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A few Precursors escaped or were spared by the Forerunners. They either went into suspended animation or became molecular dust that was meant to eventually regenerate into their past forms. However, over millions of years, the dust became defective, failing to reconstitute the Precursors and instead inducing madness and mutations in lifeforms that came in contact with it. This form would later be known as the [[Flood]]. Far from accepting failure and extinction, the Precursors viewed the Flood as a means to bring unity to the galaxy as well as punish the Forerunners for their insolence. Vowing that none of their creations would rise against them again, the Precursors decided that all life would be deprived of free will and merged into one; in the end, the sum of the Precursors' creation would be a reflection of themselves and the suffering their creations caused them.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 13''</ref>

[[File:Mythos Primordial.JPG|250px|thumb|left|The Primordial and Mendicant Bias.]]

Around [[107,445 BCE]], ten million years after the Forerunners' genocide of the Precursors, [[prehistoric human civilization|humanity's interstellar empire]] came into contact with the Precursor powder which would, over several centuries, bring forth the Flood. The Flood initially ravaged humanity's colonies until receding from the galaxy on its own accord, awaiting for a better moment to exact their final vengeance on the Forerunners. The Flood intentionally allowed some humans to go uninfected, leaving the implication of a possible cure that would misdirect efforts in its next assault, while the truth of the humans' genetic attack on the Flood was lost until it was far too late. Around the same time, a human exploratory group led by [[Yprin Yprikushma]] discovered a small planetoid at the edge of the Milky Way. Hidden within it was a large [[stasis capsule]] containing an ancient being whom they later named the [[Primordial]]—in fact the last intact Precursor, mutated to survive the passage of eons.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 9''</ref> They transported the capsule and its captive to the human capital world of [[Charum Hakkor]] and found a way to communicate with the being, which claimed to be the last Precursor~~. Claimed~~.

Around [[107,445 BCE]], ten million years after the Forerunners' genocide of the Precursors, [[prehistoric human civilization|humanity's interstellar empire]] came into contact with the Precursor powder which would, over several centuries, bring forth the Flood. The Flood initially ravaged humanity's colonies until receding from the galaxy on its own accord, awaiting for a better moment to exact their final vengeance on the Forerunners. The Flood intentionally allowed some humans to go uninfected, leaving the implication of a possible cure that would misdirect efforts in its next assault, while the truth of the humans' genetic attack on the Flood was lost until it was far too late. Around the same time, a human exploratory group led by [[Yprin Yprikushma]] discovered a small planetoid at the edge of the Milky Way. Hidden within it was a large [[stasis capsule]] containing an ancient being whom they later named the [[Primordial]]—in fact the last intact Precursor, mutated to survive the passage of eons.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 9''</ref> They transported the capsule and its captive to the human capital world of [[Charum Hakkor]] and found a way to communicate with the being, which claimed to be the last Precursor.

When human scientists questioned the imprisoned being as to the nature of the Flood, the Primordial's response horrified the humans so deeply that many of them committed suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 271''</ref> Around ten thousand years later, the [[IsoDidact]] interrogated the Primordial on [[Installation 07]], receiving only vague responses as to the fate of the Precursors and their relationship with the Flood. Enraged, the IsoDidact then executed the being. The Primordial faced its end with calm satisfaction, stating that the Forerunners' defiance and, indeed, its own death through the artificial passing of a billion years within an [[Slipspace bubble|accelerating chronological field]], would only add up to the total "sweetness" of life's struggles while asserting its confidence that all life would still succumb to the Flood in the end.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 362-366''</ref><ref name="sweetness"/> The [[Ur-Didact]] later discovered that the [[Gravemind]] retained the thoughts and memories of the Primordial;<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 167''</ref> before its demise, the being had transferred its consciousness into the Flood's compound mind.<ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 32''</ref> However, not even the Gravemind could fully access or comprehend the wisdom the Precursors once had, flawed and fallen as it was.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 322''</ref>

