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|othernames=The Entity <br> The Voice in the Darkness <br> "The Black Edge"<ref>https://www.bungie.net/en/Explore/Detail/News/47849</ref> <br> "The Formless One" <ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Grasp of Eir]]''</ref><ref>'''Bungie (2015/9/15)''', ''[[Destiny]]: [[The Taken King]] [[Worm God's Boon]]''</ref> <br> My Witness {{C|Its [[Disciples of the Witness|Disciples]]}}

{{Quote|We have seen enough. The children of [[Sol System|Sol]] cry out for salvation. [[The Traveler|You]] promised them life, but deliver only death, as you have for so many before. Enough. Enough death. Enough life. You have no pieces left to place. The game is over.<br>Do not be afraid. Your pale heart holds the key.<br>This time... There is no escape.|The Witness to the Traveler}}

When [[Eris Morn]] awakened the [[The Lunar Pyramid|Pyramid]] beneath the [[Moon]], the Darkness emanating from it reached out to the [[The Guardian|Guardian]] investigating her whereabouts and began to invade their [[Ghost]]<ref>'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[A Mysterious Disturbance]]''</ref>. When they return equipped with [[Dreambane Armor]],  the Pyramid invites the Guardian inside where whispers of the Witness' presence could fully possess their Ghost. It is there the Voice in the Darkness coldly denounces the Light as a weakness which had brought only death to those it "blessed", citing the [[Great Disaster]], the [[Red War]], and the death of [[Cayde-6]] as examples of its numerous failures. Once the Guardian reached the [[Darkness#Veiled Figures|statue]] at the center of the Pyramid, they are offered the [[Unknown Artifact]] as "respite", granting them a vision of the [[Black Garden]]. It is there that the Witness reveals themselves to the Guardian having taken their form with the Black Fleet floating in the skies. The Witness addresses the Guardian having heard humanity's cries for help and that they would soon answer, claiming that they are neither friend nor enemy, but instead their "salvation".<ref name="Beyond">'''Bungie (2019/10/11)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]], [[Beyond]]''</ref>

The Witness appears to be single-mindedly devoted to bringing about the [[Final Shape]], its ultimate end-goal of winnowing everything in the universe into a idealized state of existence. It is also extremely hostile towards the usage of the Darkness for any purpose outside of its control; the civilizations such as the [[Noesis]], the [[Ecumene]] and the [[Qugu]] had previously use the Darkness for peaceful purposes, but were ultimately driven extinct and were expunged from history either by the Witness or its pawns. It also holds a profound hatred for the [[Light]], especially for the [[Traveler]] and all the races it uplifted with its gifts, given its view as an instigator for suffering and chaos.

*''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Shadowkeep]] ''{{1st}}