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This is a list of quotes spoken by the [[Ur-Didact]]. For quotes by the [[IsoDidact]], see [[IsoDidact/Quotes|here]]. | This is a list of quotes spoken by the [[Ur-Didact]]. For quotes by the [[IsoDidact]], see [[IsoDidact/Quotes|here]]. | ||
==[[Halo: Cryptum]]== | ==[[Halo: Cryptum]]== | ||
*"Aya." - A recurring expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, similar to "aye", prominently used by the Didact and the other Prometheans. | *"Aya." - A recurring expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, similar to "aye", prominently used by the Didact and the other Prometheans. | ||
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*"You wonder what forced me to enter the Cryptum. It was my refusal to agree to this plan even in its early stages. With all my being, I fought against the design of these [[Halo Array|infamous devices]], and for thousands of years forestalled their construction. But my opponents finally won. I was reprimanded by the [[Ecumene Council|Council]], bringing shame upon my [[rate]], my [[guild]], my family. Then I became the infamous one—the conqueror and savior who refused to listen to reason. And so, I vanished." - explaining his fate to Bornstellar. | *"You wonder what forced me to enter the Cryptum. It was my refusal to agree to this plan even in its early stages. With all my being, I fought against the design of these [[Halo Array|infamous devices]], and for thousands of years forestalled their construction. But my opponents finally won. I was reprimanded by the [[Ecumene Council|Council]], bringing shame upon my [[rate]], my [[guild]], my family. Then I became the infamous one—the conqueror and savior who refused to listen to reason. And so, I vanished." - explaining his fate to Bornstellar. | ||
*"The humans will be sequestered in their cabin. I don't think they like me." - to Bornstellar before traveling to the [[San'Shyuum]] quarantine system. | *"The humans will be sequestered in their cabin. I don't think they like me." - to Bornstellar before traveling to the [[San 'Shyuum]] quarantine system. | ||
*"I've never been naïve enough to believe following duty led to glory, or experience elevated one to wisdom among Forerunners. My young ones, I wish you were truly still here to counsel me. I feel weak and isolated. I fear what I will find when I walk among Builders again. Their rule brought us to this impasse." - while conversing with his [[war sphinx]]es holding the impressions of his children. | *"I've never been naïve enough to believe following duty led to glory, or experience elevated one to wisdom among Forerunners. My young ones, I wish you were truly still here to counsel me. I feel weak and isolated. I fear what I will find when I walk among Builders again. Their rule brought us to this impasse." - while conversing with his [[war sphinx]]es holding the impressions of his children. | ||
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*"You'll never know her the way I did. She possesses a sense of humor rare in all Forerunners and impossible to find in Warrior-Servants... or in most Builders. It would be like her to summon me from my peace and set me this challenge." - on the Librarian. | *"You'll never know her the way I did. She possesses a sense of humor rare in all Forerunners and impossible to find in Warrior-Servants... or in most Builders. It would be like her to summon me from my peace and set me this challenge." - on the Librarian. | ||
*" | *"Allegiance to duty is the Forerunner's highest instinct and purpose. It is what empowers us to defend the Mantle." | ||
*"[[Forerunner mutation|Mutation]] to a higher rate requires acceptance of the Mantle. The Mantle is in part awareness of what all life has sacrificed to allow you to be. That arouses a deep kind of personal guilt. You do not feel that guilt." - to Bornstellar before his mutation. | |||
*"To dare is to risk selflessly, not to waste your life because you see no other purpose to your existence." - arguing that Bornstellar may not be ready for his mutation. | |||
*"I spent thousands of years mourning and found no virtue in it." - on his time in his Cryptum. | |||
*"Touched by your blade, Manipular." - to Bornstellar after he correctly guesses that the circumstances of the Didact's mutation were similar to his own. | |||
*"So be it, aya-and ''aya'' again." - to Bornstellar after he assures to be ready for his mutation. | |||
*"From my life let the best be taken. Let the growth inherent in this youth be examined and maximized. Let all that is potential and beloved of the Mantle be nurtured and encouraged. Let all that was past be put away, and all that is future brought forward, made real and physical..." - reciting a ritual prayer during Bornstellar's mutation. | |||
*"No warrior should allow his weapons to rust." - on the state of [[the Confirmer]] and the ''[[Deep Reverence]]''. | |||
