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This low-powered test firing destroyed every Precursor structure on the planet, and purged the [[Charum Hakkor system]] of all neurologically complex life, including the planet [[Faun Hakkor]]. An unexpected development of this test was the emancipation of the [[Primordial]], a surviving Precursor imprisoned on Charum Hakkor's surface. When the ancient entity was brought to Installation 07 for study, at the Master Builder's orders, it entered into an extended conversation with the AI. During the course of the conversation, which ran for 43 years, the being explained the truth about the Mantle and the fullness of the Precursors' plan of unity and peace through the galaxy-wide infection by the Flood. | This low-powered test firing destroyed every Precursor structure on the planet, and purged the [[Charum Hakkor system]] of all neurologically complex life, including the planet [[Faun Hakkor]]. An unexpected development of this test was the emancipation of the [[Primordial]], a surviving Precursor imprisoned on Charum Hakkor's surface. When the ancient entity was brought to Installation 07 for study, at the Master Builder's orders, it entered into an extended conversation with the AI. During the course of the conversation, which ran for 43 years, the being explained the truth about the Mantle and the fullness of the Precursors' plan of unity and peace through the galaxy-wide infection by the Flood. | ||
The Primordial told Mendicant that the Forerunners were never meant to inherit the Mantle and that they had defied the Precursors. It also told the AI that the | The Primordial told Mendicant that the Forerunners were never meant to inherit the Mantle and that they had defied the Precursors. It also told the AI that if the sentient life in the Milky Way could not defy the Flood, especially the humans, then all life would be brought together and unified into the logical, advanced form of life; a collective, conglomerated entity without conflict and pain. It claimed that the Forerunners had forced the galaxy towards perpetual stagnation by stifling growth, conflict, and progress in their misuse and illegitimate claim to the Mantle. Eventually, Mendicant Bias became convinced by these arguments, and turned rampant, seeking to "correct" the flawed, misguided ways of the Forerunners. | ||
To this end, Mendicant Bias began to cooperate with the Primordial on Installation 07, where they continued to infect humans and Forerunners alike in a series of brutal experiments.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 67''</ref> 43 years after the release of the Primordial, Mendicant Bias used the Halo ring to [[Battle of the Capital|attack]] the [[Capital]] of the Forerunner [[ecumene]], and managed to inflict heavy casualties on the Forerunners, though it was soon forced to retreat. Eventually, the return of the Forerunners to the rogue installation and the shutdown of the facility and its custodian led to the recapture of the rogue Halo, resulting in a temporary setback for the Flood and Mendicant Bias. The [[IsoDidact]] interrogated the Primordial and eventually forced it to undergo a billion years of entropy in a reverse [[timelock]], disintegrating its physical form; however, the being had managed to transfer its consciousness into the Flood's neural network. Now effectively synonymous with the Gravemind, the Primordial assumed control of the Flood's efforts with a renewed purpose.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 167''</ref><ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 32''</ref> | To this end, Mendicant Bias began to cooperate with the Primordial on Installation 07, where they continued to infect humans and Forerunners alike in a series of brutal experiments.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 67''</ref> 43 years after the release of the Primordial, Mendicant Bias used the Halo ring to [[Battle of the Capital|attack]] the [[Capital]] of the Forerunner [[ecumene]], and managed to inflict heavy casualties on the Forerunners, though it was soon forced to retreat. Eventually, the return of the Forerunners to the rogue installation and the shutdown of the facility and its custodian led to the recapture of the rogue Halo, resulting in a temporary setback for the Flood and Mendicant Bias. The [[IsoDidact]] interrogated the Primordial and eventually forced it to undergo a billion years of entropy in a reverse [[timelock]], disintegrating its physical form; however, the being had managed to transfer its consciousness into the Flood's neural network. Now effectively synonymous with the Gravemind, the Primordial assumed control of the Flood's efforts with a renewed purpose.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 167''</ref><ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 32''</ref> | ||