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[[File:Halo-2-Anniversary-Gravemind-2.png| | [[File:Halo-2-Anniversary-Gravemind-2.png|thumb|300px|As the compound minds created by the Flood expand and grow, a Gravemind can consciously exert control over a wider area or divide its attention among many more intricate plots.]] | ||
{{Quote|Entire planetary ecosystems have apparently undergone conversion to what are being referred to as Key Minds.|String 18, one of thirty-nine such abstracted pieces of sourced from a [[Catalog]] unit and damaged [[monitor]] associated with a single fossilized [[Juridical]].}}<ref name="ONIsilentium">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''ONIRF Trevelyan Top Secret''</ref> | {{Quote|Entire planetary ecosystems have apparently undergone conversion to what are being referred to as Key Minds.|String 18, one of thirty-nine such abstracted pieces of sourced from a [[Catalog]] unit and damaged [[monitor]] associated with a single fossilized [[Juridical]].}}<ref name="ONIsilentium">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''ONIRF Trevelyan Top Secret''</ref> | ||
'''Key minds''' are specialized [[Flood]] coordinating bodies created through the fusing of captured sentient entities with pure Flood cells.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/deluge-delights '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Deluge Delights'']</ref> | '''Key minds''' are specialized [[Flood]] coordinating bodies created through the fusing of captured sentient entities with pure Flood cells.<ref>[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/deluge-delights '''Halo Waypoint''' - ''Deluge Delights'']</ref> | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Near the end of the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Forerunner-Flood War|struggle]] against the [[Flood]], entire planetary ecosystems underwent conversion to the Flood.<ref name="silentium18">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 18''</ref> The | Near the end of the [[Forerunner]]s' [[Forerunner-Flood War|struggle]] against the [[Flood]], entire planetary ecosystems underwent conversion to the Flood.<ref name="silentium18">'''Halo: Silentium''', ''String 18''</ref> The moniker "Key Mind" was first used by Forerunners to refer to the Flood controlling these ecosystems. These Key Minds displayed extraordinary processing power and strategic planning abilities and appeared to be more than a match for even any [[Metarch-class ancilla|metarch-class]] [[ancilla]]. They were capable of seizing complete control of besieged sectors and sending converted battle fleets through unprecedented numbers of slipspace portals through the use of [[Precursor]] [[neural physics]].{{Ref/Reuse|silentium18}} | ||
Many thousands of years after the war, in [[2531]], a Proto-Gravemind was encountered by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} on the Forerunner [[shield world]] [[ | Many thousands of years after the war, in [[2531]], a Proto-Gravemind was encountered by the {{UNSCShip|Spirit of Fire}} on the Forerunner [[shield world]] [[Trove]] where it attempted to trick the human crew. The crew managed to kill the Proto-Gravemind<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[The Flood (level)|The Flood]]''</ref> and later destroyed the planet itself.<ref>'''[[Halo Wars]]''', campaign level ''[[Escape (Halo Wars level)|Escape]]''</ref> Similarly, in [[2552]], a Proto-Gravemind was encountered by Spartan II [[John-117]] during the [[Battle of Installation 04]] on board the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' where it was attempting to use the knowledge of the assimilated Captain [[Jacob Keyes]] to fly the ship to Earth.<ref>'''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''', campaign level ''[[Keyes]]''</ref> It was destroyed by Covenant special ops teams before the ship was captured by human forces.<ref>'''[[Halo: The Flood]]'''</ref> Another Proto-Gravemind formed aboard the ''[[Infinite Succor]]'' during the same battle, but was destroyed by Covenant forces led by [[Rtas 'Vadum]] along with the ship.<ref>'''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'''</ref> | ||
Later that year, a Gravemind that had established itself on [[Installation 05]] boarded the [[Covenant]] capital, ''[[High Charity]]'', and overtook it.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> It used the mobile station to pursue [[United Nations Space Command]] and Covenant forces to [[Installation 00]],<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> where it was dealt a devastating blow by the firing of the incomplete [[Installation 08]] which destroyed the Gravemind and ended the Flood outbreak on the installation.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> In the years to follow, [[humans]] studying records from the [[Forerunner-Flood War]] realized that the complexity witnessed to give rise to the Key Minds wasn't exclusive to a new stage, but rather was pervasive at every stage of progression, especially leading to the formation of Proto-Graveminds. | Later that year, a Gravemind that had established itself on [[Installation 05]] boarded the [[Covenant]] capital, ''[[High Charity]]'', and overtook it.<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', campaign level ''[[Gravemind (level)|Gravemind]]''</ref><ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[High Charity (level)|High Charity]]''</ref> It used the mobile station to pursue [[United Nations Space Command]] and Covenant forces to [[Installation 00]],<ref>'''[[Halo 3]]''', campaign level ''[[The Ark (level)|The Ark]]''</ref> where it was dealt a devastating blow by the firing of the incomplete [[Installation 08]] which destroyed the Gravemind and ended the Flood outbreak on the installation.<ref>'''Halo 3''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref> In the years to follow, [[humans]] studying records from the [[Forerunner-Flood War]] realized that the complexity witnessed to give rise to the Key Minds wasn't exclusive to a new stage, but rather was pervasive at every stage of progression, especially leading to the formation of Proto-Graveminds. | ||
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==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
< | <gallery> | ||
File:HW2 Abomination clear.png|An [[abomination]]. | File:HW2 Abomination clear.png|An [[abomination]]. | ||
File:Proto-Gravemind.png|A Proto-Gravemind. | File:Proto-Gravemind.png|A Proto-Gravemind. | ||
File:Keyes Protogravemind.jpg|A Proto-Gravemind. | File:Keyes Protogravemind.jpg|A Proto-Gravemind. | ||
File:H2A | File:HTMCC-H2A NoSalvationOnThisRing.png|A Gravemind. | ||
</ | </gallery> | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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{{Flood}} | {{Flood}} | ||
[[Category:Flood]] | [[Category:Flood forms]] | ||