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{{Center|This article is about the Didact responsible for activating the Halo Array. For the Didact encountered in Halo 4, see [[Ur-Didact]].}} | {{Center|This article is about the Didact responsible for activating the Halo Array. For the Didact encountered in Halo 4, see [[Ur-Didact]].}} | ||
{{Character infobox | {{Character infobox | ||
|variant=Forerunner | |variant=Forerunner | ||
|name=IsoDidact | |name=IsoDidact | ||
|image=[[File:HM | |image=[[File:HM Bornstellar.png|300px]]<br>Bornstellar as a [[Manipular]] | ||
|homeworld=[[Molaetra]]<ref name=EN>''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'', p. 367</ref> | |homeworld=[[Molaetra]]<ref name=EN>''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'', p. 367</ref> | ||
|birth= | |birth=[[97,464 BCE]]{{Ref/Note|It is stated in ''Halo: Cryptum'' (p. 225) that Bornstellar was "barely twelve" years old at the time the novel is set. The Halo Array was fired in 97,445 BCE, but the events of ''Halo: Cryptum'' take place ''at least'' seven years before this based on an approximate chronology that can be derived from statements in ''Halo: Silentium'' (see [[97,445 BCE]]). Assuming the events of ''Halo: Cryptum'' took place in 97,452 BCE (no more than seven years before the firing of the Halo Array) Bornstellar would have been born approximately twelve years prior to that year. The year was confirmed in the [[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]].}} | ||
|death= | |death= | ||
|causeofdeath= | |causeofdeath= | ||
|parents= | |parents=*[[Wise-Hands-to-Forge]]<ref name="EN"/> (father){{Ref/Site|Id=CF132|URL=https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/canon-fodder-high-value-histories|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Canon Fodder #132: High-Value Histories}} | ||
*[[Maker-of-Cherished-Mountains]]<ref name="EN"/> (mother){{Ref/Reuse|CF132}} | |||
|siblings= | |siblings= | ||
|spouses= | |spouses=[[Chant-to-Green]] | ||
|children= | |children=[[Bornstellar's son|Unidentified son]] | ||
|species=[[Forerunner]] | |species=[[Forerunner]] | ||
|gender=Male | |gender=Male | ||
|height=* | |height=*{{Convert|330.2|cm|ft|sp=us}} ''(as the Didact)''<ref name="EN"/> | ||
*approx. {{Convert|6|ft|cm|sp=us|disp=flip}} ''(as Bornstellar)''<ref>[http://www.gregbear.com/blog/display.cfm?id=7464 '''Greg Bear - Discussion Board''': ''Topic: Cryptum and forerunners'']</ref> | *approx. {{Convert|6|ft|cm|sp=us|disp=flip}} ''(as Bornstellar)''<ref>[http://www.gregbear.com/blog/display.cfm?id=7464 '''Greg Bear - Discussion Board''': ''Topic: Cryptum and forerunners'']</ref> | ||
|mass= | |mass={{Convert|338.6|kg|lb}} ''(as the Didact)''<ref name="EN"/> | ||
|hair=Pale, bluish white fur ''(as the Didact)'' | |hair=Pale, bluish white fur ''(as the Didact)'' | ||
|eyes=Gray ''(as the Didact)'' | |eyes=Gray ''(as the Didact)'' | ||
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===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
{{Quote|Bornstellar is marked to become a great Builder, just like his father — but this Manipular has other plans.|Description<ref name="Cryptum cover">'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', forward jacket description</ref>}} | {{Quote|Bornstellar is marked to become a great Builder, just like his father — but this Manipular has other plans.|Description<ref name="Cryptum cover">'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', forward jacket description</ref>}} | ||
Bornstellar's family and ancestors came from a long line of [[Builder]]s, the highest and most powerful [[rate]] in Forerunner society. Of all | Bornstellar's family and ancestors came from a long line of [[Builder]]s, the highest and most powerful [[rate]] in Forerunner society. Of all [[Wise-Hands-to-Forge|his father]]'s children, Bornstellar was the most rebellious, refusing to follow in his footsteps and become a Builder. As a result of this, his father sent him to learn discipline in a step family of [[Miner]]s on [[Mars|Edom]] in the distant [[Sol system]]. There, his [[ancilla]] taught him of the near-mythical [[Precursor]]s. Three years later, Bornstellar snuck aboard a supply transport and traveled to [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]] to hunt for Precursor relics. In the city of [[Marontik]], he met two [[human]]s, [[Chakas]] and [[Riser]], who would serve as guides in his search for Precursor artifacts.<ref name="chapter1">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''Chapter 1''</ref> | ||
[[File:HM Bornstellar-Cryptum.jpg|225px|thumb|left|Bornstellar, Riser, and Chakas after releasing the Didact from his Cryptum.]] | |||
