The Flood COMPLETE History (+100,000 Years of Terror)

The Flood of the Halo video game series is one of the most frightening foes in sci-fi. Learn their ancient origins, connection to the Precursors, Forerunners, ancient Human empire, and their history. From Halo arrays, Shield Worlds, the Didact and Librarian, and their return in the Halo games, novels, and books.
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[@Ascension646]

Halo lore is one of those golden nuggets of sci fi fiction that everybody has a basic understanding of, but not many know just how amazing and extensive it is.

[@NelsenGChess]

@Adderall Overdrive yeah, fiction. it’s not real 🤣

[@TheRealSlimShady509]

Science fiction fiction?

[@Ascension646]

@Mox Infernum think you're getting the definition of fiction and non fiction mixed up. Fiction = fake Non fiction = real. Unless you believe the covenant are real and waiting until humanity reaches tier 2 tech level so that they can have their crusade.

[@Ascension646]

@@TheRealSlimShady509 yes. It's fake fiction lol. That was my error.

[@MrCrystal09]

I mean.. it’s possible

[@Burning-Twilight]

The Flood are truly terrifying because of how they can take away an enemies greatest champions. And then use all of their talents against their former allies. Worst every single individual they consume/infect all of their knowledge is forever stored within the Gravemind. Making it possibly the most intelligent and wisest creatures in Halo.

[@Dr.Pootis]

Not to mention the fact that each gravemind also possesses the knowledge of it's previous iterations, basically making it come back smarter every time

[@markmulder9845]

@@Dr.Pootis and that the only way to truly defeat the flood is to wipe out all existence of them down to the last molecule. If even one spore survives, the flood retains all its knowledge.

[@vinny5638]

@@Dr.Pootis This has so many existential implications, it means that eventually /all/ of creation will be the Floods domain. This isn't your regular enemy, like a singular foe working as a cog in a greater machine. This is a force of nature, the Flood is the inevitability of death given sentience. The consequences of mortality are such that it can never be stopped, and it very well knows this. The gravemind references this fact, "defeat is only the addition of time to a sentence i never deserved. I ebb and flow like water, through rock and metal and time." (roughly paraphrased) The Flood is a ceaseless tidal wave of flesh, with a singular timeless goal of absolute conquest.

[@yeetwchybaban]

@@vinny5638 hmm

[@jacrispy6771]

Who knew such a powerful creature is played by a pug, epic

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

Halo rings: * Destroy all organisms with nervous systems * Sponges: “It’s free real estate.”

[@K.Pershing]

Star fish and tardigrades: phatetic

[@captpopper7219]

Spongebob is the hero to this story

[@clxwncrxwn]

Jellyfish: don’t forget me bro! I may not have a brain but we’re alive!

[@foofgam220]

The flood can’t consume sponges. They don’t have nervous systems.

[@allbottledup9513]

@@foofgam220 Please tell me this is sarcasm.

[@SpeakChinglish]

When I played Halo as a kid, the first few missions I was like "oh cool, fighting with Aliens with fancy weapons in space". Then the flood level I shat myself 😂

[@MrJoshcc600]

My siblings and I were legit scared of that level

[@Emper0rH0rde]

I'm 34 years old, and the level '343 Guilty Spark' still scares me.

[@Haillightmode]

Same

[@mayukhashamyunayudu4362]

Guilty spark 343. The creeps really set in when most of the grunts would run past me instead of away from me and most of the level just went silent. No gun fights. Nothing. Elite jump scares did nothing to me, but the silence definitely gave me the shitz

[@Vergil_Sparda_1976]

Same, me and my dad when we see the flood in 343 guilty spark he was disturbed and me was terrorized

[@dabuff1319]

These guys were so op that they made the religious cult of genocidal aliens team up with their sworn enemies that's impressive.

[@shereehi5539]

Lmao yes

[@babyyeti2540]

Only one race though, and to be fair, they were already in the process of being ousted from their position within the covenant when they decided to help the humans.

[@ItzMeWill]

In the first Halo game. During the mission when you first encounter the flood. You can see the dead bodies of humans and covenant on top of a pillar together surrounded by their weapons. Implying that they were so scared that they put their differences aside and teamed up to fight the flood together

[@TheRealSlimShady509]

@@ItzMeWill i think the lore says that the covenant established that place as a base unknowing that flood were being contained there. The marines stumbled across it shortly after and thus were killed in the same location. But you may be right

[@ItzMeWill]

@@TheRealSlimShady509 im not the only one that thinks this....if you look up the video "examining Halos scariest mission" you'll see what I'm talking about...the video goes over the details of that level. You might find stuff about that level that you might have overlooked the first time you played it..like if you go into the level and turn back around and go back outside. You'll find the dead bodies of soldiers at the entrance that just appears out of nowhere. Its like they tried to follow you inside the structure but got killed before they got into the place..you should watch it. It's very interesting

[@ayrahn7893]

The flood are easily one of the most horrifying antagonists in all of fiction.

[@chinesecovidanalswabs4752]

It's a shame the games didn't do it justice because of the graphics. The Mona Lisa was pretty good.

[@lebronjames1472]

One of if not the most powerful

[@Beanpolr]

@@chinesecovidanalswabs4752 Honestly I don't think the graphics make a difference. The flood could literally turn whatever it infected into unicorns, and the idea behind it would still be horrifying.

[@cockroachman27]

I like the thing. Definitely an inspiration for the flood.

[@orppranator5230]

Yep. Up there with xenomorphs, tyranids, and Zerg.

[@Terra-Antares]

No one giving credit to how utterly resilient ancient humanity was? They were fighting a two front war with a superior neighbor and an extremely dangerous biological threat at the same time. The fact that ancient humanity lasted around a millenia in a two front war and at the same time horribly damaged the forerunners says something.

