In my view, the Traveler is a benevolent entity that wishes to help others. The Darkness is an evil force that wants to destroy the Traveler and the Guardians. The Darkness, in my view, is like a snake, decisive and sly, slithering in the background, pulling the strings of not just it's power, but of Reality itself. It is not the good guy. In a Ghost fragment, a Guardian fell off the "Shores of Time", a multiplayer map, but maybe a portal or realm too. He said he walked The Black Garden, and cut his finger on thorn on a Ghost shaped rose. The rose told him that the Traveler and Guardians are "dead things that kill", and that it should leave the Garden because "it is a place of life". True, but what KIND of life? The Traveler brings Light and peace, bringing humanity to it's Golden Age for nothing in return. The Darkness created and/or supports the Vex, planet-taking robots. the Hive, planet-eating monsters, the Cabal, a world-invading military empire, and finally the Fallen, who steal anything they can, and kill anyone who gets in their way. If the Traveler was evil, why did it nearly die trying to save a single, small civilization? Why does it still hover over the Last City, still guarding it? Someone else commented that a Fallen cried "The Darkness!" when killed, and said maybe the PLAYERS are the Darkness. I think that was just the thing cursing, like "The Darkness will consume you!", or something like that. The Traveler is pure. It's Ghosts brought back those who had died in the Golden Age, and has given humanity a chance to survive. Don't question it. Guard it.