[b][u]Toland's Universe[/u][/b] Before he (presumably) met his fate at the hands of Crota within the Hellmouth, Toland the Shattered documented his understanding of the Universe into a single philosophy. I will attempt to summarise this philosophy and its many implications below. [u]Universal Darwinism[/u] Imagine the Universe (both ours and the Destiny Universe) as a single continent. Upon this continent are three countries of equal size and population. Each country is led by a Queen. The first Queen is both wise and beautiful, and her people flourish in the fields of science and art. The second Queen is just and fair, and her people live in peace and law. The third Queen is neither wise and beautiful, or just and fair. Instead, she raises and army and conquers the other Queens. Who wins? Ultimately the third Queen wins. Even though she is foul and her people suffer, they endure. That is the Hive. Survival above all. Perhaps, Toland speculates, our Golden Age was unique. Perhaps in some Universes the Queens co-operate, all prospering while the third guards the continent. That was Humanity. "A circle ringed with spears", Toland names it. But even the circle can not survive if attacked by an entire continent of the third Queen. That is how the Golden Age ended. [b][u]Necrocracy[/u][/b] But where does the cycle stop? When the third Queen owns the continent, what then? She destroys all the continents around her. In the end, the Queen creates a world where nothing that is not hers exists, a Universe where the guilty are destroyed before they know their crime. That is the Vex. Purity through singularity. But, Toland reasons, what are Guardians? We, and the Hive, and the Vex, are the same; each destroys the other so it might be alone in power. What if our roles were reversed? What if we invaded the Hive and ruined their Golden Age? Toland states that this is fair, just as the atom rose from the Big Bang as the primary form of matter, the Hive's crusade against the Light is fair, because we would have done the same in their position. The Universe is Chaos. Chaos is Fair.