[@bensadfleck9972]

So far it seems that humanity is the most underestimated species in the halo Universe. No matter bad things are, they always find a way

[@commissaryarrick9670]

@@bensadfleck9972 that is pretty much how humans really are . We are resilient even against all odds we never give up . We will fight a guerrilla war until they leave or kill us all

[@Chris346logo]

They were technologically and even somewhat physically similar to the forerunner living 100+ years they only lost because they were spread between fighting the flood and the forerunners, if not for that they would have most like killed the forerunners as wel

[@dragonoidsix]

With their backs against the Wall, Ancient Humanity dug deep and found the courage to fight harder than ever. It's said the only reason that Humanity lost their war with the forerunners is because they tried to focus on the greater threat of the Flood. Such resilience is why the Forerunners chose Humanity to be their successors. Even as Human worlds were lost to the Forerunners, The Flood was pushed back. And only after Humanity was defeated and de-evolved, did the Flood return. Imagine that. The Flood, a highly intelligent Hive mind who's intellect only grows as they consume more. With the ability to manipulate Neural Physics when they get large enough. Impossible to exterminate. And they never forget anything. A endless wave of Bio-mass that consumes all...and it was afraid. Afraid of the one race that it could never beat. Afraid of the Humans who fought it past a standstill. And would have won if not for the Forerunners. They fear the rise of their old enemy once more. Fear the return of the race who grew stronger as the Flood fought it. They fear Humanity's return. They are afraid that their ancient enemy will arise once more, stronger than ever before.

[@KingLegendary1]

no one gives credit to plot armor

[@tatepalmer1997]

I’ve always preferred the original lore of the flood being an unknown extragalactic parasite from beyond the Milky Way galaxy. The mystery added to the terror of the flood, making it seem like it could have devoured countless other galaxies before it came to our own.

[@martinnavarrete5279]

Well in the books the dust came from outside the milky way and as we know the precursors had seed with life many galaxies before ours, and my personal teory is that the ships that contained the dust weren't of precursor oringin, because the humans did not recognize them even considering the humans were familiar with precursor tech, is probable they consumed other civilization in other place to make their return to the milky way

[@martinnavarrete5279]

And also when the flood retreated it is mention they went outside the milky way and hundreds of years later when they returned to consume the forerrunners, the flood was diferent, like it evolved, so maybe in that time the flood was spreading in other galaxies, besides is most probable the flood ensure to keep a part of his forces outside the milky way knowing the treat of the rings

[@Cybernaut551]

I agree 100%

[@escapetherace1943]

@@martinnavarrete5279 bro precursors weren't even a thing in the expanded now 'canon' lore, and Humans WERE the Forerunners until somebody got too creative at re-creating the lore they had going for them. Halo 4 and beyond is fantasy garbage anyway that isn't Halo, no matter what who owns the series says. Halo ended at 3 with Bungie.

[@benjscar1540]

It is horribly uninteresting to have the Flood just be the Precursers: I agree completely

[@sentinelwolfie9800]

Don't worry guys! We have the perfect weapons for this. The shotgun!

[@501ststormtrooper9]

I think you mean a nuke.

[@sherinodak7]

New Weapon arrived: SHOTGUNNUKE

[@OverlordAlastor]

Until I get ahold of it and charge you in the darkness

[@SHINOBI_X]

Yeah Flood one shotting you unexpectedly with the shotgun is the counter move. Also the ones that snipe you with rockets XD

[@kinggabrielyes6118]

ohhhhhhhhh yeah mr.precursor

[@tomokogrey7825]

If ancient humans didn't feed their dogs ancient crack. Then the Flood wouldn't have mutated into something actually dangerous.

[@manwithaplan5503]

I imagine it was viewed more like catnip actually.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

@@manwithaplan5503 Sort of yeah. The Feru’s modified behavior was initially seen as beneficial and the stalks that grew on them were reportedly considered delicacies. (Humans and San’Shyuum not only kept Feru as pets but also ate them.)

[@quinnmalone1890]

@@TheVirtualObserver what the hell imagine eating your dog

[@NarasimhaDiyasena]

Quinn Malone *glares at the Chinese Wet Markets

[@draven4464]

But how the fuck were they supposed to know? Not like people don't fuck with biology with no regards to consequence anyways. Bet every species could have found themselves in the same boat if it arrived on their doorstep.

[@CourtlySeaDog]

in a way, the flood did attempt to achieve the original goals of the precursors, which was uniting all life, albeit into one giant mass of gunk

[@ATIMEFORJUDGEMENT23]

😂

[@ensignmjs7058]

I never realized the Halo universe backstory was so intricate.

[@geordiejones5618]

Back when Bungie actually gave a shit

[@Danilio.]

​@@geordiejones5618 Exactly

[@gunnergunnarsson3534]

Actually, the lore after Bungie was superb as well. But they didn’t translate that material well into the game

[@rgnk.l1173]

There is so much lore to explore in Halo it’s not even funny

[@Danilio.]

@@rgnk.l1173 For real. The Halo franchise is so vast that it actually inspired me to start writing my own books that I wish to publish in the future.

[@galbert117]

Just imagine if the Forerunners hadn't attacked Ancient Humanity and instead found out what they were running from.

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

DrakeMarvell I mean didn’t they do both?

[@thecrunchbite4122]

Dango Bangal only after a devastating war, which weakened the forerunners before they encountered the flood

[@galbert117]

@@shadowsonicsilver6 they had attacked Ancient Humanity, thinking they were invading, only to later find out that they had been running from the Flood. By then they had been weakened enough for their stupidity to take hold and allowed the Flood to spread too rapidly for them to contain.

