Since its announcement, there have been many details release regarding Destiny, and what sort of Universe we the player will be able to explore. The basic premise for the story has also been explained, and as well we have learned a little bit about who we can be, and what challenges we may come to face on our journey.
Yet the greatest mystery remains completely unexplained and that is, just who is The Traveler? Of course this mystery will remain a well guarded one, yet surprisingly there do not seem to be as many attempts at decoding this mystery of The Traveler as I might have guessed. Even if all we have to ride off of is blind speculation, somewhere along the road someone is bound to come close to the truth. So, why don't we use this thread to share ideas and theories as to who the The Traveler might be, and just where and or when it might come from?
My theory is quite out there and based off of absolutely nothing, but it seemed like an interesting possibility, so I suppose I'll share...
When the Earth was under attack, and began to fall, one lone hero/scientist figure escaped into deep space in order to establish a defense from a safe distance. Hidden away in seclusion in some unknown or uncharted territory, this person formulated a weapon that was a hybrid of human and alien technologies that may have been discovered on the planet he had landed on. After spending years designing what would be the white sphere we've all become familiar with, composed of mass amounts of advanced technology and energy, the machine possesses the ability to travel back in time only until a certain point. The designer of this tool/weapon now lives in a time where the Earth has been destroyed and humanity obliterated from existence. After completion of the tool/weapon/ or white sphere, the man travels back in time as far as he is able to, becoming one with the machine in the process to fully control it's strengths and abilities by forming somewhat of a symbiosis with the tech. The Traveler then does what it can to give humanity time and defense and to share in it's power. This then brings us to nearly the point in time in which Destiny takes places.
Yeah, so probably way off course, but hey it's still fun to speculate! Now share your theories.
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I still think tiger man has something to do with it
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It's a floating testicle. Haven't you seen them before? Like seriously... Where do you live...
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Since the vex were from the future, couldn't the traveler be too? Humans originally didnt have the traveller, so when they started getting hunted down and exterminated they built it. They put the very last of themselves in it. They travelled back in time to ensure humanity's future and created that alternate timeline where people survived and where there was guardians. The space magic could really be harnessed life force. All of the humans in the traveller eventually died of old age and lack of supplies. So all of their life force is just floating around in the traveller. And since there was hundreds of people there is lots of it. However the traveller has leaks in it so people who are more "tuned" to the life force and who are exposed to enough of it can use its power. That's how the guardians came to be
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A pedophile with the universes biggest ever all day sucker ... come on little kiddies, there is room for all your tongues.
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One who LOVES to travel!
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Derps testy. Mine are the sun and the moon
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my dad.
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I found this on youtube , kudos btw to MoreConsole on youtube for liking this video or else id never know about it believe it or not , but you gotta admit the guy tells one hell of a story
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A forerunner ?
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I'm proud of you, Helveck. You managed to get all the way through this post without calling it a Dragon Egg.
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[quote][i]"Something hit us. Knocked us down and tried to roll us up. No one knows exactly what, but we do know this: very few of us survived."[/i][/quote]
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Edited by MiloOmega: 7/6/2013 5:03:40 AMI think That was ice... Anyways maybe. I was talking to a friend about the traveler. So his theory is a little more complicated and really doesn't explain its origins (or I could have forgotten that part). Anyways there are multiple travelers that do different things. The travelers are competing for power. Anyways it gets in depth. And it also explains fallen space magic
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Perhaps the Traveler is balance, nothing more.
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the traveler seems to be some kind of planet defense satellite with its own energy sources obviously of a technology so advanced from ours that it seems to be magic. whether it was sent here to save us or somehow operates independently seems unknown. possibly its purpose is to protect us or whomever created it for colonization of other worlds and galaxy's so far flung from its origins. how to further activate it as a defensive weapon to protect the whole planet instead of just its proximity or how to "drive" it to other destinations for colonization or even how to get inside if there even is an interior of the vehicle "the Traveler" is a mystery
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Something Forerunner.
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knowing bungie, the truth behind the traveler is going to be something mystical, ancient, and epic. not some stupid scientist in a giant flying ball. on the other hand, however, Ide be a little disappointed if it's some ancient alien technology, that would feel too much like the forerunners.
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I can imagine them taking the really abstract note and saying the Traveler is some god
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A very good travel agent.
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Patented by Apple.
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My testy... sorry, had to say that once
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A space tourist.
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I think it's more of what is the traveler and where or who did it come from.