The Caverns of the Dead.........by Michael Bender (Tony Tomb).........September 2004

THE STORY:
Somewhere in eastern Europe, Lara was wandering alone over a lonely landscape.
She was searching for the entrance to a series of caverns and old buildings which she believed housed an ancient text, "The Lethe Scroll".

As the wind picked up, she recalled her conversations with the people in the town nearbye.
Not many of the locals had any knowledge of the caverns, and those who did; didn't like to speak 
of it. It was an evil place some had said, haunted and full of the undead. Lara was stongly advised against seeking the place.

Raining now, Lara was wet and cold. She was just about to give up hope of ever finding the entrance, when suddenly the ground opened up beneath her feet. She was swallowed into the gloom of the Caverns of the Dead.......

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Historical note: In Greek, 'lethe' means 'forgetfulness' and is the name of one of the six rivers of the UNDERWORLD. In Virgil's AENEID he wrote, "the souls gather on its shores to drink and forget before they are born again."

Player note: The Lethe Scroll is Lara's objective. She will take it with her when she leaves the caverns. So don't go looking for a puzzle hole for it. There isn't one. Enjoy!

Credits: Big thanks to Kristina and Gerty for beta testing this level. Gerty has
             also written a walkthrough to be released at a later date.

             Thanks Horus (Nadine) for ripping the AOD textures and making them available at 
             Lara's level base.

             All the custom textures are created by me, but I should thank Hans Holbein the
             Younger, who's drawings I borrowed and adapted from his book "The Dance of Death"
             from a facsimile of the French edition, circa 1538 A.D.
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