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|image= [[File:Red_Legion_Combat.jpg|350px]]

|objectives= Elite Special Forces <br> World Destroyers

|Commander(s)= [[Dominus Ghaul]] <br> [[The Consul]] <br> [[Thumos, the Unbroken]] <br> [[Bracus Zahn]] <br> [[Primus Cal'aug]] <br> [[Val Ca'uor]] <br> [[Valus Thuun]] <br> [[Ozletc, the Sky Piercer|The]] [[Tazaroc, the Sun Eater|Psion]] [[Niruul, the Hollow Voice|Flayer]] [[Amtec|Sisters]]<br> [[Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial]]

|Keep(s)= [[Firebase Hades]] <br> [[Firebase Airfield]] <br> [[Orobas Vectura]] <br> [[Excavation Site VII]] <br> [[Terrabase Charon]] <br> [[The Almighty]]&dagger;

|deployed= [[European Dead Zone]], [[Earth]] <br> [[Arcadian Valley]], [[Nessus]] <br> [[Echo Mesa]], [[Io]] <br> [[Fields of Glass]], [[Mercury]] <br> [[Hellas Basin]], [[Mars]]

{{quote|Rumors mostly. They’re elite. Ruthless. And rumor is, they've never known defeat.|[[Ikora Rey]]}}  

The '''Red Legion''' is an elite [[Cabal]] Legion once led by the Cabal Emperor, [[Dominus Ghaul]].

[[File:D2 Ghaul.png|thumb|right|300px|Dominus Ghaul]]

[[Emperor Calus]] impressed by a young gladiator Ghaul, would appoint him to Primus of the Red Legion to better use his talents. Due to his albinism, Ghaul quickly became known as the Ghost Primus.<ref name = "Ghost Primus">'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Ghost Primus]]''</ref> Ghaul quickly became indispensable to the Emperor not only for his skill in battle but also his wisdom. Ghaul soon found himself as the right hand of Calus, who would often discuss his plans and ideas with Ghaul to refine them and temper the Emperor's passion with discipline.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Armor_of_the_Emperor's_Minister#Bond_of_the_Emperor's_Minister|Bond of the Emperor's Minister]]''</ref> As his command over the Red Legion grew, the Legion became more loyal to Ghaul over their emperor. This growing support enabled Ghaul to launch a successful coup against [[Emperor Calus]], with the Red Legion accompanying him to arrest Calus and sending him into exile inside [[The Leviathan]].<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Midnight Coup]]''</ref>

With the a fall of Calus, the Red Legion conquered hundreds of worlds at Ghaul's orders, deploying [[The Almighty]] against those who refused to surrender. They were said to have never once failed.<ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard''</ref>

[[File:Cabal-suppression-device-activated.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Red Legion attacks the Last City]]

{{quote|I command Legions. Conquered worlds. Waged war across the galaxy to prove my worth. I alone am worthy of the [[Traveler]]'s Light.|Dominus Ghaul <ref name="Destiny 2 – Official “Our Darkest Hour” E3 Trailer">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8E7jUjOQi0'''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 – Official “Our Darkest Hour” E3 Trailer'']</ref>}}

Upon receiving a distress call from the [[Skyburners]]', the Legion prepared an attack against the [[Last City]] on [[Earth]]. Psion Operatives managed to compromise the cities outer sensors, defenses, and outposts to conceal their presence.<ref>'''[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/ringer Ringer] & [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/the-stacks The Stacks] Lore Info'''</ref> Using this to their advantage, they launched a successful invasion on the Last City while attacking other places like the [[Reef]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/ringer?highlight=legion Ringer]</ref> The legion would cripple the Last City and devastate the Guardians by using the [[Traveler Cage]] to suppress the Traveler's light. In attacking the City, Ghaul sought to show the Traveler the error of its ways in choosing humanity over the Cabal and establish a new order of Guardians from within the ranks of his own species.<ref name="Destiny 2 Gameplay Premiere Livestream (US)"/><ref>[https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/19/destiny-2-tackles-the-originals-storytelling-problems/ '''engadget''' - ''‘Destiny 2’ tackles the original’s biggest problem: storytelling'']</ref><ref name="Rally the Troops">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJLAJVmggt0 '''YouTube''' - ''Destiny 2 – “Rally the Troops” Worldwide Reveal Trailer'']</ref>  

