So given some of the lore thrown out this season, I’m relatively confident that the next Darkness subclass will be based on Egregore, but the purest form of it. In the Eidolon Shell lore, Eris is quoted to have stated that Egregore fungus is a physical manifestation of Darkness like Stasis, but unlike Stasis, it is an impure manifestation.
I don’t know if anyone remembers those pastebin leaks from a while back (that turned out mostly correct), but it was said that the next subclass would be Vapor. The Egregore spewed out vaporous spores everywhere, and we even use this vapor to commune with it and merge with it. I have also seen Egregore INDIRECTLY compared to the Void a lot, almost as an opposition to it. It would kinda make sense. Where void feeds on life, Egregore feeds on death. Where void is the expanse, Egregore connects beyond the expanse.
All in all, I’m not sure what form pure Egregore with take, but it would likely be a different color, and would also likely still include the fungus. Imagine being Destiny’s version of Malenia in her Goddess of Rot form, idk about yall but I’m down to Scarlet Aeonia my -blam!- down into a group of thralls lolol. I’d like to hope the “pure” version of Egregore is prettier than the corrupted one because I want a nice garden of violent and poisonous flowers tbh. We could deal physical damage with the “plants” and damage over time using the vapor from spores. Hell even being a destiny version of Saryn from warframe would be pretty cool but I’m still partial to Malenia 😂
If you disagree, what do you think it will be? Of course come Lightfall we will find out, maybe we will even be shown in August if Bungie does an event like the Witch Queen reveal. I hope y’all have an amazing night.
ONE LAST THING: This is all just my opinion and theory, nothing here is fact or concrete.
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So Egregore is an impure manifestation of the Darkness, but from what I gather it is because of the fungus itself. Separate it and it's just Deepsight and shrooms. It is an interesting mix of darkness properties though. It has the consumptive properties of Sorrow Magic and the memory and psychic abilities of Deepsight. I don't see any straight connection to Stasis, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. I think that given Egregore's lack of distinct identity, it might not make it into our subclasses.