Dark Bishop

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The player being attacked by several Dark Bishops in Heresiarch's Seminary

Dark Bishops are Hexen's equivalent of the Disciples of D'Sparil from Heretic. Dark Bishops take less damage than the disciples, with 130 Hit Points and their projectiles do less damage at 4 hit points per projectile and 12 projectiles fired per attack. As such they are somewhat less of a threat than the Disciples. Dark Bishops can move around fast, leaving afterimages of themselves behind, and their homing projectiles can move in an awkward rotation pattern and first appear in the third hub, Heresiarch's Seminary.

When a Dark Bishop is killed, it will hurt the player if they are too close to the explosion radius of the Dark Bishop that is dying. This explosion also hurts monsters, so it can be used to the player's advantage.

The Heresiarch also summons them to aid him in battle (just as D'Sparil summons Disciples).

One of the ambient phrases spoken by the Dark Bishop, when played backwards, seems to be "Dark bishop."

[edit] Uses outside of Hexen

• The Dark Bishop also appears periodically in Void by Mike "Cyb" Watson.
• The Dark Bishop also appears periodically in "Thief: Trail of the Arch-Heretic" by Nigel "Enjay" Rowand.