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Following the events of the Red War, leadership began to fracture with the death of Ghaul and a number of senior Primus and Valus personnal having been hunted and killed by Guardians in the ensuing aftermath. The line of succession eventually fell to [[Val Ca'uor]], who quickly established himself as the new leader of the Red Legion. Rather than return to [[Torobatl]] in disgrace, the newly appointed leader arranged to have the Legion's arsenal restocked and their strength rebuilt. To capitalize on the limited Guardian presence at the time, Ca'uor deployed Red Legion forces to [[Mercury]] to harness Vex technology and [[Mars]] to siphon ample energy.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Last of the Legion]]''</ref>

In hopes to find a reality where they won the [[Red War]], [[Valus Thuun]] lead an invasion of survivors from the Almighty into the vast alternate realities of the [[Infinite Forest]] on Mercury. Coming close to the map of the Forest, Thuun and his forces would become trapped in an endless combat loop by the [[Vex]] and killed by [[Guardians]] on repeat. <ref>'''Bungie (2018/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]], Activision Blizzard, Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/tree-of-probabilites?highlight=Tree+of Tree of Probabilities]''</ref>

At the [[Hellas Basin]] on Mars, the Red Legion under [[Val Palusk]] lauched an attack on [[BrayTech Futurescape]] to steal power from the facility. Their efforts would only incure the [[Guardians]] to strike back with an ambush to kill Palusk and disrupt their supply chain. <ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/adventure-incursion Incursion]''</ref> Meanwhile, a group of Psions would make a failed attempt to evolve into Flayers by stealing power from [[Rasputin]]'s nodes, to which their efforts were thwarted by Guardians as well. <ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, Transcript: [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/adventure-psionic-potential Psionic Potential]</ref>

After faced with countless setbacks by the Guardians, Val would lead the Red Legion in a final push aimed to commandeer [[The Leviathan]] from Calus, to whom he loathed for being envious of Ghaul.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, Item Description: [[The Emperor's Envy#Lore|The Emperor's Envy]]''</ref> Val Ca'uor led a massive Red Legion fleet where his forces pushed into the [[Spire of Stars]] at the top of the Leviathan itself.  

Following Val Ca'uor's invasion, Emperor Calus ordered a Guardian [[Raid]] team to repel the Red Legion, offering further riches and rewards upon their success. The Guardians heeded the exiled emperor's call and ascended the Leviathan's spire, just as the acting commander destroyed one of Calus's robotic proxies. Upon confronting Ca'uor, the Guardians engaged the Red Legion's elite forces to prevent them from taking control of the Leviathan. Using the Leviathan's own formidable weapons, the Guardians managed to decimate the Red Legion fleet blockading the Spire and killed the Val in a climatic battle. In the wake of losing the majority of their fleet, their ground forces and leader, the Red Legion was forced to withdrawal in disgrace. Ca'uor's death would officially mark the effective end of the Red War.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Activision Blizzard, [[Spire of Stars]]''</ref>