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{{Character infobox | {{Character infobox | ||
|name=The Traveler | |name=The Traveler | ||
|hideb=yes | |hideb=yes | ||
|variant= | |variant= | ||
|image= {{tabcontainer|title1= | |image= {{tabcontainer | ||
|title5=Lightfall|content5=[[File:Traveler-Lightfall.jpg|325px]]}} | |title1=D1 | ||
|content1= [[File:BeyondLightTraveler.jpg|325px]] | |||
|title2=Red War | |||
|content2=[[File:Traveler2.jpg|325px]] | |||
|title3=Post Red War | |||
|content3= [[File:Traveler1.jpg|325px]] | |||
|title4=Arrivals | |||
|content4=[[File:TravelerHealing.jpg|325px]]| | |||
|title5=Lightfall | |||
|content5=[[File:Traveler-Lightfall.jpg|325px]]}} | |||
|homeworld= | |homeworld= | ||
|birth= Unknown | |birth= Unknown | ||
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|hair= | |hair= | ||
|eyes= | |eyes= | ||
|affiliation= [[Light|The Light]] <br> [[The Last City]] <br> [[Guardian]]s <br> [[Fallen]] | |affiliation= [[Light|The Light]] <br> [[The Last City]] <br> [[Guardian]]s <br> [[Fallen]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Harmony]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Ammonite]] {{c|formerly}} <br> [[Lubraean]]s {{c|formerly}} <br> [[The Witness]]' species {{c|formerly}} | ||
|rank= | |rank= | ||
|class= | |class= | ||
|sn= | |sn= | ||
|othernames=The Great Machine<br>The Traitor Machine <br> The Gardener | |othernames=The Great Machine<br>The Traitor Machine <br> The Gardener | ||
|notable= | |notable= Primordial source of [[Light]] <br> Terraformed multiple celestial bodies <br> Uplifted numerous ancient civilizations <br> Awoke and broke free of the Traveler Cage, killing [[Ghaul]] <br> Paracausally connected to [[The Veil|the Veil]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|The best voices never let themselves be heard at all. This lesson is worth teaching again and again. The choice is never mine. It is always yours.|The Traveler<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], Playstation 4, [[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—Third_Vision|Mysterious Logbook: NOTE—Third Vision]]''</ref>}} | {{Quote|The best voices never let themselves be heard at all. This lesson is worth teaching again and again. The choice is never mine. It is always yours.|The Traveler<ref>'''Bungie (2020/11/10)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Beyond Light]], Playstation 4, [[Mysterious_Logbook#NOTE—Third_Vision|Mysterious Logbook: NOTE—Third Vision]]''</ref>}} | ||
'''The Traveler''' is a mysterious spherical [[paracausality|paracausal]] entity associated with the [[Light]]. Massive in scale, it hangs motionless in the skies above the [[Last City]] built in its shadow. Once responsible for terraforming the worlds of the [[Sol System]], it was rendered largely inactive during the [[Collapse]], when its [[Black Fleet|ancient enemy]] arrived and launched a devastating assault on human civilization. | |||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
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The Traveler is an ancient and immensely powerful machine entity, the source of [[Ghost]]s and the Light-based powers of the [[Guardian]]s. It is a source of [[Light]], though not the only source in the universe. Its outer shell is made of lead, [[wikipedia:Neutronium|neutronium]] and "electroweak matter"<ref name = "TravelerGhost">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Traveler|Ghost Fragment: The Traveler]]''</ref>, the latter based on a [[wikipedia:Electroweak_epoch|fundamental force]] that hasn't existed since the dawn of time. | The Traveler is an ancient and immensely powerful machine entity, the source of [[Ghost]]s and the Light-based powers of the [[Guardian]]s. It is a source of [[Light]], though not the only source in the universe. Its outer shell is made of lead, [[wikipedia:Neutronium|neutronium]] and "electroweak matter"<ref name = "TravelerGhost">'''Bungie (2014/9/9)''', ''[[Destiny]], PlayStation 4, Activision Blizzard, [[Grimoire]]: [[Grimoire:Allies#Ghost_Fragment:_The_Traveler|Ghost Fragment: The Traveler]]''</ref>, the latter based on a [[wikipedia:Electroweak_epoch|fundamental force]] that hasn't existed since the dawn of time. | ||
The interior workings of the Traveler remain a mystery. The Ghost [[Balthazar]] claimed that Ghosts originate within the Womb, a place inside the Traveler described as a "cosmos inside a bottle" or an "infinite space enclosed within a celestial egg", where trillions of star-like souls orbit each other in a complex weave. Another Ghost named [[Peach]] was dismissive of this description, contending that neither she nor Balthazar can remember the time within the Traveler.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Activision Blizzard - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ghost_Stories#Difference_of_Opinion|Ghost Stories: Difference of Opinion]]''</ref>[[Fenchurch Everis]] claims to have been inside the Traveler, but no one has been able to confirm the veracity of his story. | The interior workings of the Traveler remain a mystery. The Ghost [[Balthazar]] claimed that Ghosts originate within the Womb, a place inside the Traveler described as a "cosmos inside a bottle" or an "infinite space enclosed within a celestial egg", where trillions of star-like souls orbit each other in a complex weave. Another Ghost named [[Peach]] was dismissive of this description, contending that neither she nor Balthazar can remember the time within the Traveler.<ref>'''Bungie (2018/9/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Forsaken]], Activision Blizzard - [[Lore]]: [[Lore:Ghost_Stories#Difference_of_Opinion|Ghost Stories: Difference of Opinion]]''</ref> [[Fenchurch Everis]] claims to have been inside the Traveler, but no one has been able to confirm the veracity of his story. | ||
