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| || || || Eons later, in the absence of guidance from their benefactor, their society began to crave meaning and sought to find something that would bring order and purpose to an otherwise open-ended existence, eventually viewing their Gardener as a force of chaos capable of bringing creation or ruin. Due to this lack of purpose, they begin to desire a "Winnower" that would carve out meaning and purpose out the chaos of existence. | | || || || Eons later, in the absence of guidance from their benefactor, their society began to crave meaning and sought to find something that would bring order and purpose to an otherwise open-ended existence, eventually viewing their Gardener as a force of chaos capable of bringing creation or ruin. Due to this lack of purpose, they begin to desire a "Winnower" that would carve out meaning and purpose out the chaos of existence. | ||
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| || || || Overtime the | | || || || Overtime the civilizations governing body known as the Consensus would be plagued by tension between different parties, each with their own interpretations of the Final Shape. These parties included the [[Solipsist]], who believed that one's self is the only existing "final shape" in this reality and all other realities; the [[Nihilists]] who were described to be "self-flagellating pessimists" believed that the Final Shape would only be brought upon by their own destruction; and the [[Penitent]] who desired to rid the universe of all suffering by any means, and believed that anyone who did not act to do so were complicit in its repetitive cycle.<ref>'''[[Entelechy]]''', ''8-12''</ref> | ||
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| || || Discovery of the Veil || Now capable of [[Pyramid|interstellar travel]] as a result of gifts of the | | || || Discovery of the Veil || Now capable of [[Pyramid|interstellar travel]] as a result of gifts of the light, the species becomes aware of an object of power antipodal to the Light, one linked to the mind and consciousness rather than the physical world. They called this object: [[The Veil|the Veil]]. 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 purpose. To achieve their goal, the species schemed to bring the Traveler and the Veil together, which would, according to their research, grant them the ability to alter reality itself. They set off in search of their benefactor's counterpart, eventually finding it and returning it to their homeworld. In response, the Traveler flees to avoid this outcome. | ||
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| || || The Birth of the Witness || Unwilling to abandon their quest, the Consensus (who were now dominated by the Penitent after eliminating the Solipsists and Nihilists) voted to use the Veil to bind their entire species' consciousnesses together, merging themselves into a single, unfathomably powerful entity: [[The Witness|the Witness]] through a ritualistic mass sacrifice, against the will of many members.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/6/20)''', ''[[Lightfall]]: [[Season of the Deep]] [[Lore:Purpose#V. Expectation|Lore: Purpose]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Entelechy]]''', ''32-35''</ref> Empowered by the Darkness and commanding a fleet of pyramidal ships, the Witness left its world behind and began a crusade to find the Traveler and unite it with the Veil, and in doing so bring about the Final Shape | | || || The Birth of the Witness || Unwilling to abandon their quest, the Consensus (who were now dominated by the Penitent after eliminating the Solipsists and Nihilists) voted to use the Veil to bind their entire species' consciousnesses together, merging themselves into a single, unfathomably powerful entity: [[The Witness|the Witness]] through a ritualistic mass sacrifice, against the will of many members.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/6/20)''', ''[[Lightfall]]: [[Season of the Deep]] [[Lore:Purpose#V. Expectation|Lore: Purpose]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Entelechy]]''', ''32-35''</ref> Empowered by the Darkness and commanding a fleet of pyramidal ships, the Witness left its world behind and began a crusade to find the Traveler and unite it with the Veil, and in doing so bring about the Final Shape |