Croft Manor (TRA)

''This article is about the level in Anniversary. For the place, see Croft Manor (Legend Timeline), for the Legend level, see Croft Manor (TRL).''

Croft Manor is the Lara's Home level for Anniversary. In it, Lara must retrieve her stuff, unlock doors, get water running and make statues fight...

Walkthrough
See Croft Manor

Layout
There are seven main areas that are accessible in the Anniversary game:
 * The great hall
 * The garden and hedge maze
 * The gym
 * The swimming pool
 * The library and study
 * Lara's suite
 * The music room

Weapons Found

 * Dual Pistols

Allies Encountered

 * Winston Smith

Enemies Encountered

 * none

Locales Visited

 * Croft Manor
 * Croft Estate Gardens
 * Hedge Maze

Secrets

 * 8x Artifact

Books
There are multiple books scattered around the manor, when interacted Lara will read small fragments from them:


 * ...And even as their hooves shook the earth beneath him, Gilead gathered his remaining strength and drew back his BOW.
 * The Trials of Gilead, Volume I
 * As he struggled mightily to calm himself, Gilead removed the poison ARROW from its quiver.
 * The Trials of Gilead, Volume II.
 * And Gilead knew the GEARS of his heart would never turn again as he sacrificed his one true love to save the kingdom he had fought for so long to protect.
 * The Trials of Gilead, Volume III
 * Better still, the new 50 caliber round comes with a full metal jacket designed to maximize muzzle velocity and power to the target.
 * While other traps have a similar closing mechanism, it was the Egyptians who perfected the savage effectiveness of the holding barbs.
 * Prolific evidence exists that the ancient Eskimos would carve extremely detailed ivory maps of their coastline and hunting waters.
 * It is only through knowing our history that we can learn from the past.
 * Book on Lara's bed
 * Pink is the new black.
 * But the new Pharaoh was not content with all that was now his. No, Ramses the second wanted even more; he had visions of an empire so spectacular all mankind would come to marvel at its glory.
 * ...by far the most intriguing is the legend surrounding the fabled dagger of Xi'an and the awesome power it wields.
 * With the Silk Road bringing thousands of travelers into the region annually, Delhi was soon overrun by merchants selling goods of every possible description.
 * When the Spaniards had all but wiped out the Incan empire, the remaining survivors fled to the mountains and disappeared. Legend says they retreated to the hidden city of Vilcabamba.
 * ...the ruins of Atlantis were lost beneath the sea when the glaciers melted some ten thousand years ago.
 * Anyone with even a cursory knowledge of mineralogy would arrive at the same conclusion. Wherever this Isis stone was formed, it wasn't on Earth.
 * The luxury liner Maria Doria has never been found, however treasure hunters the world over search endlessly for its resting place.
 * The native population of Costa Rica was ravaged by diseases brought by it's conquerors and barely managed to survive to see the establishment of the capital city.
 * By far the most important survival item one can possible have is the will to survive.
 * As Charles Kane notes in his superb history of the Iron Curtain, there were numerous historical precedents against the practicality or feasibility of the fortress system of foreign policy.

Trivia

 * The books scattered around the manor make references to artifacts from Tomb Raider II & III, artifacts which have yet to appear on the Legend continuity.

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