Darkness

Overview

The Darkness is a paracausal force and the fundamental counterpart of the Light. It is linked to simplicity, memory and competition, where the Light is tied to complexity and cooperation. Lore has presented the two as opposed in some entries and as complementary in others. Osiris later concluded that they are different rather than truly antagonistic. The Darkness is also associated with the Veil, an older entity linked to the Traveler.

Manifestations

The Darkness appears physically through the Pyramids, the tetrahedral ships of the Black Fleet. They used Resonance waves against attackers, can suppress Light abilities, and house Nightmares. The Witness is the main antagonist and commands the Black Fleet, pursuing a perfected, eternal form of the universe. The Black Fleet, not the Darkness itself, carried out the Collapse.

Guardian powers

Beyond Light made Darkness playable for Guardians, starting with Stasis, which halts the motion of particles to freeze and shatter enemies. Lightfall added Strand, which creates threads of psychic energy and was discovered in Neomuna, where the Veil's presence concentrates it. Before that, Guardians drew Darkness power from Splinters of Darkness.