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The Witness seems to always refer to itself in the plural; [[Savathûn]] also makes reference to the Witness having "many selves". This suggests that the Witness may be a gestalt entity or collective consciousness of some kind. This was confirmed by [[Ahsa]] during her recounting of the Witness' origin, in which she revealed the Witness to be a being formed from an entire species which had merged their consciousnesses together using the Darkness.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7QkdWMV18&t=626s</ref> | The Witness seems to always refer to itself in the plural; [[Savathûn]] also makes reference to the Witness having "many selves". This suggests that the Witness may be a gestalt entity or collective consciousness of some kind. This was confirmed by [[Ahsa]] during her recounting of the Witness' origin, in which she revealed the Witness to be a being formed from an entire species which had merged their consciousnesses together using the Darkness.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN7QkdWMV18&t=626s</ref> | ||
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. It has been seen to speak in a flattering, almost mentor-like tone when talking directly towards the Guardians or its Disciples. However, according to [[Mara Sov]], beneath its seemingly emotionless facade the Witness harbors a constant, burning rage, and its Disciples and other followers all fear incurring its wrath. Savathûn, herself a god who had the power of the Light and resurrection, would rather sequester the Traveler and herself than attempt to confront the Witness directly. 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]]. The Witness would follow through on punishing Eramis by allowing her House and followers to be absorbed into Xivu Arath's Wrathborn, leaving the Kell to silently wallow in misery as her people deteriorate under The Witness. 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. | 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. It has been seen to speak in a flattering, almost mentor-like tone when talking directly towards the Guardians or its Disciples. However, according to [[Mara Sov]], beneath its seemingly emotionless facade the Witness harbors a constant, burning rage, and its Disciples and other followers all fear incurring its wrath. Savathûn, herself a god who had the power of the Light and resurrection, would rather sequester the Traveler and herself than attempt to confront the Witness directly. 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, Final God of Pain|Nezarec]] and failed to activate [[ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE (mission)|ABHORRENT IMPERATIVE]]. The Witness would follow through on punishing Eramis by allowing her House and followers to be absorbed into Xivu Arath's Wrathborn, leaving the Kell to silently wallow in misery as her people deteriorate under The Witness. 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. | ||
The Witness is shown to be a very pragmatic entity, willing to make use of any and all resources at its disposal to achieve its goals. When it detected that the Traveler was planning to uplift the Krill on Fundament, it saw an opportunity to use them to its advantage, and whispered a lie to Sathona through her Worm familiar that led her and her siblings to discover the Worm Gods and eventually become the Hive. It also seemingly freed Eramis from her Stasis prison after her defeat at the hands of the Guardian, so as to make use of her talents in plundering artifacts (which Eramis used to retrieve Nezarec's corpse's parts), and later on, her skills upon infiltrating bases and hijacking other species technology (as seen with Rasputin's Warsats). At the end of ''Lightfall'', the Witness possessed the Guardian's Ghost in order to form a link between [[the Veil]] and the [[Traveler]] after Calus failed to acquire it himself yet provided a large enough distraction for it to complete the deed itself. | The Witness is shown to be a very pragmatic entity, willing to make use of any and all resources at its disposal to achieve its goals. When it detected that the Traveler was planning to uplift the Krill on Fundament, it saw an opportunity to use them to its advantage, and whispered a lie to Sathona through her Worm familiar that led her and her siblings to discover the Worm Gods and eventually become the Hive. It also seemingly freed Eramis from her Stasis prison after her defeat at the hands of the Guardian, so as to make use of her talents in plundering artifacts (which Eramis used to retrieve Nezarec's corpse's parts), and later on, her skills upon infiltrating bases and hijacking other species technology (as seen with Rasputin's Warsats). At the end of ''Lightfall'', the Witness possessed the Guardian's Ghost in order to form a link between [[the Veil]] and the [[Traveler]] after Calus failed to acquire it himself yet provided a large enough distraction for it to complete the deed itself. | ||