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 The Precursors originated outside the [[Milky Way]] and arrived in the galaxy billions of years ago.<ref name="warfleet 8">''[[Halo: Warfleet]]'', p. 8</ref> They were an incredibly advanced race of beings who explored many galaxies and seeded them with life over the course of many billions of years as part of a grand experiment.<ref name="warfleet 8"/> As transsentient beings, they existed on a level beyond that of conventionally [[Sentience|sapient]] biological organisms; they were described as "dreamers and makers whose minds transcended many realms and having infinite forms, many voices, and singular purpose".<ref name="warfleet 92">''Halo: Warfleet'', p. 92</ref> The Precursors were not tied to any particular physical form, assuming any shape as they saw fit; they would allow themselves to die away and be evolved anew over and over again, taking on numerous incarnations both physical and immaterial. They lived through different stages of technological and cultural development countless times, being at times hyper-advanced and spacefaring and at others living primitively and remaining confined to their worlds.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 321'' (''"The Precursors lived in many shapes, flesh and spirit, primitive and advanced, spacefaring and locked to their worlds ... Evolved over and over again, died away, were reborn, explored, and seeded many galaxies ..."'')</ref> The Precursors based their existence around the philosophical concepts of the [[Mantle]], [[Living Time]], and a meta-technological mechanism known as [[neural physics]], which enabled them to manipulate the fabric of the universe. According to the philosophical aspect of neural physics, the universe itself is a living entity, though vastly different in nature and scale from organic beings.<ref name="c103">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 103''</ref> The Precursors' stewardship for all life involved the belief that all experience of biological organisms enriched the greater, universal whole,<ref name="sweetness">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''pages 365, 367''</ref> something they experienced firsthand through the constantly changing nature of their own existence. To contain their vast knowledge and experience the Precursors created the [[Domain]], a transcendent quantum reservoir of information later accessed by the Forerunners.<ref name="sil320">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 320-323''</ref> The Precursors were not strictly benevolent, considering strife, pain and indeed evil an inherent part of the universe. The struggles of good and evil, the pleasures and pains of life, added to the 'sweetness', a sensation or emotional state that seemed to not have a human-analogue.
-The Precursors were responsible for seeding the Milky Way with life, creating the galaxy's diverse composition of species to become "new tools and companions", and engineered millions of solar systems. Over time, they would also judge whether a species was worthy of the Mantle, their assumed role of guardianship of all life. The humanoid species native to the world of [[Ghibalb]], who would come to be known as the [[Forerunner]]s, were next chosen for this task. Originally created by the Precursors to serve as their assistants and adjutants,<ref name="warfleet 8"/> the Forerunner were eventually judged to be unworthy of taking on the Mantle and planned to be wiped out<ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 7''</ref>, and the Precursors instead decided that the responsibility would fall on the shoulders of another of their creations; a collection of species referred to as [[human]]ity, hailing from the planet known as [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]]. During Forerunner's expedition on Path Kethona, where they encountered their creators, Forerunners accidentally found out this genocidal plan <ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 7''</ref>  around [[10,000,000 BCE]]. Forerunners decided to prevent such fate and [[Forerunner-Precursor war|furiously retaliated against]] their creators and drove them to near-extinction, first in the Milky Way and eventually in the satellite galaxy of [[Path Kethona]]; only a small number managed to escape the Forerunners' campaign of extermination. According to the Precursors themselves the Forerunners struck against their creators unprovoked,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 209''</ref> while certain Forerunners who learned the truth later on insisted that the Precursors had planned to wipe out the Forerunners first.<ref name="s203"/><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 194''</ref>
+The Precursors were responsible for seeding the Milky Way with life, creating the galaxy's diverse composition of species to become "new tools and companions", and engineered millions of solar systems. Over time, they would also judge whether a species was worthy of the Mantle, their assumed role of guardianship of all life. The humanoid species native to the world of [[Ghibalb]], who would come to be known as the [[Forerunner]]s, were next chosen for this task. Originally created by the Precursors to serve as their assistants and adjutants,<ref name="warfleet 8"/> the Forerunners were eventually judged to be unworthy of taking on the Mantle and planned to be wiped out<ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 7''</ref>, and the Precursors instead decided that the responsibility would fall on the shoulders of another of their creations; a collection of species referred to as [[human]]ity, hailing from the planet known as [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]]. During Forerunner's expedition on Path Kethona, where they encountered their creators, Forerunners accidentally found out this genocidal plan <ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 7''</ref>  around [[10,000,000 BCE]]. Forerunners decided to prevent such fate and [[Forerunner-Precursor war|furiously retaliated against]] their creators and drove them to near-extinction, first in the Milky Way and eventually in the satellite galaxy of [[Path Kethona]]; only a small number managed to escape the Forerunners' campaign of extermination. According to the Precursors themselves the Forerunners struck against their creators unprovoked,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 209''</ref> while certain Forerunners who learned the truth later on insisted that the Precursors had planned to wipe out the Forerunners first.<ref name="s203"/><ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 194''</ref>
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