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{{quote|The Flood cover more of our galaxy with each passing day. They feast on the essence of life itself. The only way to stop their advance is to remove that life upon which they feast.|Faber discussing the necessity of the Halo Array with the Librarian.}} | {{quote|The Flood cover more of our galaxy with each passing day. They feast on the essence of life itself. The only way to stop their advance is to remove that life upon which they feast.|Faber discussing the necessity of the Halo Array with the Librarian.}} | ||
'''Faber''', more commonly known by his title as the '''[[Master Builder]]''', was an immensely powerful [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 206''</ref> A ruthless and cunning figure, he commissioned the construction of the [[Halo Array]], and was the [[Ur-Didact]]'s political archenemy for many millennia due to the latter's adamant opposition to the Halos. This conflict eventually culminated in Faber's takeover of the [[Ecumene Council]] and the Didact's exile. | '''Faber''', more commonly known by his title as the '''[[Master Builder]]''', was an immensely powerful [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 206''</ref> A ruthless and cunning figure, he commissioned the construction of the [[Halo Array]], and was the [[Ur-Didact]]'s political archenemy for many millennia due to the latter's adamant opposition to the Halos. This conflict eventually culminated in Faber's takeover of the [[Ecumene Council|Old Council]] and the Didact's exile. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Human-Forerunner | ===Human-Forerunner wars=== | ||
When [[Prehistoric human civilization|humanity]] first began attacking Forerunner worlds and vessels, Faber attended a meeting of the [[Ecumene Council]] to determine the proper course of action. The Didact proposed a policy of neutralization rather than extermination, intending to defeat the enemy and exile them back to their homeworld, in accordance with the tenets of the [[Mantle]]. Faber conceded that the Didact made "a fair, if uncomfortable, point", and gave the Didact his support.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminal One]]''</ref> At one point, he co-created the {{Class|Contender|artificial intelligence}} [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] alongside the Didact. | When [[Prehistoric human civilization|humanity]] first began attacking Forerunner worlds and vessels, Faber attended a meeting of the [[Ecumene Council]] to determine the proper course of action. The Didact proposed a policy of neutralization rather than extermination, intending to defeat the enemy and exile them back to their homeworld, in accordance with the tenets of the [[Mantle]]. Faber conceded that the Didact made "a fair, if uncomfortable, point", and gave the Didact his support.<ref>'''Halo 4''', ''[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminal One]]''</ref> At one point, he co-created the {{Class|Contender|artificial intelligence}} [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] alongside the Didact. | ||
===The Halo Array=== | ===The Halo Array=== | ||
Following the end of the [[ | Following the end of the [[human-Forerunner wars]], Faber commissioned the creation of the [[Halo Array|Halos]], an array of weapons capable of purging all sentient life from a star system and, if the situation became dire, the entire [[Milky Way|galaxy]]. The purpose of this project was two-fold: to be used as a defensive measure against the [[Flood]] were they ever to return to the galaxy, and to secure the preeminence of the [[Builder]] rate. Despite opposition from the Didact and the [[Promethean]]s, who managed to delay the construction of the Halos for thousands of years, the [[Ecumene Council]] eventually agreed to Faber's proposal, causing the Didact to go into [[Cryptum|exile]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 273-274''</ref> Under Faber's orders, the [[Bornstellar's father|father]] of [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] designed the Halo Array, and twelve of the weapons were built by his [[guild]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 243''</ref> | ||
However, the [[Librarian]] and the [[Lifeworker]] rate strongly opposed the construction of the Halos, viewing them as contrary to the principles of the [[Mantle]]. With the Lifeworkers threatening to go on strike if the weapons were constructed, the Council agreed to the Librarian's demands to provide a workable plan to save sentient life in the galaxy in the event the rings were ever fired. This plan, known as the [[Conservation Measure]], involved giving the Lifeworkers biological preserves for specimens of numerous species on several of the Master Builder's installations, including the Halos and their construction foundries, known as the [[Ark]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 274''</ref> After the onset of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], Faber authorized the use of the Lifeworkers' biological specimens on the Halo installations for experimentation on the Flood in hopes of finding a cure to the parasite.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 334''</ref> Of particular interest to his researchers were [[human]]s, primarily housed on [[Installation 07]], many of whom seemed to exhibit an immunity to the parasite - unaware that this was due to an ongoing strategy on the Flood's part. He authorized that more humans with | However, the [[Librarian]] and the [[Lifeworker]] rate strongly opposed the construction of the Halos, viewing them as contrary to the principles of the [[Mantle]]. With the Lifeworkers threatening to go on strike if the weapons were constructed, the Council agreed to the Librarian's demands to provide a workable plan to save sentient life in the galaxy in the event the rings were ever fired. This plan, known as the [[Conservation Measure]], involved giving the Lifeworkers biological preserves for specimens of numerous species on several of the Master Builder's installations, including the Halos and their construction foundries, known as the [[Ark]]s.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 274''</ref> After the onset of the [[Forerunner-Flood war]], Faber authorized the use of the Lifeworkers' biological specimens on the Halo installations for experimentation on the Flood in hopes of finding a cure to the parasite.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 334''</ref> Of particular interest to his researchers were [[human]]s, primarily housed on [[Installation 07]], many of whom seemed to exhibit an immunity to the parasite - unaware that this was due to an ongoing strategy on the Flood's part. He authorized that more humans with ancestral [[Mind transfer|personality imprints]] provided by the Librarian be brought on the installation from [[Earth]], against the instructions of the Council and the Lifeshaper.<ref name="prim190">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 190-192''</ref> | ||
