Editing Bornstellar's ancilla

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This [[ancilla]] served the [[Forerunner]] [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]], and was responsible for directing him to the dormant [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] in stasis within his [[Cryptum]].

==Biography==
A thousand years before she entered Bornstellar's service, the ancilla had worked for the [[Librarian]]. After aiding for a time, the ancilla's memory was wiped and she was turned over to a clan of [[Miner]]s. After a thousand years of service on [[Mars|Edom]], the ancilla was given to an apprentice [[Manipular]] named Bornstellar.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 15''</ref> The ancilla served with him for three years, educating him about the past and giving him access to old records. Then one day during a hike up [[Wikipedia:Olympus Mons|Olympus Mons]], the ancilla's memory wipe was undone. She revealed to Bornstellar about her past service to the Librarian and that there was a great treasure on the neighboring planet [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 17''</ref>

With the ancilla's help, Bornstellar snuck aboard a supply craft from Edom to Erde-Tyrene, and hired [[Chakas|two]] [[Riser|guides]] to the treasure in the [[Djamonkin Crater]]. As they approached the field of [[merse]], though, Bornstellar was told he would have to discard his personal armor, as it was irritating the merse.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 13''</ref> Bornstellar reluctantly left his armor and the ancilla behind in the boat, and was unable to retrieve it before he left the planet with the Didact. He was later given a different ancilla aboard the [[Didact's ship]], who could not make a connection with his previous one.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 108''</ref>

When Bornstellar was called to the Capital for the trial of [[Faber-of-Will-and-Might|the Master Builder]], he was unexpectedly reunited with his old ancilla, apparently retrieved from Erde-Tyrene.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 257''</ref> In between then she had been cut off from command by the Didact or Librarian, and could now serve Bornstellar without any hidden motives. In conjunction with the Didact's growing imprint within Bornstellar, she aided in him and several other Forerunners in escaping the Capital during its attack by [[Mendicant Bias]].<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 309</ref>

The ancilla continued to serve Bornstellar, now the IsoDidact, during the [[Forerunner-Flood war]] until she faded in a later battle, leaving him only with half-forgotten memories to recall the advance of his transformation.<ref>'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 318''</ref>

==Personality and traits==
Bornstellar's ancilla was unlike others in that she was very forthright with him, not hiding information and giving him access to what usually would have been restricted. She was a frequent source of education to him in the history of the Forerunners and humans. However, she was not immune entirely to secret keeping, and was used by the Librarian to get Bornstellar to reawaken her husband, under the pretense of seeking treasure.

Being a [[Lifeworker]]'s ancilla, she was much more advanced than the ones a Manipular would usually receive. The ancilla was described as a small blue woman, suggesting her design may have influenced the [[geas]] by the Librarian that led to the creation of [[Cortana]].<ref>'''Halo 4''', campaign level ''[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]''</ref>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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