Shadow Legion

"My faithful Shadow Legion, this is your glorious emperor speaking. Our alliance with the Witness bears such "delectable" fruits. [chuckles] Together, we will devour Sol!"

- Emperor Calus.

The Shadow Legion (also known as the Dark Cabal) is a Cabal Legion that act as enforcers to the newly risen Disciple of the Witness, Emperor Calus and possess Pyramid tech to suppress the Guardian's powers.

History
The Shadow Legion were first seen in battle during the Black Fleet's final attack on the Traveler, during which Coalition forces engaged the Pyramids and Shadow Legion vessels in orbit around Earth. After The Witness reached out to the Traveler and discovered the location of the Veil on Neptune, It would send Emperor Calus and his forces to retrieve it.

The Legion would arrive at the city of Neomuna and come into conflict with the Guardian and the city’s protectors, the Cloud Striders Rohan and Nimbus. They would be ordered by Emperor Calus to retrieve the Veil and create a link with it and the Traveler using the Radial Mast. The Guardian infiltrated Calus’s ship the Typhon Imperator to destroy the mast. Despite their best efforts, the Guardian would be forced to retreat with the assistance of the Imperial Cabal led by Caiatl. The Legion would attempt to create the link but the mast was destroyed by Rohan who sacrificed himself. Calus would lead an attack to attempt to capture the Veil, the former Cabal Emperor would meet his end in the Veil containment room by the hand of the Guardian. However, the Witness possessed the Guardians Ghost and created a link, beginning its plans for the Final Shape and entering a portal.

Despite the death of their leader, the Shadow Legion would continue to withstand. They began capturing and imprisoning people on Earth in their prisons. The Coalition would break out Amanda and organize strike teams to free other prisoners. They would serve and fight for the Disciple Nezarec at the terraformed pyramid, where the resurrected Disciple would be slain. The Guardian, Amanda Holliday, and Mithrax would infiltrate a secret prison. They would be warned by Eramis of the danger that resided inside, but they still persisted. They defeated the Tormentor Vereziia, Reverent of the Witness, and freed the prisoners, but Amanda was killed in a explosion. The forces of the Coalition would infiltrate and destroy one of the Legion's flagships to take revenge for the death of Amanda.

Structure
"The Shadow Legion are not the Cabal we are used to. We must not assume their strategies or tactics. They do not fight for honor or glory. They fight only for the Witness."

- Mithrax.

Fundamentally, the Shadow Legion bears little differences to either Calus's Loyalists or even the Red Legion, but only augmented by Pyramid technology. Unlike the Loyalists during Season of the Haunted, a majority of the Shadow Legion's soldiers are mainly deserters and traitors to the empire while a small number are fully grown cloned Cabal and have no independent thought or higher-brain functions beyond following the will of Calus and The Witness. Prisoners of the Shadow Legion noted that when not being given orders, some of the soldiers just stood guard silently and breathe deeply, almost wheezing, which unnerved the prisoners more than anything. Devrim Kay would add to this during his recon missions on Shadow Legion troops, citing a lack of nuance in their voices and an "emptiness" within them. Crow would later further add that during his engagements with the Shadow Legion, stating that they "fight like Frames", mindlessly devoted to the orders they were given.

One notable distinction within the Shadow Legion is that it employs the Tormentors, direct soldiers of The Witness, acting as either personal agents of Calus or as specialized field commanders to combat the Guardians thanks to their abilities to drain a Guardian of their powers. Further, due to their shared service to the Witness, the Shadow Legion has also been seen to fight alongside the Taken.

Leadership

 * Emperor Calus

Shadow Commanders
Valus Val Bracus
 * Valus Dravusk, Shadow Legion
 * Valus Gathurn
 * Valus Tharum, Gladiatorial Overseer
 * Valus Pra'um
 * Val Bho'kaurl
 * Bracus Kravaum, Shadow Legion
 * Bracus Viguln, Shadow Legion
 * Bracus Zahn

Shadow Elites

 * Garaask, Undying Inferno
 * Gha'ram
 * Head Chef
 * Kar'uul, Indomitable Champion
 * Ludus, Array Foreguard
 * Sizmic, the Net-Desecrator
 * Testu'udo, Array Bulwark
 * Trask
 * Vraxus, Shadow Legion Saboteur
 * Vul'ourn, Shadow Legion Supply Master
 * Warden Vincu'us, Shadow Legion
 * Zatocc, Devoted to the Witness
 * Zo'aurc, Explicator of Planets

Tormentors

 * Kavauust, Reverent of the Witness
 * Toniq, Imprint of Nezarec
 * Vereziia, Reverent of the Witness

Unique Forces

 * War Beast variants
 * Honored War Beast
 * Psion variants
 * Interceptor Pilot
 * Esteemed Psion
 * Honored Psion
 * Munitions Psion
 * Orbital Security
 * Redolence of Decay
 * Redolence of Splendor
 * Psion Spotter
 * Legionary variants
 * Esteemed Legionary
 * Honored Legionary
 * Redolence of Decay
 * Redolence of Splendor
 * Shadow Guard Legionary
 * Databank Courier
 * Phalanx variants
 * Esteemed Phalanx
 * Honored Phalanx
 * Net-Desecrator's Exploited
 * Incendior variants
 * Aspirant of Nezarec
 * Esteemed Incendior
 * Fortress Ship Gatekeeper
 * Honored Incendior
 * Redolence of Decay
 * Redolence of Splendor
 * Shadow Guard Incendior
 * Shadow Legion Code Bearer
 * Unstoppable Incendior
 * Unstoppable War Beast Keymaster
 * War Beast Keymaster


 * Gladiator variants
 * Esteemed Bruiser
 * Excavation Valus
 * Honored Gladiator
 * Redolence of Decay
 * Redolence of Splendor
 * Sous Chef
 * Centurion variants
 * Aspirant of Nezarec
 * Chalice Keymaster
 * Esteemed Centurion
 * Fortress Ship Gatekeeper
 * Honored Centurion
 * Redolence of Decay
 * Redolence of Splendor
 * Shadow Guard Centurion
 * War Beast Keymaster
 * Colossus variants
 * Aspirant of Nezarec
 * Barrier Colossus
 * Barrier Conquest Keymaster
 * Conquest Keymaster
 * Esteemed Colossus
 * Excavation Valus
 * Honored Colossus
 * Infiltrator Valus
 * Shadow Legion Engineer
 * Terrestrial Lieutenant
 * Tormentor variants
 * Imprint of Nezarec
 * Cavum of Nezarec

Weapons

 * Scorpius
 * Honored Scorpius
 * Anti-Air Gun

Vehicles

 * Drop Pod
 * Interceptor
 * Goliath Tank
 * Pyramid Goliath
 * Thresher
 * Harvester
 * Cabal Carrier
 * Astaroth Rex II
 * Orbital Prison Ship
 * Shadow Legion Flagship
 * Vual Gaudium
 * Cabal Warship
 * Typhon Imperator

Other

 * Cabal Heavy Munitions
 * Crux of Darkness
 * Disruptor Array
 * Injection Rig
 * Mining Lander
 * Portable Cabal Shield
 * Pyramid Spike
 * Radial Mast
 * Suppressor
 * Tech Pack

Trivia

 * Shadow Legion Psions and Centurions have their heads fully covered by their helmets, similar to their D1 counterparts.

List of appearances

 * Destiny 2
 * Lightfall
 * Season of Defiance