The Lore behind the Flood Gravemind forms

[@HiddenXperia]

Hey guys, sorry for the short delay on this one, had a bunch of IRL stuff to take care of this past week and this video was a longer one too, but, anyways, it's finally here! The video about the cut Flood forms is coming over the next few days too, so stay tuned and enjoy! :D

[@GoodVibes-yp9li]

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[@space_artist_4real138]

Before I watch this mini-series, are these information in the Forerunner trilogy by Greg Bear? I want to read it (I read Eons and I got my mind BLOWN, then I hear he's written the Forerunner trilogy for Halo... mind goes *h y p e r n o v a* ) and I don't want to be spoiled by stuff. Thanks for responding, I'd like to watch the video but I don't want spoilers.

[@JadedMarigold]

HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! I why didn't the forerunner put their genes on a dreadnought to bring their species

[@joshuasoto7114]

HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! why did the forerruners let flood form on installations?

[@ryanscanlon4204]

HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! Great video man keep it up!

[@flakeybitsus5830]

"This is not your grave, but you are welcome in it" -Gravemind, 2004

[@suwacc3237]

I don't think I like where this is going...

[@obi-wankenobi4884]

William Batsche Lol

[@General_Eisenhower1945]

Like a goddamn senior yearbook quote

[@DaFuzeHdTV]

Flakey Bitsus you mean 2552

[@bromodragone8405]

chandler dammit, why wasnt it mine!

[@demetri4217]

Gravemind is literally raising his iq each body he absorbs.

[@Mr-Ad-196]

ќholdegeys wish I could do that in real life.........

[@bigfella2111]

@@Mr-Ad-196 my ass would be really fuck fat then

[@machine-shopbilly6584]

He watches Rick and Morty

[@TheHalfLeft]

Bill Davis top of r/iamversmart

[@melbournemeliodas215]

What a fucking cheat

[@khyberplaysstuff7591]

Never trust a talking space noodle with teeth.

[@bromodragone8405]

That was just a modified tentacle used to speak with Chief and Arbiter. It turned back into a normal tentacle afterwards.

[@britbrittingson3129]

*never trust a biomass of tentacles that can change form at any time to speak with beings they believe are lesser to them*

[@bromodragone8405]

@@britbrittingson3129 Yeah. It mainly uses its Precursor abilities to speak telepathically. But I guess it preferred to speak to this human and sangheili directly. That's how it spoke to Chief in Halo 3, telepathy

[@lad5912]

@@britbrittingson3129 actually they are precursors so... They might be right about thinking others as lessers.

[@derikthompson205]

Oh NOW you tell me!

[@bromodragone8405]

It's recently been confirmed that the Gravemind doesn't have an actual head. What we see in Halo 2 was a tentacle altered and reformed into a mouth to address his captives directly. After he sent them away, he returned it to normal. Being a Precursor, the Gravemind still retains the ability to alter his appearance and, of course, speak telepathically.

[@wxles]

Well that makes sense of why it has a snake like appearance it was actually a tentacle but I’m guessing it’s body is just a pile of flesh if I had to assume

[@bromodragone8405]

​​@@wxles Pretty much yeah. And they were able to get it across better on Anniversary.

[@caballthesayiangodofwar9426]

That. Is. Terrifying!

[@samuelfranco6294]

So you put a top hat on the gravemind but not a monocle

[@deleted8920]

Mandela effect

[@CrazyDutchguys]

where do you put a monocle on something that doesnt have eyes?

[@josephmccafferty4172]

Why not a fancy moustache? 👳

[@Morally_Immoral2]

Where would hair be

[@vbgvbg1133]

The Dutchinator On its head

[@lemerkin3633]

"The Gravemind's body is a huge mass of flesh and tentacles" Japanese porn industry *heavy breathing

[@user-cz3yk5qf7m]

GRAVEMIND SENPAI!!!

[@natehawk6271]

fuck sake! hahahahahaha

[@neko281]

dont give them any ideas!

[@joeyuzwa891]

LemerKin Games I'm "like" number 117 *lennyface*

[@Towermonkey-sf4md]

Dear god

[@redtalon8947]

And ALL should salute Keyes as the most willful and mentally strong man in halo. He is a god. I salute you, Keyes.

[@phantomfreddythephantombea6284]

-salutes- Godspeed u magnificent man.

[@LaughingGun92]

Am I the only one, even though I know the risks, that would love to sit and have a casual conversation with the Gravemind?

[@fucksocialjustice9650]

TheLaughingGun Nope I would love to converse with it to. Wouldn't mind being an agent for it either in echange for said knowledge. The next logical step in the mantle is a comunion of linked flesh and mind across the galaxy.

