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Dear
Friend
of the Calendar
I am happy to take you today in the world of
Asia Minor.
I tryied to put my traveling memories and my
fantasies about the tales of Sheherasade in 1001
night storys together , to create the
ambience of my Tomb Raider level.
Hoe does this fit with advent?
Todays german Nikolaus ( comes on 6th of
December and brings presents) has its source in
the legends about a person, who lived in the 3.
JCentury a.D.
There are not much sources about the historic
Nikolaus from Myra.
Myra is a small town located in Turky (ca. 100 km
southwest from
Antalya) and has been in the 4. Century home of
a bishop.
 According diffrent traditions Nikolaus
was born in Patara , a town in Lyka - Asia Minor
between 270 and 286 a.D..
At 19 years old, he
has been ordained to priest by his uncle, also
bishop from Myra. After that he was abbot of the
monastery Sion neas from Myra.
Comming
from a rich family, set him in the position to
to help the poor and deserving.
There are a couple of ancient buildings an ruins
in Myra. It is said, that one is the tomb of Nikolaus
.
Er stammte aus einer reichen Familie, so dass es
ihm möglich war den Armen und Bedürftigen zu
helfen.
In Myra gibt es einige antike Bauten unter
anderem auch ein Grab, dass man Nikolaus
zuschreibt.
Lara came across a dokument during an
investigation,
point at the fact that the
ancient Nikolaus of Myra was a pilgrim to Mount
Ararat in
 Trurky, where he is maybe also buried.
Because
Nikolaus of Myra istn't only a legend, but also
was rich, Lara decides to trace the
track to the old uneffected sultanate in the
mountains of the border region of Türky, Iran and Irak
.
Thanks to her relationships she managed to get
in touch with the decendents and owners of the
land with the old sultanate palace. She get the
permission to investigate.
 Until now her investigation were to controlled
by the sultans guards. Short time after the dusk
she decides to sneak off her guestroom to seek
undisturbed after some indices.
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