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Subject: Question regarding "The Captive" in Halo Cryptum
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Posted by: matman25402
It is stated that all precursors have 4 arms, 2 legs, and an insectiod like head, and are generally large in size.

Where has this been said? I just would like to know. If it was in Cryptum I probably missed it.

  • 04.12.2011 8:09 AM PDT
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Posted by: matman25402
So I just finished Cryptum (Yes I know I'm late), and I've come to an ambiguous point trying to categorize the Captive as Flood or Precursor. It is stated that all precursors have 4 arms, 2 legs, and an insectiod like head, and are generally large in size. A similar description to the Gravemind. However, it is also said the captive was quarantined by precursor technology as well. Are the Precursors really just collectively graveminds, and this one happens to be imprisoned by it's kind for some reason? Or does this mean the Captive is an infected Precursor?

A little help to comprehend this. Thanks.


I would like to start by saying it is pretty much a fact what ever is speaking ends up being the gravemind, there is alot of evidence supporting that. We have pretty much come to the conclusion that the prisoner gets infected, thus turning into the gravemind we know of.


It was never said that ALL precursors have the same makeup as the prisoner, that is just an assumption. I think it was Ajw or coma that said the prisoner could be involved with the war between the forerunners and precursors or it created/ released the flood (hence the imprisonment).

While we aren't sure on the backstory of the creature it is a FACT this thing becomes the gravemind.

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