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Subject: Halo Cryptum - Forerunner Conflicts - *Spoilers*

The U.E.S.C. Marathon emblem that appears on my profile was designed by me and picked by Bungie [Bungie All-Star competition] to be available for use by anyone on the Bungie forums.
"Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild"

I would just like to express my views on the Human-Flood-Forerunner conflicts, the initial flood outbreaks and the Human-Prophets alliance. And see how many people agree/disagree, maybe have some comments on these events?

So here is what I wrote up!

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Cryptum follows the plot of the beginning of the end of the Forerunner - Flood war, and goes through many past events in the forerunner history.
Including the Human-San 'Shyuum (also known as the Prophets) alliance against the Forerunners, and their destruction in the perilous war.

A 110 thousand years before the Halo game events, the Humans had a vast empire with technology nearly matching the Forerunners,
this was mostly aided by the prophets technology and intel. The human-prophet alliance fought a devastating war against the forerunners,
which resulted nearly all humans being killed. The few that survived where saved by the Librarian and moved to a planet named "Erde-Tyrene".
However, due to this, the humans de-evolved to as what the forerunners called them "animals".

The Prophets made a pact with the Forerunners to be spared, but they where quarantined on two planets in one solar system, carefully monitored by the Forerunners.
And all weapons and space travel technology was forbidden, in the end the situation of the prophets may have been worse then of the humans.

The war was not this simple however, the reason for the humans invading Forerunner space was because they had fought a devastating war up against the Flood.
Humans managed to discover a cure against the flood which allowed them to drive the flood of the edges of the galaxy, leaving many of the human planets intoxicated and unsalvagable.
Thus the humans started searching for new habitable planets which where under the Forerunner lifeworkers protection. The lifeworkers created new life and 'seeded' it on different planets.

The Forerunners did not tolarate the humans taking over their planets, and took swift action against the humans.
The war was devastating and many lives where lost on both sides, leaving hatred against the Humans and the Prophets in the Forerunner perspectives.

The initial flood outbreak was caused by Humans finding Precursor ships, the precursors where of origin millions of years before the humans.
The precursor ships where empty of crew and AI's, however the humans did find canisters containing white powder.
the powder was carefully studied and found to be organic material, neither capable of living but the material was not dead either.

At first it was found out to be harmless and useless, but eventually the Humans started using the powder on Pheru.
- Pheru where Pets favored by both the Humans and the Prophets described to be "companions" similiar to what we would describe as dogs in our days.

The powder allowed the pets to become more obidient and controlled. Eventually after many generations of Pheru, including cross-breeding and using the powder to control the animals,
the Pheru started to develop different symptoms, their fur and skin would change, mostly turning softer which at first was found to be a nice thing by both the Humans and the prophets.
Later on the Pheru started developing more serious symptoms, and as to some humans Pheru meat was a delicasy the infection had moved into Humans through the meat infecting them with the flood parasite.

Eventually starting the Human-Flood war.

[Edited on 01.27.2011 10:15 PM PST]

  • 01.27.2011 9:53 PM PDT
Subject: Halo Cryptum - Human-Forerunner Conflicts - *Spoilers*

You'll likely want to change the title seeing as how it contains spoilers simply in the title.

  • 01.27.2011 10:06 PM PDT
Subject: Halo Cryptum - Forerunner Conflicts - *Spoilers*

The U.E.S.C. Marathon emblem that appears on my profile was designed by me and picked by Bungie [Bungie All-Star competition] to be available for use by anyone on the Bungie forums.
"Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild"


Posted by: YahwehFreak4evr
You'll likely want to change the title seeing as how it contains spoilers simply in the title.


Removed the "human" part, should be suitable now only mentioning the forerunners?

[Edited on 01.27.2011 10:16 PM PST]

  • 01.27.2011 10:09 PM PDT

I'm a lead farmer, mother lover!

Not sure if there's anything to really disagree with, everything you wrote is factual. I'm very interested to see the follow up books, I just hope they're all written in a timely fashion and I don't have a wait a year between every book in the trilogy (that'd be a pain).

  • 01.28.2011 7:50 AM PDT

I like turtles

You didn't express your views, you just stated some facts.

  • 01.28.2011 9:48 AM PDT