Editing Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer

|homeworld= [[The Leviathan]]

|faction= [[Loyalists]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Savathûn's Brood]]

|class= [[Ceremonial Bather]]

{{Quote|He had but one purpose: bear the [[Crown of Sorrow]] and make the [[Hive]] mine.<br> Imagine my chagrin when his very personality was annihilated within minutes of exposure. Whatever viral language was etched into the Crown's interior had taken over.<br>Until you ended him, he belonged to a [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen|witch]].|[[Emperor Calus]]}}

 

'''Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer''' was a former member of [[Emperor Calus]]'s [[Loyalists]] driven insane by the [[Crown of Sorrow]] and the main antagonist of the [[Crown of Sorrow (raid)|aforementioned raid]].

{{Quote|Gahlran thought he could glimpse a faint violet glow on the inside of the helm as it drew nearer.<br>"Isn't it beautiful?" Calus asked, as the voices echoing from the helm grew louder.<br>"No," Gahlran replied.|Excerpt from [[Weblore#"Am I to Cast a Shadow?"|"Am I to Cast a Shadow?"]]}}

Born of the [[Leviathan (raid)#Royal Pools|Royal Pools]] from within the [[The Leviathan|Leviathan]],<ref name="Plate">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], [[Shadow of War Suit#Shadow's Plate|Shadow's Plate]]''</ref> Gahlran was bred to be a [[Shadows of Calus|Shadow]] in Calus' service by wielding an ancient [[Ascendant Hive]] artifact, the [[Crown of Sorrow]], and using its powers to command the Hive. For this, Gahlran was engineered to be strong-willed.<ref name="Plate"/> However, unknown to Calus and his Loyalists, the Crown was a trap set by [[Savathûn, the Witch Queen]] to corrupt Calus to her will, and instead drove Gahlran insane.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/3)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Weblore:Season of Opulence]]: [[Weblore:Season of Opulence#"Am I to Cast a Shadow?"|"Am I to Cast a Shadow?"]]''</ref> As a result, the mad Cabal brought the Hive to infest the lower levels of the Leviathan; having taken the deepest depths of the [[Menagerie]] as his kingdom.  

After [[the Guardian]] and their fireteam infiltrated his Kingdom of Sorrow, he confronted them and tried to defend himself with the aid of his [[Gahlran's Deception|Deception]]s. However, his magic would prove ineffective against the [[Fireteam]] who used Savathûn's own magic against him. With Ghalran destroyed, the Crown fell to the ground and was left inert for Calus to retrieve.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], [[Crown of Sorrow (raid)|Crown of Sorrow]]''</ref>

[[File:Crownsorrow.jpg|thumb|300px| Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer]]

Gahlran's boss fight involves fighting Gahlran and two clones of him, with spawns of crystals, Blessed enemies, non-Blessed enemies, and Deceptions. When Deceptions spawn, they are surrounded by a shield. A Blessed and non-Blessed player must melee the Deception to stun it, preferably in the middle of the area it spawned, in front of Gahlran. Gahlran will then raise his hand, glowing green. If the hand is shot while glowing, he will bring down a cleaver and if it connects with the Deception, it will kill it. After 3 Deceptions are slain in this way, Gahlran and his clones will begin to channel energy between their hands and their crown. Players must shoot their hands to stop this channeling, or wipe. After damaging the hands, players can then damage the crown to reveal which Gahlran is real. Gahlran will then be damageable, periodically raising his hands to channel, which must be stopped to continue damaging him. If death is not delivered to Gahlran within the damage phase, the fight repeats the same mechanics from the start.

*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]]'' {{1st}}

**''[[Season of the Haunted]]'' {{c|[[Nightmare of Gahlran, Sorrow Bearer|Nightmare]]}}

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