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|lifespan=Indefinite with regular access to [[Forerunner personal armor|armor]] | |lifespan=Indefinite with regular access to [[Forerunner personal armor|armor]] | ||
|notable-group=[[Ecumene]] | |notable-group=[[Ecumene]] | ||
|techlevel=Tier | |techlevel=Tier 1 | ||
*[[IsoDidact]] | |notable-person= | ||
*[[Chant-to-Green]] | *[[Ur-Didact]] | ||
*[[Librarian]] | |||
*[[IsoDidact]] | |||
*[[Faber-of-Will-and-Might]] | |||
*[[Bornstellar's father]] | |||
*[[Chant-to-Green]] | |||
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{{Quote|We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms, and the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered.|The [[Ur-Didact]], giving a speech on the purpose of the [[Mantle]].}} | |||
The '''Forerunners''' (Latin ''Primoris prognatus'', meaning "Firstborn")<ref name="waypoint forerunner">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/universe/species/forerunners '''Halo Waypoint - Universe''': ''Forerunners'']</ref> were an ancient species of [[Technological Achievement Tiers#Tier 1: World Builders|technologically advanced]] beings whose empire—known as the [[ecumene]]—encompassed three million fertile worlds in the [[Milky Way|Milky Way Galaxy]].<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 9''</ref> The Forerunners reigned for millennia as the ascendant civilization in the galaxy until the [[Great Purification|activation]] of the [[Halo Array]], their Pyrrhic solution to halt the [[Flood]], in [[97,445 BCE]]. Although they themselves are essentially extinct, evidence of their existence remained, spread across the galaxy in the form of numerous creations, installations and artifacts. | |||
The Forerunners took upon themselves the role of caretakers of the galaxy, and believed that this "[[Mantle]]" had been passed down to them by the [[Precursor]]s, an even more powerful race that preceded the Forerunner civilization.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''Epilogue''</ref> "Forerunner" is a literal translation of the species' name for themselves; they identified themselves as such because they believed that they held an impermanent place in the universe's [[Living Time]], though, in time, they too would be succeeded by other, superior races.<ref> '''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 31''</ref> Before their disappearance from the galaxy, the Forerunners would name [[human]]ity their successors, identifying them with the title "[[Reclaimer]]". | The Forerunners took upon themselves the role of caretakers of the galaxy, and believed that this "[[Mantle]]" had been passed down to them by the [[Precursor]]s, an even more powerful race that preceded the Forerunner civilization.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''Epilogue''</ref> "Forerunner" is a literal translation of the species' name for themselves; they identified themselves as such because they believed that they held an impermanent place in the universe's [[Living Time]], though, in time, they too would be succeeded by other, superior races.<ref> '''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 31''</ref> Before their disappearance from the galaxy, the Forerunners would name [[human]]ity their successors, identifying them with the title "[[Reclaimer]]". | ||