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+[[File:TerminalHaloInfested.jpg|300px|right|thumb|[[343 Guilty Spark]] imagines a Flood infestation on [[Installation 04]].]]
+{{Quote|The Flood can survive and grow in almost any environment, but it thrives in a surprisingly narrow band of habitability. The interior of Flood hives provide a controlled environment for accelerated growth, but in time an entire planet's biosphere can be altered to approximate these ideal conditions.|Phoenix Logs}}<ref name="Blightlands">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] —  Blightlands''</ref>
+'''Blightlands''' are [[Flood]] infested areas which serve as the first step in the process of converting an environment to suit the Flood's biological needs. Flood Hives develop specialised forms which harvest vitality from the soil, absorb solar energy and consume native life. These zones are eventually consumed to provide raw material for Flood Spore Mountains and Flood "organs" that finish a planet's ruination. [[Cocooned base]]s can often be found at the heart of Blightlands.<ref>'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - Cocooned Base</ref>
+==History==
+===Etran Harborage===
+[[File:ShieldW Surface Closeup.png|thumb|right|An infected [[Sangheili]] in the Blightlands on the outer surface of the Etran Harborage.]]
+Prior to [[2531]], a Flood outbreak on the surface of the [[Etran Harborage]] had led to the establishment of Flood Blightlands across the [[Shield world]]'s outer surface. The infection of [[Human|humans]] from the [[UNSC Spirit of Fire|UNSC ''Spirit of Fire'']] and [[Covenant]] forces would lead to the establishement of Flood [[Flood den|den]]s, [[Flood hive|hive]]s, [[Flood nest|nest]]s, [[Flood colony|colonies]] and, most importantly, a [[Proto-Gravemind]]. The shield world's [[Battle of the Etran Harborage|destruction]] would ultimately destroy the blightlands here.
+===Installation 00===
+Following the destruction of ''[[High Charity]]'' in the [[Battle of Installation 00]], the gargantuan Flood hive's ruins were quarantined by the installation's [[Sentinel]]s. Approximately three-hundred meters away from the perimeter, life stopped growing and the area was absent of any kind of noise.<ref name="Pandora's Box">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]]'' - Pandora's Box</ref> For seven years, the Flood inside the quarantine zone would continue to fester until the shield was broken by [[Voridus]] during the [[Second Ark Conflict]], hoping to salvage old war-era Covenant equipment from the ruins of the city. The Flood would quickly escape this breach and begin turning the area surrounding ''High Charity'' into a blightland, eventually cocooning UNSC and [[Banished]] bases and establishing a new Proto-Gravemind. The Gravemind would eventually be destroyed by Banished [[Mega turret]]s, however, and the Sentinel network activated to reenact the quarantine of the facility.
-{{Quote|The Flood can survive and grow in almost any environment, but it thrives in a surprisingly narrow band of habitability. The interior of Flood hives provide a controlled environment for accelerated growth, but in time an entire planet's biosphere can be altered to approximate these ideal conditions.|Phoenix Logs}}<ref name="Blightlands">'''Halo Wars 2''', ''[[Phoenix Logs]] —  Blightlands''</ref>
-'''Blightlands''' are [[Flood]] infested areas which serve as the first step in the process of converting an environment to suit the Flood's biological needs. Flood Hives develop specialised forms which harvest vitality from the soil, absorb solar energy and consume native life. These zones are eventually consumed to provide raw material for Flood Spore Mountains and Flood "organs" that finish a planet's ruination.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+File:Anniversary, The Flood.jpg|Blightlands in the [[Forerunner-Flood war]].
+File:Flood_city.jpeg|A simulation of [[New Mombasa]]-turned Blightlands.
+File:Flood_city2.jpeg|Simulation of [[Flood combat form]]s in an urban Blightland.
+File:HSA Flood infesting Earth.jpg|Simulation of Blightlands rapidly spreading over East [[Africa]].
+File:HW2_Blightlands_Concept_1.jpg|Concept art of Blightlands in ''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]''.
+File:HW2_Blightlands_Concept_2.jpg|Concept art of Blightlands in ''[[Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare]]''.
+File:HW2_FloodMaps_Concept.jpg|''Halo Wars 2'' concept art of maps set in Blightlands.
+File:HW2-Atriox&Protogravemind.png|[[Atriox]] standing before a Proto-Gravemind in the Blightlands surrounding High Charity.
+File:HW2_Installation00Blightlands.jpg|Blightlands on Installation 00.
+</gallery>
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