[@LaughingGun92]

Now I wouldn't go that far. :P

[@RosheenQuynh]

I'd get lost in his speech pattern yessss, someone else who would do this!

[@ethanwagner6418]

Me: Lovely weather we're having. Gravemind: Strange is it that you would talk about the atmospheric conditions with a being that has consumed those like you. Me: Yeah. I'm a strange one, indeed.

[@LaughingGun92]

That sounds about right. :P

[@ItsBujaBoy]

I think the intro of this vid is suppose to hint the fact that HiddenXperia is actually the gravemind

[@HiddenXperia]

ssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[@ethanwagner6418]

Perhaps that's why we like what he's saying. He's infected us all with the logic plague, causing us all to carry out his evil plot of giving his videos views.

[@Mr.EXCUSE_ME]

Too bad many of us are immune like Johnsen. You can't infect the black man.

[@lad5912]

Nah he is probably an infection form..

[@gub4941]

Mr. EXCUSE ME *johnson

[@michaelmccabe3079]

Yes, the Logic Plague for Cortana is the only way to salvage the story. The best way would be if it isn't entirely Cortana, but merely a leftover fragment of her that allows the other logic-plague-infested AI (possibly composed Didact or Warden Eternal?) to wear her face and ape her personality. That would be the best direction because it would change the story from a Skynet-style conversion to a more infection-like abomination that is more tormenting to Chief. It would give him a motive to fight and destroy the monster, for really personal reasons. Especially if he was forced to watch her undergo a virtual flood-style infection, and be assimilated with other AI into a virtual proto-gravemind (mirroring Captain Keyes' fate). This would be so shocking and sickening, and would make the villain of Halo 6 as evil and despicable as possible.

[@randomguy3849]

Michael McCabe We need to get this idea to 343

[@elijahwatson3474]

Michael McCabe 343 confirmed the Cortana we saw in 5 was a collection of the corrupted fragments that was left of her in Tales from slipspace.

[@Celestial_Wing]

Or maybe Didact salvaged her and rebuild her with some "modifications" to act as his pawn.

[@ShawndaPrawn]

This is an absolutely brilliant idea. Especially with all the AIs joining that "Created" alliance of hers, I can see that whole "Gravemind-AI" being a thing.

[@michaelmccabe3079]

I think amalgamation is more disgusting. To see her become a puppet isn't nearly as awful to watch as seeing her consumed and assimilated into an AI-gravemind. For the finale, the villain needs to be as evil as possible, so that Chief enters the final battle battle with the mindset of 'I will never see my friend again, but that no longer matters. All that matters now is that you will be dead!' Cortana's death in Halo 4 was well-done, and it shouldn't be spoiled by resurrecting her in any way. Her character in Halo 6 should be a cannibalized fragment infested with the flood. That way, we keep the sadness from Halo 4, and feel no hesitation to kill her (again?) in Halo 6.

[@RosheenQuynh]

The way the Gravemind speaks is literally my favorite thing about him. "Child of my enemy, why have you come? A father's sins... passed down to his son." I noticed something... In the Cortana and Gravemind moments in Halo 3, there are a few biblical references. Fascinating. Edit: I'm more obsessed with the voice two years later. It's so powerful and yet soothing... Dee Bradley Baker is incredible

[@Draco_Alpha]

And all of them blasphemous.

[@yourmumisyournemesis2232]

Well the story of the humans and forerunners shares some similarities with the story of Cain and Abel. The Precursors(God) favored Abel (humans) over Cain(Forerunners), and thus Cain turned against God, and his brother.

[@Draco_Alpha]

Any epic story of good vs evil will have elements of that. And you can definitely tell that the Gravemind and the flood entity is a downright ugly personification of wickedness. Tbh I have a hard time with Halo because of this.

[@samuelemmert5136]

It's loosely implied that Christianity in the halo universe was derived from what little knowledge of the forerunners and the flood humanity retained after the human-forerunner war.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

Can't wait for 343 to fucking ruin that dialogue like they rendered Arbiter's dialogue awkward and cringey. "SPARTAN LOCKE WHY HAVE YOU COME, TO DO THIS THING WHICH YOU ARE SET TO DO RAAAAAAAAAAAWR."

[@jonathanthrone3619]

Lore of the infected forklifts please.

[@coltafanan]

Infected forklifts lol

[@daniellejarvis9131]

Wait what?

[@helligevaar]

Opeth! Good taste :)

[@neger7717]

@@helligevaar mainstream crap

[@helligevaar]

@@neger7717 Their early albums are classic dude. And why say mainstream? I can guarantee I know many great obscure bands and artists you have no idea exist.