[[File:Destiny PS4 reveal location pic 1.png|thumb|350px|The Traveler hovering in place over the Last City]] | [[File:Destiny PS4 reveal location pic 1.png|thumb|350px|The Traveler hovering in place over the Last City]] | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===The Ancient Past=== | ===The Ancient Past=== | ||
The origins of the Traveler are unknown, although it is known to have existed for billions of years. In one of her messages to the Guardian through Sloane, Ahsa makes reference to "''two halves of a whole, long divided''," which in context seems to suggest that the Traveler and | The origins of the Traveler are unknown, although it is known to have existed for billions of years. In one of her messages to the Guardian through Sloane, Ahsa makes reference to "''two halves of a whole, long divided''," which in context seems to suggest that the Traveler and [[The Veil|the Veil]] were once part of a single entity, or at least share a common origin. | ||
As revealed by [[Ahsa]], billions of years ago the Traveler lay dormant and half-buried on a desolate planet, where it was discovered by a humanoid species. It then awakened, either of its own accord or as a result of the species' actions, and proceeded to terraform the planet and bestow paracausal gifts to its discoverers, much as it would later do with many other species. This brought about a golden age for the species that lasted millions of years. The civilization worshipped the Traveler as a deity, calling it "The Gardener". | As revealed by [[Ahsa]], billions of years ago the Traveler lay dormant and half-buried on a desolate planet, where it was discovered by a humanoid species. It then awakened, either of its own accord or as a result of the species' actions, and proceeded to terraform the planet and bestow paracausal gifts to its discoverers, much as it would later do with many other species. This brought about a golden age for the species that lasted millions of years. The civilization worshipped the Traveler as a deity, calling it "The Gardener". | ||
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Although the Traveler brought the civilization great prosperity, it never made any attempt to communicate or impart wisdom or guidance. As a result, the society 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. | Although the Traveler brought the civilization great prosperity, it never made any attempt to communicate or impart wisdom or guidance. As a result, the society 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. | ||
At some point, the species discovered that the Traveler had a counterpart entity, located in a distant star system. They named this entity | At some point, the species discovered that the Traveler had a counterpart entity, located in a distant star system. They named this entity the Veil, and determined that it was a source of power that was the opposite of the Light, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world: the [[Darkness]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that it held 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. | ||
In order to achieve their goal, the civilization determined that they needed to bring the Traveler and the Veil into close proximity, strengthening their connection and in so doing granting them the ability to alter reality itself. They set out to locate and retrieve the Veil, and brought it back to their homeworld so that they could form a link between it and the Traveler. | In order to achieve their goal, the civilization determined that they needed to bring the Traveler and the Veil into close proximity, strengthening their connection and in so doing granting them the ability to alter reality itself. They set out to locate and retrieve the Veil, and brought it back to their homeworld so that they could form a link between it and the Traveler. | ||
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===The Collapse=== | ===The Collapse=== | ||
{{Quote|The [[Darkness|knife]] had a million blades.|Dreams of Alpha Lupi}} | {{Quote|The [[Darkness|knife]] had a million blades.|Dreams of Alpha Lupi}} | ||
Some time later, the [[Black Fleet]] appeared in the Sol System, leading to the destruction of almost all human civilization in an event known as the [[Collapse]].<ref name = jasonjones>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/11/jason-jones-the-destiny-interview.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 '''Gameinformer''': ''Jason Jones – The Destiny Interview'']</ref> For the first time, the Traveler decided to stand and fight the Black Fleet,<ref name = " | Some time later, the [[Black Fleet]] appeared in the Sol System, leading to the destruction of almost all human civilization in an event known as the [[Collapse]].<ref name = jasonjones>[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2013/12/11/jason-jones-the-destiny-interview.aspx?PostPageIndex=2 '''Gameinformer''': ''Jason Jones – The Destiny Interview'']</ref> For the first time, the Traveler decided to stand and fight the Black Fleet,<ref name = "jasonjones"/> as it abandoned its work on [[Io]] and raced to rescue its "children", humanity.<ref name = "TravelerGhost"/> | ||
