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{{Era|Forerunner}} | {{Era|Forerunner}} | ||
{{Flood Species Infobox | {{Flood Species Infobox | ||
|name= The Primordial | |name= The Primordial | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
|height= 15 meters tall, 13 meters wide. | |height= 15 meters tall, 13 meters wide. | ||
|distinctions= Massive, | |distinctions= Massive, eurypterid-like head, four arms, barbed tail extending from head. | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|We meet again, young one. I am the last of those who gave you breath and shape and form, millions of years ago. I am the last of those your kind rose up against and ruthlessly destroyed. I am the last Precursor. And our answer is at hand.|The Primordial speaking to the [[Didact]].}} | {{Quote|We meet again, young one. I am the last of those who gave you breath and shape and form, millions of years ago. I am the last of those your kind rose up against and ruthlessly destroyed. I am the last Precursor. And our answer is at hand.|The Primordial speaking to the [[Didact]].}} | ||
The '''Primordial''' | The '''Primordial''', also called the '''Captive''' or the '''Timeless One''',<ref>[http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459 '''Halo Waypoint''': ''Halo: Cryptum Glossary'']</ref> and the '''Beast''' by the [[Tudejsa]],<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 67, 68''</ref> was a mysterious being of great power once detained on [[Charum Hakkor]]. Its precise nature remains unclear, but it appears to have been both a [[Precursor]]<ref name="Cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref> and a [[Gravemind]], a manifestation of the [[Flood]] collective consciousness.<ref name="prim362">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 362-365''</ref> | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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When the [[Flood]] were first encountered in the [[Milky Way]], several humans questioned the prisoner as to the nature and origin of the "disease". When the prisoner gave them an answer, the humans present were so deeply horrified that many of them committed suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 270-271''</ref> <ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref> | When the [[Flood]] were first encountered in the [[Milky Way]], several humans questioned the prisoner as to the nature and origin of the "disease". When the prisoner gave them an answer, the humans present were so deeply horrified that many of them committed suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 270-271''</ref> <ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref> | ||
Following the end of the [[Human-Forerunner War]], the [[Didact]] and a group of [[Promethean]]s gained access to the prisoner. It told the Didact that it was the last Precursor, and that the [[Forerunner]]s had [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against]] the Precursors. The Didact revealed this information to no one with the exception of his wife, the [[Librarian]].<ref name="Cryptum"/> | Following the end of the [[Human-Forerunner War]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and a group of [[Promethean]]s gained access to the prisoner. It told the Didact that it was the last Precursor, and that the [[Forerunner]]s had [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against]] the Precursors. The Didact revealed this information to no one with the exception of his wife, the [[Librarian]].<ref name="Cryptum"/> | ||
===Release=== | ===Release=== | ||
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==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{C| | *''[[Halo 3]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminals]]'' {{C|As the Gravemind}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | ||