Feral Stage: Difference between revisions

The '''Feral Stage''' is the first phase of a [[Flood]] outbreak.<ref>[[Bestiarum]]</ref> In this state, the Flood operates in a very stable manner and their existence forms around any adjacent sentient life forms – spreading from one group to another. Through its endless waves of [[Infection Forms]], the Flood breach the security placed by [[Forerunners]] and attack all sentient life. Victims become hosts to the Infections Forms and are mutated into [[Combat Forms]]. During this period of time, the [[Flood]] attacks with no strategy, becomes extremely aggressive and berserk.

As was witnessed during the events of [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] and depicted in the Halo Graphic Novel, [[The Last Voyage of the Infinite Succor]]<ref>[[Halo Graphic Novel]]</ref>, at some point during the Feral Stage, the Flood begin to collectively shift their objective. When this happens, Combat Forms will work together to accumulate the biomass of both parasites and uninfected sentient beings, allowing a series of widespread chemical reactions to occur across the reserves of calcium and flesh they’ve collected, eventually creating what is known as a Proto-Gravemind. Once a [[Proto-Gravemind]] has consumed enough corpses and becomes a full grown [[Gravemind]], the infection can proceed into the [[Coordinated Stage]].