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The '''Builders''' were the highest [[rate]] of the [[Forerunner]]s, considered to be the most powerful in terms of intelligence, wealth, and political power.<ref name="Cryptum cover">''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', forward jacket description</ref> As their name suggests, the Builders were responsible for designing and constructing the myriad of technologically advanced structures and objects seen throughout the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]], including the [[Halo Array]].<ref name="Cryptum cover"/> Builder [[form]]s were generally tall, slender and more refined and sophisticated in appearance than [[Warrior-Servant]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 206''</ref> The chief of the Builder rate and all its [[guild]]s was known as the [[Master Builder]]. The Master Builder was often considered the most powerful Forerunner in the [[ecumene]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 124''</ref> The last Forerunner to hold this title was [[Faber]].
The '''Builders''' were the highest [[rate]] of the [[Forerunner]]s, considered to be the most powerful in terms of intelligence, wealth, and political power.<ref name="Cryptum cover">''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', forward jacket description</ref> As their name suggests, the Builders were responsible for designing and constructing the majority of the Forerunners' advanced technology, including ships, weapons and the myriad of technologically advanced structures and objects seen throughout the [[Milky Way|Milky Way galaxy]], most notably the [[Halo Array]].<ref name="Cryptum cover"/> The chief of the Builder rate and all its [[guild]]s was known as the [[Master Builder]].<ref name="c124">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 124''</ref> The last Forerunner to hold this title was [[Faber]].


Builders achieved their power early in Forerunner history. During one of the Forerunners' civil wars over 500,000 years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Builders purged the other rates of their ancient rituals while retaining their own.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 119''</ref> The Builders' power continued to accumulate during the millennium-long [[human-Forerunner wars]], as they supplied the weapons.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 3''</ref> After the wars, the Builders, led by Master Builder Faber, designed a new form of superweapon known as [[Halo Array|Halo]] in preparation for the [[Flood]]'s inevitable return. This plan was opposed by the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and the [[Promethean]]s, who instead proposed the construction of numerous [[shield world]]s as a strategy to combat the Flood. The Prometheans lost this political conflict after several millennia, leaving the Master Builder effectively in total control of the Council.
==Overview==
In an archetypal sense, many Builders demonstrated an economically motivated and ambitious mentality, marked by a constant pursuit for more wealth and power.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 78''</ref> Builders were drawn to the Forerunners' ancient past, believing that Forerunners had long earlier possessed superior technologies and sought to recreate this past greatness with their technological achievements.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 59-60''</ref> Such beliefs were also the basis of mystical elements in the rituals of the secret societies that existed within the Builder rate; these rituals had traces of the Forerunners' past beyond their recorded history, including symbols based upon the designs of ten-million-year-old warships which had otherwise been long forgotten.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 115''</ref>


[[Builder Security]] was an organization of Builders who conducted security and combat matters.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> Many members of Builder Security were former Warrior-Servants who migrated into the Builder rate after the Warrior rate was diminished in the wake of Faber's takeover of the [[Ecumene Council]] and the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s exile.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 3''</ref>
The Builders' gained and maintained their prominence via technological innovations, such as the production of new weapons during major conflicts,<ref name="sil33">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 33-34''</ref> though some Builders resorted to clandestine scheming and political machinations to achieve their goals. This aspect of the Builder rate became particularly notorious after Faber gained control of the [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] and ruthlessly eliminated all of his opposition in positions of power, his corruption encompassing even the legal [[Juridical]] rate.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 29''</ref> Faber's rule also marked a difficult time for Builders who were not part of his cabal, and especially those who openly disagreed with his policies. The Master Builder was not beyond having dissenting voices removed by his loyal [[Builder Security]] forces, or formally prosecuted by the corrupt Juridicals.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 90-91''</ref>
 
[[Builder Security]] was an organization of Builders who conducted security and combat matters.<ref>'''[[Halo Waypoint]]''': ''[[Halo: Cryptum/Glossary|Halo: Cryptum Glossary]]''</ref> Many members of Builder Security were former [[Warrior-Servant]]s who migrated into the Builder rate after the Warrior rate was diminished in the wake of Faber's takeover of the Old Council and the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s exile.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 3''</ref>
 
Builder [[form]]s were generally tall, slender and more refined and sophisticated in appearance than Warrior-Servants.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 206''</ref>
 
==History==
Builders achieved their power early in Forerunner history. The Builders, along with [[Warrior-Servant|Warriors]], played a part in the early suppression of [[Forerunner-Precursor war|the truth]] about the relationship between the Forerunners and the [[Precursor]]s. Over a [[1,100,000 BCE|million years before]] the emergence of the [[Flood]], after a [[Rate#Theoreticals|Theoretical]] known as [[Boundless]] persisted in her studies of this aspect of the Forerunners' past, Boundless was silenced and the Theoretical rate was forcibly absorbed into the Builders.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 67-68''</ref>
 
During one of the Forerunners' civil wars over 500,000 years before the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], the Builders purged the other rates of their ancient rituals while retaining their own.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 119''</ref> The Builders' power continued to accumulate during the millennium-long [[human-Forerunner wars]], as they supplied the weapons. Toward the end of the wars, the Builders kept producing more weapons and ships than were ultimately necessary, further consolidating their political power and gradually transforming the attitudes of the Old Council itself. The Forerunners' ancient ways of understanding and enlightenment gave way for a more aggressive and ruthless general mentality, which also contributed to humanity's harsh punishment after the conclusion of the wars.<ref name="sil33"/>
 
Following the end of the wars, the Builders, led by Master Builder Faber, designed a new form of superweapon known as [[Halo Array|Halo]] in preparation for the Flood's inevitable return. This plan was opposed by the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] and the [[Promethean]]s, who instead proposed the construction of numerous [[shield world]]s as a strategy to combat the Flood. The Prometheans lost this political conflict after several millennia, leaving the Master Builder effectively in total control of the Council and making him the most powerful Forerunner in the [[ecumene]].<ref name="c124"/> While Faber lost his status for several years near the end of the Flood war, he would be restored in command by the remains of the New Council in the endgame of the conflict, not long before he met his end during the Flood's [[Battle of the greater Ark|attack on the greater Ark]].


