Giza Glass

Giza Glass is a material that is prevalent throughout Season 2 of the Monument Mythos.

## Giza Glass

A Drawing of Giza Glass, featured in GIZAGUARDIAN.

### Cost to buy

Used by Bedouin Tribes as a Black Market Currency

## Description

Giza Glass is an Obsidian-colored form of fulgurite (glass formed by lightning strike) that, when used to cut or vaporize human (possibly animal) flesh, has bizarre neurophysiological properties, particularly remote manipulation and sensory feedback from severed appendages.

The nature of Giza Glass is a peculiar subject, as not much is known about its history and usage until the mid-19th century. It is formed by lightning strikes every 10 years when a specific constellation is formed (possibly the Starry Sphinx) and forms in long, multi-layered sheets.

## History

The first known recorded usage of Giza Glass was by the ancient Egyptians, who used the glass to harm Special Trees. Although the trees couldn't be cut down with Giza Glass, it gave the Egyptians time to contain the trees within pyramids. During the early to middle 19th century, the Bedouin Tribes centered around the ancient Giza Necropolis discovered the constellations that caused the lightning used to form Giza Glass. Giza Glass quickly became a black market currency between the tribe. British archeologists were both amazed and intrigued by the discovery, although only the Bedouin Tribes knew which constellations caused the lightning.

In 1858, sculptor Thomas Crawford used Giza Glass to create the sword that the Statue of Freedom held. After constructing the Statue of Freedom, he used Giza Glass to cut apart his own body so that he could control the Statue from within. His daughter came along with the statue on its journey to America through Gibraltar and she was integrated into the statue.

In the late 1870's, British Archaeologist Flinders Petrie discovered the constellations that formed Giza Glass and their patterns. In 1880, Flinders began gathering a collection of Giza Glass with the help of British troops. While collecting pieces of Giza Glass, Petrie accidentally slipped and fell into a piece of Giza Glass and he was decapitated in the process. Although Flinders survived, he slowly became a Canyonggalan/Canyon Crown in the process. In 1891, his collection, known as "Petrie's lot," was sent to the British Museum, broken from the travel. Although museum collectors deemed the glass worthless because of its condition, it was given, as a show of diplomatic ties, to visiting American ambassadors. President John D. Rockefeller refused to use the Glass for military purposes. The Giza Glass was carved into fine blades and given to "unusually tall" Greco-Egyptian swordsmen. These unusually tall swordsmen were assigned to the Grand Canyon. All trespassers who were maimed by the guardians were promised a lifetime supply of vinegar, which controlled unwanted side effects. However, as the medication decreased in effectiveness over time, older trespassers were offered housing in the Grand Canyon, on the condition that they lured known dangerous people to the Grand Canyon.

Some time before 1914, President John D. Rockefeller began a business deal with the German Empire in an attempt to bridge the divide between the two nations. Using a supply of Canyonggalans, the German Empire designed airships, called Luftschiff Rockefellers. Luftschiff Rockefeller 70 was shot down over the Great Pyramid of Giza by a new American weapon: the AADR (Anti-Airship Death Ray). It is possible that the AADR weapon system was used throughout the end of the First World War.

In 1937, former President John D. Rockefeller was blasted by a weapon similar to the AADR by the Angel. It's unknown if it was an inert power within the Angel or if a manmade weapon used.

## Uses

Giza Glass has a few known uses.

1. Blades - Giza Glass can be sharpened into blades, able to easily cut through flesh. Cutting flesh off using Giza Glass does not kill the cut piece. Instead, the main organism can still feel it and use it. This applies to heads. Persons who have been decapitated by Giza Glass are known as Canyonggalans, or Canyon Crowns.
2. Laser Weaponry - The only currently known wartime usage of Giza Glass was during the First World War, though it likely has been used in the Second World War and the Hot War. In 1918, the AADR (Anti-Airship Death Ray) was designed by a team of University of Florida alumni. Its only documented usage is during Operation Pyramid Plasma on July 20, 1918. Those vaporized by AADR's are broken into microscopic, sentient parts. These parts can coalesce, forming what we know as the Air Force One Angel
3. Pyramid Plasma - Although not fully understood; the Radioactive Plasma is formed by shining a powerful light through the Glass. The first discovered formation, was during Operation Pyramid Plasma. Although unaware of the scale effects, when the Searchlight of the AADR was activated and shown through the Lens\*, A powerful explosion of light occurred at the same time as the Beam meant to destroy LR-70. While the Operation was a success having achived it's goal, The 17 Men were disintegrated into Microscopic parts. They would later form the Air Force One Angel.
4. Giza Glass can be used to harm Special Trees, although it can’t fully cut them down. This method was common in ancient Egypt, with guardians harming special trees using blades made of Giza Glass. This halted their growth and allowed the Egyptians to build the pyramids, containing the trees within them. A similar Method was used in the Grand Canyon, under Operation Giza Guardian formed in 1891 and continued until 1969 (The Guardians were later supplanted by Freedom).

## Cameos

There are several Speculated uses of Giza Glass throughout the Mythos history that have never been confirmed and may never will be. The following is a list of unnamed cameos that are believed to be instances of the Glass used.

1. ALCATRAZATTACK - The Ray used in the Radiation Therapy (which backfired horribly) is theorized to have used a Giza Glass lens, as the way Radiation was be remotely focused on One Specific area is similar in concept to the AADR.
2. SUEZCANALCRAB - While only mentioned, the Heat Ray would have been used to vaporized the Bodily Fluids spilling out from the Crab.
3. MONUMENTMYTHOLOGY - The weapon men made to help kill the gods, Pyrasma, is described as using special glass that harnessed "strange lightning", with the glass being encased in strong stone sculpted to look like a hero. The weapon went on to burn four gods to death at the speed of light.

## Notes

* In 2022, a gas named Giza Gas was used to trap Freedom at the Grand Canyon. An IPC (invisible particle field) of Giza Gas was used in conjunction with false-children in order to trap Freedom for use in Operation Thunderbird. The properties of Giza Gas, aside from what is depicted in Operation Thunderbird, are unknown.