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It was believed up until these events in ''Halo 2'', that the Flood was simply an unintelligent/non-sentient virus. Just like any other we see today, it exists simply to infect other organisms, to feed, and to carry on living. However, the origin of the spread is still unknown other than the hints from the ARG Iris, which states that Gravemind was formed and the Flood were discovered before the [[Forerunners]] encountered them. | It was believed up until these events in ''Halo 2'', that the Flood was simply an unintelligent/non-sentient virus. Just like any other we see today, it exists simply to infect other organisms, to feed, and to carry on living. However, the origin of the spread is still unknown other than the hints from the ARG Iris, which states that Gravemind was formed and the Flood were discovered before the [[Forerunners]] encountered them. | ||
=== ''[[Halo 3]]'' === | |||
The Gravemind is one of the two primary antagonists in ''Halo 3'', the other being the [[Prophet of Truth]]. His presence can be felt earlier in the game, as he speaks through Cortana in periodic visions to John-117 | |||
(damaged visions of Cortana). | |||
The Gravemind himself turns up later on in the game when first, a Covenant battle cruiser taken over by the Flood crash-lands on earth and promptly begins to infect the city of [[Voi]]. After the [[Master Chief]] and [[Arbiter (character)|the Arbiter]] clean up the mess, [[High Charity]] (along with the Gravemind) arrives at the [[Ark]] via Slipspace jump. Master Chief and Arbiter take a detour through High Charity to retrieve [[Cortana]], destroying the city in the process, and the Gravemind is seemingly killed. However, it is discovered that he is attempting to rebuild himself on the replacement [[Halo]] built by the [[Ark]]. He is presumably destroyed once and for all when the Chief activates the [[Installation 04 (II)|replacement Halo]], destroying the Halo, the Gravemind and the Flood. | |||
It should be noted that the Gravemind never appears in-game in his physical form, as he did in ''Halo 2''. The most that is ever seen of Gravemind are a number of tentacles in the control room of the Ark. Despite it having a good amount of dialogue spoken directly to the Master Chief (and by extension, the gamer (through [[moments]])), Gravemind's head is never seen. It is possible that Gravemind had changed a great deal since the first time he met the Arbiter and the Chief, since the tentacles seen are different from those he used in Halo 2. In the level Cortana, it was shown that he tried to stop the Arbiter and the Chief from escaping with Cortana in their possession. | |||
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In the final level of Halo 3, Flood dispersal pods crash onto the newly built second Installation 04, and Gravemind begins to speak again, this time in an angry, yet confident tone as he announces "Did you think me defeated!?". | In the final level of Halo 3, Flood dispersal pods crash onto the newly built second Installation 04, and Gravemind begins to speak again, this time in an angry, yet confident tone as he announces "Did you think me defeated!?". | ||
By the end of the game, the Gravemind gives a last short monologue in a disheartened yet as usual, deep voice, cryptically admitting that he knows he can do nothing to stop the fate he believes was unjustly forced upon him. | By the end of the game, the Gravemind gives a last short monologue in a disheartened yet as usual, deep voice, cryptically admitting that he knows he can do nothing to stop the fate he believes was unjustly forced upon him. | ||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == |
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