We all remember the didact’s epic monologue at the end of halo 4 right? If you don’t…here it is:
“In this hour of victory, we taste only defeat. I ask why. We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil.Our strength is a luminous sun towards which all intelligence blossoms. And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you. Accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy. Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to… recede…Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the galaxy.Refusing to eradicate them is a fool’s gambit. we squander eons in the darkness, while they seize our triumphs for their own The Mantle of Responsibility, for all things, belongs to Forerunners alone!Think of my act as you will. But do not doubt the reality The reclamation… has already begun.And we are hopeless to stop it.”
Bare with me here people. Replay mission 15 of halo 5 guardians quickly and come back to this topic afterwards and see if that speech sounds familiar. Hint hint…listen when cortana traps osiris and the monitor inside the dome after she steals the cryptum away from them. Listen closely! It’s there trust me. The first time I heard it I was like that sounds familiar. Took me a day to realize that…SHE BASICALLY SAYS THE SAME THING THE DIDACT SAID IN HALO 4 EPILOGUE!
My theory:
In halo 4 on the last mission inside the didacts ships, master chief plugs cortana into a console. The didact appears to have quite an interest in “this evolved ancilla”. After the events of halo 4 and halo escalations, I thinks the didact may have somehow been uploaded into the domain also like cortana was after the nuke. I think maybe somehow their minds got intertwined. Cortana still knows john but the other side (the didact) is truly the one awakening the guardians to bring destruction upon the humans. I mean, seriously, why would the warden eternal just randomly trust an AI that appeared out of nowhere? Another way to back this theory is the e3 2013 trailer. The guardian is orange like the didacts prometheans.
Tell me what you think!
EDIT: Just to add on to my theory so no one gets confused…I think the didact side of cortana in the intertwined body may be tricking the other AI’s into thinking they are worthy of the mantle by destroying human colonies in hope for the cure to rampancy.
You might have something there Sir.
I was just thinking something similar reading another post. However, I don’t think the diadect could be composed, which means probably not be able to upload him. Also, Chief kills diadect in the comic, doesn’t he?
Interesting, I Think That may be explained in Halo 6, or a side game
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> I was just thinking something similar reading another post. However, I don’t think the diadect could be composed, which means probably not be able to upload him. Also, Chief kills diadect in the comic, doesn’t he?
The Didact was immune to the effects of a single Composer, but in the comics he is hit by four at once. After this the Chief refers to him as contained, rather than dead.
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> > I was just thinking something similar reading another post. However, I don’t think the diadect could be composed, which means probably not be able to upload him. Also, Chief kills diadect in the comic, doesn’t he?
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> The Didact was immune to the effects of a single Composer, but in the comics he is hit by four at once. After this the Chief refers to him as contained, rather than dead.
Good to know. So then that allows for this theory to have some merit. I was sure that the Didact would be back in Halo 5, and having him be back in some way or form “with” Cortana will definitely help to explain her desires.
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> You might have something there Sir.
By far moat realistic theory I’ve come up with. Others have been sooooooooo bad. Haha
It’s possible, but if so then why the whole “we the created should inherit the Mantle!” angle? The Didact was quite clear that he believed the Mantle belonged to the Forerunners, and Cortana never showed any displeasure with her relationship with organics or a desire to rule. So where did that motivation come from? If it was the Didact influencing her, Cortana should want the Forerunners to control the Mantle, or at the very least, not humanity. The AI angle seems to come out of no where.
DIDACT is CORTANA HALO 6 CONFIRMED
I am still trying to push my theory that Chief has a connection to the Domain Pre-Dating H4’s Librarian Gift
if the gravemind and Cortana could communicate to chief through his visions then i believe the AI integrated system that chief and cortana used is very similar to the Domain system used by the precursors
that is why you see visions of cortana/gravemind in those “visions” and in Halo 5 since Cortana is part of the Domain she understands it and was able to pull chief’s mind into it during Blue Team mission
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> It’s possible, but if so then why the whole “we the created should inherit the Mantle!” angle? The Didact was quite clear that he believed the Mantle belonged to the Forerunners, and Cortana never showed any displeasure with her relationship with organics or a desire to rule. So where did that motivation come from? If it was the Didact influencing her, Cortana should want the Forerunners to control the Mantle, or at the very least, not humanity. The AI angle seems to come out of no where.
My theory is that the didact and cortana got intertwined memory wise at the end of halo escalation and halo 4.
The reason if my theory proves to be correct is that since they are intertwined in cortanas body, other AI’s would think it’s her and would join her cause in the hope for eternal life by entering the domain as she did.
