The Witness isn't coming for the Traveler but rather what is inside it which I believe is an entity much like himself. The Traveler has always struck me to be the polar opposite to the pyramid ships rather than The Witness himself due to their many similarities:
- Both are semi mechanical looking Para causal ships of similar size
- Both are in the shape of that which defines light and dark (complexity and simplicity)
- Both can have their power drawn from shards of them (EDZ and Europa)
- Both can enter dormant like states (Moon Pyramid)
- Both are shown to terraform planets
- Both are shown with one another in the original Lightfall marketing image, as opposed to The Witness being shown next to the Traveler symbolizing them being polar opposites
Savathun even alludes to there possibly having been more than one Traveler in the past in the truth and lies quests meaning, much like the Pyramids, in the past there might've been multiple travelers. The Traveler in the Last City could be the last of its kind after the others were hunted down and destroyed by The Black Fleet with this being the last one that The Witness needs to destroy to beat the light.
But I mentioned that he is specifically not seeking to destroy the Traveler but the entity inside it. Bungie has recently been using a lot of ideas from early concepts from way back in Destiny's development. An example of this is The Witness's design being based on the concept art of the darkness race showing a dark black figure with a pale face and smoke being shown. Coincidentally the original concept of humanity first encountering the traveler was meeting a woman who came from inside The Traveler, I believe this is who The Witness seeks to destroy to finally end the light.
The Witness describes The Travelers pale heart as being the key. Why not say the Traveler as a whole is the key? Because this entity IS the heart of the Traveler and much like a heart enables the Traveler to function and act as The Witness does with his pyramid ships. Funnily enough he also describes the heart as being pale, something you could describe The Witness himself as being. Lastly, The Witness has been shown to be able to partially control our ghosts in some manner as shown on the moon. A ghost was also controlled and destroyed when Rhulk tried to convince it to pick him, with the ghost being taken over and destroyed, by possibly the entity within the Traveler, yet again showing similarities to The Witness.
For those who comment on Fenchurch Everis having been inside the Traveler, well The Traveler is huge and there's no way he explored the entirety of the traveler.
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ErafractureEvery piece has a part to play - old
This is a nice theory, but a few flaws there are. First, don’t trust Savathun. Even an ahamkara won’t go near her, the queen of lies. Believe her words and you fall. Second, the witness is of the same paracausality as the gardener. Even though the Witness isn’t the Winnower, it is still a paracausal being, likely as strong as the guardian. You see, there’s a thought, and as an honest ahamkara, I will share it. The Witness could be the disciple of the Winnower. Think about it. You, the guardian, are the strongest ally of the Traveler. And the Witness is paracausal, capital P, but not the one behind it all. And the guardian, you, have killed how many foes, grown strong, and your force is a capital P, just on the opposite side of the spectrum. But it’s just a theory. Either way, I don’t believe that the pale heart represents their connection. After all, isn’t the traveler afraid to leave the humans? Isn’t it scared to abandon you, after all you’ve done for it? “Your pale heart holds the key.” Key to what? Salvation. DUHH. Or maybe not. But I say it’s salvation. That’s what the Witness keeps telling us. Think about it, and let me know, oh guardian mine…