The Flood. Will it be in the upcoming game? *UPDATED*

[PoPScotchXx]

So. As a new member of the forums. I wanna do something "Big". Make a Theory. See what the Community says about it.

 

BTW: This never really came to mind until I saw Halo Followers videos about the flood.

 

So, I'm pretty sure we ALL know what the Flood is. It is a terrifying, its a Hivemind full of alien beings. I won't get into full detail as of now.

 

With the legendary ending cut scene to Halo's game " Halo 5: Guardians ". It shows a ring orbiting a planet with Cortana humming a tune in the background. But how does this relate to the Flood you might ask. Well. Hear me out.

 

Near the end for only a split second. You can hear a sort of screech that comes on when the Halo Rings lights were activating. " But Poppy. Its just the sound of it turning on." That MIGHT be the case. But. When you listen to it very closely for a couple of times. Then you listen to flood sounds from the early Halo games. It sounds almost similar. If not, Identical. (Maybe not identical).

 

With the Halo comic book. "Halo:Escalations" There were Flood occupying the ship "Spirit of fire" it is also the ship from Halo Wars. Note that this was after the events of Halo 3. So. Theres the proof that the Flood was still alive even after Halo 3. It is also known for the Forerunners to keep the flood in containment for various reasons.

 

Also note that since Cortana has control of the Forerunners, She may know where these flood beings are and may have intentions to use them.

 

That is why I. PoPScotchXx, thinks that the flood will be in Halo 6. And hope near and dear to my heart that the Flood WILL return. Please excuse me if I made any mistakes in spelling.

 

*ADDED CONTENT*

 

So after i made some researching. Halo:4 - 7 is the reclaimer Saga. Right? This means that humanity has to take the threshold of the forerunners. correct me if I'm wrong,but. as i noted earlier, there were numerous reason for the forerunners to have the Flood in containment, in order for the humans to take the forerunners threshold, they need to take/destroy the rings right? Thus supporting my theory of the Flood returning.

 

imagine this. You and Blue Team walk into a forerunner structure of a sort only to find dead Grunts,Jackals,Elites, as well as Hunters, whilst there are numerous marine body scattered about. some of the bodies, you noticed blood that leads into a room. You activate the control console next to the door of the room. but before you do, you hear a screech, a loud,ominous,terrifying,ear drum busting, screech. your body shakes in fear as you remember that screech and the memories of it.

 

You continue to open the door. Only to find hundred if not thousands of flood forms of all types. and behind them, a huge chunk of yellow/greyish flesh. it looks all too familiar. You know what it is? yes, a gravemind.

 

doesn't this sound like it has to be in the next Halo game? let me know in the comments below.

[Twinreaper]

The only major problem with this theoey is that the Spirit of Fire was discovered over 00 The Ark under Brute control. Only 1 flood infection form was ever discovered in relation to SoF, and it wasn't on the ship itself.

 

As for the flood coming back, possibly. The Flood did not originate from any known lore / canon in the present established Halo Universe, they came from outside of known stellar space. To add to that, regardless or who is in control of the Domain, Cortana and Forerunner ideology persists in that the Flood must be eradicated at all costs. I just couldn't see the Flood ever used as a pawn to facilitate the destruction of the human species via Forerunner design.

 

But, you do get points for creativity.

[Drizzy_Dan]

The only major problem with this theoey is that the Spirit of Fire was discovered over 00 The Ark under Brute control. Only 1 flood infection form was ever discovered in relation to SoF, and it wasn't on the ship itself.

 

As for the flood coming back, possibly. The Flood did not originate from any known lore / canon in the present established Halo Universe, they came from outside of known stellar space. To add to that, regardless or who is in control of the Domain, Cortana and Forerunner ideology persists in that the Flood must be eradicated at all costs. I just couldn't see the Flood ever used as a pawn to facilitate the destruction of the human species via Forerunner design.

 

But, you do get points for creativity.

 

Regarding the Flood on the Spirit of Fire: it was on the ship in the cryo bay as shown below. This actually brings up the question of what they're gonna do with this since there's no sign of the Flood when the ship finds itself above the Ark and no one's abandoned ship. It's possible they'll animate as part of the legendary ending^(C). 

 

That last point about the origin of the Flood is funny actually because that's exactly what happened more or less . After the Forerunners pushed the Precursors to the edges of space and almost killed them all, some dead Precursors had turned to dust to regenerate at a later time but the dust became corrupted and infected the fauna of a human planet. Explanation here.

 

 

So. As a new member of the forums. I wanna do something "Big". Make a Theory. See what the Community says about it.

 

BTW: This never really came to mind until I saw Halo Followers videos about the flood.

 

So, I'm pretty sure we ALL know what the Flood is. It is a terrifying, its a Hivemind full of alien beings. I won't get into full detail as of now.

 

With the legendary ending cut scene to Halo's game " Halo 5: Guardians ". It shows a ring orbiting a planet with Cortana humming a tune in the background. But how does this relate to the Flood you might ask. Well. Hear me out.

 

Near the end for only a split second. You can hear a sort of screech that comes on when the Halo Rings lights were activating. " But Poppy. Its just the sound of it turning on." That MIGHT be the case. But. When you listen to it very closely for a couple of times. Then you listen to flood sounds from the early Halo games. It sounds almost similar. If not, Identical. (Maybe not identical).

 

With the Halo comic book. "Halo:Escalations" There were Flood occupying the ship "Spirit of fire" it is also the ship from Halo Wars. Note that this was after the events of Halo 3. So. Theres the proof that the Flood was still alive even after Halo 3. It is also known for the Forerunners to keep the flood in containment for various reasons.

 

Also note that since Cortana has control of the Forerunners, She may know where these flood beings are and may have intentions to use them.

 

That is why I. PoPScotchXx, thinks that the flood will be in Halo 6. And hope near and dear to my heart that the Flood WILL return. Please excuse me if I made any mistakes in spelling.

 

Overall an interesting theory but not enough supporting evidence to make it totally plausible. I'm going to go back and listen to that part now that you brought it up!

[PoPScotchXx]

Hey, I am new to these forums according to my post here. Those quotes at the bottoms of your replies. How do you do it?

[Drizzy_Dan]

Hey, I am new to these forums according to my post here. Those quotes at the bottoms of your replies. How do you do it?

 

The Forge quote that's my signature? Go to your profile and it should be a feature when editing it 

 

 

 

 

[Melody]

No.