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|game=''[[Halo 2]]''

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|date= [[2552|November 3rd, 2552]]

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*Locate the [[Prophet of Truth]] and the [[Index]]

*Stop the [[Prophet of Truth]] from boarding his [[Phantom]]

|enemies=

**[[Minor Elite|Minors]]

**[[Major Elite|Majors]]

**[[Ultra Elite|Ultras]]

*[[Yanme'e|Drone]]s

<center>''For other uses, see [[Gravemind]].''</center>

{{Article Quote|"The [[Prophets]] have the [[Index]] and plan to use it? Over your dead body."'''}}

 

'''Gravemind''' is a ''[[Halo 2]]'' [[campaign]] level. The level takes place within [[High Charity]], after the [[Gravemind]] teleports [[Master Chief]] there. The [[Prophet of Truth]] has the [[Index]], and you must get to him before he leaves for the control room of [[Delta Halo]]. As you travel through [[High Charity]], you will experience the beginning of the [[Covenant Civil War]].

Strangely enough, apart from the opening cutscene, there is no contact with the [[Gravemind]] or the [[Flood]]. Also, the word "Gravemind" is not mentioned until two levels later in {{Levelname|High Charity}}. This is also the level where the [[Energy Sword]] appears most often, and is one of only four missions where there are no [[Human]] weapons. This is the first level in which you can use the [[Brute Shot]] and the [[Brute Plasma Rifle]]. You also fight Brutes for the first time here<ref>'''[[Halo 2]]''', level ''Gravemind''</ref>.

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovNyQ0kmjLI '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''[[John-117|The Master Chief]] begins to wake up, and sees a red circle of lights on the ceiling of some underground area. He sees that he's being held aloft by a tentacle, and he is brought towards the head of a massive creature: the [[Gravemind]].''

*'''[[Cortana (AI)|Cortana]]''': "What...is that?"

''The Master Chief is held in front of Gravemind's head, the head being one giant mouth made from separate parts, somewhat similar to an [[Elite]]'s.''

*'''[[Gravemind]]''': "I...? I am a monument to all your sins."

''As Gravemind talks, he breathes out [[Flood Spore]]s. Two tentacles bring forth a struggling [[Thel 'Vadamee]].''

*'''Master Chief''': "Relax. I'd rather not piss this thing off."

*'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "Demon!"

''The Gravemind makes loud huffing sounds, and indicates the Master Chief''

*'''Gravemind:''' "This one is machine and nerve, and has its mind concluded." ''(a tentacle wraps around Master Chief's head, then indicates 'Vadamee)'' "This one is but flesh and faith, and is the more deluded."''(turns 'Vadamee upside down)''

*'''Gravemind''': "There is much talk. And I have listened. Through rock and metal and time. Now I shall talk, and you shall listen."

''He raises two tentacles, one wrapped around a [[2401 Penitent Tangent|red Monitor]], the other merged with an infected [[Prophet of Regret]]''

*'''Prophet of Regret''': "And I am the Prophet of Regret, Councilor most High... Hierarch of the [[Covenant]]!"

*'''2401 Penitent Tangent''': "Not true. This installation has a successful utilization record of 1.2 trillion simulated and one actual. It is ready to fire on demand."

*'''Prophet of Regret:''' ''(to the Arbiter)'' "Of all the objects our [[Forerunner|Lords]] left behind, there are none so ''worthless'' as these Oracles!" ''(yells)'' "They know ''nothing'' of the [[Great Journey]]!"

*'''2401 Penitent Tangent''': "And ''you'' know nothing about containment! You have demonstrated a complete disregard to even the most basic protocols!"

''He lowers his tentacles, and Regret shrieks in fear.''

*'''Gravemind''': ''(to 'Vadamee)'' "Your Prophets have promised you freedom from a doomed existence, but you will find no salvation on this [[Halo|ring]]. [[Forerunner|Those who built this place]] knew what they wrought. Do not mistake their intent, or all will perish as they did before."

