Emperor Calus: Difference between revisions

Calus is a very hedonistic and narcissistic individual, immersing himself in royal scenery that often depicts his own image. Calus is also a very overweight and inactive individual, sending an automaton to face the [[Guardian]]s instead of doing it himself, only directly fighting them from a distance by pulling them into his psionic realm to face his avatar. However, unlike the majority of his species, he demonstrates a fair amount of compassion toward the [[Guardian]]s cause, allying himself after they destroy his robotic avatar and slaying his usurper. Calus also claims to have knowledge on the true origins and purpose of the [[Traveler]]. In addition, he abolished the Cabal Praetorate as he believed they controlled the Cabal Legions no ones benefit but they're own. Before his exile, Calus also wanted to free those who were enslaved by the Cabal, the Psion's chief among them but was betrayed before he could complete the act.

Calus also has been imbued with potent psionic abilities by his [[Psion]] council, having the ability to pull individuals into an alternate dimension composed out of the sheer force of his psionic energy, similar to an [[Ascendant Realm]].<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCBJUGwKhmw</ref>

Emperor Calus will initially be immune to damage, and will attack from afar with his Emperor's Gaze laser. He will summon an onslaught of [[Loyalist]]s that must be killed, after which four unique [[Psion]]s will appear on each of the four plates around the throne room. They each will each have a unique symbol above them: a [[War Beast]], a chalice, a sun, or a pair of swords. These symbols need to be memorized for the next section. Kill these Psions and Calus will clap his hands twice to inflict the Mind's Eye debuff, teleporting all [[Guardian]]s into his mindscape, where they will be met with a giant projection of his head. There will be three Psionic charges that will teleport three players back to the throne room, while the remaining three are stuck inside. Those who remain inside will be sucked in by Calus' Boundless Consumption attack. Those who remain in the throne room will have to kill more adds, and the Psions from earlier will appear, with the symbols appearing above them. In the mindscape, Calus' projection will show a symbol on his forehead. Each of the three players will each see a different symbol. Whichever symbol has not been seen is the symbol whose Psion in the throne room needs to be killed. This will repeat a total of four times for each symbol that does not appear. Those being sucked in, meanwhile, with have to kill two different kinds of Psions: regular Psions and their projections. The regular Psions must be killed so that their ruptures cannot send players into the air, and the Psion projections must be killed so that Calus doesn't use his Mental Collapse attack. As soon as they are all killed, Calus' projection will unleash a Psionic Overload, where he will spew purple skulls from his mouth. This is a sign that Calus is charging up a Force of Will attack that can wipe the entire team. He will be shielded while doing so. Destroy the shield to stop the attack, while those inside will shoot down the skulls. Killing a skull grants a stack of the "Force of Will" buff, and these stacks are shared by the whole team. The more stacks the team carries, the more damage they can deal to Calus. After a while, Calus' projection will stop spewing Psionic Overload skulls, and three Psionic charges will appear that will teleport each player back into the throne room. And thus, the damage phase begins. Everyone needs to step on the same Psion plate to deal damage. Since there are four plates, there are four chances to get in as much damage as possible. However, Calus will charge an Afterburn blast that can shut down the plate and kill everyone standing on it, thus causing players to jump to a new one. After losing a set portion of health, parts of his body will break off, revealing a machine. He will also gain new attacks in addition to his laser: an arm cannon and a meteor storm. As his health nears zero, he will charge up his Force of Will attack again. If Calus is not killed in time, the entire team is killed.}}