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'''Emperor Calus''' is the former [[Cabal Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Cabal Empire]], who was usurped by [[Dominus Ghaul]] prior to the [[Red War]]. Following the demise of Ghaul, Calus travelled to the [[Solar System|Sol System]] aboard his [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]] to recruit the [[Guardian]]s as his [[Shadows of Calus|Shadow]]s to have by his side as he prepared for the coming of the [[Black Fleet]] and what he believed to be the end of all things. | '''Emperor Calus''' is the former [[Cabal Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Cabal Empire]], who was usurped by [[Dominus Ghaul]] prior to the [[Red War]]. Following the demise of Ghaul, Calus travelled to the [[Solar System|Sol System]] aboard his [[Leviathan (ship)|Leviathan]] to recruit the [[Guardian]]s as his [[Shadows of Calus|Shadow]]s to have by his side as he prepared for the coming of the [[Black Fleet]] and what he believed to be the end of all things. | ||
Having communed successfully with [[The Voice in the Darkness]], the exiled Cabal became '''Emperor Calus, Herald of the Witness'''; joining forces with the Witness and the Black Fleet as one of their newest [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciple]]s. His consciousness having fully integrated with the Darkness through the [[Egregore]] fungi that infests his now derelict Leviathan,, Calus sought control over the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Lunar Pyramid]] by psychically melding his mind fully with the vessel. Instead, the former emperor was challenged by a coalition between the [[Vanguard]] and his daughter [[Empress Caiatl]], to which they would thwart his connection with the Pyramid. | |||
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[[File:CalusConceptArt1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Emperor Calus viewed as a tyrant by his people]] | [[File:CalusConceptArt1.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Emperor Calus viewed as a tyrant by his people]] | ||
Ghaul launched his coup in the dead of night. With the Red Legion storming into Calus’ palace, seizing and/or killing political members, the emperor ran to his throne to retrieve | 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 members, the emperor immediately ran to his throne to retrieve an [[Ahamkara]] bone he meant to save him from this fate. Caiatl, however, was waiting for him sitting upon it with the bone in hand. Despite his pleas for help, his daughter crushed the bone in hand, and declared she would not be weak.<ref name="CBCaiatl">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Cabal Booklet]] - [[Cabal_Booklet#My_Daughter:_Caiatl.2C_the_Princess-Imperial|My Daughter: Caiatl, the Princess-Imperia]]''</ref> With the Emperor 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 (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[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 an expanse of utter nothingness, at the very edge of the universe, shorting out the navigation systems and the course the conspirators had set. Calus looked into the void and came to an understanding, believing that it had chosen him to herald its inevitable victory.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[It Stared Back]]''</ref> He would watch it consume the light of the universe, and all among the last of the living would know his greatness.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Calus' letter]]''</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 an expanse of utter nothingness, at the very edge of the universe, shorting out the navigation systems and the course the conspirators had set. Calus looked into the void and came to an understanding, believing that it had chosen him to herald its inevitable victory.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[It Stared Back]]''</ref> He would watch it consume the light of the universe, and all among the last of the living would know his greatness.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Calus' letter]]''</ref> | ||