The exact timeline of events during the Collapse remains unclear, but it is known that the Traveler made a final stand against the Black Fleet, incurring severe damage in the process. During the battle, it managed to project a beam of Light into the far reaches of the system to protect the Exodus Colony Ship ''Yang Liwei'' from the Black Fleet, resulting in the ship being swallowed by a kugelblitz generated from the conflict between Light and Darkness. | The exact timeline of events during the Collapse remains unclear, but it is known that the Traveler made a final stand against the Black Fleet, incurring severe damage in the process. During the battle, it managed to project a beam of Light into the far reaches of the system to protect the Exodus Colony Ship ''Yang Liwei'' from the Black Fleet, resulting in the ship being swallowed by a kugelblitz generated from the conflict between Light and Darkness. | ||
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After the loss of the Warsat Network, the Witness and its Black Fleet moved on the Traveler. Alongside the Vanguard fleet, the Traveler attempted to defend itself by firing a beam of Light at the Witness' Pyramid, causing paracausal flora to sprout over the Pyramid's surface, but this did not hinder the Witness as it left its Pyramid behind and floated out through empty space to meet the Traveler directly, effortlessly destroying any enemy vessel that attempted to stop it. Eight other Pyramids took up a formation around the Traveler resembling an eight-pointed star. The Witness attempted to open a gateway using the Traveler, but was denied before seeing a vision of [[Neptune]] where the means it needed to create its gateway, [[The Veil]], was located, sending its Disciple, [[Calus]] and his [[Shadow Legion]], to acquire it. | After the loss of the Warsat Network, the Witness and its Black Fleet moved on the Traveler. Alongside the Vanguard fleet, the Traveler attempted to defend itself by firing a beam of Light at the Witness' Pyramid, causing paracausal flora to sprout over the Pyramid's surface, but this did not hinder the Witness as it left its Pyramid behind and floated out through empty space to meet the Traveler directly, effortlessly destroying any enemy vessel that attempted to stop it. Eight other Pyramids took up a formation around the Traveler resembling an eight-pointed star. The Witness attempted to open a gateway using the Traveler, but was denied before seeing a vision of [[Neptune]] where the means it needed to create its gateway, [[The Veil]], was located, sending its Disciple, [[Calus]] and his [[Shadow Legion]], to acquire it. | ||
Despite the efforts of the Guardian, Osiris and the Cloud Striders in slaying Calus, The Witness nonetheless won in acquiring The Veil, allowing it establish a connection with the Traveler and open a gateway by inscribing a triangle on the surface of the Traveler. This opened a triangular portal, which absorbed several Pyramids before The Witness entered, leaving the Vanguard and their allies confused and dismayed. | Despite the efforts of the Guardian, Osiris and the Cloud Striders in slaying Calus, The Witness nonetheless won in acquiring The Veil, allowing it to establish a connection with the Traveler and open a gateway by inscribing a triangle on the surface of the Traveler. This opened a triangular portal, which absorbed several Pyramids before The Witness entered, leaving the Vanguard and their allies confused and dismayed. | ||
Exactly what this outcome means for the Traveler remains unclear; the Guardians still have access to their Light-based abilities, but their Ghosts feel a sense of emptiness where the Traveler used to be. The Vanguard regards the Traveler as having been lost, but its physical form remains in orbit around Earth, with the giant triangular portal having stayed open after the Witness passed through. | Exactly what this outcome means for the Traveler remains unclear; the Guardians still have access to their Light-based abilities, but their Ghosts feel a sense of emptiness where the Traveler used to be. The Vanguard regards the Traveler as having been lost, but its physical form remains in orbit around Earth, with the giant triangular portal having stayed open after the Witness passed through. | ||
Later during the [[Clash of the Hive Gods]], Immaru claims that he can still sense the Traveler within his light but differently. He describes it as a sense of desperation, tension, and terror. He also claims that The Witness is doing something terrible to it, describing the Traveler as a god screaming for help. Whether his claims have any truth remains to be seen. | |||
==Status variations== | ==Status variations== | ||
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***''[[Season of the Forge]]'' | ***''[[Season of the Forge]]'' | ||
**''[[Shadowkeep]]'' | **''[[Shadowkeep]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of Dawn]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
***''[[Season of Arrivals]]'' | |||
**''[[Beyond Light]]'' | **''[[Beyond Light]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of the Splicer]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
**''[[The Witch Queen]]'' | **''[[The Witch Queen]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | ***''[[Season of the Seraph]]'' | ||
**''[[Lightfall]]'' | **''[[Lightfall]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of Defiance]]'' | ***''[[Season of Defiance]]'' | ||
***''[[Season of the Deep]]'' | |||
***''[[Season of the Witch]]'' | |||
***''[[Season of the Wish]]'' | |||
**''[[Into the Light (update)|Into the Light]]'' | |||
**''[[The Final Shape]]'' | |||
*''[[Hidden Dossier]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Entelechy]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Characters]] | [[Category:Characters]] | ||
[[Category:Paracausal entities]] | [[Category:Paracausal entities]] | ||