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===The Final Shape=== | ===The Final Shape=== | ||
{{Quote|You live without purpose. Anguish. Bliss. A meaningless cycle... of action and reaction. Let us bring an end... to your futile exertions. A final shape is coming. Chaos untangled... made knowable... with immaculate intent. Let us know you... and be reborn into perfection.|The Witness speaking to humanity as it finalizes earth}} | |||
With the Witness almost fully in control of the [[The Pale Heart|Pale Heart]], it would begin to enact its [[Final Shape]]. For a moment, it briefly achieved this on Earth, but the Traveler would repeatedly fight back against its efforts and undo its work, stalling for time in order for the [[The Coalition|Coalition]] to interfere and stop the Witness. [[Mara Sov]] could sense that the Witness was getting closer to its end goal, prompting the Vanguard to initiate "Operation Ahamkara." As [[Zavala]], [[Ikora]], and [[The Guardian]] took their ships and began to cross the Threshold, the Witness took notice of this and attempted to sever Mara's connection. While it was successful in doing so, The Awoken Queen held the connection long enough for the Guardian and The Vanguard to make it across. After every member arrived within the Pale Heart, The Witness repeatedly attempted to sway each of the forces against it to its side. Starting with [[Uldren Sov|Crow]], it offered him the Awoken throne and to erase his troubled past, but Crow rejected its offer. The Witness then turned its attention towards Zavala and tormented him with memories of his past, offering an eternity of peace with his [[Safiyah|Wife]] and [[Hakim|Son]], but Zavala's [[Ghost]], [[Targe]] stood up for his Guardian and told it that Zavala refused its offer as well. However, as the commander said his final goodbyes to a statue of Safiyah, a dissenter within the Witness called out to Zavala for help. Later on, the Guardian was sent to clear a path to The Witness, where they would encounter a memory from its past; a small town built from the civilization that made up the Witness. There, another dissenter spoke with the Guardian through a Veiled Statue, asking them to "Give themselves to Darkness", giving Zavala a reckless idea. After the Guardian slayed [[Kataxiia, Tormentor of the Ahamkara|the Tormentor guarding the pass]], Zavala was willing to heed the dissenter's words and give himself over to darkness for a chance to find the Witness's weakness. He left the camp and Targe behind as the commander made his way towards a monument where he could commune with darkness. As the Guardian and Targe searched for Zavala, Targe spoke with more of the Veiled Statues. The Dissenters within them warned the duo that the Witness would absorb Zavala into its collective without Targe's help, while also trying to convince them to give themselves over to darkness as well. But the Guardian, Crow, Cayde, Ikora and Targe were too late as they arrived in time to watch Zavala step through to commune with darkness. During this time, the Witness spoke with Zavala in a vision of its origins, trying to sway him to join its collective. But as the Witness relayed its origins to Zavala, a dissenter within the collective whispered in secret, telling Zavala "What was made can be unmade" and to go to "The place where they destroyed themselves". At that moment, the Witness manifested itself before Zavala and tried to take him into its collective. However, Targe suddenly appeared out of nowhere, putting himself before his Guardian. He stated that he saw the Witness for what it truly was, afraid. Angered by the Ghost's claims, the Witness snatched Targe in its hand and claimed that it was not afraid and that it had done away with fear altogether. But Targe remained defiant, prompting the Witness to crush and destroy him releasing a surge of light, saving Zavala and ending his communion with darkness. Though he was rendered lightless, Zavala's communion with the darkness gave the Vanguard the edge they needed to fight back against the Witness - by going to where the Witness was created and finding out how to unmake it. | With the Witness almost fully in control of the [[The Pale Heart|Pale Heart]], it would begin to enact its [[Final Shape]]. For a moment, it briefly achieved this on Earth, but the Traveler would repeatedly fight back against its efforts and undo its work, stalling for time in order for the [[The Coalition|Coalition]] to interfere and stop the Witness. [[Mara Sov]] could sense that the Witness was getting closer to its end goal, prompting the Vanguard to initiate "Operation Ahamkara." As [[Zavala]], [[Ikora]], and [[The Guardian]] took their ships and began to cross the