His guides led him to [[Djamonkin Crater]], where he found and opened a [[Cryptum]] belonging to the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]. Upon finding the Cryptum and the phrase ''"You are what you dare"'' inscribed on the artifact, Bornstellar strongly felt upon him the influence of a [[synchron]]. After he had recovered, the Didact took Bornstellar and the two humans with him on [[Didact's ship|a ship]] grown on-site from a [[design seed]] planted by the Librarian. During his subsequent travels with Bornstellar, the Didact performed a [[Forerunner mutation|brevet mutation]] on him to allow him access to the [[Domain]]; in addition, the Didact [[Mind transfer|imprinted]] Bornstellar with his consciousness, along with his memories and knowledge, potentially allowing Bornstellar to continue the Didact's work in the event he were captured or killed. | His guides led him to [[Djamonkin Crater]], where he found and opened a [[Cryptum]] belonging to the [[Ur-Didact|Didact]]. Upon finding the Cryptum and the phrase ''"You are what you dare"'' inscribed on the artifact, Bornstellar strongly felt upon him the influence of a [[synchron]]. After he had recovered, the Didact took Bornstellar and the two humans with him on [[Didact's ship|a ship]] grown on-site from a [[design seed]] planted by the Librarian. During his subsequent travels with Bornstellar, the Didact performed a [[Forerunner mutation|brevet mutation]] on him to allow him access to the [[Domain]]; in addition, the Didact [[Mind transfer|imprinted]] Bornstellar with his consciousness, along with his memories and knowledge, potentially allowing Bornstellar to continue the Didact's work in the event he were captured or killed. | ||
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After surviving the assault on the Capital, Bornstellar arrived on the [[greater Ark]], where he met with the [[Librarian]], who revealed that Didact had been executed at the hands of the [[Faber|Master Builder]]. As the Didact's expertise was necessary to combat the increasing threat of the Flood, the Promethean's personality completely overtook Bornstellar's physical body, making him a reincarnation of the Didact; he stated that he would return control to Bornstellar when his mission was finished.<ref name="C337">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 337''</ref> | After surviving the assault on the Capital, Bornstellar arrived on the [[greater Ark]], where he met with the [[Librarian]], who revealed that Didact had been executed at the hands of the [[Faber|Master Builder]]. As the Didact's expertise was necessary to combat the increasing threat of the Flood, the Promethean's personality completely overtook Bornstellar's physical body, making him a reincarnation of the Didact; he stated that he would return control to Bornstellar when his mission was finished.<ref name="C337">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 337''</ref> | ||
Intent on finding Chakas and Riser, as well as stopping Mendicant Bias, the IsoDidact tracked down [[Installation 07]], the rogue Halo under the command of Mendicant Bias and the [[Primordial]], the entity previously imprisoned on [[Charum Hakkor]] which had since been released and was responsible for subverting Mendicant Bias. His fleet intercepted the Halo ring, on a pre-determined collision course with [[Wolf-faced planet|a planet]] in a distant system. He deactivated Mendicant Bias using his control codes and proceeded to save the Halo and its research data on the Flood.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 336-339''</ref> Arriving in the Halo's [[Cartographer]], one of the facilities employed as control stations for the ring, the IsoDidact found Chakas and many more humans who had been connected to the ring's control interface by Mendicant Bias in an attempt to steer the installation. The IsoDidact joined Chakas in the controls and the two successfully directed the Halo's passage over the planet.<ref name="p348">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 348''</ref> | Intent on finding Chakas and Riser, as well as stopping Mendicant Bias, the IsoDidact tracked down [[Installation 07]], the rogue Halo under the command of Mendicant Bias and the [[Primordial]], the entity previously imprisoned on [[Charum Hakkor]] which had since been released and was responsible for subverting Mendicant Bias. His fleet [[Battle for Gyre 11|intercepted the Halo ring]], on a pre-determined collision course with [[Wolf-faced planet|a planet]] in a distant system. He deactivated Mendicant Bias using his control codes and proceeded to save the Halo and its research data on the Flood.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 336-339''</ref> Arriving in the Halo's [[Cartographer]], one of the facilities employed as control stations for the ring, the IsoDidact found Chakas and many more humans who had been connected to the ring's control interface by Mendicant Bias in an attempt to steer the installation. The IsoDidact joined Chakas in the controls and the two successfully directed the Halo's passage over the planet.<ref name="p348">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 348''</ref> | ||
