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Lore

"I remember seeing the pyramid from outside, during the day, and thinking that it looked empty and abandoned. I couldn't have been more wrong."

— Claude

The strange pyramid rising above the jungle canopy.

The Pyramid was a strange ruin located in the Yucatan Peninsula, over the site of a dreaming god that had been dormant on Earth since its arrival 64 million years before the present day.

Overview

The pyramid was built over the location of an ancient "god" that had arrived at Earth in prehistoric times, causing the K-Pg extinction event.

Despite its location, the pyramid was neither Aztec nor Mayan in construction. It was supposedly of Jjaro design, built as a prison for the sleeping god.

Its interior was built in a series of descending maze-like levels, starting with The Pyramid itself, then descending through the Lower Pyramid, The Catacombs, The Pit, and ending in The Hole.

History

Rumors of the pyramid's existence began circulating in archeological communities in 1930. In 1938 a German expedition ventured into the pyramid. In 1978, Spanish-speaking treasure hunters found and entered the pyramid. In 1994, US Special Forces were deployed to the pyramid to detonate a nuclear device two kilometers beneath its surface to prevent the awakening of a sleeping god.

Gallery

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  Sergeant Eddings approaches the pyramid.

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  Sergeant Eddings fights a Nightmare inside the pyramid.