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At approximately [[150,000 BCE]], humanity moved their civilization outward along the [[Orion Arm]], possibly to flee [[Forerunner]] control.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 20''</ref> Once humanity recovered from their dark ages, Charum Hakkor became the capital of their [[Prehistoric human civilization|empire]]. Charum Hakkor once featured a wealth of [[Precursor]] architecture and structures that further inspired ancient humanity to make the planet the capital of their interstellar civilization.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 112''</ref> Prior to the [[Human-Forerunner War]],<ref group="note">Although not specified in the novel, the Didact's and the Librarian's meeting is presumed to have occurred before the war, as they were already married during the conflict and Forerunners would not have been able to set foot on Charum Hakkor until the end of the war.</ref> the [[Ur-Didact]] and the [[Librarian]] first met at Charum Hakkor.<ref name="c111"/>

Several decades before the [[Charum Hakkor campaign]], a high-ranking human scientist, [[Yprin Yprikushma]], discovered the [[Primordial]] on a small [[asteroid]] near the edge of the galaxy, and decided to transport the creature to Charum Hakkor. Unbeknownst to her and most in the galaxy, the creature was, or claimed to be, the last surviving Precursor.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref>

For over five decades, Charum Hakkor was the site of the [[Siege of Charum Hakkor|concluding battle]] of the [[human-Forerunner wars]]. [[Forthencho]], the Lord of Admirals, commander of the last fleets of Charum Hakkor, managed to successfully resist the the Didact for the last three years of the war despite being severely outnumbered. Forerunner forces eventually broke through humanity's lines, destroying the planet's defenses and made landfall on the surface. Human land forces on Charum Hakkor were pushed back to a Precursor ruin, the [[Citadel Charum]], where the Forerunners extracted their essences with [[Composer]]s after humanity was forced to capitulate. The final battle resulted in the shattering of the [[human-San'Shyuum alliance]] and the loss of most of humanity's reserve forces.<ref name="c111"/> After Charum Hakkor fell, the last vestiges of humanity's military retreated to the [[Wolf-faced planet]] where they made their final stand.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 155-156''</ref>

In [[100,043 BCE]], Charum Hakkor's biosphere was devastated, and its Precursor structures were annihilated, by the test-firing of [[Halo Array|Halo]] [[Installation 07]];<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 245''</ref> this activation, ordered by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]], was the first time any of the rings had been fired. The planet had become a gray, barren rock.<ref name="c111"/> Charum Hakkor was cold, and its atmosphere became thin and poor in [[oxygen]]. Forty-three years later, the recently-awakened Ur-Didact and the [[Manipular]] [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] visited Charum Hakkor to discover the widespread devastation, as well as the Primordial's empty cage.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 120''</ref>