Following the attack, the Red Legion began to quickly occupy everywhere in the [[Solar System]].<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/ghost-scan-the-gulch-european-dead-zone-3 Ghost Scan: The Gulch, European Dead Zone #3]</ref> On [[Nessus]] the legion attempt to dig up ancient [[Vex]] ruins and unearthed the ancient Vex mind [[Protheon, Modular Mind]]. On [[Io]], they attempted to drain Io of its abnormal light which accidentally summoned the [[Taken]], forcing them to leave their many dig sites. On [[Mars]] the remaining Legions gathered for one final assault and the Red Legion led the charge. The stalemate was broken, the Vex Virgo Prohibition was destroyed, [[Bastion (Crucible Map)|Bastion]] retaken, and the Gate to the [[Black Garden]] was disabled, even on [[Venus]]. On [[Mercury]] the [[Titan]] [[The Sunbreakers|Sunbreakers]] were destroyed.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/hallowfire-heart Hallowfire Heart]</ref>

At some point, the former Emperor Calus has received news of Ghaul’s forces in the Sol System, believing it was the right time, he sent his [[Shadows of Calus|Shadows]] to eliminate the Dominus once and for all, however, despite their best efforts, all of them have died horribly.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/plate-of-nohr?highlight=ghaul 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, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/robes-of-the-fulminator Robes of the Fulminator]</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/12/5)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Curse of Osiris]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/grips-of-feltroc Grips of Feltroc]''</ref>

With their security being lax, and Ghaul being preoccupied by wanting to understand the Traveler, their greatest weapon, ''[[The Almighty]]'', was disabled by [[The Guardian|a Guardian]]. This led to a full on attack on the Red Legion-occupied City by more Guardians, spearheaded by the Vanguard. With pressure mounting and his temper boiling over, Ghaul murdered [[the Consul]], who criticized his obsession, and went to take the Light to become a Guardian himself. For a short while he fought the Guardian. Ghaul was defeated and the Traveler awoken, who ended the Dominus once and for all. Even in it’s aftermath, Red Legion weapons are used in [[Shaxx]]’s [[Crucible]] to help train new Guardians.

Ghaul's death and the Legion's defeat at the City did not substantially hinder their war machine. Red Legion forces headed by [[Kargen, the Technocrat]] hacked the [[Insight Terminus]] on [[Nessus]] for [[Vex]] technology while [[Psion]]s were also attempting to evolve into [[Psion Flayer|Flayers]] by tapping into the [[Warmind]] [[Rasputin]] on [[Mars]]; both efforts were thwarted by the Guardians.

[[File:ValCauor.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Val Ca’uor invades the Leviathan.]]

{{Quote|The Dominus was a strong leader, but the Red Legion had more to offer than simply overwhelming force... They think us weak and insipid. I will show them the might of the Red Legion, and they shall not forget.|[[Val Ca'uor]]<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Last of the Legion]]''</ref>}}

Following the events of the Red War, [[Val Ca'uor]] established himself as the new leader of the Red Legion, where he ordered a massive assault upon the Leviathan.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/5/8)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Warmind (expansion)|Warmind]], Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Last of the Legion]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2017/8/9)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Turris_Shade#Turris_Shade_Helm|Turris Shade Helm]]''</ref> The acting leader aimed to assume control over the massive space craft for the Red Legion's purposes, likely to rebuild their power and strength following the loss of Ghaul and so many other crippling losses at the hands of the Guardians. Thus, Val Ca'uor led a large Red Legion fleet to pry the Leviathan from the former Cabal Emperor.

Following Val Ca'uor's invasion, Emperor Calus ordered a Guardian response team to repel the Red Legion, offering further riches and rewards upon their success. The Guardians heeded the exiled emperor's call and ascended the Leviathan's spire, just as the acting commander destroyed one of Calus's robotic proxies. Upon confronting Ca'uor, the Guardians engaged the Red Legion's elite forces to prevent them from taking control of the Leviathan. Using the Leviathan's own formidable weapons, the Guardians managed to decimate the Red Legion fleet blockading the Spire and killed the acting commander in a climatic battle. In the wake of losing the majority of their fleet, their ground forces and leader, the Red Legion was forced to withdrawal in disgrace. Ca'uor's death would officially mark the effective end of the Red War.

