For those of you who don't remember me, I will introduce myself. I am Venextron, and I dig very deep into the lore of Destiny in order to learn as much as I can about the Pyramid Ships and the Darkness. I look at the available written lore, as well studying the architecture in the game and the cultures its inspired by. You don't need to watch the linked video to understand what I'm saying, but I will reference clips from that. Timestamps are available so don't feel required to watch the whole thing. It's just for convenience :). For over a year now I have had the belief that the Pyramid Ships, are not The Darkness. It’s a pretty bold belief to have when a lot of the characters in the world until recently have called them The Darkness, and when most people call them that as well. Back before Beyond Light came out, I made a big post giving my thoughts on what the true nature of the Pyramid Ships and The Darkness was. I claimed that the two were separate, with The Darkness being controlled by a character called The Winnower, and the Pyramids being piloted I guess by a separate race. There were several factors that separated these two as characters, but here are two that are undeniable. The Winnower only uses singular pronouns. "I am by all accounts the winning side." The Pyramids only use plural pronouns. "We are your salvation." Second the Darkness and Pyramids entered our system during the Collapse at two different times. This is shown by our vision from the Traveler and in the lorebook Marasenna. For the sake of time spent typing I recommend you skip to the third timestamp in the video I linked. That was the core of that argument, and language used in describe these characters was further emphasized on in Season of the Chosen. Now at this stage, Bungie began to make their move. I personally think the story of the Pyramids, and The Darkness, is quite a lot, and so instead of dumping everything into one expansion, Bungie chose to spoon feed us information through the seasons, and Presage is a very good example of this. At the start of the season, the Pyramids were for the first time, not simply called The Darkness by the in game characters, but instead were labeled as The Black Fleet. This was HUGE, as how the characters perceive the Pyramids, affects how the majority of the player base sees them, so for a character to decide “No, I am not going to call them the Darkness, but something else.” Was a big brain move on Bungie’s part. The Pyramids had a new name, and soon the Winnower would get one as well. Presage would achieve two things. The mission itself, was very much about The Darkness, obviously, but the corruption inside the Glycon was something we had never seen before. This from a visual standpoint, immediately separated the Darkness, from the Pyramids. Up until now, people were visualizing Pyramid Ship architecture when you mentioned The Darkness, but now there was something else. At the same time, a new character was introduced. This was The Voice in the Darkness, or The Entity. Singular Pronouns, and separate from the Pyramid Ships. I also examined the dialogue found in that mission and broke down the information that could be gained from it. You can find key clips from that in the video I linked, or in its separate video on my channel. The big take away in regards to the dialogue, was that it proved that the characters were uncertain about their understanding of what The Darkness was, therefore making them unreliable narrators. There are a lot of people who believed that the Pyramids were The Darkness simply because the characters said they were. Not ideal. The beliefs of the characters concerning the Darkness and the Pyramids changed over the course of three time frames. Part one was from Season of Arrivals - to Season of the Hunt. All characters except for maybe the Drifter believed that the Pyramid Ships were the Darkness, and clearly stated that. Part two is Season of the Chosen to Season of the Lost. Most characters still believe the Pyramids are The Darkness, but some are beginning to doubt their beliefs now. This brings us to part three, Season of the Lost. If you want to see the clips skip to the Season of the Lost timestamp on the video. By stating that the Entity commands the Worm Gods and is the original master of the Taken, Mara proves that the Winnower is the Entity. Oryx himself, says that they serve and I quote “The Darkness which is the Deep.” At the same time we know the Winnower is buddies with Oryx, as in the lore book Unveiling he refers to Oryx as “My man Oryx.” This chill way of speaking perfectly matches the tone of the Darkness in the entry Majestic Majestic. So, to clarify. The Winnower has stated that he was pals with Oryx, and there was only one being that Oryx was willing to be friendly with outside of family, and that was the Darkness. And Mara has said this Entity is what commands the Worm Gods, and therefore the Hive. Again I want to point out that Oryx says they served the Darkness, so that's further proof that the Entity was the Darkness. Savathun this season also speaks of something being beyond the Worm Gods, which we know from Mara is the Entity. The key thing though, is that Savathun compares this character to the Traveler as being the source of their power. Since we know that the Entity commands the Hive, Taken, Scorn and Pyramids, then it is safe to say a good chunk of their power comes from the Entity. And since the Entity is stated to be in command of the Black Fleet, they aren’t the big bad everyone thought they were, and we know the Entity isn’t on the Fleet because that’s where Calus would have gone (That's an assumption on my end I admit). And I also believe it’s not on the Fleet, because in the lore book Unveiling, the Winnower states that he’s on his way, after the Pyramids began their journey here, two years after in fact. It all matches the Collapse. The Pyramids found out where the Traveler was before the Winnower, and arrived in our system before he did. I’m not just saying this, as I showed in the video, this is proven in cutscenes and in written lore. So that is that. If you disagree with me, that is perfectly fine. Although I am very confident in this, I am completely open to changing my mind, and at the end of the day, care about knowing the truth, not about being right. I do believe that the true identity of the Winnower/Entity is still in the "we'll have to see" zone, but when it comes to the Pyramids, I do feel like Bungie has done enough to separate them as characters in regards to the lore, the language they use and is used about them, and their visuals when compared to Presage.