

There’s some debate about whether the Precursors planned to destroy the Forerunners or the Forerunners attacked unprovoked. Believing they were the superior creation, the Forerunners obliterated the Precursors and took up the Mantle of Responsibility for themselves. The Precursors had apparently decided to pass the Mantle onto the humans - letting them dictate the flow of life in the universe - rather than the Forerunners. In the Forerunner-Precursor war, the Forerunners destroyed their creators. They’re not all evil, but they are primarily responsible for nearly every problem in the Halo universe: the Flood, the Halo rings, and - to some extent, out of their control - the Covenant itself. They were positioned to be the Precursors’ original successors, and, at one time, the most powerful species in the universe. The Forerunners were humanity’s biggest rivals and serve as the primary antagonists in 343 Industries’ Halo games. The Precursors helped shape and evolve humans, the Forerunners, and many other races using the Mantle of Responsibility, a creation philosophy. And then let us know how you feel in the comments.The Forerunners get all the credit in the Halo games, but the Precursors came before, as their name implies.

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What do you think about the expansion of the Covenant empire? Do you have a favorite species in the Covenant? (Mine is easily the Sangheili!) The Sangheili harbor a particular distaste for them, seeing their style of fighting and their culture as barbaric and dishonorable. Used mostly in shock trooper roles, the Jiralhanae are ranked below the Lekgolo, equal with the Yanme'e and above the Unggoy and Kig-Yar. While ferocious and vicious warriors, the Jiralhanae were unorganized and primitive as a result, the Covenant's advanced, highly-trained military easily defeated and conquered the species. Then engaged in a civil war, and they were considered easy targets for the Covenant. Thirty years after the Unggoy Rebellion, the Covenant discovered the Jiralhanae species on their homeworld of Dosiac. The Jiralhanae were considered savage by most members of the Covenant's society.
