Board Thread:Destiny Forum/@comment-4814368-20140916164127/@comment-5650583-20150106144029

74.67.128.112 wrote: What about the first mission on Venus? In the ending cutscene, the Exo Stranger seems to GLARE at your ghost and states, "A side should always be chosen, Little Light. Even if it's the wrong side."

Is she referring to the Awoken? Perhaps... But I'm almost certain she's directly referring to the Ghost and its possible sinister allegiance with the Traveler. Think about it, why is the Ghost so wary of the Exo Stranger? Sure, she's literally a stranger, but the Ghost is on a whole new level of wariness. He's almost... afraid of her. What if the Ghost is already acquainted with the Exo Stranger? What if the Exo Stranger knows about how the Traveler and its Ghosts are manipulating the Guardians? Then that raises another question. Why isn't she telling us? Why won't she just come right out and say it? Even though the Traveler if supposedly "dormant", is it threatening her? Is it and its Ghosts blackmailing her to stay out of their way? This is all speculation, but fairly well supported.

Notice that she said *a* side. The City and The Reef don't exactly get along, making them separate sides in the conflict against the Darkness. Then there's the Jovians (Xur). We don't really know what their story is, but he is at least somewhat helpful towards the City. When you count the fact that most of the enemies are hostile towards each other as well, that gives about 8 "sides" in total.