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After encountering the Gravemind, the Didact underwent a drastic shift in his personality. He became much less rational, his psyche [[Logic plague|distorting]] to the point of insanity. As part of its ploy to turn the Didact against his former allies, the Gravemind took advantage of his existing motivations, convictions and prejudices, most notably his opposition to the Halos and antipathy toward humanity, making these characteristics significantly more pronounced. Developing a belief in absolute, unconditional Forerunner supremacy, he concluded that the early Forerunners' [[Forerunner-Precursor war|violent seizing]] of the Mantle from the Precursors had been justified and that the Forerunners should mercilessly eliminate any species who might challenge their dominance in the future. He began to desperately pursue brutal and unrealistic strategies, such as creating his legion of Promethean Knights, an obsession which eventually drove him to composing Omega Halo's human population; the irrational cruelty of this act finally convinced the Librarian to imprison him. While the Didact believed that his schemes would bring about a new age of primacy for the Forerunners, in reality he was only working to the Flood's advantage by generating additional suffering and chaos.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 288''</ref> | After encountering the Gravemind, the Didact underwent a drastic shift in his personality. He became much less rational, his psyche [[Logic plague|distorting]] to the point of insanity. As part of its ploy to turn the Didact against his former allies, the Gravemind took advantage of his existing motivations, convictions and prejudices, most notably his opposition to the Halos and antipathy toward humanity, making these characteristics significantly more pronounced. Developing a belief in absolute, unconditional Forerunner supremacy, he concluded that the early Forerunners' [[Forerunner-Precursor war|violent seizing]] of the Mantle from the Precursors had been justified and that the Forerunners should mercilessly eliminate any species who might challenge their dominance in the future. He began to desperately pursue brutal and unrealistic strategies, such as creating his legion of Promethean Knights, an obsession which eventually drove him to composing Omega Halo's human population; the irrational cruelty of this act finally convinced the Librarian to imprison him. While the Didact believed that his schemes would bring about a new age of primacy for the Forerunners, in reality he was only working to the Flood's advantage by generating additional suffering and chaos.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 288''</ref> | ||
When first meeting with Bornstellar, the Didact viewed the Manipular as foolish and naive, cursing him for waking him from his hibernation, but over the course of their travels he would begin to share some of the wisdom gained as a result of his experience, effectively becoming a mentor figure to the young Forerunner. This continued even after the two had been separated, with the Didact's imprinted consciousness offering his view on various matters and making occasional wry comments to Bornstellar, until fully subsuming his consciousness in order to continue the original Didact's work as the IsoDidact. By the time the two reunited years later, their relationship quickly became much less amicable, in particular due to the IsoDidact's acceptance of the Halo Array as a final option. | When first meeting with Bornstellar, the Didact viewed the Manipular as foolish and naive, cursing him for waking him from his hibernation, but over the course of their travels, he would begin to share some of the wisdom gained as a result of his experience, effectively becoming a mentor figure to the young Forerunner. This continued even after the two had been separated, with the Didact's imprinted consciousness offering his view on various matters and making occasional wry comments to Bornstellar, until fully subsuming his consciousness in order to continue the original Didact's work as the IsoDidact. By the time the two reunited years later, their relationship quickly became much less amicable, in particular due to the IsoDidact's acceptance of the Halo Array as a final option. | ||
The one hundred thousand years the Didact spent locked away in hibernation did nothing to change his views, or soften his grudge against humanity. Upon being reawakened by John-117, he remained as determined as ever to ensure Forerunner dominance, and resolved to Compose the entire human race to finish what he started years ago. However, his rage and overconfidence led to his defeat at the hands of the Master Chief twice, the first time leading to his fall into a slipspace portal, and the second leading to him being composed by multiple Composers at once. | The one hundred thousand years the Didact spent locked away in meditative hibernation did nothing to change his views, or soften his grudge against humanity. Upon being reawakened by John-117, he remained as determined as ever to ensure Forerunner dominance, and resolved to Compose the entire human race to finish what he started years ago. However, his rage and overconfidence led to his defeat at the hands of the Master Chief twice, the first time leading to his fall into a slipspace portal, and the second leading to him being composed by multiple Composers at once. | ||
===Views on humanity=== | ===Views on humanity=== | ||