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Although the Traveler's gifts brought about a golden age for them, it never communicated with its patrons or offered them any hint of guidance. In fact, the Gardener had blessed two other races with its Light that used it in nefarious means: the [[Swarm]], whom erroneously used their gifts to destroy themselves, and the [[Sovereign]], who used their gifts for subjugation. As a result, the Consensus 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. So they desired a "Winnower"; a being that was capable of carving an even greater meaning and purpose out of the chaos of existence. | Although the Traveler's gifts brought about a golden age for them, it never communicated with its patrons or offered them any hint of guidance. In fact, the Gardener had blessed two other races with its Light that used it in nefarious means: the [[Swarm]], whom erroneously used their gifts to destroy themselves, and the [[Sovereign]], who used their gifts for subjugation. As a result, the Consensus 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. So they desired a "Winnower"; a being that was capable of carving an even greater meaning and purpose out of the chaos of existence. | ||
Over time, the Consensus was plagued by tensions between different ideological parties struggling with their own interpretations of the final shape; being the [[Solipsists]] (whom by definition of their name maintained that the self is the only existing final shape in this reality and that of all other realities), the [[Nihilists]] (whom were labeled as "self-flagellating pessimists" that believed the final shape is caused by their own destruction), and the [[Pentient]] (the most radical group that favored ridding the universe of all suffering by | Over time, the Consensus was plagued by tensions between different ideological parties struggling with their own interpretations of the final shape; being the [[Solipsists]] (whom by definition of their name maintained that the self is the only existing final shape in this reality and that of all other realities), the [[Nihilists]] (whom were labeled as "self-flagellating pessimists" that believed the final shape is caused by their own destruction), and the [[Pentient]] (the most radical group that favored intervention by ridding the universe of all suffering by any means necessary and that any that do nothing are complicit in its perpetual cycle).<ref>'''[[Entelechy]]''', ''8-12''</ref> | ||
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 through studying it, they understood it was the source of a new power, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world: the [[Darkness]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that the power it granted gave them 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. | 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 through studying it, they understood it was the source of a new power, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world: the [[Darkness]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that the power it granted gave them 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. | ||