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===Creation and Physiology=== |
===Creation and Physiology=== |
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[[File:FloodProphet01.jpg|left|thumb|130px|The [[Prophet of Regret]] being assimilated into the Gravemind, the ultimate evolution of the Proto-Gravemind (note the human cranium at the top left).]] |
[[File:FloodProphet01.jpg|left|thumb|130px|The [[Prophet of Regret]] being assimilated into the Gravemind, the ultimate evolution of the Proto-Gravemind (note the human cranium at the top left).]] |
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Proto-Graveminds are a coagulation of multiple other [[Flood]] forms all merged together. It appears that when an advanced task is at hand for the Flood, such as piloting a [[category:Starships|starship]], they will create a Proto-Gravemind to do that task by merging together as many hosts as possible with that knowledge, such as former pilots and officers. Rather than completely destroying a victim's consciousness, as a normal Flood form generally does, it interrogates its victims slowly, allowing their consciousnesses to feed it information. The form tortures the host's mind with a loud buzzing sound, thus erasing all thought. Only after the host is stripped of all knowledge is the host killed by the Proto-Gravemind, although it is sometimes possible for a host to die before the Flood form has a chance to assimilate all of its memories.''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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Proto-Graveminds are a coagulation of multiple other [[Flood]] forms all merged together. It appears that when an advanced task is at hand for the Flood, such as piloting a starship, they will create a Proto-Gravemind to do that task by merging together as many hosts as possible with that knowledge, such as former pilots and officers. Rather than completely destroying a victim's consciousness, as a normal Flood form generally does, it interrogates its victims slowly, allowing their consciousnesses to feed it information. The form tortures the host's mind with a loud buzzing sound, thus erasing all thought. Only after the host is stripped of all knowledge is the host killed by the Proto-Gravemind, although it is sometimes possible for a host to die before the Flood form has a chance to assimilate all of its memories.''[[Halo: The Flood]]''
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A notable feature in the creation of a Proto-Gravemind is that [[San 'Shyuum]] are often used to form the core "mind" of the Brain Form, such as [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]], or the [[Minister of Etiology]].''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'' |
A notable feature in the creation of a Proto-Gravemind is that [[San 'Shyuum]] are often used to form the core "mind" of the Brain Form, such as [[Prophet of Regret|Regret]], or the [[Minister of Etiology]].''[[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]'' |
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Unlike all other known Flood forms, it is apparently immobile and passive in combat. They have never been observed to move on their own, even when other Combat Forms are fighting nearby. In fact, even when the [[John-117|Master Chief]] physically punched through the side of the Proto-Gravemind present aboard the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' during the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the Flood form did not react at all; it is likely that locomotion is only gained after the transformation into a true Gravemind is complete. Proto-Graveminds have also never been observed to keep any of their hosts' [[weapons]]. They use some of their hosts' legs as a means to support themselves, and one can slightly see some of the recent hosts' bodies embedded in the Proto-Gravemind's mass, albeit deformed. |
Unlike all other known Flood forms, it is apparently immobile and passive in combat. They have never been observed to move on their own, even when other Combat Forms are fighting nearby. In fact, even when the [[John-117|Master Chief]] physically punched through the side of the Proto-Gravemind present aboard the ''[[Truth and Reconciliation]]'' during the [[Battle of Installation 04]], the Flood form did not react at all; it is likely that locomotion is only gained after the transformation into a true Gravemind is complete. Proto-Graveminds have also never been observed to keep any of their hosts' [[weapons]]. They use some of their hosts' legs as a means to support themselves, and one can slightly see some of the recent hosts' bodies embedded in the Proto-Gravemind's mass, albeit deformed. |
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===Further Evolution=== |
===Further Evolution=== |
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