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In all of the aforementioned entries, the Winnower exhibits an informal, friendly demeanor, and refers to itself in the first person; both of these seem to indicate that the speaker in these entries is not the Witness, which is less casual in its speech and with a few notable exceptions has always been seen to refer to itself in the plural. The Winnower also seems to be fond of using the word "majestic" in reference to things which it admires, such as the process of natural selection as applied to the cosmos, or the Guardians, as they have slain many powerful beings and thus gained its attention and favor. However, it remains unclear to what degree various other statements that have been ascribed to the Darkness itself in fact originate from the Witness, which has also been referred to as the "voice in the Darkness". | In all of the aforementioned entries, the Winnower exhibits an informal, friendly demeanor, and refers to itself in the first person; both of these seem to indicate that the speaker in these entries is not the Witness, which is less casual in its speech and with a few notable exceptions has always been seen to refer to itself in the plural. The Winnower also seems to be fond of using the word "majestic" in reference to things which it admires, such as the process of natural selection as applied to the cosmos, or the Guardians, as they have slain many powerful beings and thus gained its attention and favor. However, it remains unclear to what degree various other statements that have been ascribed to the Darkness itself in fact originate from the Witness, which has also been referred to as the "voice in the Darkness". | ||
The Witness acknowledged the Winnower as a separate entity shortly before its destruction at the hands of the Coalition, stating that it was not the Winnower, but merely "the first knife clutched in its hand." Previously, when the Guardian first made contact with the Witness in the Lunar Pyramid, the Witness relayed a series of messages to the Guardian via the Unknown Artifact, which were seemingly addressed to the Guardian from the Winnower. After having read these messages, [[Ikora Rey]] | The Witness acknowledged the Winnower as a separate entity shortly before its destruction at the hands of the Coalition, stating that it was not the Winnower, but merely "the first knife clutched in its hand." Previously, when the Guardian first made contact with the Witness in the Lunar Pyramid, the Witness relayed a series of messages to the Guardian via the Unknown Artifact, which were seemingly addressed to the Guardian from the Winnower. After having read these messages, [[Ikora Rey]] stated that they are narrated by the Witness, which she viewed to have deceitfully presented itself as a "monolithic cosmic force"; however, in a later conversation with [[Mara Sov]], she wondered whether the texts were in fact a shadow of the truth, in which the Witness was merely a pawn of some other force<ref>'''Bungie (2024/6/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - Item Description: [[The First Knife#Lore|The First Knife]]''</ref>. | ||
In the messages received by the Guardian and translated by [[Eris Morn]], the Winnower states itself to be one of two primordial entities who predate the universe, the other being the [[Light|Gardener]]. The Winnower is presented as embodying the reduction of complexity, whereas the Gardener embodies the growth and preservation of complexity. In the allegorical story recounted by the Winnower, these two entities struggled with one another in the state which preceded the multiverse, and upon inadvertently creating the multiverse as a by-product of this struggle, each became a [[paracausality|paracausal]] force which would serve to further their respective goals within its many universes. This story not only appears to provide an origin for the Light and Darkness as they are presently known, but also implies that the Darkness is itself sentient and has its own motivations, namely to reduce all of reality to an eternal, maximally simplified form known as the [[Final Shape]]. | In the messages received by the Guardian and translated by [[Eris Morn]], the Winnower states itself to be one of two primordial entities who predate the universe, the other being the [[Light|Gardener]]. The Winnower is presented as embodying the reduction of complexity, whereas the Gardener embodies the growth and preservation of complexity. In the allegorical story recounted by the Winnower, these two entities struggled with one another in the state which preceded the multiverse, and upon inadvertently creating the multiverse as a by-product of this struggle, each became a [[paracausality|paracausal]] force which would serve to further their respective goals within its many universes. This story not only appears to provide an origin for the Light and Darkness as they are presently known, but also implies that the Darkness is itself sentient and has its own motivations, namely to reduce all of reality to an eternal, maximally simplified form known as the [[Final Shape]]. | ||