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'''This genus''' was a group of genetic relatives to the [[Forerunner]]s, which began to diverge from the species' common ancestor around 10,100,000 BCE.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | '''This genus''' was a group of genetic relatives to the [[Forerunner]]s, which began to diverge from the species' common ancestor around 10,100,000 BCE.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
During the last stages of the [[Forerunner-Precursor war]], after the Forerunners had already eradicated the [[Precursor]] presence in the [[Milky Way]] and followed them to the [[Path Kethona]] satellite galaxy, the ancestors of these Forerunners invoked the [[Mantle]] and disobeyed their commanders' orders to complete their genocide of the Precursors. Some were summarily executed aboard their ships, while others were marooned on an unidentified planet in Path Kethona. Those who were abandoned were the only Forerunners to survive: their compatriots within the fleet refused to return to the [[ecumene]], as they did not wish to spread the shame, fear, and knowledge of their actions.<ref name="Halo: Silentium">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 10, 11, 15''</ref> | |||
===Rediscovery=== | ===Rediscovery=== | ||
They were rediscovered by the crew of the ''[[Audacity]]'', led by the [[Librarian]], circa 100, | They were rediscovered by the crew of the ''[[Audacity]]'', led by the [[Librarian]], circa 100,900 BCE. The initial exploration party consisted of the Librarian and [[Chant-to-Green]], with [[Clearance-of-Old-Forests]] of staying behind with the [[Seeker (armor)|Seekers]]. As the Librarian was the only one without armor to enter the Forerunner village, she got bitten by a local elder known as [[Glow-of-Old-Suns]], after which Clearance immediately retrieved them. Thanks to the microbes transmitted by Glow-of-Old-Suns' bite, the Librarian began to learn the locals' language and gain a more intimate understanding of their way of thinking. | ||
The Librarian, Chant and Clearance continued the following day with another exploration to the town. Due to the Librarian being able to understand the | The Librarian, Chant and Clearance continued the following day with another exploration to the town. Due to the Librarian being able to understand the locals' speech she, together with Glow, traveled to a canyon where the ancient memories of the Forerunners that first arrived were stored. Here the Librarian spent several days interpreting the carvings created by mosses and the spores she inhaled. After this last exploration, Glow was taken back to the town and the crew of the ''Audacity'' departed Path Kethona. This was likely the last interaction the regular Forerunners had with them.<ref name="Halo: Silentium">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 10, 11, 15''</ref> | ||
==Species== | ==Species== | ||
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They only had limited technology, consisting of fire, ceramics, and some metalworking. They also exercised population control. Their villages consisted of simple mud and stone houses and buildings no taller than one or two stories, or wider than five to ten meters. These were surrounded by mud and stone chest-high walls.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | They only had limited technology, consisting of fire, ceramics, and some metalworking. They also exercised population control. Their villages consisted of simple mud and stone houses and buildings no taller than one or two stories, or wider than five to ten meters. These were surrounded by mud and stone chest-high walls.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | ||
The divergent Forerunners had a simple language entirely different from any other Forerunner language, even ancient [[Digon]]. They had a complete absence of rates and forms, indirectly causing the species' sexual dimorphism to reduce. However, | The divergent Forerunners had a simple language entirely different from any other Forerunner language, even ancient [[Digon]]. They had a complete absence of rates and forms, indirectly causing the species' sexual dimorphism to reduce. However, some of their advanced technology had been supplanted by purely biological means, the most notable being a form of deep genetic memory and information transfer accomplished via microbiological 'agents' in both their blood and mouth, which would transfer memory and understanding from Forerunner to Forerunner through biting. After this initial biting, touching was sufficient to spread information from one individual to another. They did not enjoy it, but occasionally did it to the most ignorant - such as outsiders, in the Librarian's case. They formed Quorums of 100 Forerunners linking hands to gain information from ancient times.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | ||
They formed Quorums of 100 Forerunners linking hands to gain information from ancient times.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | |||
They also created a biological analog to the [[Domain]] through the use of memory spores, which when inhaled revealed the entire past of their species and why they were brought there. They saved this memory in the spores mosses because they found some of these memories too hard to bear; they also wished to leave the past behind them and live their own lives. They still went to the location of the spores whenever they wished to know about tradition or settle a dispute.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | They had also created a biological analog to the [[Domain]] through the use of memory spores, which when inhaled revealed the entire past of their species and why they were brought there. They saved this memory in the spores mosses because they found some of these memories too hard to bear; they also wished to leave the past behind them and live their own lives. They still went to the location of the spores whenever they wished to know about tradition or settle a dispute.<ref name="Halo: Silentium"/> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||