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'''Forthencho, the Lord of Admirals''', was a [[human]] senior naval officer who served during the [[ | '''Forthencho, the Lord of Admirals''', was a [[human]] senior naval officer who served during the [[human-Forerunner wars]] circa [[109,000 BCE]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 53''</ref> | ||
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As humanity fell back to their capital world [[Charum Hakkor]], Forthencho commanded the forces protecting the planet, gaining an intimate understanding of the [[Didact]]'s tactics and strategy in the process of countering his constant assaults over the course of the [[Charum Hakkor campaign|final battle]];<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 327-328''</ref> he ironically stated that "no lover ever felt [his] attentions so fiercely."<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 86''</ref> He later noted that despite his animosity toward Forerunners, he felt a deep respect for his main opponent. Eventually, he and the other surviving human forces were pushed back to the Precursor ruin known as [[Citadel Charum]] where they made their final stand.<ref group="note">[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminal 4]] of ''Halo 4'' depicts the Didact's forces seizing Forthencho's flagship in orbit above Charum Hakkor and him personally surrendering to the Didact on the bridge.</ref> As the final planetary defenses collapsed and their defeat became certain, the survivors stripped their uniforms in an effort to conceal their ranks from the Forerunners in the face of inevitable capture. This failed, as the Didact was able to locate him immediately from amongst the thousands of the human survivors that had been rounded up in the citadel.<ref name="p234">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 234-235''</ref> | As humanity fell back to their capital world [[Charum Hakkor]], Forthencho commanded the forces protecting the planet, gaining an intimate understanding of the [[Didact]]'s tactics and strategy in the process of countering his constant assaults over the course of the [[Charum Hakkor campaign|final battle]];<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 327-328''</ref> he ironically stated that "no lover ever felt [his] attentions so fiercely."<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 86''</ref> He later noted that despite his animosity toward Forerunners, he felt a deep respect for his main opponent. Eventually, he and the other surviving human forces were pushed back to the Precursor ruin known as [[Citadel Charum]] where they made their final stand.<ref group="note">[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminal 4]] of ''Halo 4'' depicts the Didact's forces seizing Forthencho's flagship in orbit above Charum Hakkor and him personally surrendering to the Didact on the bridge.</ref> As the final planetary defenses collapsed and their defeat became certain, the survivors stripped their uniforms in an effort to conceal their ranks from the Forerunners in the face of inevitable capture. This failed, as the Didact was able to locate him immediately from amongst the thousands of the human survivors that had been rounded up in the citadel.<ref name="p234">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 234-235''</ref> | ||
Meeting his defeated opponent in person, the Didact addressed Forthencho as a fellow warrior, showing respect at his tenacity and reassuring him about the future, explaining that the [[Librarian]] | Meeting his defeated opponent in person, the Didact addressed Forthencho as a fellow warrior, showing respect at his tenacity and reassuring him about the future, explaining that the [[Librarian]] had laid plans for Forthencho and his human fellows for thousands of years to come and that their impending death would not mean the end of humankind.<ref name="p234"/> The Forerunners' [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] believed that humanity possessed a "cure" to the Flood, and the Librarian intended to use this belief to preserve what she could of the human survivors. First analyzed both physically and mentally in the most thorough ways possible, Forthencho and the other humans on Charum Hakkor were scanned by [[Composer]]s, killing their physical selves but storing their patterns in virtual form. As mandated by the Old Council, the essences of Forthencho and the other humans processed by the Composer were splintered into many copies which were cycled through incessant virtual interrogation for thousands of years; the Council believed this would finally unlock humanity's supposed cure to the Flood thus making the Forerunners better prepared against the parasite when it reappeared.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 41-43''</ref> | ||
===Reawakening=== | ===Reawakening=== | ||
