Criterion (Forerunner)
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The Criterion were a sect of Forerunners at the height of their empire.[1] Little is known of them, though they did survive the Forerunner-Flood war in some fashion.[2]
Biography[edit]
In 97,368 BCE, the Grand Edict charged the Monitor of Installation 07, 117649 Despondent Pyre, with the containment of the Xalanyn on the ring. Also known as the Endless, the Xalanyn were the only known species to have survived the Great Purification without having been indexed through the Conservation Measure. Prior to their meeting with Xalanyn that would lead to the latter’s imprisonment, the Grand Edict notified Despondent Pyre that the Criterion has deployed Offensive Bias to assist.[2]
A text from the Criterion ultimately survived into the modern era, where it was acquired by High Lord Dovo Nesto of the Order of Restoration. The text spoke of the domain and its origins as a Precursor creation, reading:[1]
| “ | We who claim the blessing of rule and protection of life and change that thinks have been brought to the domain of our makers. The starlight angel showed us the twining streams, bright as crystal, flowing from
Their throne—the treemark of life. We shall build bridges to that kingdom so that generations to come may be blessed with wisdom, and their strength shall blaze as a luminous sun.[1] |
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Dovo Nesto read this text to War Chief Severan of the Banished while discussing their joint plot to acquire the Lithos on Boundary, giving both the revelation that contrary to the Covenant religion they believed, the Forerunners had their own creators.[1]
List of appearances[edit]
- Halo Infinite (First mentioned)
- Halo: Empty Throne (Mentioned only)
Sources[edit]
- ^ a b c d Halo: Empty Throne, chapter 24
- ^ a b Halo Infinite, campaign mission Endless: Silent Auditorium Legendary post-credits scene
