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{{Cabal Legion infobox

|image= [[File:LoyalistsSymbolBanner.png|300px]]

|name= Loyalists

|Keep(s)= [[The Leviathan]] <br> [[Glykon Volatus|The Glykon]] {{c|formerly}}

|deployed= [[Nessus]] Orbit {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Watcher's Grave]] <br> [[Meridian Bay]] <br> [[Moon]] Orbit

}}

{{quote|The Leviathan is now home to the last of us true [[Cabal]]. We will remember the old ways, for I am the wellspring from which our great civilization flows.|Emperor Calus}}

==History==

===The Midnight Exile===

{{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}}

====The Black Edge====

{{Quote|Is this the edge of the universe? Space cannot have an end: it goes on forever. But a hole in forever would be a kind of edge... a flaw, a defect, a place outside place...|Councilor Match}}

Eventually, after when Calus had stopped cursing Ghaul and the Loyalists had long parted from the fringes of Cabal Space the Leviathan was sudden and abruptly stopped. The Leviathan had come up against an expanse of utter nothingness, at the very edge of the universe, shorting out the navigation systems and the course the conspirators had set. Calus looked into the void and came to an understanding, believing that it had chosen him to herald its inevitable victory.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[It Stared Back]]''</ref> He would watch it consume the light of the universe, and all among the last of the living would know his greatness.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Calus' letter]]''</ref> While Calus viewed the edge in this way, celebrating it and having it give him newfound purpose and rejuvenation, the Loyalists were terrified by him and thought he had suffered trauma and hallucinations from his pressure suit malfunctioning.

====The Rise of Shadows====

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

====The Failed Assassination====

{{Quote|On the day I lost the Shadows, Ghaul fought and killed Valus Nohr last|Emperor Calus}}

===Arrival in Sol===

====An Invitation====

Reaching Sol, Calus and the Loyalists learned of [[Guardian|other warriors]] in the system that might serve his purposes.<ref name="SB">'''Bungie (2017/9/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Fulminator#Shadow.27s_Bond|Shadow's Bond]]''</ref> Arriving over Nessus after the death of Ghaul, the former Emperor of the Cabal and his Loyalists arrived in the Solar System aboard their massive craft and immediately set to work on reclaiming the Empire. He gave elements of the leaderless Red Legion the chance to "join the loyalist regime," sending them on missions to collect geological data on Nessus. These Red Legion, those that did not fail, would integrate with the Loyalist regime. Calus would also have Loyalist spies onboard The Almighty called the [[Crimson Shadow]].

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.  

====The Red Siege====

{{Quote|I will take the Leviathan for the Red Legion. The great machine is a weapon of the Cabal, and if Calus holds no allegiance to his people, then he is not worthy to wield it.|[[Val Ca'uor]]}}

====Depths of The Menagerie====

{{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}}

Sometime following the Guardians' recent battles with the [[Kell's Scourge]] and dealings with the [[The Drifter (character)|Drifter]], Emperor Calus was able to create what he believed to be the perfect candidate to utilize the power of the Crown of Sorrow through [[Gahlran, the Sorrow-Bearer]]. Though Gahlran was bred to control the artifact to further Calus's goals, he was ultimately consumed by it as Savathûn's influence was too strong for the Shadow, which allowed her Hive to infest the deep treasure vaults of the Leviathan.<ref name="Am I to Cast a Shadow?">'''Bungie (2019/6/3)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of Opulence]], [[Weblore]]: [[Weblore#"Am I to Cast a Shadow?"|"Am I to Cast a Shadow?"]]''</ref>

Calus called up the Guardians to form a Raid team to purge his spacecraft of Gahlran and his Hive. The Guardians traversed the treasure vaults and encounter many dangerous Hive rituals but manage to persevere and reach Galhran himself. Despite the Crown granting Gahlran great dark Hive powers, the Guardians managed to slay the Sorrow-bearer, completely purging the Hive from the Leviathan. Calus, pleased with their continued successes, rewards the Guardians with great riches and officially names them one of his Shadows.