*'''Master Chief''': "This thing is right. Halo is a weapon. Your Prophets are making a big mistake."

*'''Thel 'Vadamee''': "Your ignorance already destroyed [[Installation 04|one of the sacred rings]], Demon. You shall not harm another."

*'''Gravemind''': "If you will not hear the truth, then I will show it to you. There is still time to stop the [[Index|key]] from turning, but first it must be found." ''(indicates each in turn)'' "You will search one likely spot, and you will search another. Fate had us meet as foes, but this ring will make us...brothers."

 

''A swarm of Covenant ships attack each other outside of [[High Charity]]. Fade in on the walkway outside the Council Chamber, [[Honor Guard Brute]]s guard the gates from [[Grunt]] and [[Jackal]] rioters.''

''Cut to Council Chamber. A line of Honor Guard Brutes stand at attention. A cameraman [[Grunt]] focuses a holographic camera on Truth as he delivers his propaganda, while the [[Prophet of Mercy]] watches from aside.''

*'''Prophet of Truth''': "The release of the [[Flood|parasite]] was unexpected, unfortunate. But, there is no need to panic. In truth, this is a time to rejoice. A moment that all the Covenant should savor." ''(raises the [[Index]])'' "For the Sacred Icon has been found. With it, our path is clear, our entry into the Divine Beyond guaranteed! The Great Journey is nigh..." ''(the Grunt notices the Master Chief appearing out of thin air behind him)'' "...and nothing, not even the [[Flood]], can stop it!"

''The Chief looks down at the shocked Grunt.''

*'''Master Chief''': "Boo."

''The Grunt yelps, throws up his [[Needler]], and flees. The Master Chief catches the Needler and aims it at Truth. Two Brute Honor Guards shield the Prophets with their [[Honor Guard Pike|pikes]].''

''The Prophets and some [[Brute]]s escape through a gravity lift, leaving two Brutes behind.''

*'''Cortana''': "Brutes! The faster you can kill these Brutes, the better." ''(The Chief kills one Brute.)'' "They don't have shield generators, but take them out before... it's berserking!"

 

''The Master Chief kills all Covenant in the room''

*'''[[Tartarus]] (Loudspeaker)''': "The Demon has infiltrated the Council Chamber?! Protect the Hierarchs! Seal the exits!"

''After the Master Chief fends off the attackers''

''The Spartan approaches the door, and Cortana's hologram appears.''

*'''Cortana''': "That Prophet, Truth. He has the [[Index]]! You've got to take it from him. Let me get these doors. ''(The Chief reaches for the pedestal)'' Go! It will be easier to track Truth if I stay in the network."

''If you continue to wait:''

''The Master Chief fights his way to the ledge where Thel 'Vadamee was tortured.''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "Watch out for the [[Brute Captain|Captain]], it's got a [[Type-25 Grenade Launcher|Brute Shot]]!" ''(Note that the Brute Captain with the Brute Shot first shows up in the Council Chamber on Legendary.)''

''If the Chief stalls:'' "It's safe, really. Just step in."

''If the Chief continues to stall''

*'''Cortana''': "After that stunt on the ''[[Cairo Station|Cairo]]'', I ''know'' you're not afraid of heights."

''Later:''

*'''Tartarus (Loudspeaker)''': "Reinforce all approaches to the holding pens. Slay the Demon on sight!"

*'''Cortana:''' "They're beefing up their patrols. Stay sharp."

''Later:''

''When the Master Chief reaches the lift.''

''He takes the Grav Lift down.''

''The Master Chief kills the Covenant forces on the top level.''

''The Master Chief enters the brig, and kills the guards.''

''The brig doors unlatch, and the Marine POWs arm themselves with dropped Covenant weapons.''

''The Master Chief frees the second group of Marines.''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "We'll get out of here the same way we came in - the central Grav Lift... Reinforcements, coming down the lift!"

''The Master Chief and the Marines kill the reinforcements.''

