Descent into the Shadows

The Alpha Creature of the Abyss

Enormous, noisy, and with a voracious appetite, it devours anything and anyone.

It is an enormous Centipede, according to descriptions from survivors, that moves through the abyss as if it owns the place, through unique passageways or by climbing

It is indestructible; the only reason it hasn't emerged to destroy the world is because sunlight irritates it greatly, and it prefers darkness. At night, agents working at the edge of the abyss's entrance close the entrance to deceive the Scolopedra.

It is not known who they were; there are many skulls and broken bones, from beings that looked human. In the abyss there are many facilities discovered and yet to be discovered; their technology is not so futuristic but it is advanced enough to have created beings like the Guardians.

The biggest question is, what was the Abyss created for? Nobody knows.

The abyss is a deadly zone for humans: potential fatal falls, absolute darkness, echoes, claustrophobia

and many threats that would hunt humans within the place

The price?

artifacts of ancient civilization

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The Iron Guardians, so named by the surviving explorers

In their eyes, they are rusty machines, wandering through the abyss, protecting abandoned facilities and other important points of the ancient civilization. They do not speak, they do not communicate. The Guardians have one clawed arm and another with a functional flamethrower.

They purge anyone who gets too close, no matter what; they are still slow and rusty machines, but very resilient.

In The Abyss, there are various dangers

from:

humans who went mad from the darkness

creatures never before seen that hide from eyes and live in darkness

and a huge Alpha creature that everyone fears

On Earth, a huge chasm emerged in the center of countries; this chasm attracted attention because ancient technology from a race of living beings predating humans was discovered.

Companies pay explorers to go and extract or buy whatever is offered to them for large sums of money

Sometimes they send moneylenders to extract these resources

Also, because prisons are no longer effective, governments decided that sentences should no longer be long prison terms, but rather banishing prisoners to the Abyss.

However, the Abyss is a dangerous zone, highly deadly for anyone.

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The Descent of Shadows Inspired by the survival aspect of Maze Runner, but with a vertical structure. The protagonists don't run through a maze, but must descend through an ancient and claustrophobic megastructure filled with industrial levels and forgotten temples. 🗺️ The Stage The Agora (Level 0): The "safe" zone where newcomers arrive via a one-way elevator. Here, limited resources are managed and expeditions are planned. Upper Levels: Industrial environments filled with rusty pipes and narrow corridors. The Temple Belt (Middle Levels): Large caverns with ancient and religious architecture in ruins, where the most valuable technology is found, but also the greatest dangers. The Abyss: The deepest layer, home of the alpha creature and the possible path to the surface. 🤖 Enemies and Inhabitants The Rusted Guardians: Biomechanical automatons with a pointed appearance and aggressive design. They are corroded by time and do not distinguish between friend and foe. Their main arm is an industrial flamethrower that floods the corridors with fire. The Hollowed: Humans who lost their sanity after being trapped in darkness. They are erratic, dangerous, and sometimes worship machines. Creatures of Darkness (Dwellers): Pale, blind beings that hunt by hearing and smell. Voracious Scolopendra (Final Boss): A colossal centipede that rules the depths. It is a devouring machine that fuses biological parts with metal. Weaknesses: Intense fire and dazzling light (it momentarily blinds it).