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[[John-117]], who had arrived with [[Keyes]] and [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]], met Thel 'Vadamee in the clutches of the Gravemind, the central controlling intelligence of the Flood hive, created from the combined intellect of tens of thousands of assimilated corpses. The Gravemind attempted to convince Thel 'Vadamee, against his own beliefs, and through the use of the captured [[Monitor]], [[2401 Penitent Tangent]], and the semi-revived and consumed [[Prophet of Regret]] to not activate the ring. Even though Thel 'Vadamee was still unswayed, although in question of his religion, the Gravemind sent him and John-117 to search for the Activation Index to keep the Covenant from "turning" the "key," transporting John-117 to [[High Charity]], and Thel 'Vadamee to Delta Halo's [[Control Room]]. | [[John-117]], who had arrived with [[Keyes]] and [[Avery Junior Johnson|Johnson]], met Thel 'Vadamee in the clutches of the Gravemind, the central controlling intelligence of the Flood hive, created from the combined intellect of tens of thousands of assimilated corpses. The Gravemind attempted to convince Thel 'Vadamee, against his own beliefs, and through the use of the captured [[Monitor]], [[2401 Penitent Tangent]], and the semi-revived and consumed [[Prophet of Regret]] to not activate the ring. Even though Thel 'Vadamee was still unswayed, although in question of his religion, the Gravemind sent him and John-117 to search for the Activation Index to keep the Covenant from "turning" the "key," transporting John-117 to [[High Charity]], and Thel 'Vadamee to Delta Halo's [[Control Room]]. | ||
Taking advantage of the distraction that John-117's presence caused, as well as the ensuing [[Great Schism]], the Gravemind took the opportunity to deliver itself, as well as a multitude of Flood underlings, onto ''In Amber Clad'' and then "jumped" the UNSC ship directly inside ''High Charity'', whereupon it immediately crashed into the city's superstructure to deliver its infectious cargo, while a wave of Flood-controlled [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropships]] delivered Flood forms all over the city. The ill-equipped and distracted populace was | Taking advantage of the distraction that John-117's presence caused, as well as the ensuing [[Great Schism]], the Gravemind took the opportunity to deliver itself, as well as a multitude of Flood underlings, onto ''In Amber Clad'' and then "jumped" the UNSC ship directly inside ''High Charity'', whereupon it immediately crashed into the city's superstructure to deliver its infectious cargo, while a wave of Flood-controlled [[D77-TC Pelican|Pelican dropships]] delivered Flood forms all over the city. The ill-equipped and distracted populace was more than a match for the Flood onslaught indivudally, but the Covenant Holy City was eventually overrun, with even the [[Prophet of Mercy]] falling victim to a Pod infector. | ||
The Flood soon spread to every district, and Flood spores began to infiltrate and overload the ventilation systems within High Charity; the whole city was becoming terra-formed into a gigantic Flood hive. The Gravemind regularly rebutted the words of comfort the Prophet of Truth regularly delivered to the city’s population over the comm system, to sadistically instill more panic and unease. John-117, having successfully stayed in front of the wave of Flood running rampant in the streets, stowed away on the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] that was leading the Prophet of [[Truth's fleet]] to Earth. Cortana, who had to stay behind to detonate ''In Amber Clad's'' engines should the situation arise and Installation 05 be fired, was left in the clutches of the Gravemind, who could potentially learn all possible human knowledge from her, including the entire knowledge directly received from Forerunner systems aboard Installation 04. | The Flood soon spread to every district, and Flood spores began to infiltrate and overload the ventilation systems within High Charity; the whole city was becoming terra-formed into a gigantic Flood hive. The Gravemind regularly rebutted the words of comfort the Prophet of Truth regularly delivered to the city’s population over the comm system, to sadistically instill more panic and unease. John-117, having successfully stayed in front of the wave of Flood running rampant in the streets, stowed away on the [[Anodyne Spirit|Forerunner Dreadnought]] that was leading the Prophet of [[Truth's fleet]] to Earth. Cortana, who had to stay behind to detonate ''In Amber Clad's'' engines should the situation arise and Installation 05 be fired, was left in the clutches of the Gravemind, who could potentially learn all possible human knowledge from her, including the entire knowledge directly received from Forerunner systems aboard Installation 04. | ||