''If the Chief stalls:''

''Later:''

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "Fear not, my brothers! The Sacred Icon is secure. It was Tartarus and his Brutes who took the Icon from the Flood, and for that they have our thanks."

''Later:''

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "The Elites have failed to protect the Prophets, and in doing so, have put all our lives at risk. Let no warrior forget his oath, 'Thou, in faith, shall keep us safe, whilst we find the Path.'"

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "I've got a fix on Truth, just outside this tower, Chief. There's an exit nearby. Hurry!"

''Later:''

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "With my blessing, the Brutes now lead our [[Covenant Fleet|fleets]]! They ask for your [[Covenant Loyalists|allegiance]], and you shall give it."

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "You wouldn't believe the number of kill-systems the Covenant are throwing down around me. Not to worry, it's pretty sloppy stuff. I guess they never expected a hostile intelligence to penetrate their networks from the inside."

''Later:''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "The Covenant [[Covenant Civil War|just destroyed two of their own ships]]! And I'm hearing reports of small arms fire throughout their fleet."

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "Creatures of the Covenant! The path is broad, and we shall walk it side by side."

''Later:''

In Amber Clad ''flies by overhead.''

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "Be glad! A reward for all your toil and all your sacrifices in the year at hand."

*'''Cortana''': "Hailing...no response. She's crashed into another tower ahead of our position. I'll keep trying to make contact, but I'm not registering any human vital signs."

''You can hear the ''[[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'' crash.''

''Later:''

*'''[[Tartarus]] (Loudspeaker)''': "Rise, my brothers! Cast down the [[Elites]]!"

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "There are those who said this day would never come. What have they to say now?"

*'''[[Tartarus]] (Loudspeaker)''': "Once the towers are clear, we'll drive them from the lower district."

''Later:''

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "I have listened to the Oracle, and it confirmed our deepest hope. The Great Journey begins with [[Halo]]."

*'''[[Tartarus]] (Loudspeaker)''': "The Elites are falling back to the [[Mausoleum of the Arbiter|Mausoleum]]. Fools! Their Arbiter can do nothing for them now!"

*'''Prophet of Truth (Loudspeaker)''': "Who would doubt the Prophets? What have they foretold that has not come to pass?"

''Later:''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "If we're going to catch Truth, we'll need to take a shortcut, straight through the Mausoleum. Look on the bright side: for now, they seem much more interested in [[Covenant Civil War|killing each other]]."

''The Master Chief approaches the very large fight in the Mausoleum.''

''After the room is cleared:''

*'''Cortana''': "Hang on, I'm picking up two more transponders. It's [[Miranda Keyes|the Commander]] and [[Avery Johnson|Johnson]]! They're closing on Truth's position, Chief! They'll need your help! This way, Chief."

''The exit opens, with several cloaked Elites and an [[Honor Guard Councilor]] running out. The Chief kills them.''

*'''Cortana (COM)''': "...This isn't good. I’m getting confirmed reports of Flood leaving the [[UNSC In Amber Clad|In Amber Clad]]'s wreckage. Let's get the Index and find a way out of here, before things get really ugly!"

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q33F_nWkkpk '''{''Cutscene''}''']

''Tartarus and his Brutes take Keyes, Johnson and [[343 Guilty Spark (Monitor)|343 Guilty Spark]] toward a platform where the Prophets of Truth and Mercy wait for them, with three [[Phantom]]s''

''Three Brutes do so rather brutishly. Keyes notices ''In Amber Clad'' in the tower before being pushed into the Phantom. The two Phantoms take off. Tartarus kneels before the Prophets.''

*'''Prophet of Truth''': "The hopes of all the [[Covenant]] rest on your shoulders, [[Chieftain]]."

''[[Infection Form]]s spring up and rush them. The Brutes spot them and they get ready. The Brute [[Honor Guard Brute|Honor Guards]] throw their pikes aside and stomp on several of them. Tartarus flattens one with the [[Fist of Rukt]]. The Brutes manage to shoot or crush most of them, but one gets through and lodges itself to Mercy's throat, knocking him off his throne.''

