Editing Forthencho

{{Era|Forerunner}}

{{Character Infobox|variant=Human

|name = Forthencho

|image = [[File:H4_-_Forthencho.jpg|300px]]

|homeworld =

|birth =  

|death = c. [[109,000 BCE]]

|rank = Lord of Admirals

|gender = Male

|species = [[Human]]

|height =

|hair = Brown

|eyes = Brown

|notable = Battled against the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] for 53 years

|affiliation = [[Prehistoric human civilization]]

'''Forthencho, the Lord of Admirals''', was a [[human]] senior naval officer who served during the [[human-Forerunner wars]] circa [[109,000 BCE]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 53''</ref>

[[File:H4_-_Forthencho_surrenders.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Forthencho and his guards.]]As a high-ranking officer in the [[prehistoric human civilization|prehistoric human empire]], Forthencho often found himself at odds with [[Yprin Yprikushma‎]], humanity's Political and Morale Commander. He disputed Yprikushma's conclusion that [[Earth]] was humanity's original homeworld, having visited many worlds with ruins of a yet earlier human civilization preceding a technological dark age and believing that humanity's origins would be elsewhere. He also viewed Yprikushma's decision to bring [[the Primordial]] to [[Charum Hakkor]] as a grave mistake, arguing that the truths revealed by the Primordial in the subsequent interrogations demoralized humanity, contributing to their ultimate defeat against the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 237''</ref> During humanity's [[Human-Flood war|conflict with the Flood]] and their simultaneous [[Human-Forerunner war|war with the Forerunners]], he attempted in vain to convince the human government to draw the Flood back into the galaxy as a weapon against the Forerunners. Ultimately, he was overruled by Yprin Yprikushma and remained bitter about the decision seeing the Flood could have been humanity's best hope of prolonging the war.

As humanity fell back to their capital world [[Charum Hakkor]], Forthencho commanded the forces protecting the planet, gaining an intimate understanding of the [[Didact]]'s tactics and strategy in the process of countering his constant assaults over the course of the [[Charum Hakkor campaign|final battle]];<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 327-328''</ref> he ironically stated that "no lover ever felt [his] attentions so fiercely."<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 86''</ref> He later noted that despite his animosity toward Forerunners, he felt a deep respect for his main opponent. Eventually, he and the other surviving human forces were pushed back to the Precursor ruin known as [[Citadel Charum]] where they made their final stand.<ref group="note">[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminal 4]] of ''Halo 4'' depicts the Didact's forces seizing Forthencho's flagship in orbit above Charum Hakkor and him personally surrendering to the Didact on the bridge.</ref> As the final planetary defenses collapsed and their defeat became certain, the survivors stripped their uniforms in an effort to conceal their ranks from the Forerunners in the face of inevitable capture. This failed, as the Didact was able to locate him immediately from amongst the thousands of the human survivors that had been rounded up in the citadel.<ref name="p234">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 234-235''</ref>

Meeting his defeated opponent in person, the Didact addressed Forthencho as a fellow warrior, showing respect at his tenacity and reassuring him about the future, explaining that the [[Librarian]] had laid plans for Forthencho and his human fellows for thousands of years to come and that their impending death would not mean the end of humankind.<ref name="p234"/> The Forerunners' [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] believed that humanity possessed a "cure" to the Flood, and the Librarian intended to use this belief to preserve what she could of the human survivors. First analyzed both physically and mentally in the most thorough ways possible, Forthencho and the other humans on Charum Hakkor were scanned by [[Composer]]s, killing their physical selves but [[Mind transfer|storing their patterns]] in virtual form. As mandated by the Old Council, the essences of Forthencho and the other humans processed by the Composer were splintered into many copies which were cycled through incessant virtual interrogation for thousands of years; the Council believed this would finally unlock humanity's supposed cure to the Flood thus making the Forerunners better prepared against the parasite when it reappeared.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 41-43''</ref>

Over nine thousand years after his death, Forthencho's archived personality was implanted in the genetic material of a human known as [[Chakas]] via the Librarian's special ''[[geas]]''. His memories began to surface in Chakas' mind after the young human witnessed the destruction of Charum Hakkor's [[Precursor]] artifacts and learned of the the relocation of the [[Primordial]], and his consciousness fully awakened after Chakas had crash-landed on [[Installation 07]]. Slowly becoming aware of his predicament and gaining strength within Chakas' mind, Forthencho would occasionally comment on the events around him, using his knowledge to enlighten Chakas on things beyond his understanding and often showing disappointment at how far humanity had fallen from their former glory. At one point, Chakas allowed Forthencho to take control of his body in order to converse with Yprin Yprikushma, whose consciousness was carried by Chakas' friend [[Riser]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 225''</ref>

After being captured by [[Mendicant Bias]], the [[rampancy|rampant]] [[ancilla]] in control of the Halo, Forthencho's imprint was removed from Chakas and placed into a [[monitor]] shell; the same procedure was done to many other humans who also carried archived human memories. Mendicant Bias promised the ancient humans revenge on the Forerunners, if their former carriers cooperated with it in saving the Halo from an impending collision with [[Wolf-faced planet|a planet]]. Due to his hatred of the Forerunners and his desire for revenge, Forthencho was enthusiastic to accept Mendicant's offer; however, it is evident he was never truly in control and Mendicant Bias was only using him as a puppet to manipulate the humans into saving the ring.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 318''</ref> He gave a rousing speech to his resurrected comrades and planning that after saving the Halo, they could use it and Mendicant's vast resources to strike against the Forerunners. Chakas was hesitant to comply with this, even outright refusing, but Forthencho lied to Mendicant Bias that he had accepted.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 301-312''</ref>

The plan ultimately failed as the Didact's fleet retook Installation 07 soon after. Forthencho's imprint, along with many others, was eventually reunited with Chakas as his mind was used to create the monitor known as [[343 Guilty Spark]]. While Chakas was still undergoing the conversion process, Forthencho's consciousness accompanied him and the Didact as the latter interrogated the Primordial. Forthencho continued to exist within 343 Guilty Spark for the next 100,000 years; as Guilty Spark was being interrogated by a UNSC science team, Forthencho even managed to temporarily subsume the main data stream derived from Chakas' consciousness.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 231-342''</ref>

===Secondary imprint===

{{Quote|The Halos will be fired. They are being fired. They have been fired!|Forthencho's last words to the Librarian.}}

Forthencho was dark-skinned<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 236''</ref> and large in stature. He had broad shoulders; muscled, powerful arms and large hands with patches of hair, and a flat, broad head with a large square jaw.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 301''</ref> As was customary for human officers of his time, his face was adorned with several white markings.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminal 2]]''</ref>

**''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]''

*''[[Halo: Rebirth]]'' {{Mo}}

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