Dominus Ghaul: Difference between revisions

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==Biography==

{{quote|I command [[Red Legion|Legions]]. Conquered worlds. Waged war across the galaxy to prove my worth. I alone am worthy of the [[Traveler]]'s Light.|Dominus Ghaul<ref name="Destiny 2 – Official “Our Darkest Hour” E3 Trailer">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8E7jUjOQi0'''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 – Official “Our Darkest Hour” E3 Trailer'']</ref>}}

Ghaul was born a runt, and was abandoned at birth to die of exposure according to [[Cabal]] custom. Instead, he was found by [[The Consul]], a disgraced scholar and aristocrat of the [[Praetorate]], who decided to raise, befriend, train, and teach Ghaul in the hopes that he would one day overthrow [[Emperor Calus]].<ref name = "Cabal Booklet">[[Cabal Booklet]]</ref> In particular, the Consul taught Ghaul of the [[Traveler]] and instilled in him a belief that the Cabal deserved its power by right. Ghaul knew how the Consul was using him and accepted it as a fair exchange for his upbringing.<ref>http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny_2/b/playstation4/archive/2017/06/11/destiny-2s-lead-creators-discuss-story-direction.aspx?utm_content=buffer3568d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer</ref><ref name="Ghost Primus">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Ghost Primus]]''</ref><ref name = "Destiny 2">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>

Despite the growing friendship between Ghaul and Calus and the close trust and faith the Emperor favored him with, Ghaul's loyalties remained with the Consul and he utilized his position to began plotting a [[Ghaul's coup|coup]] against the Emperor with the aid of what remained of the Praetorate and a number of Calus' closest allies and advisers. Among the allies he gathered were Calus' own daughter [[Caiatl]], Evocate-General [[Umun'arath]], Calus' bodyguard [[Shayotet]], and Freeborn [[Otzot]], who feared losing her status should Calus free all [[Psion]]s from slavery.<ref name = "Cabal Booklet"/>  Calus grew concerned about Ghaul's activities and dispatched a spy to follow him, although he did not know the true extent of Ghaul's plans.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Conspirator]]''</ref>

Ghaul's plans were complicated by the surviving members of the Praetorate, who sought greater control over him and tried to delay his coup for a more advantageous moment. Ghaul ignored their efforts and rejected their attempts to rule over him, and chose his own time and place to remove Calus from power.<ref name = "Cabal Booklet">[[Cabal Booklet]]</ref> Alongside the Consul and the Red Legion, Ghaul personally invaded Calus' palace on [[Torobatl]] in the middle of a late-night court celebration and arrested him, with the aid of Caiatl and Shayotet ensuring that Calus' was caught off-guard and unable to resist. Under the cover of darkness, the Emperor and his remaining military supporters were marched into [[The Leviathan]], sealed within, and exiled far into space along a pre-programmed course, as he was too popular to openly execute. Ghaul found himself unable to look into Calus' eyes during the coup and exile, although Calus was unsure why and thought it could be due to shame.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Midnight Coup]]''</ref>

Along with his efforts to hide his movements from Calus, Ghaul had also employed the use of Psions to mask his fleets from the [[Hive]] in his conquest of their [[War moon]]s on the fringe of Cabal space to ensure a "buffer" against invasion.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''','' [[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore:Confessions]]''</ref>

Centuries after taking power in the Cabal Empire, [[Primus Ta'aun]] of the [[Skyburners]] legion sent a report to the Cabal High Command detailing the destruction of [[Fleetbase Korus]] on [[Phobos]] at the hands of a [[Hive]] fleet led by [[Oryx, the Taken King]]. This report reached Ghaul who gave Ta'aun explicit orders to board the [[Dreadnaught]] and eliminate Oryx. Following the [[Taken|taking]] of Ta'aun and the deaths of [[Valus Mau'ual]] and [[Valus Tlu'urn]], Cabal forces on the [[Dreadnaught]] sent a detailed distress signal to Ghaul. While a [[Guardian]] managed to stop the signal,<ref>'''Destiny''' (9-15-205), [[story mission]] [[Outbound Signal]]</ref> [[Dead Orbit]] found evidence that the signal had reached its intended target.<ref>'''Destiny''' (9-15-205), ''[[Grimoire]]'': ''[[Grimoire:Activities/The Taken King#Outbound Signal|Outbound Signal]]''</ref>

