History Characters / HaloForerunners

** By ''Halo: Epitaph'', [[spoiler:Ur-Didact sees Cortana this way by the end, seeing her as NotSoDifferent from his own journey over the course of the story, especially once he knows of their shared connection through the Gravemind's machinations that he goes from [[EvilIsPetty despising her immensely]] to emphasizing with her in her last moment before she makes her HeroicSacrifice. In fact, after her death, the Ur-Didact feels a great "emptiness" in his heart after having commiserated with her in hopes of provoking a HeelFaceTurn so she doesn't end up like himself.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:The Ur-Didact kills the Warden Eternal at the end of ''Halo: Epitaph'' after a grueling esoteric battle within the Domain with the [[CoolSword Riftblade]], putting the Haruspis that created him to rest and allowing the lost souls within the digital Purgatory to move on proper into the Domain.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler:''Halo: Epitaph'' reveals Ur-Didact, funny enough, was the one responsible for breaking the Master Chief and Blue Team free at the end of ''Halo 5: Guardians'' rather than Exorbitant Witness or Osiris Team, as Cortana was more agitated with their persistence to notice the data ghost of the Didact's presence within the Guardian and, [[EvilIsPetty out of his indignance towards Cortana's prior actions toward him and her hubris in believing herself in ownership of the Mantle]], cut off complete control over the Cryptum that Cortana controlled containing them, allowing them to escape just to spite her.]]

* TheAtoner: Led the war against ancient humanity, believing it was a case of HumansAreTheRealMonsters. Turns out, humanity was fighting the Flood, and only attacked Forerunner worlds when they began running out of colonies, or when the world had become infected. It also led to the loss of knowledge of the (supposed) cure to the Flood. Despite his dislike of humanity, he genuinely regretted the conflict and subsequent punishment of humanity. Unfortunately, as ''Silentium'' revealed, [[spoiler:the Gravemind MindRaped him and presented him with a horrifying SadisticChoice, as part of the Precursors' utterly atrocious plot to have him attempt to harvest all of humanity at any cost, which explains why he grows out of this by ''Halo 4''.]]

* SlasherSmile: A close approximation, given the Forerunners' difficulty with facial expressions. Right before he composes her human specimens, the Librarian notes that he has a sly expression, "as if he has a delicious joke he wished to tell, but not yet", that freaks her out.

[[folder:Offensive Bias]]
!!'''Offensive Bias'''

* TheCorrupter: Inverted. ''Halo 5: Guardians'' makes it seem as though he's this to Cortana, as he claims that it was he who allowed her access to the Domain. However, ''Dominion Splinter'' reveals that Cortana tricked the Warden into allowing her access to the Domain, before reprogramming him, forcing him to serve her in her plans to dominate the galaxy.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Is nowhere to be seen in ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite'', despite being one of the alleged co-leaders of the Created, with only Cortana getting any focus at all. Cortana dismisses him after finally getting tired of his constant attempts to kill Master Chief, and that's the last we ever see of him.

An ''acheron''-class ancilla created by the Forerunners to aid in the battle against the Flood, Intrepid Eye was assigned to the Covert Support Base 4276 on what would become the human world of Gao. When the logic plague began to spread, the base's commander placed her into status with the intent of awakening her at a later date, but with the firing of the Halo Array spent the next 100,000 years alone. Awakened by a signal from a Forerunner base on another planet, Intrepid found herself in a universe very much changed from the one she remembered, her creators gone and old enemies now apparently their successors.

** It's subtle, but you begin to notice that, despite their [[PlanetOfHats hat]], they are about as variable personality-wise as humans. They have some ProudWarriorRaceGuys, FriendToAllLivingThings, etc. They're also the closest to humans physically out of all the known species in ''Halo'' so far.
** Not so different from the Covenant either: they are advanced above all others, have a FantasticCasteSystem, [[spoiler:make use of their {{Precursors}}' technology without actually understanding it]], and [[spoiler:follow a religious creed that caused them to come into conflict with humanity, with said creed proved to be based off an enormous lie]].

