2288292550 | | Bell of Conquests | This style of Cabal war bell, known as the Bell of Conquests, is a standout example of the traditional combat artistry known as scal'sangus—literally "blood etching"—popular during the Era of Lead, before the Cabal extended their reach beyond their immedia… |
1325579289 | | | I watch them frolic blithely beneath their oblivious god.
I am among those assembled to witness their training. They wish to become stronger than the Cabal. Than Xivu Arath. Than the Hive.
Their ignorance of their true enemy is overwhelming—they cannot e… |
3260753130 | | Ticuu's Divination | The two Legionaries rooted through the armory of their deposed emperor. They swept the rubble aside and lifted a Bow of sharp metal, its thin frame of blackened blades bound with wire.
"This is the one the Psions made so you can't miss."
"Huh. How'd they… |
893527433 | | Far Future | Ixel : mutineer : Far-Reaching : murderer : Psion : prophet
1 : the Tower burns : Fallen in the streets : screaming : the Hive Witch dissembles : crackling portal : treachery : Vex emerge : Zavala commands—
2 : the abandoned Tower : desiccated carcasses… |
3460122497 | | Imperial Needle | New Guardians tend to know two things: gun and shoot. You pick the rest up along the way, and every Guardian's experience tends to be different. Let's just say the onboarding process could use a little streamlining. But as for our enemies, two points are d… |
1097616550 | | Extraordinary Rendition | [Report by VanNet encrypted router]
My friend and first, I know Her Royal Tuskiness is not my assignment, but I couldn't help but catch the following exchange on my latest trip to you-know-where. If anything, it's good for a laugh. Don't let our favorite… |
2496242052 | | Code Duello | There is a story of two weaponsmiths, both skilled at their trade.
One smith, Dhutus, worked with metals she pulled from the mountains herself. She tooled the rifling in her barrels with the steady hand of an artisan. Her dyes, cobalt and ichor, shone bri… |
3075224551 | | Threaded Needle | Ignovun, Chosen of the Cabal, spent all day receiving honors. After Empress Caiatl's announcement, every Legionnaire in the land tank had come to jealously salute him for his promotion. It was the appointment of a lifetime.
Deep within the Halphas Electu… |
2121785039 | | Brass Attacks | Banshee-44 hefted the Sidearm, testing its balance in his metal grip. Nice piece of work. He pulled the slide and peered through the ejection port. The barrel was true and the spring assembly was smooth as silicone. The brass plating and custom Picatinny r… |
2060863616 | | Salvager's Salvo | // VanNet—SECURE-04 // FOTC_INVESTIGATOR_LOGBOOK_01.7733// V.Maier //
Häkke armory got hit same time as the Tower disturbance. Forensics suggests that three Psions used a kinetic splitter to get through the security barrier and matter displacement anchors… |
3593598010 | | The Time-Worn Spire | A cold wind whipped Lord Saladin's cloak as he reached the bottom of the stairwell and entered a small courtyard carved in the side of the Wall. The orange glow of the Last City poured through the arched windows, washing over the room's contents: leafy fer… |
3717177717 | | Multimach CCX | Lord Saladin sat at a small table, examining a holographic display of Cabal troop movements throughout the system. He was crammed into the corner of his once-spacious quarters, made small over the years by shelves full of ancient weaponry, trophies, dated… |
2351180975 | | Igneous Hammer | "You don't have to do this, if you don't want to," Ikora said. "I'd understand."
From the other side of the library, Aunor scowled. She was perhaps the most diligent of the Hidden, having dedicated herself to the unpleasant task of hunting down tainted G… |
2527666306 | | Igneous Hammer (Adept) | "You don't have to do this, if you don't want to," Ikora said. "I'd understand."
From the other side of the library, Aunor scowled. She was perhaps the most diligent of the Hidden, having dedicated herself to the unpleasant task of hunting down tainted G… |
3658188704 | | The Messenger | Aunor was in a sour mood when she transmatted into Ikora's personal library. She hated visiting the Tower. Even in a room without doors, well away from the dank Annex basement, she could still smell the Drifter's sulfuric odor. How the others could stand i… |
1173780905 | | The Messenger (Adept) | Aunor was in a sour mood when she transmatted into Ikora's personal library. She hated visiting the Tower. Even in a room without doors, well away from the dank Annex basement, she could still smell the Drifter's sulfuric odor. How the others could stand i… |
1313528549 | | Sola's Scar | Her wait was nearly over—Trestin could feel it as she climbed Cadmus Ridge.
