Urdak

Urdak is a location in Doom Eternal and the game's twelfth level. It is the homeworld of the Maykrs. The Khan Maykr is fought as a boss.

=Lore= From the Codex:

''This is Urdak, the home world of the Maykrs. A brief age analysis of the structures and architecture here indicates that this world is older than any other in our databases. Similarites can also be drawn to multiple pan-galactic religions, indicating that the Maykr's influence was not limited to Argent D'Nur, and that over eons their influence has spread across the galaxy, and potentially the universe. Some imagery is akin to religious icons in the Orion-Cygnus arm of the Milky Way, an area which includes Earth. The name Urdak is common tongue in the Maykr language, but can be approximately translated to the word for Paradise or Heaven in hundreds of different languages, further cementing the theory that the Maykrs have had a religious impact on mortal beings for millions of years.''

''Despite their seeming Godliness, the Maykrs have a past. At some point in their ageless history there is mention of 'The Father'; a logical, alien entity that endowed the Maykrs with their vast knowledge and technical ability. Analysis of Maykr artifacts and scripture indicate that The Father may have been a singular being that 'split' to form the Maykr race, or instead transferred his incalculable power into the vast structure knawn as Urdak which then birthed the Maykrs in perpetuity. It seem that the Maykrs, though exceptionally long-lived, eventually suffer from some form of biological and mental degredation, at which point they undergo a process known as 'the Transfiguration' wherein they allow a voluntary death and resurrection somehow tied to The Father. This process may have been complicated or damaged in the recent past.''

''There are no records of how The Father came to the Maykrs, when it was first discovered, or if it had any physical form before the Maykrs. The first mention of The Father is in regard to a building named the Luminarium. It was a temple of sorts, where Maykrs would go to seek answers.''

''The essence of The Father was stolen by one of their own, by a Maykr referred to as the Seraphim. Who the Seraphim is, or what he did with The Father's consciousness, is unknown. Records show that one day the Luminarium simply ceased to communicate, and that a deep scan of its data banks revealed no remaining trace of the entity.''

''Urdak itself exists in an anchor state, utilizing highly advanced dimensional shift technology to allow a static position at a sub-quantum level. This essentially inverts their position in relation to Hell; both planes of existence are fixed outside the bounds of the known universe, a 'lower' and 'higher' reality. The Khan Maykr oversees all whitin Urdak, and now utilizes Argent Energy to prevent the Transfiguration.''