''Tartarus moves to remove the Infection Form.''

''Tartarus turns to Truth in surprise.''

*'''Prophet of Truth''': "The [[Great Journey]] waits for no one, brother...not even you."

''Prophet of Truth boards the Phantom and the Honor Guard Brutes follow immediately, but Tartarus hesitates at the dying Prophet of Mercy. He looks at the Index, makes his decision, and turns away from Mercy.''

*When playing this level on Heroic or Legendary, the [[Covenant Loyalists]] tend to be a more of a pain than the [[Covenant Separatists]].

*One of the easiest ways to die is at the hands of a berserking Brute. The best way to prevent this is to have the Master Chief jump on to a scenery object or ledge higher than the berserking Brute. If the Brute is smart, he'll run around the room searching for a new target. If he's dumb, he'll try to melee you, not realizing you're higher than he is, which makes for an easy kill with a dual Plasma Rifle and/or [[Needler]] barrage or headshots with the Beam Rifle or Covenant Carbine.

*When facing off against [[Separatists|Covenant Separatists]], any weapon will work against Elites or Grunts, but when facing Hunters its best to use dual Plasma Rifles and Brute Shots. Be ready for the other Hunter when it enters a rampant revenge state and charges at you.

*Your marine can suddenly die by standing next to one of the covenant containers in the hanging gardens.

*In the [[Hanging Gardens B]] area, if you can keep the [[Grunts]] alive, they will never attack you, even once all Brutes are killed. [[Marines]] (if they are still alive) will attack the [[Grunts]].

*When you reach the first gravity bridge, it is possible to fall onto the two beams under the bridge. You can still continue the level if you do.

*Sometimes if you kill a [[Brute]] in an [[Elite]]'s presence, the [[Elite]] will congratulate you as if you were the [[Arbiter (Character)|Arbiter]].

*If you kill any of the Gunner Grunts holding portable plasma turrets near the start of the level immediatly after it deploys it, sometimes they will drop an undeployed turret even though there is one already deployed. This glitch only works if the Grunt is still operating the turret, and it only works once (even though there are two grunts with turrets).

*After you rescue all of the [[Marines]] and [[Cortana]] says enemy reinforcements are coming down the lift, quickly drop down to the bottom floor. If done at the right time, all the enemies will be dead when they land.

*In the very last room of the level, if you walk up the small ramp of the Sarcophagus of the Arbiter Armor and keep walking towards it, the lower half of your body is visible instead of just your legs.

*If you manage to get a Hunter to fall into the area behind the Sarcophagus in the middle of the last room then it won't attack you, no matter how close you are. Although if it is in the more open area of the space behind the Sarcophagus then it will melee you eventually.

*Sometimes when you are killed by an Elite, he will say "The Prophets will reward me well for this!" even though the Prophets have ordered for the elimination of the Elites.

*At the end of this level, you will run into two cloaked [[Elites]] and one "[[Honor Guard Councilor]]". A closer look shows that this Elite is actually an [[Honor Guard]] Ultra with a Councilor's helmet. This has been confirmed to be a result of incorrect coding.

*If you look closely at the Grunt that runs from [[Master Chief]] in the beginning cutscene, you will see that he slides instead of running.

*At the beginning cutscene you see six Brutes in the council chambers: two next to the Prophets (which are fought in gameplay after the cutscene) and four others standing guard in the line. The four on the line disappear once the level begins. This was most likely either an oversight by [[Bungie]], or an attempt to keep the first encounter with Brutes from being too difficult.

*If you manage to keep ''any'' of your Marines alive through this level, they will seemingly vanish, and won't be able to help you on the level High Charity. They weren't supposed to survive, and it is highly unlikely that any will on the higher difficulties.

===Easter Eggs===

{{Main|Easter Eggs}}

*The [[Halo 2 Skulls#Anger|Anger Skull]] can be found on this level.

