Black Sun¶
The Black Sun is the symbol that Robert Bigelow names when he shows the party a strange white ring recorded by his sky camera, tying it to its pagan roots, its appropriation by the Nazis, and to Revelation 6:12. (Walkers 05)
| Type | Lore / interpretation |
| Aliases | Revelation 6:12 |
| Source | Bigelow's reading of the ring |
| First appearance | Walkers 05 |
Overview¶
On the night of the electrical disturbance at the Sherman Ranch, a white floodlight-like glow wakes Bigelow, who phones the guest house to ask, "Do you folks see a light?" The party later finds his staff pausing the VHS tape on one frame. Bigelow points to the circle and says, "This was the light we saw. This is the sky. This is our sky camera." He asks Dante's Kurt whether he has heard of the Black Sun. Kurt guesses "the Nazi thing," and Bigelow answers that "The Nazis appropriated it, but it actually has a long history in pagan mythology." (Walkers 05)
Bigelow then asks whether Kurt knows his Bible, and quotes Revelation 6:12: "When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth, and the full moon became like blood." Kurt objects that the ring looks pretty bright, and Bigelow replies, "But it's dark in the middle." Kurt adds that it is also lumpy, which Bigelow agrees is odd. (Walkers 05)
In motion the footage shows a bright white ring with a slightly purple glow, oscillating over several seconds. Bigelow calls it a clear-cut event, escalating nonlinearly for weeks, and says they "may be on the verge of making contact." (Walkers 05) The recording is covered at Bigelow's recordings, and the phenomenon itself, which returns in the final battle as a kilometer-wide ring, is covered at the white ring. (Walkers 09)
Reception¶
No other character endorses Bigelow's interpretation. At the table Bigelow is dismissed as "a rich, crazy man" and an "eccentric enthusiast." Bigelow agrees to Kurt's request to put a big ring of cameras around the party's house. (Walkers 05)
Unresolved¶
Later episodes treat the ring as part of the Sherman Ranch phenomenon and, in the final battle, as part of the field in which ferrous metal levitates, with no further reference to the symbol. Whether the Black Sun reading has any bearing on what the ring is is never established. (Walkers 09)