At the IsoDidact's order, the damaged Halo was reduced, shedding most of its damaged sections and contracting to a diameter of 10,000 kilometers before being transported to the greater Ark. The Flood presence was contained and both Mendicant Bias and the Primordial were placed in captivity. Chakas had been mortally wounded during the events on Installation 07, and although his physical body could not be saved, the IsoDidact decided to preserve his consciousness in the form of a [[monitor]] who would be tasked with watching over the Librarian's human specimens at the Ark. While the conversion process was still underway, the IsoDidact took Chakas with him as he interrogated the Primordial, imprisoned deep beneath Installation 07. Over the course of the exchange, the entity revealed the true nature of the relationship between the Precursors, the Flood as well as the Forerunners and humans, stating that the Forerunners were never meant to inherit the Mantle and that there was no cure for the Flood. Furious, the IsoDidact then executed the creature by fully activating its slipspace stasis chamber, forcing it to live through a billion years in complete sensory isolation and causing it to decay to a state of total physical entropy.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 362-367''</ref> | At the IsoDidact's order, the damaged Halo was reduced, shedding most of its damaged sections and contracting to a diameter of 10,000 kilometers before being transported to the greater Ark. The Flood presence was contained and both Mendicant Bias and the Primordial were placed in captivity. Chakas had been mortally wounded during the events on Installation 07, and although his physical body could not be saved, the IsoDidact decided to preserve his consciousness in the form of a [[monitor]] who would be tasked with watching over the Librarian's human specimens at the Ark. While the conversion process was still underway, the IsoDidact took Chakas with him as he interrogated the Primordial, imprisoned deep beneath Installation 07. Over the course of the exchange, the entity revealed the true nature of the relationship between the Precursors, the Flood as well as the Forerunners and humans, stating that the Forerunners were never meant to inherit the Mantle and that there was no cure for the Flood. Furious, the IsoDidact then executed the creature by fully activating its slipspace stasis chamber, forcing it to live through a billion years in complete sensory isolation and causing it to decay to a state of total physical entropy.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 362-367''</ref> The IsoDidact and the Librarian later left orders with the ancillas of Installation 07 to turn Mendicant Bias' old core into [[the Monument]], a safe home for the countless damaged essences, imprints and submonitors and custodians left over from the battle.{{Ref/Reuse|PoL15}} | ||
===Final years=== | ===Final years=== | ||
Following his temporary victory, the IsoDidact's power rose as he returned to the favor of the New Council,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 1''</ref> also elevating the status of his wife. The debate on the Didact's plans for strategic solutions against the Flood was restored and the use of the Halos was delayed for a time.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 374-375''</ref> However, this victory did not last long. The following years saw the Flood ravaging the ecumene at an increasing virulence, leading the Forerunners - including the IsoDidact himself - to begin reconsidering the use of the Halos. | Following his temporary victory, the IsoDidact's power rose as he returned to the favor of the New Council,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 1''</ref> also elevating the status of his wife. The debate on the Didact's plans for strategic solutions against the Flood was restored and the use of the Halos was delayed for a time.<ref>'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 374-375''</ref> However, this victory did not last long. The following years saw the Flood ravaging the ecumene at an increasing virulence, leading the Forerunners - including the IsoDidact himself - to begin reconsidering the use of the Halos. | ||
