Shadows of Calus

"My Shadows are a chosen people, selected from the best of the best of each world I've encountered."

- Calus, Emperor of the Cabal

The Shadows of Calus are an elite team of Loyalist champions in the service of Emperor Calus, composed of individuals from various civilizations who were personally recruited by Calus during his exile. In the days immediately before the Red Legion set out to the Solar System to wipe out the Guardians, Calus deployed his Shadows to assassinate the various conspirators behind the coup that deposed him. While the Shadows succeeded in eliminating nearly everyone on Calus's hit list except Caiatl, Umun'arath, Otzot (additionally referenced during Insight terminus strike), The Consul and Dominus Ghaul, none of them survived their mission.

In the aftermath of the Red War, Calus had since started auditioning Guardians to replace them as the newest generation of Shadows, starting with a trial through The Leviathan. They would later aid the emperor in clearing his ship of incursions from the Vex, Red Legion and Hive in addition to proving their mettle in the Menagerie; to which the Guardians that succeeded were given the title of Shadow much to the concerns of the Vanguard and the suspicions of Aunor Mahal.

Known Shadows

 * Feltroc, the Skull-Piercer, of the Psion &dagger;
 * Jarus, Ace Defiant, of the Sindû &dagger;
 * Assassinated Lictor Shayotet
 * Rull, Gun of Kaga-Clipse, of the Clipse &dagger;
 * Assassinated the merchant Iska'al and Aedile Moli Imoli
 * Sekris, Baron of Shanks, of the Fallen &dagger;
 * The Fulminator, of the Arkborn
 * Assassinated Statesman Tha'uul
 * Valus Nohr, of the Cabal &dagger;
 * Voyc, Shadow of the Wilds, of the Psion &dagger;
 * Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer, Cabal candidate of the Hive
 * Driven insane by the Crown of Sorrow and killed by Guardians
 * Werner 99-40, of the Frames.
 * Katabasis, of Earth &dagger;

Fictional Shadows

 * Mithrax, the Forsaken, of the Fallen (according to the Chronicon)
 * Killed in the reclamation of Athenaeum World X.
 * Petra Venj, of the Awoken. (according to the Chronicon)
 * Eris Morn, Human candidate of the Hive (according to the Chronicon)
 * Failsafe-0, of the Exo (according to the Chronicon)
 * The Guardian (according to Calus and the Chronicon)

Trivia

 * Only four of the Conspirators were mentioned to be killed by the Shadows.
 * In The Chronicon, the Scribes referred to the Shadows as Calus' Chosen Killers and his Zenith Champions.
 * As of the discovery of The Witness in The Witch Queen, it is now believed that Calus’s Shadows are meant to be an imitation of the Disciples of the Witness

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2
 * Warmind
 * Season of Opulence
 * Season of the Worthy
 * Season of the Chosen