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===Ascension into a Disciple===
===Ascension into a Disciple===
After disappearing for two years, Calus has returned with the Leviathan as a Disciple of the Witness, aiming to create a bond between his flagship and the [[The Lunar Pyramid|Lunar Pyramid]] formerly piloted by [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]]. He now has reinforced his Loyalist troops with Scorn, as well as also controlling [[Nightmares]] created by the connection with the Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Operation: Midas]]''</ref> The Guardian learns from [[Caiatl]] that when the Leviathan appeared in orbit of the [[Moon]], two hundred Loyalists departed and fled. The Loyalists encountered in the ship itself are newly spawned clones who act as an extension of Calus's will.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[H.E.L.M.]] Radio Message: [[H.E.L.M.#Season of the Haunted|Caiatl's Leviathan Report]]''</ref>
After disappearing for two years, Calus returned with the Leviathan as a Disciple of the Witness, aiming to create a bond between his flagship and the [[The Lunar Pyramid|Lunar Pyramid]] formerly piloted by [[Nezarec, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]]. He now has reinforced his Loyalist troops with Scorn, as well as also controlling [[Nightmares]] created by the connection with the Pyramid.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Operation: Midas]]''</ref> The Guardian learns from [[Caiatl]] that when the Leviathan appeared in orbit of the [[Moon]], two hundred Loyalists departed and fled. The Loyalists encountered in the ship itself are newly spawned clones who act as an extension of Calus's will.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[H.E.L.M.]] Radio Message: [[H.E.L.M.#Season of the Haunted|Caiatl's Leviathan Report]]''</ref>


[[File:Broken Calus Automaton.jpg|300px|thumb|An Automaton of Calus lies broken at the [[Leviathan's Underbelly]].]]
As Eris Morn and the Vanguard began [[Operation: Midas]], the Guardian finds destroyed robotic copies of Calus and speaks with Calus through them. During an attempt to sever the [[Nightmare of Uldren|Nightmare of Uldren Sov]] from the [[Uldren Sov|Crow]], Calus tells the Guardian that they are just a grub fattened on the lies of the universe. He also tells them that he too is like them and that he will enjoy seeing the Guardian's reality shattered. He would further be amused with the Guardian's efforts to sever his connections to the Pyramid, getting into heated conversations with their allies in the process.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Sever - Shame]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Sever - Reconciliation]]''</ref>
As Eris Morn and the Vanguard began [[Operation: Midas]], the Guardian finds destroyed robotic copies of Calus and speaks with Calus through them. During an attempt to sever the [[Nightmare of Uldren|Nightmare of Uldren Sov]] from the [[Uldren Sov|Crow]], Calus tells the Guardian that they are just a grub fattened on the lies of the universe. He also tells them that he too is like them and that he will enjoy seeing the Guardian's reality shattered. He would further be amused with the Guardian's efforts to sever his connections to the Pyramid, getting into heated conversations with their allies in the process.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Sever - Shame]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Sever - Reconciliation]]''</ref>
Calus's actions with the lunar Pyramid would have its own set of consequences, however, as he would suffer from his own personal [[Nightmare of Caiatl, Princess-Imperial|Nightmare]] in the form of his own daughter. Knowing his fears of being unloved, forgotten and insignificant, the Nightmare of Caiatl torments the former emperor in a hostile exchange with him as he laid entombed in his gilded sargophagus. Calus becomes especially agitated by the Nightmare's remarks of her real counterpart surprassing him as empress of the Cabal, leaving his withered face contorting in anguish and angst at the thought of his daughter being an even greater leader than him.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Voices of the Haunted|Voices of the Haunted]], [[Lore:Voices of the Haunted#VII. Legacy|VII. Legacy]]''</ref> At some other point, [[Eris Morn]] would orchestrate her own secret [[Duality (dungeon)|mind heist]] into the [[Mindscape]] of Calus's conciousness to glimpse knowledge of his plans. Aided by the Guardian and their fireteam, they probed deep into his fractured mind and fought the Nightmares that plagued his inner thoughts, uncovering layers of Calus's true self and his deepest regrets he laid buried. After digging through his repressed memories and confronting the Nightmare of Caiatl that haunts him, the Guardians found clues of the Witness's true endgame: the Final Shape.<ref name="Duality"/>


Calus would ultimately succeed in his plan to become a Herald of the Witness and enter the Lunar Pyramid after manipulating his daughter, Caiatl, into brazenly challenging the Nightmare of Dominus Ghaul, leading to the severance ritual's failure, which gave him the time he needed to merge with the Pyramid. However, as the transformation had not fully taken effect, Eris gathers the Guardian, Crow, Zavala and Caiatl to conduct one last large-scale severance ritual to stop Calus from fully taking control of the Lunar Pyramid. Though Zavala and Crow would be attacked by Calus's Loyalists, the Guardian and Caiatl would find themselves within the Lunar Pyramid itself, meeting at the [[Chantry of the Darkest Hour]]. There Caiatl angrily demanded her father show himself, in her father did so by revealing his true psionic form. The father stated his disappointment in his daughter's failures, doubts and of her decision to not stand by his side. Unleashing Fading Nightmares of those the Guardian had battled against along with a horde of Scorn and Loyalists, the Guardians were able to wound Calus by striking down the Fading Nightmares and having the [[Nightmare Harvester]] absorb them. After the last Nightmare had been defeated, Calus had been pushed back, disappearing in a psionic blast. Caiatl would confirm to Zavala that her father is gone, having given himself over to the Witness.<ref name="Catharsis">'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Catharsis]]''</ref>
Calus would ultimately succeed in his plan to become a Herald of the Witness and enter the Lunar Pyramid after manipulating his daughter, Caiatl, into brazenly challenging the Nightmare of Dominus Ghaul, leading to the severance ritual's failure, which gave him the time he needed to merge with the Pyramid. However, as the transformation had not fully taken effect, Eris gathers the Guardian, Crow, Zavala and Caiatl to conduct one last large-scale severance ritual to stop Calus from fully taking control of the Lunar Pyramid. Though Zavala and Crow would be attacked by Calus's Loyalists, the Guardian and Caiatl would find themselves within the Lunar Pyramid itself, meeting at the [[Chantry of the Darkest Hour]]. There Caiatl angrily demanded her father show himself, in her father did so by revealing his true psionic form. The father stated his disappointment in his daughter's failures, doubts and of her decision to not stand by his side. Unleashing Fading Nightmares of those the Guardian had battled against along with a horde of Scorn and Loyalists, the Guardians were able to wound Calus by striking down the Fading Nightmares and having the [[Nightmare Harvester]] absorb them. After the last Nightmare had been defeated, Calus had been pushed back, disappearing in a psionic blast. Caiatl would confirm to Zavala that her father is gone, having given himself over to the Witness.<ref name="Catharsis">'''Bungie (2022/5/24)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Haunted]] - [[Catharsis]]''</ref>
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