[[File:Enc22 IsoDidact.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The IsoDidact in his [[combat skin]].]] | |||
In the coming years, the IsoDidact would travel with the Librarian's fleet, ensuring the security of the Lifeworkers' continued efforts to preserve sentient life across the galaxy. The many worlds they visited included [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]], whose evacuation the IsoDidact and the Librarian arrived to oversee personally. The two were also to give their testimonies to [[Catalog]] on matters concerning the attack on the Capital, but were interrupted by the Flood's arrival in the sector. The emergency prompted the IsoDidact to depart to the core of the ecumene, as Forerunner forces in the region were insufficient to mount an effective counterattack. After a brief moment together, he parted ways with the Librarian,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 2''</ref> not to see her again in four years. The IsoDidact went on to assume command of Orion Complex Defense Operations, leading combined forces reconstituted from both [[Warrior-Servant]]s and [[Builder Security]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 22''</ref> During the war, the IsoDidact regularly exchanged transmissions with the Librarian and was constantly trying to convince her to give up on [[Conservation Measure|her mission]] to save other sentient life from the Halo Array's inevitable activation, and return to him to safety inside the [[Maginot Line]].<ref name="t1">'''Halo 3''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 1]]''</ref> | In the coming years, the IsoDidact would travel with the Librarian's fleet, ensuring the security of the Lifeworkers' continued efforts to preserve sentient life across the galaxy. The many worlds they visited included [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]], whose evacuation the IsoDidact and the Librarian arrived to oversee personally. The two were also to give their testimonies to [[Catalog]] on matters concerning the attack on the Capital, but were interrupted by the Flood's arrival in the sector. The emergency prompted the IsoDidact to depart to the core of the ecumene, as Forerunner forces in the region were insufficient to mount an effective counterattack. After a brief moment together, he parted ways with the Librarian,<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 2''</ref> not to see her again in four years. The IsoDidact went on to assume command of Orion Complex Defense Operations, leading combined forces reconstituted from both [[Warrior-Servant]]s and [[Builder Security]].<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 22''</ref> During the war, the IsoDidact regularly exchanged transmissions with the Librarian and was constantly trying to convince her to give up on [[Conservation Measure|her mission]] to save other sentient life from the Halo Array's inevitable activation, and return to him to safety inside the [[Maginot Line]].<ref name="t1">'''Halo 3''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 1]]''</ref> | ||
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===Activating the Halo Array=== | ===Activating the Halo Array=== | ||
[[File:HM-IsoDidact.png|thumb | [[File:HM-IsoDidact.png|thumb|The IsoDidact activates the Halo Array from Installation 00's citadel.|250px]] | ||
{{Quote|Now, old friend, we have the most important job in history–perhaps in all time. You may very well outlast all of us here. You may see the new galaxy emerge. Tell me, Chakas, if this was your choice, after all we have seen and survived... would you fire the rings?|The IsoDidact queries [[343 Guilty Spark]] about the Halo Array before the activation, only to be met by silence. | {{Quote|Now, old friend, we have the most important job in history–perhaps in all time. You may very well outlast all of us here. You may see the new galaxy emerge. Tell me, Chakas, if this was your choice, after all we have seen and survived... would you fire the rings?|The IsoDidact queries [[343 Guilty Spark]] about the Halo Array before the activation, only to be met by silence.{{Ref/Novel|Id=sil314|Sil|Page=314}}}} | ||
{{Main|Great Purification}} | {{Main|Great Purification}} | ||
