Lemuria

## Description:

Lemuria, or Mauritia as it is called by modern researchers, was an ancient continent situated in the Indian Ocean responsible for creating the land-bridges that connected Madagascar, India, and Australia prior to human historical records some five million (5,000,000) years ago. The continent sunk into the ocean during the [REDACTED] in the Age of [DATA EXPUNGED] along with Hyperborea, Atlantis, Mu, Thule, etc. Prior to its sinking, Lemuria was considered a volcanically-active tropical paradise rich in soil and minerals.

The JPCU came into knowledge of Lemuria through other organizations, primarily the SCP Foundation, Catholic Church, and smaller occult societies around the world. JPCU Facilities located on the Indian Ocean's floor conduct expeditions to excavate Lemurian ruins and uncover more about the mysterious civilization that previously called the region home.

### Physical Description & Attributes:

Using geological surveys, fossil records, carbon dating techniques, and Divination Magic, JPCU researchers have been able to establish a prediction of Lemuria's geographical features, flora and fauna, and overall history. Research conducted in the ocean revealed expected results; the continent was incredibly ancient, tropical in nature, and incredibly rich in natural resources. In the modern day, the Indian Ocean's underwater oil deposits are believed to be the result of Lemurian flora and fauna. The region was supposedly rich in copper, coal, iron, jewels and diamonds, gold, and silver prior to its sinking. The continent was, much like the Continent of Pilbo, covered primarily in jungles with sparse deserts tucked in the valleys and wetlands along the coasts; massive mountain ranges, including what is now called the island of Madagascar, dotted the continent.

Magical research conducted on the region revealed proof of the hypotheses posited by the JPCU and other organizations; Lemuria was home to mankind's first civilization, an empire of technological development that surpasses mankind in the modern Age of Many. Residual Magic detected in the region of Lemuria provides evidence that suggests the civilization was incredibly advanced, particularly with Magic and Magitechnology; ruins discovered along the ocean floor and buried deep underground reveal remnants of incredibly powerful, nigh-Divine Arcane Androids. Radiological surveys of the region also reveal high levels of residual radiation indicative of nuclear detonations; JPCU researchers, alongside Hindu scholars and historians, all theorize that Lemuria and several other ancient and incredibly advanced civilizations conducted a nuclear conflict against one another which comprised the [REDACTED] and sank the continent of Lemuria. Evidence also identifies structures and artifacts belonging to an ancient version of the modern Empire of Atlantis alongside the recovery of Atlanteans' corpses from mass graves and subterranean areas identified as ancient battlefields. Atlantean activity in the Indian Ocean is markedly higher than in the Pacific Ocean, beaten only by the Atlanteans' home region of the Atlantic Ocean.

### Flora and Fauna:

In the modern age, Lemuria is home tens of thousands of aquatic life. Carbon dating and fossil records of the ocean floor's subterranean regions, however, provide a far more intense picture. According to the JPCU research in the region, Lemuria was once home to thousands of previously unidentified species of plants and animals, many of which were supernatural in nature; some scholars believe that some of the discovered species were the creation of Lemurian folklore manifested in the world as a result of the deep Lemurian spiritual beliefs, although this is unconfirmed.

### Religious Significance:

Many occult societies, cults, and pseudoscientific organizations around the world and across human history are tied to theories about Lemuria, some of which are more accurate than others; many believe that Lemuria is a Hinterland or other Realm that serves as the Afterlife, others claim that Lemuria was the home of the Lizardfolk (Note: This is believed to be partially accurate), etc.

Most prominently, the Nazis of the Third and Fourth Reich hold various spiritual beliefs about both Hyperborea and **Lemuria**, claiming that the Aryan race originated in Hyperborea and spread to **Lemuria** where they developed advanced technology and spread around the world to "civilize" the rest of mankind. Fourth Reich activity in the Indian Ocean has been noted as markedly higher than in other areas of the world.