The Witness

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Yet, The Witness would gain a Pyrrhic victory through Eramis's efforts and that of the Wrathborn. Though Eramis managed to gain access to the Warsat network, even personally encouraging her to let the Traveler feel her pain, the Witness failed to destroy the Traveler thanks to Rasputin's sacrifice. However, during these moments, the Traveler looked as if it were leaving Earth. As it hung in Earth's lower orbit, Eramis, incredulous that the Traveler wasn't abandoning humanity as it had done to the Eliksni, asked why it was doing so. The Witness responded, stating that it simply had no place left to run to. The Witness and its Pyramid fleet, along with a vessel containing its latest Disciple, Calus, had arrived in the Sol System, passing Jupiter.

===Lightfall===

In close proximity to Earth, the Vanguard attempt to engage the Shadow Legion and Pyramid fleet in defence of the Traveler. Having none of this, the Witness commands a Pyramid to eject a pulse of energy, obliterating various ships of the Vanguard. Now having achieved its goals of confronting the Traveler, the Witness is attacked with a large beam of paracausal energy generated by the Traveler, seeing its mothership Pyramid transformed with flora. Exhibiting its immense power, the Witness approaches the Traveler directly in the path of this beam, completely untouched and unaffected by it. Within this beam, it is still able to express its capabilities, dissecting a Ghost and its Guardian within a ship that intended to try and stop the Witness' approach of the Traveler, all with some simple flicks of a finger.

With the surrounding of the Traveler with Pyramid ships, the ships pulse again, shutting down the firing of the paracausal beam, damaging the H.E.L.M and destroying more Vanguard ships in orbit. Upon finishing its approach, the Witness attempts to incise the surface of the Traveler, but is granted a vision of the Sol system, revealing the location of [[The Veil]]. The Witness then commands Calus to travel to Neptune to claim the artifact for them.

Throughout the conflict between Calus and the Guardian, the Witness requests progress reports from its Disciple, appearing to Calus in what appears to be visions of shattered glass. Its frustration increases as Calus makes excuses with each report, as the Guardian continues to frustrate efforts to claim the Veil. Upon Calus himself boiling over with annoyance at the Witness' appraisal of him as a failure, the Witness snaps and shows its wrath, towering over Calus and inflicting unknown damage upon the Disciple, causing blood to seep from beneath his helmet. However, this is revealed to occur within a daydream of Calus', showing the Witness has full dominion over even the private thoughts of its minions.

However, it appears that sending Calus to secure the Veil may have been a ruse. Upon the defeat of Calus in the chamber containing the Veil, the Witness remotely possesses the Guardian's Ghost, using it as a medium to create a link between the Veil and the Traveler. The Guardian's presence at the Veil may have been intended all along, as previously, Ghost was possessed by the Witness, and projected an image of Calus giving a progress report to the Witness, divulging the objectives of the Shadow Legion on Neptune to the Guardian. Such information would spur them on to confront Calus in the end.

With the link created between the Veil and the Traveler, the Witness was able to create a triangular incision upon the Traveler's surface, creating a triangular portal in front of the incision. The Pyramid ships surrounding the Traveler were then pulled into this portal, with the Witness following shortly afterwards. With this action, the Traveler appears to be completely inert, Ghosts unable to feel its presence, and no instruments or devices owned by the Coalition forces have been able to penetrate the portal successfully. As far as can be determined, the Witness is winning.

==Personality and traits==

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The Witness appears to possess a very calm and stoic personality, almost never expressing any perceptible emotion even in the face of setbacks to its plans. However, it does experience irritation and anger; this is shown when Calus started to lash out at The Witness after being accused of a "failure", only for The Witness, outraged, to silence him. It has been seen to speak in a flattering, almost mentor-like tone when talking directly towards the Guardians or its Disciples.

Despite its stoic nature, The Witness is nonetheless a fearsome being and is often dreaded by its own followers, who very clearly fear its wrath. Savathûn, herself a god who had the power of the Light and resurrection, would rather sequester the Traveler than attempt to face the Witness. Eramis, once freed from her Stasis cocoon, is explicitly motivated by fear of what the Witness will do to her and her [[House of Salvation|House]] now that she has failed to gather the Pieces of [[Nezarec]] and failed to activate [[Abhorrent Imperative]]. Rhulk, although much more subtle about it, is quick to beg the Witness for forgiveness upon his final defeat.

Despite its stoic nature, The Witness is nonetheless a fearsome being and is often dreaded by its own followers, who very clearly fear its wrath. Savathûn, herself a god who had the power of the Light and resurrection, would rather sequester the Traveler than attempt to face the Witness. Eramis, once freed from her Stasis cocoon, is explicitly motivated by fear of what the Witness will do to her and her [[House of Salvation|House]] now that she has failed to gather the Pieces of [[Nezarec]] and failed to activate [[Abhorrent Imperative]]. Rhulk, although much more subtle about it, is quick to beg the Witness for forgiveness upon his final defeat. Calus, normally unflappable and full of braggadocio that the Witness is wasting its power, is quickly cowed by the wrath of the Witness, who quickly looms large upon Calus in anger at his commentary.

