So, through the Halo 4 Terminals, the Librarian says to the Didact, as she puts his body into the Cryptum on Requiem, that when he is finally awakened that she hopes he would help humanity obtain the Mantle and have humanity even help him.
So, why then in Halo: The Thursday War is it said by the Huragok on Onyx and through the inscriptions at the Sanctuary of the Abiding Truth that the Didact must never be found and never be awakened? Why were the Prometheans hostile towards humanity if they were still working for the Librarian at that point, who wanted the Didact to be resurrected and help humanity? Remember that the Prometheans were not turned back over to control of the Didact until after he was awakened.
It’s a small discrepancy really, but it should be cleared up. Hopefully it is addressed in Silentium.
> Another thing was why did the didact want to ‘contain’ the human race after they had been devolved.
The Didact wanted to compose the devolved humans into his Prometheans as their final payment for assaulting the Forerunners, but mainly because he needed more Prometheans to fight the Flood for his Shield World plan.
Faber’s Halo Array won over the council because it was discovered that humanity had fought and defeated the Flood through a “Cure”. (Whether it actually exists is unknown.) So the humans gained immense value because the Librarian had implanted geas of ancient human leaders into the devolved humans to ensure they rose again. These humans were taken to Halos, studied, and tested on in attempts to find this cure. Needless to say Faber failed to figure it out, and the Bornstellar-Didact was forced to activate the Array while the Librarian was stranded on Earth finishing the Portal.
Perhaps all the warnings were put in place to keep humanity away from Requiem and awakening the Didact until they were ready to confront him if he had not learned his lesson. As for the Knights being hostile, well at that point they acted as little more than defensive AIs. Perhaps the hopes of the Librarian were only hers and the official response towards the Didact was “Do not open. Ever.”
> Perhaps all the warnings were put in place to keep humanity away from Requiem and awakening the Didact until they were ready to confront him if he had not learned his lesson. As for the Knights being hostile, well at that point they acted as little more than defensive AIs. Perhaps the hopes of the Librarian were only hers and the official response towards the Didact was “Do not open. Ever.”
That seems a little backward for the terminals to suggest she wanted harmony between humanity and the Didact though. And with humans showing up wih a rabble of Covenant I can see why he sort of took the “Get the hell off my lawn” approach. I hope that in Silentium Faber makes a visit to Requiem after the Librarian and just tells the Prometheans to scratch what the lady said and never let anyone near the Cryptum, which then becomes the Forerunners official stance on the Didact because of his power. Faber would be the perfect Forerunner to do it too, considering his hatered for the Warrior-Servant.
I believe the Librarian intended for humanity to find Requiem and free the Didact once they were evolved enough to overpower him and the Prometheans(As strong as the ancient humans). In addition in the last Terminal when we see the Librarian convert the Prometheans into a blue state they are not under her control. She merely released them from the Didact’s genocidal control and they became akin to sentinels; they attack any who enter the planet and stop anyone from releasing the Didact from his Cryptum.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think another discrepancy was the fact that the Librarian wanted to activate the Halo rings in Halo 4; I thought that she was opposed to their firing but merely made a bargain with Faber to use them as sanctuaries. Also, I am now slightly confused on the timeline regarding the Didact…
The Didact in the Cryptum on planet Earth was obviously the Ur-Didact, whom exiled himself after he lost the political battle with Faber. So how is it that the Ur-Didact is now locked in Requiem? I know the he was captured by Faber, and we don’t know what happened to him in that period of time, but I’m still confused as to why this all happened. Clearly the Librarian meant for him to awaken from his Earth Cryptum (since he gave Chakas and Riser their geas to do so), so why would she then proceed to lock him up right after he is awakened? She obviously knew of his dislike for humanity, so I don’t see the point of Halo:Cryptum anymore…
> Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think another discrepancy was the fact that the Librarian wanted to activate the Halo rings in Halo 4; I thought that she was opposed to their firing but merely made a bargain with Faber to use them as sanctuaries. Also, I am now slightly confused on the timeline regarding the Didact…
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> The Didact in the Cryptum on planet Earth was obviously the Ur-Didact, whom exiled himself after he lost the political battle with Faber. So how is it that the Ur-Didact is now locked in Requiem? I know the he was captured by Faber, and we don’t know what happened to him in that period of time, but I’m still confused as to why this all happened. Clearly the Librarian meant for him to awaken from his Earth Cryptum (since he gave Chakas and Riser their geas to do so), so why would she then proceed to lock him up right after he is awakened? She obviously knew of his dislike for humanity, so I don’t see the point of Halo:Cryptum anymore…
I think the Librarian never thought that the Ur-Didact would ever take the Composer and make Humanity (in their devolved, harmless state) digitized slaves to fight for the Forerunners
> So, through the Halo 4 Terminals, the Librarian says to the Didact, as she puts his body into the Cryptum on Requiem, that when he is finally awakened that she hopes he would help humanity obtain the Mantle and have humanity even help him.
