The darkness. I dont believe we will find who/ what the darkness is in the first installment of Destiny. They can tease us with that for a while. And they should. Maybe a teaser at tr end of campaign. But i think its the opposite of the traveler and they have been fighting for a very long time. Before our golden age started. I think the traveler tried to give us and the fallen. And other races. A golden age. To stop the darkness. And made its stand with us. Almost dying in the process. Just my opinion. E3 could change all that.
Oh oh and didn't they hint that the Fallen, Cabal, Vex and Hive were all attacked by the Darkness before us and that's why they're following the Traveler