[possible spoilers] The possible truth about the Crown of Sorrow raid (X-Post from r/DestinyLore)

We will mainly be following this lore piece.

——————————————————————— “Am I to cast a shadow?”

Gahlran knelt before his Emperor in a chamber of gold.

Every surface reflected a resplendent sheen that blinded him.

“What is this place?” he asked.

“Many things,” Calus replied, lounging with his cheek in his palm. “This chamber once held an Arkborn. The only one of her kind to leave the interstellar conduits of her people. It is the place where Valus Nohr earned her shield in trial by combat. Shadows were cast here. History made.” “Am I to cast a Shadow?”

“Yes. You were bred to be a sorrow-bearer. I seek a Hive commander, but those are not so readily available. So I made you.”

“The Council says the Hive cannot be contained. They worry.”

Calus raised an eyebrow. “Who among them?”

“Councilors Rahl and Verloren.”

The Emperor shook the golden chamber with his guffaw. “Only a few hours old, and already your words have killed two.”

Gahlran pondered what his Emperor could mean.

“I will enjoy you,” Calus said, and keyed a hidden control on the armrest of his divan.

The ceiling shrieked as it opened like an eye. Gahlran craned his neck to stare as two hovering Councilors descended with a massive, plated helm from the vast iris above.

He could hear a litany of voices shouting down at him from inside the thing as it slowly descended. He thought they sounded like warnings, but there were no discernible words in the speech.

“What is that?” he asked his Emperor.

Calus finished the Royal nectar in his chalice before belching, “Your crown.”

Gahlran thought he could glimpse a faint violet glow on the inside of the helm as it drew nearer.

“Isn’t it beautiful?” Calus asked, as the voices echoing from the helm grew louder.

“No,” Gahlran replied.

He thought he should run. He tried to stand, but he found that he could not, rooted to the floor before the Emperor’s throne by the will of the Councilors.

“I do not like this,” Gahlran said.

“This,” said Calus, as the Councilors crowned Gahlran, “is why you were born.”

The violet interior filled Gahlran’s vision.

“What does it feel like?” asked the Emperor.

“Fear,” Gahlran said.

Calus must have responded, but Gahlran couldn’t hear him over the cacophony of voices.

He suddenly found that he could see.

Through a hundred billion eyes.

And that he could eat.

With teeth enough to consume entire systems.

He felt beautiful. ———————————————————————

I suspect that we will be fighting this ‘creature’ made by Calus as it is not specified to be of cabal, but only to have been born mere hours earlier, and it was made for the crown its crown which is a artefact of sorrow, my thoughts would be that it is partly hive or corrupted by hive like the mind bender.

Now let us talk about how Calus wishes to recruit us as the shadows of earth the bearer as I will call him is brought into a solid gold room which shadows are ‘made’ or recruited officially, now if I think this but it seems that we may verse the final boss in this room as to officially recruit us as shadows, with the title and question being “Am I to cast a shadow?” From the bearer Calus responds with a “yes” and I don’t think that means he will be himself a shadow but to cast us as a shadow as that would be his actual purpose not for a commander of hive.

My main point is that this all could have been done intentionally by Calus as to strengthen us and to prove ourselves by a trial by fire scenario.

Also I think that maybe we might get the crown of sorrow kind of thing like a raid exotic armour piece, it would make some sense due to wielding dark powers as well, but also because this season is about mystery and bungie could throw a curve ball like that, but maybe with more quest rather than rng.

There is more stuff I wanted to talk about like a possible Ahamkara involvement for a throne world type thing but I’m not 100% certain on that and I am too tired for it right now.

Sorry for format I am using my phone, and I am quite lazy as this had deleted itself 3 times. Thanks.

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