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9/18/2014 4:50:09 PM
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A Theory of who the Stranger is, and where the Traveler came from (spoilers)
So I haven't yet beaten the Raid, or looked into the details from the raid (I would like to see it first hand) and I haven't spent as much time reading through the grimoire cards as others, but from what I have seen in the story, I have a theory of who the Stranger is, and where the Traveler came from.
In this cut scene, you have a brief conversation with the Stranger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5xPrSBYw4s
Here is what stands out in the conversation, and why it stands out to me.
The Stranger describes the Vex as an Evil so dark it despises other evil. Knowing the Vex are capable of turning a planet into a machine, I think this is implying the Vex built the Traveler as a weapon against the Darkness. Granted this is pretty much only based on the fact that the Traveler looks like a planet sized machine.
Immediately after this description, Dinklebot points out the fact that the Stranger is not a Guardian. The Stranger responds by saying she was not "Forged in Light". So I see a character who has extensive knowledge about us as a Guardian, as well as what seems like All other Guardians. She also appears to have some powers that are on par with Guardian abilities. But this character was not made in the light as were the Guardians.
With my theory about the origin of the Traveler in mind, I believe the Stranger is The Traveler. She was not forged in Light because she was made to produce the light. Forged in Darkness by the Vex to fight The Darkness. While the Vex operate with a Hive Mind, the Traveler was not built as a Vex, but as a specific weapon against the Darkness, and I believe it was this that caused the Traveler to go "too far" with the objective, and turn on the Vex. Think of the AI taking over in iRobot, they believed Humans were destroying themselves, so they took control to protect humans from humans. Same concept, but she is protecting the Universe from the Vex.
I think there is a lot more to be uncovered about the true story line and the motives of everyone involved, but I do not believe it will be as simple as Traveler Good, Darkness Bad.
Any flaws in the theory? Let me know!
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Edited by Guardian6822: 9/20/2014 4:10:51 AMShe's not likely the Traveler, or even associated with it for that matter, but that's my two cents. She references the Traveler irreverently, more concerned with the series of events leading up to the Traveler being freed of the several forces at work (namely the Hive and Vex) severely mitigating its recovery and activity by various means the player eliminates, up to the Black Garden mission, before it can begin to recover from whatever injury it received in the Dark Age. She also has associates, who are still entirely incognito. I think there's a network of Exo spanning time at work, operating to defeat the Darkness (whatever it is) in the past to prevent their future. I've a theory the Future War Cult is in cahoots with the Stranger (read Lakshmi's dialogue, look at their [namesake]). I think at least the FWC and Dead Orbit are relevant in the grand schema of events and wars being fought against the Darkness all throughout time, from various timelines as beachheads, with at least FWC orchestrating or involved in the fight. I want to entertain the theory that the Traveler and the Darkness are players in a cosmic game of chess, with "game pieces" being fulfilled by the several civilizations, species/races, and factions comprising them. It's not likely, but it'd be lulzy to say the least. One thing that seems certain is that the Darkness and the several factions serving it (did it make contact with them as the Traveler did with humanity?) only turned their attention to this solar system in pursuit of the Traveler. It had enemies humanity de facto adopted when it accepted the Traveler's boon to progress and technology. That'd seem like a fair enough exchange, if humanity ever stood a chance.