Circa [[100,043 BCE]], Faber, with the Council's authority, tasked [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] with conducting the first test of a Halo installation near [[Charum Hakkor]]. Installation 07, fired on a system-wide power setting, released an ancient being known as the [[Primordial]]; the entity was taken on the installation by Faber's orders afterward. As he did not trust the Lifeworker scientists who at first studied the creature, Faber soon assigned Mendicant Bias to interrogate it.<ref name="prim190"/> Over the course of the extended conversation, the Primordial managed to encourage the Master Builder to continue the experiments on humans, and eventually convinced Mendicant Bias to turn to [[rampancy]] and defect to the Flood.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 365''</ref> | Circa [[100,043 BCE]], Faber, with the Council's authority, tasked [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]] with conducting the first test of a Halo installation near [[Charum Hakkor]]. Installation 07, fired on a system-wide power setting, released an ancient being known as the [[Primordial]]; the entity was taken on the installation by Faber's orders afterward. As he did not trust the Lifeworker scientists who at first studied the creature, Faber soon assigned Mendicant Bias to interrogate it.<ref name="prim190"/> Over the course of the extended conversation, the Primordial managed to encourage the Master Builder to continue the experiments on humans, and eventually convinced Mendicant Bias to turn to [[rampancy]] and [[Logic plague|defect to the Flood]].<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 365''</ref> | ||
===Crisis=== | ===Crisis=== | ||
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Although some believed Faber had been killed on Installation 07,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 374''</ref> he went into exile in an isolated region of the ecumene. There, he remained active in fighting against the Flood for many years with Builder Security and disgraced Warrior-Servants under the [[regional commandant]]'s Letter of Marque. While claiming to have overcome vast Flood forces, Faber was actually capturing small, weak Flood ships. He put the ships through inadequate decontamination before extorting them to Warrior-Servant crews for a disproportionately high payment. Due to the inadequate decontamination, many of the crews assigned to these ships were overwhelmed by Flood forces still onboard.<ref name="string21">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 191-195''</ref> | Although some believed Faber had been killed on Installation 07,<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 374''</ref> he went into exile in an isolated region of the ecumene. There, he remained active in fighting against the Flood for many years with Builder Security and disgraced Warrior-Servants under the [[regional commandant]]'s Letter of Marque. While claiming to have overcome vast Flood forces, Faber was actually capturing small, weak Flood ships. He put the ships through inadequate decontamination before extorting them to Warrior-Servant crews for a disproportionately high payment. Due to the inadequate decontamination, many of the crews assigned to these ships were overwhelmed by Flood forces still onboard.<ref name="string21">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 191-195''</ref> | ||
During this campaign, he came across the Ur-Didact, adrift on an empty vessel; the [[Gravemind]], who had held the Didact in captivity, had intentionally sent the Didact the Master Builder's way with a painful message: the Master Builder's wives and children, who had relocated to [[Path Kural]], had all been absorbed by the Flood and were now taunting him from within a Gravemind. With sadistic delight, the Didact remarked that Faber had himself caused this with his Halos. Afterwards, the Master Builder returned to the core of the ecumene and brought the Didact with him. Faber was subsequently interrogated by [[ | During this campaign, he came across the Ur-Didact, adrift on an empty vessel; the [[Gravemind]], who had held the Didact in captivity, had intentionally sent the Didact the Master Builder's way with a painful message: the Master Builder's wives and children, who had relocated to [[Path Kural]], had all been absorbed by the Flood and were now taunting him from within a Gravemind. With sadistic delight, the Didact remarked that Faber had himself caused this with his Halos. Afterwards, the Master Builder returned to the core of the ecumene and brought the Didact with him. Faber was subsequently interrogated by the [[Master Juridical]] as part of the [[Juridical]]s' investigation into his possible crimes against the Mantle.<ref name="string21"/> | ||
After the ecumene's leadership was placed on the [[greater Ark]], the last survivors of the New Council gave all power over to Faber, regardless of the evidence against him and the inconclusive outcome of his interrogations.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 28''</ref> Subsequently, the Forerunner leadership conferred to lay out their final defense plans. During this meeting, the Master Builder unexpectedly spoke on the behalf of the [[IsoDidact]], whose position was being put to question due to the return of the Ur-Didact. While the other commanders were eager to put their faith in the legendary Promethean as opposed to his copy, Faber asserted that the IsoDidact was superior to his original in many ways - not only had the Master Builder outwitted and defeated the Ur-Didact twice, but the latter had also been driven mad by the Gravemind. Faber cited the Ur-Didact's delivery of the Gravemind's message about his family as proof of the Didact's mental instability and gained the sympathies and support of the other leaders.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 29''</ref> | After the ecumene's leadership was placed on the [[greater Ark]], the last survivors of the New Council gave all power over to Faber, regardless of the evidence against him and the inconclusive outcome of his interrogations.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 28''</ref> Subsequently, the Forerunner leadership conferred to lay out their final defense plans. During this meeting, the Master Builder unexpectedly spoke on the behalf of the [[IsoDidact]], whose position was being put to question due to the return of the Ur-Didact. While the other commanders were eager to put their faith in the legendary Promethean as opposed to his copy, Faber asserted that the IsoDidact was superior to his original in many ways - not only had the Master Builder outwitted and defeated the Ur-Didact twice, but the latter had also been driven mad by the Gravemind. Faber cited the Ur-Didact's delivery of the Gravemind's message about his family as proof of the Didact's mental instability and gained the sympathies and support of the other leaders.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 29''</ref> | ||
