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Every surface reflected a resplendent sheen that blinded him. | Every surface reflected a resplendent sheen that blinded him. | ||
"What is this place?" he asked. | |||
"Many things," [[Emperor Calus|Calus]] replied, lounging with his cheek in his palm. "This chamber once held an [[Arkborn]]. The only one of her kind to leave the interstellar conduits of her people. It is the place where [[Valus Nohr]] earned her shield in trial by combat. [[Shadows of Calus|Shadows]] were cast here. History made." | |||
"Am I to cast a Shadow?" | |||
"Yes. You were bred to be a sorrow-bearer. I seek a Hive commander, but those are not so readily available. So I made you." | |||
"The Council says the Hive cannot be contained. They worry." | |||
Calus raised an eyebrow. | Calus raised an eyebrow. "Who among them?" | ||
"Councilors [[Rahl]] and [[Verloren]]." | |||
The Emperor shook the golden chamber with his guffaw. | The Emperor shook the golden chamber with his guffaw. "Only a few hours old, and already your words have killed two." | ||
Gahlran pondered what his Emperor could mean. | Gahlran pondered what his Emperor could mean. | ||
"I will enjoy you," Calus said, and keyed a hidden control on the armrest of his divan. | |||
The ceiling shrieked as it opened like an eye. Gahlran craned his neck to stare as two hovering [[Councilor]]s descended with a massive, plated helm from the vast iris above. | The ceiling shrieked as it opened like an eye. Gahlran craned his neck to stare as two hovering [[Councilor]]s descended with a massive, plated helm from the vast iris above. | ||
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He could hear a litany of voices shouting down at him from inside the thing as it slowly descended. He thought they sounded like warnings, but there were no discernible words in the speech. | He could hear a litany of voices shouting down at him from inside the thing as it slowly descended. He thought they sounded like warnings, but there were no discernible words in the speech. | ||
"What is that?" he asked his Emperor. | |||
Calus finished the Royal nectar in his chalice before belching, | Calus finished the Royal nectar in his chalice before belching, "Your crown." | ||
Gahlran thought he could glimpse a faint violet glow on the inside of the helm as it drew nearer. | Gahlran thought he could glimpse a faint violet glow on the inside of the helm as it drew nearer. | ||
"Isn't it beautiful?" Calus asked, as the voices echoing from the helm grew louder. | |||
"No," Gahlran replied. | |||
He thought he should run. He tried to stand, but he found that he could not, rooted to the floor before the | He thought he should run. He tried to stand, but he found that he could not, rooted to the floor before the Emperor's throne by the will of the Councilors. | ||
"I do not like this," Gahlran said. | |||
"This," said Calus, as the Councilors crowned Gahlran, "is why you were born." | |||
The violet interior filled | The violet interior filled Gahlran's vision. | ||
"What does it feel like?" asked the Emperor. | |||
"Fear," Gahlran said. | |||
Calus must have responded, but Gahlran | Calus must have responded, but Gahlran couldn't hear him over the cacophony of voices. | ||
He suddenly found that he could see. | He suddenly found that he could see. | ||
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TYPE: OWL SECTOR INTERCEPT | TYPE: OWL SECTOR INTERCEPT | ||
//CABAL | //CABAL "LOYALIST" BAND TRANSMISSION | ||
//AUDIO UNAVAILABLE// | //AUDIO UNAVAILABLE// | ||
They call themselves [[Hunter]]s. Scouts. Survivors scavenging from races older and nobler—so that their people might rebuild what | They call themselves [[Hunter]]s. Scouts. Survivors scavenging from races older and nobler—so that their people might rebuild what they've lost. | ||
They call themselves [[Titan (class)|Titan]]s. Soldiers. Killers—slaying the enemies of humanity so that their City might live one more day. | They call themselves [[Titan (class)|Titan]]s. Soldiers. Killers—slaying the enemies of [[humanity]] so that their [[Last City|City]] might live one more day. | ||
They call themselves [[Warlock]]s. Martial philosophers. Harbingers of Light. Scholars searching for meaning when all is already lost. Their machine god abandoned them long ago. | They call themselves [[Warlock]]s. Martial philosophers. Harbingers of [[Light]]. Scholars searching for meaning when all is already lost. Their [[Traveler|machine god]] abandoned them long ago. | ||
They | They don't understand yet, but they are, all of them, so much more. | ||
It falls to you, my [[Loyalists]], to show them the way. | It falls to you, my [[Loyalists]], to show them the way. You've met them. You know their conviction. | ||
So I unleash you. | So I unleash you. | ||
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When they are ready, we will open the [[Menagerie]] to them. Even the strongest Lights have yet to explore that ancient deck. | When they are ready, we will open the [[Menagerie]] to them. Even the strongest Lights have yet to explore that ancient deck. | ||
I want them to see where our journey out of exile began. Ghaul and his conspirators meant for the Menagerie—for the [[The Leviathan|Leviathan]] itself!—to be our tomb. But Ghaul could not predict what we would find at the black edge. | I want them to see where our journey out of exile began. [[Ghaul]] and his conspirators meant for the Menagerie—for the [[The Leviathan|Leviathan]] itself!—to be our tomb. But Ghaul could not predict what we would find at the black edge. | ||
He could not foresee that we would grow fat from strength. | He could not foresee that we would grow fat from strength. | ||
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I know you give them gladly. | I know you give them gladly. | ||
Your sacrifice shall spark the Shadows of Earth.<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/47849 '''Bungie''': ''Penumbra Weblore'']</ref> | Your sacrifice shall spark the Shadows of [[Earth]].<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/47849 '''Bungie''': ''Penumbra Weblore'']</ref> | ||
==Triva== | |||
*The image for "Am I to cast a Shadow" on Bungie.net was changed from a Psion in the center of the image to Gahlran following the completion of the [[Crown of Sorrow (raid)|Crown of Sorrow]] raid. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery perrow=3> | |||
File:Weblore shadow.jpg|Original image used for "Am I to cast a Shadow" | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Weblore]] | [[Category:Weblore]] | ||