The Didact will not be an enemy in halo 4, 5 or 6.

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I have noticed a lot of people have been going around saying that the Didact, a forerunner, will be an enemy in halo 4, 5 or 6 due to clues found in terminals.
The truth is that this is all false. If any of these people actually knew about the Didact as a person they would realise how wrong they are. The Didact is explained in Halo: Cryptum, It is understandable that many people may not have bothered to read because it is a hard book to get into since it distances from normal Halo fiction. However, if you have read this book you would actually know that the clues in the terminals hint to something else entirely. Here is a brief outline of the Didact.

(Spoilers!)

He is awakened out of a cryptum (like a cryo chamber) by a young forunner by the name of Born Stellar and two humans, Chakas and Riser. We quickly adapt to how the Didact treat humans as expendables. However, through the chain of events he becomes fond of the humans and finds potential in them. We later find out that the Didact was imprisoned in the cryptum because he lost a political argument against the Master Builder which was over the flood threat and what to do. The Didact was proposing Shield worlds while the Master Builder proposed Halos/Rings.

So, at the end of the terminals were 343 says that “Maybe they would prefer the flood” and the did acts symbols shows it won’t be about some person who would be an enemy to humans even though it went against everything he eventually believed in, but it might hint Shield world. That brings me to sigma 7/legendary planet, it is in fact a Shield world, harbouring what seems to be something very dangerous. Im guessing this may be the last precursor.

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The ancient enemy will either be entirely new or directly connected with the Precursors (not necessarily THEM, though).

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> The ancient enemy will either be entirely new or directly connected with the Precursors (not necessarily THEM, though).

Because it has to be able to actually fit the role of Halo’s prime enemy from here on out.

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who’s to say that he later finds hatred towards us? Like maybe we betray him at some point in future books. Personally I’d rather read Primordium before further judgement,but it does sound like it might be the didact.

343 states that he wished that he had Prometheans accompanying him in the last terminal, the Didact was promethean. And that prometheans could stop our assault on the halo with their well known lethality. He also stated that “Wait if they are here, then so would he, and without the librarian to quell his anger…” according to the book, and the halo 3 terminals, the didact was the librarian’s lover. And correct me if Im wrong, but wasnt that symbol shown during the flash the librarian’s symbol?

But like I said, these are all just theories.

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> The ancient enemy will either be entirely new or directly connected with the Precursors (not necessarily THEM, though).

YA im 99.999999999999999999% shure

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I’m not too sure I care about what the “ancient enemy” is exactly, but I’m hoping for a boss fight, like in Halo 2.

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[humor]maybe it’s the grave mind, maybe he snuck onto the dawn.[humor/]

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> [humor]maybe it’s a grave mind, maybe he snuck onto the dawn.[humor/]

Fixed, I bet there are more than one grave mind.

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Solid statement OP. I agree. Whilst I shamefully haven’t yet finished Cryptum, I agree that Precursor(s) are a good bet.

> > [humor]maybe it’s a grave mind, maybe he snuck onto the dawn.[humor/]
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> Fixed, I bet there are more than one grave mind.

Yes, a grave mind is a form, not an individual.

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> Solid statement OP. I agree. Whilst I shamefully haven’t yet finished Cryptum, I agree that Precursor(s) are a good bet.
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> > > [humor]maybe it’s a grave mind, maybe he snuck onto the dawn.[humor/]
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> Yes, a grave mind is a form, not an individual.

but i want it to be the gravemind from 2 and 3, it must be him, it must be the same body, other wise my humor is slightly realistic

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In the book the Didact is not exactly the biggest fan of humanity either. He might not directly be an enemy but he might also try to eliminate the Flood via other methods that endanger us which makes him a threat.

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> who’s to say that he later finds hatred towards us? Like maybe we betray him at some point in future books. Personally I’d rather read Primordium before further judgement,but it does sound like it might be the didact.
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> 343 states that he wished that he had Prometheans accompanying him in the last terminal, the Didact was promethean. And that prometheans could stop our assault on the halo with their well known lethality. He also stated that “Wait if they are here, then so would he, and without the librarian to quell his anger…” according to the book, and the halo 3 terminals, the didact was the librarian’s lover. And correct me if Im wrong, but wasnt that symbol shown during the flash the librarian’s symbol?
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> But like I said, these are all just theories.

