![]() Before their disappearance from the galaxy, the Forerunners would name humanity their successors, identifying them with the title " Reclaimer". "Forerunner" is a literal translation of the species' name for themselves they identified themselves as such because they believed that they held an impermanent place in the universe's Living Time, though, in time, they too would be succeeded by other, superior races. The Forerunners took upon themselves the role of caretakers of the galaxy, and believed that this " Mantle" had been passed down to them by the Precursors, an even more powerful race that preceded the Forerunner civilization. Although they themselves are essentially extinct, evidence of their existence remained, spread across the galaxy in the form of numerous creations, installations and artifacts. The Forerunners reigned for millennia as the ascendant civilization in the galaxy until the activation of the Halo Array, their Pyrrhic solution to halt the Flood, in 97,445 BCE. ![]() The Forerunners (Latin Primoris prognatus, meaning "Firstborn") were an ancient species of extremely technologically advanced beings whose empire-known as the ecumene-encompassed three million fertile worlds in the Milky Way Galaxy. Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms, and the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered." - The Ur-Didact, giving a speech on the purpose of the Mantle. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. " We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. Tall, humanoid, partially furred various forms assumed by artificially-induced mutation ![]() (From left to right) Faber, the Ur-Didact, and the Librarian For the Halo 4 campaign level or achievement, see Forerunner (level) and Forerunner (achievement). ![]()
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