Loyalists: Difference between revisions

==History==

[[File:Leviathan - Loyalty.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Cabal Loyalists]]

{{Quote|They would have killed me, but I was too beloved and too glorious. So they sent me away into resplendent exile upon this [[The Leviathan|Grand Leviathan]].| Ex-Emperor Calus}}

After Calus' and the Loyalists' encounter with the Black edge, it was found the ship had sprung back to life and the Loyalists toiled to undoing the sabotage made by the Red Legion along with seeking to expand the elements of the Leviathan so that they may thrive. With control of the Leviathan back in his hands, Calus set out on a long voyage of his own, ''"[plumbing] the secret places of the cosmos"'', visiting strange realms and old ruins. This cemented both his conviction that his hedonistic philosophy was correct and his intent to retake his empire.<ref name = "Cabal Booklet"/> Along the way, he gathered forces to strengthen his [[Loyalists]].

{{Quote|My Shadows are a chosen people, selected from the best of the best of each world I've encountered.|Emperor Calus}}

Encountering many races, both old and new, such as the [[Clipse]], [[Sindû]], and [[Arkborn]], Calus brought all of them into the folds of his Great Leviathan. He created the [[Shadows]] as his elite champions, allied with aliens such as the [[Clipse]]<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_Rull#Gauntlets_of_Rull|Gauntlets of Rull]]''</ref> and the [[Sindu]]<ref name="HotAD">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Ace-Defiant#Helm_of_the_Ace-Defiant|Helm of the Ace-Defiant]]''</ref>, and sent messages promising that whoever slew his conspirators would be given great wealth and glory. To the Clipse, he won their battered war after the Red Legion had abandoned them and brought aboard thousands into newly produced arcologies before obliterating the Clipse homeworld with the guns of Kaga-Clipse.<ref>'''Bungie (2019/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Confessions#Entry_VI|Confessions: Entry VI]]''</ref> To the Arkborn, Calus threatened threatened them and their interstellar conduits during his exile aboard the Leviathan. One of them, known as [[The Fulminator]], agreed to join him as a Shadow both to keep him away from her people and in exchange for a specially engineered containment suit that would allow her to move freely beyond her ark.<ref name="MotF">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Fulminator#Mask_of_the_Fulminator|Mask of the Fulminator]]''</ref> Her departure outraged the rest of the Arkborn.<ref name="RotF">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Fulminator#Robes_of_the_Fulminator|Robes of the Fulminator]]''</ref>

Eventually, he set a course for the [[Sol]] system, which the Red Legion was planning to assault. Many celebrations and ceremonies of countless victories were held by the Red Legion. One such ceremony would be interrupted by [[Rull]] and his assassination of [[Iska'al]] and [[Moli Imoli]] with Rull perishing before Ghaul just as he had killed the Everjoy. In the days immediately before the Red Legion set out to the [[Solar System]] to [[Red War|wipe out]] the [[Guardian]]s, Calus deployed his [[Shadows]] to assassinate the various conspirators behind the [[Ghaul's coup|coup]] that deposed him. While the Shadows succeeded in eliminating nearly everyone on Calus's hit list except [[Caiatl]], [[Umun'arath]], [[Otzot]] (additionally referenced during Insight terminus strike), [[The Consul]] and [[Dominus Ghaul]], none of them survived their mission. Although they succeeded in infiltrating Ghaul's [[The Immortal|vessel]], the Shadows perished one-by-one against overwhelming odds. Nohr slaughtered three-hundred of Ghaul's best warriors with her bladed shield before facing off against the Dominus himself. She was the last Shadow standing, and Ghaul killed her, much to the grief of Calus.<ref>[[Armor_of_Nohr#Plate_of_Nohr|Plate of Nohr]]</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/shadows-cloak Shadow's Cloak]''</ref><ref> '''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Fulminator#Robes_of_the_Fulminator|Robes of the Fulminator]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_Feltroc#Grips_of_Feltroc|Grips of Feltroc]]''</ref>  

Calus extended an invitation also to [[The Guardian]] to board his vessel for slaying Ghaul. The Guardians accepted Calus' challenge and following a long journey through Calus' palace and defeating his loyalist army, the Guardians seemingly meet Calus in person in his throne room. Facing off against the exiled Cabal Emperor, the Guardians survive his strange powers and after dealing critical damage to him, they found that the Calus they were facing was really a robotic duplicate.  

Regardless, the Guardians succeed in destroying the robot. Before the destruction of the machine, Calus boasted about his power and claims to know the "real truth" about the galaxy and the purpose of the Traveler. Nonetheless, he rewards the Guardians for completing his challenge and offers them a place by his side should they seek him out.  

During the time of Forsaken, Calus had begun to slip some Loyalist spies amongst the Red Legion's ranks such as [[Taurg, Disguised by the Emperor]]. Many of these spies were former Red Legion themselves.

{{Quote|There is a dark place aboard my ship where you have never been. Where I was reborn. Like you were reborn. The Menagerie awaits you, Guardian.|Emperor Calus}}