Editing Councilor (Forerunner)

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[[File:EcumeneCouncil.png|thumb|300px|Numerous councilors during a Council proceeding.]]
A '''councilor''' was a member of the [[Forerunner]] [[Ecumene Council|Council]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 260''</ref> The Council was composed of five hundred councilors from various [[rate]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 292''</ref> During their service, which typically lasted for a thousand years, councilors led fairly ascetic lives and took vows of abstinence and austerity.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 255''</ref> Councilors met in the Council amphitheater, a "floating bowl"-like structure connected to the [[Ecumene]] [[Capital]]. The most senior councilors thought it was disgraceful to mingle with their younger peers. To avoid this during Council proceedings, they would be inserted into the Council amphitheater through a lift tube.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 293''</ref> The highest position attainable by a councilor was [[First Councilor]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 304''</ref>

After the [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]] used [[Installation 07]] to [[Battle of Janjur Qom|quell a rebellion]] that resulted in the deaths of a majority of the remaining [[San'Shyuum]], a revolutionary party of younger councilors opposed to the Master Builder took command.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 264''</ref> A majority of the Council was replaced by new, mostly younger, councilors that were appointed through bevets.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 264''</ref> Most councilors of the "Old Council" were killed during the [[Battle of the Capital]] when [[Mendicant Bias]] fired a [[Halo Array|Halo]] at the Capital.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 18''</ref> Councilors of the New Council were largely killed at the [[Battle of the greater Ark|Flood's attack on the greater Ark]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 312''</ref>

[[Splendid Dust of Ancient Suns]] was a Forerunner councilor.

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Halo 4]]''
**''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{Mo}}

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