Well there are two theories here that can contradict each other. One is the Didact himself, according to the end of Cryptum it was said that he was killed by the Master Builder on the San S’hyamm homeworld. However Born Stellars father said that the Didact was again put in charge of the defenses against the Flood. Also at the end of Cryptum the Librarian says that Bornstellar IS the Didact now.
So if the original Didact was killed, any “Didact” we would see would actually be Born Stellar, which means that he already has a soft spot for Humans.

> In the book the Didact is not exactly the biggest fan of humanity either. He might not directly be an enemy but he might also try to eliminate the Flood via other methods that endanger us which makes him a threat.

Didact was not happy with Humans because his children were killed during the Human-Forerunner war, it wasn’t just a blatent hate. He also is a MAJOR upholder of the Mantle, he was cast out of the counsel because of his objection to the Halo Array. He never believed that they should have been used. And when he described the view of Charum Hakkor, he almost sounded disgusted that the Halos were not only made, but also used. It also says that he felt remorse after the war, because he did not know that the humans were running from the Flood when they were conquering other worlds. He felt the war was just because of Humanities aggression, until he heard they were fighting, and defeating the flood.

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You realize there are two more books coming out as part of that series right? The events in the other two books could easily explain the reason the Didact would battle humanity.

You also have to realize that Humanity in the 2500s is completely different than post-war Humanity over 100,000 years beforehand. Humans were innocent at that time, but now stand for everything the Forerunner do not believe in. Humans in the 2500s stand for pretty much the same things they did during the Forerunner/Human war, which goes directly against the Mantle. Or the Forerunner religion.

In fact, it wasn’t even the Didact that grew fond of humans, it was Bornstellar. Bornstellar became a completely new and different person upon receiving all of the Didacts memories, at the end of the book his opinion on humans could well be that of the Didact, and hate them. Which explains the line “Without ‘her’ to tame ‘him’,…” As the Librarian likely died, while the Didact may well have survived, he was on the Ark during the activation of the Halo Array, the very one who pulled the trigger and killed the galaxy, and the Librarian. After activating the Array he, and his Promethian army could well have taken refuge in some form of stasis, or advanced Cryptum within Sigma 7.

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Clearly I understand there are more books, However if we based this whole conversation on that fact, why would anyone reply to this thread. From what I have read and how I understand it, the original Didact was not upset with humanity because of what they stand for, its because his children died in a war with them.

And Bornstellar didn’t consider himself the Didact, the Librarian called him the Didact. Which means in my understanding, that Bornstellar holds his own beliefs, he has simply gained the Didacts memories. And that was simply because the Didact needed him to have the same knowledge and access to the Domain to help him. It also said in the book, he had traits of the warriors, builders, and the lifeworkers because of the ship. Which again in my understanding means he is on a different level as far as Forerunners go, from what it seems no other Forerunner has ever had such a mix.

> In fact, it wasn’t even the Didact that grew fond of humans, it was Bornstellar. Bornstellar became a completely new and different person upon receiving all of the Didacts memories, at the end of the book his opinion on humans could well be that of the Didact, and hate them. Which explains the line “Without ‘her’ to tame ‘him’,…” As the Librarian likely died, while the Didact may well have survived, he was on the Ark during the activation of the Halo Array, the very one who pulled the trigger and killed the galaxy, and the Librarian. After activating the Array he, and his Promethian army could well have taken refuge in some form of stasis, or advanced Cryptum within Sigma 7.

In response to this, I will say first that Cryptum made no such mention that the Didact fired the Halo Array. Maybe it will say so in the future books, but not in this one. Also, to my recollection, there was never any mention that it was the Didact that fired the Halo array. it could end up being Chakas. Which makes sense considering he is human, and if he asked 343 GS if it was his choice would he do it. Which comes back to the games when 343 mentions to MC that he asked him that previously.

