Lore Correction (Sorry) (Destiny)

by zumphry , Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 19:42 (2072 days ago) @ Ragashingo

In Forsaken, he opposed hunting down Uldren Sov and in the lore he practically turned his back on the Reef and only offered The City's help if Petra Venj and the Awoken would commit to abandoning the Reef and fully supporting The City under his command.

That offer came before Cayde's death.

In the Abide the Return Lore Tab, Zavala actually publicly supports Guardians' involvement in fighting the Curse:

Kamala Rior climbs onto a railing at the top of the Tower in the Last City. "Guardians of the Tower!" she calls out.

A few look her way. One begins dancing at her feet. Others fool around with a purple ball.

Kamala can feel Zavala watching. Tess and Rahool, too, though both pretend otherwise. She goes on, "The Awoken are Humanity's shield. We entered the Reef Wars to prevent a Fallen coup here on Earth. We met Oryx head-on and endured immeasurable sacrifice, all in the name of a shared future."

The dancing Guardian falls still. The purple ball is forgotten.

"We ask you now for your aid. One of our sacred cities is at risk. There are so few of us left; we cannot defend it alone. We do not ask this for free: We will open our armories; we will share our wisdom; we will teach you what we can. Please. Come to the Dreaming City. Fight with us."

"The Vanguard stands with the Reef," Zavala calls, strong and true. Kamala turns to look at him, shocked, and he smiles: apologetic, genuine, honorable.

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Is the Light skittish and only in it for itself with the Traveler running away from most of it’s major fights over the last several million years? Is the Light aloof or uncaring in that it makes safe spaces but leave it up to the benefiting races to defend those spaces? Is the Light too rule bound or controlling or fanatical such that following it without compromise would somehow be bad for Humanity and the other races? Is the Traveler a rogue god of creation that is itself upsetting a delicate balance of life and death?

My own theory is that the Traveler's been chased and beaten to a pulp by the Darkness every time it tries to uplift races, but because Humanity is Special™, this is the only time it fought back and remained dormant — allow Humanity to Become Legend™ enough to fight back against the Pathways into Darkness, with Ghaul/the Red Legion forcing its hand into revealing it's been alive.

I think the Praxic Order are the ones to actually have moral objections to using Darkness, with the Vanguard only allowing Gambit/The Drifter to hang around to see what controlled Darkness could do for Humanity. I doubt the Traveler wants anything beyond to be some sort of gardener god. Simplistic and goes along with the Cultivator/Collector dualism of the Light/Darkness.

That or the Traveler is just the Cyborg having fun playing Durandal with his own army of undead.