At [[Installation 00]], the IsoDidact and the other surviving Forerunners began immediate preparations for the activation of the Halo Array. Before the Array's distribution across the galaxy, the IsoDidact assigned the monitors for each installation and gave them their new names. In his last exchange with Chakas, the Didact designated him as [[343 Guilty Spark]] and assigned him as the caretaker of [[Installation 04]]. After the Halos had been deployed, the IsoDidact operated from the Ark's [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] to complete preparations for the coming activation.<ref name="string36">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 36''</ref> The [[ | At [[Installation 00]], the IsoDidact and the other surviving Forerunners began immediate preparations for the activation of the Halo Array. Before the Array's distribution across the galaxy, the IsoDidact assigned the monitors for each installation and gave them their new names. In his last exchange with Chakas, the Didact designated him as [[343 Guilty Spark]] and assigned him as the caretaker of [[Installation 04]]. After the Halos had been deployed, the IsoDidact operated from the Ark's [[Installation 00 Citadel|Citadel]] to complete preparations for the coming activation.<ref name="string36">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 36''</ref> The [[Metarch-class ancilla|Metarch]] [[Offensive Bias]], commanding the remains of the Forerunner fleet, was sent to [[Battle of the Maginot Sphere|stall]] Mendicant Bias and its approaching fleet to prevent them from reaching the Ark before the Halos could fire.<ref name="string38">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 38''</ref> | ||
In the final moments before the activation, the Didact exchanged a few last messages with the Librarian, who had willingly stranded herself on Earth to draw the Flood there, buying the IsoDidact time to fire the Halos. The IsoDidact intended to retrieve the Librarian before he would be forced to light the rings and prepared a rescue party for her. However, before they could depart, Mendicant Bias' fleet breached the Maginot Line and destroyed the rescue party.<ref name="t7">'''Halo 3''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 7]]''</ref> Asking for forgiveness, the IsoDidact then reluctantly activated the seven rings, sterilizing the galaxy of life capable of sustaining the Flood and starving the parasite to death.{{Ref/Reuse|string38}} | In the final moments before the activation, the Didact exchanged a few last messages with the Librarian, who had willingly stranded herself on Earth to draw the Flood there, buying the IsoDidact time to fire the Halos. The IsoDidact intended to retrieve the Librarian before he would be forced to light the rings and prepared a rescue party for her. However, before they could depart, Mendicant Bias' fleet breached the Maginot Line and destroyed the rescue party.<ref name="t7">'''Halo 3''' - ''[[Terminal (Halo 3)|Terminal 7]]''</ref> Asking for forgiveness, the IsoDidact then reluctantly activated the seven rings, sterilizing the galaxy of life capable of sustaining the Flood and starving the parasite to death.{{Ref/Reuse|string38}} | ||
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Before the sentencing, the IsoDidact paid a visit to [[Riser]]'s village on the Ark to invite him to join the ceremony. Riser rebuked him about his decision to fire the Halos, but the IsoDidact maintained that it had been the only option possible. At Riser's suggestion, the IsoDidact and several other Forerunners joined a human celebration for the transition the galaxy now faced. He and the new [[Lifeshaper]] [[Chant-to-Green]] observed the festivities from some distance away, both acknowledging the significance of Bornstellar's human friends. He accompanied Chant on [[Earth]] during the [[reintroduction]] and shared a few last words with Riser. The IsoDidact stated that the Forerunners would cease their participation in the affairs of the galaxy and exile themselves, although they both hoped that their descendants would meet each other some day. Riser responded by hoping their descendants would reunite and act like brothers, making trouble and finding strength together. Deeply moved, Bornstellar could only utter the word "hope" before returning to the Lifeworker ship and taking off.<ref name="rebirth">'''Rebirth'''</ref> | Before the sentencing, the IsoDidact paid a visit to [[Riser]]'s village on the Ark to invite him to join the ceremony. Riser rebuked him about his decision to fire the Halos, but the IsoDidact maintained that it had been the only option possible. At Riser's suggestion, the IsoDidact and several other Forerunners joined a human celebration for the transition the galaxy now faced. He and the new [[Lifeshaper]] [[Chant-to-Green]] observed the festivities from some distance away, both acknowledging the significance of Bornstellar's human friends. He accompanied Chant on [[Earth]] during the [[reintroduction]] and shared a few last words with Riser. The IsoDidact stated that the Forerunners would cease their participation in the affairs of the galaxy and exile themselves, although they both hoped that their descendants would meet each other some day. Riser responded by hoping their descendants would reunite and act like brothers, making trouble and finding strength together. Deeply moved, Bornstellar could only utter the word "hope" before returning to the Lifeworker ship and taking off.<ref name="rebirth">'''Rebirth'''</ref> | ||
