] is tasked with defeating this Hiss and restoring order to the Oldest House. |
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| + | The motivations or ultimate goals of the Hiss are wholly unclear. It exhibits a pervasive hostility toward nearly all life, particularly the agents of the FBC, and by its nature corrupts all things that it encounters, including paranatural objects, the [[Oldest House]], and the natural laws of reality. According to Pope, the Hiss being unleashed on the larger world would result in a global doomsday scenario. However, [[Dylan Faden]] and [[Zachariah Trench]] - the only known individuals to be influenced by the Hiss and retain their individual sentience - viewed the Hiss as positive, and regarded the Hedron and Polaris as greater threats. Dylan implied that speaking the words of the Hiss' incantation is a pleasurable experience, and stated that the Hiss liberated him and showed him the true nature of reality "behind the poster." Trench, meanwhile, viewed the Hiss as a necessary solution to what he perceived to be an enormous threat posed by the Hedron. |
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| − | ==Description== |
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| − | The Hiss is a mysterious, chaotic, anomalous force that defies the natural laws of reality. Like other paranatural elements, the Hiss is extradimensional, originating from [[Alternate dimension|realms beyond our own]], which obey different laws of physics and logic. The Hiss itself is a bodiless, contagious force that moves between dimensions via "[[resonance]]," invading everything in its path. It corrupts matter and twists it in unpredictable ways, and can possess living things and use them for its own purposes, including the elimination of any resistance it faces. Elements of the [[Oldest House]] possessed by the Hiss exhibit distinctly reddish, fluid auras and blurs, contrasting with the gray, solid, Brutalist architecture of the Bureau's domain. The Hiss also creates a distinct sound akin to severe audio distortion, possibly the origin of its name. |
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| + | == History == |
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| − | The Hiss is utterly hostile to the Federal Bureau of Control, constantly subverting the Bureau's control over the stability of the Oldest House. In this, it has been described as the antithesis of the Bureau's philosophy of objective order and control, instead representing subjective chaos. The Hiss can possess agents of the FBC and turn them into its slaves. The Hiss takes advantage of the special training and equipment of FBC agents, especially [[Ranger|Rangers]], to fight the survivors of its attack and ultimately overtake the Oldest House. These possessed agents exhibit multiple stages of Hiss "infection," and different variations display different mutations and paranatural abilities. Many of the Hiss have abilities uncannily similar to those of Jesse Faden. |
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| + | The Hiss originated from an alternate dimension which could be reached via one of the slides connected to the [[Slide Projector]] [[Object of Power]] from [[Ordinary|Ordinary, Wisconsin]]. During the [[Ordinary AWE]], [[Jesse Faden]] burned all but one of the slides ([[Slidescape-36]]), and the Projector was contained by the [[FBC]]. [[Zachariah Trench]] kept one of the burned slides. As exploration of Slidescape-36 was carried out under the supervision of [[Casper Darling]], Trench, attending one of the expeditions, fell under the influence of the Hiss. When Darling returned the [[Hedron]] from Slidescape-36 and began to produce [[HRA]]s, Trench, fearing Hedron would take over the entire Bureau, unleashed the Hiss upon the [[Oldest House]] on [[Hiss invasion|October 29, 2019]]. The Hiss nearly destroyed the entire Bureau, possessing its agents, the topography of the Oldest House, and numerous [[Altered Items]] and Objects of Power. An external lockdown was placed in effect, cutting off the building's sectors from one another. |
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| + | The Hedron, sensing the danger, telepathically called out to Jesse Faden and summoned her to the Oldest House to defeat the Hiss. Trench committed suicide shortly after Jesse's arrival, and, interacting with the [[Service Weapon]], she was made the new Director by [[the Board]]. Binding with several Objects of Power and communicating with the Board through the [[Hotline]] OOP, Jesse was able to reconnect the sectors and defeat most of the Hiss, freeing the Altered Items and Objects of Power under its influence through [[Polaris]]. [[Dylan Faden]] fell under the Hiss's influence as well and became an agent of it, entering the [[Astral Plane]] and attempting to take over the Board. The Hiss also destroyed the Hedron, nearly resulting in the destruction of the Bureau as Polaris's resonance faltered; however, Jesse was able to become the new source of Polaris resonance and saved the Bureau, cleansing the Board and Dylan of the Hiss. The Hiss remained in the Oldest House, but Jesse and the other agents resolved to defeat it in order to remove the lockdown. |
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| − | It is unknown of the Hiss has any relation to the [[Astral Plane]] or the [[Black Pyramid]]. |
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| ⚫ | * The Hiss has numerous similarities to the Dark Presence, the antagonist of ''Control ''developer [[Remedy Entertainment]]'s previous title ''[[Remedy Entertainment#Alan Wake|Alan Wake]]. ''Both are unseen, bodiless, otherworldly supernatural forces capable of possessing objects and living things, turning them into their slaves. |
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| − | Human slaves of the Hiss possess exhibit various different abilities and mutations, which have been likened to the progressive stages of an infectious disease. The more the Hiss infection progresses in an individual, the more deformed and powerful they become. There are also variations of the Hiss which appear to not be possessed humans but rather entities of their own. |
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| − | |Basic slaves of the Hiss possess no paranatural abilities, merely being human individuals under the Hiss's control; thus, they fight with the conventional weaponry and armaments of FBC agents. [[Jesse Faden]] is capable of [[Jesse Faden#Seize|Seizing]] these types of enemies. |
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| − | |Drifters are a unique variation of Hiss that possess telekinetic abilities similar to Jesse's. They float sporadically in the air and can hurdle objects at rapid speeds. They can be Seized. |
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| − | |Hiss Clusters, unlike other Hiss variants, appear to be non-human; they are described as large, glowing spheres that continually heal enemies. If Seized by Jesse, Clusters will instead heal her. |
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| − | |Tempests are advanced, highly dangerous forms of Hiss. Their abilities seem to be an enhancement of those of Drifters, generating storms of levitated objects around them. In spite of their strength, Tempests are not considered "bosses" in ''[[Control]]''. Malcolm Rooney became a Tempest after he was possessed by the Hiss. Tempests can be Seized. |
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| − | * [[Malcolm Rooney]] |
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| “ | You’ve always been the new you. You want this to be true. We stand around while you dream. You can almost hear our words but you forget. This happens more and more now. You gave us the permission in your regulations. We wait in the stains. The word that describes this is redacted. | ” |
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The Hiss is a hostile paranatural force of resonance that invaded the Oldest House on October 29, 2019, resulting in the near-destruction of the Federal Bureau of Control. Originating from an alternate dimension, the Hiss influenced FBC Director Zachariah Trench into unleashing it using the Slide Projector Object of Power. The Hiss's source of resonance was cut off by Jesse Faden when she deactivated the Projector; however, the possessed Hiss agents still lingered in the Oldest House, continuing to pose a major threat.
