Santa Claus

Every year around Christmas, a mysterious being called Santa Claus visits Shartak and gives presents to all residents of Shartak who visit him in his grotto at [-70.319,+26.384]. Santa and his two elves stay for a little while and then they leave as suddenly as they appeared.

Santa gives out gifts (once per person) via the use of an "Ask for gift" button. Those who Santa deems to have behaved well are given better gifts than those who have been naughty. There have been rumours that the very good receive the legendary Heavy Sword. Vice versa, the very bad might receive a crab. More commonly, those seeking gifts recieve common, low valued gifts that some argue breeds dissatisfaction and resentment against Santa and his Elves.

It appears that killing Santa and his elves may become a yearly tradition in Shartak, despite Santa beginning to fight back, recruiting a 'chief elf' to assist him in doing so. Numerous want-to-be killers of Santa have fallen to the old man's punches, while others who have killed Santa this year have found themselves being hunted and killed for their actions.

2006 Visit

Details of Santa's first appearance in 2006 were recorded in the Shartak Financial Times. At the time, the location of Santa's grotto was not widely known. Santa was not warmly welcomed by all, and his encounter with Nick Soapdish resulted in his death. Luckily for latecomers, Santa can also revive.

2007 Visit

Santa appeared again in 2007 on the 16th of December, but was killed shortly after his appearance by Tom Failur. After his subsequent revivals, he was also killed by a series of people, causing much aggravation to those who had not yet asked for gifts.

2007 Santa Killers

Known killers of Santa during the 2007 Christmas season include: Tom Failur, kkk, S0S, Nick Soapdish, Average Joe, Leaky Bocks, GuavaMoment, marcusgipps, Spookey69, oqtasian, Eyes of a Hawk, Mr Boom Mc Bang, Thordulf, Spookey69, Johan Crichton, AlexanderRM, Christian Fletcher, and Kolzak.

2008 Visit

Santa appeared again in 2008 on the 17th of December, escorted again by the Chief Elf and two elves. Within the first day, the elves were dead, and Santa was receiving medical attention from some and unwanted attention from others. Santa survived until late on the 19th, when he was killed by Glooble. For unknown reasons, Santa was seen on January 2nd.

2008 Santa Killers

Known killers of Santa during the 2008 Christmas season include: Glooble, Human Wine, Spiritz, Vercingetorix, azuma, The Munch and Racham.