Over the Mountains
Of the Moon,
Down the Valley of the Shadow,
Ride, bodly ride,
The shade replied,
If you seek for El Dorado!
-Edgar Allen Poe
England 1618, people everywhere are gathered in courtyard around a guillotine and shouting. A man with dark brown hair and a beard is locked in the guillotine and people are throwing things at him. A prestigious man walks over.
"Sir Raleigh, you have been charged with treason and have slipped into madness. Your sentence is death. May god have mercy on your soul."
Sir Raleigh looks up from the guillotine. "I found it! I found the city of gold!"he laughs. Then large blade comes down taking the man's head off. The head rolls still with a smile on it.
Between 1594 and 1616, Sir Walter Raleigh made two expeditions to find the city of gold (El Dorado). Sir Walter Raleigh went mad with obsession and claimed that he had found it. He was mocked and laughed at for his tales. In 1618, He was Beheaded in England and his body has never been found. Until now....
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Lost Ruins: The City Of Gold
AdventureDr. Olivia Saga finds a lost tomb containing the whereabouts of El Dorado (The City Of Gold). After She is taken off the dig by her mentor Dr. Walters and the British Museum, she asks her childhood friend Arthur for help. Arthur was a soldier in the...
