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The death of Aksis and the Devil Splicer's failure did not end [[SIVA]]'s expansion unfortunately. A cache of [[SIVA]] survived aboard the crashed [[Exodus Black]] ship on [[Nessus]], which was used by the [[Fallen]] on the planet for their own usage.
The death of Aksis and the Devil Splicer's failure did not end [[SIVA]]'s expansion unfortunately. A cache of [[SIVA]] survived aboard the crashed [[Exodus Black]] ship on [[Nessus]], which was used by the [[Fallen]] on the planet for their own usage.


===Remnant of the Taken===
===Taken Resurgence===
A remnant faction of [[Taken]] continued to operate within the [[European Dead Zone]].
A remnant faction of [[Taken]] continued to operate within the [[European Dead Zone]].



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"Your journey ends... here."
Dominus Ghaul[1]

The Red War is an ongoing system-wide war being fought in the Solar System, between the Guardians of the Last City, Cabal Red Legion, and other races of the Solar System.

After years of fighting against the forces of the Darkness and emerging victorious, the Guardians found themselves outmatched when the Red Legion launched a surprise attack on the Last City itself, destroying the Tower and sealing away the Traveler's Light. With their powers and arsenals lost and their home destroyed, the Guardians retreated to the European Dead Zone to recover and plan a counterattack in order to save their home and legacy from Ghaul.

Central Powers of the War

Fronts of the War

Events

Prelude

The threat of the Red War began years ago during the final segments of the Taken War after the Skyburners Legion failed in their mission to assume control of the Hive Dreadnaught and find a way to defeat the Guardians. With their leadership dead, the remaining Cabal forces attempted to send a distress signal to the Cabal Emperor, informing him of their recent and crushing defeats at the Guardians hands.

Though the Guardians intercepted the Cabal forces, they were nonetheless successful in sending the message to its recipient. In addition to this, many officials in the Last City feared an attack as a result to all their successes, as a New Monarchy agent explained that with so many officers, field commanders and Primuses dead or on the run, the Cabal Empire would have no choice but to respond.

Surprise attack

The Red Legion engages the Tower.

"How do we come back from this?"
"You don't.
"
Ghost and Dominus Ghaul

During a brief period of peace, the Vanguard discovered that all of their outer defenses, satellites and outposts went dark and in the cover of a storm, the Cabal Red Legion approached the outer territories of the Last City unnoticed. At the time, the Vanguard were having a meeting, when Zavala quickly noticed the approaching warships, forming a Defender bubble to defend the Vanguard. In one swift attack, the Red Legion severely devastated the Tower, but the Vanguard leadership survived and aided in the fight against the Red Legion troops. As the Legion's fleet assaulted the City, a mysterious massive aircraft latched onto the Traveler. During the chaos, the Speaker disappeared, leaving the City and its Guardians questioning his whereabouts.

The Guardian attempted to disorganize the enemy by disabling the Cabal command ship and though they succeeded in infiltrating the ship and in destroying the Shield generators, no reinforcements could make it, and they were confronted by Dominus Ghaul himself. There the Cabal Emperor activated the Light-restraining device upon the Traveler, encasing it in a force field. This act cut the Guardians off from the Traveler's Light, effectively crippling them. Ghaul savagely beat the weakened Guardian, even sending them off of his command ship along with their Ghost, plummeting to the devastated city below. Barely surviving the fall, the Guardian linked up with others, and with little choice, they evacuated the Last City.

Despite Ghaul's success in attacking the City, the Guardian refused to give up the fight, and after setting up a camp in the European Dead Zone, they sought out to gain new powers and began developing a counterattack against the Red Legion.

Red Legion occupation

"I am Ghaul, and your Light... is mine."
Dominus Ghaul

As Ghaul began to occupy the Last City, he also established a massive ship outside of the sun, which projected a mysterious beam of light directly into it. Additionally on Nessus, Ghaul sent his Red Legion forces in order to occupy the planetoid and begin drilling into the Vex ruins that lied there. The Red Legion's drilling operations awakened the Vex and Protheon, Modular Mind.

In addition to Nessus, Ghaul sent another portion of his forces to Titan, initiating a three-way conflict with the Hive and the Guardians.

Return of SIVA

The death of Aksis and the Devil Splicer's failure did not end SIVA's expansion unfortunately. A cache of SIVA survived aboard the crashed Exodus Black ship on Nessus, which was used by the Fallen on the planet for their own usage.

Taken Resurgence

A remnant faction of Taken continued to operate within the European Dead Zone.

List of appearances

References