Sunlight, amplified by snow, pierced her eyes now; she had ascended above the cloud line. She tilted her gaze down, focusing on the crags immediately before her. Her muscles cramp… |
3847137620 | | Sola's Scar (Adept) | Her wait was nearly over—Trestin could feel it as she climbed Cadmus Ridge.
Sunlight, amplified by snow, pierced her eyes now; she had ascended above the cloud line. She tilted her gaze down, focusing on the crags immediately before her. Her muscles cramp… |
3514096004 | | Eternal Blazon | It was a warm night in the Last City. A gentle breeze rolled through the streets, ruffling treetops and bearing choirs of cicadas. On a night like this, even the most chronic of insomniacs could achieve a sound, dreamless sleep—all they'd need do was lay t… |
2481881293 | | Tarantula | [Report by VanNet encrypted router]
My friend and first, I know Her Royal Tuskiness is not my assignment, but I couldn't help but catch the following exchange on my latest trip to you-know-where. If anything, it's good for a laugh. Don't let our favorite… |
3335343363 | | Tarantula | "You can't be serious, Arrha. Nothing? You couldn't even scrape off a little stone to bring me?"
Arrha shook his head. "The Spider asked for information," he answered in Eliksni, "But Cabal have found nothing, and House Salvation is still scattered."
"… |
1840646925 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 1: STORYTELLER | Gold silks and purple velvets hung above the gilded chair where Ahztja settled in to tell the princess Caiatl her nightly story.
Ahztja was the emperor's mythkeeper; a talented storyteller and Psion who held all the legends and histories of the conquered… |
1840646926 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 2: STAR PILOT | In a war chamber built by her father's Psion mind-sculptors, Caiatl piloted a fighter through a strange world. It twisted and turned on itself to create strange, rotting landforms all around her. She passed mountains that sprouted weeping tumors and saw fi… |
1840646927 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 3: ASSASSIN | Caiatl felt the assassin's eyes on her back before she heard their words.
"Your father sends his regards," they croaked.
She calmly turned. The intruder was not Cabal. They wore a strange, sleek armored suit—some off-world species unaccustomed to the a… |
1840646920 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 4: SOLDIERS | Caiatl loathed the crawling pace of the court. She despised the tricky voices of courtiers and generals vying for attention and resources. Sorting out their tedious requests was like fetching lost scraping sticks from the bottom of a mud-wallow.
But one d… |
1840646921 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 5: NEW GODS | It was Taurun, one of Caiatl's advisors, that alerted her to the spectacle.
"In the square," she said, her deep voice laced with concern. "I've never seen anything like it."
Caiatl went immediately.
In the central square of Torobatl's weaponsmith dis… |
1840646922 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 6: BATTLE SONG | Smoke rose from the city of Torobatl. The sky was dark with Tombships and Threshers. Strange, spindly towers had sprouted from the ground, infecting the streets and alleyways Caiatl had known so well, rendering the landscape alien.
Many of the creatures… |
1840646923 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 7: CORONATION | At the long table of her council room on the fleeing warship Eligos Lex V, Caiatl sat with her advisors. An ugly panic gripped them.
"Their war moons are too powerful," said Councilor Taurun. The tactical display, where Hive ships and war moons floated l… |
1840646916 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 8: EMPRESS | //A MESSAGE FROM EMPRESS CAIATL OF THE CABAL, TO ALL HER FLEET//
I speak to you as crowned empress of the Cabal Empire, your new leader.
As I speak, we flee our home. Some of you lament our loss. Some of you whisper about the weakness of retreat. I assu… |
1840646917 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/07560f40ed68d7af80a9f280de20ef1e.png) | CHAPTER 9: TRUCE | Caiatl was sitting alone in her private quarters. She glanced up, awoken from her reverie when Taurun arrived.