[@docbaker3333]

0:00-0:14 I have to admit the Gravemind is one of Dee Bradley Baker's best performances He truly makes it a palpable threat with its eerie poetic speech and disregard for others that is not the Flood that thing is scary.

[@EliVanto462]

Well you have enlightened me my friend. I did not know this until today.

[@derruckkehrer7383]

So the gaining of intelligence from the host bodies into a Prototype Gravemind is why Chief smashed Keye's head in Halo CE when we was encased in a Prototype Gravemind.... to keep Earth a secret from the Flood?

[@derruckkehrer7383]

Max France Okay thanks

[@kokomine578]

Max France Chief also did that to respect Keys, he wouldn't want him to suffer any longer.

[@adeptustacticus3112]

It's because keyes had a specific code chip within his head they needed to self destruct the Pillar of Autumn. If you read the book "the flood" i believe it talks about how chief had to root around his brain to find the chip.

[@markavila8074]

Adeptus Tacticus how much do those novels go for?$

[@ltcshow6175]

Lol it would have gotten the location of Earth from all the other humans it consumed. That was just because he needed to get the specific code chip within his head to self destruct the Pillar of autumn like Adeptus Tacticus said anyways 2 years too late maybe lol. He would have just thrown a grenade or shot Keyes I sure know I tried a grenade after I got the code.

[@Marcara081]

I am the monument to all your sins.

[@ShawndaPrawn]

When I heard that quote, I immediately thought that before that scene, the Gravemind had collected and absorbed every single Grunt, Jackal and Elite Chief had killed since arriving on installation 05. Then it showed Regret in it's tentacle, which I feel is proof of that theory.

[@downrangecash2418]

Shawn the Prawn that's actually a pretty cool idea

[@nitzel9909]

this one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded. this one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

I am a monument to all your chins.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@nitzel9909 "This one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded." Also Gravemind: "I AM GOING TO SAY MEAN AND ERRATIC SHIT TO THIS ONE IN HOPE IT WILL NOT BLOW ME UP"

[@dredgenheresy]

its cool how you can hear thousands of voices behind the graveminds regular voice, it just adds to the depth and really makes you feel like this thing is made up of hundreds of your dead friends...

[@EnergyJuice22]

Gravemind is my city

[@zomzcheezy8958]

NakedCucumber high charity is my country

[@avalon1393]

UNSC Infinity is my world

[@JayWalkZ]

The library is my school's library

[@TACOOOOOOOOOXD]

Dead meme

[@EnergyJuice22]

True

[@Peusterokos1]

Did anyone shit their pants after they realized what the human flood form was carrying at 6:06 ?

[@starfishandroid]

No

[@kevinfreel9839]

oh ya, for sure

[@xaceptic1759]

PIT HAD THAT FUCKING ROCKET LAUNCHER

[@217adaptiveperspective]

Was almost bad when it fired it at the last second

[@gonkdroid8589]

Yep

[@corbynmcgillemgd5470]

Imagine if there was a side game where you played as a flood of your choice and had to do missions assigned to you by the gravemind.

[@TheKstrider]

*Makes a Halo video* *Uses COD music at the end*

[@HiddenXperia]

Strider Entertainment Was hoping someone would recognize it :) Lots of the Zombies music fits super well with the Flood

[@TheKstrider]

Yay I was noticed

[@Joshie117]

What dis song called me like it

[@Julianrocker200]

HiddenXperia what is the song called

[@tehtraveler]

Julian der eisendrache protocol launch

[@aaronhossack5743]

the way you describe things in your lore videos is just brilliant, thank you for making such amazing content

[@HiddenXperia]

+Aaron Hossack

[@aaronhossack5743]

OMG I can't believe you replied!

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

This series is ICONIC greatness Xperia keep up your amazing work! :)

[@TheArgusPlexus]

PLEASE keep making these! The Flood are a big part of what made Halo what it is(was), and though their removal from the story was necessary to bring the original trilogy to a close, neglecting to reintroduce them for so many games straight was a BIG mistake gameplay-wise IMO. Halo games without the flood in there somewhere just don't feel like Halo at all. Let's not even get started on armor enhancements.

