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{{Quote|My Shadows are a chosen people, selected from the best of the best of each world I've encountered.|Calus, Emperor of the Cabal}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] | {{Quote|My Shadows are a chosen people, selected from the best of the best of each world I've encountered.|Calus, Emperor of the Cabal}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYv82V_lkrU The Invitation {{!}} Calus: "My Shadows are a chosen people, selected from the best of the best from each world I've encountered."]''</ref> | ||
The '''Shadows of Calus''' is an elite team of [[Loyalists|Loyalist]] champions in the service of [[Emperor Calus]], composed of individuals from various civilizations personally recruited by Calus during his exile. | The '''Shadows of Calus''' is an elite team of [[Loyalists|Loyalist]] champions in the service of [[Emperor Calus]], composed of individuals from various civilizations personally recruited by Calus during his exile. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Following his encounter with the [[the Witness|Black Edge]], Calus would begin recruiting individuals from the various races he encountered in the years after; starting with [[Valus Nohr]] and [[Feltroc, the Skull-Piercer|Feltroc]] from among Calus' own [[Loyalists]]. While they would be used as assassins for Calus to send against those who had participated in the [[Midnight Coup (event)|Midnight Coup]], Calus' scribes claimed in the Chronicon that their true purpose was to help the Emperor usher in the end of times.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] | Following his encounter with the [[the Witness|Black Edge]], Calus would begin recruiting individuals from the various races he encountered in the years after; starting with [[Valus Nohr]] and [[Feltroc, the Skull-Piercer|Feltroc]] from among Calus' own [[Loyalists]]. While they would be used as assassins for Calus to send against those who had participated in the [[Midnight Coup (event)|Midnight Coup]], Calus' scribes claimed in the Chronicon that their true purpose was to help the Emperor usher in the end of times.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicron]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#DCII.|DCII.]]''</ref> | ||
In the days immediately before the [[Red Legion]] set out to the [[Solar System]] to [[Red War|wipe out]] the [[Guardian]]s, Calus deployed the Shadows of the [[Cabal]], [[Psion]]s, [[Fallen|Eliksni]], [[Sindû]] and [[Arkborn]] | In the days immediately before the [[Red Legion]] set out to the [[Solar System]] to [[Red War|wipe out]] the [[Guardian]]s, Calus deployed the Shadows of the [[Cabal]], [[Psion]]s, [[Fallen|Eliksni]], [[Sindû]] and [[Arkborn]] to in a mission to assassinate [[Dominus Ghaul]]. Before the mission, the Shadows had stopped bickering that usually came from being different species, seemingly brought together by their acceptance that they were unlikely to survive their mission.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Fulminator#Boots_of_the_Fulminator|Boots of the Fulminator]]''</ref> Predictably, the mission to assassinate Ghaul failed with every Shadow involved killed. Despite there still being other Shadows he had not sent, Calus declared that his fruitless revenge effort had spoiled all of them.<ref name="DCV">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicron]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#DCV.|DCV.]]''</ref> | ||
After learning that Ghaul had been killed by a member of the ''"[[Guardian|Guardian-tribe]]"''<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] | After learning that Ghaul had been killed by a member of the ''"[[Guardian|Guardian-tribe]]"''<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicron]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#DCCII.|DCCII.]]''</ref>, Calus would begin auditioning [[Guardian]]s to replace them as the newest generation of Shadows, starting with a [[Leviathan (raid)|trial]] through [[The Leviathan]]. They would later aid the emperor in clearing his ship of incursions from the [[Leviathan, Eater of Worlds|Vex]], [[Leviathan, Spire of Stars|Red Legion]] and [[Crown of Sorrow (raid)|Hive]] in addition to proving their mettle in the [[Menagerie]]; to which the Guardians that succeeded were given the title of Shadow much to the concerns of the [[Vanguard]] and the suspicions of [[Aunor Mahal]].<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore entry]]: [[Shadow of War Suit#Penumbral Mark|Penumbral Mark]]''</ref> | ||
During [[the Almighty Crisis]], a Shadow would infiltrate the [[Vanguard]] vaults and steal [[The Fourth Horseman]], which Calus intended to have used to eliminate [[Red Legion|Red]] [[Legionary|Legionaries]]. The Guardian, after collecting intel from Psions in the Red Legion working as double agents and speaking to [[Benedict 99-40]], learned that the Shadow that stole the Fourth Horseman had been killed by a countermeasure deployed by [[Empress Caiatl|Caiatl]] and that it had been moved to [[The Quarry|somewhere]] in the [[EDZ]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)| | During [[the Almighty Crisis]], a Shadow would infiltrate the [[Vanguard]] vaults and steal [[The Fourth Horseman]], which Calus intended to have used to eliminate [[Red Legion|Red]] [[Legionary|Legionaries]]. The Guardian, after collecting intel from Psions in the Red Legion working as double agents and speaking to [[Benedict 99-40]], learned that the Shadow that stole the Fourth Horseman had been killed by a countermeasure deployed by [[Empress Caiatl|Caiatl]] and that it had been moved to [[The Quarry|somewhere]] in the [[EDZ]].<ref>'''Bungie (2020/3/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Worthy]] - [[Quests (Destiny 2)|Quest]]: [[In Rides A Pale Horse]]''</ref> | ||