===The Endless=== | |||
Sometime after the firing of the rings, Bornstellar was possibly present on Zeta Halo with the [[Grand Edict]] and [[Despondent Pyre]] discussing the imprisonment of the [[Xalanyn]].{{Ref/Quest|Id=Conservatory|HI|Connections|Conservatory}}{{Ref/Note|While it has yet to be confirmed directly if the IsoDidact was present for this event, voices of Forerunners can be heard in the mission [[Conservatory]] discussing the fate of the Xalanyn. One of these voices is that of [[Wikipedia:Keith Szarabajka|Keith Szarabajka]], the voice of the [[Ur-Didact]]. Given that the IsoDidact carries the imprint of the Ur-Didact (and the Ur-Didact's concurrent imprisonment on Requiem), it is likely that Keith Szarabajka's voice is intended to be the IsoDidact.}} | |||
===Return to Maethrillian=== | ===Return to Maethrillian=== | ||
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{{Expand-section}} | {{Expand-section}} | ||
Over 100,000 years later, a record referred to as the "[[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]]", containing an archived testimony of the IsoDidact recorded by [[Catalog]], was discovered by the UNSC on [[Trevelyan]] and served as one of the core documents in ONI's research into the Forerunners. | Over 100,000 years later, while attempting to get [[John-117]] to fire the [[Halo Array]] from [[Installation 04]], [[343 Guilty Spark]] referenced his last conversation with the IsoDidact,{{Ref/Reuse|sil314}} apparently mistaking John for the Forerunner. Spark recalled that the IsoDidact had asked him what Spark would do if it was his choice. Having had eons to ponder the question, Spark had come to the conclusion that there was no other choice but to activate the rings.{{Ref/Level|CE|[[Two Betrayals]]}} | ||
Later, a record referred to as the "[[Halo: Cryptum|Bornstellar Relation]]", containing an archived testimony of the IsoDidact recorded by [[Catalog]], was discovered by the UNSC on [[Trevelyan]] and served as one of the core documents in ONI's research into the Forerunners.{{Ref/Novel|Pri|Page=230}} In addition, Spark - who had previously been Bornstellar's human friend [[Chakas]] and then Monitor Chakas - told the crew of the {{UNSCShip|Rubicon}} of the [[Battle for Gyre 11|events]] on [[Installation 07]] following the [[Fate of Maethrillian]] and the IsoDidact's role in saving the ring and those on it from the Flood and [[Mendicant Bias]].{{Ref/Novel|Pri}} | |||
While traveling with the ''[[Ace of Spades]]'' crew, Spark told them about his adventures with his friends, including Bornstellar.{{Ref/Novel|Ren}} Spark stated that Bornstellar was long since dead and turned to dust.{{Ref/Novel|Ren|Page=192}} | |||
After returning to Installation 07 in order to use the Cartographer to unlock the secrets of the Librarian's [[coordinate key]], Spark was consumed by his memories of his time on the ring, including working with the IsoDidact to save it.{{Ref/Novel|PoL|13}} Submonitor [[091 Adjutant Veridity]] revealed to Spark and [[Rion Forge]] the work that the ancillas of Zeta Halo had done over the eons to create and maintain [[the Monument]] on the orders of the Librarian and the IsoDidact.{{Ref/Novel|Id=PoL15|PoL|15}} | |||
While talking with Rion in a dream, the Librarian quoted her husband's favorite phrase "you are what you dare."{{Ref/Novel|PoL|44}} | |||
After being pulled into the [[Domain]] and asked about the fate of the other Forerunners by the [[Confirmer]], the Ur-Didact recalled reading the Bornstellar Relation which was amongst the information he'd obtained from humanity following the Didact's awakening on [[Requiem]]. Part of the Didact felt some measure of sadness for Bornstellar's seemingly unremarkable end, but he also held a small twinge of envy that his copy had decided to leave the galaxy to live out the rest of his days in peace.{{Ref/Novel|Epi|10}} After being trapped in his worst memories by [[Cortana]], the Didact recalled being told about his copy by the Gravemind{{Ref/Novel|Epi|18}} and his confrontation with the IsoDidact and the aftermath.{{Ref/Novel|Epi|19}} The Didact later fondly recalled the time that the unlikely crew of Chakas, Riser and Bornstellar were thrust upon him out of circumstance and desperation.{{Ref/Novel|Epi|27}} | |||
