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The Ur-Didact was subsequently consumed by his personal delusions of Forerunner supremacy, opposition to the Halos, and antipathy towards humanity, eventually losing all sight of reality. His desperate actions and behavior near the end of the war, while not directly advantageous to the Flood, spread disorder and suffering among the Forerunners, among them [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]], the [[IsoDidact]], as well as the Didact's wife, the [[Librarian]], interfering with her plans for the galaxy on the whole.<ref name="s286"/> The Gravemind also trusted the Ur-Didact with a message to the Master Builder from the latter's family, who had been absorbed by the Flood, evidently knowing that the Didact would take pleasure in delivering the sadistic message to his enemy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 251''</ref> This, in turn, greatly demoralized the Master Builder and contributed to his decision to die with [[Omega Halo|the last]] of his original Halos during the [[Battle of the greater Ark]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 270-275''</ref> | The Ur-Didact was subsequently consumed by his personal delusions of Forerunner supremacy, opposition to the Halos, and antipathy towards humanity, eventually losing all sight of reality. His desperate actions and behavior near the end of the war, while not directly advantageous to the Flood, spread disorder and suffering among the Forerunners, among them [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]], the [[IsoDidact]], as well as the Didact's wife, the [[Librarian]], interfering with her plans for the galaxy on the whole.<ref name="s286"/> The Gravemind also trusted the Ur-Didact with a message to the Master Builder from the latter's family, who had been absorbed by the Flood, evidently knowing that the Didact would take pleasure in delivering the sadistic message to his enemy.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 251''</ref> This, in turn, greatly demoralized the Master Builder and contributed to his decision to die with [[Omega Halo|the last]] of his original Halos during the [[Battle of the greater Ark]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 270-275''</ref> | ||
After all his efforts to discover a way to immunize biological beings from the Flood ended in failure, the Ur-Didact resorted to the use of the [[Composer]], which he used to [[Mind transfer|transform]] his [[Promethean]] [[Warrior-Servant]]s into powerful robotic [[Promethean Knight|Knights]]. The Didact believed that because the Flood could only assimilate living tissue, these mechanical warriors were therefore completely immune to infection and could fight and win an extended campaign against the parasite. This strategy, though reasonably solid, was morally questionable and ultimately futile, as the Flood had already expanded beyond all hope of defeat through brute force. However, the Ur-Didact merely assumed that he did not have enough Prometheans to bring victory, and forcibly | After all his efforts to discover a way to immunize biological beings from the Flood ended in failure, the Ur-Didact resorted to the use of the [[Composer]], which he used to [[Mind transfer|transform]] his [[Promethean]] [[Warrior-Servant]]s into powerful robotic [[Promethean Knight|Knights]]. The Didact believed that because the Flood could only assimilate living tissue, these mechanical warriors were therefore completely immune to infection and could fight and win an extended campaign against the parasite. This strategy, though reasonably solid, was morally questionable and ultimately futile, as the Flood had already expanded beyond all hope of defeat through brute force. However, the Ur-Didact merely assumed that he did not have enough Prometheans to bring victory, and forcibly composed Omega Halo's human population to bolster his mechanical army. The immorality and irrational cruelty of this act finally convinced the Librarian to stop the Didact, forcibly sealing him inside of a [[Cryptum]] on [[Requiem]]. The Librarian also did this in the hope that meditation and long exposure to the [[Domain]] would amend the Ur-Didact's motives and heal the damage wrought upon his mind by the Gravemind. However, with the activation of the Halo Array, the Domain, revealed to be a neuro-physical Precursor creation, was destroyed. As a result, inside of his mind being healed in his meditation, the Ur-Didact would spent the next 100,000 years in complete silence, dwelling on his own insanity and rage.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium'''</ref> | ||
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