"Empress," Taurun said, bowing. She was a stickler for formality. "The other councilors are awaiting a decision regarding our arrival in Sol."… |
199896772 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/08c813a90a1d9b30848ecf0148392810.png) | I. The Hopeful Legion | Val Ma'rag had been "stationed' in the place the Humans called a dead zone for years now, though he had no commander, no handler . He held the territory on his own, defending it from the stinking, vermin Hive. They reminded him of the tiny red beetles th… |
199896775 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/08c813a90a1d9b30848ecf0148392810.png) | II. The Cost of War | When Xivu Arath came for Torobatl , Caiatl was unprepared.
They all were. She'd watched her people, bred for battle and victory, fall to a force that dwarfed their armies. She'd watched her beloved city burn.
Caiatl learned from every failure. From th… |
199896774 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/08c813a90a1d9b30848ecf0148392810.png) | III. Amanda Dreams | A spot of rust on the Shotgun. A hole in the ground—down to hard clay. A pool of rust on her mother's weather-beaten jacket. Hacked-apart roots grope toward her, peacefully sleeping.
A gnarled hand on her shoulder. A gnawing pit in her stomach. Was it hu… |
199896769 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/08c813a90a1d9b30848ecf0148392810.png) | IV. Guardian Angels | "Since we're undercover, you know what I need? A disguise shell . Something… mysterious." Glint hovered eagerly over Crow's shoulder, his shell flaps tilted encouragingly. "We should go see Tess ."
"First of all," Crow muttered, "we're not undercover. Th… |
199896768 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/08c813a90a1d9b30848ecf0148392810.png) | V. The Restless Dead | Ikora approached Zavala at his post in the Courtyard. He was looking out at the City the same way he always did, even before he was commander: with a blend of fierce determination, love, and dread. A combination Ikora knew very well herself.
She stood ne… |
199896771 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/08c813a90a1d9b30848ecf0148392810.png) | VI. Vertigo | "I never could understand you Psions." Lord Saladin gazed broadly over the precipice of the wall at the rocky wilderness below. Nearby, Osiris watched the Psion prisoner, restrained by a set of centuries-old iron shackles.
Saladin continued, "You were co… |
199896770 | ![](https://www.bungie.net/common/destiny2_content/icons/08c813a90a1d9b30848ecf0148392810.png) | VII. The Imperial Throne | Caiatl sat on a high-backed throne embellished with ornate carvings and rare metals. It had been salvaged by dutiful courtiers in the last hours of her homeworld . The empress thought it looked preposterous on the bridge of her warship.
She would have je… |
913285009 | | Praefectus Grips | //A MESSAGE FROM EMPRESS CAIATL OF THE CABAL, TO ALL LEGIONARIES IN SOL//
Warriors of the empire: the Imperial Crown calls to you.
Ghaul failed us, and the Red Legion paid the price in blood. You have been scattered and abandoned, hunted by our enemies a… |
2309672063 | | Praefectus Cuirass | "Hail, warrior of the empire," Empress Caiatl said as she approached the bedside of a wounded Red Legion Centurion. The soldier had been gazing solemnly out a porthole when the sound of her voice startled him. He turned suddenly, then winced in pain. Caiat… |
2765138028 | | Praefectus Cloak | // Cryptarchy Analysis Log R11320 — Stolen Cabal Data //
// Author — Master Rahool //
SUMMARY
What follows is a translation of a Cabal data file that was acquired as part of Operation Haystack, as ordered by Commander Zavala. This log focuses on a singl… |
1210266902 | | Praefectus Mask | Cau'tor smiled as his daughter walked ahead, dragging her hand across the soft filaments of the valac blooms. Bioluminescent pollen swirled in her wake, barely visible in the glow of sundown. Cau'tor closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, reveling in the head… |
2081331971 | | Praefectus Strides | (A burst of electricity shatters a tree, showering Nessus's vermillion fauna across the battlefield.)