==Personality and traits== | ==Personality and traits== | ||
[[File:Didact.png|150px | [[File:Didact.png|150px|thumb|A glyph representing the IsoDidact.]] | ||
{{Quote|You can't fault this new Didact. I outwitted his original twice before, you know. I forced him into exile, practically sealed him into his Cryptum, and when he returned from that exile, I lured him, hooked him like a silly fish-and sent him to an even darker fate. I ask you, who's the greater strategist? If anything, this new Didact is a sharper and more capable character, certainly now.|[[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], assesses the IsoDidact.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 248''</ref>}} | {{Quote|You can't fault this new Didact. I outwitted his original twice before, you know. I forced him into exile, practically sealed him into his Cryptum, and when he returned from that exile, I lured him, hooked him like a silly fish-and sent him to an even darker fate. I ask you, who's the greater strategist? If anything, this new Didact is a sharper and more capable character, certainly now.|[[Faber]], the [[Master Builder]], assesses the IsoDidact.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 248''</ref>}} | ||
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==Physical description and appearance== | ==Physical description and appearance== | ||
[[File: | [[File:HLeg IsoDidact.png|thumb|170px|[[Cortana]]'s visual interpretation of the IsoDidact.{{Ref/Note|Since the pictured Forerunner individual is shown activating the Halo Array in ''[[Origins]]'', it can be inferred that this is Cortana's imagination of the IsoDidact. However, as stated by [[Frank O'Connor]] in the episode commentary, the visuals shown in ''Origins'' are not entirely accurate as a result of Cortana's incomplete data stores and her progressing [[rampancy]]. The Didact's depiction in ''Origins'' has only five fingers per hand; canonically, both Didacts had six fingers on each hand. His armor most closely resembles the first set of armor the Ur-Didact is shown wearing in the ''Halo 4'' terminals. As an additional discrepancy, the individual in ''Origins'' is seen activating the Array from a Halo installation's control room, accompanied by two other Forerunners, whereas the IsoDidact fired the rings from Installation 00's citadel.}}]] | ||
Physically, like other Manipulars, Bornstellar bore a moderate but noticeable resemblance to humanity than he did to other Forerunner forms, such as a Second or Third-Form. | Physically, like other Manipulars, Bornstellar bore a moderate but noticeable resemblance to humanity than he did to other Forerunner forms, such as a Second or Third-Form.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry1|Cry|1}} He possessed a thin, pale fuzz over much of his body, such as his arms, along with the partially-furred body and hair that was a notable feature of his kind. | ||
After his brevet mutation at the hands of the Didact, he began to resemble those of the Warrior-Servant caste than he did of the Builders, with grayish-white skin, thicker, a more muscular physique, and harsher facial features. Even with these characteristics, he still bore traces of the Builder caste, resulting in him possessing a blend of physical features of both; however, his physique continued to mutate further over time,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry30|Cry|30}} and he eventually came to resemble the original Didact very closely, aside from being conspicuously younger.{{Ref/Reuse|p348}} | |||
Throughout the events surrounding Bornstellar's transformation into the IsoDidact, he utilized several different armors. As a [[Manipular]], he wore smoothly curved and silvery gray armor with helmet edges sweeping back from Bornstellar's facial features with trim-lines of white and green. It provided Bornstellar with a list of command structures such as would be made available to a Manipular.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry11|Cry|11}} However, Bornstellar was forced to leave it behind on Erde-Tyrene.{{Ref/Reuse|Cry11}} On the [[Didact's ship]], Bornstellar was provided with a set of [[Warrior-Servant]] armor that gave him access to expanded command structures as if he was tapping into the Didact's own stores.{{Ref/Reuse|Cry11}} Bornstellar continued to use it throughout his travels with the Didact, but the armor's ancilla was disabled with [[AI suppressor]]s by the Master Builder's forces.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry23|Cry|23}} It was removed from Bornstellar before being sent back to his family.