Phoenix Logs/Flood Lore/Proto-Gravemind


 * High Charity's Bane.


 * The Proto-Gravemind within High Charity is the shadow of a far greater threat,
 * one that will unleash damnation upon the stars should it grow unchecked. High
 * Charity's proto-Gravemind is a perverse mockery of a living thing, a gluttonous
 * stump of Flood cells that remained behind when Halo's cleansing energies
 * burned away the corrupted biomass which once supported the Gravemind.


 * A measure of Gravemind's intellect remains, though its new vessel must feed
 * and spread in order for it to manifest fully once again. With every Banished
 * soldier that succumbs to its embrace, the Gravemind's re-emergence grows
 * closer. The mountain of half-dead flesh quivers in anticipation, and the echo of
 * timeless laughter rises from somewhere deep below.


 * High Charity's Proto-Gravemind is a massive, highly adaptable biological weapon.
 * It is a horrifying enemy, protected by every Flood beast on the Ark. Only fools
 * and madmen dare to attack it without overwhelming force.