[@elijahwatson3474]

The_Argus_ Plexus Keep in mind 343 needed to find a way to bring back the flood so the characters wouldn't look retarded. Their coming back in halo wars 2 in the fall

[@TheArgusPlexus]

Elijah Watson Well yeah you dont want them to just retcon the ending of Halo 3. But clearly there is more flood in the galaxy still, and im soooo stoked for it :D

[@InanisNihil]

gamers in general are self entailed thrash.. when companies alter their own original story to appease the fans... it ruins the point of an original story true its own originality... personally i want to hear someones own story rather then impose my own variation to theirs.. cause it makes it makes it my story then and not theirs.. xb in this regard books > then movies and game stories.. books are finished before release... the readers have no say so in anything and have to enjoy what is given to them.. games are different they are prone to shift according to the personal desires of gamers.. i fucking hate that..xb example: fans cried about the double perspective of halo 2 where u played both the chief and the arbitor... people were too cheif centrist the dev's didnt continue this in halo 3.. thus we got no more first hand experience of what it was like to be a "covenant" id assume people cried about the flood too so that could be a reason why the flood played less of a role then what they possible could have... butt we'll never know...

[@PossQueen]

I feel like you can have a line of halo games without the flood just replace them with different enemies like actual fun to fight Promethians.

[@kadenmckibben9986]

I’d love to SAFELY talk to a grave/key mind to learn just how much they know. That would be such an interesting conversation

[@aries3211]

The Flood always creeped me out as a kid, I remember playing Halo on my uncle's Xbox and seeing The Flood and it was scary as hell to me. Now as a 19 year old The Flood still creeps me out a little. Would love to see a Halo game where Spartans get infected.

[@davidcota5860]

Keyes: YOU, WILL, NOT, HAVE, ME! Proto-Gravemind: We already do… Gives me the chills every time

[@celtric9023]

You so underrated dude keep doing what you doing

[@garythealmighty2645]

Your videos are always so fantastic, keep being amazing. I love this series.

[@HiddenXperia]

Thanks ma dude :D

[@darthvader4594]

HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! luv your vids dude!keep up the good work.#hiddenxperia is I c o n I c

[@wallacejenkins4747]

+HiddenXperia - The home of Halo 5 lore videos! Ah the gravemind a mass of tentacles that should've been something from a Japanese cartoon

[@daklr2501]

Hidden Xperia's videos are I C O N I C

[@autumngottlieb3071]

Gary The Almighty i c o n i c

[@n8ivspat3n56]

it would be interesting to see a game where depending on the choices you make in your gameplay you could end up seeing a keymind as a ending cut scene or play as a flood form over running the last human or alien resistance

[@Blackandfan]

lore of the infected spartans

[@flawless_Cowboy]

Blackandfan every body like this comment!!! flood spartans are boss

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

Blackandfan DEW IT

[@paydenjackson7156]

Blackandfan I would like to see that

[@Blackandfan]

Takedownbike976 h4 and h2a mp (and a spartan that killed iself before complete infection)

[@daklr2501]

But no Spartans have been recorded to have ever been infected by the flood

[@loganscurlock9172]

Dude this....man I have set here at work all day watching your videos. I'm learning so much thanks to you. I thought I knew a lot about the halo universe but now you keep blowing it wide open with every video.

[@marcuss9181]

Keymind = rip

[@ghost_5918]

Rtot 1738 did they name it that as a pun?

[@cardzgamez8804]

Didn't cover how the gravemind was able to teleport chief and the arbiter in halo 2

[@akioji8551]

CardzGamez neurophysics

[@danelllawrenece1954]

It had captured the rings Monitor, it may have used it to teleport flood and other things round...it would explain how he got his ass in the "in amber clad"

[@chrissonofpear3657]

Capturing 2401 Penitent Tangent covers this and 'porting into the frigate.

[@djwolf5602]

I never knew how fancy grave minds where 6:42

[@brandonaustin4154]

So a thought on this. When play through awakening the nighmare, the gravemind you face is incredibly massive, but kind of gives the impression of being somewhat simplistic in it's strategy, there's a lot of enemy coming at you, but it doesn't show any real strategy. Would this be because most of the biomass it gathered after the breach of high charity was just the arcs ambient non-sentient wildlife? I'd suppose a gravemind composed less intelligent life would be less intelligent, right?

[@kiskenci]

So how did the Gravemind on Installation 05 created? Where did he get that so much biomass from if it was contained the whole time?

[@weeerazer3099]

From the In Amber Clad Marines, I think

[@kiskenci]

Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 But it takes a lot of years to be created..

[@Chase_1734]

Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 he never. He's a few thousand years old and was formed far before the in-amber clad arrived on installation 05

[@icantthinkofagoodusername4464]

I'm pretty sure most Halo rings have life on them already. Halo CE was originally meant to have wild life on it, like how Halo: Reach had the Moa's and those big... whatever the hell those big guys with the tusks are. The flood infection forms that escaped containment must have infected the local life and formed a proto-gravemind. It probably would've taken longer to build a full gravemind, as they didn't have any intelligent life to infect, as far as we know. The majority of their intelligence would have had to come through normal learning, until it could access the memories of it's oldest flood forms that were in captivity, so it could know the previous gravemind's knowledge.