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 A few Precursors escaped or were spared by the Forerunners. They either went into suspended animation or became molecular dust that was meant to eventually regenerate into their past forms. However, over millions of years, the dust became defective, failing to reconstitute the Precursors and instead inducing madness and mutations in lifeforms that came in contact with it. This form would later be known as the [[Flood]]. Far from accepting failure and extinction, the Precursors viewed the Flood as a means to bring unity to the galaxy as well as punish the Forerunners for their insolence. Vowing that none of their creations would rise against them again, the Precursors decided that all life would be deprived of free will and merged into one; in the end, the sum of the Precursors' creation would be a reflection of themselves and the suffering their creations caused them.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 13''</ref>
 [[File:Mythos Primordial.JPG|250px|thumb|left|The Primordial and Mendicant Bias.]]
-Around [[107,445 BCE]], ten million years after the Forerunners' genocide of the Precursors, [[prehistoric human civilization|humanity's interstellar empire]] came into contact with the Precursor powder which would, over several centuries, bring forth the Flood. The Flood initially ravaged humanity's colonies until receding from the galaxy on its own accord, awaiting for a better moment to exact their final vengeance on the Forerunners. The Flood intentionally allowed some humans to go uninfected, leaving the implication of a possible cure that would misdirect efforts in its next assault, while the truth of the humans' genetic attack on the Flood was lost until it was far too late. Around the same time, a human exploratory group led by [[Yprin Yprikushma]] discovered a small planetoid at the edge of the Milky Way. Hidden within it was a large [[stasis capsule]] containing an ancient being whom they later named the [[Primordial]]—in fact the last intact Precursor, mutated to survive the passage of eons.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 9''</ref> They transported the capsule and its captive to the human capital world of [[Charum Hakkor]] and found a way to communicate with the being, which claimed to be the last Precursor. Claimed.
+Around [[107,445 BCE]], ten million years after the Forerunners' genocide of the Precursors, [[prehistoric human civilization|humanity's interstellar empire]] came into contact with the Precursor powder which would, over several centuries, bring forth the Flood. The Flood initially ravaged humanity's colonies until receding from the galaxy on its own accord, awaiting for a better moment to exact their final vengeance on the Forerunners. The Flood intentionally allowed some humans to go uninfected, leaving the implication of a possible cure that would misdirect efforts in its next assault, while the truth of the humans' genetic attack on the Flood was lost until it was far too late. Around the same time, a human exploratory group led by [[Yprin Yprikushma]] discovered a small planetoid at the edge of the Milky Way. Hidden within it was a large [[stasis capsule]] containing an ancient being whom they later named the [[Primordial]]—in fact the last intact Precursor, mutated to survive the passage of eons.<ref>'''[[Halo Mythos]]''', ''page 9''</ref> They transported the capsule and its captive to the human capital world of [[Charum Hakkor]] and found a way to communicate with the being, which claimed to be the last Precursor.
 When human scientists questioned the imprisoned being as to the nature of the Flood, the Primordial's response horrified the humans so deeply that many of them committed suicide.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 271''</ref> Around ten thousand years later, the [[IsoDidact]] interrogated the Primordial on [[Installation 07]], receiving only vague responses as to the fate of the Precursors and their relationship with the Flood. Enraged, the IsoDidact then executed the being. The Primordial faced its end with calm satisfaction, stating that the Forerunners' defiance and, indeed, its own death through the artificial passing of a billion years within an [[Slipspace bubble|accelerating chronological field]], would only add up to the total "sweetness" of life's struggles while asserting its confidence that all life would still succumb to the Flood in the end.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 362-366''</ref><ref name="sweetness"/> The [[Ur-Didact]] later discovered that the [[Gravemind]] retained the thoughts and memories of the Primordial;<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 167''</ref> before its demise, the being had transferred its consciousness into the Flood's compound mind.<ref>'''Halo Mythos''', ''page 32''</ref> However, not even the Gravemind could fully access or comprehend the wisdom the Precursors once had, flawed and fallen as it was.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 322''</ref>