I have some theories that I've been putting together from bits and pieces.
What if the Nine are actually the old warminds from Earth and that they either serve or are the Darkness that opposes the Traveler?
We know that Rasputin was on Earth and Charlemagne was on Mars, so it would make sense that we could have nine warminds for nine planets (congrats, Pluto!).
Xur has a lot of interesting dialogue about not being in control of his own movements and how it depends on planetary alignment, which could make sense if the warminds were transmitting signals from wherever they are.
The card for the Nine has nine different statements about what they are. Most people look at these as separate theories, but what if they were all true in some way? If the Warminds fled the Collapse, potentially on hijacked Ghosts if you look at the cards literally, they could be considered the first Awoken and may now be working with the Darkness.
Finally, the card about Rasputin sensing an approaching object and attacking it is usually explained as being the Darkness. What if what he sensed was the Traveler?
Thoughts?
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