[@afrothundergaming3498]

@@galbert117 it's not even that they didn't know. It was told in one of the books (I forget) that the forerunners knew of the parasite but didn't consider it a threat (the parallels between Halo and today are astonishing man). The Forerunners and Ancient Humans had a deep rivalry and resentment of each other so when it looked like they were invading, the Forerunners had the "we're defending ourselves against their onslaught" to justify their war. When the Forerunners did find out about the parasite they bunched it with Humans as another sub conflict with fighting humans. "... And now you bring this sickness on our shores." Ur-Didact, Forerunner Supreme Commander. The only time they realized the flood was a potent foe was near the end of the war when the humans were practically facing extinction. They didn't care about the reasons the humans were invading, just that they were invading. It's comparable to when the Mongols invaded the Roman Empire. Iirc the humans tried to send diplomats, but that was far too late during the beginning of the war. The Humans were assholes, but not arrogant. It's also the fact that during the "pre-war" the flood managed to infect faster than the humans to catch up as seen in one of the terminals "... Is it possible we finally got here first?" The humans knew of the Floods imminent and potent danger so they took no risks and sterilized each infected world/ship. Tldr; Basically Humans looked like bad guys and Forerunners were obnoxious assholes fed up with humanity.

[@adriancaruso5546]

Roll credits

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

”One single flood spore can destroy an entire species.” It's an understatement, if you don't kill the first spore, you might as well say goodbye to an entire galaxy

[@sebastianfontanez1081]

You must get "I see you everywhere!" A lot huh?

[@CommanderShepard-wq3wo]

So you’d rather humanity just roll on it’s back and do nothing? Master Chief would be disappointed

[@xJTKx]

Bro how many comments do you have on KZbin

[@asparagus6964]

you seem like the tesco brand Justin Y

[@RikkiTikkiTavi290]

Were it not for the Arbiter's council, I would have glassed your entire planet.

[@JonatasAdoM]

It is genuinely impressive how you have managed to lay out Halo's lore in a few minutes, while expanding on a specific subject. While the majority of videos go on for hours and do not manage to actually do it.

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Thanks I hope u like the vids I have planned. All the major Halo species and eventually more ships and history. Mass Effect stuff too

[@julianeisner5273]

I love this story. I’ve listened to so many versions of it on KZbin, mostly all with the same pieces, just added or missing details. One was that the flood was the ultimate plan of the precursors all along. And that the forerunners found out about this plan which is why they began wiping out the precursor species.

[@meh3277]

The idea that ancient humans had coveneant like technology is mind-blowing. Similarly their "punishment" was extremely creative.

[@rhaegal5650]

Far more advanced than covenant, pretty much on par with the forerunners almost.

[@darkmario3321]

and some real life ufo enthusiasts believe something like that actually happened back in the day. Where advanced life came to earth basically and merged the primates to create the hairless ape (human) you and I are today to expand their own speicies. Obviously its B.S. and can be easily disproved by science but its sort of similar to this story line.

[@ahuzel]

@@darkmario3321 Like doom3 or the sumerian annunakis

[@darkmario3321]

@@ahuzel never played doom3 but in ancient aliens i think they called them the annunakis

[@ahuzel]

@@darkmario3321 It was not that bad, neither that good, it said that matians openen portal to hell and in the end they sealed hell but send martians to earth, those became the humans, more or less it was the lore back then, now doom2016 and ethernal changed a lot of things which is also good. The anunnakis actually are part of the sumerian mythos, those sumerians had impressive knowledge specially for being one the oldest civs we know.

[@FBI-ju5no]

technically speaking, the flood is not a threat to the galaxy, or even life in the galaxy, just biodiversity. in a way, it's still upholding the Mantle, it just doesn't allow any free will.

[@OverlordAlastor]

FINALLY A MAN OF SMARTS

[@elipsorange]

Wrong, they have goals that the precursors did. They are testing humanity to get the Mantal of Responsibility from the precursors. It was made clear in Primordial. They will test humanity but the outcome 'has not been decided yet'. Which is turn means depending on how humanity respects life and biodiversity, they might retreat on their own and allow freewill. As the Primordial said 'It has not been decided'.

[@FBI-ju5no]

@@elipsorange Your partially correct, but missing the main point: The Flood are NOT the Precursors. While the Precursors may indeed be testing humanity still, and the flood may be part of that, the Flood themselves are not acting in accordance with any such test. Take the Flood attack on the remains of New Mombasa, what possible result could come from such an action, if the Elites had not glassed the infection site? Just one: humanity falls. Earth was the last real bastion of Humanity, if the Flood had been allowed to spread, even a little, earth, and humanity, would have been utterly consumed, and would never be able to pass such a test, because they effectively wouldn't exist anymore.

[@elipsorange]

@@FBI-ju5no Precursors shape space and time, no matter the state or outcome of any such thing, no matter the sentience will always be the will of the Primordial and the Precursors. It's all the same, they shape and test life no matter the scenario. They made all that clear in Primordium.

[@FBI-ju5no]

@@elipsorange And you once again miss the point: the Precursors allowed the corruption of the "dust" for revenge against the forerunners, saw it as a way to prevent any of their creations from ever turning against them again. Additionally, the entire saga Primordium is a part of originally assumed that humanity had already passed the test, by altering 1/3 of their population with something that would make the flood attack itself after they were infected. However this was later proven false, the Flood purposefully retreated to make the forerunners waste time and resources on a non existent cure, instead of properly rallying against the Flood. And once again, if the Flood had been successful in their invasion of earth, there would have been no humanity to test.

[@whitephillip6997]

Its incredibly interesting learning about the ebb & flow of sentient life & technology. How humans in the game are so far into the future, but so far behind where ancient humans were. Really incredible universe these guys created!

[@liamhandville6107]

Me doing homework: Damn, this is boring Me Watching this video: *sitting up straight in my chair taking mental notes*

[@trevelyandovah8479]

What's horrifying, is that the Flood never revert. Once they have learned something, it's there forever because of neural physics. Every Gravemind is the same intelligence.