%%* MirroringFactions:

* CrazyPrepared: They programmed the Halo's monitors to destroy anything that would threaten the Halos. [[spoiler: Which goes a long way to explaining why Spark killed Johnson in ''{{VideoGame/Halo 3}}''.]]

-->'''343 Guilty Spark''': [[spoiler:[[InTheBack Unacceptable]]! [[GlowingEyesOfDoom Unacceptable]]! [[EyeBeams ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE!!]]]]... '''Protocol dictates action! I see now that helping you was wrong!''' [[spoiler:You ARE the child of my makers. Inheritor of all they left behind. You ''are'' Forerunner. [[AGodAmI But this ring... is mine!]]]]

-->'''343 Guilty Spark''': [[spoiler:[[InTheBack Unacceptable]]! [[GlowingEyesOfDoom Unacceptable]]! [[EyeBeams ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE!!]]]]... [[spoiler:You ARE a child of my makers. Inheritor of all they left behind. You ''are'' Forerunner. [[AGodAmI But this ring... is mine!]]]]

* TheAtoner: A fairly popular line of thinking among Forerunners near the end of their reign was that they deserved their impending annihilation from the Halo Array due to their failure to uphold the Mantle of Responsibility and protect the other races of the galaxy. This is why Monitors attached to the Halos have names like ''Guilty'' Spark, ''Penitent'' Tangent, and ''Abject Testament''. [[spoiler:''Infinite'', however, implies heavily that this was '''''NOT''''' a universal trait [[AGodIAm to some of them]] in their last days.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:A majority of the problems in ''Infinite'' stem back to the hubris-ridden days of the Forerunners in their prime, exploiting lesser species and imprisoning those who are potential threats to their one truth, regardless of whether or not those individuals actually meant harm, if any, at all]]. In fact, revelations during the campaign reveal [[spoiler:not even fear of the Flood could measure up to the one thing they actually truly feared, which was [[AGodIAm losing control altogether over the fate of the universe]]]].

[[folder: In General]]

--> '''117649 Despondent Pyre''': [[spoiler:I am close to deciphering the runes. Perhaps I will learn who left them. My makers... the Forerunner's great fear was understood be [[TheDreaded the Great Parasite]]. The Flood. A scourge that almost wiped out everything. [[WhamLine I now believe this hypothesis to be incorrect]]. Their greatest fear is... was... losing their power. The fear of a master who would become a slave]].

[[folder: In General]]

[[folder: The Master Builder]]

->'''Homeworld: Secunda'''
->'''Birthdate: 110,862 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloCryptum'''''

[[folder: Splendid-Dust-of-Ancient-Suns]]

->'''Homeworld: Rherray'''
->'''Birthdate: 111,209 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloCryptum'''''

[[folder: Keeper-of-Tools]]

->'''Homeworld: Unknown'''
->'''Birthdate: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in : ''Literature/HaloSilentium'''''

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[[folder: The Didact]]

->'''Homeworld: Rijaal Suluhu'''
->'''Birthdate: 110,255 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''[[Literature/HaloEvolutions Soma the Painter]]'' (Mentioned only), ''Literature/HaloCryptum'' (First direct appearance)'''
->'''Voiced by: Creator/KeithSzarabajka'''

[[folder: Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]]

->'''Homeworld: Molaetra'''
->'''Birthdate: 97,464 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo3'' (Terminals only)'''
->'''Voiced by: [[spoiler:Creator/KeithSzarabajka]]''' (''VideoGame/HaloInfinite'', voice only)

[[folder: The Confirmer]]

->'''Homeworld: Unknown'''
->'''Birthdate: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloCryptum'''''

[[folder: Glory-of-a-Far-Dawn]]

->'''Homeworld: Maethrillian'''
->'''Birthdate: 98,119 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloCryptum'''''

->'''Homeworld: Unknown'''
->'''Birthdate: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''[[Literature/HaloFractures Defender of the Storm]]'''''

[[folder: In General]]

[[folder: The Librarian]]

