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Now I probably have you wondering this. Where the Flood come from? What exactly are they? I will now reveal the secret.
The Origin of the Flood
The origin of this nasty species takes place millions of years ago, when all was peaceful in the universe. Where there were no wars, fights, Abercrombie stores, or Honda Dealership radio ads (Actually, there still were Honda ads, these have been broadcasted to Earth from the planet of evil men wearing polyester sports coats since the beginning of time. But there was no way to receive them without radios) So all was peaceful.
Then a large being (probably Tartarus) clogged a toilet after
having a Mexican Burrito cooked by. He then, wielding his flaming plunger of chaos, unclogged the toilet but forgot to flush. Thus, a small fungus began to grow on the
seat.
The fungus then crawled to the large microwave being constructed by the hamster gerbil things, and hid in it for warmth. Then when the tray (AKA Delta Halo) was
released, the fungus was on it.
Thus, the flood was born! This event is universally known as the Great Plunging.
The fungus eventually gained some sort of intelligence, and because it was so fricking creepy (Grave) and basically just a big know it all (Mind) he became known as Gravemind. It then, using its supernatural powers, reached into the future and got a copy of Doom: The Movie. Realizing how bad the acting was, it picked up a copy of
resident evil instead (At a Blockbuster in Oklahoma and watched it. Since he thought it was so good, he decided he wanted his own zombies.)
First, he tried using TV channels like Nickelodeon to convert innocent children of men to his will, but eventually realized no one watched Oswald. He realized he needed another way.
So, using an unholy mixture of evil, hate, beans, Kool Aid, and human souls, he created. . . ZOMBIE JUICE. Actually it was called something religious like Tab or
something...But that doesn't matter!
Gravemind's addiction to horror movies allowed him to steal ideas without copyrighting them, so he was able to create small jellyfish like beings known only as "infectors". He was pleased with his land squids, but realized they needed a host to remain safe. Grunts were the perfect targets, and were deemed to be "Carriers" of the infectors.
Also, these Flood possessed corpses are way smarter than other zombies. Mainly because most Combat Forms know how to use firearms and vehicles. Though most
Covenant weaponry is pretty useless in the first place, it could still be very effective.
They're also quite skilled in hand to hand combat (the non exploding ones anyways). Most are increased with super human (and, er, super alien) speed and strength.
What's extremely entertaining to watch is a combat form and a jackal attempt to gnaw on each other's skull. This highly angered the Covenant, as the only creatures they possessed that could gnaw on the skulls of enemies were Jackals and Doberman Gators. They were even angrier when they realized that the gators were left out of all the Halo games, and instead fled to Brazil and formed a church honoring Steve Irwin.
So Gravemind was deemed unquestionable leader. I still find it funny that a race of undead alien parasites are led by a rhyming plant. Though this rhyming plant had some sense of dignity, as he helped Master Chief and the Arbiter (somewhat) in Halo 2 and 3.
How bad does it have to be that an "advanced alien civilization" has no sense of dignity, and a FREAKING ZOMBIE RAPPER PLANT DOES?!?
Now for some "official" facts:
The Flood are depicted as having a complicated lifecycle: small, base forms of Flood infect and mutate hosts into other forms, which ultimately repeat the cycle by spawning the smaller forms. The largest self contained form that the Flood can produce itself, without using other biomasses, is an "Infection form". As its name suggests, the Infection form homes in on hosts (living or dead), attempting to drive sharp spines into the host and tap into the nervous system. This tap causes the host to be incapacitated, while the Infection form burrows into the host's body and begins the mutation process, bringing the host under Flood on the size or condition of the body, the Infection form mutates the hapless host into various specialized forms in the continual drive for more food.
In other words, little spiders turn people into zombies. Some zombies explode to make more spiders. Then they eat people. Gross.
The Flood are also seen to create forms for tasks other than finding sustenance. In Halo: Combat Evolved, the Flood create "Brain forms": these spongy creatures, resembling a large bag of flesh with tentacles, can be used to interrogate victims, stripping information from the mind of the host before eventually assimilating the host into itself entirely. In the Halo novel Flood are seen piling dead matter together in order to form a Gravemind this form serves as a central intelligence for the infection, and is first encountered in Halo 2.
Of course, there has to be a brain bug. We all remember poor Keyes which was just SICK. Of course, having all Flood commanders named Gravemind is pretty weird. Does that mean of Russia's leaders have to be NAMED Kremlin?
In Halo, the Flood appear in three main forms. The largest hosts, namely humans and Covenant Elites are turned by the Infection forms into "Combat forms", which are described as extremely powerful and resilient warriors. Combat forms are able to resist extreme punishment while utilizing either the weapons of their hosts or the long, whip like tentacles developed during their mutation. If a host is unsuitable for combat it will mutate into a "Carrier form", which transports and spreads more Infection forms. The upper body of Carrier form swells into a bulbous sac while the legs remain intact. When it moves close enough to a potential host, the Carrier form explodes like a grenade, both releasing its contents and killing anything within range.
Woot! Gun wielding zombies with kamikaze oompa loompas! You're either killed or turned into one of them! Look's like these guys had their bases covered. Extremely disgusting, but very efficient. Obviously, "Grenade" is an understatement. Because grenades don't unleash a flurry of undead squirrels all over the place...
The Flood appear in Halo 3 with new abilities and forms. A new, mutable Flood combat form appears, called the "Pure Form." Depending on the situation, these forms can mutate into even more specialized types. According to Bungie, these creatures are formed when the Flood gain access to large enough stocks of calcium, which it uses to form a framework for biomass collected from other species.
Now they were a joy to fight weren't they? That proves one thing for everyone (especially kids). Calcium is in milk. So milk makes you big and strong....
OR POSSIBLY INTO A GIANT MUTATABLE BIOMASS!