[@thatrandomeliteultra1158]

Except two graveminds of different times are never the same in intelligents, the latter is smarter

[@admiralshadowofasunderedst3068]

@@thatrandomeliteultra1158 no there the same being and gave the same intelligence the gravemind that destroyed the forerunners is the same one that you see in halo 2 and 3

[@thatrandomeliteultra1158]

@@admiralshadowofasunderedst3068 the one in two and three is smarter because it has more knowledge then the forunner era because it has knowledge that wasn't accessible at the time.

[@OverlordAlastor]

@@admiralshadowofasunderedst3068 In Halo 2 and 3, I had more knowledge due to me being in a further point in time, and had infected more.

[@uditsingh4926]

@@thatrandomeliteultra1158 what he means to say is that all the graveminds throughout the history of halo universe are the same being, one mind - just spread over different timelines and in different forms

[@garyt601]

Note to self: Don't feed space pixie dust to dogs.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

🤣🤣

[@TheRealUNGOC]

wtf

[@kpolitis6958]

@@TheRealUNGOC 10:34

[@lonely_ghost9857]

Ehhhh no thx...

[@jmurakami_346]

Or feed a Mogwai after midnight

[@oatlord]

"Bring me the beloved dog pet. I need to test this strange substance."

[@martin72345]

This has got to be the most concise description of Halo's history I have ever watched, Answering pretty much all of the questions I have had so far in a way that I actually understand and will remember.

[@lisadavis1805]

When I’m like 90 I’m gonna tell my grand children “This happened”

[@chinesecovidanalswabs4752]

"we were devolved! we used to be a spacefaring race!"

[@arghya4NE]

@BenjaminTheRogue then you must complete the entire thing and make them pledge allegiance to The Emperor!

[@paulcarr6388]

This is way better than scientology.

[@demikava6663]

But tell them that after the flood became all in one, they slowly degenerated into the species we see now

[@S_sleepin]

@Howard Saccamano the server for a party for a 3 screen shot 35 a good day please 3 days and times are you still have it on keep the house 🏡🏡 I will spin the reels I am not fat

[@d.n5287]

I wish there was a lone wolf style mission where you play as a fore runner soldier watching as your home planet gets enveloped by flood and you just fight before dying not knowing if the halo arrays get fired off or if the universe will be consumed

[@Shade01982]

So, basically, Mass Effect 3?

[@lonely_ghost9857]

@@Shade01982 exactly what i was thinkin'

[@onslaught147]

Or it ends with the wave from the halos coming and sterilizing your planet.

[@IncursioYT]

@@onslaught147 I was thinking that one. Where in your final moments before apparent death to flood you see a beam of light coming over everything

[@30cal23]

like a game where you play as a soldier at first contact go to your superiors after surviving only to be considered insane and then theres more missions where although the soldier may win small victories such as evacuating small groups of uninfected its in vain as the world is infected and he just gets out each type having less and less hope until that final mission, make it a FPS and call it Halo : The Fall of the Ecumene

[@somejuggalo707]

Being 7 years old and having fun wrecking house as master chief to abruptly have it become a horror game was the most nerve rattling experience I had as a kid gaming!!!!

[@ThebunnyCEO]

"An insanity-inducing loud buzzing sound-" Me: Oh my tinnitus? I've already gone mad

[@ascghostgod1414]

The animation when they are possesing somone is so creepy and well done.

[@91Definite]

No bullshit in Halo 2 I used to be freaked out playing this game when it came to them

[@ascghostgod1414]

@@91Definite I actually havent played that one. Is it good?

[@Pikee]

Definitely check out the intro for dead space 2, it really cements the horror of crazy space plagues taking over human hosts

[@ascghostgod1414]

@@Pikee Is it Corona?

[@paulmidgley4390]

especially in halo 3 when you notice infected humans break their necks to stop the brain controlling the body

[@codylujan]

The moment when you realize Halo lore is just as expansive as Star Wars.

[@OverlordAlastor]

@Hey bud Hmm I agree but I'd beat the shit outta that universe

[@Prince-to5cf]

Star Wars may have more lore but it is the sci fi version of McDonalds. Star Wars easily has the most dumb shit in it as far as sci fi is concerned.

[@johnwhite4070]

@@Prince-to5cf how ? I'm just curious

[@Prince-to5cf]

@@johnwhite4070 Star Wars is super accessible and easy to enjoy (Much like McDonalds or any other fast food joint). SW also is a very simple universe. All the planets are basically Earth just slightly different (same gravity, same weather, just geographical differences). Every alien is basically a human with a mask on (Rodians, Duros, etc.) or different skin colors (Twileks, Chiss, etc.) Ik that Star Wars isn't alone on this but I'm still counting it against the franchise. Lastly, the stories are incredibly simple for the most part (Some outliers here and there). Most stories basically are just good vs evil which is generic. The villains do evil shit just for the sake of being bad (no one wakes up and says lets do evil deeds). Most villains might as well have a flashing neon sign that says "I'm a bad guy" (Maul, Palpatine, Malgus etc.). Basically it follows the trope of good looking good guys versus the ugly looking bad dudes.

[@mattpryokra2245]

Hey bud Hmm Dune: “Where’s my fucking love m8?”

[@Crazyreplay26]

I always love the flood. I found there odd look and behaver was way more better then your normal zombie trope. I love how there is some truth and meaning behind the Graveminds words in Halo 2. I love how the Flood can adapt. I also mostly love one line that Ship Master in Halo 3 said that is so true when it comes to the Flood. One single Flood spore can wipe out a entire species.

[@gamerstheater1187]

One detail you forgot, the Forerunners didn't kill their masters out of jealousy, their masters planned on on wiping them out, so they acted on self-defense

[@fakenuke7487]

these things always freaked me out, pretty annoying enemies too

[@markmulder9845]

Rocket launcher flood from halo ce: Did i hear annoying?

[@clonetrooper730]

@@markmulder9845 The most terrifying thing in halo CE...

