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Records of prehistoric humanity began to be encountered as well. On [[Onyx]], an artifact referred to as the [[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]] gave a testimony of the life of the Forerunner [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], including the knowledge that humanity had once been a Tier 1 species.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> This account was complemented by the testimony of the remains of [[343 Guilty Spark]], who related to listening scientists about his life as the prehistoric human [[Chakas]].<ref name="EH">'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', ''part 4''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 376-379''</ref> | Records of prehistoric humanity began to be encountered as well. On [[Onyx]], an artifact referred to as the [[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]] gave a testimony of the life of the Forerunner [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], including the knowledge that humanity had once been a Tier 1 species.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> This account was complemented by the testimony of the remains of [[343 Guilty Spark]], who related to listening scientists about his life as the prehistoric human [[Chakas]].<ref name="EH">'''[[Eleventh Hour reports]]''', ''part 4''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 376-379''</ref> | ||
In [[2557#July|July 2557]], the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] encountered an archived personality of the Forerunner known as the [[Librarian]] on [[Requiem]]. She revealed the times of the ancient [[human-Forerunner wars]] to the Spartan, as well as the origins of the mechanical [[Promethean]]s, ancient humans who had been the first "conscripts" into the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s army during the last years of the Forerunner's [[Forerunner-Flood war|war]] against the Flood. The Librarian further revealed that she had been guiding humanity since their devolution, notably instigating the physical evolution of the select few humans who met the SPARTAN-II program's genetic requirements, as well as the creation of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|powered armor]] and even [[Smart AI|AI]]s like [[Cortana]], in an attempt to prepare humanity from an unknown threat. The Librarian would call John "the culmination of a thousand lifetimes of planning" though she never got to tell him for what. During this conversation, the Librarian would call ancient humanity the greatest threat ever faced by the Forerunners. As a result, the recently revived Didact sought to finish their destruction with the [[Composer]]. John would later share this information with the bridge crew of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.{{Ref/Reuse|reclaimer}} At some point, the UNSC would discover some ancient human ruins with knowledge on a dead world, and a shattered starship with a vault full of unknown materials; using technology gathered from both discoveries, the UNSC would create the [[HELLCAT-class Mjolnir]].<ref> | In [[2557#July|July 2557]], the [[SPARTAN-II program|Spartan-II]] [[John-117]] encountered an archived personality of the Forerunner known as the [[Librarian]] on [[Requiem]]. She revealed the times of the ancient [[human-Forerunner wars]] to the Spartan, as well as the origins of the mechanical [[Promethean]]s, ancient humans who had been the first "conscripts" into the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s army during the last years of the Forerunner's [[Forerunner-Flood war|war]] against the Flood. The Librarian further revealed that she had been guiding humanity since their devolution, notably instigating the physical evolution of the select few humans who met the SPARTAN-II program's genetic requirements, as well as the creation of [[MJOLNIR Powered Assault Armor|powered armor]] and even [[Smart AI|AI]]s like [[Cortana]], in an attempt to prepare humanity from an unknown threat. The Librarian would call John "the culmination of a thousand lifetimes of planning" though she never got to tell him for what. During this conversation, the Librarian would call ancient humanity the greatest threat ever faced by the Forerunners. As a result, the recently revived Didact sought to finish their destruction with the [[Composer]]. John would later share this information with the bridge crew of the {{UNSCShip|Infinity}}.{{Ref/Reuse|reclaimer}} At some point, the UNSC would discover some ancient human ruins with knowledge on a dead world, and a shattered starship with a vault full of unknown materials; using technology gathered from both discoveries, the UNSC would create the [[HELLCAT-class Mjolnir]].<ref>''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'', ''Hellcat armor description''</ref> | ||
In late [[2558]], 343 Guilty Spark discovered that the Librarian's work on [[Bastion]] - which resembled a copy of [[Earth]], the homeworld of humanity - included studies and experimentation on ancient humanity.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=Epilogue}} | In late [[2558]], 343 Guilty Spark discovered that the Librarian's work on [[Bastion]] - which resembled a copy of [[Earth]], the homeworld of humanity - included studies and experimentation on ancient humanity.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|Chapter=Epilogue}} | ||
===The Domain=== | |||
After being composed, [[Forthencho]] and the Ancestors were sent to the outer boundaries of the [[Domain]]. It took the Ancestors tens of thousands of years to adjust, and finally heal their souls, to remember their past and reform themselves into a complete presence within a rift in the Domain's outer boundaries where the [[Warden Eternal]] kept them out of the Domain itself. According to Forthencho, this was because being composed had kept the Ancestors from any sort of a human afterlife and instead sent them to the Forerunner one.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi22}} | |||
While in the outer boundaries of the Domain, the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] met the composed essences of Forthencho and millions of other Ancestors. After the Didact mentioned the current human race to the Ancestors, they were greatly relieved, revealing that they had not known whether or not their kind had survived. The Didact told the Ancestors everything that he knew about human history, from the firing of the [[Halo Array]] to the state of humanity as the Didact found it when he had awakened on [[Requiem]]. That humanity had miraculously survived thanks to the [[Librarian]]'s planning and was once again colonizing the stars caused a wide spectrum of emotion: grief for the enormity of their own loses, and pride for the dogged nature of humanity and the achievements made in their absence. After hearing the story and of the danger of [[Cortana]] and the [[Created]], Forthencho and his warriors agreed to ally with the Didact and the other [[Forerunner]] essences to free the Domain from Cortana's control.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi22|Epi|22}} The Ancestors and the Forerunners later attacked the [[Warden Eternal]] as a distraction, giving the Didact the chance to destroy the construct.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi25|Epi|25}} | |||
Following the destruction of the Warden Eternal, the Didact invited the human essences to join the Forerunners in the halls of the Domain.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi26|Epi|26}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi27|Epi|27}} | |||
==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||