Red Legion

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Red Legion
Red Legion Combat.jpg
Overview

Objectives:

Elite Special Forces
World Destroyers

Deployed:

European Dead Zone, Earth
Arcadian Valley, Nessus
Echo Mesa, Io
Fields of Glass, Mercury
Hellas Basin, Mars

 

"Rumors mostly. They’re elite. Ruthless. And rumor is, they've never known defeat."
— Ikora Rey

The Red Legion is an elite Cabal Legion formerly led by the Cabal Emperor, Dominus Ghaul.

Overview

Early History

Dominus Ghaul

"The Ghost Primus was strong because of his disfigurement, not in spite of it. He alone had the vision to share my dream of a new, perfect world. Ghaul was a creature of singular beauty, and I loved him."
— Emperor Calus [1]

Emperor Calus impressed by a young gladiator Ghaul, would appoint him to Primus of the Red Legion to better use his talents. Due to his albinism, Ghaul quickly became known as the Ghost Primus.[1] Ghaul quickly became indispensable to the Emperor not only for his skill in battle but also his wisdom. Ghaul soon found himself as the right hand of Calus, who would often discuss his plans and ideas with Ghaul to refine them and temper the Emperor's passion with discipline.[2] As his command over the Red Legion grew, the Legion became more loyal to Ghaul over their emperor. This growing support enabled Ghaul to launch a successful coup against Emperor Calus, with the Red Legion accompanying him to arrest Calus and sending him into exile inside The Leviathan.[3]

With the a fall of Calus, the Red Legion conquered hundreds of worlds at Ghaul's orders, deploying The Almighty against those who refused to surrender. They were said to have never once failed.[4]

The Red War

Red Legion attacks the Last City

"I command Legions. Conquered worlds. Waged war across the galaxy to prove my worth. I alone am worthy of the Traveler's Light."
— Dominus Ghaul [5]

The Legion was last deployed in response to the Skyburners' distress call to attack the Last City on Earth, a significant force launched a successful invasion of Earth and the Last City while attacking other places like the Reef.[6] Using the Traveler Cage, they managed to cripple the Last City and devastate the Guardians, leaving them vulnerable and displaced. They are attempting to claim the Light from the Traveler and become Guardians.[7]

Following the attack, the Red Legion began to quickly occupy the Solar System everywhere,[8] even making an attempt to dig up ancient Vex ruins on Nessus, where they unearthed the ancient Vex mind Protheon, Modular Mind. On Io, they attempted to drain Io of its abnormal light which accidentally summoned the Taken, forcing them to leave their many dig sites. On Mars the remaining Legions gathered for one final assault and the Red Legion led the charge. The stalemate was broken, the Vex Virgo Prohibition was destroyed, Bastion retaken, and the Gate to the Black Garden was disabled. On Mercury the Titan Sunbreakers were destroyed.[9]

At some point, the former Emperor Calus has received news of Ghaul’s forces in the Sol System, believing it was the right time, he sent his Shadows to eliminate the Dominus once and for all, however, despite their best efforts, all of them have died horribly.[10][11][12][13]

With their security being lax, and Ghaul being preoccupied by wanting to understand the Traveler, their greatest weapon, The Almighty, was disabled by a Guardian. This led to a full on attack on the Red Legion-occupied City by more Guardians, spearheaded by the Vanguard. With pressure mounting and his temper boiling over, Ghaul murdered the Consul, who criticized his obsession, and went to take the Light to become a Guardian himself. For a short while he fought the Guardian. Ghaul was defeated and the Traveler awoken, who ended the Dominus once and for all. Even in it’s aftermath, Red Legion weapons are used in Shaxx’s Crucible to help train new Guardians.

Ghaul's death and the Legion's defeat at the City did not substantially hinder their war machine. Red Legion forces headed by Kargen, the Technocrat hacked the Insight Terminus on Nessus for Vex technology while Psions were also attempting to evolve into Flayers by tapping into the Warmind Rasputin on Mars; both efforts were thwarted by the Guardians.

War's End

Val Ca’uor invades the Leviathan.

"If Calus possessed an iota of dignity, he would have helped Ghaul against the Guardians instead of gallivanting around the system. This was his moment to redeem himself. Instead, he proved himself the traitor we knew him to be... I will take the Leviathan for the Red Legion."
— Val Ca'uor[14]

Following the events of the Red War, Val Ca'uor established himself as the new leader of the Red Legion, where he ordered a massive assault upon the Leviathan.[15][16] The acting leader aimed to assume control over the massive space craft for the Red Legion's purposes, likely to rebuild their power and strength following the loss of Ghaul and so many other crippling losses at the hands of the Guardians. Thus, Val Ca'uor led a large Red Legion fleet to pry the Leviathan from the former Cabal Emperor.

