The Midnight Gala

**The Midnight Gala** is the third season of *The Pyramid*. It had 25 raiders trapped in the pyramid for 49 days. It premiered October 31st, 2022, and the monarch was crowned December 19th, 2022.

## Production

Saturn - Host

Flow - Production

Reef - Production

Shea - Production

Blixi - Production

Poster - Production

Fedora Screamer - Production

Merlin - Production

## Twists

### The Catacombs

* **Power -> Policy** - The first raider to use the command ?power-policy while at exile would get the choice between two powers.
	+ **Policy of Power** - This advantage allows the raider to name two of the four raiders that are saved the first time their chosen target is crowned as the Pharoh, but they can't save themselves.
	+ **Power of Policy** - This advantage is lost to time.

* **Exile** - From final 25 to final 6 one Raider per episode will head to Exile until the end of the episode.
	+ On floor 1 the Raider who got first in the challenge would send a player of their choice to exile. They will then battle a zombie (The Pyramid Alumni) and if they win their challenge, they win a ticket to the catacombs that expire once the next episode ends.
	+ On floors 2-3 the Pharoh would send one player to exile, unless stated otherwise, will select a player to be exiled where they will get a ticket automatically that expire once the episode ends.

* **Expeditions** - Players who cash in their tickets will enter the catacombs and explore. To traverse on each tile, they must answer a trivia question, answer correctly and they keep moving, but answer incorrectly they must wait 5min before attempting again. If they do not escape in a predetermined time, they will be stuck in the catacombs for the next 24hrs.

### Floor 3

* **Blast from the Past** - Instead of the normal floor 3 formula, we instead use the rules from floor one. The bottom two players in the challenge will become offerings. Additionally, the winner of the challenge would be sent to the Catacombs for the rest of the episode. The Safety Challenge was still held and if one of the offerings were taken off, the 3rd worse challenge performer (Unless immune in which case it goes to the next available player) becomes the new offering.

* **Duos** - The final 8 are split into four pairs. They will win as a pair, and they will be nominated as a pair. Before the Safety Challenge the Pharoh pair would have to decide who would remain the Pharoh and who would go to the Catacombs one last time. After the final nominations are solidified, the duo twist ends but the two players with the most votes would still be sacrificed.

### Shrines

* **Gladiolus & Zinnia** - If a Raider makes it to tile 47 within 30 minutes of entering the catacombs, they will discover the shrine. They will offer the Raider the chance of obtaining the Artifact of Kin, but in order to take this risk, they must remain in the catacombs for the next 24hrs. If the Raider doesn't take the chance, they may continue, but if they do, they must fight a zombie alumni in a game where should they win, they will obtain the artifact.

* **Urosys** - To get Urosys Artifact of the Last Laugh, the Raider must find a key in the dark path to obtain a key and come back to tile 17 to free him. Should the Raider go down the path they will face a punishment (reveal three 1 on 1s).

* **Feleti** - Once a Raider makes it to The Midnight Gala, they may attempt the Last Dance. They must solve the riddles and perform specific dance moves. Should they succeed, they will be rewarded with the Artifact of the Reborn, but should they fail, they will be sacrificed to the Pyramid.

### Artifacts

* **Artifact of Kin** - This artifact holds the power of saving its holder from danger, removing them from the offering pool, or returning them from the catacombs to the main floor, but it must be used by another Raider for you.

* **Artifact of the Last Laugh** - This artifact's power will only be activated if the Raider is sacrificed to The Pyramid. In the event of their sacrifice, any Raiders who voted for them will have their votes publicly revealed and will not be able to compete in the following Pharoh challenge.

* **Artifact of the Reborn** - This artifact will be used immediately and will grant the holder the power to bring back to life on of the Raiders that has been previously sacrificed to The Pyramid this season.