====Fall of the Last City====

Dead Orbit's assertion was confirmed two years later, when Ghaul led his [[Red Legion]] in an invasion of the [[Last City]], instigating the [[Red War]].<ref>[http://www.gameinformer.com/games/destiny_2/b/playstation4/archive/2017/06/11/destiny-2s-lead-creators-discuss-story-direction.aspx?utm_content=buffer3568d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer '''Destiny 2''' - ''Lead Creators Discuss Story Direction'']</ref> In attacking the City, Ghaul sought to show the Traveler the error of its ways in choosing humanity over the Cabal and establish a new order of Guardians from within the ranks of his own species.<ref name="Destiny 2 Gameplay Premiere Livestream (US)"/><ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/19/destiny-2-tackles-the-originals-storytelling-problems/ '''engadget''' - ''‘Destiny 2’ tackles the original’s biggest problem: storytelling'']</ref>

At the top of his warship, Ghaul faces off against the Guardian he defeated before but this time infused with some of the Traveler's Light, having successfully stolen it and becoming a [[Lightbearer]]. However, the Light that was bestowed upon him was corrupted. After a fierce battle between the two Light-infused warriors, Ghaul was nonetheless defeated. With his death, Ghaul attempts to use [[Radiance]], and is resurrected as a massive ethereal figure due to his corrupted Light, and he declares himself immortal as he speaks to the Traveler directly. In doing so, the Traveler wakes from its slumber, destroying the device that was harvesting its power and then destroys Ghaul himself, sending a massive shockwave across the planet and system, restoring the Light and ending Ghaul's threat forever. For the first time in history, the Red Legion has known true defeat and the leader of their people, their strongest warrior and Dominus, is now dead.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Chosen]]''</ref>

{{Quote|The Red Legion arrived and gifted us with a collective pain — the loss of our Light. For a time, all Guardians knew my pain. Too many lost their lives. Those left standing will forever harbor the incurable guilt of survival. I left the City just before the war for reasons of my own. But I harbor that guilt all the same. Even simply a visage of Ghaul is unacceptable. The Pyramid knows this. It feeds off this. Do not let it win.| [[Eris Morn]], speaking on Ghaul's attack and his Nightmare.}}

Following Ghaul's death and the liberation of the Last City, the Red Legion maintain a foothold in the Sol System but have become seriously weakened and demoralized at the loss of their leader. Eventually, command of the Red Legion was usurped by [[Val Ca'uor]], who sought to revitalize the legion by acquiring energy and supplies from [[Mars]] and [[Mercury]] respectively. However, such campaigns lead to further conflicts with the Guardians, the Vex and the [[Grasp of Nokris]] Hive faction.  

==Personality and Traits==

{{quote|Do [[The Speaker|you]] see all that I have [[Traveler Cage|done]]?|Dominus Ghaul}}

Ghaul is adorned in large white armor with red and gold detailing, and is often seen without a helmet, sporting a metal facemask instead. He also has albinism, given his pale skin and deep red eyes. Ghaul appears to be an adept strategist, choosing to launch his invasion during a severe thunderstorm that concealed his warships from visual detection until it was too late. Ghaul also managed to accomplish, in the span of several hours, what the other races could not do in centuries, to conquer the Last City and scatter the Guardians.<ref name="Destiny 2 Gameplay Premiere Livestream (US)"/><ref name="Rally the Troops"/> Thousands of years prior, Ghaul also managed to lead a united military coup against [[Emperor Calus]] single-handedly, demonstrating his adept skills and charisma toward his people.  

File:Ghaul Ascendant.png|Ghaul after taking the Light by force.

File:Dominus Ghaul Armed.jpg|Ghaul Armed and challenging the Guardian.

DominusNightmare.jpg|thumb|Nightmare Dominus Ghaul as he returned in his nightmare form in ''[[Shadowkeep]]''.

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