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{{about|the personal ship of [[Emperor Calus]]|other uses|Leviathan}}

{{Article quote|The world-destroying flagship of the former [[Cabal]] Emperor, [[Calus]].}}

|crew= [[Loyalists|Loyalist Cabal]]

 

The '''Leviathan''' is a massive [[Cabal]] space vessel which  previously served as the personal pleasure craft of the exiled [[Emperor Calus]] and his [[Loyalists]].<ref>[https://www.pcgamesn.com/destiny-2/destiny-2-raid-guide/ Destiny 2's Leviathan Raid: everything we know about its ultimate challenge]</ref><ref>[https://gamerant.com/destiny-2-leviathan-raid-boss-escape// Destiny 2 Leviathan Raid Details Leak]</ref><ref>[https://www.vg247.com/2017/09/11/does-destiny-2s-mysterious-on-the-comms-quest-have-something-to-do-with-the-leviathan-raid// Does Destiny 2's mysterious On the Comms quest have something to do with the Leviathan Raid?]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHu_X6wgJik/ Destiny 2 - Nessus Adventure: Invitation From The Emperor]</ref> It is the setting of the [[Leviathan (raid)|Leviathan]] and [[Crown of Sorrow]] [[Raid]]s, as well as the [[Leviathan, Eater of Worlds|Eater of Worlds]] and [[Leviathan, Spire of Stars|Spire of Stars]] [[Raid Lair]]s. The former takes place exclusively within the palace atop the ship, whereas the latter take place deep within its interior and around the tower situated on the top of the ship, respectively.

The Leviathan is a gigantic spaceship, which is used by the Loyalists to eat planets and process them into a thick, purple "royal wine". When a desired object is targeted, Cabal soldiers are sent to gather data on its geology to find out how to grind it up. The resulting rubble would be refined and mixed with "royal nectar" to produce the royal wine for Calus' consumption. A large palace where Emperor Calus and his servants reside stands on the head of the ship, and two small artificial suns hover in place above the highest tower.

 

The Leviathan is formidably armed, carrying laser weapons, missile bombardments and fusion missiles powerful enough to destroy [[Cabal warship]]s in a single direct hit. These weapons use an unusual, immersive targeting system that may involve psionics, there is even an energy that courses through the ship that can be utilized by certain items obtained.

 

The Leviathan was constructed at some point prior to or during Calus' reign as Emperor. According to Calus himself, the ship was modeled after "a mythical beast from the dreams of worms", presumably the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] of [[Fundament]]. The design of the ship also appears to be based off of a "[[landwhale]]" native to the Cabal homeworld. Its original function, whether a prison barge, warship or pleasure craft, is unclear.

 

{{Quote|This Leviathan. This prison ship. I will remake it, as I have been remade. No longer will it represent a mythical beast from the dreams of worms. It will serve as an icon for my newfound gluttony.|Emperor [[Calus]]}}

On the night of the [[Ghaul's coup|coup]] that deposed him, Emperor Calus was arrested and quietly ushered aboard the Leviathan, where [[Dominus Ghaul]] and his co-conspirators intended him to remain in exile in perpetuity. The Leviathan's navigation system was locked onto a course that would take it far from the Cabal Empire's domain.

 

 

 

 

The [[Reef]] armada regularly performed fleet maneuvers near the Leviathan as a show of force. Though target locks were established, no fire was exchanged on either side.

 

Wanting a Shadow to command the Hive, Calus bred [[Gahlran]] to wear a Hive artifact known as the [[Crown of Sorrow]]. However, Gahlran was driven mad by the Crown's power, as it was a trap laid by [[Savathûn, the Witch-Queen]]. Under the control of Savathûn, Gahlran summoned a massive Hive infestation, killing many Loyalists, and took control of the depths of the Leviathan's Menagerie. Now wanting his former Shadow put down, Calus called upon the Guardians once more, offering more riches and rewards upon their success. After a grueling struggle against the mad Shadow and the Hive's magic, the Guardians succeeded in killing Gahlran and retrieving the Crown.

