Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Ending Cutscene (Talking with The Witness)
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- Destiny 2: Shadowkeep - Ending Cutscene (Talking with The Darkness)
“We are your...SALVATION."
Who or what this entity is will serve as the final raid boss of the Garden of Salvation raid and is a member of the true Darkness that caused the Collapse for humanity centuries ago and crippled the Traveler. (Garden of Salvation Raid Prelude)
Edit 10/28: The entity speaking to us was not the final boss of the Garden of Salvation raid. Instead, the artifact that triggered this moment with The Darkness was calling out to a location deep within the Black Garden and at the end of the raid, after facing the wrath of the Sol Inherent (Vex closer to The Darkness) we would find another statue like the one we saw in the Pyramid ship, cloaked in a black veil. The artifact would continue to be studied by Eris Morn and soon enough, it's voice would now be directed at us and we receive messages from an unknown source (likely to be The Darkness itself) which can be viewed in the lore book entitled: "Unveiling". This would then be followed by a massive Vex Offensive being unleashed, as the Sol Divisive would begin pooring onto the surface of the moon from the Black Garden, beginning Season of the Undying.
I’ll say this I think the exo male says “we are your... salvation” the best
Gives me chills every time I watch
Exo male and Awoken female have the best voice
I agree, I got chills
My characters has no eyes so lack eye expression which also means hes blinds
Reminds me of ultron, especially if you give your exo red eye and grey metal
The way he talks to us, the way he moves, the way he rests his hands, I am positive that was The Witness talking to us
It was... It doesn't say "don't you recognise me?" it says US... the witness refers to itself as WE
Then, if the Vex pull shit across timelines, what if the Witness, is US in a different timeline, where we followed the Darkness, and use vex tech to jump through time, slowly claiming each reality.
@@RyanOConnell02 you mean the Witness refers to itself as plural, never singular? Not trying to be a grammar nazi, but I just think that’s better phrasing
@@beastmode1915 I think he used "us" and "we" for the witness because of the several different voices and the faces floating from it's head
It was one of its voices it wasn’t the entire entity but it was the witness just a single voice of the witness
“Don’t you recognize us” is so chilling the darkness knows we need it.
I love the Male Exo's voice. It sounds so both amazing, menacing and badass
That's the Miraak voice actor, from Skyrim.
@@RiotK0 also Paladin Danse on Fallout 4
Honestly, I think this cutscene really works best with a male Exo. Kinda makes it seem like you’re talking to Ultron
With all the lore surrounding exos as well. Super menacing
Not gonna lie. The darkness making a whole lotta sense
Yea Shin over here
This would be the first guardian to join the Darkness.
It won't be long before we can become dark guardians
Soon we shall find salvation for ourselves.
I wanna side with them bruh
Guardian: Your weak
Guardian: I am you
*you're
@@AdityaSingh-lp5rp you're*
You’re*
You're*
‘Y’o’u’r’e’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’*
“We are your salvation.”
“I am the vanguard of your destruction.”
Mass effect? Or was it in destiny?
The second line is from Mass Effect.
Because the voice actor for the male exo was also the voice of first reaper you encounter in Mass Effect ;)
@@marvinmagana1799 that fits too well
I AM THE STORM THAT IS APPROAAAAACHING
Plot twist: that guardian is us from the Exo Stranger's timeline where darkness took over
holy shit....
Now, that would be spicy. Although, it is clear in this cutscene that it is simply the Darkness just taking our form. But, maybe this was the Darkness subtle foreshadowing of how we would come to embrace them.
tha would be cool
Bigger plot twist: that is the Entity.
I think I've read this on Reddit
After beating beyond light, it made me think, what if the doppelganger in this cutscene wasn't *THE* darkness, but rather the darkness inside of your guardian
That’s actually a really cool theory to think about
Super neat way of thinking about it yeah
No it’s definitely the darkness/pyramids because it refers to itself as WE.
Also notice all the pyramids in the background. There are quite a few, it makes little sense for the guardian to suddenly have an internal dialogue when surrounded externally.
It does beg the question of why the darkness chose to manifest as a doppleganger though.
