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"Sometimes life gives you lemons, and then you have to say 'f**k the lemons' and bail."
If you're reading this, you need to stop stalking me. If you can't stop stalking me, you might as well go here.
Okay, so in their conversation with The Didact, The Captive claims to be the last remaining Precursor; let's run with that.
The Captive states that The Forerunners were created by the Precursors, which The Forerunners themselves also believe, so I'll take his word for it. However, the real revelation comes when The Captive reveals that it was The Forerunners who destroyed the Precursors: dun dun dunnn!
What we need to keep in mind here is that The Captive was originally found on Charum Hakkor imprisoned using Precursor technology. Whoever this guy was, another Precursor(s?) thought that he should be held against his will for all eternity; this guy might have been an -blam!-.
So why would The Precursors imprison one of their own for all time?
I'm just throwing an idea out there, but maybe the Precursors were divided. Think of this: the Precursors, after giving life to all in the galaxy, are at the top of the food chain. As it's said that the Precursor's are able to speed-up the evolution of a species, they do so with their "children."
Much like the Forerunner considered themselves superior to the Humans, some Precursors feel that, as the holders of The Mantle, they have dominion over all life. They feel that further evolution of the species they created will threaten their power. Tension between the two sects ensure, and these Precursors begin slaughtering Forerunners/Humans/etc, as a means of "population control." The other side, who still follow the true purpose behind The Mantle, strike back, in defense of The Forerunners/Humans/etc.
Civil War breaks out, with the Mantle-purists having the advantage of Forerunner and Human allies.
In a desperate attempt to regain control, the Precursor separatists create The Flood, which devastates the other Precursors.
While The Mantle-purist are defeating the Precursor Separatists, both sides are also being consumed by The Flood. The Mantle-purists find a way to neutralize the Flood, but the damage has been done. However, before they a completely defeated, the Mantle-purists capture a high-ranking officer of The Precursor Separatist's militant forces, and imprison it on Charum Hakkor.
The Separatists, or at least what's left of them, are ravaged by their own creation, and use the fallen Mantle-purists' solution to The Flood, and The Flood is forced into a dormant state.
In their weakened state, what is left of the Precursor Separatists are defeated by The Forerunners.
Brought to the brink of extinction themselves, very few Forerunners remain, and memory of the war quickly fades in to oblivion after several generations.
[Edited on 01.19.2011 10:20 AM PST]