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|affiliation=[[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] {{C|[[Traveler]]}} <br>[[Humanity]] {{C|[[Ghost]], [[Guardian]] | |affiliation=[[Leviathan (Fundament)|Leviathan]] {{C|[[Traveler]]}} <br>[[Humanity]] {{C|[[Ghost]], [[Guardian|Guardians]]}}<br>[[Fallen]] {{C|[[Splicer Gauntlet]], [[House of Light]]}}<br>[[Cabal]] {{C|[[Traveler Cage]], [[Red Legion]]}} <br> [[Hive]] {{C|[[Lucent Brood]]}} | ||
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{{Quote|The Light lives in all places, in all things. You can block it, even try to [[Traveler Cage|trap]] it, but the Light will find its way.| | {{Quote|The Light lives in all places, in all things. You can block it, even try to [[Traveler Cage|trap]] it, but the Light will find its way.|[[The Speaker]]}} | ||
The '''Light''', also known as the '''Sky'''<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#VIII:_Leviathan|VIII: Leviathan]]''</ref> is a [[ | The '''Light''', also known as the '''Sky''',<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''[[Destiny]]: PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies/Books_of_Sorrow#VIII:_Leviathan|VIII: Leviathan]]''</ref> is a [[Paracausality|paracausal]] force<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Class: Hunter|Hunter]]''</ref> that is associated with the [[Traveler]]. It is the direct and opposing counterpart of the [[Darkness]]. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
{{Quote|The Gardener is hard to bother; she is constantly amidst her weeds, kneeling in the tangent dust, gloves covered in a mix of distant soils and metallic saps. She is listening to the music of the insects amidst the flowers, the unguent as it begins to drip from the ferns, the slight scratch of the [[Worm]] beneath, and not to you, and certainly not to your cries for help.|[[Mk. 44 Stand Asides]] Lore Tab}} | {{Quote|The Gardener is hard to bother; she is constantly amidst her weeds, kneeling in the tangent dust, gloves covered in a mix of distant soils and metallic saps. She is listening to the music of the insects amidst the flowers, the unguent as it begins to drip from the ferns, the slight scratch of the [[Worm]] beneath, and not to you, and certainly not to your cries for help.|[[Mk. 44 Stand Asides]] Lore Tab}} | ||
Like the Darkness, the Light is a paracausal force that has existed since before the | Like the [[Darkness]], the ''Light'' is a paracausal force that has existed since before the dawn of time and space. It is fundamentally driven to increase the complexity and diversity of entities within the universe, in particular encouraging the growth of new forms of life. | ||
The Light emanates from the [[Traveler]], | The Light emanates from the [[Traveler]], although it is not the exclusive producer of Light.<ref>[http://destiny.bungie.org/forum/index.php?id=13568 '''Destiny.bungie.org''': ''Transcript of the official English version of the cards'']</ref> All living beings and places possess some amount of Light. This is possibly what many refer to as a soul. Indeed, Light is itself the creative spark of life.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Inventory#Ghost_Fragment:_Thorn_2|Ghost Fragment: Thorn 2]]''</ref> [[Ulan-Tan]] hypothesized that all Light is connected—a fact later confirmed by [[Guardian|Guardians]] upon discovering members of the [[Hive]] siphoning Light through a piece of the Traveler.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-9-9)''', ''Destiny, PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Activities#Chamber_of_Night|Chamber of Night]]''</ref> The Light has a strong, antithetical aversion to the Hive race, who are apt to feed on it, at times even sacrificing bits of it to their deities.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Enemies#The Hive|The Hive]]''</ref> | ||
[[Guardian]] | [[Guardian|Guardians]] are among the few beings capable of wielding the Light, both as an offensive and defensive force.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Guardians|Guardians]]''</ref> Their lives are linked intrinsically to the Light in a way quite different from the Light other beings possess. It is the Traveler who first indirectly bestowed this Light-based power upon the Guardians, through its creation of the [[Ghost|Ghosts]] from its innate Light. Each Ghost intuitively seeks out an appropriate dead body, which it then resurrects and permanently bonds with.<ref>'''Bungie (2014-6-12)''', ''Destiny: Alpha PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Guardian#Ghosts|Ghosts]]''</ref> | ||
[[Orb of Light|Orbs of Light]] may also be found, which give power to a Guardian's [[Super]], their ultimate use of the Light.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwK9qbLFlGQ '''YouTube''' - ''TTL Plays! Destiny Alpha: The Devil's Lair'']</ref> Light, as used by the Guardians, comes in three different varieties; these are the [[elemental damage]] modifiers, and are used in both a Guardian's chosen [[subclass]] and in certain [[weapon]]s. It is possible for Light to be corrupted, as the shard of the Traveler within the [[European Dead Zone]] is corrupting an area of the surrounding forest. In addition, the Light [[Dominus Ghaul]] wielded was corrupted due to him taking Light from the Traveler, which was an act of [[Darkness]]. | |||