[@jimjellyjinjamjimbo]

It collected local wildlife and the Forerunners when it broke containment.

[@7DragonEyes7]

How to win against Gravemind... Tell him that if he eats all living things he'll eventually die of hunger, so you tell him you'll feed them corpse (what they used in Halo CE to create flood) The story end with Flood, Human and Covenant all friends!

[@lucamckenn5932]

You probably could reason with a Gravemind, versus a Tyranid's mindset of 'must feed'.

[@bretdeshotel7598]

Gravemind looks so much better in the anniversary edition I remember he looked like a plant

[@themadspartan]

here's my dose of iconic lore! I love this channel! :D

[@adamhamilton8313]

The flood is basically a more intelligent Dead Space. At least the flood has a "peaceful" goal.

[@jojibot9193]

Adam Hamilton Dead Space copied the flood, took Keyminds and called them “Brethren Moons” ffs

[@abe9458]

Accept the Necromorphs are much much scarier than the flood.

[@bonerbreath6747]

@@abe9458 I'd say the flood is scarier and I don't think the necromorphs have their equivalent of the timeless one.

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@bonerbreath6747 Necromorphs are better designed, that's really the draw of Dead Space - but the similarities between the two really grind my gears. They're basically the same exact thing but the presentation is what makes them unique. The Flood is not so well designed, but better conceptualized - the Necromorphs are shoddily conceptualized but very well designed.

[@Jan_2000]

Necromorphs are only scarier because DS is a horror game. If halo would make one, I'm sure the flood would easily reach the same level.

[@cilliancartyblake7897]

AHHHHHHHH ICONIC

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

cillian c.b I C O N I C G R E A T N E S S!!!!!

[@darthvader4594]

Luke Skywalker the 2nd I C O N I C P O W E R!what do you think if palpatine was the gravemind?

[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

darth vader Then the who Galaxy would fall under the will of him and he would keep saying he's The Senate lol

[@cormax97]

SAME PICTURE FRIEND

[@cilliancartyblake7897]

Max Cora NICE ICONIC PICTURE RIGHT

[@CSk401]

One thing you left out: A Gravemind can manipulate space, much like the precursors. Recall when The Halo 2 Gravemind is able to pull Chief and Arbiter into the same room, then release them into different locations. The Forerunner Saga says that at a certain point, the Flood was more powerful than the Precursors were, which makes sense since they went from hunting the Precursors down to extinction to being the extinct(endangered imo).

[@ToddNiquette]

the one dislike is the gravemind

[@weeerazer3099]

Its 2401 Penitend Tanget

[@cortana125]

No it was regret

[@4realm8rusirius]

Todd Niquette and his local local flood

[@downrangecash2418]

One time I saw a good halo video with 3 dislikes and I said the 3 hierarchs disliked it lol

[@BetoPerez999]

Downrange Cash2 lol I have no idea who those are ·-·

[@doomguy349]

I love the eerie music that you put in the background while talking about the keymind

[@Theham772]

Random theory, maybe a fully evolved key mind/flood being, becomes a precursor. And it just makes a cycle of the creation of other sentient life to create food for its continuation as a species. And the tech used in the halo rings was also used to kill the precursors as well as the flood which are just non evolved precursors. Once the flood get control cover space time etc. They can use their influence over space time to create sentient life/ drag it in from a separate time to repopulate the galaxy they consumed. Creating a paradox loop of constantly dying and feeding flood.

[@a05odst62]

God damn the Flood is creepy... never can get over how much they scared me as a kid... 🤤

[@Sebastianguitar01]

My tier of Gravemind evolution seen in the actual cannon universe. •Halo CE: Protogravemind seen on the ship “Truth and reconciliation “-very early state, but capable of controlling the Flood Juggernaut seen in Fireteam Raven. •Halo The Monalisa: Protogravemind seen on the Slipspace engines of the ship- This early state has accumulated enough to create pure form Flood Juggernaut. •Halo Wars 1: Protogravemind seen on the outer shield World, capable of jamming comms and creating full flood pure forms and colonies. Mid state of the evolution. •Halo Wars 2: The banished encounters a Protogravemind in the late state of this evolution before turning into a full Gravemind, believed to be the remains of the last Gravemind of High Charity. •Halo 2: The Gravemind, seen by Chief, Cortana and Arbiter, this is the culmination of the previous evolutions of the proto, the full Gravemind is capable of coordinate vehicles, pure forms and massive deployment of flood forces, capable of negotiations and convince other species to join forces. •Halo 3: Early version of a Keymind, because of the Biomass the flood consumed from High Charity, the Gravemind began his transformation to the third state, interstellar tier and proto-keymind. Halo Legends: Keymind, most dangerous state of the flood outbreak. Halo ???: It’s believed that multiple Keymind can create a super version, but never encountered save for the Forerunners in the last stand of the war.

