A new cutscene shows us what the Witness is! Its species, how it formed, its encounter with the Traveler and true purpose in search of the Final Shape. Destiny is great at introducing questions, but today we finally get some answers. Welcome Guardians, letβs discuss the true nature of the Witness.
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Yes, but WHAT. IS. THE. STATUE?
I've been wondering this ever since I first saw the one in the Europa pyramid. My first thought upon hearing about The Veil was that statue and how it's a seemingly-humanoid figure draped in a veil. I thought that it made sense, given that a veil's purpose is to cover, and if you were to drop a veil over the Traveler, you could cover its light as well. When Savathun said that the Witness, "Isn't the Darkness but wears it like a cloak," I thought again about the statue. My theory is that the Witness was the figure, and the Darkness was represented by the shroud covering it. Then we got the actual Witness, and now we have the actual Veil, but still there's that statue. What the hell is it?
I kinda hope we lose cuz I wanna see what the universe gets reshaped as
So the witness is basically like a civilization was merged into one dude? just like be how bungie pulled in lightfall with the neomuni just being virtual data things another the map instead of actual people. I think thatβs just cheap
The Witness species really had all they needed and achieved a perfect planet just to be unhappy and crave more
They should of released this cutscene with the raid, everyone was so confused and would of been so happy
In short, their the anti spiral but obsessed with shapes
so the veil is the true winnower, they could've just said this in lightfall
From this cutscene we know whats true and false in Savanthun riddles.And theres three events that will happen for sure
-Taken King will rise again
-In the end our destiny lies beyond solar system
-Hive are not the last to be chosen by light
the unveiling lore book is a prohecy we are playing out
The "we" and "us" makes so much sense now
One thing that we can also understand now is why the Traveler suddenly decided to make a stand against the Pyramids during the collapse.
It was not because of anything to do with us or our system, it was because of Savathun.
Savathun took the Veil away from the Witness.
As long as the Witness had the Veil, they could attempt the link with the Traveler and start the process for the Final Shape, but with it being out of reach, the Traveler was free to strike back.
Those veiled statues we saw in the past are pretty much a callback to the time before the Witness; it depicts the beings that would once became the Witness.
Most interesting and concerning.
destiny's lore is so good
every time i watch destiny videos i get an insatiable desire to play the game. But when I start it, the game doesn't want me to play itβ¦
Can someone please tell me why this story is staying up to date with all the UFO stuff coming out in real life? Is the final shape really coming ????? ππ πππππ
This may be a dumb question, and slightly off topic but relating to the witness and darkness. What is the point of all the ships? If no one is on them? We see all of the pyramidal ships awake,they travel to Earth, one is on the moon, and we see the floating souls or what have you, but if they all merged into the Witness who are the so called souls on the ship? but more so the point of it, and what is the point of having an fleet/armada of them? It would make sense if it was another race of beings, which I initially thought on the reveal years ago, as you would need physical ships to transport physical beings. Are they all empty like the one on the moon that was dormant?
The ships are designed to look like pieces of a ghost
game got esoteric asl lol
The witness itself is the winnower but the traveler wouldn't allow it at first but seemily now the witness has made the connection and is going to shape the universe into, The Final Shape.
So are most of the beings on βdisplayβ in pyramid ships the Witnessβ species?
They're just a spoilt first-born who thinks that they can define the universe by their will. It'll be great to take them down for their hubris. Ending their reign of terror will be a blessing for all.
The more lore we get on the witness the more I really really hope we get to punch it till it turns into a gun so I can put it in the vault never to use cause sweet business is probably better.
See now the Witness is just another race nothing more so now in thought it is killable like vex, cabal, fallen. I knew it was another alien but Lore wise i was hyped cause i thought it was a godlike or a powerfull being so π€ π€· hard as heck to kill or even not the bad guy but the travelers anti an we even get to fight the travler but its clearly gona be a Mcguffin hunt then fight great. Travler must be just another alien too. Anyway whos ready for that new Final fantasy Xvi, Xvii i lost track.
The Witness being just another species the Traveler was aiding really kinda ruins the lore for the witness. Here I thought it was the living embodiment of darkness and IT and traveler had been wrapped together since the beginning of time. First came the vex on accident, but the traveler couldn't resist but to create life and did so sneakily behind the resting darkness' back. Once the darkness had noticeed there was life in the universe it was pissed because that offset the balance that was just them two.
In other words Bungie low key made the witness THE GOD EMPEROR OF MANKINDDD
So itβs just a species gone made with power and not a primordial force of reality guess I wonβt be too pressed about it when the traveler gets a similar reveal