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The Gravemind, like the Proto-Gravemind from which it formed, is made up of countless infected corpses; ''[[The Art of Halo]]'' states that Gravemind is "literally built from the bodies of its enemies and its own fallen warriors reassembled into a massive, tentacle, and intelligent entity." Gravemind references this fact often, often calling his current whereabouts an empty grave or burial mound. Even its name, "Gravemind", references this: it is the mind of the grave. The consciousness of the Gravemind is formed from the accumulated intelligence and memories of every Flood host ever consumed. | The Gravemind, like the Proto-Gravemind from which it formed, is made up of countless infected corpses; ''[[The Art of Halo]]'' states that Gravemind is "literally built from the bodies of its enemies and its own fallen warriors reassembled into a massive, tentacle, and intelligent entity." Gravemind references this fact often, often calling his current whereabouts an empty grave or burial mound. Even its name, "Gravemind", references this: it is the mind of the grave. The consciousness of the Gravemind is formed from the accumulated intelligence and memories of every Flood host ever consumed. | ||
The Gravemind is the controlling intelligence behind the parasitic Flood species. When a creature is assimilated into the Flood, its knowledge is transferred directly to the Gravemind, and the remainder of its mind is destroyed. In addition, it appears each Gravemind also retains the memories and knowledge of previous Graveminds.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'''</ref> This has made the Gravemind virtually omniscient, and ensures that should the Gravemind be destroyed, its consciousness will never truly die as long as some | The Gravemind is the controlling intelligence behind the parasitic Flood species. When a creature is assimilated into the Flood, its knowledge is transferred directly to the Gravemind, and the remainder of its mind is destroyed. In addition, it appears each Gravemind also retains the memories and knowledge of previous Graveminds.<ref>'''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'''</ref> This has made the Gravemind virtually omniscient, and ensures that should the Gravemind be destroyed, its consciousness will never truly die as long as some Flood forms are left. In an [[Terminal/Halo 3|archived]] conversation with the Forerunner [[Artificial intelligence|AI]] known as [[05-032 Mendicant Bias|Mendicant Bias]], he compared himself to the AI, describing it as "a single intelligence inhabiting multiple [[wikipedia:Class (computer science)|instances]]" and calling himself "a compound [intelligence] consisting of a thousand billion coordinated minds inhabiting as many bodies as circumstances require". While it is not known how the Gravemind is able to communicate with subordinate Flood forms across the galaxy, his self-comparison to a computer network implies that similar techniques may be used, with each Flood form possibly acting as a [[Wikipedia:Node (networking)|networking node]] and redistributing the Gravemind's commands to other forms. | ||
It is widely believed that the Gravemind uses some form of telepathy to command its disparate Flood components. This theory is reinforced by the Gravemind's ability to communicate with John-117 during the events of ''[[Halo 3]]'' - he appears to speak directly to John's mind. However, this may have been an example of the Gravemind somehow contacting John's [[SPARTAN neural interface|neural interface]]. | It is widely believed that the Gravemind uses some form of telepathy to command its disparate Flood components. This theory is reinforced by the Gravemind's ability to communicate with John-117 during the events of ''[[Halo 3]]'' - he appears to speak directly to John's mind. However, this may have been an example of the Gravemind somehow contacting John's [[SPARTAN neural interface|neural interface]]. | ||