- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: AAAAHHHH GRENADE
Since i have no real leaniency either way, i'd like to host a discussion about whether Gravemind is a flood version of a forerunner.
Arguments FOR
* Gravemind seems to have control over Delta Halo's teleportation system
* Gravemind is incredibly intelligent... almost like a forerunner
* Gravemind is also very ancient, maybe even as ancient as the acivation of the Halos
* Even though Gravemind looks nothing like a human (reference to forerunners = humans theory) if we look at the Captain Keyes blob, we can see how even a human is capable of mutating into a Gravemind-esque creature
Arguments AGAINST
* Gravemind is still alive (which indicates that if he was an infected forerunner, he would've starved)
* Gravemind's intelligence could have been acquired from numerous eavesdroppings into Covenant + Human communications
* Gravemind's control over the teleportation system may be some sort of mutation/adaption from existing for so long
* The rumor that humans are forerunner ancestors indicates that forerunners would probably look like humans, which gravemind obviously does not
Add more arguments
What if the captain keyes blob IS Gravemind?
If gravemind is the leader of the flood then he would be the very last to die right?
This proves he has been around as long as the flood.
Gravemind entering Keyes was probably the most strategic move he could make out of the millions of years waiting. This is assuming he has been at installation 04 this whole time. The covenant knew they had to escape the Halo ring before it exploded, it was on to Master Chief's plan. How could they not? At the beginning of Halo2, the would be artiber explained what happened, and that he was the Captain of the "Truth and Reconciliation." If he espaced, he could have easily taken the Keyes-Gravemind with him for further study. After all, they are the ones who are so curious about the mystery of the Halos.
This could also explain how Gravemind got to Delta Halo, the covenant escaped there.