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As they traverse the former Emperor's mindscape, the Guardians hear every repressed personal thought of Calus, from his rise to power, overthrowing the Praetorate, his drunken stupors to the moment Ghaul led the coup against him. As they progressed, the Guardians faced off against the [[Nightmare of Gahlran, Sorrow Bearer]]. Despite the danger, the Guardians prevail against the Nightmare and collect more memories of Calus's time during his exile before coming into contact with [[The Witness]], vowing to become its herald and be the last being left in the universe before the end. Their journey through the expansive world of Calus's mind would ultimately have the Guardians confront a phantom of the Emperor's daughter, the [[Nightmare of Caiatl, Princess-Imperial]]. After a struggle, using the reality of Calus's mind against it, the Guardians managed to defeat Nightmare of Caiatl before claiming the last of Calus's repressed memories. With Eris's aid, the Guardians returned to their reality and, from what they had gleaned from Calus's nightmares, is that the former Emperor is seeking a transfiguration of sorts, believing it will help him understand the goals of the Witness. Recalling Calus mentioning the "final shape" that Eris has heard before in Hive Apocrypha and from Toland, she claims that by understanding the true goals of what the Witness seeks, they might be able to prevent a second Collapse. | As they traverse the former Emperor's mindscape, the Guardians hear every repressed personal thought of Calus, from his rise to power, overthrowing the Praetorate, his drunken stupors to the moment Ghaul led the coup against him. As they progressed, the Guardians faced off against the [[Nightmare of Gahlran, Sorrow Bearer]]. Despite the danger, the Guardians prevail against the Nightmare and collect more memories of Calus's time during his exile before coming into contact with [[The Witness]], vowing to become its herald and be the last being left in the universe before the end. Their journey through the expansive world of Calus's mind would ultimately have the Guardians confront a phantom of the Emperor's daughter, the [[Nightmare of Caiatl, Princess-Imperial]]. After a struggle, using the reality of Calus's mind against it, the Guardians managed to defeat Nightmare of Caiatl before claiming the last of Calus's repressed memories. With Eris's aid, the Guardians returned to their reality and, from what they had gleaned from Calus's nightmares, is that the former Emperor is seeking a transfiguration of sorts, believing it will help him understand the goals of the Witness. Recalling Calus mentioning the "final shape" that Eris has heard before in Hive Apocrypha and from Toland, she claims that by understanding the true goals of what the Witness seeks, they might be able to prevent a second Collapse. | ||
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===Shadow Over Neptune=== | |||
Following the Guardians mission to restore the Warmind Rasputin and holding back the [[Wrathborn]], leading the Warmind to sacrifice himself to save humanity and the Traveler, the Guardians to face the return of the Black Fleet along with its leader, The Witness. After a massive battle in Earth's outer orbit between the Vanguard, their allies and the Black Fleet, The Witness subdues the Traveler after it actually retaliated but to accomplish its goals, The Witness orders his disciple, Calus, and his [[Shadow Legion]] to invade Neptune and locate a relic called "The Veil". With little time, Osiris and the Guardian manage to sneak aboard a Shadow Legion Warship as Calus's fleet arrive at Neptune and begin assaulting the hidden city of [[Neomuna]], where it is defended by the [[Cloud Strider]]s, cybernetically augmented humans. Understanding that they share a common foe, the Guardian and the Cloud Striders, [[Rohan]] and [[Nimbus]], team up to combat Calus and the Shadow Legion. However, the Guardians efforts to destroy the device that was attempting to forge a connection between The Veil and the Traveler on Calus's new flagship using a new power called [[Strand]] fails as the power leaves them vulnerable and weakened, forcing them to retreat with Empress Caiatl's timely aid. | |||
With their chance to stop Calus thwarted for now, the Guardians work with Rohan and Nimbus in protecting Neomuna's people, sleeping digitally within the CloudArk, from the Vex. Delving into the Network, the Guardians route the Vex but learn that a disturbing presence is affecting some of Neomuna's citizens which is revealed to be the dead Disciple, [[Nezarec]]. | |||
To give themselves an edge against Calus and his Shadow Legion, Osiris has the Guardian train extensively in using Strand but it only leaves the Guardian exhausted rather than mastering the power. However, their training is left unfinished when they learn Calus is attempting to establish a connection with The Veil. Scrambling their forces, the Guardian and Rohan reach the Device but are unable to destroy it with their current means, ultimately leading Rohan getting trapped inside the device as the Guardian faces Shadow Legion reinforcements. Encouraged by Osiris, the Guardian uses Strand against the Dark Cabal but the moment Rohan opens the Device for it to be destroyed, the use of Strand extensively leaves the Guardians unable to do so. With no other option, Rohan sacrifices himself to destroy the device. | |||
With the device destroyed, Calus reports this to The Witness who criticizes its disciple, leading the emperor to actually lash out in return but is left cowering and pleading after The Witness silenced Calus and reminded him to acquire the Veil. | |||
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