Or it’s the you from the strangers timeline
Could be. I mean, the darkness can't be your other side so its most likely the darkness inside of you
i think the male Exo voice and female Awoken voices are the best for this cutscene. the Exo one is really deep and almost distorted and honestly plain terrifying, but the Awoken female voice is so light and sweet, it makes it that much creepier.
female awoken is a very popular va and she's in like almost every childhood show, she's the va of daphne blake, frankie, azula and much much more.
The exo male is voiced by the same guy who did Miraak in Skyrim.
@@OracleFromHelGrey DeLisle! Amazing VA!
In the background behind the dark version of ourselves there are pyramid ships everywhere.
Oh really? Hadn’t fuckin noticed that
Keen observation mate 👍
To be fair i was more noticed on the darkness talking to see them the first time around
Paul Ramage it’s also fair to say that you aren’t the majority
Well not everyone needs talk to people like they committed a war crime
We are in the endgame now..
At least thanos are not in it lol
Not yet, once lightfall releases though...
@@AxisChurchDevotee not yet?
.... Tony, call Veronica
@@Kojack150 Lightfall is probably gonna be infinity war, then final shape will be endgame
@@AxisChurchDevoteeyou were so right dude, especially with the 12 man mission at the end
The witness spoke to us, the same way the worm spoke to sathona/savathun
I’ll be making a video about all Witness cutscenes. Stay tuned for that.
And the difference is we didn't BUY what the Witness is selling. Sure, we have the power of Statis thanks to it, but we don't believe its manipulations and lies like Sathona did before she would become Savathun. We know the Witness is a threat even for offering "salvation" if we just submit to it, and we know even how things seem... we're coming for it.
It’s so fun to see this and read these comments from back then theorizing who or what was talking to us here. Even though we know now it’s just the Witness it’s still fun reading what everyone comes up with.
Dude either came back and updated his title showing how dedicated he is or he’s just a fortune teller
I came back to change the title lol. I’m dedicated! 😂 But, yeah, thought it was more accurate than just “The Darkness”. This was very clearly the Witness. I have a big project video coming up regarding the Witness, so be on the lookout for that. It’ll include all the Witness’ cutscenes and dialogue from Witch Queen.
these are the worse villains you should be afraid of; the “charismatic” ones they speak as if they are the “answer” you have been seeking and despite your better judgement, deep down you think that they are “right.”
The darkness isn't really wrong tho. About the "perfect shape"
The darkness is right tho there must be a balance even if it mean that there will be destruction yes
@@nalnalvic9912 Actions speak louder than words. Their definition of balance is extermination of the weak. Nothing logical about that, regardless of how contrarian you try to be.
Like how the heroes fall down the dark path
@@stephenjenkins7971 That’s closer to the Hive’s interpretation of it through the Sword Logic. The Darkness is more akin to… Darwinism and natural order as opposed to eternity
Im now very convinced that this was actually the witness.
The body language and use of salvation is exactly the same
Finally 2 years later we know who's talking
*Witch queen spoiler*
It's the freaking witness!
He even puts his hands together like that in the cutscene at the end of the witch queen campaign just like he did in ur gaurdians form.
He says
the children of sol call out for salvation. And here he says
We are your..... salvation
Lightfall is gonna be a year in destiny 2 no one will forget
I’m already hyped 😩
Got to me before I said it
I literally can't wait.
lightfall is not the end of this saga its the 'final shape'
It’s gonna go crazy
you can tell its the witness because our dopplegangers hands come together the same way the witness does in the WQ cutscenes when the witness reveals itself
Two things I noticed as I just rewatched this cutscene within 20 minutes of watching it:
1) that's at the black garden
2) the title "we are you salvation" is a reference to the "garden of salvation" name.
A lot of people probably figured this out right away, I'm just a bit slow.
Edit, a year later because it needs to be said: if you see a comment like this, don't comment "well obviously" because it's really unnecessary and can be quite damaging if you don't know what the person's brain acts like. I'm autistic, which is why it took me a while to figure it out. I didn't take it personally when people were saying that but other people could have, so just please be careful with what you comment. By saying that, you could just be cementing in "stop being so slow, it's obvious. Why weren't you getting it?" And, again, that can be very damaging. And if you say "it's just a comment, don't take it personally" like I said, you don't understand how our brains work. So thank you. And goodbye.