After the disappearence of the planets, but before the arrival of Caiatl in the system, Calus would employ a Guardian, [[Katabasis]], alongside two of his liutenants [[Bahr'Toran]] and [[Qinziq]], to acquire the [[Glykon Volatus]]<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/entry-3-lust-and-reappropriation-pt-ii#book-captains-log</ref>. The vessel would then be crewed by Loyalists, who began kidnapping [[Scorn]] in mass from the [[Tangled Shore]] over the course of six weeks, with the intention of using them alongside the [[Crown of Sorrow]] to commune with the [[Darkness]] at the edge of the Anomaly left in the place of [[Mars]]<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/entry-4-well-of-absence#book-captains-log</ref>. After six weeks, Calus himself would board the ship along with the Crown<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/entry-5-feast-your-eyes#book-captains-log</ref>, and began attempting communions with the Darkness, by forming a psychic link with the Crown and Scorn through his [[Councilor]]s. Many of his soldiers would attend these attempted communions<ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/entry-6-excess-of-avarice#book-captains-log</ref>, though the crowd diminished over the days as the attempts kept failing. Eventually, Calus managed to establish a connection, and this plunged the Glykon into the Anomaly. <ref>https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/entry-8-acherons-wall#book-captains-log</ref>

Eventually, the Glykon would exit the Anomaly and drift towards the Reef. Upon [[Presage|exploring]] it, [[The Guardian]] would find the corridors littered with dead Loyalists, slowly being overtaken by the fungus.

===Nightmares on the Leviathan===

==Structure==

Calus does not limit his recruitment to Cabal though, extending invitations to all that he may find useful. This includes races such as the [[Clipse]], [[Sindû]], and [[Arkborn]]. The Emperor even tried to recruit many [[Guardian]]s to his side, appealing to their greed by offering riches and power.

====Shadows of Calus====

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|variant= Cabal

|image=  

|Race= [[Cabal]]

*[[Voyc, Shadow of the Wilds]] – Shadow of the [[Psion]]

*[[Werner 99-40]] – Shadow of the [[Frame]]s

===Other Loyalists===

'''Emperor's Advocate'''

*[[Benedict 99-40]]

*[[Tlu'arg|Advisor Tlu'arg]]

*[[Zhozon|Advisor Zhozon]]

'''Scribes'''

*[[Tlazat|Scribe Tlazat]]

*[[Shipal|Underscribe Shipal]]

'''Soldiers'''

*[[Bahr'Toran]]

*[[Qinziq]]

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*'''[[War Beast]] variants'''

**[[Loyalist War Beast]]

**[[Royal Beasts]]

**[[Psionic Projection]]

**[[Egregore Atavist]]

**[[Standard Bearer]]

*'''[[Legionary]] variants'''

**[[Beast Handler]]

**[[Core Bearer]]

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*'''[[Phalanx]] variants'''

**[[Loyalist Phalanx]]

*'''[[Incendior]] variants'''

**[[Imperial Incendior]]

**[[Loyalist Incendior]]

**[[Loyalist Torcher]]

**[[Shield Warden]]

*'''[[Gladiator]] variants'''

File:Leviathan - Loyalty.jpg|Closer with a lower angle.

File:Loyalist Legionary.jpg|A Loyalist [[Legionary]].

File:Loyalist Phalanx.jpg|A Loyalist [[Phalanx]].

File:Loyalist-Override.jpg|A [[Loyalist Incendior]] summoned as part of the [[Override: Europa]] event of [[Season of the Splicer]]

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Crimson Shadow (Incendior).jpg|The [[Incendior]] variant of the Crimson Shadow.

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**''[[Season of Opulence]]''

**''[[Season of the Worthy]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[Season of the Chosen]]'' {{Mo}}

**''[[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{C|simulated}}

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