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[[File:Witness Species.png|thumb|330px|The Witness' Species]]According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], the Witness' origins lie with an ancient humanoid species that lived billions of years ago on a desolate world. This species discovered the [[Traveler]] on their homeworld half-buried in the ground, which activated and began to transform their planet into a paradise. The civilization worshipped the Traveler as a deity, calling it "the Gardener". | [[File:Witness Species.png|thumb|330px|The Witness' Species]]According to the creature known as [[Ahsa]], the Witness' origins lie with an ancient humanoid species that lived billions of years ago on a desolate world. This species discovered the [[Traveler]] on their homeworld half-buried in the ground, which activated and began to transform their planet into a paradise. The civilization worshipped the Traveler as a deity, calling it "the Gardener". | ||
Although the Traveler's gifts brought about a golden age for the civilization that lasted for eons, it never communicated with its patrons or offered them any hint of 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's gifts brought about a golden age for the civilization that lasted for eons, it never communicated with its patrons or offered them any hint of 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. So they desired a "Winnower"; a being that was capable of carving an even greater meaning and purpose out of the chaos of reality. | ||
At some point, the species discovered that the Traveler had a counterpart entity, located in a distant star system. They named this entity the [[the Veil|Veil]], and through studying it, they understood it was the source of a new power, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world: the [[Darkness]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that the power it granted gave them 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. | At some point, the species discovered that the Traveler had a counterpart entity, located in a distant star system. They named this entity the [[the Veil|Veil]], and through studying it, they understood it was the source of a new power, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world: the [[Darkness]]. In studying the Darkness, they discovered that the power it granted gave them 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. | ||