He also made a little pyramid sign with his hands. Not sure if it's relevant but it's something else I noticed
@@GT-wj3gl I actually hadn't paid much attention to that 😂
Can you xplain a bit more?! What is going on!
@@GT-wj3gl you can see the pyramid ship in the background behind the other you
@@misomiso8228 A little late for a reply but I would sure be interested in helping you better understand everything, what do you wish to be explained?
Can we all take a moment and acknowledge the fact that the guardian and ghost got their light back from a corrupted shard of the traveler? A shard that was intentionally cut off to stop the corruption. This kind of sets the stage for a possible transition for the guardian to go down a darker path; from using weapons of sorrow, actively participating in gambit, (possibly) choosing to side with drifter, to straight up murdering for the sake of chasing revenge...the guardian is making all the wrong choices. And yes ik that the barons needed to die but the guardian didn't kill them for the "right" reasons.
I wish that we could get a choice to align with the light or darkness. It's most likely not going to happen but it's such a cool concept. Especially if you've read "The Wager" lore entry.
I’m pretty sure the trailer shows them using dark subclasses but idk
@@thegregster3808 Ik but when I said align I meant fully side with, not just use their powers. The story would much more interesting if there were two different paths, light and dark.
Tara ohhhh like they choose their side to be a hero or villain?
We will in beyond light
@@107frenchy Nah, we’re still a Guardian of the people. The Light and Dark are just tools. The Witness is our enemy, it would make zero sense for us to be bad guys.
There's always something intimidating about an enemy that doesn't think its destroying or hurting you, but rather it thinks its giving you salvation. Or rather forcing salvation on you.
The most dangerous evil is the evil done in the name of a greater good.
@@godlover9096 like Ultron
Who watchin this after Witch Queen?
What is going on here? Is it confirmed that's 'the darkness'? What are those ships?!
Are we in the black garden?!
misomiso Yes, Yes, Yes. Bungie referred to this as a manifestation of The Darkness itself.
@@ThePhoenix329that’s funny how bungie refers to this as a manifestation of darkness itself, but the Witness is just a being who uses the darkness, but is not the darkness
watching this cutscene again, you can tell for certain that we are in fact talking to the witness. The way they move their hands, the way they talk; it's uncanny.
Check out my latest video. I showed the Witness during Shadowkeep and Witch Queen and you can see the resemblance back to back.
Its honestly crazy that it took us 3 years to finally reach the beginning of the climax of the story that this cutscene started
I like how u went back n changed the title with the witness's reveal
- We are your salvation
Savathün: will see about that...!
Truth is a funny thing…
There needs to be a cutscene gallery so I can watch my male exo character go through all these awesome cutscenes again.
After reading the dark future lore book I'm convinced that the other you in the black garden is actually your character from the stranger's future. The stranger was sent back through time by the traveler, so it would make sense that the darkness would do the same with its chosen champion.
Oh god damn, if that’s the truth then the solar system screwed.
The traveller didn’t send her back, I believe. That’s to do with NTTE and the vex tech
@@aidenboyle3573 The Traveler exploding is the catalyst for her time travel reset every time though.
you were wrong. it’s The Witness
It was the Witness... The Core of Darkness...
after playing beyond light and learning that the exo were made from darkness, it’s a little creepy seeing how perfect this fits.
I guess it’s safe to say that the it’s us in the alternate timeline Elsie was talking about.
Oh no the darkest timeline is attacking
They really nailed the mannerisms of the witness with his body language
Reminds me of ultron
A reason why exos are the best
Wait ‘til you hear that this is the Witness
0:55 is what we all want here.
