The Order of Giants Connects to The Great Circle’s Wider Story

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle took players on one of the best Indiana Jones adventures of the past three decades. Developer MachineGames had all the right pieces for a great Indy story in front of it, and it used each and every one effectively, delivering a globe-trotting adventure filled with history, mythology, mystery, action, humor, and of course, some trademark Indiana Jones charm.

A whole lot of Indiana Jones goodness was packed into The Great Circle‘s respectable 16-hour runtime, but if fans have room for more, MachineGames has just served up the perfect dessert. Taking place during Indiana Jones and the Great Circle‘s Vatican section, The Order of Giants DLC offers a mostly standalone romp through the sewers of Rome. But the DLC’s story does tie in nicely with Indiana Jones and the Great Circle‘s overarching mystery.

Indiana Jones: The Order of Giants Sheds More Light on the Nephilim Order

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s Nephilim Order Explained

Mentioned several times in the Bible, the Nephilim are believed to be the offspring of angels and humans, who, given their godly lineage, appeared tall in stature and size. Some interpretations of the word ‘Nephilim’ translate it literally to ‘giants’, while others read the phrase as ‘those who have fallen’. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle leans into the former interpretation.

Right at the start of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, the titular archaeologist/adventurer’s place of work, Marshall College, is broken into by a very tall, very large man. This intruder steals the college’s cat mummy, and Indy gives chase. At the Vatican, Indy uncovers some evidence pointing to the existence of a ‘Nephilim Order,’ some sort of secret organization of giants who have worked with the Vatican for centuries.

Indy encounters the giant intruder again in the Vatican, where it’s made clear he’s trying to stop the adventurer from claiming an artifact hidden inside the cat mummy. Towards the end of Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, it’s revealed that this large man, Locus, is part of the secret Nephilim Order, and that the Order does in fact consist of a band of seemingly immortal giants who are tasked with protecting the keys needed to activate Noah’s Ark.

What Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’s DLC Reveals About The Nephilim Order

Players are told in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle‘s base game that the Nephilim Order has been actively guarding the keys to Noah’s Ark for well over a thousand years, but the recently released Order of Giants DLC makes exploring that its primary focus. In Indiana Jones: The Order of Giants, players discover the tombs of two ancient Nephilim warriors: the ‘Nameless Crusader’ and the ‘Monster of Crete.’

The former of these was a knight of the crusades (named Gibborim) who was sent to the city of Antioch under the guise of assisting the war effort. In actuality, he was tasked with securing one of the Noah’s Ark keys located behind the city’s walls. The Nameless Crusader’s tomb puzzle details the rest of his life, stating that he continued to fight alongside this army before meeting the love of his life, who suddenly died in a castle fire. It’s heavily implied the Nameless Crusader then took his own life, plunging his sword into his heart.

The Monster of Crete was also sent to Greece, where he quickly gained renown as a seemingly undefeatable warrior, and his presence birthed the myth of the minotaur. Years later, this member of the Nephilim Order found himself back in Rome, where he fought in the gladiatorial pits of the colosseum in the name of Emperor Nero.

While Indiana Jones: The Order of Giants doesn’t significantly impact the base game’s story, it does shed more light on the compelling mystery at the heart of the narrative.