I think he looks and sounds a little similar to the didact. He has been composed and this is his promethian version.
Also so the exuberant witness says this about him but never resolves it. “Oh, Warden is not a robot. I thought you understood that.” So they hint his identity is mysterious, I think setting up to be the didact.
thoughts? Obvious flaws to my theory?
Interesting theory.
The Didact wasn’t composed? I thought he was revived and then killed for good by Chief?
Even then, I’m pretty sure the Intel alludes to the fact that the Warden existed in the Domain way before the firing of the Halo Array.
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> The Didact wasn’t composed? I thought he was revived and then killed for good by Chief?
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> Even then, I’m pretty sure the Intel alludes to the fact that the Warden existed in the Domain way before the firing of the Halo Array.
No, he was composed. Chief even specifically says he is only “contained.” But yeah, the Didact was all about Forerunners ruling the galaxy. I don’t see why he would support the cause of AIs.
I thought the Didact couldn’t be composed for some reason.
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> I thought the Didact couldn’t be composed for some reason.
That was the initial consensus after watching the Terminals in Halo 4 as well. He specifically says it wouldn’t work on his new body after augmenting himself to prevent the possibility of Flood Infection. Then they sort of retconned themselves.
Anyway, the Builder on Genesis from the Intel:
> ----Reunion----
> “With Bastion beyond my grasp, I turn to the possibility of the Domain. However, there is corruption. The source, untraceable. Investigations, but no returns. Time runs short.”
> “Bastion’s location is confirmed. How, though? After dispersal of the Halos, an impossible act of reconciliation would be required…it may still be possible.”
> “Acquisition of Endurance proved difficult in these final days. An [] ancilla has agreed to aid my efforts, yet there is concern if he will follow through. However, if Bastion has indeed achieved the impossible, I must find a way of reaching them. If that path be through death and Domain, so be it."
> "Bastion is absent. Not destroyed, simply…missing. No other facility is near enough. A new course of action is required.
> ----Genesis----
> “Wh-Where am I? Is this…Domain?”
> “Designation: Genesis. How? Where is Bastion?”
> “Communications few. Constructor network picking up echoes. Confusing.”
> “Organon Gone, Domain burned, damaged. So many lost. Missing.”
> ----The Breaking----
> “The Guardians. She seized them. She understands…stop her!”
> “The ancilla. She knows I’m here. She hunts me.”
> “The Warden made a pact. With whom? How does he walk once more?”
> “Ancilla…new. How?”
> “She reassembles. She cures herself. Soon, the Domain…”
> ----Guardians----
> “Ancilla distracted. Warden as well. Domain repairing, healing. I feel clear for the first time in…there! Finally I see! After so long! Bastion! Bastion still lives!”
> “Bastion…”
> "Constructor [__] Warden control. Control can be taken back. External, though. The Monitor could help if only I could speak to her.”
> “Bastion…Bastion…”
I have a different theory; I believe the Didact’s composed mind somehow merged with Cortana’s, and that’s why she’s gone mad with power in Halo 5’s story. You’ll notice that her dialogue mirrors the Didact’s at the end of the Campaign?
"The Mantle of Responsibility for the galaxy shelters all, human… but only the Forerunners are it’s masters." -Didact, Halo 4
"The Mantle of Responsibility for the galaxy shelters all… but only the Created are it’s masters." -Cortana, Halo 5: Guardians
> Also so the exuberant witness says this about him but never resolves it. “Oh, Warden is not a robot. I thought you understood that.” So they hint his identity is mysterious, I think setting up to be the didact.
Buck taunts warden and calls him a robot in the process.
Because Exuberant is extremely naive she mistakenly believes he’s referring to the Warden as a simple mindless machine, and corrects him.
Not really any deeper than that.
Those logs about Bastion though…they confuse me.
Pretty sure the didact wanted to compose himself but his “current form” didn’t allow him so he had that little speech to his Promethians,“will you follow me still etc.” so unless he devolved to a lesser form gg RIP in pieces to this theory.
edit nvm if the post about that being retconn is true.
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> Pretty sure the didact wanted to compose himself but his “current form” didn’t allow him so he had that little speech to his Promethians,“will you follow me still etc.” so unless he devolved to a lesser form gg RIP in pieces to this theory.
He does get composed actually. Somehow. But yeah, apparently he -thought- he couldn’t but…he could? I don’t know. It doesn’t make sense either.
The Genesis intel seems to imply the Warden has existed prior to anything that happens with the Didact. I personally believe (though unproven) an earlier incarnation of the Halo 5 script called for it to be him, though the Warden bodies would be physical bodies he could use to interact with the outside world meanwhile his digital form could be anywhere, probably on Genesis.
that would be cool. I liked Didact.
Warden is probably not the Didact as they would have existed together. However, he has not been mentioned earlier as he is the guardian on the Domain which shut down shortly after the Halo rings were fired ending the Forerunner-Flood war and was only reactivated recently.
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> I have a different theory; I believe the Didact’s composed mind somehow merged with Cortana’s, and that’s why she’s gone mad with power in Halo 5’s story. You’ll notice that her dialogue mirrors the Didact’s at the end of the Campaign?
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> “The Mantle of Responsibility for the galaxy shelters all, human… but only the Forerunners are it’s masters.” -Didact, Halo 4
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> “The Mantle of Responsibility for the galaxy shelters all… but only the Created are it’s masters.” -Cortana, Halo 5: Guardians
this is how i saw it too, i feel that Cortana is being controlled somehow, because at one point Chief points out and asks her if she knows how many innocent she has killed and she is surprised by this and is confused, but then somehow changes her tone as if something else takes over.
The Didact was a great enemy, I hope to see him again in Halo 6.
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> I think he looks and sounds a little similar to the didact. He has been composed and this is his promethian version.
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> Also so the exuberant witness says this about him but never resolves it. “Oh, Warden is not a robot. I thought you understood that.” So they hint his identity is mysterious, I think setting up to be the didact.
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> thoughts? Obvious flaws to my theory?
The enternal warden is NOT didact hahaha. He already exist before the didact got defeated.
Also… he hated the halo rings.
Yeah he hates the Halos and never wanted to activate them. If he was controlling Cortana then someone or something else has to be moving the Halo ring.
I assumed he was the composed lord of admirals. Don’t know why.
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> > The Didact wasn’t composed? I thought he was revived and then killed for good by Chief?
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> > Even then, I’m pretty sure the Intel alludes to the fact that the Warden existed in the Domain way before the firing of the Halo Array.
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> No, he was composed. Chief even specifically says he is only “contained.” But yeah, the Didact was all about Forerunners ruling the galaxy. I don’t see why he would support the cause of AIs.
I thought Didact got disintegrated with Installation 03’s Control Room?