*"You've picked and preserved... in error." - to [[Faber]], who had failed to preserve the right San'Shyuum to interrogate. | *"You've picked and preserved... in error." - to [[Faber]], who had failed to preserve the right San 'Shyuum to interrogate. | ||
*"Didact. They called me that when I taught at the [[college of Strategic Defense of the Mantle]]—the War College. Some of my students seemed to think I was overly demanding and too precise in my definitions..." - the Didact's imprint explaining the origin of his name to Bornstellar. | *"Didact. They called me that when I taught at the [[college of Strategic Defense of the Mantle]]—the War College. Some of my students seemed to think I was overly demanding and too precise in my definitions..." - the Didact's imprint explaining the origin of his name to Bornstellar. | ||
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*"It spoke in a Forerunner dialect, one I could barely understand—archaic [[Digon]]. I remembered clearly what it said, but it took time for the context to become clear. Context is everything, across all those centuries. It spoke to me of the greatest of Forerunner betrayals, the greatest of our many sins." - the Didact's imprint recalling his conversation with the Primordial. | *"It spoke in a Forerunner dialect, one I could barely understand—archaic [[Digon]]. I remembered clearly what it said, but it took time for the context to become clear. Context is everything, across all those centuries. It spoke to me of the greatest of Forerunner betrayals, the greatest of our many sins." - the Didact's imprint recalling his conversation with the Primordial. | ||
==[[Halo: Primordium]]== | |||
*"My finest opponent, the Mantle accepts all who live fiercely, who defend their young, who build and struggle and grow, and even those who dominate—as humans have dominated, cruelly and without wisdom. | *"My finest opponent, the Mantle accepts all who live fiercely, who defend their young, who build and struggle and grow, and even those who dominate—as humans have dominated, cruelly and without wisdom. | ||
:But to all of us there is a time like this, when the [[Domain]] seeks to confirm our essences, and for you, that time is now. | :But to all of us there is a time like this, when the [[Domain]] seeks to confirm our essences, and for you, that time is now. | ||
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==[[Halo 4]]== | ==[[Halo 4]]== | ||
===[[Forerunner (level)|Forerunner]]=== | ===[[Forerunner (level)|Forerunner]]=== | ||
*"So fades the great harvest of my betrayal. Even [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|these beasts]] recognized what you were oblivious to, human. Your nobility has blinded you, as ever. The Librarian left little to chance, didn't she? Turning my [[Promethean|own guardians]]... [[Requiem|my own world]]... against me. But what hubris to believe she could protect her pets from me forever. If you haven't mastered even these primitives, then Man has not attained the Mantle. Your ascendance may yet be prevented. Time was your ally, human, but now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners... have returned. This tomb… is now yours." - Introductory speech to [[John-117]] upon | *"So fades the great harvest of my betrayal. Even [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant faction|these beasts]] recognized what you were oblivious to, human. Your nobility has blinded you, as ever. The Librarian left little to chance, didn't she? Turning my [[Promethean|own guardians]]... [[Requiem|my own world]]... against me. But what hubris to believe she could protect her pets from me forever. If you haven't mastered even these primitives, then Man has not attained the Mantle. Your ascendance may yet be prevented. Time was your ally, human, but now it has abandoned you. The Forerunners... have returned. This tomb… is now yours." - Introductory speech to [[John-117]] upon waking up from his Cryptum on Requiem. | ||
===[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]=== | ===[[Reclaimer (level)|Reclaimer]]=== | ||
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*"You are a fool. Even now, your kind tinkers with the Composer in the shadow of the [[Installation 03|third ring]]. Children and fire, who disregard the welfare of the galaxy." | *"You are a fool. Even now, your kind tinkers with the Composer in the shadow of the [[Installation 03|third ring]]. Children and fire, who disregard the welfare of the galaxy." | ||
*"Do you truly believe these theatrics can prevent my departure? Embrace your sad fate and retain your nobility. I am already beyond you." | *"Do you truly believe these theatrics can prevent my departure? Embrace your sad fate and retain your nobility. I am already beyond you." | ||
*"You will relent, human, or you will perish. All in life is choice. And your day to choose has come." | *"You will relent, human, or you will perish. All in life is choice. And your day to choose has come." | ||
===[[Composer (level)|Composer]]=== | ===[[Composer (level)|Composer]]=== | ||
