Isla Gemido

**Isla Gemido** (Spanish for "*Groaning Island*") is an island located in the Bermuda Triangle, off the coast of South America. It is one of the islands in the Golgotha Archipelago. It's also the largest island in the archipelago.

## Overview

Isla Gemido is the largest island out of the Golgotha Archipelago. According to the folklore of the indigenous people living on mainland South America, "numerous boats have come to the island chain and never returned", leading many to believe that the island is cursed.

In 2025, the island became the center of controversy after a mysterious whistleblower revealed evidence that the bio-engineering company known as Gaia Startup had begun resurrecting extinct animals, including dinosaurs, through genetic engineering and manipulation.

## History

### Pre-Gaia

According to journals written by famous explorers like James Cook, Ferdinand Magellan and even Christopher Columbus, Isla Gemido was inhabited by Natives who built multiple villages across the island. The island was later owned by a German mining company. The Germans left sometime prior to the outbreak of World War II.

According to an anonymous sailor that accompanied the famous explorer Christopher Columbus, Columbus mistakenly thought he had found the Lost City of El Dorado upon finding one of the villages. Unfortunately, something happened to Columbus during his exploration of Isla Gemido that caused him to go insane. Upon his return to Europe, Columbus attempted to tell the Italian government about his discoveries, but he had been dismissed as a madman.

### Cold War

The Mexican government agreed to lease the island to the United States military during the Cold War, which led to the creation of numerous military bases and installations all over the island. When the Soviet Union fell and the Cold War ended, these military installations were abandoned.

### Ownership by Gaia and controversy

The island was purchased by a bioengineering firm called Gaia Startup around 1991. In 2025, an anonymous whistleblower revealed evidence that Gaia Startup had begun resurrecting extinct creatures, including dinosaurs, from extinction using genetic engineering and manipulation. This led to both a firestorm of controversy and scandals surrounding Gaia Startup. Numerous documents revealed that Gaia Startup had begun creating dinosaurs with the intention of weaponizing them against terrorists during the War on Terror after 9/11.

Outraged, the United States government demanded the immediate shutdown of Gaia Startup, but their demands fell on deaf ears.

According to the whistleblower's data bank that was leaked to the world, the Embryonics Administration was the main factory that produced the dinosaurs on a massive scale. Close by was an airstrip where Gaia Startup could fly in and out of the island. All work related to Gaia's dinosaurs came to an abrupt end when a devastating hurricane forced the Gaia personnel to evacuate. Abandoning the island, Gaia employees relocated to Isla de la Ira, but not before releasing their prehistoric creations and allowing them to roam free in the wild.

## Geography and Ecology

The northern end of Isla Gemido resembles the Prairie Creek Redwood Forest and Patrick's Point State Park of northern California. The southern end of the island contains forests and jungle environments similar to that of Hawaii. This is due to mountains in the southern region of the island keeping moisture from reaching the other portion of the island.

The seas that surround the island serve as the prominent habitat for numerous water based fauna including fish, marine mammals, and even sharks.

In terms of fauna, the island was home to various indigenous South American wildlife, such as the **Amazonian giant centipede**, the Jaguar, the South American Tapir, the Mountain Lion, ants, scorpions, rattlesnakes and even crocodiles. After Gaia Startup began resurrecting extinct animals, these indigenous species were forced to compete with various prehistoric reptiles and mammals.

The following is a list of animals that currently live on Isla Gemido:

### Mammals

* Jaguar
* South American Tapir
* Capybara
* Mouse
* Armadillo
* Collared Peccary
* Azara's domed armadillo
* Smilodon
* Megatherium
* Arctodus
* American Lion
* Propaleotherium
* Andrewsarchus
* Entelodon

### Reptiles

* Black caiman
* Megalania
* Caiman Lizard
* Iguana
* Lystosaurus
* Edaphosaurus
* Thanatotheristes
* Giganotosaurus
* Spinosaurus
* Allosaurus
* Tyrannosaurus Rex
* Corythosaurus
* Parasaurolophus
* Ankylosaurus
* Eupochephalus
* Pachycephalosaurus
* Mamechisaurus
* Apatosaurus
* Camarasaurus
* Stegosaurus
* Baryonyx
* Mosasaurus
* Dilophosaurus
* Elasmosaurus
* Cryptoclidus
* Acrocanthosaurus
* Metriacanthosaurus

### Birds

* Macaw
* Dodo Bird
* Phorusrhacos