Following Val Ca'uor's invasion, Emperor Calus ordered a Guardian response team to repel the Red Legion, offering further riches and rewards upon their success. The Guardians heeded the exiled emperor's call and ascended the Leviathan's spire, just as the acting commander destroyed one of Calus's robotic proxies. Upon confronting Ca'uor, the Guardians engaged the Red Legion's elite forces to prevent them from taking control of the Leviathan. Using the Leviathan's own formidable weapons, the Guardians managed to decimate the Red Legion fleet blockading the Spire and killed the acting commander in a climatic battle. In the wake of losing the majority of their fleet, their ground forces and leader, the Red Legion was forced to withdrawal in disgrace. Ca'uor's death would officially mark the effective end of the Red War.

Events after Warmind

However, this was not the end of the Red Legion, the Guardians started attacking the Legion more and more aggressively, instigating a skirmish with the House of Dusk Fallen, shutting down their anti-air defenses at Firebase Hades, allowing air bombing runs and raids to take place on the facility, directing the Taken assault on the EDZ toward the Legion, taking their fuel and supplies, and with the discovery of lost sectors, their leaders to came out of hiding, allowing multiple assassinations to take place. On Nessus, their commander in The Conflux, Primus Cal'aug, was killed by The Young Wolf, stopping the Legion from undergoing any further operations on Nessus. On top of that, Firebase Hades was disabled, most of their supplies were stolen and they had to deal with heavy losses due to failed offensives against the City and The Fallen.

Meanwhile on Mars, things were supposedly going well for the Legion and was a sign the Legion was still a major force with it being the only place the Legion still had power over. With the Ice melting after impacts from the surface, a new threat emerged, The Grasp Of Nokris and with that they were now seeing there progress on Mars quickly being undone in Hellas Basin they now fought a war with an enemy that they didn't understand, it is unknown if they were fighting the Grasp of Nokris all over Mars or it was isolated to Hellas Basin.

In addition to their disheveled state, the Red Legion began suffering from multiple desertions such as those following Garut Gra'am who rooted themselves in Trappers Cave. The most prominent of these groups, the Unbowed Legion, made their debut in the EAZ during the Solstice of Heroes event in an attempt to take over the EAZ as a base of operations. Despite the group being led by three large Cabal commanders similar to Ghalak the Colossus, Forge Warden, they were quickly put to an end by the Guardians partaking in the event.

Against the deprivation the legion currently faces they have been seen to continue some operations such as an attempt to take over the EAZ lead by two Bond Sisters.

At some point during Forsaken, Red Legion could be found in the Tangled Shore as well as a group of Cabal have found their way into the Cathedral of Scars in the Dreaming City during Gambit matches.

Later during Shadowkeep, there is a small contingent force in the depths of the Moon that work for the Nightmare of Dominus Ghaul as well as some Nightmare Cabal created by the Pyramid there..[17]

More recently a family group of Psion Flayers, having commandeered Osiris' time-traveling Sundial, split Mercury into three alternate timelines that threaten to span beyond the planet and into the system. It is their intention to undo Ghaul's defeat, or, failing that, gather enough Light from the future to buy their way back into Calus' favor. Though the Psion Flayer sisters, Niruul, the Hollow Voice, Ozletc, the Sky Piercer and Tazaroc, the Sun Eater, managed to create a border realm for themselves, the Guardians would ruin their plans. One by one, the Psion sisters would face the Guardians and be defeated. After weeks of their forces being eliminated, the three sisters, driven to desperation, used their vast psionic powers to merge into a single being, Inotam, Oblivion's Triune. Despite Inotam's vast powers, the Guardians would nonetheless prevail against her, thwarting the sisters efforts to subvert time. However, one sister remains, Amtec, who was informed by her sisters of their possible demise and now schemes to avenge them.

After their crippling defeat at the Sundial, the Red Legion, headed by the escaped Psion Flayer, Amtec, decide to use the Almighty to crash into the Last City itself. With little to no choice, the Vanguard decide to cooperate with the Warmind Rasputin, with Guardians arming his arsenal, in order to save their home from destruction[18].

Despite Amtec's efforts, however, the Almighty was destroyed by Rasputin, with the help of the Guardians, before it could collide with Earth, resulting in Amtec's plot ending in a total failure for the Red Legion. Amtec's final fate is unknown, but she was possibly onboard when the Almighty was annihilated and perished in the explosion.

