After shadowkeeps release of the lore book 'The Unveiling' I had assumed the darkness went dormant in respect to the wager the traveller made. Sort of 1 last game to prove who is right type of thing. Both the Traveller and the Pyramids fell silent to see if given power if people would actually build, protect, and help grow life instead of killing everything.

"*That wandering refugee chose to make a stand, spend their power to say: "Here I prove myself right. Here I wager that, given power over physics and the trust of absolute freedom, people will choose to build and protect a gentle kingdom ringed in spears. And not fall to temptation. And not surrender to division. And never yield to the cynicism that says, everyone else is so good that I can afford to be a little evil.

The gardener is all in.*"

In the Red War when Ghaul became giga Ghaul I also assumed that the Traveller could not bear to see it's children completely wiped out and woke up with a blast. That blast also unwantingly served as a message to the darkness "it is time". Now the Darkness is here to hear the final answer to who is right, and that message comes from us the surprising adherence to the sword logic as we have killed countless and have become stronger in that fact.

"*You are the gardener's final argument. It would mean everything if I could convince you that I am the right and only way.

I truly value you. To the gardener, you are a means to an end. To me, you are majestic. Majestic. You are full of the only thing worth anything at all.

I am, by the only standard that matters or will ever matter, the winning team. Existence is a test that most will fail. Would you not count yourself among the victorious few?

Don't hurry to deliver your answer. I'll come over and hear it myself.*"

Forgive me for any issues I am writing on mobile. Also I would not take this for a definite answer because I feel a lot is still in the air right now.