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Was this actually the result of the Soul Stream? Because the Golems went poof in the cutscene during the finale.

This is speculation but it's also possible it's because of Tory Ravine. A few times through G15 they mention how Admiral Owen restricted access to Tory Ravine without a publicly announced reason and it is also known that Tory Ravine is based on Tory Island, the home of Balor in Celtic Mythology. Also, if you look at the streams in Beach of Scathach, you notice that the ominousness is coming out of the direction of Tory Ravine, not the ocean. Although, if we ever see Balor ingame, it would probably be in a flashback or some revival since Lugh, Balor's grandson, kills him and Lugh is obviously dead.

What did happen to Tory Island?

There was a legend that Balor's grandchild would be the one to kill him, so he locked his daughter up in a tower and did not allow any men to come anywhere near her. Obviously, she somehow did and had triplets. Balor killed two of them and the survivor, Lugh, killed Balor as an adult.

... That's the legend of Tory Island? The tower that prevented Ethniu from getting pregnant?

Pretty much...

I looked through a video and in All-consuming Darkness, if you pick "Destruction of Paradise", Cichol claims Scathach Beach's ominous event was created by the Soul Stream.