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''italic'' said by [[Gravemind]] on [[Floodgate (Level)]]

e '''Flood''', <ref>[[The Library (Level)|The Library]], referenced by [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]]</ref> ([[Latin]] '''''Inferi redivivus'''''<ref>''[[Halo 3]]'', ''[[Bestiarum]]''</ref> meaning '''"The dead reincarnated"'''), <ref>http://carnage.bungie.org/haloforum/halo.forum.pl?read=865888</ref> or '''The Parasite'''<ref>[[The Heretic (Level)|The Heretic]], referenced by the [[Prophet of Truth]]</ref> as called by the [[Covenant]], are a extragalactic inter-connected collective parasitic organism that survives by consuming sentient life forms of sufficient biomass and cognitive capability. The Flood are responsible for consuming most of the sentient life in the galaxy including the [[Forerunner]] during the approximately 930-year-long [[Forerunner-Flood War]]. <ref>[[Two Betrayals (Level)|Two Betrayals]], first cut scene, referenced by [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]]</ref> The Flood presents the most variable faction in the trilogy, as it can infect and mutate [[Humans]] and most Covenant species, such as [[Elites]], [[Prophet]]s and [[Brutes]], into [[Combat Forms]].