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<center>''This article is about the Didact responsible for activating the Halo Array. For the Didact encountered in Halo 4, see [[Ur-Didact]].''</center> | <center>''This article is about the Didact responsible for activating the Halo Array. For the Didact encountered in Halo 4, see [[Ur-Didact]].''</center> | ||
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{{Quote|You are what you dare.|A phrase summarizing both Bornstellar's and the Didact's philosophy towards life.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 60, 85''</ref>}} | {{Quote|You are what you dare.|A phrase summarizing both Bornstellar's and the Didact's philosophy towards life.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''pages 60, 85''</ref>}} | ||
The '''IsoDidact''',<ref name="string2">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String Two''</ref> also known simply as the '''Didact''' or more specifically as the '''Bornstellar Didact''', was | The '''IsoDidact''',<ref name="string2">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String Two''</ref> also known simply as the '''Didact''' or more specifically as the '''Bornstellar Didact''', was a title assumed by a [[Forerunner]] known as '''Bornstellar-Makes-Eternal-Lasting''' or simply '''Bornstellar''' after he became a secondary incarnation of the [[Forerunner]] [[Promethean]] supreme commander known as the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]. | ||
Originally a young [[Manipular]] born into the [[Builder]] rate, Bornstellar was transformed into a "copy" of the Didact after being imprinted with the latter's consciousness and memories, taking on the original Didact's identity and role of supreme commander of Forerunner war efforts against the [[Flood]] in the ongoing [[Forerunner-Flood war]]. The IsoDidact intended to serve as a replacement for the Didact, who was at the time believed to have been executed by [[Master Builder]] [[Faber]]. The "IsoDidact" moniker was adopted to differentiate Bornstellar from the original Didact, who was subsequently identified as the Ur-Didact.<ref name="string2"/> | |||
The Ur-Didact's destructive actions near the end of the war led to his imprisonment for the next 100,000 years, leaving the IsoDidact to lead the [[Warrior-Servant]]s for the final days of the war. He was also the individual responsible for activating the [[Halo Array]] at the close of the Flood conflict.<ref name="array">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 328''</ref> Following the firing of the Array, the IsoDidact gradually distanced himself from his Didact persona, being more frequently referred to as Bornstellar-Makes-Eternal-Lasting once again.<ref name="ptk">'''[[Halo: Fractures]]''', "[[Promises to Keep]]"</ref><ref name="frac epilogue">'''Halo: Fractures''', [[Untitled story (Halo: Fractures)|Epilogue story]]</ref> | |||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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===Becoming the Didact=== | ===Becoming the Didact=== | ||
{{Quote|no=three|q1=The Didact provided the template for my maturity. I am now all that remains of him, and so I serve in his place.|IsoDidact|q2=Bornstellar?|Chakas|q3=No more, except in my dreams.|IsoDidact| | {{Quote|no=three|q1=The Didact provided the template for my maturity. I am now all that remains of him, and so I serve in his place.|IsoDidact|q2=Bornstellar?|Chakas|q3=No more, except in my dreams.|IsoDidact|Chakas recognizes Bornstellar during their reunion on Installation 07.<ref name="p348"/>}} | ||
After surviving the assault on the Capital, Bornstellar arrived on the [[greater Ark]], where he met with the [[Librarian]], who revealed that Didact had been executed at the hands of the [[Faber|Master Builder]]. As the Didact's expertise was necessary to combat the increasing threat of the Flood, the Promethean's personality completely overtook Bornstellar's physical body, making him a reincarnation of the Didact; he stated that he would return control to Bornstellar when his mission was finished.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 337''</ref> | After surviving the assault on the Capital, Bornstellar arrived on the [[greater Ark]], where he met with the [[Librarian]], who revealed that Didact had been executed at the hands of the [[Faber|Master Builder]]. As the Didact's expertise was necessary to combat the increasing threat of the Flood, the Promethean's personality completely overtook Bornstellar's physical body, making him a reincarnation of the Didact; he stated that he would return control to Bornstellar when his mission was finished.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 337''</ref> | ||
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===Return to Maethrillian=== | ===Return to Maethrillian=== | ||