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> So, why then in Halo: The Thursday War is it said by the Huragok on Onyx and through the inscriptions at the Sanctuary of the Abiding Truth that the Didact must never be found and never be awakened? Why were the Prometheans hostile towards humanity if they were still working for the Librarian at that point, who wanted the Didact to be resurrected and help humanity? Remember that the Prometheans were not turned back over to control of the Didact until after he was awakened.
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> It’s a small discrepancy really, but it should be cleared up. Hopefully it is addressed in Silentium.
Hope for what happens and what actually happens are two different things by the way.
> Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think another discrepancy was the fact that the Librarian wanted to activate the Halo rings in Halo 4; I thought that she was opposed to their firing but merely made a bargain with Faber to use them as sanctuaries. Also, I am now slightly confused on the timeline regarding the Didact…
When was she ever shown opposed to the plan to use the Halos outright? If anything since her introduction in the Halo 3 terminals she supported if not (at the very least) expected their inevitable use as she worked tirelessly to index everything she could in preparation for the reseeding to come after the rings were fired. It was the Didact’s plans in attempting to conventionally defeat the Flood she opposed and thought as madness.
This is very easily explained. Travissty was told that in Halo 4, the Didact would be the villain, and she should work up to this in The Thursday War. Having done no other research past that, she tried to expand upon it with “the Engineer’s feelings,” as she imagined it, and put warning where there would not necessarily have been one.
> Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think another discrepancy was the fact that the Librarian wanted to activate the Halo rings in Halo 4; I thought that she was opposed to their firing but merely made a bargain with Faber to use them as sanctuaries.
She begs the Didact to fire the Halos in Halo 3’s Terminals…
> L: I’m close to finishing the task. The indexing and the archival processes are as complete as I can hope for. If we wait longer, we risk catastrophe. The thing has already destroyed every colony on my side of the line.
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> This may be our last communication. I’m begging you. Fire the Array. Light the weapon, and let it be done.
> This is very easily explained. Travissty was told that in Halo 4, the Didact would be the villain, and she should work up to this in The Thursday War. Having done no other research past that, she tried to expand upon it with “the Engineer’s feelings,” as she imagined it, and put warning where there would not necessarily have been one.
If she is so all knowing, why didn’t she just dispose of the didact? he clearly hasn’t changed, so why even keep him around in the first place?
Unless the idea was to use her “champion” (aka John) as proof that humanity is worth more as they are, rather than as prometheans.
He DID fight off his promethean armies and take out the didact himself. Assuming he’s still alive, he SHOULD see that living breathing humans are much more effective than an army of semi-mindless robot-people ever was.
The Didact was the Librarian’s husband and she loved him, so part of her probably couldn’t kill him outright. She held on to the hope that maybe one day the Didact would see the err of his ways, but she also had to consider the possibility that he wouldn’t change. It seems like she’s hedging her bets on multiple outcomes, but in reality they all funnel into her end goal: pass the Mantle of Responsibility onto Humanity. This, of course, goes against the Didact’s beliefs and is the source of their conflict. Gives the term “marital strife” new meaning, doesn’t it LOL
I like the simple truth of the last Domain Terminal’s description.,“A wife’s love for her husband dooms the galaxy”.
In response to the OP: I think the Librarian knew that the Didact would be found eventually no matter how many warnings were scattered throughout the galaxy. She probably couldn’t predict the circumstances behind his release so she left some of her essence on Requiem to act as a guide. It’s also possible that the warnings in the Sanctuary were referencing the Didact’s first time in the Cryptum (long-shot idea, just thought I’d throw that out there). The Prometheans attacked both Covenant and Master Chief equally, so I agree with TangentialShark about them being defensive AI’s at that point.
On the topic of the Didact, I wonder how he would react to hearing that humanity defeated the Flood twice already, even if the circumstances surrounding the incidents did make it easier.
> On the topic of the Didact, I wonder how he would react to hearing that humanity defeated the Flood twice already, even if the circumstances surrounding the incidents did make it easier.
Severely high blood pressure. Dude’s got major anger management issues.