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry28|Cry|28}} After being reunited with his family aboard a swift yacht shared by them and five other Builder clans, Bornstellar was given a new set of Builder armor by the ship.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry27|Cry|27}} For the Master Builder's trial, Bornstellar was given a set of black armor with green highlights, by a Council ship, marking him as a special advisor to the [[Ecumene Council]].{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry32|Cry|32}} This armor was badly damaged when [[Mendicant Bias]] took control of it and by the transition to the [[Greater Ark]], losing power until [[Lifeworker]]s restored power to both the {{Class|Falco|space pod}} and its occupants' armor.{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry36|Cry|36}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry39|Cry|39}}{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cry40|Cry|40}} | |||
After adopting the role of the Didact, he also donned the mottled blue-gray armor of a fully mature Promethean,{{Ref/Novel|Id=pri339|Pri|Page=339}} with an inner hard light shell forming a series of blue-lit lines between the armor plates.{{Ref/Novel|Sil|Page=21}} | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
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*Bornstellar is the main protagonist of the [[Greg Bear]] novel ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', the first of three novels in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'', transforming into the IsoDidact over the course of the novel. He is not referred to as the IsoDidact or Bornstellar Didact until ''[[Halo: Silentium]]''; in the preceding novels, he is only addressed either as the Didact or Bornstellar. | *Bornstellar is the main protagonist of the [[Greg Bear]] novel ''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'', the first of three novels in ''[[The Forerunner Saga]]'', transforming into the IsoDidact over the course of the novel. He is not referred to as the IsoDidact or Bornstellar Didact until ''[[Halo: Silentium]]''; in the preceding novels, he is only addressed either as the Didact or Bornstellar. | ||
*The Greek prefix "''[[Wiktionary:iso-|iso-]]''" means "equal"; for example, isotopes are variants of an element that have the same number of protons and electrons but vary in their neutron counts. The IsoDidact's title alludes to the Didact's simultaneous existence in two separate bodies: both incarnations share the Didact's essence, yet they eventually diverge into drastically different individuals. | *The Greek prefix "''[[Wiktionary:iso-|iso-]]''" means "equal"; for example, isotopes are variants of an element that have the same number of protons and electrons but vary in their neutron counts. The IsoDidact's title alludes to the Didact's simultaneous existence in two separate bodies: both incarnations share the Didact's essence, yet they eventually diverge into drastically different individuals. | ||
*In ''Halo 5'' Infection games, if Exuberant Witness is selected as one's multiplayer announcer, she will declare the player as "Bornstellar" if they earn The Cure medal.{{Ref/Site|D=27|M=10|Y=2015|URL=https://youtu.be/FCNt5B5rYK8?list=PLgz8LYQeF04K8G_By6TvpeEkgtVQC11dp&t=189|Site=YouTube|Page=Halo 5: Guardians Exuberant Witness Announcer voice lines }} | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File: | File:HLeg IsoDidactMask.png|Cortana's interpretation of the IsoDidact. | ||
File:HLeg IsoDidactArmor.png|Cortana's interpretation of the IsoDidact's [[Forerunner personal armor|armor]]. | |||
File:H4 Didact's head concept art-2.jpg|The IsoDidact's face, originally being a concept art of the Ur-Didact's face in ''[[Halo 4]]''. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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*''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | *''[[Halo: Silentium]]'' | ||
*''[[Rebirth]]'' | *''[[Rebirth]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
*''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | *''[[Halo Mythos]]'' | ||
*''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' | *''[[Halo: Fractures]]'' | ||
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*''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Renegades]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}} | *''[[Halo: Point of Light]]'' {{Mo}} | ||
*''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C| | *''[[Halo Infinite]]'' {{C|Presumed, voice only}} | ||
*''[[Halo: Epitaph]]'' | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||