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: What was the pass criterion for mantlehood? What did the Precursors actually
: want?
: If the Flood has been corrupted does the test have any meaning anymore?
: Whatever the Precursors wanted may not matter anymore if they have been
: corrupted. The Flood may not have the same concerns.
: If humanity passes the former Precursors' test would that cure the Flood of
: it's corruption? Does the Flood still care about the mantle?
Given the following quote from the Primordial:
"Our urge to create is immutable; we must create. But the beings we create shall never again reach out in strength against us. All that is created will suffer. All will be born in suffering, endless grayness shall be their lot. All creation will tailor to failure and pain, that never again shall the offspring of the eternal Fount rise up against their creators. Listen to the silence. Ten million years of deep silence. And now, whimpers and cries; not of birth. That is what we bring: a great crushing weight to press down youth and hope. No more will. No more freedom. Nothing new but agonizing death and never good shall come of it. We are the last of those who gave you breath and form, millions of years ago. We are the last of those your kind defied and ruthlessly destroyed. We are the last Precursors. And now we are legion."
I think it's safe to say the Flood/Precursors no longer has anything to do with the Mantle, since the Mantle's purpose was to shelter and protect the development of all life.