[[File:Forgewardencabal.png|thumb|right|300px|Ghalak the Forge Warden battling the Guardians]]

 

However, this was not the end of the Red Legion, the Guardians started attacking the Legion more and more aggressively, instigating a skirmish with the [[House of Dusk]] Fallen, shutting down their anti-air defenses at Firebase Hades, allowing air bombing runs and raids to take place on the facility, directing the Taken assault on the EDZ toward the Legion, taking their fuel and supplies, and with the discovery of lost sectors, their leaders to came out of hiding, allowing multiple assassinations to take place. On Nessus, their commander in The Conflux, [[Primus Cal'aug]], was killed by The Young Wolf, stopping the Legion from undergoing any further operations on Nessus. On top of that, Firebase Hades was disabled, most of their supplies were stolen and they had to deal with heavy losses due to failed offensives against the City and The Fallen.

Meanwhile on Mars, things were supposedly going well for the Legion and was a sign the Legion was still a major force with it being the only place the Legion still had power over. With the Ice melting after impacts from the surface, a new threat emerged, The Grasp Of Nokris and with that they were now seeing there progress on Mars quickly being undone in Hellas Basin they now fought a war with an enemy that they didn't understand, it is unknown if they were fighting the Grasp of Nokris all over Mars or it was isolated to Hellas Basin.

In addition to their disheveled state, the Red Legion began suffering from multiple desertions such as those following [[Garut Gra'am]] who rooted themselves in [[Trappers Cave]]. The most prominent of these groups, the Unbowed Legion, made their debut in the EAZ during the Solstice of Heroes event in an attempt to take over the EAZ as a base of operations. Despite the group being led by [[Mouvurg, Unbowed Legion|three]] [[Daazaz Dar, Unbowed Legion|large]] [[Shogmar, Unbowed Legion|Cabal]] commanders similar to [[Ghalak the Colossus, Forge Warden]], they were quickly put to an end by the Guardians partaking in the event.

Against the deprivation the legion currently faces they have been seen to continue some operations such as an attempt to take over the EAZ lead by two [[Vrag, Sister of Tluam| Bond]] [[Tluam, Sister of Vrag| Sisters]].

At some point during [[Forsaken]], Red Legion could be found in the [[Tangled Shore]] as well as a group of Cabal have found their way into the [[Cathedral of Scars]] in the [[Dreaming City]] during [[Gambit]] matches.

Later during [[Shadowkeep]], there is a small contingent force in the depths of the [[Moon]] that work for the [[Nightmare of Dominus Ghaul]] as well as some Nightmare Cabal created by the [[Pyramid (Luna)|Pyramid]] there..<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/transcripts/nightmare-hunt-rage?highlight=legion Nightmare Hunt: Rage]</ref>

[[File:RedLegionSundial.png|thumb|right|300px|Ozletc battling the Guardians]]

More recently a family group of [[Psion Flayers]], having commandeered [[Osiris]]' time-traveling [[Sundial]], split Mercury into three alternate timelines that threaten to span beyond the planet and into the system. It is their intention to undo Ghaul's defeat, or, failing that, gather enough Light from the future to buy their way back into Calus' favor. Though the Psion Flayer sisters, [[Niruul, the Hollow Voice]], [[Ozletc, the Sky Piercer]] and [[Tazaroc, the Sun Eater]], managed to create a border realm for themselves, the Guardians would ruin their plans. One by one, the Psion sisters would face the Guardians and be defeated. After weeks of their forces being eliminated, the three sisters, driven to desperation, used their vast psionic powers to merge into a single being, [[Inotam, Oblivion's Triune]]. Despite Inotam's vast powers, the Guardians would nonetheless prevail against her, thwarting the sisters efforts to subvert time. However, one sister remains, [[Amtec]], who was informed by her sisters of their possible demise and now schemes to avenge them.

[[File:D2 SoW Almighty.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Almighty crashing into the Last City]]

After their crippling defeat at the Sundial, the Red Legion, headed by the escaped Psion Flayer, Amtec, decide to use the Almighty to crash into the Last City itself. With little to no choice, the Vanguard decide to cooperate with the Warmind Rasputin, with Guardians arming his [[Seraph Bunker|arsenal]], in order to save their home from destruction<ref>[https://www.bungie.net/7/en/Seasons/SeasonOfTheWorthy Bungie.net Season Of The Worthy Announcement Trailer]</ref>.

Despite Amtec's efforts, however, the Almighty was destroyed by [[Rasputin]], with the help of the Guardians, before it could collide with Earth, resulting in Amtec's plot ending in a total failure for the Red Legion. Amtec's final fate is unknown, but she was possibly onboard when the Almighty was annihilated and perished in the explosion.

