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 == The Fount ==
-I believe the true name for this species is the Fount, because of this sentence: "All creation will tailor to failure and pain, that never again shall the offspring of the eternal Fount rise up against their creators." It never explains what that word means in Silentium, but it's not unreasonable to think that is what their name for themselves.
+I believe the true name for this species is the Fount, because of this sentence: "All creation will tailor to failure and pain, that never again shall the offspring of the eternal Fount rise up against their creators." It never explains what that word means in Silentium, but it's not unreasonable to think that is what their name for themselves.{{Unsigned|184.215.160.199}}
 No. Fount is a way of saying Fountain. They're just grandiosely claiming they are the source, or... fountain, of all life. It, like many things, should not be taken literally. They even refer to themselves as precursors multiple times throughout the book series. "We are the last of those who gave you breath and form, millions of years ago. We are the last of those your kind defied and ruthlessly destroyed. We are the last Precursors. And now we are legion." ect... [[User:ProphetofTruth|ProphetofTruth]] ([[User talk:ProphetofTruth|talk]]) 00:56, 1 May 2013 (EDT)
 :I agree. The word "Fount" in this instance is a metaphor used by the Precursors to portray themselves as the fountain from which all other sentient life in the galaxy flowed. In other words, it's a more eloquent way of saying "I made you & I can break you..." in trochaic heptameter. - [[User:DJenser|DJenser]] ([[User talk:DJenser|talk]]) 13:43, 1 May 2013 (EDT)
-== The precusor really extinct. ==
-I am sceptical of this as they were in many many galaxies over billions of years.  Its possible that All the precusors in the milky way galaxy are extinct but they well be still billions of them in other galaxies.  Well the ones in the milky way became the flood eventually so we are fighting our own creators :S.  [[User:Spartan Matt|Spartan Matt]] ([[User talk:Spartan Matt|talk]]) 23:37, 6 May 2013 (EDT)
-The Gravemind that tortures the Didact admits that the Forerunners exterminated all but a few, who either went into stasis like the Primordial or went dormant and became the corrupted flood dust. Unless those who went dormant show up again, the last version of the Precursors are extinct. The flood are the precursors though, just a corrupted form. But we have no evidence that they existed beyond the Milky Way at the time of the Forerunner attack. The Primordial/Gravemind admits that they were driven from their home to another, Path Kethona, and that they were wiped out. [[User:ProphetofTruth|ProphetofTruth]] ([[User talk:ProphetofTruth|talk]]) 10:22, 7 May 2013 (EDT)
-: Fair warning, remember to take anything a Gravemind (and Primordial) says with a grain of salt. While I don't think they've ever outright lied, there's no evidence that they're telling the truth most of the time either. That said, all evidence that can be verified suggests that, at least in the Milky Way, the Precursors are indeed gone; I would hesitate to claim that they're all actually dead. [[User:SNovah|SNovah]] ([[User talk:SNovah|talk]]) 00:34, 15 February 2014 (EST)