Threshold, the Witness took notice of this and attempted to sever Mara's connection. While it was successful in doing so, The Awoken Queen held the connection long enough for the Guardian and The Vanguard to make it across. After every member arrived within the Pale Heart, The Witness repeatedly attempted to sway each of the forces against it to its side. Starting with [[Uldren Sov|Crow]], it offered him the Awoken throne and to erase his troubled past, but Crow rejected its offer. The Witness then turned its attention towards Zavala and tormented him with memories of his past, offering an eternity of peace with his [[Safiyah|Wife]] and [[Hakim|Son]], but Zavala's [[Ghost]], [[Targe]] stood up for his Guardian and told it that Zavala refused its offer as well. However, as the commander said his final goodbyes to a statue of Safiyah, a dissenter within the Witness called out to Zavala for help. Later on, the Guardian was sent to clear a path to The Witness, where they would encounter a memory from its past; a small town built from the civilization that made up the Witness. There, another dissenter spoke with the Guardian through a Veiled Statue, asking them to "Give themselves to Darkness", giving Zavala a reckless idea. After the Guardian slayed [[Kataxiia, Tormentor of the Ahamkara|the Tormentor guarding the pass]], Zavala was willing to heed the dissenter's words and give himself over to darkness for a chance to find the Witness's weakness. He left the camp and Targe behind as the commander made his way towards a monument where he could commune with darkness. As the Guardian and Targe searched for Zavala, Targe spoke with more of the Veiled Statues. The Dissenters within them warned the duo that the Witness would absorb Zavala into its collective without Targe's help, while also trying to convince them to give themselves over to darkness as well. But the Guardian, Crow, Cayde, Ikora and Targe were too late as they arrived in time to watch Zavala step through to commune with darkness. During this time, the Witness spoke with Zavala in a vision of its origins, trying to sway him to join its collective. But as the Witness relayed its origins to Zavala, a dissenter within the collective whispered in secret, telling Zavala "What was made can be unmade" and to go to "The place where they destroyed themselves". At that moment, the Witness manifested itself before Zavala and tried to take him into its collective. However, Targe suddenly appeared out of nowhere, putting himself before his Guardian. He stated that he saw the Witness for what it truly was, afraid. Angered by the Ghost's claims, the Witness snatched Targe in its hand and claimed that it was not afraid and that it had done away with fear altogether. But Targe remained defiant, prompting the Witness to crush and destroy him releasing a surge of light, saving Zavala and ending his communion with darkness. Though he was rendered lightless, Zavala's communion with the darkness gave the Vanguard the edge they needed to fight back against the Witness - by going to where the Witness was created and finding out how to unmake it. | ||
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===Legacy=== | ===Legacy=== | ||
The fall of The Witness would send shockwaves throughout the system and beyond as many of its forces would scatter at the loss of their master, with the Scorn and Taken lashing out. In addition, the [[House of Salvation]] would turn upon itself with Eramis nowhere to be found, having finally abandoned the Witness's cause and left for Riis. Some, however, would continue to endeavor to fulfil the Final Shape in the Witness's stead, such as Xivu Arath, albeit to her own interpretations. As Crow would summarize, the Witness's death left a power vacuum, one that various forces are looking to fill. Though the Coalition celebrated the fall of their greatest enemy, the Guardians nonetheless knew that there was still a lot of work to be done. | The fall of The Witness would send shockwaves throughout the system and beyond as many of its forces would scatter at the loss of their master, with the Scorn and Taken lashing out. In addition, the [[House of Salvation]] would turn upon itself with Eramis nowhere to be found, having finally abandoned the Witness's cause and left for Riis. Some, however, would continue to endeavor to fulfil the Final Shape in the Witness's stead, such as Xivu Arath, albeit to her own interpretations. As Crow would summarize, the Witness's death left a power vacuum, one that various forces are looking to fill. Though the Coalition celebrated the fall of their greatest enemy, the Guardians nonetheless knew that there was still a lot of work to be done. | ||
==Gameplay== | ==Gameplay== | ||