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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Most details and even the causes of this conflict remain obscure or contradictory, as any records of it had been completely lost and/or intentionally suppressed by the Forerunners over the subsequent millions of years.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref> According to some Forerunners who later learned of the event, the Precursors had decided to erase the Forerunners from existence, as they had done with many of their other creations.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 194'' (''"Long ago, when it became apparent that the Precursors were about to erase Forerunners, there was a war, and Forerunners erased ''them''."'')</ref> The [[Librarian]] learned this information from the [[Path Kethona Forerunner]]s' biological memory reservoir,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 203''</ref> which, in turn, recorded the memories of the early Forerunners who fought in the war. However, the [[Gravemind]] stated that the Forerunners struck against their creators completely unprovoked, enraged by the Precursors' decision to pass the [[Mantle|Mantle of Responsibility]] on to [[Prehistoric human civilization|prehistoric humanity]] instead of the Forerunners. According to the Gravemind, the Precursors did not defend themselves and simply marveled at the sheer violence the Forerunners were capable of.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 24''</ref> | Most details and even the causes of this conflict remain obscure or contradictory, as any records of it had been completely lost and/or intentionally suppressed by the Forerunners over the subsequent millions of years.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 342''</ref> According to some Forerunners who later learned of the event, the Precursors had decided to erase the Forerunners from existence, as they had done with many of their other creations.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 194'' (''"Long ago, when it became apparent that the Precursors were about to erase Forerunners, there was a war, and Forerunners erased ''them''."'')</ref> The [[Librarian]] learned this information from the [[Path Kethona Forerunner]]s' biological memory reservoir,<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 203''</ref> which, in turn, recorded the memories of the early Forerunners who fought in the war. However, the [[Gravemind]] stated that the Forerunners struck against their creators completely unprovoked, enraged by the Precursors' decision to pass the [[Mantle|Mantle of Responsibility]] on to [[Prehistoric human civilization|prehistoric humanity]] instead of the Forerunners. According to the Gravemind, the Precursors did not defend themselves and simply marveled at the sheer violence the Forerunners were capable of.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 24''</ref> | ||
After driving the Precursors away from the Milky Way galaxy, the Forerunners—under the leadership of the then-dominant [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] [[rate]]<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 14''</ref>—chased them down to the satellite galaxy of [[Path Kethona]], where they finished their work, driving the Precursors to near-extinction. However, the Forerunners who traveled to Path Kethona never returned to the Milky Way, as they were unable to bear the burden of what they had done. Those who defied their commanders and invoked the Mantle were either executed or exiled on a barren planet and would later remain as the only Forerunner survivors of the fleet that conducted the extermination campaign at Path Kethona.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 15''</ref> | After driving the Precursors away from the Milky Way galaxy, the Forerunners—under the leadership of the then-dominant [[Warrior-Servant|Warrior]] [[rate]]<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 14''</ref>—chased them down to the satellite galaxy of [[Path Kethona]], where they finished their work, driving the Precursors to near-extinction. However, the Forerunners who traveled to Path Kethona never returned to the Milky Way, as they were unable to bear the burden of what they had done. Those who defied their commanders and invoked the Mantle were either executed or exiled on a barren planet and would later remain as the only Forerunner survivors of the fleet that conducted the extermination campaign at Path Kethona.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 15''</ref> | ||
Another account made the Curator in 2554 gives a version of the events that both match up with and differ from those of the former two accounts. According to this account, the Pecursors seeded life in the Milky Way before settling in Path Kethona, leaving behind only remnants of their existence in the Milky Way. These remnants would later be discovered by the Forerunners who would also learn of the Mantle and lay claim to it as they were the most technologically advanced species in the galaxy thus believed it should fall to them to uphold it. However such power made the Forerunners arrogant and prideful, which was observed by the Precursors. The Precursors did not approve of the Forerunners' brash claim to the Mantle and decided to wipe out the Forerunners and give the Mantle to another species they deemed worthy. The Forerunners discovered this when they sent an expedition to Path Kethona in search of the Precursors, ultimately encountering them. The Forerunner leadership was determined to avoid this fate and struck a preemptive strike on the Precursors, launching the largest known military campaign in the Milky Way's history at the time. They proceeded to near-exterminate their creators with only a fraction of their forces returning and then kept the conflict and its outcome a secret throughout the majority of Forerunner history.<ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 9''</ref> | |||
==Aftermath== | ==Aftermath== | ||