It is unclear what became of the remaining Shadows following the [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]] becoming [[Severing of the Nightmares|infested]] with [[Egregore]] and Calus' ascension into a [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]] of [[the Witness]]. | It is unclear what became of the remaining Shadows following the [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]] becoming [[Severing of the Nightmares|infested]] with [[Egregore]] and Calus' ascension into a [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]] of [[the Witness]]. | ||
==Known Shadows== | ==Known Shadows== | ||
*[[Feltroc, the Skull-Piercer]], of the [[Psion]]s | *[[Feltroc, the Skull-Piercer]], of the [[Psion]]s † | ||
*[[Jarus, Ace Defiant]], of the [[Sindû]] | *[[Jarus, Ace Defiant]], of the [[Sindû]] † | ||
**Assassinated Lictor [[Shayotet]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] | **Assassinated Lictor [[Shayotet]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Ace-Defiant#Vest_of_the_Ace-Defiant|Vest of the Ace-Defiant]]''</ref> | ||
*[[Rull|Rull, Gun of Kaga-Clipse]], of the [[Clipse]] † | |||
*[[Rull|Rull, Gun of Kaga-Clipse]], of the [[Clipse]] | **Assassinated the merchant [[Iska'al]] and Aedile [[Moli Imoli]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_Rull##Greaves_of_Rull|Greaves of Rull]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_Rull#Shadow.27s_Mark|Shadow's Mark]]''</ref> | ||
**Assassinated the merchant [[Iska'al]] and Aedile [[Moli Imoli]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] | *[[Sekris, Baron of Shanks]], of the [[Fallen]] † | ||
*[[Sekris, Baron of Shanks]], of the [[Fallen]] | |||
*[[The Fulminator]], of the [[Arkborn]] | *[[The Fulminator]], of the [[Arkborn]] | ||
**Assassinated Statesman [[Tha'uul]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] | **Assassinated Statesman [[Tha'uul]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Fulminator#Robes_of_the_Fulminator|Robes of the Fulminator]]''</ref> | ||
*[[Valus Nohr]], of the [[Cabal]] | *[[Valus Nohr]], of the [[Cabal]] † | ||
*[[Voyc, Shadow of the Wilds]], of the [[Psion]]s | *[[Voyc, Shadow of the Wilds]], of the [[Psion]]s † | ||
*[[Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer]], [[Cabal]] candidate of the [[Hive]] | *[[Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer]], [[Cabal]] candidate of the [[Hive]] † | ||
**Driven insane by the [[Crown of Sorrow]] and killed by [[Guardian]]s | **Driven insane by the [[Crown of Sorrow]] and killed by [[Guardian]]s | ||
*[[Werner 99-40]], of the [[Frame]]s. | *[[Werner 99-40]], of the [[Frame]]s. | ||
* | *[[Katabasis]], of [[Earth]] † | ||
*A Shadow that was sent to kill [[Empress Caiatl]] †<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Empress|Empress]]: [[Lore:Empress#CHAPTER_3:_ASSASSIN|CHAPTER 3: ASSASSIN]]''</ref> | |||
===Fictional Shadows=== | ===Fictional Shadows=== | ||
*[[Mithrax, the Forsaken]], of the [[Fallen]]<ref name ="MCXII">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] | *[[Mithrax, the Forsaken]], of the [[Fallen]] † {{c|according to the [[Lore:The Chronicon|Chronicon]]}}<ref name ="MCXII">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#MCXII.|MCXII.]]''</ref> | ||
**Killed in the reclamation of [[Athenaeum World X]]<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] | **Killed in the reclamation of [[Athenaeum World X]]<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#MCXVII.|MCXVII.]]''</ref> | ||
[[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#MCXVII.|MCXVII.]]''</ref> | *[[Petra Venj]], of the [[Awoken]] † {{c|according to the [[Lore:The Chronicon|Chronicon]]}}<ref name ="MCXII"/> | ||
*[[Petra Venj]], of the [[Awoken]]<ref name ="MCXII"/> | **Killed by Emperor Calus<ref name= "OSG">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Opulent Scholar Suit#Opulent_Scholar_Gloves|Opulent Scholar Gloves]]''</ref> | ||
**Killed by Emperor Calus<ref name= "OSG">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] | *[[Eris Morn]], [[Human]] candidate of the [[Hive]] {{c|according to the [[Lore:The Chronicon|Chronicon]]}}<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[Opulent Scholar Suit#Opulent_Scholar_Hood|Opulent Scholar Hood]]''</ref> | ||
*[[Eris Morn]], [[Human]] candidate of the [[Hive]]<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] | *[[Failsafe|Failsafe-0]], of the [[Exo]] {{c|according to the [[Lore:The Chronicon|Chronicon]]}}<ref name= "OSG"/> | ||
*[[Failsafe|Failsafe-0]], of the [[Exo]]<ref name= "OSG"/> | *[[The Guardian]] {{c|according to Calus and the [[Lore:The Chronicon|Chronicon]]}} | ||
*[[The Guardian]] | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*In the Chronicon, the Scribes referred to the Shadows as Calus' Chosen Killers and his Zenith Champions.<ref name="DCV"/> | *In the Chronicon, the Scribes referred to the Shadows as Calus' Chosen Killers and his Zenith Champions.<ref name="DCV"/> | ||
*The way that Calus recruits his Shadows appears somewhat similar to how the [[Disciples of the Witness]] are recruited. | *The way that Calus recruits his Shadows appears somewhat similar to how the [[Disciples of the Witness]] are recruited. | ||
*It is possible for there to be more than one member of a species to become a Shadow, albeit with a different title, as evidenced by Feltroc and Voyc | *It is possible for there to be more than one member of a species to become a Shadow, albeit with a different title, as evidenced by Feltroc and Voyc | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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**''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
**''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}} | **''[[Lightfall]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