[@QrazyQuarian]

You just kinda throw the Flood possibly being able to control spacetime itself in the Keymind stage like it's nothing. That thought is fucking terrifying, dude! Why'd you end it there?!

[@SweetStaticBun]

Theoretically, the gravemind can move themselves. Breaking up into mobile pure forms guarded by combat forms only to reconverge where needed

[@xBionicMeltdownx]

The more I hear about the precursors, the more I wish to see their tech in action in some form of medium. Great video!

[@bennyrayrillmann3676]

I'm a simple man i see a flood video i click

[@hatguyfan22]

I love this video. Your Flood videos give me inspiration for my Yugioh/Halo AU. Keep up the amazing work!!

[@AtomicTridium]

Love the content @HiddenXperia ! Your channel is amazing and IMO the best, and, not to mention, the most *I C O N I C* (lol) Halo related channel on KZbin, especially lore-wise. I simply just love Love LOVE it! Keep up the FANTASTIC work broseph!

[@pumaman7072]

The flood are scary things.

[@dylancassidy7186]

Puma Man i find them interesting but disturbing

[@adamhamilton8313]

Like Necromorphs

[@Big_fat_sQawk]

And xenomorphs

[@Big_fat_sQawk]

And skullcrawlers

[@mrrazfromnz]

Good lord, imagine if the next few games were about a new war against the flood. Keyminds, various species and factions working together (with Cortana too), and combat against the flood in its late interstellar stage, nearing its intergalactic stage. I can imagine the end of the final game having The Master Chief fighting through an infestation on the ark, being telepathically abused by the flood using logical combat against him. He then fires the rings, including one near the Ark placed to get rid of the infestation. He dies, and the galaxy is repopulated by the species that have evacuated to a safe distance. The epilogue shows the repopulation of the galaxy, the unity between species, and a narration by Cortana, who concludes that the mantle of responsibility does not belong to a single group or species, but that it belongs to all living things. It then cuts to a memorial to John-117, the savior of the galaxy. Banners are flown around with his image. His armour is put on display. If the final game was completed on legendary, a scene plays where a family is looking around a museum dedicated to the Chief. They then look at a display that features a hologram of him without armour. His face is completely visible. Holy shit, the feels. THE FEELS.

[@tactilcalhorize]

This sounds like the plot to mass effect 3....

[@mrrazfromnz]

Wait, really? Fuck. I haven't played the Mass Effect series.

[@millertimeast]

I feel like if the gravemind survived the end of halo 3 then In the future halos that one will definitely be a keymind

[@adelaltamimi1279]

HiddenXperia - The home of Flood lore videos!

[@cloroxbutitsbleach2263]

Did anyone else notice that last music piece? Cuz I know that's not halo, that's from CoD Zombies boi. 👍🏼

[@HiddenXperia]

Ma boi Groph ain't a fan considering when that piece plays ^_^

[@rokusho6667]

“In order for a gravemind to form the flood needs to absorb enough biomass and intelligence.” Me: only gonna find one of those on earth.

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[@existenceing7841]

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[@flawless_Cowboy]

Santiago PG sorry I'm late

[@flawless_Cowboy]

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[@flawless_Cowboy]

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[@lukeskywalkerthe2nd773]

Santiago PG Here!

[@minilambo666]

this series has been Great So far!

[@HiddenXperia]

+Dire Wolf games thanks man :)

[@minilambo666]

the Flood are Truly Fearsome, Reminds me Of The Tyranids from Warhammer 40K

[@TheCitedAviator]

Pretty fuckin' *I C O N I C*

[@spartandraws7012]

I really enjoy Continuing through this Ongoing series and learning New things, like the Information about the flood. So that's Cool

[@NivekH420]

What do you think would happen if to give minds like the flood and say the Borg came into contact with one another. Do you think one would over right the other or do you think they would become something all new

[@justyourdad4469]

The flood would definitely win it could likely infect a single individual and be able to gain control of the hive mind wether that be through mental torture or the logic plague and cause the borg to go insane and taking control of a single borg ship would allow it to infect entire planets without worry and flood spores would also infect them at a massive rate by just breathing in flood supercells will infect

[@elfercho1147]

This is by far the best halo channel ever!

[@taylorbsabinsky]

Oh no Both Luke's are doing AUDIBLE sponsorship

[@ashenrxse]

Good morning Xperia!!! Glad to see you uploaded when I woke up!!!! Your videos are the best!!!