*When played on Legendary difficulty you can find the [[Lonely Soul]] Easter Egg during the beginning cutscene of this level. When you first see the interior of High Charity, you will notice a [[Grunt]] climbing on a wall. The scene to his right is blurred. But, as it focuses, if you look into the crowd of [[Grunts]], you will see [[Jason Jones]] floating there in his underwear.

*There is a [[Reversed Message]] in this level.

*If you manage to keep any one of your [[Marines]] alive until the "Mausoleum Battle", take away their long range weapons and they'll take a break and watch the battle if you don't join it. They will even make comments about it on rare occasions such as; "Those [[Brutes]] are done for!" or; "Wow, did you see that guy?!".

*On rare occasions, if you kill a Brute while an Elite is nearby, they will make a comment on your kill, such as "A mighty blow!"

*In the starting cutscene, when a Grunt climbs on a wall, there is a bird that flies around and sometimes near the group of Grunts.

*The insects scrambling on the Floor near the Central [[Gravity Lift]] are rumored to be the grub that are mentioned in Chapter 6 of [[Contact Harvest]] due to the fact that [[Grunts]] are sleeping all around them.

*The popular "Mario Death Scream" from the [[Halo 3 Beta]] can be first heard on this level upon falling to your death occasionally.

*When you reach one of the corridors, the [[Prophet of Truth]] says "Thou, in faith, will keep us safe, whilst we find the path." This is the last known sentence of the [[Elite]] [[Writ of Union]].

*[[Truth]] says in this level - "There are those who said this day would never come... what are they to say now?" was quoted in the ''[[Halo 2]]'' commercial.

*The song "[[Blow Me Away]]" by Breaking Benjamin plays during this level at the point where the [[Master Chief]] reaches the Mausoleum of The Arbiter. The song is not instrumental, it simply has the voice volume lowered.

*You can see birds similar to those in the level [[Delta Halo]] flying around [[High Charity]]. If shot, they will explode into tatters. The only difference is that these birds are white.

*Gravemind has only one chapter name in the whole level "Inside Job" despite the fact that it is the longest level in [[Halo 2]].

*The Anti-Gravity generators holding up the spires can be destroyed, allowing them to fall. While it seems at first merely a cosmetic effect, these fallen pillars can provide quick cover and can even kill a [[Brute]] or [[Grunt]] if properly knocked over. Just be sure not to get killed by it yourself.

*In one of the garden areas there are [[Covenant Koi]].

*It is possible to jump up to the roof of the council chambers by jumping into the gravity lift at the right moment as it brings a couple of Brutes in to kill you. Jump in at the right time and you will fly up to the top. If you land on the right part of the wall, you won't die, but if you miss, you will fall to your death.

*It is possible to have four Hunters in the Mausoleum fight between the Separatists and Loyalists. It is suggested to try this on Easy to Heroic, not Legendary. You must force your way through the door leading to the Mausoleum fight without attacking the Separatist reinforcements entering the bridge.

*If you kill the Brutes before Cortana says "Watch out! It's Berserking!", she will end the dialogue without saying so.

*If you swap weapons with the Marine holding a [[Covenant Carbine]], it will have 138 rounds instead of the maximum of 90.

*It is interesting that Truth says, '... In the '''Year''' at hand...,' because the Covenant does not count time by years, instead they use Units and Cycles. However, since the player is actually hearing Truth's dialog through translation software, it is possible it was altered to fit Human preferences.

*This is the first level in the trilogy in which you fight Brutes and the last level in which you fight Elites. After this level the Elites become Separatists and are thus sided with Humans.

*This level has the largest amount of Hunters, a total of 8.

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{{Succession box | before = ''{{Levelname|Quarantine Zone}}'' <br />| title = [[Halo 2 Campaign|''Halo 2'' Campaign Missions]] | years = '''''Gravemind''''' |after = ''{{Levelname|Uprising}}''}}

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