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While Calus and his Loyalist Cabal were engaged in pompous revelry, Ghaul launched his coup in the dead of night. With the Red Legion storming into Calus' palace, seizing and/or killing political supporters,<ref name="MC"/><ref name="CBShayotet"/> the emperor immediately ran to his throne to retrieve the Imperial Trinket meant to save him from this fate. Caiatl, however, was waiting for him sitting upon it with the Ahamkara bone in hand. Despite his pleas for help, his daughter crushed the bone in her hand and declared she would not be weak.<ref name="CBCaiatl">'''[[Cabal Booklet]]''', "[[Cabal Booklet#My Daughter: Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial|My Daughter: Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial]]"</ref> Ghaul was prepared to execute the deposed emperor with his own [[Cabal Severus|blade]], only to be stayed by Caiatl's hand.<ref name="Duality"/> With the Emperor being too popular to simply execute, Ghaul, his Red Legion, and the Consul arrested Calus and an unknown number of supporters in his own court and exiled them aboard the Leviathan, imprisoned within the [[Menagerie]] and taken far from the Empire along a pre-programmed course, far into the cosmos.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/3)''', ''[[Weblore:Season of Opulence]] - [[Weblore:Season of Opulence#Menagerie|Menagerie]]''</ref><ref name="MC">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - Item Description: [[Midnight Coup#Lore|Midnight Coup]]''</ref> | While Calus and his Loyalist Cabal were engaged in pompous revelry, Ghaul launched his coup in the dead of night. With the Red Legion storming into Calus' palace, seizing and/or killing political supporters,<ref name="MC"/><ref name="CBShayotet"/> the emperor immediately ran to his throne to retrieve the Imperial Trinket meant to save him from this fate. Caiatl, however, was waiting for him sitting upon it with the Ahamkara bone in hand. Despite his pleas for help, his daughter crushed the bone in her hand and declared she would not be weak.<ref name="CBCaiatl">'''[[Cabal Booklet]]''', "[[Cabal Booklet#My Daughter: Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial|My Daughter: Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial]]"</ref> Ghaul was prepared to execute the deposed emperor with his own [[Cabal Severus|blade]], only to be stayed by Caiatl's hand.<ref name="Duality"/> With the Emperor being too popular to simply execute, Ghaul, his Red Legion, and the Consul arrested Calus and an unknown number of supporters in his own court and exiled them aboard the Leviathan, imprisoned within the [[Menagerie]] and taken far from the Empire along a pre-programmed course, far into the cosmos.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/3)''', ''[[Weblore:Season of Opulence]] - [[Weblore:Season of Opulence#Menagerie|Menagerie]]''</ref><ref name="MC">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - Item Description: [[Midnight Coup#Lore|Midnight Coup]]''</ref> | ||
On the Leviathan, Calus wallowed in despair for an unknown amount of time until a strange event shook him out of his stupor. The Leviathan had come up against what seemed to be an expanse of utter nothingness and was seized by an [[The Witness|unknown force]] that shorted out the navigation systems and the course the conspirators had set. Against the recommendations of his advisors, Calus donned a pressure suit and went outside the Leviathan to behold the void.<ref name="DLXXVIII">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] - [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#DLXXVIII.|DLXXVIII.]]''</ref> Staring out into the nothingness, he heard whispers in an unknown language and witnessed the nothingness disperse to reveal an [[Black Fleet|armada of ships]]. He then experienced a vision of the [[Final Shape|impending destruction of many worlds and beings]], including himself, and was told by the whispering voice that he had been chosen as the herald of the coming end.<ref name="DLXXIX"/> Awed by this revelation, Calus resolved that he would watch this force consume the light of the universe and that all among the last of the living would know his greatness.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Calus' letter]]''</ref> After twelve hours outside the Leviathan, Calus returned to his Loyalists, who had feared him dead.<ref name="DLXXIX">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] - [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#DLXXIX.|DLXXIX.]]''</ref><ref name="DLXXVIII"/> | On the Leviathan, Calus wallowed in despair for an unknown amount of time until a strange event shook him out of his stupor. The Leviathan had come up against what seemed to be an expanse of utter nothingness and was seized by an [[The Witness|unknown force]] that shorted out the navigation systems and the course the conspirators had set. Against the recommendations of his advisors, Calus donned a pressure suit and went outside the Leviathan to behold the void.<ref name="DLXXVIII">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] - [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#DLXXVIII.|DLXXVIII.]]''</ref> Staring out into the nothingness, he heard whispers in an unknown language and witnessed the nothingness disperse to reveal an [[Black Fleet|armada of ships]]. He then experienced a vision of the [[Final Shape|impending destruction of many worlds and beings]], including himself, and was told by the whispering voice that he had been chosen as the herald of the coming end.<ref name="DLXXIX"/> Awed by this revelation, Calus resolved that he would watch this force consume the light of the universe and that all among the last of the living would know his greatness.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]] - [[Calus' letter]]''</ref> After twelve hours outside the Leviathan, Calus returned to his Loyalists, who had feared him dead.<ref name="DLXXIX">'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]] - [[Lore:The Chronicon|The Chronicon]]: [[Lore:The Chronicon#DLXXIX.|DLXXIX.]]''</ref><ref name="DLXXVIII"/> | ||
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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 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> | ||
[[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 | 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> |