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With the appearance of the [[Black Fleet]] and the disappearance of planets in the [[Sol System]], Calus and his Loyalists had gone into hiding along with the Leviathan having left Nessus' orbit. Soon after Caiatl began rallying the Cabal remnants across the system to her side, calling for the capture of her father.
With the appearance of the [[Black Fleet]] and the disappearance of planets in the [[Sol System]], Calus and his Loyalists had gone into hiding along with the Leviathan having left Nessus' orbit. Soon after Caiatl began rallying the Cabal remnants across the system to her side, calling for the capture of her father.


===Finding the Chosen===
===After the Arrivals===
It was later revealed that Calus, in conjunction with a small crew of Loyalists and a Guardian confidant named [[Katabasis]], attempted to communicate with the Darkness using [[Scorn]] aboard a ship called the ''[[Glykon Volatus]]'' to demand an explanation for its actions, which Calus had seen as underwhelming. Further investigation would reveal that Calus also desired to obtain power from the Darkness using the same manner as the aforementioned communion, and share it with the crew he had sent. The experiments conducted went awry, however, and the ''Glykon'' was soon overrun with mysterious growths that killed all non-Scorn inhabitants onboard and transformed one of the [[Ravager]]s into a powerful entity dubbed the [[Locus of Communion]]. The ship would also be subjected to geometrical anomalies and be plunged into extradimensional space due to the Darkness's influence.
It was later revealed that Calus, in conjunction with a small crew of Loyalists and a Guardian confidant named [[Katabasis]], attempted to communicate with the Darkness using [[Scorn]] and the Crown of Sorrow, aboard a ship called the ''[[Glykon Volatus]]'', to demand an explanation for its actions, which Calus had seen as underwhelming. Further investigation would reveal that Calus also desired to obtain power from the Darkness using the same manner as the aforementioned communion, and share it with the crew he had sent. Calus had the ship anchor off of [[Phobos]], at the edge of the Anomaly left by the disappearence of Mars. Calus then made the Scorn wear the Crown, stitching their minds together through the use of [[Egregore]], and then have his Councilors channel his will through it and speak to the Darkness. Although the communions initially failed, eventually they would succeed, and the ''Glykon'' plunged into the Anomaly and overrun by Scorn and Egregore, while Calus disappeared.


Months later, the ship would reappear and broadcast a distress signal to the Cabal in the [[European Dead Zone]], with [[Commander Zavala]] under the understanding that Caiatl's forces would potentially follow it. [[The Guardian]] would use the situation as an opportunity to infiltrate the ''Glykon'', destroy the Locus and its Scorn, and retrieve the [[Dead Man's Tale]] from Katabasis's deformed corpse.
The Emperor had actually managed to commune witht [[the Witness]], and it told him to seek more in the anomaly of [[Mercury]]. Calus returned to the Leviathan and traveled to where Mercury once stood, plunging into the gravity shadow. Though he was afraid his ship would be torn apart like the ''Glykon'' had been, the Leviathan survived the trip, though changed. In this communion, Calus managed to truly converse with the Witness, and understood what their plans were, even for him. He accepted his intended place as a [[Disciples of the Witness|Herald]], and resolved to prove his loyalty to their cause by shedding his body and becoming more than himself.<ref>[[Duality (dungeon)|Repressed Memories 9-12]]</ref>


Calus's fate following the experiments was unknown. Although the Locus's ability to copy his voice suggested he may have somehow perished in the fallout, the Locus was said to have spoken to Calus in his own voice even before he vanished.
Some time later, during the events of [[Operation: Elbrus]], Qabix, a member of the [[Psion Conclave]], began to broadcast Psionic propaganda that exhorted the members of the [[Imperial Cabal]] to mutiny and attempted to entreat them to defect. As Caiatl could not launch an attack on the broadcasting station without being viewed negatively in the army's eyes, she entreated the Vanguard to step in. A fireteam was deployed which managed to slay Qabix and shutdown the broadcasts, despite the threat of an orbital bombardment being constantly present. Upon reaching the broadcast room, the fireteam discovered a chest and several other pieces of finery that appeared to have come from the Leviathan, and viewing of the propaganda revealed it to be a message involving a Psion, a golden statue of Calus offering "[[Darkness|Salvation]]", and a [[Pyramid]]. Calus would continue restocking the base with his cloned troops and resources, forcing the Guardians to periodically take it down again.
 
What is currently known however is that Calus appears to be funding the Psion insurgency from his Leviathan. During the Season of the Risen, Qabix, a member of the enclave, began to broadcast Psionic propaganda that exhorted the members of the [[Imperial Cabal]] to mutiny and attempted to entreat them to defect. As Caiatl could not launch an attack on the broadcasting station without being viewed negatively in the army's eyes, she entreated the Vanguard to step in. A fireteam was deployed which managed to slay Qabix and shutdown the broadcasts, despite the threat of an orbital bombardment being constantly present. Upon reaching the broadcast room, the fireteam discovered a chest and several other pieces of finery that appeared to have come from the Leviathan, and viewing of the propaganda revealed it to be a message involving a Psion, a golden statue of Calus offering "[[Darkness|Salvation]]", and a [[Pyramid]].


===Ascension to Herald===
===Ascension to Herald===
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