[@OverlordAlastor]

Excuse me?!

[@DonRoyalX]

Just made the 117th like 😩 💦

[@abasicgameenjoyer5798]

@@markmulder9845 lol i always hated them i replayed halo with a friend we beaten halo ce and now we are doing halo 2

[@josephtheginger2907]

Ahh the reason I almost broke a window playing halo 3

[@BlackCowboy0]

Josilar. Same but a wall with a sledgehammer

[@jvhunko]

Same but i tor my tv off my wall and out the window and on a dumbass below

[@OverlordAlastor]

You're welcome

[@saren7283]

Damn, with how nerfed and bad their AI was in Halo 3 you must have had a hayday with the flood from Halo 1-2

[@fimman532]

@@saren7283 "Stay the fuck down you bastards" -Me

[@VeganKebabDoRuky]

I never played a Halo game and this is the first time I'm exposed to its lore. I never knew it was so interesting and ominous, great video, I enjoyed it.

[@safwansaid5139]

the flood and the necromorphs are two sci fi horrors that trully shook me. the marker's influence to corrupt just about everything is just trully devastating.

[@glennlaroche1524]

Don't have a dog, and my flerken hates weird space dust, so I think we're good.

[@theforge7668]

My dog is growing tentacles is that bad?

[@OverlordAlastor]

@@theforge7668 Perfectly normal. You should ingest them and feed yourself to others.

[@theforge7668]

The Gravemind on it

[@OverlordAlastor]

@@theforge7668 Nice

[@javabucket561]

The Gravemind did you just suggest feeding himself to other humans..? Bruh cannible

[@heyyyyyyy795]

This reminds of me of Greek mythology. The Forerunners (Greek gods) rebel against the Precursors (Titans).

[@davidricheson-orr8269]

Jacob Dorch I actually really like this idea. A Percy Jackson type series but where the titans are actually the good guys and our heroes have to overthrow the gods

[@te9591]

@@davidricheson-orr8269 I've always seen the Titans as neutral or good compared to the tyranny of the Greek Gods.

[@feeler6670]

@@te9591 This is why I love greek mythology so much. The gods aren't portrayed as all good and perfect. They all have thier own flaws. Immortal or not, they can still succumb to jealousy, lust, and their own ego, which makes for many interesting stories and scenarios around them.

[@te9591]

@@feeler6670 oh yeah, and they can be open to interpretation some by the reader.

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Many pantheon setups have the younger Gods overthrowing the elder Gods, bit tropey if you ask me lol.

[@AbdilHando]

Fam I just want to say.. I'm only 3 minutes in your video and I'm already invested in everything you have to say. You have a really good way of explaining yourself as well as showing great visuals to support it 👍👍👍

[@Danilio.]

Agreed, his articulation is phenomenal.

[@VinlandicSoul]

Wow, that was immensely entertaining. I never knew the lore behind the Flood. Thanks for this video!

[@vulcanoctusal-abass9824]

So this is how COVID-19 mutates to COVID-20...

[@scottmcintosh4397]

Sequels are NEVER as good as the original release.

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

Uhhh Flood’s more I wanna say.... Cancer that’s contagious and a Hive Mind.

[@nick27072]

Lmao

[@jvhunko]

Ima shoot my self now

[@Alex-pd4dk]

Covid-19 is a fucking joke compared to pretty much any other disease

[@Dr.Pootis]

A full flood history video? Nice. I've mainly gotten my flood lore in fragments from various sources _cough hiddenexperia cough,_ so it's nice to have all the info in 1 video

[@DillonBerkley]

If you ever really want to dig into it, read the Forerunner Trilogy by Greg Bear. It also offers a lot of insight into who 343 Guilty Spark is as well.

[@daniellejarvis9131]

I C O N I C

[@keenanthornley7680]

4:01 Pretty disturbing detail when you realize that the marine is straight up forced by the infection form to snap his own neck.

[@Commando_scylla]

My god

[@ydiesel2214]

This was truly fascinating to watch from start to finish. Thank you for making this!

[@HydraDominus]

Me and my buddies started playing through the campaigns again and it's the most fun we've had on a game in a while. Nothing like some good old halo

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Yeah I want to play through again this year

[@HydraDominus]

@@MetaNerdzLore hell I'll play with you if you got an Xbox

[@soulrebel6309]

I just started Master Chief collection on Game Pass Xbox and yes the campaign is awesome. It holds up today and is still fun to play. The music and sound effects are amazing. I even keep the oringial graphics on

[@abasicgameenjoyer5798]

lol me and one of my friend are replaying the campaigns again we just finished ce

[@TheRealSlimShady509]

I wish i had friends who played halo

[@chrisrios435]

When I was young (halo1) I would call them the “popcorn shrimps” Edit: almost 1k likes! never received this much, here’s to our childhood memories!

[@EXLIFEGUARD]

same haha

[@africancouscous]

I called them green balloons

[@daniellejarvis9131]

@@africancouscous they are

[@africancouscous]

Danielle Jarvis bruh

[@karsultimategold8560]

e

[@larrywalsh9939]

Wow, that's a rich backstory! Well-written sci-fi. I've never played any of the halo games, so I had no idea the story was so deep.

[@Appalachiants]

Absolutely marvelous summary. Perfectly written, very clear, succinct, and terrifying. 10/10 would listen again 👍🏼

[@coolguy5016]

“I am a monument to all your sins”

[@OverlordAlastor]

No I am

[@adolfgaming1761]

@@OverlordAlastor Hell no i am

[@draven4464]

I mean, what the fuck did humanity do? They were just like "hmm this is interesting" at first then "oh he'll nah, this needs to end". Not like the flood came Ikea with assembly instructions, they didn't know what it was gonna become. I mean it was originally the forerunners fault tbh

[@thewardenofoz3324]

@@draven4464 they let Bruce Jenner become a "hero"

[@bobfishtheblobfish3619]

@@draven4464 i think it's treating itself as The Devil, considering itself to be retribution to all life

[@ArtificialDragon]

Ahh the greatest ancient evil of all of sci-fi, the Flood. They r the ultimate evil and when they return to the halo franchise, I will be looking forward to fighting them again.

