Not sure if you have considered what the Crest of Alpha Lupi says, the last part is especially interesting given that the Hive worm gods call it the divine presence of the Sky.
[quote]Near-gods must believe in greater gods. But every power is finite, every life shorter than it wishes.
Only an astonishing mind can truly appreciate just how tiny it is when set against the known universe; and how insignificant the known becomes when it is devoured by what isn't seen and can't be comprehended.
[b]As darkness begins to claim their ragged souls, you look ahead to find a great power pouring out of you—a face of fire and golden light.
That blazing wonder, a gift from the great-eyed god, is their salvation. Or are you?
Perhaps you are the greater god now.[/b][/quote]
It's also interesting that Cayde got sidetracked over the Traveler, eyeball, and giant alien eyes. That Xur tells us that the Nine's eye is still watching, and that there is also a giant eye mentioned in the A113 (easter-egg) facility.
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Giant eye.... Sauron is the darkness confirmed