==List of appearances==

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 Yet, The Witness would gain a Pyrrhic victory through Eramis's efforts and that of the Wrathborn. Though Eramis managed to gain access to the Warsat network, even personally encouraging her to let the Traveler feel her pain, the Witness failed to destroy the Traveler thanks to Rasputin's sacrifice. However, during these moments, the Traveler looked as if it were leaving Earth. As it hung in Earth's lower orbit, Eramis, incredulous that the Traveler wasn't abandoning humanity as it had done to the Eliksni, asked why it was doing so. The Witness responded, stating that it simply had no place left to run to. The Witness and its Pyramid fleet, along with a vessel containing its latest Disciple, Calus, had arrived in the Sol System, passing Jupiter.
 ===Lightfall===
+In close proximity to Earth, the Vanguard attempt to engage the Shadow Legion and Pyramid fleet in defence of the Traveler. Having none of this, the Witness commands a Pyramid to eject a pulse of energy, obliterating various ships of the Vanguard. Now having achieved its goals of confronting the Traveler, the Witness is attacked with a large beam of paracausal energy generated by the Traveler, seeing its mothership Pyramid transformed with flora. Exhibiting its immense power, the Witness approaches the Traveler directly in the path of this beam, completely untouched and unaffected by it. Within this beam, it is still able to express its capabilities, dissecting a Ghost and its Guardian within a ship that intended to try and stop the Witness' approach of the Traveler, all with some simple flicks of a finger.
+With the surrounding of the Traveler with Pyramid ships, the ships pulse again, shutting down the firing of the paracausal beam, damaging the H.E.L.M and destroying more Vanguard ships in orbit. Upon finishing its approach, the Witness attempts to incise the surface of the Traveler, but is granted a vision of the Sol system, revealing the location of [[The Veil]]. The Witness then commands Calus to travel to Neptune to claim the artifact for them.
+Throughout the conflict between Calus and the Guardian, the Witness requests progress reports from its Disciple, appearing to Calus in what appears to be visions of shattered glass. Its frustration increases as Calus makes excuses with each report, as the Guardian continues to frustrate efforts to claim the Veil. Upon Calus himself boiling over with annoyance at the Witness' appraisal of him as a failure, the Witness snaps and shows its wrath, towering over Calus and inflicting unknown damage upon the Disciple, causing blood to seep from beneath his helmet. However, this is revealed to occur within a daydream of Calus', showing the Witness has full dominion over even the private thoughts of its minions.
+However, it appears that sending Calus to secure the Veil may have been a ruse. Upon the defeat of Calus in the chamber containing the Veil, the Witness remotely possesses the Guardian's Ghost, using it as a medium to create a link between the Veil and the Traveler. The Guardian's presence at the Veil may have been intended all along, as previously, Ghost was possessed by the Witness, and projected an image of Calus giving a progress report to the Witness, divulging the objectives of the Shadow Legion on Neptune to the Guardian. Such information would spur them on to confront Calus in the end.
+With the link created between the Veil and the Traveler, the Witness was able to create a triangular incision upon the Traveler's surface, creating a triangular portal in front of the incision. The Pyramid ships surrounding the Traveler were then pulled into this portal, with the Witness following shortly afterwards. With this action, the Traveler appears to be completely inert, Ghosts unable to feel its presence, and no instruments or devices owned by the Coalition forces have been able to penetrate the portal successfully. As far as can be determined, the Witness is winning.
 ==Personality and traits==
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 The Witness appears to possess a very calm and stoic personality, almost never expressing any perceptible emotion even in the face of setbacks to its plans. However, it does experience irritation and anger; this is shown when Calus started to lash out at The Witness after being accused of a "failure", only for The Witness, outraged, to silence him. It has been seen to speak in a flattering, almost mentor-like tone when talking directly towards the Guardians or its Disciples.
-Despite its stoic nature, The Witness is nonetheless a fearsome being and is often dreaded by its own followers, who very clearly fear its wrath. Savathûn, herself a god who had the power of the Light and resurrection, would rather sequester the Traveler than attempt to face the Witness. Eramis, once freed from her Stasis cocoon, is explicitly motivated by fear of what the Witness will do to her and her [[House of Salvation|House]] now that she has failed to gather the Pieces of [[Nezarec]] and failed to activate [[Abhorrent Imperative]]. Rhulk, although much more subtle about it, is quick to beg the Witness for forgiveness upon his final defeat.
+Despite its stoic nature, The Witness is nonetheless a fearsome being and is often dreaded by its own followers, who very clearly fear its wrath. Savathûn, herself a god who had the power of the Light and resurrection, would rather sequester the Traveler than attempt to face the Witness. Eramis, once freed from her Stasis cocoon, is explicitly motivated by fear of what the Witness will do to her and her [[House of Salvation|House]] now that she has failed to gather the Pieces of [[Nezarec]] and failed to activate [[Abhorrent Imperative]]. Rhulk, although much more subtle about it, is quick to beg the Witness for forgiveness upon his final defeat. Calus, normally unflappable and full of braggadocio that the Witness is wasting its power, is quickly cowed by the wrath of the Witness, who quickly looms large upon Calus in anger at his commentary.
 ==List of appearances==