Who created the Flood in Halo?

The Flood's design and fiction were led by Bungie artist Robert McLees, who used unused concepts from the earlier Bungie game Marathon 2. The setting of the first game, the ringworld Halo, was stripped of many of its large creatures in order to make the Flood's surprise appearance more startling.

What started the Flood in Halo?

According to Halo lore, the Flood is a product of a war between the Forerunners and the Precursors. Some Precursors, who lost the war, were turned into regenerative dust that created horrific mutations. The remaining Precursors assimilated into this newfound corruption.

Did the Forerunners create the Flood?

It was later revealed that the Flood was not a creation of the Precursors, but the Precursors' perverted and insane remains of themselves. The dust that humanity had discovered that led to the birth of the Flood threat was one of the failsafe measures the Precursors put into place to try and avoid their extinction.

Who is the leader of the Flood?

The Gravemind (Inferi sententia, meaning "Thinking Dead"), is the final stage in the life cycle of the Flood and is the ultimate hivemind of the Flood. It is a near-omniscient creature with complete control over all Flood forms.

Who is the cause of the flood?

Floods are the most frequent type of natural disaster and occur when an overflow of water submerges land that is usually dry. Floods are often caused by heavy rainfall, rapid snowmelt or a storm surge from a tropical cyclone or tsunami in coastal areas.

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Did the flood corrupt Cortana?

The Flood nearly succeeded in corrupting the human smart AI Cortana while holding her captive in High Charity. Cortana was quickly rendered helpless against the Gravemind, being completely incapable of identifying the points of the Gravemind's intrusion in her system.

What is the flood Halo weakness?

The Incendiary Grenade instantly destroys all pure Flood forms and is the one true weakness of all pure Flood forms, as well as its Support Weapon counterpart, the Flamethrower.

What happens if a Spartan gets infected by the flood?

Should a Spartan become infected with the Flood, code CORRUPTER is declared and weapons of mass destruction are deployed to contain the threat. Such infected Spartans have been simulated in War Games.

Does Master Chief ever get mad?

He will get angry when others try to help him. Master Chief is the ideal soldier in capabilities, but his attitude can get in the way of greatness. Perhaps Master Chief works alone to protect his comrades. Regardless of his reasons for it, it's abundantly clear that Master Chief like to fight alone.

What killed the Forerunners?

The IsoDidact had the Halos distributed across the galaxy and activated the rings, killing all sentient life of sufficient biomass in the Milky Way, including any surviving Forerunners within the range of the Halo effect.

Why did the Forerunners go extinct?

When the Great Purification occurred, ending the Forerunner-Flood war, a small minority of Forerunners fled the Milky Way Galaxy leaving their species nearly extinct at the time. The vast majority of their species died when the Halo Array fired as planned.

Who defeated the Forerunners?

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The Prometheans opposed and successfully forestalled the construction of the Halos for thousands of years, until their defeat by the Builders.

Why didn t the flood destroy the halos?

Because the Halo Array was/is tuned to destroy anything with a central nervous system. Flood are immune to this because of their physical make up.

Is the Flood in Halo evil?

The Flood are the central antagonistic faction of the Halo franchise.

Is Johnson immune to the flood?

Johnson is the only human seen to survive a Flood infestation, due to a pre-existing medical condition, known as Boren's Syndrome, that grants immunity to the Flood at the cost of one's mental stability.

Why can't a Spartan lose his shield?

This award is appropriately named because the shield was "the hoplite's most important piece of equipment." A Spartan could lose his helmet or breastplate with impunity but would be disgraced if he threw away his shield because, “You wear the armor for your own protection but you carry your shield for the protection of ...

What happened to Spartan babies if they were weak?

Spartans had to prove their fitness even as infants.

If a Spartan baby was judged to be unfit for its future duty as a soldier, it was most likely abandoned on a nearby hillside. Left alone, the child would either die of exposure or be rescued and adopted by strangers.

Why doesn t the flood infect grunts?

Those are the "tank" varient of a flood pure form. Hunters cannot be infected because they lack a central nervous system. Also, jackals and grunts do not have enough biomass to be converted into combat forms. They are either broken down and turned into infection forms, or combined into a carrier form.

Are humans immune to Flood Halo?

Forerunner ships found healthy human worlds within sectors of Flood infestation, leading Forerunners to conclude that humanity had developed a natural resistance, immunity or cure to Flood infection. However, no immunity or cure to the Flood existed; the Flood had chosen to stop infecting humans.

What is the most powerful Flood Halo?

The Tank Form is the most powerful that the Stalker can transform into. It's comprised entirely of raw biomass and are tough to take down.

Who built the Halo rings?

As it is known in modern times, the Halo Array is a network of seven ring-shaped megastructures created by the Forerunners, designed to exterminate all sentient life within the Milky Way galaxy.

Who turned Cortana evil?

Arguably Halsey is more to blame for making Cortana knowing that this incredibly powerful AI would go insane and mad with power after seven years. Whilst Chief, was meant to look out for Cortana and failing to do that led to those outcomes.

What was the secret Cortana was keeping from the Gravemind?

Despite being tortured by Gravemind, Cortana has managed to keep a secret safe from the Flood; she has the activation index of Installation 04, which she captured from 343 Guilty Spark during Halo: Combat Evolved.

What is Cortana suffering from?

Cortana begins displaying aberrant glitches and behavior, and reveals that she is suffering from rampancy as she approaches the end of her seven-year lifespan. She assists in the battle against the Didact, a rogue Forerunner who hates humans.