Vatoc the Psion had been a coward before, and not even just once. As he braced behind a Vex tower and clutched his empty rifle, he recalled his legacy of… |
1935198785 | | Omnioculus | Crash Site, Nessus Terrae, Day Five
**
Cabal search parties were thick—there was something decent on that frigate, and that meant it was worth keeping out of their hands.
Had to go clear twice to skirt the bigger groups. Nothing cowardly about it, just… |
3526440432 | | Praefectus Gloves | //A MESSAGE FROM EMPRESS CAIATL OF THE CABAL, TO ALL LEGIONARIES IN SOL//
Warriors of the empire: the Imperial Crown calls to you.
Ghaul failed us, and the Red Legion paid the price in blood. You have been scattered and abandoned, hunted by our enemies a… |
2320007724 | | Praefectus Robes | "Hail, warrior of the empire," Empress Caiatl said as she approached the bedside of a wounded Red Legion Centurion. The soldier had been gazing solemnly out a porthole when the sound of her voice startled him. He turned suddenly, then winced in pain. Caiat… |
546914183 | | Praefectus Bond | // Cryptarchy Analysis Log R11320 — Stolen Cabal Data //
// Author — Master Rahool //
SUMMARY
What follows is a translation of a Cabal data file that was acquired as part of Operation Haystack, as ordered by Commander Zavala. This log focuses on a singl… |
3017104179 | | Praefectus Cover | Cau'tor smiled as his daughter walked ahead, dragging her hand across the soft filaments of the valac blooms. Bioluminescent pollen swirled in her wake, barely visible in the glow of sundown. Cau'tor closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, reveling in the head… |
409351978 | | Praefectus Boots | (A burst of electricity shatters a tree, showering Nessus's vermillion fauna across the battlefield.)
Vatoc the Psion had been a coward before, and not even just once. As he braced behind a Vex tower and clutched his empty rifle, he recalled his legacy of… |
3301944824 | | Mantle of Battle Harmony | Crash Site, Nessus Terrae, Day Two
**
Panesh could see the Cabal warrior's eye pressed against the gap in the torn metal hull. The frigate crash had trapped them both in the wreckage, and only a haphazard cascade of heavy metal beams separated the two.… |
1452975189 | | Praefectus Gauntlets | //A MESSAGE FROM EMPRESS CAIATL OF THE CABAL, TO ALL LEGIONARIES IN SOL//
Warriors of the empire: the Imperial Crown calls to you.
Ghaul failed us, and the Red Legion paid the price in blood. You have been scattered and abandoned, hunted by our enemies a… |
3235248691 | | Praefectus Plate | "Hail, warrior of the empire," Empress Caiatl said as she approached the bedside of a wounded Red Legion Centurion. The soldier had been gazing solemnly out a porthole when the sound of her voice startled him. He turned suddenly, then winced in pain. Caiat… |
2770269752 | | Praefectus Mark | // Cryptarchy Analysis Log R11320 — Stolen Cabal Data //
// Author — Master Rahool //
SUMMARY
What follows is a translation of a Cabal data file that was acquired as part of Operation Haystack, as ordered by Commander Zavala. This log focuses on a singl… |
1806913970 | | Praefectus Helm | Cau'tor smiled as his daughter walked ahead, dragging her hand across the soft filaments of the valac blooms. Bioluminescent pollen swirled in her wake, barely visible in the glow of sundown. Cau'tor closed his eyes and inhaled deeply, reveling in the head… |
4061921431 | | Praefectus Greaves | (A burst of electricity shatters a tree, showering Nessus's vermillion fauna across the battlefield.)
Vatoc the Psion had been a coward before, and not even just once. As he braced behind a Vex tower and clutched his empty rifle, he recalled his legacy of… |
2321120637 | | Cuirass of the Falling Star | Crash Site, Nessus Terrae, Day Four
**
Panesh sat wearily beside the heavy metal beams that trapped him in the wreckage of the Cabal frigate. On the other side of the wall, the Cabal warrior stuck in the corridor roared in frustration and started kicking… |
1724366537 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Gauntlets | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-03 // BAZAAR, THE TOWER, LAST CITY
The noise of the Bazaar is a background hum, seemingly electrical but performed by so many organic systems. Reed-7 finds comfort in the banality of human conversation when viewed a… |
2671565007 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Plate | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-02 // TRIALS ARENA, THE LIGHTHOUSE, MERCURY
Reed-7's arms feel like they're going to break apart at the seams. The vibration building in his body threatens to shake him to pieces for every second that he maintains h… |
1260563064 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Helm | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-01 // MERCURY
The Exo Titan Reed-7 cuts an imposing silhouette across the Mercurian sands, the sun at his back. Reed and his Ghost fix their attention on two streaks of fire gleaming across the sky.
