#deepsight

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It's not how we read lore! Lore comes in different formats; if a lore tab is something like a report or an actual text/letters being sent, then we just read it because it's a text. For example, Hidden reports can be read because they're reports, and it's also well known that people in-setting can read Books of Sorrow and Unveiling because they're actual texts in universe too. If a lore tab is just an event, then our characters technically don't know about it unless someone tells them. It's basically just for us as players.

Deepsight is somewhat explained as an inherent ability of the Darkness to see the memory of an object or a place. This is why it's used in crafting. We're using deepsight to see what the weapon actually looks like, then reforge it from that memory. It can also affect the perception of things in front of you which is why it can be used to hide things or reveal real paths. Experiments with it and some insight into it is given in the lore book Mnemosyne from WQ. Also from this quest step in WQ in post-campaign: both are tied to the Altar of Reflections:

One of the files seems much denser than the others. A closer look reveals it's an abstract on Deepsight, written by Eris Morn. "The nature of this power supports our hypothesis that Darkness is specially bound to the consciousness that stretches in webs across space and time. This makes it uniquely useful for an investigatory process. However, we have not yet fully explored its utility for reflection. Savathûn's Altar is one example of Deepsight's potency in this regard. The wounds spanning the desert suggest the Witness engaged in a similar process with Mars; retreading old ground to forge new paths in the future.

Also mentioned by Fynch in regards to qualichor:

Now hear me out, I don't think there SHOULD be one canon identity of the Young Wolf. OC guardians are way more fun. But if Bungie decides the player character needs more plot relevance and makes more concrete characterisation, here's my theory on how they could do that.

So, guardians don't have memory from before they die. But that part of them isn't dead, it's just deeply subconscious - see how memory is restored to both Savathun and Crow. Is it possible that in a future expansion, the memory of pre-resurection might be returned to the Guardian? If so, might they be a plot significant character?

I believe yes. And I have a guess for exactly who - former Queen's Wrath, Sjur Eido.

"But tumblrdotcom user tempestswing, Sjur Eido is a very specific awoken woman! What if you're playing an exo, male awoken, or human?"

Good question, voice in my head. I had the same one, since my character is also an exo. To answer it, I will refer to Destiny's enigmatic entities known as the Nine.

See, the circumstances of Sjur's death are very vague, but we know the Nine were involved. We know also that Sjur had a vision of being trapped in a labyrinth but trying to break free whilst Mara fought pyramids.

We know of no labyrinthine structures. But what if it's a metaphor? That Sjur is trapped within the subconscious of a guardian. How can it be a guardian with a very different physiology? Nine magic. We know they can fuck with bodies - see Xur, who was probably a regular citizen of Neomuna once upon a time (Jovian refers to Jupiter specifically, but in Astronomy can actually refer to any gas giant - and we know there were people on Neptune). They changed Xur into a tentacle faced monstrosity, and Orin not as much, maybe they changed Sjur into whatever the guardian is so she wouldn't be recognised.

Since both are psychic powers that we the player guardian uniquely unlock

That... would actually be extraordinarily fascinating! There's also a bit of commonality in their visuals as well, now that you mention it!

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