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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Born ''Shadow-of-Sundered-Star'', the Didact was a Promethean, a member of the highest and most powerful class of [[Warrior-Servant]]. He was trained by [[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished]], a legendary Promethean far older than the Didact himself.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 246''</ref> Early on in his career, the [[Confirmer]] provided him a [[Forerunner mutation|brevet mutation]] to a new [[form]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 178''</ref> He gained the name "Didact" while teaching at the [[College of Strategic Defense of the Mantle]]; his students gave him the name because they found him to be a strict and demanding teacher.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 227-228''</ref> | |||
Born ''Shadow-of-Sundered-Star'', the Didact was a Promethean, a member of the highest and most powerful class of [[Warrior-Servant]]. He was trained by [[Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished]], a legendary Promethean far older than the Didact himself.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 246''</ref> Early on in his career, the [[Confirmer]] provided him a [[Forerunner mutation|brevet mutation]] to a new [[form]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 178''</ref> He gained | |||
Before the [[Human-Forerunner War]], the Didact had a | Before the [[Human-Forerunner War]], the Didact had a romantic relationship with another Promethean commander, known as [[Endurance-of-Will]], and would most likely have married her had he not met the [[Librarian]], a [[Lifeworker]]. Despite the unconventional practice of marrying outside one's own rate, the Didact ended up marrying the Librarian.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 284, 290-291''</ref> They lived on [[Nomdagro]], a world mainly populated by Warrior-Servants, in a mansion designed by the Didact himself in a grandiose style traditional of Warrior-Servants.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 49-50''</ref> They had several children, who followed in their father's footsteps and became Warrior-Servants.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 219''</ref> | ||
During the Human-Forerunner War, the Didact led the Forerunner military against [[prehistoric human civilization|humanity]]. His method of carrying out campaigns in interstellar war involved a strategy referred to as "[[star-hopping]]", isolating and besieging points of strategic importance while ignoring any less significant targets.<ref name="pri187">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 187-188''</ref> As they pushed back human forces in the galactic margins in the later phases of the war, the Didact's fleets came across thousands of worlds infested by the [[Flood]], which was already retreating from the galaxy. Though some Forerunner fleets were initially lost in the first encounters with the parasite, the Didact's forces eventually managed to sterilize all of the remaining infestations.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 36''</ref> | ===War against humanity=== | ||
{{Quote|My finest opponent, the Mantle accepts all who live fiercely, who defend their young, who build and struggle and grow, and even those who dominate — as humans have dominated; cruelly, without wisdom. But for all of us, there is a time like this... and for you, that time is now. Know this, relentless enemy, killer of our children, Lord of Admirals: soon we will face the enemy you have faced... And we are afraid.|The Didact to [[Forthencho|Forthencho, Lord of Admirals]], in the aftermath of the siege of Charum Hakkor.}} | |||
[[File:H4-Terminal-Didact.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The form used by the Didact for the majority of his career.]] | |||
During the [[Human-Forerunner War]], the Didact led the Forerunner military against [[prehistoric human civilization|humanity]]. His personal command vessel, ''[[Mantle's Approach]]'', was also built during these conflicts.<ref>'''[[Halo 4: The Essential Visual Guide]]''', ''page 193''</ref> His method of carrying out campaigns in interstellar war involved a strategy referred to as "[[star-hopping]]", isolating and besieging points of strategic importance while ignoring any less significant targets.<ref name="pri187">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 187-188''</ref> As they pushed back human forces in the galactic margins in the later phases of the war, the Didact's fleets came across thousands of worlds infested by the [[Flood]], which was already retreating from the galaxy. Though some Forerunner fleets were initially lost in the first encounters with the parasite, the Didact's forces eventually managed to sterilize all of the remaining infestations.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 36''</ref> | |||
Though all of the Didact's children died in the war, the Forerunners were victorious; humanity was devolved and quarantined on their home planet of Erde-Tyrene, a fate which the Didact found to be just and fitting. After the [[Charum Hakkor campaign]], he and a group of Prometheans, including the Confirmer, discovered a [[stasis capsule]] on Charum Hakkor which contained the [[Primordial]], the last of the [[Precursor]]s. After a brief exchange with the Primordial, the Didact sealed its [[timelock]] for nearly the next ten thousand years. He revealed what the Primordial had spoken to none, not even the Librarian.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 3''</ref> After the war, the Didact issued the construction of [[Monolith|several monuments]] near [[Sothra Hakkor]] to honor the fallen warriors that died during the war.<ref>'''[[Making Halo 4]]:''' ''[[Making Halo 4: Majestic Map Pack|Majestic Map Pack]]''</ref> | Though all of the Didact's children died in the war, the Forerunners were victorious; humanity was devolved and quarantined on their home planet of Erde-Tyrene, a fate which the Didact found to be just and fitting. After the [[Charum Hakkor campaign]], he and a group of Prometheans, including the Confirmer, discovered a [[stasis capsule]] on Charum Hakkor which contained the [[Primordial]], the last of the [[Precursor]]s. After a brief exchange with the Primordial, the Didact sealed its [[timelock]] for nearly the next ten thousand years. He revealed what the Primordial had spoken to none, not even the Librarian.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 3''</ref> After the war, the Didact issued the construction of [[Monolith|several monuments]] near [[Sothra Hakkor]] to honor the fallen warriors that died during the war.<ref>'''[[Making Halo 4]]:''' ''[[Making Halo 4: Majestic Map Pack|Majestic Map Pack]]''</ref> | ||