Calling it, during this scene what we don't see is that our doppleganger swaps with us (not physically but via energy) and whenever we do see a story involving the darkness the darkness that was injected within us will show. This will be the Segway into introducing darkness subclasses/abilities, and it is also the darkness' way of trying to convince us to join their side in this ancient conflict. Hence why at the end of this cutscene our doppleganger tells us they're our *salvation.*
Wrong
@@TRlFOLD yeah I know, was just a guess on my part 🙃
Bro just predicted edging to salvation
I get why other people prefer human or awaken version due the evil expression but I think it kind of ruins it if something is a big looming threat and the darkness takes the from of a Exo something about the Exo makes it more chilling the tone is cold but loud the face expressionless. It really builds up the looming threat of the upcoming invasion of the darkness not in the from of the hive who are their servants but the darkness itself in a physical form
Cherry Shark What if the vex turned dead exos into vex? Like replaced their engines or core or whatever with radiolaria so that the vex could control them?
@@igorleone834 hmm seems like to me atleast for advanced exos are what if there prototypes of the vex. As we all know the vex come from the future. What if we eventually become the vex
can 100% confirm now that was the Witness speaking to you solely based on his cartoony evil hand gesture of holding his hands together
It keeps making more and more sense as the campaigns continue, but to have a solid understanding of who this was now is really cool!
How to beat the Darkness in this scene
Darkness: "Don't you recognize us?"
Guardian: "...Dad?"
Darkness: "We are not- wait, what? No, I'm not your father."
Guardian: "Oh my god, Dad, you won't believe what kind of shit I've been involved in. Let me tell you..."
Darkness: "Didn't you hear me?! I am not your father!"
Guardian: "So it started out when my Ghost revived me for the first time. His name is Flashlight, by the way. Say hi, Flashlight!"
Ghost: "Uh, hi?"
Darkness: "..."
Guardian: "Anyway, so it started when Flashlight brought me back from the dead with no memory of who I was..."
Darkness: Turns to Ghost. "Is... is he always like this?"
Ghost: "Well he was okay when I first revived him, but after he killed the Black Heart, he became... like this."
Guardian: "... and that bitch of an Awoken Queen kept calling me "It" the whole damn time. I mean, who does that?"
Darkness: Still looking at Ghost. "Is this going to go anywhere anytime soon?"
Ghost: "Well considering he started from the beginning, like 6 years ago, no. This is going to take awhile."
Darkness: "I know I sent some crazy shit for you to face, but it can't be that bad, right?"
Four hours later...
Guardian: "... So then like a few months later, Saladin- you know that one guy who organizes the Iron Banner Crucible event, asked me for help to clear the Iron Temple!"
Darkness: "He won't stop... why won't he stop?!"
Ghost: "To be fair this is all your fault. It's like you said, you sent some crazy things to kill us. Atheon, Crota, Oryx, SIVA, Riven, Sanctified Mind. And that's without the stuff the Fallen have been up to that's tried to ruin our day. But all that is nothing compared to your Black Garden! I mean, he stopped talking for four whole years after that!" Looks over at his Guardian who is still talking. "Hmm, y'know, given that he's only on our third year, I'd grab a seat if I were you. He hasn't even reached the part where the Red Legion took the City or where Cayde died. And that one is a can of worms that'll take awhile to get through."
Darkness: "... that's it! I'm out, taking over the solar system isn't worth this headache!"
That read like its own comedy skit and i love it
because we barely ever talk i feel like over talking would be some sort of attack
Simply magnificent.
😌👏
We, the Guardian, talking-no-jutsu into forcing the Darkness away
Nice
I think the Darkness is just mocking us, by appearing as our doppelgänger.
Or maybe the darkness is a doubleganger of us and the pyramids are just copies of the traveler
I think it’s one of those congrats you’ve finally annoyed me enough little insect that I’ll give you a chance to squirm before my power and surrender
dr. destiny would not be surprised
@@Blaze-xe8cl well...one of the many ships of the black fleet is just vibing on Europa, tempting any guardian that goes near it
@@egge6145 i know i have been tempted
Welp, now people will come back to this due to season 11 and all the coming dlcs.
Yup wielding the darkness is amazing
@@CPT-044yep wielding prismatic is amazing
Yooo he uses the same hand gestures as the witness that's such cool continuity
My guardian:
Turns...
