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==History==

===Origin===

Following [[Forerunner-Precursor war|their defeat]] at the hands of the [[Forerunner]]s circa [[10,000,000 BCE]], many of the remaining Precursors transmuted themselves into organic particles that would re-constitute their original forms—themselves highly variable—at a later time. Over the millions of years that followed the Precursors' fall, this powder degraded and became defective; instead of re-forming the Precursors as they used to be, it instead resulted in misshapen life-forms that ravenously assimilated biomatter they came in contact with - the earliest stages of the Flood parasite.<ref name="s174">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''~~pages~~ 174''</ref> Not all Precursors chose this fate; some entered deep suspended animation without reducing themselves as thoroughly,<ref name="s174"/> although only one would evidently survive to the latter days of the Forerunners intact.<ref name="mythos 9"/>

Following [[Forerunner-Precursor war|their defeat]] at the hands of the [[Forerunner]]s circa [[10,000,000 BCE]], many of the remaining Precursors transmuted themselves into organic particles that would re-constitute their original forms—themselves highly variable—at a later time. Over the millions of years that followed the Precursors' fall, this powder degraded and became defective; instead of re-forming the Precursors as they used to be, it instead resulted in misshapen life-forms that ravenously assimilated biomatter they came in contact with - the earliest stages of the Flood parasite.<ref name="s174">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 174''</ref> Not all Precursors chose this fate; some entered deep suspended animation without reducing themselves as thoroughly,<ref name="s174"/> although only one would evidently survive to the latter days of the Forerunners intact.<ref name="mythos 9"/>

The Primordial was a Precursor mutated and evolved to survive vast passages of time,<ref name="mythos 9"/> to the point it no longer resembled the Precursors as they appeared at the time of the Forerunners' campaign against them.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 222'' (''"What were they like-the Precursors-when we sent fleets to hunt them down and destroy them?" -"Unlike the Primordial, unlike the Gravemind on the rogue Halo. Unlike the Flood, almost certainly."'')</ref> Some later believed it to have been an artificial being,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 120'' (''"An ancient construct ... or a captive"'')</ref> perhaps a very early form of [[Gravemind]], created from several creatures; the exact number was never determined, but [[Forthencho]] theorized that there had been at least twelve.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 326''</ref> Forerunner researchers were unable to conclusively determine whether the entity was truly connected to the Flood,<ref name="p190">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 190-192''</ref> although there was believed to have been a link between the two.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 224'' (''"The Graveminds suck experience from all sentient history. One of them did everything but absorb me. Saw right through me, understood every strategy I've ever devised. They've advanced far beyond the Primordial."'')</ref>

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 ==History==
 ===Origin===
-Following [[Forerunner-Precursor war|their defeat]] at the hands of the [[Forerunner]]s circa [[10,000,000 BCE]], many of the remaining Precursors transmuted themselves into organic particles that would re-constitute their original forms—themselves highly variable—at a later time. Over the millions of years that followed the Precursors' fall, this powder degraded and became defective; instead of re-forming the Precursors as they used to be, it instead resulted in misshapen life-forms that ravenously assimilated biomatter they came in contact with - the earliest stages of the Flood parasite.<ref name="s174">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 174''</ref> Not all Precursors chose this fate; some entered deep suspended animation without reducing themselves as thoroughly,<ref name="s174"/> although only one would evidently survive to the latter days of the Forerunners intact.<ref name="mythos 9"/>
+Following [[Forerunner-Precursor war|their defeat]] at the hands of the [[Forerunner]]s circa [[10,000,000 BCE]], many of the remaining Precursors transmuted themselves into organic particles that would re-constitute their original forms—themselves highly variable—at a later time. Over the millions of years that followed the Precursors' fall, this powder degraded and became defective; instead of re-forming the Precursors as they used to be, it instead resulted in misshapen life-forms that ravenously assimilated biomatter they came in contact with - the earliest stages of the Flood parasite.<ref name="s174">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 174''</ref> Not all Precursors chose this fate; some entered deep suspended animation without reducing themselves as thoroughly,<ref name="s174"/> although only one would evidently survive to the latter days of the Forerunners intact.<ref name="mythos 9"/>
 The Primordial was a Precursor mutated and evolved to survive vast passages of time,<ref name="mythos 9"/> to the point it no longer resembled the Precursors as they appeared at the time of the Forerunners' campaign against them.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 222'' (''"What were they like-the Precursors-when we sent fleets to hunt them down and destroy them?" -"Unlike the Primordial, unlike the Gravemind on the rogue Halo. Unlike the Flood, almost certainly."'')</ref> Some later believed it to have been an artificial being,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 120'' (''"An ancient construct ... or a captive"'')</ref> perhaps a very early form of [[Gravemind]], created from several creatures; the exact number was never determined, but [[Forthencho]] theorized that there had been at least twelve.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 326''</ref> Forerunner researchers were unable to conclusively determine whether the entity was truly connected to the Flood,<ref name="p190">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 190-192''</ref> although there was believed to have been a link between the two.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 224'' (''"The Graveminds suck experience from all sentient history. One of them did everything but absorb me. Saw right through me, understood every strategy I've ever devised. They've advanced far beyond the Primordial."'')</ref>