After leaving Erde-Tyrene, Bornstellar and the surviving Forerunners, who had discarded their titles, turned to the task of [[Reintroduction|reseeding]] the rest of the species on their homeworlds. This task took several centuries to accomplish. During this time, Bornstellar engaged in a relationship with Chant-to-Green based on their mutual mourning over the loss of the Librarian. As the Forerunners completed their task with the [[San'Shyuum]], Bornstellar recalled a final message that he had received from the Librarian prior to her death. In this message, the Librarian explained that she believed that the [[Domain]] was not truly destroyed, and that it could be recovered. She exhorted Bornstellar and Chant-to-Green to return to [[Maethrillian]], the Forerunner capital, to find the mythological Organon, which was revealed to have been known to the highest levels of leadership in the [[ | {{Quote|A trial was to be held here. It was interrupted by your creation, Didact. You will face trial. You have failed the Mantle. Behold what you have wrought.|[[Abaddon]] addressing the IsoDidact.<ref name="ptk"/>}} | ||
After leaving Erde-Tyrene, Bornstellar and the surviving Forerunners, who had discarded their titles, turned to the task of [[Reintroduction|reseeding]] the rest of the species on their homeworlds. This task took several centuries to accomplish. During this time, Bornstellar engaged in a relationship with Chant-to-Green based on their mutual mourning over the loss of the Librarian. As the Forerunners completed their task with the [[San'Shyuum]], Bornstellar recalled a final message that he had received from the Librarian prior to her death. In this message, the Librarian explained that she believed that the [[Domain]] was not truly destroyed, and that it could be recovered. She exhorted Bornstellar and Chant-to-Green to return to [[Maethrillian]], the Forerunner capital, to find the mythological Organon, which was revealed to have been known to the highest levels of leadership in the [[Ecumene Council]], and repair it. Bornstellar appealed to the remaining Forerunners to complete this final task before leaving on their exile, and, despite initial hesitation with the plan, was joined in his expedition to the capital.<ref name="ptk"/> | |||
At the capital, the Forerunners were confronted by a [[Precursor]] entity known as [[Abaddon]], who sought to judge the IsoDidact and the others for their crimes against the Mantle. However, the IsoDidact and several others managed to evade Abaddon, with [[Growth-Through-Trial-of-Change]] eventually sacrificing herself to restore the Domain.<ref name="ptk"/> | |||
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===Great Journey and legacy=== | |||
With their work finished, Bornstellar and the other remaining Forerunners exiled themselves outside the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. Bornstellar reconciled his relationship with Chant-to-Green and the two were married. Settling on a distant world and giving up their advanced technology in favor of a simple, primitive lifestyle, the pair eventually had a son together.<ref name="frac epilogue"/> | |||
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Over 100,000 years later, a record referred to as the "[[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]]", containing an archived testimony of the IsoDidact recorded by [[Catalog]], was discovered by the UNSC on [[Trevelyan]] and served as one of the core documents in ONI's research into the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> | Over 100,000 years later, a record referred to as the "[[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]]", containing an archived testimony of the IsoDidact recorded by [[Catalog]], was discovered by the UNSC on [[Trevelyan]] and served as one of the core documents in ONI's research into the Forerunners.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 230''</ref> | ||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
[[File:Didact.png|150px|left|thumb| | [[File:Didact.png|150px|left|thumb|A glyph representing the IsoDidact]] | ||
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{{Quote|You can't fault this new Didact. I outwitted his original twice before, you know. I forced him into exile, practically sealed him into his Cryptum, and when he returned from that exile, I lured him, hooked him like a silly fish-and sent him to an even darker fate. I ask you, who's the greater strategist? If anything, this new Didact is a sharper and more capable character, certainly now.|[[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], assesses the IsoDidact.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 248''</ref>}} | {{Quote|You can't fault this new Didact. I outwitted his original twice before, you know. I forced him into exile, practically sealed him into his Cryptum, and when he returned from that exile, I lured him, hooked him like a silly fish-and sent him to an even darker fate. I ask you, who's the greater strategist? If anything, this new Didact is a sharper and more capable character, certainly now.|[[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], assesses the IsoDidact.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 248''</ref>}} | ||
