Savathun, the god of cunning The black garden, home to the soul progeny A giant pink portal, carved from the Witness Three great mysteries, all hoping to be kind of solved in this theory. Let’s start with the first. Savathun is the god of cunning. Savathun was our greatest enemy at one point, outsmarting us at every point in time. Until she…slipped up. Yeah, that’s where the question kicks in. No one as smart as Savathun SLIPS up. It doesn’t make sense. Now, you may be saying that wait a minute. Savathun isn’t perfect. She underestimated us. Did she? Did she? I think we underestimated her. Let’s dive deep into the story for a bit. Savathun brought back mars. I think that’s the confirmed opinion. She brought back mars so that we could restore her memory. One thing doesn’t make sense though. Remember when we got the worm familiar and brought it back with us? Savathun saw that. She sees everything in her throne world. So can I just say that she saw us take the worm familiar and was like “Oh, I don’t care. I won.” And why did she even keep the worm familiar. She had to have known that we would go after it. Otherwise, why did she booby trap it with an ahamkara illusion? It makes no sense. Something that important must’ve been on her radar. But she just didn’t care? That isn’t like her. She had to have know, and there is maybe something deeper as to why she may have let us win. Remember that she is now an ally. She serves the traveler. She hates the Witness. And she is a pretty cool character. The vex of the black garden. Okay, hold up a minute. Recreation of the veil, check. Darkness worshipping robots, check. Yet, there are beautiful flowers growing and a beautiful sky. You get my point. How did darkness bring life? Was the Black heart really a failure? Or was it extremely close to the veil? Let’s dive into D1 lore. Final level of the original campaign. We fight the soul progeny in the black garden. We get to the black heart. What happens? It brings vex minotaurs to life! But it’s darkness. Darkness brings only death. Yes, that is true. So…it was kind of close? We see evidence that it was close to being another veil because it was making plants grow. Red roses, and a beautiful sky. It embodies what the traveler does. It gave life. But it was sucking energy from the traveler, weakening it. So what does that mean? Well, it’ll all be tied together at the end, but know this. The black heart was a makeshift veil that was destroyed. And the traveler healed. Then we come to the pink portal. It’s pretty simple. Portal was made by the witness after it established a link to the veil. Except…something isn’t right. If I remember correctly, the Witness wanted to use the radial mast to [i]destroy[/i] the veil. Destroy and make a link to don’t equate. So why then did the Witness want to make a link, but before that, he wanted it destroyed? It doesn’t add up. But if we look at the fact that ghost saw a vision of the witness telling calus to destroy the veil, it makes some sense. The witness was baiting us into going after the radial mast. It’s a light artifact. It’s tied to the traveler. Just like the veil. But it can destroy the veil. Let’s tie all of this together, shall we? Savathun mischievously surrendered to us and allowed us to win. The vex worshipped the black heart which was a makeshift veil. Then, the witness makes a portal out of the connection we established with the veil. So how does this add up? Well, from my theory, Savathun may have gained some insight into how the battle would go. She may have saw us as the chosen of the traveler, and knew we were the best ones capable of protecting it. That, or the traveler spoke to her and said no. The vex tried to worship that which was unpredictable to them. We know this from the deterministic chaos quest. But after we destroyed the heart, they still kept going. They served the darkness. Now, hold on a bit. Here’s the kicker. Why would the Witness make a veil if he wanted it destroyed, only to then want to destroy the real veil, then say “ Nope. Let’s establish a link.” It doesn’t add up. Honestly, I can’t really give enough answers, but there’s a connection here. Maybe I’ll find that out when the next season comes. In the meantime, what are your theories on this?