Interesting theory. One thing that does support credence to you mentioning the Old Norse myths has a foundation to the lore, is that [b]Skolas repeatedly tries to weaponize the Darkness for his own end. He hired Tanniks The Scarred, and we were sent in Variks's words to "stop him from stealing The Dark". When we took on the mercenary warlord and killed him, Skolas already had a backup plan to pierce the Vault of Glass and harness Vex technology. [/b] If you look at the grimoire card for "Queen's Ransom", Skolas also has knowledge of Oryx. He makes mention of "Light-Snuffer, Dark-Binder", which spurs the Queen into action. [b]If Skolas "chases after the dark", then what are the odds that he was doing what he was doing in order to attempt to make a stand against Oryx? [/b] Maybe his delving into the forces of darkness alerted him to a malevolent God King, and in his madness the only hope was to fulfill the prophecy of "Kell Of Kells"? The Kell of Kells, according to the lore, was supposed to be a Kell so powerful that "the Great Machine would see his might, and reawaken"... and if you were a species scattered to the brink of extinction like the Eliksni, taking on an upper god of the Darkness pantheon would probably require the assistance of an entity like the Traveler. Just speculating here. Ultimately none of my pondering stopped me from shooting him in the face until he died.