[@coltonalbright7544]

Why didn't the Gravemind from Delta Halo control the flood from both Halp Wars and Halo CE? I was under the impression that they had unlimited communication range and speed.

[@SabatSch95]

Honestly, I always thought the Flood was just stupid. Not as in, a "stupid life-form", but rather, narratively stupid. I know many will disagree, but I feel like no matter how much lore they throw at it, the Flood is ultimately just a generic, zombie/parasite like villain that ultimately doesn't really work as a "main villain". There are also too many plotholes attached to it. Halo was created to "destroy their food", so how come they are even featured in CE or Halo 2 for that matter? Doesn't that mean the Halo rings were utterly fucking useless? You could argue the Covenant were responsible for "releasing" contained Flood lifeforms, but come on... how fucking dumb would the Forerunners have to be in order to even attempt to contain the most dangerous life-form in the Universe? "Oh, but we want to study it, but we also made these super-weapons that kills all life just in case". Where was their sense of priority? And heck, Instillation 4 is destroyed (along with the Flood) in CE, and they just magically re-appear in H2, like nothing ever happened (yes, I know it was a different outbreak, but that further goes to show how useless the Halo rings were and how the Flood has inexcusable plot armor). What's even the point of H3 and "killing" the Flood, when we know that they ALWAYS come back, regardless? Now they're back in Halo Wars 2 (yay... /s) but even without Halo Wars, they still wouldn't have achieved anything. There are probably countless of Flood containment centers all across the Universe. It just feels so dumb and really takes away from the real conflict in Halo, the one that truly matters, and that's humans vs the Covenant. I do think there's "a" place for the Flood in Halo, but just as a mythical type of enemy that almost never shows up, treated with a "less is more" type of approach. I pray that they don't return in Infinite, cause man, not a second of fighting the Flood was actually enjoyable to me.

[@canceroh8699]

I agree with you in a world with advance tech and intelligent beings the flood only survives through pure will is kinda bs

[@billtastic7843]

What the hell is the Der Eisendrache end cut scene music doing at 9:42 in a Halo lore video? ;)

[@emperorconstantinexipalaio4121]

I find it much more intimidating that such a terrifying, infectious beast is so articulate and elegant in speech... unlike most of the human population.

[@dullishstrikes2251]

Honestly the Kinect bullets that load out weapons fire in warzone would be really effective at killing the flood and making sure they stay dead

[@tactilcalhorize]

I was actually thinking that the Covenant weapons were the best choice for dealing with the flood. The plasma would kill the flood and burn the bodies in one go.

[@thomasnolastname8734]

Cortana: why do you talk like that? Gravemind: *because I fucking can*

[@pyrosauria7444]

I wonder...We see how effective the flood are in Halo but I wonder how well they would in say Warhammer 40k or other sci-fi/science-fantasy series. :o

[@friedupchicken5948]

Pyroskies that would be interesting especially with Nurgle and his followers. The Imperium can destroy an entire planet within an hour, however if the flood infected them...then the flood could as well.

[@internetzenmaster8952]

Well, they can already out-eat the Nids (Nids take 50-100 days to consume an entire planet, the Flood do that shit for a weekend project), so there's that. I'm honestly not sure how well they'd do against the Orks or Necrons though.

[@pyrosauria7444]

A big question would be, if they can pierce through Space Marine armor? On one hand, it's probable as the Infection forms probably had to deal with forerunner armor (That may have been tougher then Spartan armor) and can only be stopped by shields. However, Space marine armor is shown to be much superior when compared to Spartan armor as they can tank hits from Bolter rounds (being rocket propelled grenades) for a short while, essenically being damn hard for Infection forms to pierce through. Tho I supposed that combat forms could break appart the armor, and considering the large population density of each planet, it'd be easy for the flood to over-run Astartes with just 1 planet completely infected.

[@shamrockshnake1366]

Pyroskies unless the whole of 40k unites then the flood wipes it unless the chaos gods intervene. they, if they were already at a galatic stage, could farewell as a low tier faction in doctor who

[@comandercarnis]

Goodbye warhammer galaxy if the gods don't do something as when the flood make a keymind it's game over.

[@FlashandHeatblastsAdventures]

Don’t mind me, just watching my childhood videos

[@abuzzedwhaler7949]

The gravemind deserves to be on the front page of r/iamverysmart

[@MythicFTW]

Why though ? He isn't really a pretender he was the one who ended the official covenant

[@fuzzydunlop7928]

@@MythicFTW A LOT of people ended the Covenant. In truth the golden age of the Covenant had waned long ago and the only way it was going was down.

