Skull Island
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(WIP) Skull Island is an ancient and very biodiverse island connected to Dante's Pit. It is located in the Bismarck Sea.
History
Skull Island formed during the Paleocene around 60 million years ago, though due to it being directly connected to the thriving ecosystems of the Hollow Earth, many of the species inhabiting the island are direct ancestors of animals that existed during the Mesozoic, including numerous species of dinosaur.
Modern History
The first recorded modern discovery of Skull Island was in 1898, when German Scientist Dietrich Verfolger led an ill-fated expedition to the island. The expedition consisted of several explorers, naturalists, hunters, and survivalists, as well as roughly a company of soldiers from the German colony in New Guinea. The expedition suffered a casualty rate of over 50% due to the highly hostile fauna on the island. Following this disastrous expedition, Dr. Verfolger and the German military agreed to erase all records of the island’s existence. The expedition was covered up, and the casualties were officially stated to be a result of a hostile interaction with a local Papuan tribe.
The island was rediscovered by Japanese and American forces during World War Two, following an incident in which a Japanese patrol boat ran aground while evading an American warship, resulting in the boat being attacked by Skull Island fauna. All but four of the Japanese sailors on the patrol boat ended up dying during or shortly after the incident. After this incident, the reports of the four Japanese sailors, and the American soldiers on deck during the incident, made their way into the hands of MYTHOS, who began making plans for an expedition to explore Skull Island once the war ended.
The MYTHOS expedition of the late 1940s was considered to be successful overall, resulting in the photographing, and describing of numerous new genera and species, despite the relatively heavy casualties suffered due to the island’s particularly dangerous wildlife. Following the expedition, MYTHOS assumed control of the island and the waters surrounding it, in order to prevent any future incidents from occurring between humans and Skull Island fauna.
The existence of Skull Island was released to the public in the 1970s, though MYTHOS keeps the location of the island a closely guarded secret to this day. To learn more about the island’s unique fauna, several living and deceased specimens from the island are in MYTHOS captivity, and some specimens from the smaller species are even displayed at a few zoos operated by the Greene Foundation.