The Island

**The Island** is the geographic location where Arnold's Findings takes place.

## Timeline

### 27 BC - 476 AD (Prehistory)

* An ancient civilization - the natives of the island live and thrive on the island for many years, hunting and gathering.
* They discover a cave with a stone that emanates a bright yellow light, underground at an unknown location. They believe this place to be extremely sacred, holding a great and mystical power that controls the natural order of the entire world. They believe it to be the center of the earth, calling it “The Heart”.
* This place is believed to be both the source of a great evil, and a great good. If the wrong person ever gets a hold of its power, the fate of the entire world could be at stake. It must be kept hidden.
* The natives of the island harness this power to create two powerful swords: The Caladrius and The Nightingale. One sword of pure good, and one of pure evil. They keep these swords in their possession so that they can forever protect The Heart.
* They construct a temple on the island to honour their god ᚷᛁ-ᛚᚨ, (Gi-La, pronounced /dʒi:lɑː/) where they pray for him to always protect the The Heart.
* One day, in a moment of pure greed and selfishness, a native of the island touches The Heart in hopes of obtaining its mystical power. The energy of the stone is strong enough to tear apart his atoms, transforming his body into a cloud of black smoke. This marks the birth of The Monster.
* For many years to come, The Monster terrorizes the people living on the island. The natives go to the temple to seek guidance from their god Gi-La. They make contact with their god, and he instructs them on how to eliminate The Monster.
* The native people learn that The Monster can only be killed with extreme heat (50.000 degrees Fahrenheit), and such a temperature would require lightning to strike The Monster. A prophecy emerges.
* The prophecy foretells of an explorer that one day will crash-land on the island, and uncover the ancient secrets of the island. His findings will be materialized in 8 journals of great knowledge, being powered by the good of The Heart. When all these journals are placed together, they would be strong enough to attract a lightning strike.
* The native people build The Dungeon in preparation of this prophecy, and also paint illustrations of the prophecy on the walls of a cave, in the hopes that one day it would be fulfilled.
* Eventually, the Monster kills off all of the native people.

### 1934-1946 (The W.E.S.O.M.A. Operation)

* A scientific research organization from Nazi Germany by the name of W.E.S.O.M.A. (Wissenschaftliche Einheit für die Studie an Ortsbezogenen Magnetischen Anomalien) discovers the island due to the unusual magnetic/electromagnetic activity detected, caused by The Heart. They wish to study the paranormal properties of the island, in hopes of developing a superweapon to aid them in the coming world war.
* Upon reaching the island, they encounter The Monster. Once they realise that they can not safely inhabit the surface of the island, they decide to construct an underground research facility nicknamed “Der Bunker” (The Bunker). They develop a daylight-powered forcefield that keeps The Monster out.
* They live in The Bunker for many years, eating, sleeping, and doing readings on the anomalistic activity, all while constructing and expanding The Bunker. In this time, they also build The Antenna to communicate with the outside world.
* Somewhere along the way, they discover the Dungeon Key at an unknown location, and place it in their vault, not knowing of its intended use.
* They spend years analyzing and reporting on the mysterious and powerful energy emanating from the island, trying to locate its source. They hypothesize that somewhere on the island, there is negatively-charged exotic matter; particles with a negative mass, able to violate the laws of physics. They believe that they would be able to create the perfect superweapon if they could obtain its exotic properties.
* WESOMA built the quarry
* After years of searching for the anomaly, their progress is stalled. Hopeless and desperate, with pressure from the mainland, the scientists determine that the only way they can learn more about the anomaly is to study The Monster. After having constructed a small testing chamber, they disable their forcefields and let The Monster into the bunker.
* Experimentation begins. They start freezing and burning The Monster, exposing him to various chemicals and gases, while analysing its response to the various experiments.
* Suddenly, the experiment goes wrong, and The Monster manages to escape their freezing chamber. Having all the scientists conveniently trapped in The Bunker underground, The Monster manages to kill all the scientists.