Dossier 004 - Clara Ravens in “The Medjai Mistake” [Lara Croft comic]

Weeks of diligent research proves fruitful as Clara discovers a forgotten storage room deep beneath the sprawling Egyptian ruins at Karnak. This long-forgotten storage room, belonging to Pharaoh Hatshepsut, was once a sort of ‘wine cellar’ for the yearly Festival of Drunkenness that was meant to honor the goddess Sekhmet.

Inside the wine cellar, Clara notes the heavy structural damage and surmises that this storage area was buried in an ancient earthquake. Yet there amidst the broken wine amphoras and shattered columns Clara finds the intact skeletal remains of two of the pharaoh’s elite guard, known as the Medjai. Noting that these men are clutching amphoras and appear to have died of natural causes, Clara also surmises that these Medjai were buried alive during the earthquake, possibly after having snuck into the wine stores to sample some of the festival wine.

Not wanting to miss an opportunity, Clara uncorks an amphora of this ancient wine, prepared specially for the festival, and said to be imbued with the “Passion of the Gods”. She raises a toast to the doomed Medjai and takes a hearty swig.

This is the account of Clara’s vivid hallucination after drinking an ancient, mystical wine.