Not only did they appear, and survive the Rings firing, but they even survived the Flood. As I said, the Forerunners at this point had had full dominion over the Milky Way, and so for a race to mysteriously appear is very unlikely. Where did they inexplicably come from? A whole Homeworld (Despondent Pyre is instructed to covertly move her ring into range, “just in case”). So, in the past the rings activate and wipe everything out, and then as the Forerunners are re-seeding they run into the Xalanyn. I think she even says something like “to you, armor is just a weapon” as one of her lines, maybe she is implying her suit serves a bigger purpose, time manipulation? Fighting the Harbinger, she ‘teleports’ around, but more than likely this is her time travel ability, she is pausing and moving, at least locally. Not complete manipulation, but have at least some ability. The Xalanyn have the ability to manipulate time. It is said the Forerunners feared the most “masters turned slave”, they feared losing their power, and in the Xalanyn they must of seen a threat in this regard. Understandably this confused and most probably concerned the remaining Forerunners. Not only survived, they were and advanced technological civilization that seemingly appeared out of nowhere, as the Forerunners had complete dominion over the Milky way (our galaxy). In the past the Halo rings activated, but inexplicably the Xalanyn survived. Now, through out the game and Audio logs, we have heard how the ‘dangerous’ the Xalanyn are, and how the Forerunners feared them, Cortana even says “Worse things here than the Flood”, implying that to the Forerunners at least the Xalanyn are a grave threat. They also mention in regards to the Xalanyn, “time become a construct that they could control.”, implying they have some technology to alter time. They have implied they are going to ‘help’ the Xalanyn, but instead have sent Offensive Bias/Forerunner fleet to destroy/trap the Xalanyn, presumably to be sent to the Silent Auditorium to be trapped into their Cylixs. They talk about the Endless/Xalanyn (the race Harbinger is). In the Legendary ending we also get a VO between a Forerunner and Despondent Pyre dated 99928 years before the events of Halo Infinite. These Cylix are different though, as they have a different symbol on them, different even to the Harbinger’s Cylix. He approaches and unlocks a room full of Cylix (the name for the cryopods/cryptum/prisons we have seen). We learn Atriox is alive (wow, who’d a thunk it). The Grand Edict charged 117649 Despondent Pyre with guarding the Xalanyn's prison and assigned the dangerous Offensive Bias AI to the ring to aid them.Chief jumps through the mysterious portal and arrives, safe, three days later amidst some of the ‘old’ ring like artifacts the Banished have been so interested in. This was a trap, as the Forerunners had deemed the Xalanyn a threat beyond even the Flood and sealed the whole species away in the Halo. The two groups arranged a parley, and the Zeta Halo was brought near the Xalanyn homeworld. During the century after the firing, the Forerunners were confused to discover the Xalanyn civilization alive and intact. They were an advanced civilization present at the same time as the Forerunners and were not indexed before the Halo Array was fired. However, they encountered one snag: a species had survived their engineered apocalypse.Ĭurrently, details are scarce on what the Xalanyn exactly are. Only a few Forerunners remained in specially shielded locations, and they emerged to ensure that the repopulation of the galaxy went as planned before exiling themselves. By emitting a frequency that could destroy a living creature’s nervous system, the Halos wiped out almost all sentient life in the universe. As most Halo players know, the titular Halo rings were the method the Forerunners used to wipe out virtually all of the Flood besetting the galaxy.
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