 

Calus later honored the Guardians with a Tribute Hall established aboard his ship, and made them an offer to become his newest Shadows.

 

 

In reality, after returning from the Glykon, Calus had driven the Leviathan into the anomaly left where [[Mercury]] had once been, as the [[The Witness|Voice]] had suggested through the Crown of Sorrow. Though he feared it would be torn like the Glykon, the Leviathan survived, and though it came out mutated, it was still capable of space travel.<ref>[[Duality (dungeon)|Repressed Memory 9]]</ref>

 

{{quote|The Leviathan is growing, changing, transforming. You are witnessing the death of one state of being... and the beginning of another.|[[Emperor Calus]]}}

 

Though the Guardians worked with Caiatl in severing the connections Calus was forging with the Lunar Pyramid, conquering the personal nightmares of Crow, Zavala and Caiatl herself, the former emperor nonetheless succeeded in his intent of entering the Pyramid and become a Disciple of the Witness. The Guardian and Caiatl, however, were able to prevent Calus from assuming control over the Lunar Pyramid and merging with its power, pushing the former emperor back. Nonetheless, Calus had given himself over to the [[Witness]], thereby becoming the herald of the Second Collapse. Since then, the signal the Leviathan was giving would go silent and Eris would speculate that it would take months to clear out the Nightmares that continue to haunt the massive vessel.

Unlike previous raid locations, areas within the Leviathan are not given unique names as they load in. However, as with locations within a [[Crucible]] map, certain rooms and areas have a unique name that is displayed beneath the player radar. However, this was changed in [[Season of the Haunted]] upon the return of the Leviathan where the regions of the Leviathan do appear as loading zones.  

*Menagerie

**[[Menagerie Depths]]

**[[Emperor's Respite]] {{C|[[Crucible]] map}}

*[[Tribute Hall]] {{c|Landing zone}}

**[[The Descent (Duality)|The Descent]]

**[[Ever Downward]]

***[[The Depths]]

*[[Castellum]] {{c|Landing zone}}

**[[Pleasure Gardens]]

**[[Throne]]

**[[Royal Pools]]

****[[Irrigation]]

***[[The Gauntlet]]

***[[Engine]]

;[[Raid]]

;[[Crucible]]

*The name of this ship is a reference to the mythical creature in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan the Bible], a sea creature of enormous size.

*One idea for the Leviathan's origin, according to artist [https://www.artstation.com/dorje Dorje Bellbrook], was that the ship was inspired by creatures native to Calus' homeworld resembling large "land whales" that would travel along the ground and swallow anything caught in their path.<ref>'''ArtStation''': ''[https://www.artstation.com/artwork/D6Q1O Destiny 2: Cabal City-Eating Landwhale]'' (''"I thought it would be cool if Emperor Calus was inspired to make the Leviathan from a creature native to his home planet, a huge land whale that would slide across the plains and devour anything in its path."'')</ref> It is unknown whether this is canon information or not, though similar-looking creatures feature prominently in Calus's heraldry and architecture.

*The Leviathan is probably not as large as it seems as the planetoid that it is swallowing, Nessus, is only about 50km in diameter. Since the Leviathan is only a little bit larger than Nessus, it's assumed the Leviathan is meant to eat moons and planetoids, instead of entire planets. Although, Nessus may have been altered as it is more spherical and has a horizon when on the surface. However it should also be noted that considering the mouth is consistently shown to be twice as large as Nessus at a bare minimum, the Leviathan would have to be at least one hundred kilometers in size. When seen again orbiting Luna, the Leviathan is nearly overlapped by the Earth's Moon, which is 3,475 km in diameter, further showcasing that the Leviathan isn't as large as initially believed.

*The Dungeon [[Duality (dungeon)|Duality]] starts in The Tribute Hall.

File:World-Eater.jpg|The Leviathan's maw as seen from the surface of [[Nessus]].

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