Forerunners (The History of The Galaxy)

Forerunners is a name given by human scientists to an ancient semi-intelligent race of space-borne creatures in The History of the Galaxy series of novels by Russian science fiction writer Andrey Livadny.

Originally, little was known about these strange beings, except that they were, most likely, the first lifeforms to exist in the universe after the Big Bang. As such, they were composed of proto-matter. They only possessed a low-level intelligence level, enough for them to seek out food and consume it. Their food was any form of matter in the universe, although they were unable to consume stars. However, they used starlight to guide them and flew to the stars like moths to a flame.

However, during the events of the novel The Orion Nebula, it is revealed that the truth is much more shocking. The Forerunners are, in fact, pieces of what most would call "God".