"no we...we are your řůîń
Doom ost starts to play
Just noticed they even do the pose the witness does too
so that’s the witness speaking to us
Never seen this with an Exo, but a robot saying "We are not your friend/enemy, we are your salvation." is terrifying as fuck.
I just noticed something, the doppleganger moves the same way as the witness does at the End of the witch queen expansion which is pretty interesting
Ying-Yang, the saga of Light and Dark has always been a journey about achieving balance. Light - forgets your past to forge a new future, Darkness - remembers your past to forge a new future. Light and Dark are mirror images of each other which is exactly what plays out in this cutscene. The Traveller and the Witness are slaves to one side of the mirror - our Guardian must find the path to bridge the two side's of the mirror or this timeline will go down the same path that Elsie and Mara have seen over and over.
Man, the way they move is creepy.
Something I keep thinking about since Witch Queen is that the Witness doesn't look like the statue that's everywhere in the pyramids.
The VoD raid shows us images of potentially a person inside the traveler, could the statue be of the one who is called the "adversary" by Rhulk?
The statues are other precursor’s souls who helped contribute to the making of the Witness
In the Iconclasm level, they say destroy us because they are part of the Witness. By destroying the statues, you release their souls to be free
When I first watched the cutscene which shows Sathona and her sisters in Fundament, I recognized that the voice says almost the exact same words that it said to us when exploring the pyramid on Luna, which confirmed that it was indeed the same entity: the Witness.
I just realized that the copy of us is the person the stranger saw in the dark future, it’s us but given in to the darkness
Lol this aged amazingly
Exo male and Awoken Female have the best voice for this cutscene. Gives me chills every time
Notice how the witness uses "we" and "us" instead of "I" just like in the cutscene after witch queen
Stasis slithers through your pores and burrows into your teeth. The frost gouges the breath from your lungs as your tears shatter and blind you.
The Darkness is devouring you...
but you've never felt more alive.
The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be.....unnatural
Is it possible to learn this power?
@@invaderjet5946 yeah go talk to Elsie, she'll give you the rundown.
In the lore, the exo stranger talks about how we lose to the darkness and how, and in the end she wakes up and sees cayde in the tower again basically to say that the timeline started over. I personally believe that that doppelgänger is shown to us so that we remember what ourselves kook like consumed with darkness. Kinda like how before we were going to be frozen by eramis, the voice said “focus within”. I think we will have another moment like that but almost to be consumed with full darkness
We are your salvation
Me “This isn’t mass effect is it “
At 0:37, you can hear the darkness theme🎶
The male exo voice is just too good
I didn't know Ultron was in Destiny 2
I knew it. Paladin Danse was the darkness all along.
They fucking ad victoriam'd their way into our solar system
Mine was an Exo with black metal and red eyes and mouth so it looked like a demonic Ultron doing that to me
Mine is identical to yours, but has devil like horns for eyebrows..
Nobody:
Me at 3 am:
after witch queen i can say it is the witness
That explains y the darkness says we are your salvation in beyond light
After playing beyond light, imma be totally honest the expectations were way higher than they should’ve been. Still loved it just wasn’t as cool as I hoped it would be
The fact that the darkness talked in my voice more than I’ve talked in my voice is funny to me 😭😭
You know maybe the exo stranger wasn't the only one to cross dimensions
Because that was us from the future the exo stranger is running from our future selves
It's always chilling when games show your character speaking to themselves or a Doppelgänger
Don't know if people have noticed this, but the spot in the cutscene is actually in the raid, it's the final part of the first encounter
the witness is speaking through the ghost 😳
It's funny looking back at this ending during season 15, season of the lost. All this time the doppelganger we were talking to WAS THE ENTITY. The same Entity that controls the darkness, that controls the pyramid ships, that controls the Viel, that controls Xivu Arath, that now controls the scorn after Calus' expirements on the Glykon ship in the Presage mission. The same Entity Calus spoke to on the Glykon. THE SAME ENTITY THAT IS NOW CHANGING THE SCORN! Sorry for all these caps I'm just both hyped and amazed on how Bungie is tying everything together with the ENTITY that is the literal embodiment of the darkness itself. I honestly cannot wait for Witch Queen!!! Even if Witch Queen doesn't turn out to be all it's hyped up for, I honestly am more hyped up for the lore implications that'll come out of it.