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*"In this hour of victory, we taste only defeat. I ask, why? We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms... And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you, accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy. Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to... recede. Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the galaxy. Refusing to eradicate them is a fool's gambit. We squander eons in the darkness, while they seize our triumphs for their own. The Mantle of responsibility for all things belongs to Forerunners alone. Think of my acts as you will. But do not doubt the reality: the Reclamation... has already begun. And we are hopeless to stop it." - Epilogue speech. | *"In this hour of victory, we taste only defeat. I ask, why? We are Forerunners, guardians of all that exists. The roots of the galaxy have grown deep under our careful tending. Where there is life, the wisdom of our countless generations has saturated the soil. Our strength is a luminous sun, towards which all intelligence blossoms... And the impervious shelter beneath which it has prospered. I stand before you, accused of the sin of ensuring Forerunner ascendancy. Of attempting to save us from this fate where we are forced to... recede. Humanity stands as the greatest threat in the galaxy. Refusing to eradicate them is a fool's gambit. We squander eons in the darkness, while they seize our triumphs for their own. The Mantle of responsibility for all things belongs to Forerunners alone. Think of my acts as you will. But do not doubt the reality: the Reclamation... has already begun. And we are hopeless to stop it." - Epilogue speech. | ||
===[[Terminal | ===[[Terminal/Halo 4|Terminals]]=== | ||
*"Shall we take revenge? Abandon the Mantle and all that its philosophy has given us these thousand generations?" - In response to the Librarian's initial agreement with the Council's plans to eradicate the humans for their violent incursions into Forerunner territory. | *"Shall we take revenge? Abandon the Mantle and all that its philosophy has given us these thousand generations?" - In response to the Librarian's initial agreement with the Council's plans to eradicate the humans for their violent incursions into Forerunner territory. | ||
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*"I have long dreamt of this day, [[Reclaimer]]." | *"I have long dreamt of this day, [[Reclaimer]]." | ||
== | ==[[Halo: Silentium]]== | ||
*"A restless unease in my gut warned me that gravity on these decks might fail at any moment. Very dangerous - gravity gradients are not to be ignored. I could be slammed up or thrown sideways, smashed to a pulp. As any warrior will tell you, unbalanced gravity is a ''(TT: expletive, possibly sacrilegious, untranslatable)''." - while exploring the Builder hulk Faber exiled him on. The expletive has been excised by the automated translator. | *"A restless unease in my gut warned me that gravity on these decks might fail at any moment. Very dangerous - gravity gradients are not to be ignored. I could be slammed up or thrown sideways, smashed to a pulp. As any warrior will tell you, unbalanced gravity is a ''(TT: expletive, possibly sacrilegious, untranslatable)''." - while exploring the Builder hulk Faber exiled him on. The expletive has been excised by the automated translator. | ||
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*"She will return soon, old one. What will she find? A broken and crippled home, a broken and crippled husband. We have become our own enemy, Catalog." - As he comforts a dying [[taratovire]] while awaiting for the Librarian to arrive in their former domicile on [[Nomdagro]]. | *"She will return soon, old one. What will she find? A broken and crippled home, a broken and crippled husband. We have become our own enemy, Catalog." - As he comforts a dying [[taratovire]] while awaiting for the Librarian to arrive in their former domicile on [[Nomdagro]]. | ||
*" | *"No war, no fighting. Eternal bliss, progress and development without pause! Impossible dream." - Commenting on recordings of his younger self with his children. | ||
*"She understands life! How could they not? Peace and cooperation, never painful or deadly competition - that's what they must have desired. They understood nothing about their creations, really - else why open themselves to that sort of rebellion? Madness! It could only lead to madness." - On the nature of life and the Precursors. | |||
*"We are no longer the same. Look at that forsaken sky. The shadowy dust of old suns glowing deep inside with young light. New stars being born. Planets condensing like rain, covering themselves almost immediately in a velvet of life. When I was young, I saw a universe filled with threat and constant danger. It took the Librarian to teach me it was more beautiful than I could bear... Beauty second only to her own." - Comparing himself to the IsoDidact. | |||
*" | *"All I see are the colors of nightmare. Every star turned against us." - In response to the IsoDidact's query on his view of the present state of the universe. | ||
