So I was reading the grimoire cards out of boredom and kept wondering about the house of rain after research I came to realize the fallen are called fallen due to their entire civilization being wiped out by the whirlwind aka the darkness as us guardians know it But if this is indeed true that means the golden age was actually after the Fallens time what I'm saying here to cut the story short is what if the traveler is actually like the fallen in this example we use the house system the kell aka traveler the priest aka speaker and the servitor being the darkness The traveler keeps everything in order makes the planet stronger the speaker makes people gain faith in the traveler the darkness comes at peak of the planet and attacks. So when the traveler "saved" us from the darkness I think it actually was injured due to the fallen coming to take revenge thus stopping the darkness from coming any closer and making it go off to the next place My whole theory really is expanding on the major one what if we the guardians are the bad guys but only because we're brainwashed into thinking the traveler is good by the ghost distorting our memories and the speaker taking advantage what if the fallen are actually just trying to help us prevent their fate becoming ours??