The Poet

Childhood
"I remember it well, the world where I used to dwell. My days were filled with walks, free and devoid of any talks. It was in the wilderness where I forgot my inner brashness. The beauty of it all, made my inner insolence my thrall. It was through abandonment I learned how to pass judgment. It was through solitude where I learned not to intrude. Truly my exile allowed me to walk the mile. That is the truth and will it forever always... dictate the rest of days."

- The Poet on his life on Somnolence. Sometime long ago, a young female named Lady of the First Dances conceived a child on the  colony world of Somnolence. Naming him Gravity Brings Eternal Moonlight, the mother Warrior-Servant raised her child in the expansive gardens Somnolence was known for and hoped he too would follow in her steps as a defender of the. Because his mother couldn't spend much time with him, Eternal was often left to his own devices on Somnolence; he occupied himself with long walks through the gardens, casual hikes across the mountains and isolated nights down by the ocean. Through these peace walks, Eternal found himself enthralled by the beauty of nature and so, took up music and poetry to better document his experiences on Somnolence.

Mother's Death
"It is with the deepest sorrow that we gather here today... for one of the many glorious stars that makes up the Ecumene has been extinguished. Warrior-Servant Lady of the First Dances, second-in-command to Warrior-Servant Vigilance of a Saved Life and loyal servant of the Mantle, is deceased. Dying to save the lives of a dozen over Builders and Lifeworkers, Lady of the First Dances has been commended for her courage and valor in the face of hopeless doom. She died so that many more could live. A Warrior-Servant could not ask for a better death or a better legacy. The sole heir of Lady of the First Dances is here among us. See to it that he receives the sincerest, most genuine apologies you can muster in the next valued hours. Weep for this child and weep for his loss because the galaxy is ever so dimmer because of it."

- The Master of the Mantle's speech at the Funeral of the Poet's Mother.

Little less than a decade after his birth, Eternal was approached by several Forerunner. With heavy hearts and saddened eyes, they informed Eternal that his mother was dead. They explained that she and the ship she served upon was signaled by a distressed Forerunner colony where the local sun inexplicably hit critical mass. Tasked with the evacuation of high priority civilians, Eternal's mother perished in a desperate bid to shield a dozen and  from a heat wave that threatened to kill them. The Juridicals came to both inform Eternal and collect him for the funeral.

Only several dozen Forerunners attended, most of them Warrior-Servants associated with Eternal's mother, family members and a handful of colonists she helped evacuate from the colony; the Master of the Mantle was also present within the attendants as per tradition at Forerunner funerals. After delivering a speech and conducting elaborate ceremonies, the Master of the Mantle extracted First Dances' final moments from her armor and sealed it in a for Eternal's safekeeping. Thereafter, several of First Dances' closest friends ignited her fusion pyre and cremated her corpse.

Afterword, Eternal returned to Somnolence and fell into a deep depression that lasted several years. During this time, Eternal spent substantially more time outside of society, enough to a point where local Juridicals became concerned with his well-being. Spending his waking hours brooding with his mother's Durance, Eternal practically disappeared from existence for a short amount of time before turning, his mental condition seemingly improved.

War College
Four years after the death of his mother, Eternal carried on. He reached the age where he could finally considered a by Forerunner society, meaning that he would soon have to choose where he wanted to go in life. Reminiscing over his mother's final memories, he decided that he too would become a Warrior-Servant in hopes of honoring her memory. Eternal left Somnolence behind and departed for the planet of Nexus; there, he enrolled in the legendary training grounds of the entire Warrior-Servant Corps: the College of Strategic Defense of the Mantle.

Legacy
in the 26th Century eventually accumulated a number of the Poet's early works on Somnolence and compiled them together to form the Eternal Codex, which has further elaborated on Forerunner society. Deeming it a historical artifact, the has granted public access to the document, bringing droves of scientists and historians from all the corners of the galaxy.