2,708
edits
The Witness: Difference between revisions
→Motivation, Philosophy and Goals
| Line 218: | Line 218: | ||
===Motivation, Philosophy and Goals=== | ===Motivation, Philosophy and Goals=== | ||
{{Quote|We may think of it as crude butchery now, but there are still times when a bone sets improperly and must be broken again to heal. This is as true for the universe as it is for a body, and the suppuration of the Gardener's Light has spread unchecked for far too long.<br> <br>You needn't be afraid. The creation of the final shape will not hurt at all.<br> <br>And then you'll be all better.|The Witness}} | {{Quote|We may think of it as crude butchery now, but there are still times when a bone sets improperly and must be broken again to heal. This is as true for the universe as it is for a body, and the suppuration of the Gardener's Light has spread unchecked for far too long.<br> <br>You needn't be afraid. The creation of the final shape will not hurt at all.<br> <br>And then you'll be all better.|The Witness<ref>[[Lore:The Rubicon|The Rubicon]]:[[Lore:The Rubicon#Phlegethon I|Phlegethon I]]</ref>}} | ||
The Witness appeared to be single-mindedly devoted to bringing about its vision of the [[Final Shape]]. This mission was born out of a desire to find meaning in a meaningless universe; the species that became the Witness desired a guiding purpose for their existence, and when the Traveler refused to give them one, they decided to come up with their own. After much debate as to what this "Final Shape" should entail, the faction known as the Penitent became ascendant, which sought to eliminate all suffering from the universe. After the Penitent merged themselves into the Witness using the Darkness of the Veil, the Witness sought to achieve this goal by converting the entire universe into a perfected, eternal, timeless state, within with no beings could suffer and nothing could exist without its consent. | The Witness appeared to be single-mindedly devoted to bringing about its vision of the [[Final Shape]]. This mission was born out of a desire to find meaning in a meaningless universe; the species that became the Witness desired a guiding purpose for their existence, and when the Traveler refused to give them one, they decided to come up with their own. After much debate as to what this "Final Shape" should entail, the faction known as the Penitent became ascendant, which sought to eliminate all suffering from the universe. After the Penitent merged themselves into the Witness using the Darkness of the Veil, the Witness sought to achieve this goal by converting the entire universe into a perfected, eternal, timeless state, within with no beings could suffer and nothing could exist without its consent. | ||