With the Almighty's crash site no longer in flame and its debris no longer falling from the sky, the Red Legion were reduced to a barren few after countless losses. Despite this, the Legion still operates. Several groups of Cabal interfere with the Contact public event in hopes of harnessing the phantasmal energy seen utilised in many Champions brought to the forefront. It is unknown if the Red Legion in their desperation have managed to use the energy to create Champions, or if the champions are derived from another way. It is also unknown whether or not Amtec still leads the remains of the Legion due to her possible death on the Almighty unconfirmed. As for their current fate, the remaining Cabal in the system will either turn to Calus’ Loyalists or to Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial’s regime, with the latter seeking to raise the Legion once more.[19][20]

Notable Members

Red Legion Leadership

Major Figures

Valus

Val

Bracus

Psion Flayer's

Minor Named Leaders and Bosses

Command Structure

The command structure and tactics of the Red Legion are more aggressive and agile than any Cabal Legion observed before, with deadlier weapons, advanced technology, and battle techniques. The Red Legion also has a handful of new units that operate in the field. Majors will typically wear silver armor, whereas Ultras wear gold armor.

List of appearance

Red Legion troops can be primarily identified by their signature gunmetal and red color scheme, with some troops having gold, silver, or orange highlights depending upon their rank. They are also more heavily armored than other Cabal Legions, wearing metal plates over a bodysuit of War Beast scales. [21]

Trivia

  • The Red Legion is the first Cabal force to travel to Earth and succeed in attacking the Last City. They use more advanced technology in stark contrast to the Cabal scouts who were originally deployed to the Solar System in Destiny, evidence of the Cabal Empire's advancements after the original scouting party had been deployed.
  • The Red Legion have been known to deploy via drop pods launched from their carriers, rather than mainly using the Harvester drop ship like their predecessors.
  • The Red Legion is by far the biggest Cabal force the Guardians have ever faced.
  • The Red Legion is the first Cabal force to use Threshers, War Beasts, Incendiors, and Gladiators.
  • Upon closer inspection of Red Legion Cadavers it can be seen that soldiers belonging to the Red Legion seem to undergo cybernetic augmentation, with the fingers of Phalanxes being replaced with metal claws and Psion's having their helmets literally fused to their skull.
  • The Red Legion return in Season of Dawn and in Season of the Worthy as the main enemy Faction against the Guardians.

Gallery

  • A reference sheet for a Red Legion Legionnaire, Centurion, and a new Cabal enemy that would later become a Gladiator.

    A reference sheet for a Red Legion Legionnaire, Centurion, and a new Cabal enemy that would later become a Gladiator.

  • Concept art of a Red Legion Legionnaire.

    Concept art of a Red Legion Legionnaire.

  • A Red Legion Phalanx.

    A Red Legion Phalanx.

  • Concept art of a Red Legion Centurion.

    Concept art of a Red Legion Centurion.

  • A Red Legion Colossus patrolling in the wake of the destroyed city.

    A Red Legion Colossus patrolling in the wake of the destroyed city.

  • Red Legion troops battle the Vanguard.

    Red Legion troops battle the Vanguard.

  • Red Legion soldiers on the battlefield.

    Red Legion soldiers on the battlefield.

  • Ghaul's Red Legion warship along with smaller Red Legion Threshers looming over the Last City.

    Ghaul's Red Legion warship along with smaller Red Legion Threshers looming over the Last City.

  • Red Legion carrier ships.

    Red Legion carrier ships.

  • The symbol of the Red Legion.

    The symbol of the Red Legion.

  • A Red Legion Legionnaire.

    A Red Legion Legionnaire.

  • A Red Legion Phalanx.

    A Red Legion Phalanx.

  • A Red Legion Centurion.

    A Red Legion Centurion.

  • A Red Legion Colossus.

    A Red Legion Colossus.

  • A Red Legion Psion.

    A Red Legion Psion.

List of appearances

References

  1. ^ a b Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Ghost Primus
  2. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, Bond of the Emperor's Minister
  3. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Midnight Coup
  4. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard
  5. ^ YouTube - Destiny 2 – Official “Our Darkest Hour” E3 Trailer
  6. ^ Ringer
  7. ^ a b YouTube - Destiny 2 – “Rally the Troops” Worldwide Reveal Trailer
  8. ^ Ghost Scan: The Gulch, European Dead Zone #3
  9. ^ Hallowfire Heart
  10. ^ Plate of Nohr
  11. ^ Bungie (2017/9/8), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Shadow's Cloak
  12. ^ Bungie (2017/9/8), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Robes of the Fulminator
  13. ^ Bungie (2017/12/5), Destiny 2: Curse of Osiris Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Grips of Feltroc
  14. ^ Bungie (2018/5/8), Destiny 2: Warmind, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, The Emperor's Envy
  15. ^ Bungie (2018/5/8), Destiny 2: Warmind, Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Last of the Legion
  16. ^ Bungie (2017/8/9), Destiny 2: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, Turris Shade Helm
  17. ^ Nightmare Hunt: Rage
  18. ^ Bungie.net Season Of The Worthy Announcement Trailer
  19. ^ CONTACT
  20. ^ [1]
  21. ^ https://www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/73up53/til_the_red_legion_burns_their_insignia_into_the/dntnlgc/

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