Low Charity

Low Charity is the name given to the Flood Hive that houses the Gravemind. The Hive itself is huge, almost the size of a continent, and contains billions of Flood organisms. The Hive was created around the Covenant holy city of High Charity, in which the Prophet of Truth lived along with all the other Prophets that were still alive after their homeworld mysteriously disappeared in a ball of fire. Since the Flood infestation, the majority of the Prophets have been killed or infected, leaving Truth as pretty much the last Prophet alive.

The Hive itself consists of many chambers, some still bearing resemblance to the High Charity rooms. However, the superstructure of the city has been dramatically changed, with some rooms being unrecognisable over the layers of Flood biomass that have grown there. Not only that, but damage to the city has caused some rooms to become ustable, with some being tilted at strange angles and others being turned completely upside down to suit the will of the Gravemind.

The Hive crashed on The Ark, a gigantic Forerunner structure that controls the Halo Array. The Majority of the Hive was destroyed when Installation 04B was fired, but Gravemind actually survived this attack ad formed a peaceful co-existece with the rest of the Universe for fear of being completely annihilated.

Since then, Low Charity was bore little resemblence to its original state. Now it looks more like a ball of Flood biomass about the size of a small moon, with only a few vestiges of its Covenant-constructed origins remaining. The Hive is composed entirely of the Graveminds body, with other Flood Forms seeking refuge within the massive structure.