According to the prophecy of that madwoman at Kamar-Taj who talked to rocks, the time of the Feathered Serpent God's rebirth was drawing near.
The present-day Day of the Dead, dedicated to Mictēcacihuātl, had incorporated the traditions of Spanish colonists. In Aztec legend, Mictēcacihuātl was responsible for watching over bones and presiding over ancient death rituals. People believed she met death as soon as she was born, while still an infant. The Goddess of Death, who possessed no flesh-and-blood body, appeared to the world as nothing but a skeleton.
Logically speaking, the Day of the Dead had little to do with the Feathered Serpent God. However, time in the Outer Dimensions could not be measured by Earth's calendar. Even the winter solstice, when extra-dimensional energy became active each year, did not perfectly follow the calendar. There was an unpredictable margin of error, so the madwoman's prophecy was not entirely mistaken.
As the most fearless Indiana Jones-style adventurer and archaeologist the Emperor had ever seen, Laura Croft took on the task of uncovering the truth. Through clues left in ancient ruins, remains from cruel sacrificial rites, and interpretations of lost writings, she gradually pieced together the ancient truth behind the Feathered Serpent God's worship and legends. She had not blindly relied on the knowledge in the Borgia Codex to interpret the ruins before her. She had inherited the respect and equality Richard Croft brought to his archaeological research. That was why, through Camila, she conveyed news the Emperor had no choice but to take seriously—the Feathered Serpent God's awakening would bring a great flood. Geological research teams funded by the City of Immortals had also confirmed that an unprecedented flood had occurred in South America's history. The Sorcerer Supreme believed it was highly likely to have been an ecological disaster caused