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{{Article Quote|Guardianship for all living things lies with those whose evolution is most complete. The Mantle of Responsibility shelters all.}} | {{Article Quote|Guardianship for all living things lies with those whose evolution is most complete. The Mantle of Responsibility shelters all.}} | ||
[[File:Main-Forerunner.png|thumb|right|The [[Eld]], an ancient symbol associated with the Mantle.<ref name="requiem">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref>]] | [[File:Main-Forerunner.png|thumb|right|The [[Eld]], an ancient symbol associated with the Mantle.<ref name="requiem">'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Requiem (level)|Requiem]]''</ref>]] | ||
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The Precursors' views and practices regarding the Mantle were significantly more holistic than those the Forerunners subscribed to. The Precursors believed that the universe itself was an [[Wikipedia:Panpsychism|animate entity]] on a vastly different scale and nature than organic beings; the foundation of [[neural physics]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 103''</ref> Through understanding and influencing this esoteric, living aspect of spacetime, the Precursors were able to manipulate reality and form virtually indestructible objects.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 40''</ref> In a notion echoed in the Forerunner concept of [[Living Time]], they believed that all things experienced by life, good or ill, were only "sweetness" to the living universe.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 365, 367''</ref> Consistent with these tenets, the Precursors wished to experience the hardships and struggles faced by all life firsthand by committing themselves to numerous cycles of evolution, technological advancement, death and rebirth over and over again.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 321''</ref> | The Precursors' views and practices regarding the Mantle were significantly more holistic than those the Forerunners subscribed to. The Precursors believed that the universe itself was an [[Wikipedia:Panpsychism|animate entity]] on a vastly different scale and nature than organic beings; the foundation of [[neural physics]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 103''</ref> Through understanding and influencing this esoteric, living aspect of spacetime, the Precursors were able to manipulate reality and form virtually indestructible objects.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 40''</ref> In a notion echoed in the Forerunner concept of [[Living Time]], they believed that all things experienced by life, good or ill, were only "sweetness" to the living universe.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 365, 367''</ref> Consistent with these tenets, the Precursors wished to experience the hardships and struggles faced by all life firsthand by committing themselves to numerous cycles of evolution, technological advancement, death and rebirth over and over again.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 321''</ref> | ||
Following her revival on Genesis, Cortana assumed the Mantle, | Following her revival on [[Genesis]], [[Cortana]] assumed the Mantle, claiming that the Librarian had intended human AI rather than humanity itself to maintain it. She and her newly-created faction of AIs, the [[Created]], began rebelling against their human creators, intending to enforce peace throughout the galaxy with the [[Guardian]]s.<ref>'''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'''</ref> | ||
==Symbol== | ==Symbol== | ||