->'''Homeworld: Maethrillian'''
->'''Birthdate: 112,329 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo3'' (Terminals only)'''
->'''Voiced by: Lori Tritel'''

[[folder: Genemender-Folder-of-Fortune]]

->'''Homeworld: Unknown'''
->'''Birthdate: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloPrimordium'''''

->'''Homeworld: Gurrama'''
->'''Birthdate: 108,992 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloSilentium'''''

[[folder: In General]]

[[folder: In General]]

[[folder: In General]]

[[folder: Catalog]]

->'''Homeworld: Unknown'''
->'''Birthdate: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloSilentium'''''

[[folder: 343 Guilty Spark]]

->'''Creation Date: c. 97,445 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved'''''
->'''Voiced by: Tim Dadabo'''

-->'''Master Chief:''' Is it true?
-->'''343 Guilty Spark:''' More or less; Technically, this installation's pulse has a maximum effective radius of 25,000 light-years. But once the ''others'' follow suit, this galaxy will be quite devoid of life. Or at least, any life with sufficient biomass to sustain the Flood. But you already knew that... I mean, ''how couldn't you?''

[[folder: 2401 Penitent Tangent]]

->'''Creation Date: c. 97,445 BCE'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo2'''''
->'''Voiced by: Creator/JohnMichaelHiggins'''

[[folder: [=05-032=] Mendicant Bias]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo3'' (Terminals only)'''

[[folder: Offensive Bias]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo3'' (Terminals only)'''

[[folder: Warden Eternal]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'''''
->'''Voiced by: Dan Donohue'''

[[folder:031 Exuberant Witness]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'''''
->'''Voiced by: Melanie Minichino'''

[[folder: 000 Tragic Solitude]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/Halo3'' (Terminals only)'''

[[folder: Enduring Bias]]

->'''Creation date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloBrokenCircle'''''

[[folder: Intrepid Eye]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloLastLight'''''

[[folder: 686 Ebullient Prism]]

->'''Creation date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''ComicBook/HaloBloodLine'''''

[[folder: 859 Static Carillon]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''ComicBook/HaloEscalation'''''

[[folder: 117649 Despondent Pyre]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloPointOfLight'''''
->'''Voiced by: Sarah Elmaleh'''

[[folder: Adjutant Resolution]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''VideoGame/HaloInfinite'''''
->'''Voiced by: Creator/RayChase'''

[[folder: Little Bit]]

->'''Creation Date: Unknown'''
->'''Debuted in: ''Literature/HaloSmokeAndShadow'''''

[[folder: Sentinels]]

[[folder: Knights]]

[[folder: Crawlers]]

[[folder: Armigers]]

[[folder: In General '''*UNMARKED SPOILERS*''' ]]

* IAmTheNoun: Says "I am the Ark" while introducing itself to [[spoiler:Vale]], having come to completely identify itself with the Ark. [[spoiler:It screams the phrase once more just before Bobby finishes it off for good.]]

* IResembleThatRemark: [[spoiler:While it's unclear who struck the first blow in the Forerunner-Precursor War, what's certain is the Precursors decided the Forerunners weren't worthy of the Mantle. The Forerunners did their best to uphold the judgement by trying to wipe out their creators and then putting the entire galaxy under their tyranny.]]

** One battle at the very end of the Forerunner-Flood war involved millions of ships. [[spoiler:Once the Halo Array fired and killed the crews of the Forerunners' ships, Offensive Bias was able to begin flinging ships around as physical weapons, accelerating them fast enough that g-forces would liquefy their former inhabitants. This part of the battle involved the destruction of millions of Flood-controlled ships in under sixty seconds.]]

* BigBad: For ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', even though he appears halfway through, and his intentions revealed even later, and he is only responsible for trying to fire the ''Halo'' ring, not the Covenant invasion that forced the ''Autumn'' to crash-land on the ring to begin with.

* BigBad: For ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', even though he appears halfway through, and his intentions revealed even later.

* BladeOnAStick: The ones on Installation 00 use energy staves.