The hawk-headed hieracosphinx is a common sight within the maze-like tombs and mortuary complexes of Egypt. Like the powerful androsphinx and gynosphinx, the hieracosphinx most often serves as a guardian of sacred places. Though they lack the calculating intellect of their more celebrated cousins, hieracosphinxes are possessed of a certain cruel cunning, making excellent use of their innate magical talents to dispatch would-be trespassers with sadistic glee.