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Turkey is a location Lara may have visited in the original Tomb Raider and its remake Tomb Raider Anniversary, instead of Greece. Turkey is also mentioned in The Angel of Darkness.
Tomb Raider and Tomb Raider Anniversary
- Main articles: Greece Section (TR) and Greece Section (TRA)
Although officially the second section of the games is set in Greece, there are some information that explains why the location might be Turkey instead. Firstly, Midas was a king of Phrygia, an area that is now in modern day Turkey. [1][2] So, if Midas had a palace, it would have been in Turkey.
The Greek architecture which is present in these levels might convince you that the levels should be taking place in Greece. But the folk who originally populated Phrygia were from Greece and they bought Greek culture, music and architecture with them. Colosseums have been found all over Eastern Turkey and also Christian monasteries, which can give explanations, on behalf of St. Francis' Folly and Colosseum.
The Palace and the Colosseum were probably remains of Pessinus, the city within Phrygia where Midas ruled.[3] The monastery was built on top of the ruins, since the monks knew of the Tomb of Tihocan which lay below and they decided to protect it and keep it secret.
The Angel of Darkness
The last of the extinct Nephilim race, called The Sleeper, was located in Turkey and then brough to the Strahov, Prague by a lone Truckdriver. He tells to Kurtis Trent about it in an in-game cutscene: [4]
- Truckdriver: I didn't sign on for this. Not devils and shadows. I'm just a truck driver.
- Kurtis: What? You drove here?
- Truckdriver: Four days on the road, from Turkey. Long way. Long way.
- Kurtis: What did you bring here? What were you carrying?
- Truckdriver: Death in five tons of stone. The Sleeper. Drove here, then they grabbed us. She locked us in here with her hungry pet the screamer. The Proto!
There are also crates visible in the Strahov Fortress level labelled "Turkey", implying that The Sleeper was brought there at the time she infiltrated the place.
If the story arc of The Angel of Darkness had been continued, there would have been a game set entirely in Cappadocia, Turkey.[5]
See Also
- Extensive area in modern Turkey, where a game would have been set in the story arc of The Angel of Darkness had been continued [6]
References
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Midas Retrieved on 15th Dec 2012
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Phyrgia Retrieved on 15th Dec 2012
- ↑ Wikipedia article on Midas Retrieved on 15th Dec 2012
- ↑ In-game cutscene in the level The Sanitarium, dialogue between Kurtis Trent and the Truckdriver
- ↑ http://kteb.net/articles/adrian-smith-talks-tr7-tr8/ Retrieved on 15th Dec 2012
- ↑ http://kteb.net/articles/adrian-smith-talks-tr7-tr8/ Retrieved on 15th Dec 2012
