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[[File:Forerunner forms.png|thumb|300px|Forerunners of different rates and [[form]]s. From left to right: a [[Promethean]], a [[Lifeworker]], the [[Librarian]], the [[Ur-Didact]]'s previous form, the Ur-Didact's final form, a [[Miner]], a [[Builder]], a [[Warrior-Servant]], and [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]].]] | [[File:Forerunner forms.png|thumb|300px|Forerunners of different rates and [[form]]s. From left to right: a [[Promethean]], a [[Lifeworker]], the [[Librarian]], the [[Ur-Didact]]'s previous form, the Ur-Didact's final form, a [[Miner]], a [[Builder]], a [[Warrior-Servant]], and [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]].]] | ||
'''Rates''' were a set of formally defined caste-like social strata in [[Forerunner]] society, further determined by [[Forerunner mutation|physical alteration]] carried out on individuals to suit their societal role. Each rate specialized in a particular field of work, and had varying societal function and cultural importance. Rates were divided into several tiers, including [[form]]s, [[guild]]s and [[Maniple]]s.<ref name="Cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum'''</ref> | '''Rates''' were a set of formally defined caste-like social strata in [[Forerunner]] society, further determined by [[Forerunner mutation|physical alteration]] carried out on individuals to suit their societal role. Each rate specialized in a particular field of work, and had varying societal function and cultural importance. Rates were divided into several tiers, including [[form]]s, [[guild]]s and [[Maniple]]s.<ref name="Cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum'''</ref>{{Ref/Site|Id=CryptumGlossary|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cryptum Glossary|D=14|M=03|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Halo: Cryptum/Glossary}} | ||
==Practices== | ==Practices== | ||
Adolescent Forerunners, known as [[Manipular]]s, were not associated with any particular rate. However, upon maturing, each individual Forerunner would be assigned to a rate, mostly in accordance with the rate of their parents. For example, [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] was expected to become a Builder like [[ | Adolescent Forerunners, known as [[Manipular]]s, were not associated with any particular rate. However, upon maturing, each individual Forerunner would be assigned to a rate, mostly in accordance with the rate of their parents. For example, [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] was expected to become a Builder like [[Wise-Hands-to-Forge|his father]]. | ||
The rates were arranged in a certain hierarchy. This order changed to some extent over the millions of years the Forerunner were in power; for example, the [[Warrior-Servant|Warriors]] stood at the top in the early days of Forerunner civilization, ten million years before the firing of the [[Halo Array]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 14''</ref> | The rates were arranged in a certain hierarchy. This order changed to some extent over the millions of years the Forerunner were in power; for example, the [[Warrior-Servant|Warriors]] stood at the top in the early days of Forerunner civilization, ten million years before the firing of the [[Halo Array]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 14''</ref> | ||
Each rate had their own ceremonial headgear, worn only on special occasions. However, on a certain day in the [[Grand Star Season]], every Forerunner wore the same style. | Each rate had their own ceremonial headgear, worn only on special occasions. However, on a certain day in the [[Grand Star Season]], every Forerunner wore the same style.{{Ref/Reuse|Cryptum}} | ||
==List of rates== | ==List of rates== | ||
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===Theoreticals=== | ===Theoreticals=== | ||
The Theoreticals were a rate that existed over one million years before the Didact was sealed in his [[Cryptum]]. After one Theoretical named [[ | The Theoreticals were a rate that existed over one million years before the Didact was sealed in his [[Cryptum]]. After one Theoretical named [[Boundless]] persisted in studying a certain star in the [[Tarantula Nebula|Spider nebula]] of [[Path Kethona]] despite Warrior orders, she was eventually punished by the Juridicals and sealed within a faulty Cryptum that caused her death. The entire Theoretical rate was then forcibly merged with the Builder rate.<ref>'''Halo Encyclopedia (2022 Edition)''', ''page 321''</ref> | ||
===Historians=== | |||
One of the rates assimilated by the [[Builder]]s in their rise to power.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Epi11|Epi|11}} | |||
===Weavers=== | |||
{{Main|Weaver}} | |||
The storytellers and keepers of folklore, the Weavers were another rate assimilated by the Builders in their rise to power. Weavers told tales as soon as they had the ability to form simple sentences.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi11}} | |||
===Speakers=== | |||
A rate that had the innate ability to stir a crowd with their passion and eloquence.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi11}} | |||
===Interpreters=== | |||
{{Main|Interpreter}} | |||
The Interpreters were experts in the study and interpretation of the [[Mantle]], acting in conjunction with the [[Juridical]]s in cases of crimes against the Mantle with the Interpreters judgments often taking precedence. The Interpreters were another rate assimilated by the Builders in their rise to power.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi11}} | |||
The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]'s [[Didact's father|father]], as a descendant of the Interpreters, had the need to uphold the Mantle and bring to light the misuse and misinterpretation and corruption of its laws imprinted on his very essence. The Didact's father became outspoken and passionate about his lost history, his innate ability to stir a crowd on par with the [[Speaker]]s of old and the best silver-tongued Builders of the Capital. His eloquence appealed to the true heart of the Forerunners, namely their desire for glory, their joy in the diversity of rates and the tremendous loss felt to Forerunner culture when identities and rituals were forgotten. The Didact's father evoked the [[Twelve Laws of Making and Moving]], its Upper and Lower Tenets of Authority, and the Rules of Virtue. As a result, millions of Forerunners began to believe that reparation was in order, calling for the restoration of the lost rates and bringing back the immense knowledge and rituals that had been confiscated and hidden away by the Builders. The Builders saw this movement as a threat, but couldn't silence him thanks to the Didact's mother and together, they united half of the occupied worlds to their cause, leading to the [[Kradal conflicts]] when the Didact was just a Manipular. However, the Didact's parents lost the conflict and were executed with a special variant of the [[Z-130 Suppressor|Suppressor]] which left nothing behind of them, not even an essence for the Domain.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi11}} | |||
As part of the punishment, the Didact, who was just a few domestic years beyond a decade at the time, had his memories of his early life erased and he was renamed Shadow-of-Sundered-Star, his true name and history left forgotten. The Didact would only know about this because the tale had been revealed to him in his later life by those seeking to cause the Didact pain and humiliation. However, the Didact had never wanted to believe that it was true.{{Ref/Reuse|Epi11}} | |||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Primordium]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | *''[[Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary]]'' | ||
**''[[Terminal | **''[[Terminal (Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary)|Terminals]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' {{mo}} | *''[[Halo: The Thursday War]]'' {{mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo 4]]'' | *''[[Halo 4]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' | ||
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**''[[Defender of the Storm]]'' | **''[[Defender of the Storm]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' | *''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' | |||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
[[Category:Forerunner rates| ]] | [[Category:Forerunner rates| ]] | ||