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{{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 [[Ur-Didact|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 [[Ur-Didact|Didact]].}} | ||
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 name="p67">'''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 the last surviving [[Precursor]],<ref name="Cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref> and a [[Gravemind]], a physical embodiment of the [[Flood]]'s collective consciousness.<ref name="prim362">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 362-365''</ref> | 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 name="p67">'''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 the last surviving [[Precursor]],<ref name="Cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref> and a [[Gravemind]], a physical embodiment of the [[Flood]]'s collective consciousness.<ref name="prim362">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 362-365''</ref> | ||
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Despite the advanced nature of Precursor technology, Yprikushma and her research team managed to find a way to communicate with the captive for brief periods of time. They came to regard the creature within the cell as an oracle of sorts, asking it questions in the hopes of gaining greater understanding. Most of the time, the prisoner's answers were confused or unintelligible. When asked about the [[Flood]], the answers given to the humans present were so deeply horrifying that many of them committed suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 270-271''</ref> <ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref> | Despite the advanced nature of Precursor technology, Yprikushma and her research team managed to find a way to communicate with the captive for brief periods of time. They came to regard the creature within the cell as an oracle of sorts, asking it questions in the hopes of gaining greater understanding. Most of the time, the prisoner's answers were confused or unintelligible. When asked about the [[Flood]], the answers given to the humans present were so deeply horrifying that many of them committed suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 270-271''</ref> <ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 121''</ref> | ||
Following the [[siege of Charum Hakkor]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and a group of [[Promethean]]s gained access to the prisoner, though only the Didact ultimately faced it in person. Initially, the Didact believed the Primordial to be a hoax - a psychological weapon created by the humans to demoralize the Forerunners.<ref name="sil33">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 33''</ref> It was also theorized that the captive may have been preserved as an ultimate weapon of last resort, to be unleashed in case of an imminent defeat of the humans and the San 'Shyuum.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 250''</ref> However, upon conversing with the creature, the Didact discovered that it was - or claimed to be - the last Precursor, and that the [[Forerunner]]s had [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against]] the Precursors.<ref name="Cryptum"/> While the Didact revealed the existence of the Primordial to several others, he withheld what it had said to him from all, even the [[Librarian]], regarding its potential implications as being too destructive.<ref name="sil33"/> | Following the [[siege of Charum Hakkor]], the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and a group of [[Promethean]]s gained access to the prisoner, though only the Didact ultimately faced it in person. Initially, the Didact believed the Primordial to be a hoax - a psychological weapon created by the humans to demoralize the Forerunners.<ref name="sil33">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 33''</ref> It was also theorized that the captive may have been preserved as an ultimate weapon of last resort, to be unleashed in case of an imminent defeat of the humans and the San'Shyuum.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 250''</ref> However, upon conversing with the creature, the Didact discovered that it was - or claimed to be - the last Precursor, and that the [[Forerunner]]s had [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against]] the Precursors.<ref name="Cryptum"/> While the Didact revealed the existence of the Primordial to several others, he withheld what it had said to him from all, even the [[Librarian]], regarding its potential implications as being too destructive.<ref name="sil33"/> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{ | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
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[[Category:Precursor]] | [[Category:Precursor]] | ||