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{{Quote|I didn't think it was true. All that talk about the Darkness — but it saw him. Something in there stared right back into Calus's hungry eyes. Then Uldren's rotted tykes started shrieking and, and I knew... I knew I shouldn't have come here.|The final decrypted message from Katabasis aboard the Glykon Volatus<ref>'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A7FirfhSpI Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - All Presage Dialogue (Week 3) - Katabasis, Caiatl, Osiris - YouTube]'''</ref>}} | {{Quote|I didn't think it was true. All that talk about the Darkness — but it saw him. Something in there stared right back into Calus's hungry eyes. Then Uldren's rotted tykes started shrieking and, and I knew... I knew I shouldn't have come here.|The final decrypted message from Katabasis aboard the Glykon Volatus<ref>'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A7FirfhSpI Destiny 2: Season of the Chosen - All Presage Dialogue (Week 3) - Katabasis, Caiatl, Osiris - YouTube]'''</ref>}} | ||
Katabasis arrived on the [[The Leviathan|Leviathan]] and was welcomed by | Katabasis arrived on the [[The Leviathan|Leviathan]] and was welcomed by Calus and his [[Loyalists|Loyalist]] [[Legionary|Legionaries]]. Katabasis had arrived on the vessel to accept a personal job, he would assist Calus in communicating with the Darkness again after he believed it had abandoned him despite promising to return to him.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_1_-_Charon's_Silhouette|Captain's Log - ENTRY 1 - Charon's Silhouette]]''</ref> The Emperor tasked Katabasis to reappropriate the Glykon Volatus, situated on Nessus, from the [[Red Legion]]. Calus sent some of his Loyalists alongside Katabasis to assist with this measure, including a [[Psion]] named [[Qinziq]] and a [[Centurion]] named [[Bahr'Toran]].<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_2_-Lust_and_Reappropriation_Pt._I|Captain's Log - ENTRY 2 - Lust and Reappropriation Pt. I]]''</ref> Katabasis and Qinziq entered the ship through a service chute, while Bahr'Toran would disrupt the signal receiver to hide it from the Red Legion until they removed their locational anchor. Katabasis spotted a Psion on the bow, but Qinziq stopped him before he could shoot her. She introduced her as [[Yirix]] and explained to Katabasis that Psions are not loyal to just one flag. After that, she dropped from the chute to communicate with her, after which Yirix left her post. The fireteam started the engines of the Glykon Volatus and Bahr'Toran materialised to their location. He said that the charges were set on the signal receiver and the Glykon Volatus was launched into the atmosphere.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_3_-_Lust_and_Reappropriation_Pt._II|Captain's Log - ENTRY 3 - Lust and Reappropriation Pt. II]]''</ref> | ||
After an unknown amount of time, Katabasis and Bahr'Toran began capturing Scorn from the [[Tangled Shore]] under Qinziq's directions. He was unaware of the purpose of this, only that he and Bahr'Toran were to capture as many as they can for two days straight. Bahr'Toran believed Calus would use the Darkness to reclaim [[Torobatl]]. Katabasis arrived at Qinziq's lab and inquired about the reasoning behind the procurement of Scorn, she elaborated that they had a natural connection to the Darkness which Calus would use a vessel for communing when they arrived at the Anomaly.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_4_-_Well_of_Absence|Captain's Log - ENTRY 4 - Well of Absence]]''</ref>. After six weeks of capturing Scorn and fending off Hive, Katabasis and the crew anchored the Glykon off the gravity of [[Phobos]], close to the gaping maw where [[Mars]] once was. He offered to clear the base of [[Taken]], but realised that they were docile and left them be. Calus arrived on the ship with his scribe, [[Amsot]], and picked out one of the captured for communion with the Darkness. They also brought the [[Crown of Sorrow]] aboard the ship, which riled the rest of the cargo hold. Gilgamesh eyed the Crown as it was brought aboard and began whispering strange incantations from there.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_5_-_Feast_Your_Eyes|Captain's Log - ENTRY 5 - Feast Your Eyes]]''</ref> Calus viewed Katabasis as 'an extra morsel of bait' as he began to commune with the Darkness. The Glykon strains as it moved closer to the Anomaly.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_6_-_Excess_of_Avarice|Captain's Log - ENTRY 6 - Excess of Avarice]]''</ref> | After an unknown amount of time, Katabasis and Bahr'Toran began capturing Scorn from the [[Tangled Shore]] under Qinziq's directions. He was unaware of the purpose of this, only that he and Bahr'Toran were to capture as many as they can for two days straight. Bahr'Toran believed Calus would use the Darkness to reclaim [[Torobatl]]. Katabasis arrived at Qinziq's lab and inquired about the reasoning behind the procurement of Scorn, she elaborated that they had a natural connection to the Darkness which Calus would use a vessel for communing when they arrived at the Anomaly.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_4_-_Well_of_Absence|Captain's Log - ENTRY 4 - Well of Absence]]''</ref>. After six weeks of capturing Scorn and fending off Hive, Katabasis and the crew anchored the Glykon off the gravity of [[Phobos]], close to the gaping maw where [[Mars]] once was. He offered to clear the base of [[Taken]], but realised that they were docile and left them be. Calus arrived on the ship with his scribe, [[Amsot]], and picked out one of the captured for communion with the Darkness. They also brought the [[Crown of Sorrow]] aboard the ship, which riled the rest of the cargo hold. Gilgamesh eyed the Crown as it was brought aboard and began whispering strange incantations from there.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_5_-_Feast_Your_Eyes|Captain's Log - ENTRY 5 - Feast Your Eyes]]''</ref> Calus viewed Katabasis as 'an extra morsel of bait' as he began to commune with the Darkness. The Glykon strains as it moved closer to the Anomaly.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_6_-_Excess_of_Avarice|Captain's Log - ENTRY 6 - Excess of Avarice]]''</ref> | ||
Katabasis began to experience persistent nightmares. He dreamed about the [[Red War]] and the [[Cabal]] completely decimating the Tower, he fled for a long while | Katabasis began to experience persistent nightmares. He dreamed about the [[Red War]] and the [[Cabal]] completely decimating the Tower, he fled the city for a long while they survived alone together.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_7_-_Ire|Captain's Log - ENTRY 7 - Ire]]''</ref> During another attempt at communing with the Darkness, Gilgamesh began to compare the [[Light]] in a more negative tone as he became more transfixed on the Crown and the Anomaly. This attempt at communing with the Darkness managed to cross the Glykon into the orbit of Mars and the Glykon was greatly affected as a result. Not only that, Calus had suddenly disappeared from the ship.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_8_-_Acheron's_Wall|Captain's Log - ENTRY 8 - Acheron's Wall]]''</ref> After drifting endlessly for weeks, [[Egregore]] had begun to grow on the interior of the ship, Scorn had infested the ship, and Katabasis was now generally unaware of where Gilgamesh had mostly gone. Qinziq posterised that the Crown was the item keeping them within distance of the Anomaly, and Katabasis had dug up an Imperial security key in order to gain access to it. Katabasis was aware at this point that Calus had abandoned the crew on the Glykon. The fireteam managed to make it to the bridge with reanimated Scorn chasing them down the hallway. Katabasis sealed the door where all the Loyalist soldiers were inside alongside Qinziq and Bahr'Toran. Katabasis opens the viewing chamber and Qinziq begins to pull the Glykon backwards outside of the Darkness' reach by communing with the Crown. The metal strains and the Scorn manage to enter the viewing chamber as a result, where Katabasis and the remaining Loyalists fight against the onslaught of Scorn. Two abominations cut through the rank and file soldiers, where Katabasis and Bahr'Toran took on both of them as a last attempt to protect Qinziq. She is engulfed in black flame as she could not hold on anymore. Katabasis knew this is where they would die.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_10_-_Blood_in_the_Barrel|Captain's Log - ENTRY 10 - Blood in the Barrel]]''</ref> | ||
Gilgamesh told Katabasis that 'it took days to find a safe place to bring [him] back' as the Locus of Communion was following them at every chance. Katabasis made an effort to try and bury the Cabal bodies, but he could not manage to bury them all. They generally tried to keep hidden, using the smuggling compartments throughout the ship. Gilgamesh continued to wander off for days at a time and when Katabasis woke, Gilgamesh would not tell him how long it had been since he was asleep. Katabasis' morale had depleted exponentially since the last time Gilgamesh and him had spoke, and he told Gilgamesh to leave him dead until they are both free and rescue had arrived.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_11_-_Sullen|Captain's Log - ENTRY 11 - Sullen]]''</ref>. Eventually Katabasis was killed but is subsequently revived while still surrounded by Scorn. Gilgamesh would then confront his Guardian to sever his Light or to be killed and risen over again until Katabasis did so. | Gilgamesh told Katabasis that 'it took days to find a safe place to bring [him] back' as the Locus of Communion was following them at every chance. Katabasis made an effort to try and bury the Cabal bodies, but he could not manage to bury them all. They generally tried to keep hidden, using the smuggling compartments throughout the ship. Gilgamesh continued to wander off for days at a time and when Katabasis woke, Gilgamesh would not tell him how long it had been since he was asleep. Katabasis' morale had depleted exponentially since the last time Gilgamesh and him had spoke, and he told Gilgamesh to leave him dead until they are both free and rescue had arrived.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_11_-_Sullen|Captain's Log - ENTRY 11 - Sullen]]''</ref>. Eventually Katabasis was killed but is subsequently revived while still surrounded by Scorn. Gilgamesh would then confront his Guardian to sever his Light or to be killed and risen over again until Katabasis did so. While the Hunter remains confused, his Ghost revealed his resentment towards Katabasis for turning him away from the [[Traveler]] during the Red War and desired an permanent end to both their suffering. Katabasis, realising that Gilly became tempted by the [[Voice in the Darkness]], broke down in his epiphany and furiously shot Gilgamesh with his lever action rifle.<ref>'''Bungie (2021/2/16)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Chosen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Captain's_Log#ENTRY_12_-_Debtor's_Knife|Captain's Log - ENTRY 12 - Debtor's Knife]]''</ref> | ||
Some time later, Katabasis was found dead and his corpse strung up by the [[Egregore]] fauna on the bridge of the Glykon, above the viewing chamber. [[The Guardian]] took up his rifle that he previously offered in his distress signal. | Some time later, Katabasis was found dead and his corpse strung up by the [[Egregore]] fauna on the bridge of the Glykon, above the viewing chamber. [[The Guardian]] took up his rifle that he previously offered in his distress signal. | ||