Darkness: Fallen from the light

[quote]The Vex had/have a dark 'god' in the black garden that leeches light from the Traveller, it can also bring dead/inanimate things to life (remember those statues?).[/quote] Here's the Grimoire card entry for the "Sol Progeny" (which gives us some insight into the entity the Vex were worshipping, and the "statues" it animated): [quote]Sol Progeny To Commander Zavala - My Thoughts on Recent Events Zavala - How like you to ask me for the bad news, even in this moment of triumph. I've finished going over that Ghost's report. It is my hypothesis - a hypothesis at best - that the Vex saw the abominable presence at the heart of the Garden as a divine power. I can hear your protest already: how can machines have a god? The answer is simple. The Vex, for all their voracious intelligence, could not understand or decipher what they found. They searched through all available reactions, and they settled on the course with the greatest payoff...to worship this power, and to remake themselves in its image. I believe the three Axis Minds found in proximity to the abomination were Vex machines built to serve as vessels for this power: a way to extend its reach across space and time, binding it to the Vex, and the Vex to it. If they had succeeded, I cannot begin to guess what horrors they would have unleashed. Attend carefully. There is cause for hope. When endangered, the abomination activated these vessels and defended itself. This tells us that it was threatened. Whatever it was, Guardians could harm it. And it activated only a single vessel at a time. Its strength was limited. Whatever it intended, it was not ready yet. We must assume the abomination was part of something greater. And we cannot flinch from the terrible, obvious comparison: just as the Traveler acts through us, this power was able to act through its own servants. Let us be wary. There may be other abominations, and other vessels. Ikora[/quote]

I see it more in this manner. If the Darkness is a guiding forces behind all of these factions then one of the other is likely the case. - These Alien Species do not know they are serving the same partron - Or more likely they do and cannot risk the other groups gaining the favour of the Darkness by eliminating the traveller. As such they actively try to hinder one another whenever possible.

Interesting post. I'm wondering what if the Traveller didn't abandon these races, at least not intentionally. What if the Traveller's mission is to elevate others to a certain point and then move on to help the next system. It may not have realized that the Darkness has been following it. Hunting the Traveller. And so every race that the Traveller has visited is soon visited by the Darkness shortly after the Traveller's departure. The Darkness then corrupts those the Traveller has elevated, thus strengthening the dark forces and weakening the light. It wasn't until humanity's golden age that the Darkness finally caught up with the Traveller while it was in the process of elevating a people.

I'd be very curious to see what the Hive and Vex would do if they were in the same area. They're the two armies that I consider the Darkness or at least darkness-aligned, but they're not at the same locations. I definitely think that the Fallen had been uplifted by the Traveler, and the traveler abandoned them, either because of something that they did or to escape the Darkness, or just because that job was complete. And now the Fallen chase the traveler, trying to regain its favor. As far as the Traveler goes, I can't decide what I think it is. Is it a benefactor, a harbinger? Is it the gardener that that the Ghost Fragment: Mysteries grimoire card spoke of, or is it the narrator or that card(I'm leaning towards Rasputin being the narrator)? My biggest fear is that Bungie doesn't know the answers either....

It would certainly make sense why several different species of aliens are all compacted into our tiny little solar system at the same time. It would also give reason as to why none of the races have tried to destroy the Earth, or the Traveller. There's a Grimoire stating that the Cabal have altered the orbit of Mars' moon Phobos, and have it aligned perfectly to where they could actually send Phobos hurtling towards Earth and destroy us. Your theory would then prove the reasoning behind what is now sitting as a MAJOR plot hole imo. As well, I think what we know of the fallen also backs up your claims! We already know that they "were once a proud race", and it would make sense how such incredible power could possibly have corrupted them as a whole (This would also explain the several factions of Fallen and the in-house fighting they are plagued with: possibly differing ideas on the Traveller, their culture, etc.). Great theory, I do hope this is the way they're taking the story. The last civilization of mankind protecting this incredible power from corruption, surrounded at all sides? Sounds pretty epic to me.

There cannot be light without the existence of darkness. Thus is the balance in the universe. I think, if anything, the Traveler is trying to disrupt this balance by using us as means to an end to rid the universe of this "darkness" which is in truth something that keeps the traveler in check.