having read the cards (Destiny)

by Durandal, Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 12:45 (3148 days ago) @ Durandal

There are huge lore drops in here, so many answers to questions we hadn't even thought to ask ;)

The Akahambra are agents of the Darkness, the worm. They tempted the proto hive like the biblical snake. Humanity dodged a bullet with their extinction.

They are also playing a long game, using the hive to exterminate the rest of life so that only they remain. It also explains their relationship with the darkness, why it allows them as minions.

What is still unknown is why the the Darkness engaged humanity and the traveler alone, without waiting for the Hive minions to soften things as they had done before.

Also, the Traveler knew of the hive, of their campaign, and that knowledge could have been imparted to humanity and prompted the creation of the Warminds and the various weapons. If anything, they confirm a benevolent Traveler who created the Ecumne to unify everyone in paradise.

What made humans different from all the races that failed before? How could humans resist that which till this point irresistible?