With the Almighty's crash site no longer in flame and its debris no longer falling from the sky, the Red Legion were reduced to a barren few after countless losses. Despite this, the Legion still operates. Several groups of Cabal interfere with the [[Contact]] public event in hopes of harnessing the phantasmal energy seen utilised in [[Unstoppable Incendior|many]] [[Barrier Colossus|Champions]] brought to the forefront. It is unknown if the Red Legion in their desperation have managed to use the energy to create Champions, or if the champions are derived from another way. It is also unknown whether or not [[Amtec]] still leads the remains of the Legion due to her possible death on the Almighty unconfirmed.

As for their current fate, the remaining Cabal in the system will either turn to Calus’ Loyalists or to [[Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial]]’s regime, with the latter seeking to raise the Legion once more.<ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/contact?highlight=Cabal CONTACT]</ref><ref>[https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/heir-apparent?highlight=Heir]</ref>

===Red Legion Leadership===

*[[Dominus Ghaul]]

*[[Primus Cal'aug]]

*[[Val Ca'uor]]

*[[Caiatl, the Princess-Imperial]]

===Psion Flayer's===

===Minor Named Leaders and Bosses===

*[[Blood Cleaver]]

*[[Brann, the Unbent Blade]]

==Command Structure==

*[[Scorpius]]—mechanical turrets that are deployed by the [[Red Legion]] and [[Loyalists]]. These turrets unleash a barrage of ballistic fire upon their targets.

*[[War Beast]]s—vicious, four-legged Cabal creatures who debut in Destiny 2<ref name="Rally the Troops"/>

**7th Company War Beast

*[[Psion]]—non-Cabal slaves that have powerful psionic abilities and clairvoyance. They are armed with [[Slug Rifle]]s or [[Cabal Headhunter]]s. They can move around quicker than other Cabal units.

***[[Corrupted Bonded Psion]]

**Electron Controller

**Turret Machinist

*[[Legionary]]—frontline heavy infantry that form the backbone of the Cabal military. Equipped with jump jets, and armed with either a [[Slug Rifle]], (common), [[Projection Rifle]] (rare), or [[Cabal Slug Shotgun]].

**7th Company Legionary

***[[Blood Guard Bulwark]]

***[[Blood Guard Close Protection]]

***[[Blood Guard Security]]

**[[C-Block Legionary]]

*[[Phalanx]]—defensive troops that create impenetrable walls for support. Equipped with [[Slug Rifle]]s, [[Cabal Slug Shotgun]]s, and [[Cabal Shield]]s.

**Ouragos Phalanx

*[[Incendior]]—pyrotechnic Cabal units who debut in Destiny 2. They are armed with [[Cabal Magma Launcher]]s.

**7th Company Incendior

**7th Company Legionary (Although named as a Legionary, it has the body archetype of an Incendior)

**Blood Guard Centurion (Although named as a Centurion, it has the body archetype of an Incendior)

**[[C-Block Incendior]]

**Mercury Conqueror

*[[Gladiator]]—large cleaver-wielding Cabal who debut in [[Destiny 2]]. They are armed with [[Cabal Severus]].

**[[Blood Guard Gladiator]]

*[[Centurion]]—field commanders and special operation troops of the Cabal. Equipped with a [[Solar]] Shield and jump jets, and armed with either a [[Projection Rifle]] (common), [[Slug Rifle]] (rare), or an [[Cabal Bronto Cannon]] (common).

**7th Company Centurion

**Artillery Operations Commander

***[[Blood Guard Exemplar]]

***[[Blood Guard Security]]

**[[C-Block Centurion]]  

**Field Evaluator

**Mercury Conqueror

**Psionically Enhanced Centurion

*[[Colossus]]—elite heavy infantry units that lead the battle with their own ferocious size and strength. Armed with a [[Heavy Slug Thrower]] or a [[Cabal Slug Launcher]], and have the ability to fire homing missiles from pods on the back of their armor. Can also unleash a three-hundred-sixty degree melee attack to inflict tremendous knockback and serious damage.

**[[Bloodguard Colossus]]

**Brawl Gladiator (Although named as a Gladiator, it has the body archetype of a Colossus)

**[[C-Block Colossus]]  

**Elite Mercury Conqueror

 

* The Red Legion is the first Cabal force to travel to Earth and succeed in attacking the Last City. They use more advanced technology in stark contrast to the [[Cabal]] scouts who were originally deployed to the [[Solar System]] in [[Destiny]], evidence of the [[Cabal Empire]]'s advancements after the original scouting party had been deployed.

* The Red Legion is the first Cabal force to use [[Thresher]]s, [[War Beast]]s, [[Incendior]]s, and [[Gladiator]]s.

***''[[Black Armory (expansion)|Black Armory]]''

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