The Winnower has all the time been part of the Future universe. It’s the concept of a satan, the idea of one thing that isn’t precisely the essence of destruction however extra a being that wishes the universe to evolve in a particular method. In distinction, its opposition needs one thing extra for his or her creations.

We’ve had lore entries hinting on the Winnower in Future and Future 2 earlier than, however the Salvation’s Edge raid confirms that it exists and provides some context to what precisely it’s. You’d be forgiven for not figuring out what it is because it’s one thing you’d solely actually have heard about by studying textual content entries within the video games, and I’m actually responsible of ignoring these for essentially the most half. That’s why I’ve defined what the Winnower is in Future 2 right here as plainly as I can.

What’s the Winnower in Future 2?

The simplest approach to describe the Winnower in Future 2 is because the satan. However that misses the nuance of precisely what it’s. Within the sport’s universe, there have been two beings proper initially of all time and area. These beings are generally known as the Winnower and the Gardener.

The Winnower and the Gardener, being creatures that exist exterior of time and area. The legend about them says they wer as soon as in an amazing backyard the place one tended to the vegetation and the opposite harvested or eliminated these it didn’t consider wer needed. The Winnower’s need for all times is near what the Hive believes is the reality. It needs all types of life to evolve and battle with one another till solely the strongest emerge as worthy of existence.

The Gardener, then again, whereas enjoying the identical sport, needs to offer life the choice to endure even when it’s not the strongest it may very well be. Permitting vegetation to develop within the backyard unimpeded by pruning or harvesting to see what they do. For instance, it needs to see what the human race can obtain when shielded from being worn out totally by imposing forces.

The Gardener created the Traveler and entered the sport to attain its objective. As we all know, the Traveler grants nice energy to the races it encounters. Guardians straight outcome from this, successfully preserving life gone its expiry date by the hands of stronger races.

Whereas the Gardener was making the Traveler and interfering with the good sport, the Winnower grew indignant, and that’s when it appears to have unknowingly created what’s known as The First Knife. This knife is The Witness, a creature on this sport that’s our universe that believes it sees its creator’s imaginative and prescient. Nonetheless, what The Witness and Winnower need are nonetheless fairly separate.

The Witness needs to cease all time and life in its present state. It needs to protect the universe in stone, calcified, so it may possibly by no means transfer or shift once more. That is what it sees as The Last Form. The Winnower’s model of The Last Form is a universe the place solely the robust survive, although.

What hasn’t been clarified to this point is whether or not the Winnower controls The Witness. Given their completely different objectives, I’d say it doesn’t. It’s very laborious to inform due to the context that comes with The Witness being a knife. Somebody must wield that knife, however the Winnower might have given it a will and wishes so it may transfer freely by means of the sport.

You possibly can see how the Winnower form of fulfills that concept of a satan right here, and the Gardener our model of God. The factor is, each beings are creators. They simply have completely different visions. What’s actually fascinating is how their creations, the Traveler and The Witness, come collectively in a closing battle after centuries, nevertheless it’s their creations, the ability of The Witness, which is the sting of the Winnower’s Knife, and the Guardians, the ability of the Traveler, which was created by the Gardener, that lastly put an finish to the controversy of how life ought to evolve within the universe.

We all know for certain that The Witness isn’t the Winnower as a result of it says as a lot in Salvation’s Edge. After killing it, Echoes of The Witness unfold all through the system and created the Episodes we’re enjoying in Future 2 now. I don’t know the way the Winnower suits in right here as a result of its knife has been shattered. Perhaps a bit of that knife may obtain its objectives. We’ll have to attend and see.