[@dj.blackstar]

The way the gravemind speaks is so cool to me

[@teddybear1829]

I can do a pretty good voice over of the gravemind

[@bigmemes9604]

skinnybut stronglad post on your channel

[@RosheenQuynh]

skinnybut stronglad I have never wanted to hear a voice over so badly before

[@rollinroy1841]

skinnybut stronglad "just..DO IT!!!"

[@deleted8920]

Upload your voice!

[@teddybear1829]

Done

[@cruxnajii2056]

Gravemind wearing a top hat killed me.

[@Idiotic_Waffles]

5:08 a personality eh? *Imagines caboose as a gravemind*

[@nathanchitty6716]

@HiddenXperia i think its time for a more detailed and up to date video only just found you but i really like how you break it down without going off on a tangent deffo a new sub

[@seanhalpin7884]

I love the flood, they were actually created by the precursors as a test to other beings, such as the forrunners to see if they could handle the mantle of responsibility. I love halo lore !

[@xxxhalo4everxxx]

sean halpin uhhh no the precursors actually are the flood, when the forerunners Tried to wipe then out many turned themselfs into star dust, eons later the star dust got corrupted and mutated so when when the precursors tried to reform they became the flood instead

[@salahad-din9168]

Bungie's energy sword sounds awesome. 343's energy sword sounds like someone holding in a sneeze.

[@confederacyofindependentsy475]

❤ the flood is the best

[@dylancassidy7186]

for the empire for Darth Vader yeah gotta love those little cornflake fucks

[@airas1494]

Man i absolutely love to sit down after a shitty day and listen to one of your lore vids :D

[@rkhsmt5405]

I kinda feel bad for the gravemind,it has to accumulate all the memories of humans it consumes,like SJW's,Feminists,Furries,Bronies and such,no wonder it wants to wipe out all life

[@Mr-Ad-196]

RKHSMT5 oh the horror

[@marvinnope6050]

Good One

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Don’t forget the weaboos

[@sgtpaloogoo2811]

The Grave mind is evil because It can think

[@toonnoon19]

5:16 i feel like the only reasonable way they can pass knowledge down between duch huge gaps if a little piece of them never dies and is there for the new Gravemind

[@i3lazz]

I C O N I C

[@AlexanderCliftonAiken]

I've tried to find those clips at 5:17 and can't find any. Can someone help me to find those clips on KZbin?

[@Alexfatality98]

Halo legends

[@rafaelmoran1165]

6:43 Being a mass of dead bodies and zombie-like cells, like a sir🎩

[@bromodragone8405]

I always hear Combat Forms talking. They say "Return!" or "No escape!"

[@Blackdynamite41]

the armored casket 😂

[@adamgray1753]

I am somewhat surprised that when the "armored casket" fired upon the Flood forms in front of him the nearby Flood did not say, "the armored casket is angry!".

[@Miss_Eldritch]

Chief: oh damn a big flesh Current Gravemind: Would you like some Tea?

[@haydenmcanally7326]

There isn’t enough gravemind hentai.

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Hayden McAnally aha...................... ......yes

[@bromodragone8405]

Sadly true. I wish that was his main objective for the universe.

[@MACA_Zeon]

Hayden McAnally uhhhh

[@217adaptiveperspective]

...What we do have is trauma inducing

[@DonRoyalX]

The single worst thing I have ever read in my life

[@SpoonyTundra04]

Hey there Hidden! I have been watching your vids for a awhile and I am loving them. I have a request for a video. Here it is: If possible, can you do a video on the history of Half-Jaw? I enjoyed the video on why he is Half-Jaw and would like to know more about his history. Keep doin what you do. Have a good one.

[@zrty6512]

I have some ideas of what might happen after a key mind, a entire star system is under control and use of all life in an entire system even more intelligent then a key mind, then entire control of a galaxy and use of all life in the galaxy as all life is the flood and each star acts like a neuron, then entire control of the universe as everything is the flood no life is left in the universe that isn't the flood each galaxy is a neuron, then complete control of the multiverse no life is left everything is the flood and the flood is extremely intelligent, then complete control of time it's self everything is the flood and everything will be the flood and the flood will know all and everything

[@schnurzlogoidacious1825]

Then master queef bitch slaps it and it falls apart

[@zrty6512]

WolfCam02 Xbox, Skype, Steam, Teamspeak um what

[@schnurzlogoidacious1825]

Exactly

[@enamstarwalker]

This series kicks ass! Thanks dude!

[@wyattdempstrr7486]

Gravemind: *exists* Everyone: r/iamverysmart

[@Cryogenius333]

Zerg: We will dominate the entire Galaxy Flood: Hold my Biomass