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A local dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, Path Kethona was once the site of [[Precursor]] activity. One local system was home to a network of [[star road]]s unlike anything seen in the parent galaxy. After the Forerunners [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against the Precursors]], around [[10,000,000 BCE|ten million years BCE]], and began a genocidal campaign to root out their creators, the Precursors eventually retreated to Path Kethona. However, the Forerunners followed with an enormous fleet of warships, constructing a series of [[probability mirror]]s to [[reconciliation|reconcile]] the massive causal breaches caused by the transit. All but a few Precursors were exterminated; a small number survived by entering suspended animation or reducing themselves to molecular powder programmed to reconstitute their forms at a later time. Ships bearing the powder were sent on their way toward the Milky Way, some eventually crashing on worlds in the galactic margins.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 268-270''</ref> Millions of years later, the Precursor molecules—corrupted over the eons—would spawn a virulent parasitic lifeform: the [[Flood]].{{Ref/Reuse|sil35}} | A local dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way, Path Kethona was once the site of [[Precursor]] activity. One local system was home to a network of [[star road]]s unlike anything seen in the parent galaxy. After the Forerunners [[Forerunner-Precursor war|rebelled against the Precursors]], around [[10,000,000 BCE|ten million years BCE]], and began a genocidal campaign to root out their creators, the Precursors eventually retreated to Path Kethona. However, the Forerunners followed with an enormous fleet of warships, constructing a series of [[probability mirror]]s to [[reconciliation|reconcile]] the massive causal breaches caused by the transit. All but a few Precursors were exterminated; a small number survived by entering suspended animation or reducing themselves to molecular powder programmed to reconstitute their forms at a later time. Ships bearing the powder were sent on their way toward the Milky Way, some eventually crashing on worlds in the galactic margins.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 268-270''</ref> Millions of years later, the Precursor molecules—corrupted over the eons—would spawn a virulent parasitic lifeform: the [[Flood]].{{Ref/Reuse|sil35}} | ||
During the war, some Forerunners serving aboard the fleets sent to Path Kethona began to object to the complete genocide of the Precursors as a crime against the [[Mantle]]. Many of these dissidents were summarily executed, while some were exiled on a barren world | During the war, some Forerunners serving aboard the fleets sent to Path Kethona began to object to the complete genocide of the Precursors as a crime against the [[Mantle]]. Many of these dissidents were summarily executed, while some were exiled on a barren world within a nebular region known as [[Tarantula Nebula|the Spider]]. An artificial ecosystem was constructed entirely from Forerunner genetics to sustain [[Path Kethona Forerunner|the Forerunners on the planet]], who would come to adopt a primitive lifestyle and undergo divergent evolution from the mainline Forerunners, resulting in several physiological differences between them. Ironically, the marooned Forerunners would outlive their former compatriots who finished the genocide, the latter never returning to the [[ecumene]] out of immense guilt over their actions.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 10''</ref> | ||
During this time, two Precursors had found shelter and were found by the Forerunners who hid them and tried to heal them. However, the Precursors were beyond the Forerunners' ability to save and although the Precursors possessed the ability to heal themselves, they chose to let nature take its course. After dying, the two Precursors became samples that were studied and encoded, seeds that germinated for a million years. Sprouts that climbed to the surface took even longer and bloomed only in the last million years. Unlike the [[Primordial]], these were Precursors that celebrated joy instead of relishing in suffering and as a result, the blooms are not left corrupted with violence and misery but instead are clean, beautiful and bright.<ref name="POL">'''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'''</ref> | During this time, two Precursors had found shelter and were found by the Forerunners who hid them and tried to heal them. However, the Precursors were beyond the Forerunners' ability to save and although the Precursors possessed the ability to heal themselves, they chose to let nature take its course. After dying, the two Precursors became samples that were studied and encoded, seeds that germinated for a million years. Sprouts that climbed to the surface took even longer and bloomed only in the last million years. Unlike the [[Primordial]], these were Precursors that celebrated joy instead of relishing in suffering and as a result, the blooms are not left corrupted with violence and misery but instead are clean, beautiful and bright.<ref name="POL">'''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'''</ref> | ||
