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===Ur-Didact=== | ===Ur-Didact=== | ||
{{Quote|Not an interview. A deep, burning brand. An upwelling of hidden genetic contents... So many things I would never have imagined. Things I cannot repeat, lest I lose what remains of my sanity, my Warrior soul.|The Didact describing his experience at the clutches of the Gravemind.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 167-168''</ref>}} | {{Quote|Not an interview. A deep, burning brand. An upwelling of hidden genetic contents... So many things I would never have imagined. Things I cannot repeat, lest I lose what remains of my sanity, my Warrior soul.|The Didact describing his experience at the clutches of the Gravemind.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 167-168''</ref>}} | ||
The [[Ur-Didact]] was tortured and corrupted by the Gravemind in an encounter between the two, although this manifested in a far subtler manner than in most ancillas.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 166-168''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 226''</ref> Whereas ancillary corruption is in most cases a simple, immediately obvious conversion to the Flood's side, the Didact did not exhibit deliberate hostility against his fellow Forerunners or a willful advancement of the Flood's cause.{{Ref/Reuse|s286}} Indeed, he maintained his firm commitment to the Forerunners' survival and believed his actions would help preserve his race's supremacy and their hold on the [[Mantle]]. In truth, however, having borne the strain of thousands of years of Forerunner history and the knowledge of the Precursors' true nature and their rejection of the Forerunners, the Didact was unable to maintain his sanity following the encounter;{{Ref/Reuse|s286}} this was intended by the Gravemind, which purposefully let the Didact go and return to the ecumene.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 193-194''</ref> | The [[Ur-Didact]] was tortured and corrupted by the Gravemind in an encounter between the two, although this manifested in a far subtler manner than in most ancillas.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 166-168''</ref><ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 226''</ref> Whereas ancillary corruption is in most cases a simple, immediately obvious conversion to the Flood's side, the Didact did not exhibit deliberate hostility against his fellow Forerunners or a willful advancement of the Flood's cause.{{Ref/Reuse|s286}} Indeed, he maintained his firm commitment to the Forerunners' survival and believed his actions would help preserve his race's supremacy and their hold on the [[Mantle]]. In truth, however, having borne the strain of thousands of years of Forerunner history and the knowledge of the Precursors' true nature and their rejection of the Forerunners, the Didact was unable to maintain his sanity following the encounter;{{Ref/Reuse|s286}} this was intended by the Gravemind, which purposefully let the Didact go and return to the ecumene.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''pages 193-194''</ref> The Didact later suspected that the [[Primordial]] had opened a crack in his mind during their meeting on [[Charum Hakkor]] 10,000 years before that the Gravemind exploited to corrupt him.{{Ref/Novel|Epi|19}} | ||
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/Reuse|s286}} The Gravemind also trusted the Ur-Didact with a message to the Master Builder from the Master Builder'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/Reuse|s286}} The Gravemind also trusted the Ur-Didact with a message to the Master Builder from the Master Builder'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> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Last Light]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Divine Wind]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' | |||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||