==Known Builders==
==Known Builders==
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**[[Maker-of-Moons]]
**[[Maker-of-Moons]]
**Maker's father
**Maker's father
*[[Growth-Through-Trial-Of-Change|Trial]]'s family
*[[Growth-Through-Trial-Of-Change]]'s family
**[[Growth-Through-Trial-Of-Change]]


==List of appearances==
==List of appearances==

Revision as of 15:31, November 13, 2013

The Builders were the highest rate of the Forerunners, considered to be the most powerful in terms of intelligence, wealth, and political power.[1] As their name suggests, the Builders were responsible for designing and constructing the majority of the Forerunners' advanced technology, including ships, weapons and the myriad of technologically advanced structures and objects seen throughout the Milky Way galaxy, most notably the Halo Array.[1] The chief of the Builder rate and all its guilds was known as the Master Builder.[2] The last Forerunner to hold this title was Faber.

Overview

In an archetypal sense, many Builders demonstrated an economically motivated and ambitious mentality, marked by a constant pursuit for more wealth and power.[3] Builders were drawn to the Forerunners' ancient past, believing that Forerunners had long earlier possessed superior technologies and sought to recreate this past greatness with their technological achievements.[4] Such beliefs were also the basis of mystical elements in the rituals of the secret societies that existed within the Builder rate; these rituals had traces of the Forerunners' past beyond their recorded history, including symbols based upon the designs of ten-million-year-old warships which had otherwise been long forgotten.[5]

The Builders' gained and maintained their prominence via technological innovations, such as the production of new weapons during major conflicts,[6] though some Builders resorted to clandestine scheming and political machinations to achieve their goals. This aspect of the Builder rate became particularly notorious after Faber gained control of the Old Council and ruthlessly eliminated all of his opposition in positions of power, his corruption encompassing even the legal Juridical rate.[7] Faber's rule also marked a difficult time for Builders who were not part of his cabal, and especially those who openly disagreed with his policies. The Master Builder was not beyond having dissenting voices removed by his loyal Builder Security forces, or formally prosecuted by the corrupt Juridicals.[8]

Builder Security was an organization of Builders who conducted security and combat matters.[9] Many members of Builder Security were former Warrior-Servants who migrated into the Builder rate after the Warrior rate was diminished in the wake of Faber's takeover of the Old Council and the Didact's exile.[10]

Builder forms were generally tall, slender and more refined and sophisticated in appearance than Warrior-Servants.[11]

History

Builders achieved their power early in Forerunner history. The Builders, along with Warriors, played a part in the early suppression of the truth about the relationship between the Forerunners and the Precursors. Over a million years before the emergence of the Flood, after a Theoretical known as Boundless persisted in her studies of this aspect of the Forerunners' past, Boundless was silenced and the Theoretical rate was forcibly absorbed into the Builders.[12]

During one of the Forerunners' civil wars over 500,000 years before the Forerunner-Flood war, the Builders purged the other rates of their ancient rituals while retaining their own.[13] The Builders' power continued to accumulate during the millennium-long human-Forerunner wars, as they supplied the weapons. Toward the end of the wars, the Builders kept producing more weapons and ships than were ultimately necessary, further consolidating their political power and gradually transforming the attitudes of the Old Council itself. The Forerunners' ancient ways of understanding and enlightenment gave way for a more aggressive and ruthless general mentality, which also contributed to humanity's harsh punishment after the conclusion of the wars.[6]

Following the end of the wars, the Builders, led by Master Builder Faber, designed a new form of superweapon known as Halo in preparation for the Flood's inevitable return. This plan was opposed by the Didact and the Prometheans, who instead proposed the construction of numerous shield worlds as a strategy to combat the Flood. The Prometheans lost this political conflict after several millennia, leaving the Master Builder effectively in total control of the Council and making him the most powerful Forerunner in the ecumene.[2] While Faber lost his status for several years near the end of the Flood war, he would be restored in command by the remains of the New Council in the endgame of the conflict, not long before he met his end during the Flood's attack on the greater Ark.

Known Builders

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Halo: Cryptum, forward jacket description
  2. ^ a b Halo: Cryptum, page 124
  3. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 78
  4. ^ Halo: Silentium, pages 59-60
  5. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 115
  6. ^ a b Halo: Silentium, pages 33-34
  7. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 29
  8. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 90-91
  9. ^ Halo Waypoint: Halo: Cryptum Glossary
  10. ^ Halo: Silentium, String 3
  11. ^ Halo: Cryptum, page 206
  12. ^ Halo: Silentium, pages 67-68
  13. ^ Halo: Silentium, page 119

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