And I said that it was Born Stellar with a fondness for Humans, I also said at the end of Cryptum the original Didact was killed and Born Stellar was the new Didact, and that any Didact we would see in the game would be Born Stellar. Since 343 at that point was cut off from the Doamin like all Forerunners and would not know that the original Didact was dead. He would simply have memories of a lethal Didact.

> You also have to realize that Humanity in the 2500s is completely different than post-war Humanity over 100,000 years beforehand. Humans were innocent at that time, but now stand for everything the Forerunner do not believe in. Humans in the 2500s stand for pretty much the same things they did during the Forerunner/Human war, which goes directly against the Mantle. Or the Forerunner religion.
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And what exactly did ancient humanity stand for during the Human-Forerunner war? The only reason there was a war was because the flood had taken human worlds and the Humans dropped 1/3 of their population to stop the flood. And in turn they expanded to new worlds and conquered the natural inhabitants to make up for the worlds that were lost. The Forerunners brought up their “Mantle” to justify going to war with a race that was on par with their technology, (and due to their cure for the flood, and the fact that Humans were able to access at least some precursor tech), maybe even surpassed the Forerunners. So how is it that the Ancient Humans stand for everything thats against what the Forerunner stand for?? Defending themselves against other alien species? Yeah I guess they did that. Fighting amongst themselves and destroying their own species? The Forerunners couldn’t really disagree with that since there is nothing to make anyone believe civil wars were apart of their “mantle”, which means they have no buisness getting involved in civil wars. Also if the Forerunners had such distain for Humans ancient or otherwise, why would they name them reclaimers? And they of course did that before they OBLITERATED all life in the galaxy. It actually seemed more toward the end of the book with all the info the Didact was getting, he was actually more against what the Forerunners had stood for. First the test firing on Charum Hakkor, possibly a needed test, but destructive none the less. Secondly the firing of a Halo on the San S’hyamm home world as punishment? Even with military might at his disposal, the Didact NEVER wiped out an entire race for retribution of an uprising.

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I was under the impression that the Chief would be discovering the secrets of the Didact just like he discovered the secrets of Installation 04. So yeah op, I agree, the shield world must be housing something… like a top secret project. :o That never got finished or is running rampant.

Reminds me of the Bohrok. It would be pretty neat if that thing at the end of the trailer was Gravemind.

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The last Precusor will not be an enemy because it was killed in Halo: Primordium by the Didact.

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I agree that Chief might fight the precursors but they’re not the normal infantry. In Halo:Primordium the precursor says that some of the precursors escaped beyond the forunners reach (out of the galaxy) and that creation continued. this probably means the precursors created more life but not strong enough to rise up and crush them again like the forunners did. this life therefore could be intellegent but weak so it would make a good infantry for the precursors side (like grunts serving the prophets) Also people are talking about geas which is like reincarnation except you are not completly in control of the body. I think that the spirit of the didact is in chiefs body and the librarian is in halseys body and cortanas since cortana is practically a replica of her. if you think about it halsey has made huge sacrifices for life as the librarian has too. back to chief, some evidence of this theory includes that at the end of halo 3 343GS calls master chief “Forerunner”. also in halo ce 343GS says “The first time you asked me if I would do it, my answer has not changed, we must activate the ring”. When 343 said this he was referring to the Didact asking Chakas. also the timeless one said that the Forerunners had failed a test and that humans will take their place and if they succeed has not yet been decided. Whats weird is that all this information has been planned since 2001.

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Can someone give me a logical reason for the Didact to attack humanity again, because there simply isn’t one.

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I haven’t really gotten into the newer books as of yet, if I do I’ll wait until we are closer to Halo 4’s release. However just from reading a little online and watching through the anniversary terminals just now, I’m seeing a lot of parallels. First of all the relationship with the Didact and Librarian could be somewhat similar to that of Cortana and the Chief. I only mention this because the end of Cortana must surely be close and after so long together I have to wonder how the Chief will take this loss and if it might not create a much more dangerous foe for any who cross his path.
Furthermore couldn’t the name Didact be similar to that of the Arbiter? Meaning that even if it’s not the same exact person, we may still come across the Didact or some ancestor thereof. Again these are wild guessed based on very little.