4,419
edits
The Witness: Difference between revisions
→Personality and traits
HouseofBlack (talk | contribs) |
HouseofBlack (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 169: | Line 169: | ||
{{Expand-section}} | {{Expand-section}} | ||
==Personality and | ==Personality and Traits== | ||
The Witness was a tall, pale-skinned humanoid being. Most of its features were obscured by its metallic robe-like clothing, which constantly rippled and shifted seemingly of its own accord. Its long black cloak emanated the same resonance as other Darkness artifacts had done. Among its most notable features was a column of white "smoke" that continually billowed from the top of its head, which formed a multitude of humanoid faces as it spread and dissipated. Its true face was partially concealed, but it could be seen to have large, dark eyes and a rectangular pattern of gray lines on its brow and forehead. | The Witness was a tall, pale-skinned humanoid being. Most of its features were obscured by its metallic robe-like clothing, which constantly rippled and shifted seemingly of its own accord. Its long black cloak emanated the same resonance as other Darkness artifacts had done. Among its most notable features was a column of white "smoke" that continually billowed from the top of its head, which formed a multitude of humanoid faces as it spread and dissipated. Its true face was partially concealed, but it could be seen to have large, dark eyes and a rectangular pattern of gray lines on its brow and forehead. | ||
| Line 187: | Line 187: | ||
Another aspect of the Witness was its cunning in keeping its true goal close to its chest. An unnamed and long since dead Disciple bemoans the Witness never revealing its true goal in the Final Shape, giving each of its Disciples a different interpretation of what that might be.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] [[Lore:Inspiral]]:'' https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/the-cave#book-inspiral</ref> As a standard, the Witness has explained to most of its Disciples and minions that there is meaning to be had in paring down the Universe to only the strongest, that some form of relief or salvation awaits at the end of this process. Meanwhile, given that the Final Shape is a stop to all life existing, this may have caused Disciples and minions to rebel if they knew the truth about this. | Another aspect of the Witness was its cunning in keeping its true goal close to its chest. An unnamed and long since dead Disciple bemoans the Witness never revealing its true goal in the Final Shape, giving each of its Disciples a different interpretation of what that might be.<ref>'''Bungie (2023/2/28)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[Lightfall]] [[Lore:Inspiral]]:'' https://www.ishtar-collective.net/entries/the-cave#book-inspiral</ref> As a standard, the Witness has explained to most of its Disciples and minions that there is meaning to be had in paring down the Universe to only the strongest, that some form of relief or salvation awaits at the end of this process. Meanwhile, given that the Final Shape is a stop to all life existing, this may have caused Disciples and minions to rebel if they knew the truth about this. | ||
At the root of The Witness's motives was its desire to find meaning in a meaningless universe. The collective that made up the Witness desired purpose and when the Traveler wouldn't give them one, even after turning their world into a prosperous paradise, they sought to create one without fear and pain. However, the Witness refuses to accept that reality doesn't need to have a meaning to exist, refusing to accept a chaotic universe, leading it to impose its "salvation" upon the universe. Most of all, however, the collective that makes up The Witness isn't as unified in its desire to enact the Final Shape as it preaches, as dissenters within the collective realize the horrors they have enacted upon the universe in the pursuit of the Final Shape and feel a great sense of pain in being part of The Witness, yet are powerless to actively resist. Only in brief yet pivotal moments were these dissenters able to pass on valuable information to the Guardians that would allow them to find a way to destroy The Witness. | |||
As the Vanguard and the Guardian endeavored to thwart the Witness's efforts, it attempted to sway them to its side with promises of peace and power but grew frustrated at their refusal and defiance. When the Ghost, Targe, stated that he say for the Witness truly was, that it was afraid, The Witness responded with anger, claiming that it had done away with fear altogether but as the Commander's Ghost remained steadfast, the Witness destroyed him in a fit of spiteful anger. When the Guardian's Ghost denounced the Witness in the same way, but more so on fearing that it's Final Shape would fail and lose its control, the Witness responded with greater anger. When the Guardian managed to successfully wound the Witness for the first time, the Witness was claimed by a combination of terror and fury, leading it to shed any of its former savior pretenses and assume its true dreadful form. | |||
Only after the Guardians succeeded in severing the Witness's control over the Pale Heart and fight it directly, the Witness began to grow desperate, refusing to accept that the defenders of Sol would thwart its Final Shape. Even within its final moments, the Witness couldn't understand the denizens of Sol would be able to find meaning and purpose within a chaotic universe. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||