History Literature / TheForerunnerSaga

* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Warriors are a pretty low caste in the society, as they have an ideal of nonviolence. This doesn't stop the Warrior caste from repeatedly saving the citizens' collective ass almost every time it's threatened.
-->'''Bornstellar''': Skill at war, however necessary at times, had always seemed to be the antithesis of my people's primary philosophy.

** Silentium reveals the Precursors are incomprehensible Eldritch Abominations who can asume any form they see fit,(both physical and ''incorporeal'') their current form is the ''Flood'' and our potentially responsible for the creation and evolution of all known life in the universe and potentially ''created the universe'' itself.

* AdaptiveArmor: The Forerunners wear extremely advanced suits of armor most of the time. These eliminate the need to sleep, indefinitely prolong the wearer's lifespan, offer first aid in case on an emergency, give access to near-unlimited data banks, etc. Also, a fully functional suit of armor can be built on just about anybody, as demonstrated by Chakas and Riser.

-->''Cryptum'' jacket description

* AncientAstronauts: Just about everyone. The Precursors, who may have had a hand in the evolution of both humans and Forerunners, the Forerunners themselves, and the ancient humans who had a spacefaring civilization.

* HigherTechSpecies: The Forerunners.
* {{Hobbits}}: The Florians, or ''Hamanune'' as they call themselves. Actually based on a real human species that used to exist, Homo ''floresiensis'', who really are often referred to as "hobbits".

* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Precursors probably qualify, and the Forerunners to a lesser degree.

* EternalEnglish: Averted (though not with English because none of the species involved speaks it). The Forerunners use many different languages (only two or three are given any detail, however) and many, many more have been lost over their ten million year history.

The first novel, ''Literature/HaloCryptum'', was released in January 2011, with others to follow. The story is told as a first-person narrative, from the perspective of Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting, a rebellious young Forerunner fed up with the social rules of Forerunner society. He is sent to a remote mining colony called [[UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} Edom]] by his father to learn discipline, but instead he gets caught up in an adventure involving AncientConspiracy, SealedEvilInACan and {{Lost Superweapon}}s.

The second novel, ''Literature/HaloPrimordium'', was released in January 2012. It covers the adventures of Chakas, a human introduced in the first novel, as he and a select few others journey across Halo Installation 07, seeking to find a way to escape and survive while also avoiding a malevolent entity's grasp, all the while discovering things about the Flood.

The third and final novel, ''Literature/HaloSilentium'', was released March 2013.

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* TheObiWan: The Didact to Bornstellar.

* CameBackWrong : [[spoiler: The Flood originated from the highly versatile cells of Precursors being damaged due to beingin stasis for eons.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: The humans and San 'Shyuum resisting the Forerunner siege of Charum Hakkor during the Forerunner-human war kill themselves rather than surrender. [[spoiler: This mass suicide could also be seen as the last act of defiance to make sure the secrets to combat the Flood die with them.]]

* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: The humans and San 'Shyuum resisting the Forerunner siege of Charum Hakkor during the Forerunner-human war kill themselves rather than surrender. Anyone familiar with Halo can see their perspective though: who wouldn't chose death over being sent back to the Flood?]]
** [[spoiler:At the time, they'd pushed the Flood back so it was not much a threat to them. What they feared were the inevitable punishments to the defeated foes of the Forerunners. The prospects of watching their once mighty empire dismantled, the children devolved clearly made death vastly preferable.]]
** [[spoiler: This mass suicide could also be seen as the last act of defiance to make sure the secrets to combat the Flood die with them.]]

** It's revealed in ''Primordium'' that [[spoiler:the Precursors created the Flood to be a last ditch "fuck you" to the Forerunner, their rebellious servants.]]

* HumansAreBastards: Pretty much how the Forerunners view the humans by the events of ''Cryptum'', and for a reason. The ancient humans conquered several Forerunner worlds, though this was an act of desperation as the humans were on the run from [[spoiler:the Flood]] that ravaged many of the worlds on the other side of their empire. Many of the Forerunner worlds that humanity destroyed were also [[spoiler:infected by the Flood. Humanity was trying to stop it.]]

** [[spoiler:In ''Rebirth'', an audio drama epilogue to ''Halo: Silentium'', the [=IsoDidact=] asks 343 Guilty Spark [[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved if the choice were his, would Spark fire the rings]]?]]

** A particularly big one is in the very end: [[spoiler:"We meet again, young one. I am the last of those who gave you breath and shape and form, millions of years ago. I am the last of those your kind rose up against and ruthlessly destroyed. I am the last Precursor. And our answer is at hand."]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Humans who questioned the Prisoner about the Flood were so horrified by its answer that many of them killed themselves rather than live with the knowledge.]]

* HumansAreBastards: Pretty much how the Forerunners view the humans by the events of ''Cryptum'', and for a reason. The ancient humans conquered several Forerunner worlds, though this was an act of desperation as the humans were on the run from [[spoiler:the Flood]] that ravaged many of the worlds on the other side of their empire.

** Hard subversion with [[spoiler: the Precursors. The Prisoner of Charum Hakkor was described as having four arms, a head tail, and insectoid eyes.]]

The third and final novel, ''Literature/HaloSilentium'', is due to be released in March 2013.

The third and final novel, ''Halo: Silentium'', is due to be released in March 2013.

* AbusivePrecursors: The Forerunners are revealed to have been this. While previous canon and the Covenant religion made them seem like benevolent protectors who martyred themselves to save the galaxy, ''Cryptum'' reveals that they had a highly prejudiced society and ran an empire that deliberately kept other species at low pre-industrial levels.

''The Forerunner Saga'' is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Greg Bear, set in the distant past of the ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' universe. Notably, the series is the first to focus on the life of the eponymous [[ThePrecursors Forerunners]] and the intricacies of their civilization.

''The Forerunner Saga'' is a trilogy of science fiction novels by Creator/GregBear, set in the distant past of the ''{{Franchise/Halo}}'' universe. Notably, the series is the first to focus on the life of the eponymous [[ThePrecursors Forerunners]] and the intricacies of their civilization.

** ''Primordium'' reveals that, apparently, [[spoiler:Chakas [[BrainUploading became]] 343 Guilty Spark, or at least a backup copy of him]]. Also, [[spoiler:the Forerunners did wipe out the Precursors, but the Precursors [[AbusivePrecursors struck first]].]]
** The end of Primordium hints that [[spoiler:The Librarian may still be alive in some form.]]

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Primordium's plot will involve [[HaloCombatEvolved a human traveling across a Halo fighting aliens, hostile AIs, and the Flood]].

The first novel, ''Literature/HaloCryptum]]'', was released in January 2011, with others to follow. The story is told as a first-person narrative, from the perspective of Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting, a rebellious young Forerunner fed up with the social rules of Forerunner society. He is sent to a remote mining colony called [[UsefulNotes/{{Mars}} Edom]] by his father to learn discipline, but instead he gets caught up in an adventure involving AncientConspiracy, SealedEvilInACan and {{Lost Superweapon}}s.