Lady and Gents i introduce to you the Witness
@@Winable_ *megamind
This whole thing feels like when the next villain reveals themselves at the end of a season FINALE
As crazy as this may seem, I don’t think this is “The Witness” the pyramid on Europa and on the moon share something in common. “The Winower” statue or “The Lady” statue. They also seem to try and help us hence the “We are your salvation” the pyramid on savathuuns throne world ran by rhulk has a total different atmosphere and uses total different darkness energy. This leads me to believe that there are two different dark fleets, one ran by “The Lady/Winower” and one ran by “The Witness”.
In light fall, I think we go up against “xivu arath” and “the witness”, and the final shape, we face “the lady/Winower” to bring light vs dark to a close and there only be good vs evil.
The Witness speaking through the Male Exo voice gives me Ultron vibes lol
The witness: “We are your salvation”
Our guardian: “Oh that’s nice, I am your demise, the person who will end you in 2 try’s doing the same thing, ending you like a raid boss just like rhulk!”
Probably the best version of the Darkness meetup cutscene.
Is this technically The Witness talking to us?
Yes
@@ThePhoenix329 nice
Why does he sound like Josh Brolin? Did they get Josh Brolin or does he just happen to kind of sound like him?
This shit and other teased by the devs makes me think that the darkness enemy will replicate our gaurdians...so we will literally have to fight copies of ourselves. Is it just me or does that sound dope asf😂
With exotic weapons? Fuck....
Imagine a high level player...
Eh a witherhoard duel seems fun
I shoot him he dies
He shoots me i die
i want light guardians vs dark guardians *faction war 2*
@@GothKaida no. Don't make me shoot you.
"Who are you?"
"It doesn't matter who we are, what matters is our plan."
I feel like an insane twist is coming where we are somehow affiliated with The Witness and it's origins since it says "Don't you recognize us". Why would The Witness say that for no reason? There has to be a connection between The Witness and our Guardian
I think it would have been scarier if they had no lights on for the eco
I believe the reason they show up as our guardian is because it is from the exo strangers dimension where the darkness won.
Ayyyyy.
That's actually it. :-)
In hindsight, I would have loved it if they would have overlayed the voice of the Witness as we come to know it here.
I think the Witness overlapping voices was a new concept added in Lightfall they came up with, unfortunately
Anyone else notice this guy made the video in 2019 way before the witness ever got name dropped. How tf did he know lmao
you can change the title and description of youtube videos lol
What just happened
We just got a rude awakening. The endgame is nigh.
@Australia Gaming Theater indeed.
I got chills rn!!!!!!!
"We are your salvation."
me:"hold on i gotta finish this dungeon brb"
After playing beyond light, what if this is actually us from the dark future?
And soon he will finally achieve the final shape.
I think our clone is The Witness looking lore and his hands pos
Darkness making more sense than the travelers bullshit
Wdym?
What if at this point it’s the darkness that returned and not our guardian, I know that isn’t the case but it’s an interesting thought
This a far reach, but I literally am expecting this to happen. Sounds amazing
Nah what if instead the darkness possessed us and is simply lying dormant in our body until the time is right?
@@HighlyUnlikely_ I leave Destiny 2 for a while after grinding killed me and this happens... I need to get back up to date on it. Speaking of that what's max light level now?
@@peytonburnsed2196 when did you leave
@@peytonburnsed2196 also its 1010 without artifact levels (earning xp gives you light levels without a cap)
When I first saw this cutscene, I gave me more questions than answers.
There is the Unveiling lore book it offers various answers about nature about light and darkness
For anyone who has seen S3 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, this one cutscene screams Mortis Trilogy to me when I saw this for the first time. Did anyone else have that vibe too?!
Also, Exo Male would make a awesome Thanos in the future!
Came to this because of the season hype rn. So excited for the years to come
Your guardian is very similar to mine cool