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Following the revelation that the Witness and its Black Fleet were behind the Collapse and other historical events once attributed to the Darkness itself, and the discovery that [[Stasis]] and [[Strand]] could be wielded by Guardians without inevitably leading to moral corruption, the Vanguard has for the most part come to regard the Darkness as a neutral force, without any form of guiding intent or moral connotations associated with its use <ref>'''Bungie (2024/7/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Lore:Chirality|Chirality]]: [[Lore:Chirality#Cacosmia|Cacosmia]]''</ref>. Similarly, various statements once ascribed to the Darkness have since been recontextualized as instead originating from the Witness, which was referred to by [[Mara Sov]] as "the voice in the Darkness". | Following the revelation that the Witness and its Black Fleet were behind the Collapse and other historical events once attributed to the Darkness itself, and the discovery that [[Stasis]] and [[Strand]] could be wielded by Guardians without inevitably leading to moral corruption, the Vanguard has for the most part come to regard the Darkness as a neutral force, without any form of guiding intent or moral connotations associated with its use <ref>'''Bungie (2024/7/4)''', ''[[Destiny 2]]: [[The Final Shape]] - [[Lore:Chirality|Chirality]]: [[Lore:Chirality#Cacosmia|Cacosmia]]''</ref>. Similarly, various statements once ascribed to the Darkness have since been recontextualized as instead originating from the Witness, which was referred to by [[Mara Sov]] as "the voice in the Darkness". | ||
However, during their exploration of the Lunar Pyramid, the Guardian received an [[Unknown Artifact|unknown artifact]] from the [[the Witness|Witness]] which relayed [[Lore:Unveiling|a series of messages]] addressed to the Guardian by the Winnower, which presented itself as one of two cosmic entities or forces which gave rise to the universe, alongside its opposing counterpart the "[[Light|Gardener]]". After having read these messages, [[Ikora Rey]] | However, during their exploration of the Lunar Pyramid, the Guardian received an [[Unknown Artifact|unknown artifact]] from the [[the Witness|Witness]] which relayed [[Lore:Unveiling|a series of messages]] addressed to the Guardian by the Winnower, which presented itself as one of two cosmic entities or forces which gave rise to the universe, alongside its opposing counterpart the "[[Light|Gardener]]". After having read these messages, [[Ikora Rey]] stated that they were 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>. 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." | ||
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]]. | ||