In the book, he seemed so vengeful against Forerunner, even seeking aid of Flood.
But in the terminal, it clearly shows that he was a noble general who would make haste to stop Flood.
It is kind of hypocrite of him.
The terminal takes place before the forerunners wiped out his species and degraded them to primitives.
The forerunners hadn’t done anything to tick him off yet.
That’s because the events in the terminals take place before his species was completely wiped out and devolved.
Don’t get it twisted though because he had a hatred for the Forerunners that bordered on fanatical. He even wanted to draw the flood back into the galaxy to use against the Forerunners.
> He even wanted to draw the flood back into the galaxy to use against the Forerunners.
I don’t recall that in Primordium. You have to be aware that the Flood was already uncontrollably by that time due to the Forerunners own arrogance and negligence. So Forthencho was merely trying to avenge his race at that point.
> > He even wanted to draw the flood back into the galaxy to use against the Forerunners.
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> I don’t recall that in Primordium. You have to be aware that the Flood was already uncontrollably by that time due to the Forerunners own arrogance and negligence. So Forthencho was merely trying to avenge his race at that point.
Read his conversation with Chaka. He seemed pretty crazy.
It is weird that he was willing to help Flood and Mendicant Bias. I mean… Flood was nemesis that he was trying to stop. So he changed his thought 180 degree because Forerunner did bad things to his people?
> It is weird that he was willing to help Flood and Mendicant Bias. I mean… Flood was nemesis that he was trying to stop. So he changed his thought 180 degree because Forerunner did bad things to his people?
It’s not unreasonable - at the beginning, he (and humanity) thought they had a chance. And then the forerunners smash them, devolve them (debate eradicating them), etcetera. So whilst the flood were a problem, the forerunners are a bigger problem (flood caused damage, whilst the forerunner were very close to genocide).
I’d be pretty upset with the forerunners after that. So when the forerunners are losing against the flood, and you are convinced that it is game over for the galaxy (the only power left, your enemy, is losing), I can see why Forthenco would be tempted to screw over his enemy, using another enemy.
The Librarian has also stated that the composer’s process is imperfect. The original goal of the device was to ensure forerunner immortality by digitizing people, but the personalities fragmented.
But I think the root of it all is simply that he was all honorable when he was trying to save the galaxy from the flood. He got twisted when for his actions in doing so, the Forerunners reduced his people to primitives that were little more than slaves to the forerunners from his perspective.
Its one of those “heroes living long enough to become a villain” moments of sorts. Except in this case he died and was brought sort of back as a prisoner and forced to see what the forerunners had done to his people.