Like the Darkness, the Light appears to be intelligent in some sense. However, whereas the Darkness seems all too willing to communicate with its wielders in their own languages, the Light appears to be more aloof and cryptic, communicating in symbolic visions and signs, if at all. Likewise, whereas the Darkness appears to be associated with memory (as exemplified by [[Deepsight]]), the Light appears to be associated with forgetting, as Lightbearers lose all memory of their past life upon being resurrected and gifted the Light. | Like the Darkness, the Light appears to be intelligent in some sense. However, whereas the Darkness seems all too willing to communicate with its wielders in their own languages, the Light appears to be more aloof and cryptic, communicating in symbolic visions and signs, if at all. Likewise, whereas the Darkness appears to be associated with memory (as exemplified by [[Deepsight]]), the Light appears to be associated with forgetting, as Lightbearers lose all memory of their past life upon being resurrected and gifted the Light. | ||
===Relation to Complexity and Diversity=== | |||
According to the Lore Book ''Unveiling'', the Light is associated with the "growth and preservation of complexity". In contrast, the Darkness is portrayed as being associated with simplification and the reduction of diversity. | |||
===Relation to the Physical Universe=== | ===Relation to the Physical Universe=== | ||
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According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], the Traveler was discovered by an ancient humanoid species billions of years ago, when they found it dormant and half-buried on their homeworld. The Traveler subsequently awakened, terraforming the planet and uplifting the species into a golden age that lasted for millions of years. In the course of their relationship with the Traveler, the civilization came to a deep understanding of the Light, and after having seen both its beneficial and destructive aspects came to view it as a fundamentally chaotic and capricious force, equally capable of bringing life or death with no ultimate justification for either. | According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], the Traveler was discovered by an ancient humanoid species billions of years ago, when they found it dormant and half-buried on their homeworld. The Traveler subsequently awakened, terraforming the planet and uplifting the species into a golden age that lasted for millions of years. In the course of their relationship with the Traveler, the civilization came to a deep understanding of the Light, and after having seen both its beneficial and destructive aspects came to view it as a fundamentally chaotic and capricious force, equally capable of bringing life or death with no ultimate justification for either. | ||
Later, after discovering the [[Darkness]] through the entity known as [[the Veil|Veil]], the civilization attempted to use the Traveler's Light and the Veil's Darkness to reshape the universe into an eternal, perfected form they called the "Final Shape". When the Traveler rejected their attempt and fled into the depths of space, the species used the Darkness to merge themselves into a single, unfathomably powerful Darkness-wielding entity, which became known as the Witness. | Later, after discovering the [[Darkness]] through the entity known as [[the Veil|Veil]], the civilization attempted to use the Traveler's Light and the Veil's Darkness to reshape the universe into an eternal, perfected form they called the "Final Shape". When the Traveler rejected their attempt and fled into the depths of space, the species used the Darkness to merge themselves into a single, unfathomably powerful Darkness-wielding entity, which became known as [[the Witness]]. | ||
The Witness then left its homeworld behind in pursuit of the Traveler, seeking to unite it with the Veil by force and bring about the Final Shape. Although the Witness itself is a wielder of the Darkness, several devices of the [[Black Fleet]] emit or otherwise interact with the Light, such as the [[Radial Mast]] and [[Suppressor]]s. These artifacts presumably are a product of the eons-long experience of the Witness' people with the Light. | The Witness then left its homeworld behind in pursuit of the Traveler, seeking to unite it with the Veil by force and bring about the Final Shape. Although the Witness itself is a wielder of the Darkness, several devices of the [[Black Fleet]] emit or otherwise interact with the Light, such as the [[Radial Mast]] and [[Suppressor]]s. These artifacts presumably are a product of the eons-long experience of the Witness' people with the Light. | ||
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**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' | **''[[The Witch Queen]]'' | ||
**''[[Lightfall]]'' | **''[[Lightfall]]'' | ||
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