The Destiny 2 community is already memeing The Witch Queen’s coolest reveal
polygon.comBungie has done exceptional work with Destiny 2’s story over the past year, leading players to really care about the giant space opera unfolding before them. The Witch Queen tells one of the series’ biggest stories yet, and it’s finally giving players some answers to the Destiny universe’s biggest mysteries.
More than just showing off Savathun, Oryx the Taken King’s cunning sister, it’s giving players a glimpse at what comes next as well. But for how massive and exciting the story is for fans, the Destiny community can’t help but meme its biggest reveal.
[Warning: This post contains major spoilers and spoiler images for Destiny 2: The Witch Queen’s campaign and final cutscene.]
At the end of The Witch Queen campaign, players defeat Savathun, mostly. While her body is dead, her Ghost — a prickly ass named Immaru — seemingly disappeared in the Traveler’s Light, and nobody knows where he is. This leaves Savathun, technically a Guardian, in a state of limbo. If Immaru ever finds her (before players potentially crush him into bits in a future season or expansion) she could resurrect just as easily as any Guardian.
In The Witch Queen’s parting moments before her death, she warns Guardians that they’re on their own now — that something bigger and far worse is coming. Then Destiny 2 gives players their first look at The Witness.
Known by a lot of different names in the series (such as The Winnower, The Voice in the Darkness, and The Entity), The Witness walks out of a portal and makes a speech directed at the Traveler. They float with their back facing the camera, a long cloak trailing behind them, and smoke billowing off their head.
It’s an extremely cool cutscene and silhouette, and then they turn around. The Witness is
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