"They're late… |
2016308379 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Greaves | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-04 // TENEMENT BUILDING ROOFTOP, PEREGRINE DISTRICT, LAST CITY
"Guardians are arriving from all across the system. Even the Hunters are coming back."
Reed-7's Ghost has been giving him updates on the minute for the… |
48110686 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Mark | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-05 // SIMULATED LIGHTHOUSE, THE TOWER, LAST CITY
"There's still snow in the cockpit of my jumpship ," Aisha says after she appears in a crackling wave of latticework from the subordinate Vex conflux now running simul… |
1001798188 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Mask | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-02-01 // MERCURY
Flames roll up the front windscreen of a classic AFv2 Octavian on its entry to Mercury's thin atmosphere. Aisha has done this jump hundreds of times. Feet propped up on the console, she allows autopilo… |
1322042322 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Cloak | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-02-05 // SIMULATED LIGHTHOUSE, THE TOWER, LAST CITY
"There's still snow in the cockpit of my jumpship," Aisha says after she appears in a crackling wave of latticework from the subordinate Vex conflux now running simula… |
197672677 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Grasps | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-02-03 // BAZAAR, THE TOWER, LAST CITY
Within the tented enclosure of their tower-based enclave, Shayura and Aisha sit on crimson, vermillion, and gold cushions scattered around a circular table, the setting sun burning… |
120441703 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Strides | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-02-04 // TENEMENT BUILDING ROOFTOP, PEREGRINE DISTRICT, LAST CITY
The Traveler hangs like a moon over the Last City, radiating bands of sapphire light from within its cracked shell. Thousands have gathered on rooftops,… |
2540765499 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Vest | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-02-02 // TRIALS ARENA, THE LIGHTHOUSE, MERCURY
A seething stream of automatic weapons fire ricochets off of the vibrant purple dome protecting Reed-7 and Aisha. There are only two Guardians left on the opposing team; th… |
469005214 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Boots | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-04 // TENEMENT BUILDING ROOFTOP, PEREGRINE DISTRICT, LAST CITY
The wind carries a chorus of voices. Some reverent, some frightened, some confused. The mosaic of conversations is a distracting din to Shayura, who rest… |
605724052 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Gloves | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-03 // BAZAAR, THE TOWER, LAST CITY
Guilt and shame twist like spectral blades into Shayura's stomach. Sitting under the trappings of New Monarchy's crimson-shrouded enclosure, her focus is locked squarely on the tab… |
4161591237 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Hood | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-01 // MERCURY
A reflection, when viewed in broken glass, is fragmented into as many misaligned shards.
The Warlock Shayura looks at herself in the broken center console display, her image split up over so many refr… |
708549601 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Bond | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-05 // SIMULATED LIGHTHOUSE, THE TOWER, LAST CITY
There is not but silence in the void.
Frost collects on the inside of the cockpit of Shayura's jumpship. Her breath is visible as a cold fog. Fragments of Ghost she… |
2304861612 | | Pyrrhic Ascent Vestment | SIMULATION RECONSTRUCTION LOG // LA-01-02 // TRIALS ARENA, THE LIGHTHOUSE, MERCURY
Titan's sea of liquid methane crashes against the listing hull of the New Pacific Arcology. The wind whips with hurricane force, sending a freezing sea spray lashing acros… |
3536408166 | | Challenger Shell | Split shields and splintered timber cluttered the field. The Ghost felt her Guardian expire before his body hit the ground. They had expected a one-on-one challenge, but instead had sprung an ambush: a fake rite meant to draw Guardians into a killing fiel… |
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