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|name=Forerunner-Precursor war | |||
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|date=c. 10,110,000 BCE | |||
|place=[[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]] and [[Path Kethona]] | |||
|result='''Pyrrhic Forerunner victory''' | |||
*Precursors almost entirely wiped out | |||
|side1=[[Forerunner]]s | |||
|side2=[[Precursor]]s | |||
|commanders1=Unknown | |||
|commanders2= Unknown | |||
|casual1=Heavy | |||
|casual2=Near extinction | |||
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{{Quote|I am the last of those your kind rose up against and ruthlessly destroyed.|The [[Primordial]] to the Didact.}} | {{Quote|I am the last of those your kind rose up against and ruthlessly destroyed.|The [[Primordial]] to the Didact.}} | ||
Ten million years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]],<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 15, page 181''</ref> the [[Forerunner]]s rose up and destroyed their creators, the race of beings known as the [[Precursor]]s, in a massive war. Though all Precursors were believed to have been eradicated, the [[Primordial]], who originally claimed to be the last Precursor, later stated that a number of Precursors survived by escaping beyond the Forerunners' reach.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 364''</ref> The Forerunners' defiance of their creators may have been an act of self-defense, as the Precursors had allegedly decided to erase their species from existence, as they had done with many of their other creations.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 194'' (''"Long ago, when it became apparent that the Precursors were about to erase Forerunners, there was a war, and Forerunners erased ''them''."'')</ref> | Ten million years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]],<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 15, page 181''</ref> the [[Forerunner]]s rose up and destroyed their creators, the race of beings known as the [[Precursor]]s, in a massive war. Though all Precursors were believed to have been eradicated, the [[Primordial]], who originally claimed to be the last Precursor, later stated that a number of Precursors survived by escaping beyond the Forerunners' reach.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 364''</ref> The Forerunners' defiance of their creators may have been an act of self-defense, as the Precursors had allegedly decided to erase their species from existence, as they had done with many of their other creations.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 194'' (''"Long ago, when it became apparent that the Precursors were about to erase Forerunners, there was a war, and Forerunners erased ''them''."'')</ref> | ||
This conflict took place so long before the time of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] that their respective generations had no knowledge of it.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref> | This conflict took place so long before the time of the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] that their respective generations had no knowledge of it.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref> | ||
==Aftermath== | |||
A few Precursors were spared by the Forerunners. They either went into suspended animation or became dust that would regenerate into their past forms. However, over time the dust became defective and it created sickness and disease. With this new form, the earliest stages of the Flood, and embittered by the conflict with the Forerunners, the Precursors vowed that none of their creations would rise against them again.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 13''</ref> | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
Revision as of 15:11, April 12, 2013
- "I am the last of those your kind rose up against and ruthlessly destroyed."
- — The Primordial to the Didact.
Ten million years before the Forerunner-Flood war,[1] the Forerunners rose up and destroyed their creators, the race of beings known as the Precursors, in a massive war. Though all Precursors were believed to have been eradicated, the Primordial, who originally claimed to be the last Precursor, later stated that a number of Precursors survived by escaping beyond the Forerunners' reach.[2] The Forerunners' defiance of their creators may have been an act of self-defense, as the Precursors had allegedly decided to erase their species from existence, as they had done with many of their other creations.[3]
This conflict took place so long before the time of the Didact and Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting that their respective generations had no knowledge of it.[4]
Aftermath
A few Precursors were spared by the Forerunners. They either went into suspended animation or became dust that would regenerate into their past forms. However, over time the dust became defective and it created sickness and disease. With this new form, the earliest stages of the Flood, and embittered by the conflict with the Forerunners, the Precursors vowed that none of their creations would rise against them again.[5]
List of appearances
- Halo: Cryptum Template:First mentioned
- Halo: Primordium (Mentioned only)
- Halo: Silentium (Mentioned only)
