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9/14/2015 11:29:24 AM
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Just to clarify, it doesn't say the traveler is evil. It says it's a bringer of death and darkness. Grimoire says that the light of the traveler shines like a beacon through the void, attracting all who see it. Think like a candle in the dark. The candle light itself may not be evil, but what it attracts definitely may be.
The traveler, even if well intentioned, definitely attracts darkness and death.
The fundamental problem I have with the traveler is evil theory, is why the golden age? Why the terraforming? Why the grimoire symbolism of the gardener and cultivation? None of that makes sense if the traveler is evil.
I have a feeling it is more complicated than that.
That said, if the traveler is part of the darkness, my best theory is that the darkness needs light to consume in order to exist, and that the traveler is a gardener, basically just "growing" light so the darkness can consume it. And our golden age was lighting the candle so the darkness knew where to go.
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Excellent comment, both concepts are possible. I believe that this has been left to further elaboration and can move in either direction. When planning a 10 year story arc I'd say the best strategy is to create a story that allows for multiple paths. I assume the Traveler story arc is the longest and will weave in and out of the shorter arcs in the DLC's. I especially liked the theory that the Traveler could be thought of as a literal gardener, raising the light as crop. Genius.