*" | *"Something deeper than frequency. Look again. The way it invades our eyes. Piercing. Slicing. Concealing. The light shuns us, space itself wishes to expel us. Can't you see? We are no longer welcome here. The Flood changes everything. Not just flesh. Space itself is infected. That's the power the Precursors once had... isn't it? They shaped and moved galaxies! They created us! How did we ever manage to defeat them?" - To the IsoDidact, on the extent of the Flood's corruption. | ||
*" | *"Yes... The Graveminds suck experience from all sentient history. One of them did everything but absorb me. Saw right through me, understood every strategy I've ever devised. They've advanced far beyond the Primordial. In absence of old strategies, new ones must be made." - On his encounter with the Gravemind. | ||
*" | *"And loose damnation on the stars?" - Rebuking the IsoDidact's assertion that the Halos may be their only option. This references a line spoken by [[Cortana]] on the level ''[[The Covenant (level)|The Covenant]]'' in ''[[Halo 3]]'' (''"For a moment of safety, I loosed damnation upon the stars."''). | ||
*" | *"My wife sympathizes with our enemies. This quest to fulfill the Mantle has haunted me my entire life. And for countless millennia, we have failed to realize the one truth that could have saved us from the beginning. The Mantle isn’t to be inherited by the noble, it is to be taken by the strong." — To the IsoDidact after he is told that the Halos will be used. | ||
*" | *"Did you hear my blasphemy, wife? Do I discredit your belief in the Mantle?" - In reference to the above quote, after noting the Librarian's arrival. | ||
*" | *"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!" - To the Librarian. | ||
*" | *"Humans would have prayed to this. Everywhere they found powers and forces, in oceans and rivers, in trees, in animals-even in rocks. Forerunners pray their sorts of prayers only to the Mantle. Who, then, is more deserving?" - To the IsoDidact, in reference to a Precursor monument on Nomdagro. | ||
* | *"When we first met, Bornstellar, you were looking for treasure. Perhaps it's here and we never recognized it." - Following up on the above. | ||
* | *"What wisdom have you acquired, buried in my pattern, in the shape of my flesh? Am I to be set aside, and you, no doubt screaming under all that pattern, perhaps hope to return to what you were? Or do you find this pattern more suitable - and hope to replace me?" - Chastising the IsoDidact. | ||
* | *"You still can't read her as well as I. She is stubborn, brilliant as a nova, dark as a singularity, with infinite depths. I've never discovered the core of her emotions, her self. I wonder what her duplicate would be like, what it would feel like to wear her imprint. To so many species she has made herself like unto a god, that they will remember her, that she can manipulate them in future times. She's explained that to you, hasn't she?" - On the Librarian. | ||
* | *"Second-hand memory! You're a poor copy at best, aren't you?" - Lashing out at the IsoDidact for the way he remembers his memories only via his imprint. | ||
*"There is no hope, continuing with your strategy, not in our time, not in this galaxy. That is a cold, simple fact." - Following up on the above. | |||
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*"Your privilege... Manipular. The Halos? Violating the Mantle all over again, with even greater destruction! Wiping out all intelligent life across this galaxy! By itself that proves you are a poor version. You’ve altered your strategic vision... 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." — To the IsoDidact. | |||
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*"I leave the Lifeshaper to you, Bornstellar. She has obviously chosen your way, not mine. I will take my own ship and you will show me where the Ark has been hidden." - To the IsoDidact, before the two leave Nomdagro. | |||
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*"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." - To the Librarian while she visits the ''Mantle's Approach'' at the greater Ark. | |||
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*"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." — To the Librarian, before composing the humans of Omega Halo. | |||
*"Traitors. And yet... even in the midst of our most monumental failure, I will seize another solution." - Musing to himself as the greater Ark falls under attack. | |||
*"The human essences will go where all but one of my Prometheans have already gone. Their loyalty is now past question. They are our only hope against the parasite." — Upon being questioned by the Librarian about his composition of Omega Halo's humans. | |||
*"Your humans will find immortality as a new kind of weapon. They are now Prometheans - an honor I have granted them, though they do not deserve it." - On the [[Promethean Knight]]s in the process of being created. | |||
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