Editing Forum:Primus Lau'urc

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{{Title|Primus Lau'urc}}
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{{Quote|I put [[Forum:Dune Raiders|this crew]] together myself. They're loyal to me because I'm loyal to them.|Primus Lau'urc}}
'''Primus Lau'urc''' is a powerful Colossus and leader of the Dune Raiders, a [[Cabal]] Legion comprised of deserters, criminals and mercenaries. Originally a member of the [[Skyburners]], she would be incarcerated in the [[Prison of Elders]] during the [[Taken War]] where she would gain notoriety for winning multiple battles, including against a fireteam of Guardians. After escaping the Prison of Elders, she took those loyal to her and slowly worked to grow her Legion's power, but her ultimate goal remains a mystery.

==Biography==
===Childhood===
{{Quote|Remember this, my little warrior. "A fortress wall built for one by thralls is easily toppled. The strongest walls are the ones we build for each other." It is a lesson the Praetorate could not learn.|Lau'dra, Father of Lau'urc}}
Lau'urc was born the sole daughter of the Barant Lau'dra, a renowned Colossus who served [[Emperor Calus]] during his Uprising against the [[Praetorate]]. After years of service, he hung up his [[Power Slug Thrower|Slug Thrower]] and retired to the Distant Plains with his wife Trar'grel. Throughout her childhood, Lau'dra would teach her how to fight, tell her stories of his battles and take her to watch parades held by Calus. In particular, Lau'urc developed a love for explosives and spent a good few days making some from whatever scraps she could find and testing them on the safe expanse of the Plains.

===Skyburner service===
Eventually, when she was old enough, Lau'urc enlisted into the Skyburners Legion as a Colossus, like her father. She would participate in numerous campaigns serving under Primus Ta'aun and his Bond Brothers, and would eventually earn the rank of Bracus. She would also establish a bond with a Centurion and fellow Bracus named [[Bracus Mu'ull|Mu'ull]] as she admired Mu'ull's tactical expertise while Mu'ull found her ferocity in battle endearing, as well as meeting the Phalanx [[Forum:Valus Zahu'ul, the Bulwark|Zahu'ul]]. Ta'aun grew increasingly frustrated by Lau'urc's often dangerous means of accomplishing a mission but believed it could prove useful in their future assault on Sol.

Lau'urc would be deployed to Phobos, with Mu'ull and a majority of the Skyburners' initial wave of their campaign. However, this soon drove Lau'urc to boredom, with only slight respite with testing ammunition with her squad and time with Mu'ull. She desired to fight on the Martian battlefield, fighting the Vex and splashing their milk on the red sand, and once considered abandoning the Skyburners to join [[Valus Trau'ug]] and his unsanctioned assault on the Reef. Still, Mu'ull would assure her that they would find a great battle against the Guardians.

However, that changed when Oryx attacked Phobos. While Mu'ull wanted to follow Ta'aun's orders and evacuate the base, Lau'urc wanted to stay and defend the base. However, she would be knocked out by an explosion caused by a [[Taken Knight]] and would need to be dragged to safety by Mu'ull.

Lau'urc later awoke on Mars in a base and found a recording from Mu'ull telling her of Ta'aun's orders to board for the [[Dreadnaught]] to take out Oryx and say her goodbyes out of fear that she would not survive the mission.  Lau'urc planned to steal a ship and join the rest of the Legion, so she stole a Harvester and set course for [[Saturn]].

===Prison Fighter===
{{quote|The Prison was put into lockdown while the Awoken Armada dealt with the Red Legion. However, we were too late to free the Guardians trapped in the arena. When they lost their [[Light]], She and her troops tore them apart.|[[Variks, the Loyal]]}}
Unfortunately, Lau'urc would be intercepted by the Awoken as her ship was passing through the Reef. She would be captured and thrown into the Prison of Elders, where she encountered what remained of the Broken Legion that had been struggling since the deaths of Valus Trau'ug and [[Val Aru'un]]. However, a Val named Gu'uam had taken control in their absence.

One day, Lau'urc was sent to fight a fireteam of Guardians. However, Ghaul and the Red Legion had caged the Traveler unbeknownst to either party. As a result, Lau'urc rose again and commanded her troops to tear the now Lightless Guardian piece by piece. This, and other fights in the Prison of Elders, would end up garnering her much respect among many of the other Cabal and Eliksni in the Prison of Elders, including [[Forum:Travag, the Inferno Conductor|three]] [[Forum:Vov, the Oncoming Storm|Psion]] [[Forum:Vuv, the Confining Nihility|Flayers]] and [[Forum:Val Thua'urn, the Glassbreaker|Val Thua'urn]]. 

During the massive [[Last Call|prison break]] caused by [[Uldren Sov]] and the [[Scorn#The_Scorned_Barons|Scorned Barons]], Lau'urc and the remaining members of the Broken Legion would also escape by a few Harvesters captured by the Awoken. After fending off a horde of Scorn and escaping, Lau'urc received coordinates from Thua'urn pointing to a [[Red Legion]] [[Cabal Carrier|Carrier]] that crashed onto an asteroid during the [[Red War]].

===Rising leader===
{{quote|Bracus to Primus? That's one hell of a promotion.|[[Uldren Sov|Crow]]}}
Not long after touching down at the downed Carrier, Gu'uam would attempt to rally the Cabal to make contact with the Red Legion proper. However, Lau'urc challenged him, stating that joining the Red Legion now would be a fruitless effort. Outraged, Gu'uam ordered her executed for treason. However, the brief battle between the crews ended in victory for Lau'urc and her loyalists, allowing her to take full control of the Broken Legion.