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The Hiss is capable of possessing living things as well as paranatural objects and locations.
The Hiss, like Polaris, is a self-propagating force of interdimensional resonance. The Hiss is aggressive and virulent, described by Jesse as 'an earworm that you can't get out of your head'. It is unknown if the Hiss has a central point of transmission or amplification like the Hedron entity, or if the Hiss are a pervasive element throughout their home dimension. Only Polaris, a resonance-based intelligence from Slidescape-36, is capable of protecting living things from Hiss infection and driving off Hiss contamination in paranatural objects; by extension, the Hedron and Jesse Faden also possess this capability. It is unclear whether the Hiss is an intelligent being, or merely a viral signal, a compulsion to spread which uses those it infects to provide strategic actions to aid the propagation of the signal.
Most people when possessed by the Hiss signal float in the air, endlessly repeating the Hiss incantation, a mysterious chant of ambiguous meaning. It is unclear if this form of Hiss agent is otherwise harmless or if they are direct vectors for the signal's spread. Individuals with combat capacity whom the Hiss overtakes often remain mobile, and are able to attack the uninfected with the same skill they had as normal people. These possessed combatants lose their hair and experience violent physical deformation, leading Pope to theorize that the Hiss resonance can rearrange and modify the genetic and cellular structures of the body at the molecular scale. Despite often fatal physical distortion, these agents survive and are capable of using powerful paranatural abilities comparable to those of Jesse. The resonance of the Hiss can also manifest as physical phenomena, forming strong barriers that can even stop bullets; concentrated Hiss resonance can become Hiss clusters, which heal other Hiss agents.
The motivations or ultimate goals of the Hiss are wholly unclear. It exhibits a pervasive hostility toward nearly all life, particularly the agents of the FBC, and by its nature corrupts all things that it encounters, including paranatural objects, the Oldest House, and the natural laws of reality. According to Pope, the Hiss being unleashed on the larger world would result in a global doomsday scenario. However, Dylan Faden and Zachariah Trench - the only known individuals to be influenced by the Hiss and retain their individual sentience - viewed the Hiss as positive, and regarded the Hedron and Polaris as greater threats. Dylan implied that speaking the words of the Hiss' incantation is a pleasurable experience, and stated that the Hiss liberated him and showed him the true nature of reality "behind the poster." Trench, meanwhile, viewed the Hiss as a necessary solution to what he perceived to be an enormous threat posed by the Hedron.
History
The Hiss originated from an alternate dimension which could be reached via one of the slides connected to the Slide Projector Object of Power from Ordinary, Wisconsin. During the Ordinary AWE, Jesse Faden burned all but one of the slides (Slidescape-36), and the Projector was contained by the FBC. Zachariah Trench kept one of the burned slides. As exploration of Slidescape-36 was carried out under the supervision of Casper Darling, Trench, attending one of the expeditions, fell under the influence of the Hiss. When Darling returned the Hedron from Slidescape-36 and began to produce HRAs, Trench, fearing Hedron would take over the entire Bureau, unleashed the Hiss upon the Oldest House on October 29, 2019. The Hiss nearly destroyed the entire Bureau, possessing its agents, the topography of the Oldest House, and numerous Altered Items and Objects of Power. An external lockdown was placed in effect, cutting off the building's sectors from one another.
The Hedron, sensing the danger, telepathically called out to Jesse Faden and summoned her to the Oldest House to defeat the Hiss. Trench committed suicide shortly after Jesse's arrival, and, interacting with the Service Weapon, she was made the new Director by the Board. Binding with several Objects of Power and communicating with the Board through the Hotline OOP, Jesse was able to reconnect the sectors and defeat most of the Hiss, freeing the Altered Items and Objects of Power under its influence through Polaris. Dylan Faden fell under the Hiss's influence as well and became an agent of it, entering the Astral Plane and attempting to take over the Board. The Hiss also destroyed the Hedron, nearly resulting in the destruction of the Bureau as Polaris's resonance faltered; however, Jesse was able to become the new source of Polaris resonance and saved the Bureau, cleansing the Board and Dylan of the Hiss. The Hiss remained in the Oldest House, but Jesse and the other agents resolved to defeat it in order to remove the lockdown.
Trivia
- The Hiss has numerous similarities to the Dark Presence, the antagonist of Control developer Remedy Entertainment's previous title Alan Wake. Both are unseen, bodiless, otherworldly supernatural forces capable of possessing objects and living things, turning them into their slaves.
Related achievements/trophies
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| File:Interdimensional Defender.png | Interdimensional Defender | Killed 1000 Hiss | 30 | Silver |
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