Forum:Golden Legion

The Golden Legion are a Cabal detachment and legion that act as the direct force of the Cabal Praetorate. Their commander Zor was once a previous emperor long before the reign of Calus who sought to use the legion to conquer the entire universe in his name, but until Calus purged the Praetorate, so too would the legion splinter and disband. Now their leaders seek to rise to their former glory by banding together in order to assimilate their Praetorate spies to reforge the Golden Legion.

Origins
Being one of the oldest living Cabal Legions, the Golden Legion had predated Calus's regime by several decades or rather centuries. It had been formed by the Cabal Praetorate's high command, Ganag Zor to be his personal army and the will of the Praetorate, thus the Cabal Empire.

While a majority of its history had been scrubbed from the Cabal's ancient history, it would be recorded within the legion's data stores. They had been mentioned to have conquered and/or destroyed thousands of planets under what they called the "Golden Fleet" and its munitions. Many of the worlds that were conquered were enslaved and many of those who disobeyed suffered a similar fate like those brought by the Red Legion centuries later.

The Swordsman's Arrival
Some time after their return to Everest, Kirito and Asuna rose to power, with their Shadowkeepers launching various attacks against the Solar System. Following Zavala's death, their Shadow Legion and newly-freed Shadows betrayed and executed Emperor Calus before restoring the Red Legion to its full glory, with Dominus Ghaul as the new Cabal Emperor. Enraged by this news, the Golden Legion formed an alliance with the Iriksi Syndicate, Last City, and Valus Nohr and her Shadows, hoping to put an end to Kirito's reign of terror.