[@xxvaltielxx1789]

* *_laughs in Cthulhu_* *

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@xxvaltielxx1789 ikr the flood are far from the greatest i can name something far far worse and then yeah there is the mighty cthulu.

[@Darkestestmatter]

The Tyranids have already consumed at least one galaxy, if not more, and are now looking for a Milky Way snack. The Flood are formidable, but the Tyranids are unstoppable. ;)

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@Darkestestmatter I wouldnt say the tyranids are unstoppable remember the ultra marines and blood ravens took down hivefleets invading their home systems during the first tyranic war and the events of dawn of war 2.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@Darkestestmatter but I've done my research and I believe if the two species were to engage it would be a very bloody conflict err well tyranids have icor not blood but you get the picture and feasibly depending on the situation it could go either way if the tyranids have more resources and they are dealing with a feral stage outbreak the tyranids no doubt would win because theyd figure out the flood communicate using pheromones and just make creatures that can block said pheromones probably a enhanced strain of malonthrope or venomthrope and they would also be smart enough to know to use their swiftest creatures like warriors and termagaunts my strategy would be to have termagaunts with spike rifles shoot down infection forms while the warriors preferably a venom brood bombard combat forms with heavy ordinance while close combat oriented warriors take out combat forms that get too close with a mix of scything talons and boneswords why boneswords? Because boneswords as said in lore completely destroy the nervous system of whatever creature they get a clean hit on so any combat forms that are brought down cant be revived theyd just be lumps of flesh on the ground and that means the flood won't have any use outside of biomass also warriors have skin harder than diamonds so combat forms arent gonna be braking through that easily.

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

It's scary how much the flood's existence makes sense, bungie definitely used their experience from marathon extremely well!

[@theloniousMac]

Playing against the flood in the original HALO CE, was one of the creepiest and scary video game experiences I ever had.

[@ThommyofThenn]

The Flood is one of the few things in fiction to truly scare me. They're up there with "The Thing!"

[@luisar5755]

The thing is the flood, it came in a spaceship without any other alien in it..

[@finnegandavitt2643]

The most powerful plague in sci fi history is being covered by in my opinion the best sci fi lore channel on KZbin.

[@MetaNerdzLore]

Damn thanks man hope you like it

[@TechNinjaSigma]

damn straight

[@RandomlyQuestionsThings]

Aiko Hikari how so?

[@nick27072]

Plague*

[@Dennis19901]

Plaque is the stuff you have on your teeth lmao

[@ozryelvarnis8828]

I love that you showed the terminals from halo three but followed with information that directly contradicted them in halo 4.

[@LowellBoggs]

Nice explanation of the history of the flood. I never played the games but greatly enjoyed the books. Please make a post flood history as well. I like the way you present the information.

[@Kilo_Twenty]

What terrifies me the most about the flood, and what in my opinion makes them the most menacing yet tragic adversaries to ever be conceived of in Scifi, is the fact that they are a perversion of the very beings that created life as we know it. Imagine that. Imagine how magnificent the Precursors must have been. Neural-Physics, inter-dimensional travel, concepts that have grounds in real life that we can't even begin to grasp. Beings far beyond our comprehension only to be pushed to near extinction by their own creations, and to return as a corrupted and twisted version of what they used to be. Set on consuming and assimilating everything they were responsible for creating in the first place into one singular being. That to me is true horror.

[@aidanpysher2764]

I imagine, if they return to Infinite, the Flood will be MUCH more gruesome and terrifying.

[@Mizra-dq3lj]

They technically can, there are flood samples in every halo ring, right?

[@heyolorenns]

Probably not. Its 343 working on halo so they want they're fucking game being rated T so they're jus gonna look like a marine in all his armor wit jus a zombie face 😑 I hate how child friendly halo is. Went from Sargent Johnson saying ass shit or sum other profanity to "hell or damn"

[@TheVirtualObserver]

@@heyolorenns Depends. The Flood turned up in Halo Wars 2 and looked absolutely horrific, plus 343 added a ton of new pure forms, their base movement speed seemed to be ramped up, and in general they seemed to be given the proper treatment. (If you haven’t seen it already I highly recommend you watch the introductory cutscene to the Awakening the Nightmare DLC because it showcases just how well 343 has updated their design while keeping it very much the same Flood we all know and love imo.)

[@fearingracer4253]

@@heyolorenns They are listening to the community this time, They returned so much that we want so it’s an inevitability that we’re getting the flood

[@Miper45]

Doubt it.343 panders to little kids and probably want a teen rating.

[@Brooklyn-rj3np]

Bringing back all those hours playing halo on pc back in grade school. Memories

[@donchichivagabond1578]

I have listened to the audio books and barely got to the fringes of flood origins. This video let the ginormous cat out the bag! I still want to go through the books even more now. Thanks!

[@lennardchurch8483]

When you finish, definitely go through them again a second time (at least), because there's clues throughout the Forerunner Saga that reveal the nature of the Precursors and the Flood to be even more nuanced than just about any video I've seen on KZbin has said. (Bornstellar sees a Precursor mind in Halo Cryptum after his first mutation, though he doesn't have enough context to understand what he's seeing. Precursors exist "where the twin fists of time uncurl their fingers and join in a clasp, so that nothing changes or ever would." (The twin fists of time are past and future, meaning the Precursors exist as constants, which means the organic forms the Forerunners slaughtered were avatars, and not the true Precursors) This has implications regarding all of the actions taken by the Flood, including its continuous deliberate holding back, and not using it's full combat ability, even against the Forerunners (at least until the Forerunner civilization peaks, and is no longer protected by the Precursors' Mantle).

