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===The Midnight Coup=== | ===The Midnight Coup=== | ||
{{Quote|Father, I will not be weak.|Caiatl to Calus during the Midnight Coup}} | {{Quote|Father, I will not be weak.|Caiatl to Calus during the Midnight Coup}} | ||
After several centuries, Caiatl would join Umun'arath in a conspiracy led by [[Dominus Ghaul|Primus Ghaul]] of the [[Red Legion]] and the exiled [[The Consul|Consul]] to overthrow Calus and end his negligent rule of the Empire. They would convene via [[Psion]] metaconcert though the usage of [[Freeborn Otzot|Otzot]]'s [[OXA Machine]], though at one point during their psionic mind-melding the Princess-Imperial had glimpsed into Ghaul's memory of her father. Calus confined to Ghaul of her mother; who had once served as a consort to comfort the depressed emperor during his ennui under the Praetorate's rule, ultimately leaving him with an infant Caiatl to brood after her departure. While Ghaul remembered with contempt, Caiatl would express empathy for her father for the first time.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore]]: [[Beloved (lore)|Beloved]] - [[Beloved (lore)#I am centuries old.|Entry 8]]''</ref> A few days later, Caiatl came to the emperor wanting to confess everything including the conspiracy in a moment of weakness | After several centuries, Caiatl would join Umun'arath in a conspiracy led by [[Dominus Ghaul|Primus Ghaul]] of the [[Red Legion]] and the exiled [[The Consul|Consul]] to overthrow Calus and end his negligent rule of the Empire. They would convene via [[Psion]] metaconcert though the usage of [[Freeborn Otzot|Otzot]]'s [[OXA Machine]], though at one point during their psionic mind-melding the Princess-Imperial had glimpsed into Ghaul's memory of her father. Calus confined to Ghaul of her mother; who had once served as a consort to comfort the depressed emperor during his ennui under the Praetorate's rule, ultimately leaving him with an infant Caiatl to brood after her departure. While Ghaul remembered with contempt, Caiatl would express empathy for her father for the first time.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore]]: [[Beloved (lore)|Beloved]] - [[Beloved (lore)#I am centuries old.|Entry 8]]''</ref> A few days later, Caiatl came to the emperor wanting to confess everything including the conspiracy in a moment of weakness. As she was willing to betray her cause, Caiatl asked her father if there was anything he wanted beyond her birth. Calus responds by revealing the [[Ahamkara]] bone he used to wish himself in power and the story of her birth that inspired the desire of want for him to take the throne for himself.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore]]: [[Beloved (lore)|Beloved]] - [[Beloved (lore)#I am a few days older|Entry 9]]''</ref> Realizing he will never reconcile with his actions as emperor, Caiatl concludes that his father must be overthrown for the greater good.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]], [[Lore]]: [[Beloved (lore)|Beloved]] - [[Beloved (lore)#I am exactly that old when I realize that my father, the Emperor Calus, is full of shit|Entry 10]]''</ref> | ||
Knowing Calus' closest secrets, Caiatl was a key player in the [[Midnight Coup (event)|Midnight Coup]], securing the throne room and the [[Ahamkara]] bone he kept there. As her father rushed into the throne room to utilize the bone in the midst of the coup, Caiatl greeted him and vowed never to be weak before crushing the bone, ending his chances of stopping the coup.<ref name="CBCaiatl"/> Calus' popularity with the common people prevented the plotters from executing him, and he was instead imprisoned aboard ''[[The Leviathan]]'' and exiled to the edge of the galaxy along with his [[Loyalists]] by the ascended Dominus Ghaul.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Midnight Coup]]''</ref> | Knowing Calus' closest secrets, Caiatl was a key player in the [[Midnight Coup (event)|Midnight Coup]], securing the throne room and the [[Ahamkara]] bone he kept there. As her father rushed into the throne room to utilize the bone in the midst of the coup, Caiatl greeted him and vowed never to be weak before crushing the bone, ending his chances of stopping the coup.<ref name="CBCaiatl"/> Calus' popularity with the common people prevented the plotters from executing him, and he was instead imprisoned aboard ''[[The Leviathan]]'' and exiled to the edge of the galaxy along with his [[Loyalists]] by the ascended Dominus Ghaul.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]], [[Midnight Coup]]''</ref> | ||
