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The '''Leviathan''' is a massive [[Cabal]] space vessel which  previously served as the personal pleasure craft of the exiled [[Emperor Calus]] and his [[Loyalists]].<ref>[https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/destiny-2-raid-guide/ Destiny 2's Leviathan Raid: everything we know about its ultimate challenge]</ref><ref>[https://gamerant.com/destiny-2-leviathan-raid-boss-escape// Destiny 2 Leviathan Raid Details Leak]</ref><ref>[https://www.vg247.com/2017/09/11/does-destiny-2s-mysterious-on-the-comms-quest-have-something-to-do-with-the-leviathan-raid// Does Destiny 2's mysterious On the Comms quest have something to do with the Leviathan Raid?]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHu_X6wgJik/ Destiny 2 - Nessus Adventure: Invitation From The Emperor]</ref> It is the setting of the [[Leviathan (raid)|Leviathan]] and [[Crown of Sorrow]] [[Raid]]s, as well as the [[Leviathan, Eater of Worlds|Eater of Worlds]] and [[Leviathan, Spire of Stars|Spire of Stars]] [[Raid Lair]]s. The former takes place exclusively within the palace atop the ship, whereas the latter take place deep within its interior and around the tower situated on the top of the ship, respectively.

The Leviathan is a gigantic spaceship, being comparable in size to a small celestial body. It is used by Calus' Loyalists to consume entire planetoids, breaking them down so that their processed rubble may be mixed with nectar from a species of psionically-enhancing plant, producing a thick, purple substance referred to as "[[Royal Wine]]" to be consumed by the Emperor himself. A large palace where Emperor Calus and his servants reside stands on the upper surface of the ship, and two small artificial suns hover in place above the highest tower.

The Leviathan is formidably armed, carrying laser weapons, missile bombardments and fusion missiles powerful enough to destroy [[Cabal warship]]s in a single direct hit. These weapons use an unusual, immersive targeting system that may involve psionics. There is an energy that courses through the ship that can be utilized by certain items obtained {{Citation needed}}.

The Leviathan was constructed by the Cabal [[Praetorate]] at some point prior to Calus's reign as Emperor, when he was known as the Prince Designate. While the Leviathan was initially made to resemble the [[Landwhale]]s, it was designed to be in the shape of a scoop to consume planets so that it did not need to refuel. The Praetorate would then use the ship to careen the previous Empress of the Cabal around the corners of the Empire so that they would not have to deal with chaotic successors.<ref name="BLVD">'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore]]: [[Beloved (lore)|Beloved]] - [[Beloved (lore)#I am seven years old.|I am seven years old.]]''</ref>

On the night of the [[Ghaul's coup|coup]] that deposed him, Emperor Calus was arrested and quietly ushered aboard the Leviathan, where [[Dominus Ghaul]] and his co-conspirators intended him to remain in exile in perpetuity. The Leviathan's navigation system was locked onto a course that would take it far from the Cabal Empire's domain.  

 

After many centuries, the navigation system failed and the ship came to a halt; it had come upon a great expanse of utter nothingness, and could not plot a course through it. It was here that Calus claimed to have encountered something that overawed him, later revealed to be the [[Witness]] and its [[Black Fleet]], and resolved to become its herald. With the navigation system unlocked, Calus charted a course back to Cabal territory, collecting [[Shadows]] from various alien races along the way to enact his revenge against his usurpers.

The [[Reef]] armada regularly performed fleet maneuvers near the Leviathan as a show of force. Though target locks were established, no fire was exchanged on either side.

Wanting a Shadow to command the Hive, Calus bred [[Gahlran]] to wear a Hive artifact known as the [[Crown of Sorrow]]. However, Gahlran was driven mad by the Crown's power, as it was a trap laid by [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]]. Under the control of Savathûn, Gahlran summoned a massive Hive infestation, killing many Loyalists, and took control of the depths of the Leviathan's Menagerie. Now wanting his former Shadow put down, Calus called upon the Guardians once more, offering more riches and rewards upon their success. After a grueling struggle against the mad Shadow and the Hive's magic, the Guardians succeeded in killing Gahlran and retrieving the Crown.

Calus later honored the Guardians with a Tribute Hall established aboard his ship, and made them an offer to become his newest Shadows.

Sometime after the arrival of the [[Pyramids]] in the Sol System, the Leviathan mysteriously vanished from the orbit of Nessus. [[Osiris]] investigated its disappearance, but found nothing hinting as to why the Leviathan left or where it was headed. Logs found aboard the ''[[Glykon Volatus]]'' suggested that the Leviathan had simply hidden at some location in the System while Calus performed his experiments.  

 

In reality, after returning from the Glykon, Calus had driven the Leviathan into the anomaly left where [[Mercury]] had once been, as the [[The Witness|Voice]] had suggested through the Crown of Sorrow. Though he feared it would be torn like the Glykon, the Leviathan survived, and though it came out mutated, it was still capable of space travel.<ref>[[Duality (dungeon)|Repressed Memory 9]]</ref>

[[File:Season of the Haunted Leviathan infested.jpg|thumb|290px|The Leviathan infested with Egregore.]]

Unlike previous raid locations, areas within the Leviathan are not given unique names as they load in. However, as with locations within a [[Crucible]] map, certain rooms and areas have a unique name that is displayed beneath the player radar. However, this was changed in [[Season of the Haunted]] upon the return of the Leviathan where the regions of the Leviathan do appear as loading zones.  

**[[The Descent (Duality)|The Descent]]

;[[Raid]]

;[[Raid Lair]]

;[[Crucible]]

;[[Arena]]

*[[The Menagerie]]

;Miscellaneous

*One idea for the Leviathan's origin, according to artist [https://www.artstation.com/dorje Dorje Bellbrook], was that the ship was inspired by creatures native to Calus' homeworld resembling large "[[Landwhale|land whales]]" that would travel along the ground and swallow anything caught in their path.<ref>'''ArtStation''': ''[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/D6Q1O Destiny 2: Cabal City-Eating Landwhale]'' (''"I thought it would be cool if Emperor Calus was inspired to make the Leviathan from a creature native to his home planet, a huge land whale that would slide across the plains and devour anything in its path."'')</ref>

**This would be partially confirmed in [[Beloved (lore)|Beloved]], which explains that the Leviathan was designed after the Landwhales, with its mouth serving as a scoop to consume planets.  

*The Leviathan is probably not as large as it seems as the planetoid that it is swallowing, Nessus, is only about 50km in diameter. Since the Leviathan is only a little bit larger than Nessus, it's assumed the Leviathan is meant to eat moons and planetoids, instead of entire planets. Although, Nessus may have been altered as it is more spherical and has a horizon when on the surface. However it should also be noted that considering the mouth is consistently shown to be twice as large as Nessus at a bare minimum, the Leviathan would have to be at least one hundred kilometers in size. When seen again orbiting Luna, the Leviathan is nearly overlapped by the Earth's Moon, which is 3,475 km in diameter, further showcasing that the Leviathan isn't as large as initially believed.

*The Dungeon [[Duality (dungeon)|Duality]] starts in The Tribute Hall.

*Since the raids and raid lairs tied to the Leviathan were sunset with the release of Beyond Light and since the patrol destination of the Derelict Leviathan is no longer accessible with the release of Lightfall, it can be considered that the Leviathan is the only destination that has been vaulted twice in Destiny 2's lifespan.

**''[[Season of the Drifter]]'' {{Mo}}