Dominus Ghaul is one of the main antagonists of the Destiny Franchise. He is the unseen overarching antagonist in The Taken King and Rise of Iron, the main antagonist of Destiny 2, later a posthumous antagonist in the Destiny 2 DLCs, Ghaul is a the leader of the Red Legion, he is known for the attack of the Last City and the 6th archenemy of The Guardian.
He is voiced by Neil Kaplan
Biography[]
Early life[]
Ghaul was orphan who was a albino runt, he was abandoned at birth to left to die , he is later found by The Consul, who was an disgraced from the Praetorate, who raised, befriended, train, and taught Ghaul in the hopes that they would soon one day overthrow Emperor Calus.
Skyburner's Distress Call[]
In events of The Taken King after Ghaul had took power in the Cabal Empire, Primus Ta'aun the leader of the Skyburners legion sent a report to the Cabal High Command explaing the destruction on Phobos at the hands of a unknown force led by a unknown leader. Ghaul got the report and gave Ta'aun the orders to raid the Dreadnaught and eliminate Oryx at any means necessacry. Following the taking of Ta'aun and the deaths of Valus Mau'ual and Tlu'urn, Cabal forces on the Dreadnaught are struggling with no choice they sent a detailed distress signal to Ghaul. While a Guardian managed to stop the signal but it was too late.
The Red War[]
During the events of Destiny 2 Ghaul planned a suprise attack on . Ghaul shows the Traveler that the Cabal is better with it and creates Cabal Guardians. Ghaul then kidnaps the speaker and suppressed the guardian's powers, Days later Ghaul then takes over the City, Ghaul plans to kill mankind by sending his prized warship: The Almighty to destroy Sol, He sent some of men to the EDZ, Nessus and Io, Ghaul met face to face with Bracus Zahn to have advanced weaponry to make the Red Legion powerful and unstoppable.
He questioned the rogue arms dealer if he had brought all his weapons, Zahn then rebuked, but Zahn suggested that they not waste the time of their only weapons supplier. Ghaul and Legion decided to get over it.
After 1AU, Ghaul wasted his time slacking off by speaking with the Speaker, the Consul in a bad mood as the Consul berates Ghaul for being careless and lazy for not helping his troops, Ghaul then talks back to him which made the Consul lose his temper and free the Speaker but only ends up killing him, Ghaul then stood up and kills his long time friend by choking him to death.
Final Battle[]
After slaughtering the remain Red Legion forces in the city, The Guardian meet up with their archenemy face to face, Ghaul now a Lightbearer taunts the Guardian, after long fight The Guardian gunned down their archenemy Ghaul then is resurrected as a massive spirit due to the corrupted Light he had, he thinks he immortal as he speaks to the Traveler directly but backfired, the Traveler kills Ghaul's spirit, restoring the Light and ending Ghaul's threat for good. Red Legion has been defeated and the leader of their people, their role model Ghaul, is killed by his archnemesis The Guardian.
Qoutes[]
“ | NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! | „ |
~ Ghaul's last words when he gets killed by the travler's light. |
Trivia[]
- Ghaul is the most evilist villain the Destiny series.
- He is also the most dangerous Rival that the Guardian has faced.
- Despite of being the main antagonist, most of Ghaul's screen time was in cutscenes and was fought face to face in the end like the other antagonists