Over one thousand years later, he was discovered and revived by a young Forerunner Manipular, Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting, who had come to Earth in search of Precursor relics.For the secondary Didact responsible for activating the Halo Array, see IsoDidact.
To differentiate these two incarnations, the original Didact was referred to as the Ur-Didact, while his other incarnation was known as the IsoDidact. The Ur-Didact was eventually exiled on Requiem, not to be awakened until 2557; 11 meanwhile, the IsoDidact served until the final days of the Flood conflict and was responsible for activating the Halo Array. Spartan John-117 and Cortana fought him on his ship, and sent him falling into slipspace, seemingly defeating him. After surviving slipspace, John-117 faced him again, this time with the rest of Blue Team. After a long and perilous battle, the Ur-Didacts biological form was destroyed under the combined power of several Composers. While he is considered contained by the Office of Naval Intelligence, his digitized consciousness apparently survives. He was trained by Bitterness-of-the-Vanquished, a legendary Promethean far older than the Didact himself. Early in his career, the Confirmer provided Shadow a brevet mutation to a new form. 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. ![]() Despite the unconventional practice of marrying outside ones own rate, the Didact ultimately married the Librarian. They lived on Nomdagro, a world populated mainly by Warrior-Servants, in a mansion designed by the Didact himself in a grandiose style traditional of Warrior-Servants. They had several children, all of whom followed in their fathers footsteps and became Warrior-Servants. But to all of us there is a time like this, when the Domain seeks to confirm our essences, 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 defeated. I can see that challenge coming to the Forerunners, and so do many others. His personal command vessel, Mantles Approach, was also built during these conflicts. 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. He was also known for favoring the fleet spiral formation in space engagements. As they pushed back human forces in the galactic margins in the later phases of the war, the Didacts fleets came across thousands of worlds infested by the Flood, which was already retreating from the galaxy. Though some Forerunner fleets were lost in the first encounters with the parasite, the Didacts forces eventually managed to sterilize all of the remaining infestations. After the final battle of Charum Hakkor, he and a group of Prometheans, including the Confirmer, discovered a stasis capsule on Charum Hakkor which contained the Primordial, the last of the Precursors. 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. After the war, the Didact issued the construction of several monuments near Sothra Hakkor to honor the fallen warriors that died during the war. He also proposed the construction of significant numbers of shield worlds across the galaxy in order to monitor the galaxy for Flood outbreaks and provide military support should they occur; this strategy was to involve the characteristic star-hopping tactics he had utilized in the war with humankind. Madness Interactive Halo Series Of SuperweaponsHowever, a faction of Builders led by Master Builder Faber-of-Will-and-Might proposed the construction of a series of superweapons to deal with the Flood instead; the Didact viewed these weapons as an affront to the Mantle. Although the Didact and his Promethean allies managed to delay the construction of the Halos for several thousands of years, the Master Builder was eventually successful in convincing the Council to sanction their plans. ![]() He was forced to stop his ongoing construction of shield worlds and was ordered to turn over all his records and submit to the authority of the Master Builder. He refused, and was stripped of his power and forced into exile as a result. Forced to enter a Cryptum, he was led into meditative hibernation in a ritual overseen by an associate of Haruspis. During his last meal with the Librarian, the Didact expressed hope in her abilities of foresight and hoped the humans under her care would not disappoint her. The war sphinxes containing the last essences of the Didacts children were placed to guard the Cryptum.
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