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Some can come away from reading "War and Peace" thinking it a simple adventure story, while others can read the ingredients on a gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe.
Posted by: Lord Snakie
I finally brought myself to read this, and you bring up some interesting points. I think that everything needs a bit more tying together (and needs to be a bit more neat and possess a bit more correct grammar and syntax, but not everybody is OCD like me, I suppose) before I'll actually begin to consider it as one of the "big" contender theories, but it certainly brings up things I've never considered before.
I want to draw attention to my theory, specifically the Lord of the Rings-Halo correlation. In it, I suggest that (similar to the Gondorians and Numenoreans in JRR Tolkien's epic) a small faction of Precursor escaped the Precursor empire and became the Forerunner in the Milky Way, building things of incomparable might and majesty, but ultimately not living up to their cousins' abilities and power. Through their leaving, though, they escaped the fate of their cousins, being swallowed in a massive flood.
In The Lord of the Rings, the Gondorians were aware of the Numenorean's demise, but in Halo, the Forerunner might never have learned of the Precursor's doom. When the Flood attacked them, they may never have realized that they were really facing the remnants of their own people (assuming my theory is correct). The Forerunner might have begun to think their cousins were correct, that they could achieve a new level of understanding with their method, and that The Mantle that they had taken up was a flawed copy of the Precursor original (there's evidence that the Forerunner began to become displeased with the Mantle, particularly in the latter parts of the war). The Forerunners' "Great Journey" might simply be a journey they had made once before: a journey back home. To their home galaxy, to the land where the Precursor once dominated, to follow in their then-distant cousins' footsteps.
What does this mean? I don't know. I just think that everything makes sense if the Forerunner are going home.
My theory states that the forerunner went on a great journey, where is left to discussion. But I think that your idea is the most likely. I found something in Ghost of Onyx I will add now. But wherever the forerunner went they intentioned the Humans to follow. As my more recent find from Ghost of Onyx will support.
It could also be wherever the precursor went. If they where not totally consumed by the flood and some survived (which considering there where 100 of trillions or more it is very likely some survived the onslaught).