[@nuclearphoenix177]

Imagine a grave mind trying to figure out how to get into space with modern day technology and getting frustrated with constantly failing to get a significant amount of bio mass in space

[@jackkraken3888]

Or worse still having to deal with activating Windows in space.

[@maximillianderembourg4887]

JEFF BEZOS IS FLOOD !!!!

[@Ark...........]

Computer: Please put in password Grave mind: I DON'T KNOW THE PASSWORD OPEN UP!!! Computer: please put in password Grave mind: SCREW IT I WILL HACK YOU INSTEAD!!! *Computer proceeds to blue screen* Grave mind: F**K

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

Gravemind just playing Kerbal Space Program with actual biomass but without any tutorials.

[@Badmunky64]

now if only they could have explained this in the actual game.

[@lonely_ghost9857]

I doubt any of us would actually care if a cutscene or somethin' showed and explained All or most of this.

[@draven4464]

As cool as that would've been, most people just skip the cutscenes cause they're basic bros with no actual care as to why anything happens

[@jumpingsloth3963]

It was pretty cool. Discovering the hidden terminals in halo 3 with vague backstory on the lore.

[@ZipperOfficial]

They are in the terminals of Halo 3 (The best halo imho), one of the craziest is the message from Magnificant Bias who is seeking atonement. Which seems to me that this AI may actually still be alive in some capacity.

[@Potato_tomato47]

They did it perfectly by not over expositing

[@lyasu69]

that would mean that this franchise (Halo) is not just a draft and the most important thing in any franchise is the storytelling. Thanks a lot for your work and for those who love Halo

[@atomicpunk2360]

Stuff like this proves that the Halo franchise as a whole is simply amazing 🤩

[@ATP2555ify]

If the Flood aren't in Halo Infinite, we riot.

[@OverlordAlastor]

Yes

[@biennialfawn5524]

I mean, I doubt there going to but they might get mentioned

[@GruelingFive8]

@Ole Brumm bruh we have a handful of minutes from Infinite, we will find out in time what's up

[@Dennis19901]

@@GruelingFive8 Don't hold your hopes up. Pretty much the only good thing so far 343 did was reiterate on games already existing (Halo 1 and 2) And even there, they couldn't keep their hands off' the multiplayer and fuck that up for both games as well.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

Infinite’s set to last 10 years, so even if they aren’t in it during the initial release, I’m certain they’ll show up sometime during the game’s lifecycle. 🙂

[@SavishGoat]

I’ve seen tons of videos talking about the history of the Flood but this video is by far the best, most detailed and understandable one I’ve seen

[@Legjed4]

Thanks a lot for the video!

[@MrLovolovo]

as 13 year old i had never thought halo would be soo vast and grow so much.. as 29 year old i am loving it.. and i never regretted being the only one in class buying the xbox instead of the playstation 2 😁

[@lordlucius1341]

3:58 marine: GAH GOD GET IT OFF! Chief: (comes walking over) Marine: oh thank god chief save me!! Argh why are you just watching me die?! Chief: (watches) Marine: AHHHHHHH (turns into flood) Chief: CHIEF *SMASH*

[@MCPO_S-117]

All in the name of science

[@keenanthornley7680]

4:00 It happens insanely quick but if you look closely that infection form forced the marine to straight up snap his own neck

[@draconequus2164]

@@keenanthornley7680 Jesus fuck I've never noticed that

[@mysticalspace2596]

@@keenanthornley7680Good eye it makes sense they’d do that to kill the target but I’m curious about what they would do with a paralyzed victim.

[@inquisitorgarza312]

The Momentum to our all sins. The Flood are one of the most deadliest form of parasites I’ve have encounter in literature media. The Flood don’t just create a zombie form, but create a Hive Mind that could out think any individual organisms, and worst they will used the intelligence of the host. Considering that the Forerunners were extremely intelligent and knew the strength and weakness of their technology, and considering that the Flood would’ve won the War were it not for the Halo Array firing killing everything. Though if the Flood were to be released in Cortana Galaxy they will spread rapidly and there will be nothing that Cortana or her Created can do anything about it, and considering that they all may be affected by Logic Plague. There is nothing we can do about it to stop it if it continues to grow.

[@trogdor856]

Bro if you think the flood is bad go look up warhammer40k , the Xenos (alien) Species Tyranids, imagine the flood but far worse and grosser + Scary, that being said they do have alot of similarities.

[@orkermon7292]

@@trogdor856 Yeah, and Nurgle's pox-of-the-week is just as bad as well.

[@Misterscout]

Deadspace is very similar but the flood is a little more intelligent

[@nathanieljohnson5430]

@@trogdor856 Honestly, I've always felt the Tyranids would be the same as the Flood if you gave it time to consume a few galaxies. It's not really fair when you compare one that's still getting started vs one that probably has everything outside of the milkyway consumed

[@halowraith1]

@@trogdor856 40k wannabe trash

[@victorrivas2350]

This was AMAZING story telling!

[@Nob1e_One]

This was awesome. I know my Halo lore pretty well but there is SO much that sometimes it gets a bit jumbled up. This was perfect in helping me get my ducks in a row!!

[@angeldelarosa7975]

Flood: *Floods* Master Chief: Shotmgun

[@DonDiesel885]

The Story of the Halo series is an absolutely deep and fascinating story especially when it comes down to the FLOOD. They came nearly within grasp of assimilating almost every lifeform out there! ether-way with their back against the wall they pressed that reset button and reset the entire galaxy back to the beginning of time. Talk about a bummer scenario but maybe everyone will get along this time ...Haha Great job explaining everything by the way dude, you explanations were on point and i didn't hear any discrepancies in the canon or story.

[@Kaiju-Driver]

Wow that was very enjoyable thank you for the quality content

[@Anidem9]

I had no idea that there was so much lore behind Halo. Now I'm intrigued.