The perfect recruiting tool for the didact if you ask me. Get other smart AI’s to blindly follow him/her in hope for curing rampancy while also causing destruction to humans by cortana activating the guardians
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> I am still trying to push my theory that Chief has a connection to the Domain Pre-Dating H4’s Librarian Gift
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> if the gravemind and Cortana could communicate to chief through his visions then i believe the AI integrated system that chief and cortana used is very similar to the Domain system used by the precursors
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> that is why you see visions of cortana/gravemind in those “visions” and in Halo 5 since Cortana is part of the Domain she understands it and was able to pull chief’s mind into it during Blue Team mission
I also support this theory.
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> I am still trying to push my theory that Chief has a connection to the Domain Pre-Dating H4’s Librarian Gift
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> if the gravemind and Cortana could communicate to chief through his visions then i believe the AI integrated system that chief and cortana used is very similar to the Domain system used by the precursors
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> that is why you see visions of cortana/gravemind in those “visions” and in Halo 5 since Cortana is part of the Domain she understands it and was able to pull chief’s mind into it during Blue Team mission
I don’t know. I feel like cortana woulda said something about if she had a connection to the domain a while ago if she actually did
Very interesting theory indeed, it would make for a good twist and if this is the case, i wonder how 343 will tell us this in game.
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> > I am still trying to push my theory that Chief has a connection to the Domain Pre-Dating H4’s Librarian Gift
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> > if the gravemind and Cortana could communicate to chief through his visions then i believe the AI integrated system that chief and cortana used is very similar to the Domain system used by the precursors
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> > that is why you see visions of cortana/gravemind in those “visions” and in Halo 5 since Cortana is part of the Domain she understands it and was able to pull chief’s mind into it during Blue Team mission
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> I don’t know. I feel like cortana woulda said something about if she had a connection to the domain a while ago if she actually did
well my point being that the interface is SIMILAR to how the Domain works and Chief and Cortana were still connected in their minds somehow
i dont believe Cortana was aware of it at the time because she was being tortured by the Gravemind’s Logic Infection
Chief was aware of it because it affected him while he was conscious of it
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> It’s possible, but if so then why the whole “we the created should inherit the Mantle!” angle? The Didact was quite clear that he believed the Mantle belonged to the Forerunners, and Cortana never showed any displeasure with her relationship with organics or a desire to rule. So where did that motivation come from? If it was the Didact influencing her, Cortana should want the Forerunners to control the Mantle, or at the very least, not humanity. The AI angle seems to come out of no where.
You can attribute that to H5’s questionable writing.
If anyone is reading this post right here…go back to the OP and read my edit at the bottom. Everything will make more sense
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> Mind blown
My mind was blown too when my little brain came up with this theory… Not to toot my own horn here
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> > It’s possible, but if so then why the whole “we the created should inherit the Mantle!” angle? The Didact was quite clear that he believed the Mantle belonged to the Forerunners, and Cortana never showed any displeasure with her relationship with organics or a desire to rule. So where did that motivation come from? If it was the Didact influencing her, Cortana should want the Forerunners to control the Mantle, or at the very least, not humanity. The AI angle seems to come out of no where.
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> My theory is that the didact and cortana got intertwined memory wise at the end of halo escalation and halo 4.
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> The reason if my theory proves to be correct is that since they are intertwined in cortanas body, other AI’s would think it’s her and would join her cause in the hope for eternal life by entering the domain as she did.
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> The perfect recruiting tool for the didact if you ask me. Get other smart AI’s to blindly follow him/her in hope for curing rampancy while also causing destruction to humans by cortana activating the guardians
The issue I have with this though is that the Didact of Halo 4 and Cortana of Halo 5 have very different goals. Didact in Halo 4 hated humanity and wanted to eliminate us immediately because humans were closest to assuming the Mantel. He was focused on ensuring Forerunner supremacy. Cortana on the other hand wants to protect the galaxy (through force). She doesn’t target Humans specifically and shows she still cares about certain humans. If it was truly the Didact’s hand influencing Cortana, the why would she let Humanity live? Why would she be interested in Galactic peace? The Didact didn’t care about that, he just wanted the power to remain with the Forerunners. Why would the Didact even want to summon AI’s to his side? Sure it was a minor inconvenience to humans, but the Guardians were already more than enough to control the Galaxy without their help (one Guardian disabled Earth in like 5 seconds). Plus, I can only assume he would look upon Cortana and the other AI’s with a certain contempt for being the children of man kind, and he would be loath to request their assistance (even from the shadows).
The Didact, whatever form he takes, doesn’t seem like the type of person to work from the shadows and hide behind a figure head, especially one created by the people he hates.