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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===The Ancient Past=== | ===The Ancient Past=== | ||
{{Quote|I stand before a being with a thousand names. It whispers one: The Witness. Remember it. Remember that name.|[[Savathûn]]<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', | {{Quote|I stand before a being with a thousand names. It whispers one: The Witness. Remember it. Remember that name.|[[Savathûn]]<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', '''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[The Mirror]]''</ref>}} | ||
[[File:Witness Species.png|thumb|330px|The Witness' Species]]According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], the Witness' origins lie with an ancient humanoid species that lived billions of years ago on a desolate world. This species discovered the [[Traveler]] on their homeworld half-buried in the ground, which activated and began to transform their planet into a paradise. The civilization worshipped the Traveler as a deity, calling it "the Gardener". | [[File:Witness Species.png|thumb|330px|The Witness' Species]]According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], the Witness' origins lie with an ancient humanoid species that lived billions of years ago on a desolate world. This species discovered the [[Traveler]] on their homeworld half-buried in the ground, which activated and began to transform their planet into a paradise. The civilization worshipped the Traveler as a deity, calling it "the Gardener". | ||
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===Subjugation of the Worms=== | ===Subjugation of the Worms=== | ||
Through its studies with the [[Darkness]], the Witness learned the existence of a metaphysical [[Sword Logic|logic]] that gave paracausal power to any being that asserts their existence through self-proving social Darwinism, most notably through a thanatological understanding of violence and death. Eons ago, it would introduce the concept of killing logic to a progenitor race of [[worms]] on the gas giant of [[Fundament]], offering them the death-fueled means to channel the Deep's forbidden magics and evolve into godhood. The proto-worms that were tempted by the Witness' gift gave way to self-inflicted genocide as they killed each other and took power from their deaths, leaving only [[Ahsa]] to have rejected the logic and fled the carnage on Fundament into space.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/5/23)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Season of the Deep]] - [[Ghost shell]] lore:[[Síocháin's Scuba Shell]]''</ref> | |||
At one point, The Witness's disciple Rhulk sought out the power of the [[Sword Logic]] for his master's behest by subjugating the six surviving [[Worm God]]s on the gas giant of [[Fundament]]; having evolved to master the Deep but were imprisoned within the gas giant's core by the [[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]]. To that end, Rhulk offer a deal to the mother worm [[Xita]], promising her offspring substance and safety in exchange for her service to him and his master.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Helm|Resonant Fury Helm]]''</ref> Despite his earlier claims, however, it is later revealed that Rhulk only subjugated the worms out of his own personal desire to be recognized as an equal by the Witness; a sentiment that was swiftly rejected by his master after constantly stepping out of line.<ref>'''Bungie (2022/2/22)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Witch Queen]] - [[Armor|Armor lore]]: [[Resonant Fury Suit (Titan)#Resonant Fury Greaves|Resonant Fury Greaves]]''</ref> | |||
===The Birth of the Hive=== | ===The Birth of the Hive=== | ||