Future 2 simply dropped a cutscene in the midst of Season of the Deep which supplies a solution to the three huge questions that every one Future 2 followers have had for a while now. Who’s The Witness? What’s the Veil? What’s the Closing Form?
The Closing Form, as we already knew, is the identify of the subsequent Future 2 growth, however we’ve now develop into aware of info through stated cutscene which explains precisely what it means, and we are extra ready, and excited, than ever to face what comes subsequent for the beloved franchise.
In the event you’ve been taking part in Future 2 throughout Season of the Deep, you’ll bear in mind that Commander Sloane and an enormous sea creature named Ahsa share an inexplicable bond. Ahsa speaks through Commander Sloane to relate this cutscene, which opens on a shot of a number of individuals, presumably of the identical race as The Witness.
It transpires that the Traveler, the large spherical host of the Gentle, was as soon as upon a time buried on that alien race’s residence planet. Ultimately, it blessed the individuals of the planet with a Golden Age. Those self same individuals known as the Traveler, the Gardener. This has been a reference for a few years inside Future 2 however till now it was unclear whether or not or not they have been the identical supply of the Gentle.
In the course of the Golden Age the alien race set to work creating the now notorious black pyramid ships that the likes of The Witness, Rhulk, and Nezarec commandeer. After a time period, the individuals demanded extra construction and extra objective from the Traveler, and requested for steerage. When the Traveler remained silent the individuals looked for the Winnower – which we all know because the Veil – attributable to its reference to the Gardener.
After discovering the Veil it taught the individuals how Gentle and Darkness work collectively and aside they usually found that, simply because the Gentle is ready to give life, additionally it is able to horrific destruction. The individuals determined, within the face of this information, that the Gentle should be tamed because it was the epitome of chaos. They believed the reply to this was the Darkness because it was the antithesis of all the things the Gentle stood for, they usually believed it was formed by consciousness.
The individuals thought that in the event that they used the Darkness to tame and form the Gentle they may create the right universe – The Closing Form. When the individuals tried to tame the Traveler it deserted them, however as an alternative of accepting this the individuals merged themselves into one type – The Witness. The identify happened as a result of they believed that that they had “witnessed the reality within the darkness”.
The Witness has continued to hunt out the Traveler all through time and area, and as we now know, has succeeded in making a portal of kinds on its floor. The Traveler and the Veil have now been merged, as per the ending of Lightfall, and that is how the cutscene ends.
After dealing with criticism for the best way it dealt with the Lightfall marketing campaign, Bungie has simply info-dumped each reply we would have liked previous to The Closing Form. When the Future 2 The Closing Form launch date rolls round, we’re now extra ready than ever to tackle The Witness, lore and all.
