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==History== | ==History== | ||
===The Ancient Past=== | ===The Ancient Past=== | ||
The origins of the Traveler are unknown. | The origins of the Traveler are unknown; it is known to have existed for billions of years. | ||
{{Hide|title= Season of the Deep Spoilers|According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], billions of years ago the Traveler lay dormant and half-buried on a desolate planet, where it was discovered by a humanoid species. It then awakened, either of its own accord or as a result of the species' actions, and proceeded to terraform the planet and bestow paracausal gifts to its discoverers, much as it would later do with many other species. | {{Hide|title= Season of the Deep Spoilers|According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], billions of years ago the Traveler lay dormant and half-buried on a desolate planet, where it was discovered by a humanoid species. It then awakened, either of its own accord or as a result of the species' actions, and proceeded to terraform the planet and bestow paracausal gifts to its discoverers, much as it would later do with many other species. | ||
Although the Traveler's gifts brought about a golden age for the civilization that lasted for eons, it never communicated with its patrons or offered them any hint of guidance. As a result, the society began to crave meaning, and sought to find something that would bring order and purpose to an otherwise open-ended existence. In their studies of the Traveler, they also came to view the [[Light]] as a fundamentally capricious and chaotic force, equally capable of bringing life or death with no ultimate justification for either. | |||
At some point, the [[ | At some point, the species discovered that the Traveler had a counterpart entity, located in a distant star system. They named this entity the [[the Veil|Veil]], and determined that it was a source of power that was the opposite of the Light, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world: the [[Darkness]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that it held the means to guide the universe into a perfected, eternal form, a "[[Final Shape]]" that would last to the end of time and beyond. In this, they found the purpose they had sought for so long. | ||
In order to achieve their goal, the civilization determined that they needed to bring the Traveler and the Veil into close proximity, strengthening their connection and in so doing granting them the ability to alter reality itself. They set out to locate and retrieve the Veil, and brought it back to their homeworld so that they could form a link between it and the Traveler. | |||
However, the Traveler was apparently unwilling to allow this outcome, and responded by leaving the planet and fleeing into the distant reaches of space. Unwilling to abandon their quest, the civilization used the Darkness to bind their consciousnesses together, merging themselves into a single, unfathomably powerful entity: the Witness. | |||
Empowered by the Darkness and commanding a fleet of pyramidal ships, the Witness left its world behind and began a crusade to find the Traveler and unite it with the Veil, and in doing so bring about the Final Shape.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7QkdWMV18&t=626s</ref>}} | |||
The Traveler is known to have visited countless intelligent species over the eons, aiding their civilizations by paracausally terraforming inhospitable planets and realigning unstable orbits, as well as providing various gifts such as prolonged lifespans to its patrons. It is known to have visited the [[Lubraean]]s<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Shattered Suns#Provoked|Shattered Suns: Provoked]]''</ref>, the [[Harmony]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XLV: I'd shut them all in cells.|XLV: I'd shut them all in cells.]]''</ref>, and the [[Ammonite]]<ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] Playstation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books of Sorrow#XIV: 52 and One|XIV: 52 and One]]''</ref> billions of years before the present day. | |||
===Riis and The Whirlwind=== | ===Riis and The Whirlwind=== | ||