Afterwards, after recruiting or executing the remainder of Gu'uam's loyalists, Lau'urc promoted herself to Primus and leader of her gathered Cabal under the new name of the Dune Raiders.

===Rite of Proving===
{{Quote|Empress Caiatl, I invoke the Rite of Proving! My Raiders send forth our champion!|Primus Lau'urc}}
During the [[Clash of the Chosen]], Lau'urc would be among many Cabal to hear Caiatl's challenge to the disparent legions of the Cabal in Sol in the [[Rite of Proving]] for places on her [[War Council]]. However, after witnessing what happened to the [[Commander Dracus|prev]][[Basilius the Golem|ious]] [[Val Ma'rag|aspi]][[Ixel, the Far-Reaching|rants]], Lau'urc would choose to send a champion as her representative. She would ultimately choose to send [[Forum:Bracus Vanum, Dune Raider|Bracus Vanum]] as her champion, much to [[Forum:Valus Zahu'ul, the Bulwark|Zahu'ul]]'s frustration and insistence. While Lau'urc told Zahu'ul he would needed for future plans, she truthfully didn't wish to lose him.

===Imperial Support===

===New Frontiers===

==Personality and traits==
{{Quote|None who joined my Legion were coerced into doing so. None are conscripted and all are welcome. Even those [[Shadow Legion|disillusioned fools]] who once knelt to The Witness have a place amongst us, if they pledge their loyalty.|Primus Lau'urc}}

Lau'urc is a brutal, cunning and clever Barant warrior and the leader of the Dune Raiders, having lead them to victory on many occasions through her fierce tenacity and strategic planning. Highly versatile and resourceful, she has been able to collect and repurpose whatever weaponry, vehicles and technology from across the Cabal Legions she can get her hands on to allow her Raiders to gain strength against other factions.

Lau'urc is also a passionate individual, valuing the lives of the Empire's citizens and those under her command and detesting tactics that wastefully throw soldiers at a problem. Additionally, because of her charisma, she has been able to bring in many soldiers from across many Legions with conflicting ideologies. While other Cabal leaders would enforce a mindset that the Barant were the superior species and the client species under them, Lau'urc's treats all under her command as equals, wanting soldiers who would follow her because they wanted to rather than being forced to.

Compared to other Cabal who have opposed the Guardians, Lau'urc has a more open-minded outlook and is supportive of Caiatl as Empress. She believes that the ancient traditions of the Cabal and their grudge against the Guardians is holding them back and sees Caiatl and her alliance with them as a step forward for the Empire. As such, he holds a hatred for the [[Barant Imperium]], [[Forum:Golden Legion|Golden Legion]] and [[Shadow Legion]] for turning against her, as well as the Shadow Legion's willingness to work with the Hive and Taken. Despite this, she still allows any Cabal or Psions from those Legions to join her, as well as Eliksni, rogue Guardians and even Choral Vex that broke from [[Maya Sundaresh|Maya's]] control, viewing any who joined the Raiders as warriors with potential usefulness to her.

==Gameplay==


===Invasion===
A Shadow Legion version of Lau'urc, dubbed '''Valus Lau'urc, Might of the Witness''', is encountered in the Shadow Legion [[Forum:Invasions|Invasion]] variant of the [[Forum:Frothing Possibility|Frothing Possibility]] mission, acting as the final boss in place of the [[Forum:Simulated Guardian|Simulated Guardian]].

==Quotes==
===Radio Transmissions===
*''"Though he did not live to witness our ascension, Travag and his ancestors smile upon our every victory. Remember them."''
*''"With every victory, we draw more to our cause. Together, we will carve our own path."''
*''"The God of War has robbed us of our home. In retribution, we claim this Athenaeum World and all the power it holds."''
*''"Listen to the Dread―hear them sing of my mercy. No enslavement―only sisterhood! On the battlefield and beyond!"''
*''"Do not believe the platitudes of those who would oppress you. Believe only in yourselves! Believe in the Dune Raiders!"''
*''"We fight for honor. For freedom. But most of all, we fight for each other. We are the Dune Raiders!"''
*''"Remember Sylvia! Remember that relentless show of defiance, of might, of relentless fury!"''
*''"With the power within this world, we will burn the Hive from the universe! Their theft of our home will soon be nothing but a myth."''
*''"We embark on a reclamation of our own. Armed with a just cause. A righteous fury. We fight for freedom. For the future. For the Raiders."''

==Trivia==
*Lau'urc is voiced by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5213224/ Erica Mendez].

==Gallery==
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File:Sand Lau'urc concept.png|Concept art of Lau'urc speaking to a captured Guardian on the surface of Atheneum World VII through her newfound Conversion powers.
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==List of appearances==
*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]]'' {{Fm}}
**''[[Season of Opulence]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Dawn]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Vo}}
**''[[Season of the Haunted]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of Plunder]]'' {{Vo}}
**''[[Season of Defiance]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Season of the Wish]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' {{Ia}}
**''[[Episode: Echoes]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forum:Convergent Pattern|Convergent Pattern]]''
**''[[Renegades]]'' {{Mo}}
**''[[Forum:Codename: Athenaeum|Codename: Athenaeum]]''

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