We all know that the Didact was driven crazy by the Gravemind to cause chaos in the Forerunner society. When the Librarian locked the Didact in his Cryptum in hopes that her husband would recover from his madness by connecting to the Domain. But unfortunately the Domain was destroyed when the Halo Array was fired. For the next 100,000 years the Didact thought on his madness/rage. I’m wondering if the Didact will be able to be cured of his madness and become like his former self before he was driven crazy by the Gravemind. Do you think that the Didact will be cured of his madness?
The Didact’s ultimate goal is to still defeat the Flood, so it stands to reason that a reluctant truce with humanity is imminent. Still, I imagine that the mental torment brought on by a Gravemind is very thorough, so unless the Domain is ever restored or recreated, and he is once again forced into a Cryptum, I don’t see him becoming “cured” anytime soon.
The Didact may die in the end as a heroic sacrifice which mimes the Forerunners of the Forerunner-Flood war or he may turn to the dark side 100% like the Illusive Man and be an enemy to both the Flood as well as Humanity.
I think it would be a pretty cheap move for them to “cure him.”
I could see a scenario, when faced with the Flood, where he realizes how he has violated the Mantle, demoralized and threatened his wife, and harmed the Forerunners. Only to sacrifice himself in an attempt to stop it all from happening again.
But I don’t see him being redeemed beyond that, and I think it would be bad storytelling to do so.
He’s the tragic figure of Halo, if you’ve read the Forerunner saga at least. To usurp that and make him another sidekick like Thel would be obnoxious beyond belief.
> I think it would be a pretty cheap move for them to “cure him.”
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> I could see a scenario, when faced with the Flood, where he realizes how he has violated the Mantle, demoralized and threatened his wife, and harmed the Forerunners. Only to sacrifice himself in an attempt to stop it all from happening again.
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> But I don’t see him being redeemed beyond that, and I think it would be bad storytelling to do so.
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> He’s the tragic figure of Halo, if you’ve read the Forerunner saga at least. To usurp that and make him another sidekick like Thel would be obnoxious beyond belief.
Completely agree with this.
Plus “madness”, isn’t exactly easy to cure. In fact, i’m pretty sure there’s no cure after what he’s been through.
I think that the Didact is going to die to the Flood. It’s the only way I see him being truly defeated. They hinted at it in the Halo 4 Domain terminals. “The procedure is a failure. I’m still susceptible to Flood infestation.”
-Ryan
The didact being absorbed by the flood would be even cheaper than him being cured of his ‘madness’.
Besides i think it’s wrong to call him mad. He’s only very convinced of his idea to extinguish the flood and restore his species to take on the mantle. Instead of calling him mad i would call him patriotic, since his goal is not to kill the humans in the first place but to fight the flood with his prometheans.(i know the local flood has been defeated in h3 but it’s obvious that the flood still exists somewhere else and will comeback) His idea of shield worlds and prometheans to fight the flood was far better than Fabers Halos, IMO.
Just giving some credit to the didact, since,for me, he is the most impressive and convincing character in the entire halo universe
The Didact himself says that his interaction with the Gravemind drove him mad.
> The Didact himself says that his interaction with the Gravemind drove him mad.
Exactly. Whether we like it or not, he is indeed insane.
> His idea of shield worlds and prometheans to fight the flood was far better than Fabers Halos, IMO.
It doesn’t beat star roads, which were the real problem.
> The Didact himself says that his interaction with the Gravemind drove him mad.
u mean the conversation between him and the timeless one?
> > The Didact himself says that his interaction with the Gravemind drove him mad.
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> u mean the conversation between him and the timeless one?
That conversation may have twisted his mind, I think it was the Keymind in Silentium that drove him-off-the-rails insane where the UR Didact’s thoughts manifested into hideous crimes against the mantle, all justified in his own mind by his madness and debilitating fear of the flood.
> The Didact himself says that his interaction with the Gravemind drove him mad.
Indeed, this is made quite clear.
> “Humans drowned out entire civilizations with the Flood. They brought this horrific parasite to our people. Had we acted quicker, had we taken what was rightfully ours, we could have cut off the infection at its source. Know this: the universe will now be turned star by star, world by world, organism by living thing, into even more of a tortured mockery than it already is. Look what it’s done to me! Everything it touches is afflicted with madness. It has touched me. I am myself mad!”
> “Don’t you feel the truth of it? We gave the Precursors reason to retreat into madness. A passion for vengeance. And the Gravemind gave it all right back to me. I am filled with that passion, that madness, that poison! If we fire Halo, we lose everything.”
> “The Domain is filled with sadness. A deep shadow has fallen over everything Forerunner. When I was pulled up from all that, pulled out of the Cryptum and revived… I couldn’t remember. But now I do - in part. Horror brought it back. The Gravemind returned it to me. It forced me to listen.”
> “I need to fight against what it told me, what it has done to me, to all of us. I need to fight with all of my might and will, and everything I can gather… every weapon and resource. But I have been undercut from the very beginning by that Manipular, Wife. The worst thing I’ve ever done was imprint him. And so, forgive me in advance for what I must do. And know why I do it.”
> I think that the Didact is going to die to the Flood. It’s the only way I see him being truly defeated. They hinted at it in the Halo 4 Domain terminals. “The procedure is a failure. I’m still susceptible to Flood infestation.”
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> -Ryan
I agree and hope this is the case.
I’m confused, didn’t he die at the end of Halo 4?
> I’m confused, didn’t he die at the end of Halo 4?
no he just fell into the composer and he cant get composed
> > I’m confused, didn’t he die at the end of Halo 4?
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> no he just fell into the composer and he cant get composed
He fell into the slipspace portal that was sending composed souls to Requiem, not the Composer.