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==History== | ==History== | ||
Even less is known about the Precursors than about the Forerunners, but information that can be found by text from the logs stored in the [[Terminals]] around the [[Ark]] indicates it is possible that the Forerunner '[[Mantle]]' (Guardians of the Galaxy and all life) was handed down from "legends of the past": the Precursors. It has been presumed that the Precursors viewed the Forerunners as their own legacy, continuing their work after they departed, much in the same way Forerunners viewed [[human]]ity before the activation of the [[Halo Array|rings]]. The Forerunners believed the Precursors had shaped the Forerunner in their own image, and some even suggested that they may have done the same with humans.<ref name="cryptum1">'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> | Even less is known about the Precursors than about the Forerunners, but information that can be found by text from the logs stored in the [[Terminals]] around the [[Ark]] indicates it is possible that the Forerunner '[[Mantle]]' (Guardians of the Galaxy and all life) was handed down from "legends of the past": the Precursors. It has been presumed that the Precursors viewed the Forerunners as their own legacy, continuing their work after they departed, much in the same way Forerunners viewed [[human]]ity before the activation of the [[Halo Array|rings]]. The Forerunners believed the Precursors had shaped the Forerunner in their own image, and some even suggested that they may have done the same with humans.<ref name="cryptum1">'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> | ||
However, as the last Precursor was encountered by Didact in a sealed cage on Charum Hakkor (the last human stronghold in the Human - Forerunner war), it stated that the Forerunners were indeed created by the Precursors millions of years before and in turn, the Forerunners rose up and ruthlessly destroyed them. | However, as the last Precursor was encountered by Didact in a sealed cage on Charum Hakkor (the last human stronghold in the Human - Forerunner war), it stated that the Forerunners were indeed created by the Precursors millions of years before and in turn, the Forerunners rose up and ruthlessly destroyed them. | ||
==Physiology== | ==Physiology== | ||
All that is known about the Precursors' appearance is based upon the prisoner at Charum Hakkor, the last known Precursor. Precursors were vaguely humanoid, with four arms, two legs and an insectoid head. A long, segmented "tail" was attached to the base of the skull, tipped with a meter-long barb. | All that is known about the Precursors' appearance is based upon the prisoner at Charum Hakkor, the last known Precursor. Precursors were massive in size, approximately fifteen meters tall. They were vaguely humanoid, with four arms, two legs and an insectoid head. A long, segmented "tail" was attached to the base of the skull, tipped with a meter-long barb. | ||
==Technology== | |||
Some Precursor artifacts were known to precede the Forerunners by hundreds of millions of years, and were sometimes cycled inside planets' crusts by plate tectonics.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''Chapter 2''</ref> Precursor artifacts were often encountered by the [[Miner]]s, who obtained and recorded them but rarely held any particular interest in them. The most coveted Precursor artifact among the Forerunners was known as the [[Organon]], which was believed to be capable of activating all other Precursor artifacts.<ref name="cryptum1"/> | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||