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Subject: Before we knew what The Forerunner looked like....

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The Chozo from Metroid.

  • 03.02.2011 8:52 PM PDT
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Posted by: scene4kaos
What did you imagine The Forerunner looking like before we got accurate depictions in Legends and other canon material?

Given the dialoge from the terminals in H3 I picture that the Forerunners looked like humans.

  • 03.02.2011 9:24 PM PDT

I am a practicing traditional Catholic.

I imagined them to be humans. I thought they were humans. I was wrong...

  • 03.03.2011 9:46 AM PDT

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I always thought they'd look similar to Elves, taller than the average human with pointed ears and long faces. The depiction of their armour in Legends was actually very similar to how I pictured their combat attire.

  • 03.03.2011 9:49 AM PDT

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I imagined them to look like the Protheans from Mass Effect or the Ood from Doctor Who.

  • 03.03.2011 9:53 AM PDT

Master Chief in Forerunner clothing without a helmet

  • 03.03.2011 1:34 PM PDT

Kind of "Adam and Eve-esque" Humans with key shaped guns.

  • 03.03.2011 1:42 PM PDT

When I watched Knowing, and saw the aliens at the end, i kind of thought that that was what they might look like, only not transparent with lights inside, and with faceial features.

  • 03.03.2011 2:21 PM PDT

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Posted by: Wazooty
I always thought of the chozo for some reason.


this ^

and I always thought of them as spiritual successors to the Chozo because I played Metroid first

  • 03.03.2011 9:33 PM PDT
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I don't consider the Legends depictions as accurate.

  • 03.03.2011 9:40 PM PDT

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Something like the Protheans from Mass Effect.

  • 03.04.2011 12:29 AM PDT

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As slender humanoids with Sentinel-like features

  • 03.04.2011 12:51 AM PDT

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We know what they look like?


Pics or it didn't happen.

  • 03.04.2011 1:28 AM PDT

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Posted by: BARAKHusainOBAMA
We know what they look like?


Pics or it didn't happen.

I only know what they look like in their armour.

  • 03.04.2011 5:05 AM PDT

Weapon of mass construction.

I always thought they were Human.

  • 03.04.2011 5:34 AM PDT
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I saw them as almost humans, I thought that their heads would look like the heads that revolve around the hill (in king of the hill in Halo CE) which it turns out was rather accurate.

- JFKES

[Edited on 03.04.2011 6:16 AM PST]

  • 03.04.2011 6:16 AM PDT

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I imagined them about 12-15 feet tall and extremely thin. But they are also fairly muscle toned. Overall they would look like a much taller and thinner human, but their heads would probably be a little bigger. And for some reason they all dressed in robes like the Greeks, except for the armies which are donned in some sort of biomechanical suit. Unlike clothing, it's like a second skin.

And of course they'd live for roughly 200 years.

[Edited on 03.04.2011 12:23 PM PST]

  • 03.04.2011 6:20 AM PDT
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Hmm a Salarian kind of resembles my idea of a Forerunner. But then with slower talks and a longer lifespan.

  • 03.04.2011 6:42 AM PDT

What a waste....

Like Kaminoans from Star Wars but w/ shorter necks.

  • 03.04.2011 7:32 AM PDT

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I didn't picture them before I saw them on Halo: Legends. When they mentioned Forerunners, I didn't think of a person or being. I don't really know what I thought.

  • 03.04.2011 1:23 PM PDT
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I've thought of them as bald, grayish humans with super high-tech suits on and pure black eyes.

  • 03.04.2011 2:32 PM PDT

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I pictured them as the 3 pink aliens in Futurama

  • 03.04.2011 2:48 PM PDT

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Posted by: SEAL Sniper 9
I didn't picture them before I saw them on Halo: Legends. When they mentioned Forerunners, I didn't think of a person or being. I don't really know what I thought.

This. As someone who was very entertained by Halo canon, I'm quite surprised that I never cared to apply characteristics to the Forerunner. And to this day (in the same fashion) I don't have a clue, nor care to apply any reasoning to what the Precursors may look like. Somehow these entities "look" better without physical descriptions to judge them by.

  • 03.04.2011 3:20 PM PDT

I would assume the same as humans, but alot more muscular.

  • 03.04.2011 3:56 PM PDT
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Posted by: Wazooty
I always thought of the chozo for some reason.

This is what I thought of also. They're the race I always think of when a story revolves around an ancient race of aliens who leave behind something, or multiple things of importance.

  • 03.04.2011 3:58 PM PDT

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