[@HawkTheRed]

Hiddenxperia: " *Allow me to introduce myself* "

[@yapyapthedestroyer2562]

I love his channel

[@jamiehughes5573]

I dont like his voice, the lisp and the every annoying empathise on Ssss

[@yapyapthedestroyer2562]

Jamie Hughes do you think his videos are good or bad as well, cause his voice is fine. But I respect your opinion

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

@@yapyapthedestroyer2562 it's quite I C O N I C

[@yapyapthedestroyer2562]

SpaceMonkey Boi yup

[@shermangraves6715]

All I heard out of all this was; “Exterminatus.” Yes, Inquisitor, this planet right here.

[@CrowbornChaos]

Lol they literally were glassing planets, which is a similar method to Exterminatus, and that still didn't stop the flood.

[@CrowbornChaos]

Also, Halo Rings beat exterminatus any day, and flood still came back...

[@arghya4NE]

@@CrowbornChaos heretic

[@RikkiTikkiTavi290]

The Forerunners started detonating stars to stop Flood and deny them territory and all it did was slow them down a little.

[@tysmiff608]

loved this one. thanks man.

[@bigoz7]

Great vid very informative and thanks for sharing!

[@evrint]

woah quite a flood of information.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

Nice! 😉

[@marcosmadrid1135]

Nigga

[@rantradio]

What blows my mind more, is that UNSC don't even Know that ancient Huemans were more technologically advanced than them now. We need the Halo story to come full circle with the return of a few or more Forerunners (maybe Builders), Flood/Precursors, and Huemans finding out their ancient past and finally receiving The Mantle of Responsibility.

[@alexisbaz8746]

ONI knows, they found a destroyed AH Ship and some ruins with building with Roman style, the Hellcat Mjonlir was created with some AH technology they found.

[@TheVirtualObserver]

@@alexisbaz8746 Which book did that happen in?? I didn’t know for certain if ONI knew of AH’s existence, however I was under the impression that if they did, they would absolutely hide that knowledge from the general public and anyone else in the UNSC who absolutely didn’t need to know about it.

[@rantradio]

@@alexisbaz8746 oh, I had a eerie feeling ONI knew.. Oni is the most corrupt piece of shit dirt bags, and would keep it quiet for all eternity unless someone breaks away from them and reveals all.

[@Shade01982]

@@TheVirtualObserver I don't remember the details, but part of it is revealed in Halo 5. The armor description basically implies this.

[@jeremymunsch8592]

Your stuff is always great.

[@blakekatuin9679]

Brilliant work thanks for the video 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@thorshammer7883]

Can the Flood create any kind of bio form they want in shape, form, or purpose with enough biomass like Kaiju sized monsters, pure forms that would be able to mimic voices to confuse and lead their enemies into a false sense of safety, cybernetic pureforms, or pureforms that would act as bioships like the Tyranids do?

[@MetaNerdzLore]

those are both excellent questions, I think I might make a speculation/theory/going deep into the restraints in the lore kind of video

[@rhymenoceros3303]

Theoretically yeah, we've already seen them be able to mutate their pure forms into a variety of shapes and forms to fill different situations. So if the Gravemind felt it necessary, I'm sure he could introduce new mutations into his pure forms to increase their lethality.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@rhymenoceros3303 why make ships though when the flood could just use pre existing ships On whatever planet they were attacking.

[@shadowsonicsilver6]

Thor's Hammer If they want to make Kaiju sized Flood they need a lot of Biomass.

[@jacobweatherford4696]

@@shadowsonicsilver6 they have kaiju sized flood lol just watch halo legends and play nightmare awakening.

[@gainz4dayz576]

I listened to this video during my 2 hour commute home from work and man it was great. I always have been a big halo nerd lol

[@wormboymm1]

Such a complex lore I am reading Greg Bear's ''The Forerunner Saga" And I'm still only retaining half the info I also play MTG and was thinking while watching this That a crossover between MTG and Halo would be so amazing I would love to see the Flood being so infectious that is spilled over into the MTG universe

[@ryansullivan2353]

Stumbled onto your channel by accident great video.

[@philurbaniak1811]

Absolutely fascinating, thank you!

[@edgarapocal]

Great video I really enjoy "ancient" Halo lore. Only thing about the Prometheans, they were actually the Warrior caste among the Forerunners, they volunteered to be composed into the robotic beings (Knights) so they could better fight the flood, the Didact later composed humans in an attempt to increased the number of Knights when their numbers started to fall.

[@jcdenton4621]

I just realized that the Flood and Halo is a combination between The Thing and Aliens.

[@Illisil]

at 4:42, I've never realized how the human brain is shaped just like the heads of Xenomorphs, the creatures from the Aliens Franchise.

[@LMG1792]

After watching so many of your Star Wars videos I loved seeing this halo one.

[@jvhunko]

The gravemind is the creepiest and also the coolest of characters and my favourite quote is " what am I I am a monument off all your sins"

[@OverlordAlastor]

Thank you!

[@d_lom9253]

How can 343 and Paramount create anything less than a masterpiece with source material like this

[@Sherlock245]

Because they hate it and want gone woke.

[@horatiohuffnagel7978]

Good video. Great explanation and not overly complicated.

[@rudytrujillo4197]

I have always been confused about Halos story in general even if I loved the games. Thank you for compressing it down for me to understand :)

[@toniodivichi5749]

This was very comprehensive. I feel like I understand them now. Thank you.

[@kragglewulf4105]

BROTHER.... GET THE FLAMER.... THE. HEAVY. FLAMER. Also @MetaNerdz Lore thank you for doing this video, I recently got back into Halo with the MCC back once upon a time my only lore was Halo and Halo 2 and then I left console for good to go back to full PC gaming. 2001 was a long time ago for this to start lol.

[@robotsex111]

Awesome breakdown. Thanks for this.