R'lyeh Tragedy

The is a conflict which took place in Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey, more specifically during the resurrection of the Giants of Darkness.
==History==
===Prelude===
During Gatanothor's reawakening in the present day, the island of R'lyeh rose out of the South Pacific Ocean, revealing the ancient ruins once hidden beneath the waves. When the great destroyer was defeated by Ultraman Tiga, the island remained on the surface, with TPC beginning to conduct their studies on it shortly therafter under the and its leader, Police Bureau officer Saeki.
===Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey===
Two years later after Gatanothor's demise, TPC staff officer Nagumo initiated Project F as part of the idea to use an Ultra's power into TPC's military strength. Megumi Iruma accompanied Saeki during the trip and was too late to discover their operations. Just as she warned them to stop the plan, the Giants of Darkness reawaken from their seal due to TPC's intrusion into their resting place, killing the intruders while Yuzare set up a barrier around R'lyeh to keep them at bay.
To escape their prison, Camearra uses her powers to taunt Daigo Madoka into forcing him to join the Giants of Darkness, threatening his relationship with Rena Yanase and giving him the Black Sparklence. As Daigo storms the island on his own, GUTS followed him in suit in order to rescue Iruma, fighting against the horde of Shibito-Zoigers with the help of future Super GUTS members. Meanwhile, Daigo transforms into Tiga and slowly restores the giant's light throughout the battle against the Ultra's former comrades. After Demonthor's destruction, R'lyeh sank to the ocean floor once again as Daigo made it out through unknown means.
===Legacy===
Due to the incident, Nagumo was arrested for his attempt at harnessing the power of Ultras, as his crime mirroring that of Keigo Masaki. However years later in July 2020, Nagumo's successor Gondo Kihachi restarted Project F by constructing his own artificial Ultraman, Terranoid on Mars and draining Shin Asuka's energy to activate his creation.
==Trivia==
*The incident's name, R'lyeh Tragedy, is first mentioned in Ultraman Dyna: Zero Drive Towards Tomorrow, which was recorded into TPC's Omega File and is guarded tightly by its chief, former GUTS captain Iruma.
*The incident also made its appearance in Tiga, Dyna, and Ultraman Gaia Novel: The Adventure in Hyperspace during Tsutomu Shinsei's trip to the World of Neo Frontier Space, specifically during Tiga's fight with Carmeara. Here, his intervention caused the battle to end earlier than the original played out by distracting Camearra with XIG Adventure long enough for Tiga to recover and deliver his counterattack.
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