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| {{Quote|Daowa-maad. We hunt, we grow, we live. Life is simple — we do.|[[Riser|Morning Riser]]}} | | {{Ratings}} |
| {{Quote|Daowa-maadthu ... Fate is off-center, the wheel of life is cracked, the wagon will hit a rock, jolt hard, and fall apart for all of us - eventually.|[[Forthencho]]}}
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| {{Quote|We play out our parts in Living Time and accept all that life brings, and all that it takes away. So we support the Mantle: Daowa maadthu.|[[Ur-Didact]]}}
| | '''''Daowa-maad''''' was an [[Prehistoric human civilization|ancient]] [[human]] term for the "roll and tug of the universe". Translated into the dialect spoken by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s, it meant roughly "You fall as your stresses crack you."<ref name="cryptum">'''[[Halo: Cryptum]]''', "chapter 1"</ref> |
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| '''''Daowa-maad''''', historically referred to as '''daowa-maadthu''', was an ancient [[human]] philosophy.<ref name="prim55">'''Halo: Primordium''', ''page 55-56''</ref> The term itself meant the "roll and tug of the universe"<ref name="cryptum">'''Halo: Cryptum''', ''page 32''</ref>{{Ref/Site|Id=CryptumGlossary|URL=http://halo.xbox.com/en-us/intel/related/text/cryptum-glossary/62e29c59-a3f9-4b63-af76-def71fda5459|Site=Halo Waypoint|Page=Cryptum Glossary|D=14|M=03|Y=2014|LocalArchive=Halo: Cryptum/Glossary}} and was also known as the "mantra of the broken wheel".{{Ref/Reuse|prim55}} Translated into the dialect spoken by [[Forerunner]] [[Builder]]s, it meant roughly "You fall as your stresses crack you."{{Ref/Reuse|cryptum}} It was an ancient teaching, originating from the time of [[Prehistoric human civilization|early humanity's spacefaring era]] and still remembered and followed by [[Erde-Tyrene civilization|humanity's subdued remnants]] as of [[Chakas]]'s generation ten thousand years later.{{Ref/Reuse|prim55}}
| | The Forerunner [[Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] learned the term from his [[ancilla]], and the fact he knew it impressed [[Chakas]] and [[Morning Riser]], his two human guides.<ref name="cryptum"/> |
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| The [[Ur-Didact|Didact]] cited the term in his last moments spent with the [[Librarian]] before his first exile in a [[Cryptum]], equating it with the [[Mantle]] and its duty to observe the flow of [[Living Time]]; the Librarian was surprised by her husband, known for his hostility toward humanity, using such a phrase.<ref>'''Halo: Silentium''', ''page 54''</ref> The Forerunner [[IsoDidact|Bornstellar Makes Eternal Lasting]] learned the term from his [[ancilla]], and the fact he knew it impressed [[Chakas]] and [[Riser]], his two human guides on [[Earth|Erde-Tyrene]].{{Ref/Reuse|cryptum}}
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| ==List of appearances== | | ==List of appearances== |
| *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} | | *''[[Halo: Cryptum]]'' {{1st}} |
| *''[[Halo: Primordium]]''
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| *''[[Halo: Silentium]]''
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| ==Sources== | | ==Sources== |
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| [[Category:Terms and phrases]] | | [[Category:Terms and Phrases]] |
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