Conrad Roth

Conrad Roth is the 52-year-old English (hailing from Sheffield/South Yorkshire) Captain of the Endurance, as well as a freelance salvage and treasure hunter. He is ex-military. His interests include rock climbing, hiking and wreck diving.

Background
After serving two combat tours with the RM (Royal Marines Commandos) Roth left the military and put his specialized skills to use as wreck-diver and freelance treasure-hunter, alongside his trusted friend, Grim. Roth purchased used research vessel, and name it the Endurance, after the ship of his hero, Irish Explorer, Ernest Shackleton.

Roth traveled the world, earning a reputation for toughness, competence, willingness to bend inconvenient laws restricting traffic in historical artifacts, as well as his faithfulness to his employers made him highly sought-after among discerning collectors.

His reputation garnered the interest of famous archaeologist, Richard Croft. For several years, Roth accompanied Richard Croft on over a dozen treasure-hunting expeditions, acting as a guide and, when necessary, bodyguard. Roth met Croft's daughter, Lara, whom he grew very fond of, and she in turn grew fond of him. So much so, that Roth would often be the first person Lara would turn to, due to her father always being too busy to pay attention to her. Roth grew to love Lara as though she were his own daughter.

After her parents disappeared, he became her legal guardian. He insisted on teaching her practical skills, such as rock climbing, navigation, and other survival skills, though they were a little unusual for a wealthy British heiress, Roth insisted that she be prepared for anything. Roth even helped her to hone her marksmanship, which she took as a hobby at school, (Possibly under Roth's suggestion.)

Roth met Joslin Reyes in a bar in New York, after waking up from being knocked unconscious by her. The two formed a casual romance, which resulted in Reyes becoming pregnant. Thinking that Roth wouldn't want to have anything to do with the child, Reyes left the crew, and hid Alisha's paternity from him.

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Expedition to Yamatai
Roth was separated from the group early on, and was not discovered on the island by Lara for at least a day. He was wounded after fighting off a wolf that stole his backpack, which had his medical supplies inside. Roth passes out from exhaustion and blood loss, but reawakens once Lara has retrieved the pack, killed the wolf, and bandaged his leg as best she can. After offering a few encouraging words to her, Roth gives Lara his climbing axe so she can traverse the cliff face with ease.

Reuniting with Lara
After the plane crash, Lara happens upon Roth once more, who has constructed a makeshift crutch. When she expresses her desire to save the pilot (whom she saw parachute out of the burning plane) Roth tries to stop her, saying that it is too dangerous and the pilot may not have survived. Lara, however, refuses, and goes after the pilot, leaving Roth behind.

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Death
After the helicopter crash caused by Lara and the storms, Roth awakens and revives Lara with CPR. While helping her to safety, a small party of Solarii Brotherhood, led by Mathias, attacks them. Roth shoots two of the Solarii with his pistol as Mathias closes in to attack Lara with a hatchet. Seeing this, Roth spins around while holding Lara to shield her as Mathias throws the hatchet, the weapon embedding itself in Roth's back. Seeing that Lara is still alive and the other survivors are approaching, Mathias flees the crash site as Roth collapses and passes away from his wounds. His body is later burned on a funeral pyre by the crew. The crew (with the exception of Whitman) was distraught by his death, though Lara and Reyes were obviously affected a lot more.

Personality
Roth has modeled his style of leadership on that of his hero, the explorer Ernest Shackleton. The wellfare and safety of his crew is paramount to Roth, and he prides himself on instinctively knowing who is going to make a good crewmember. He is also a hands-on leader who knows how to boost the morale of his shipmates, have fun and remain both optimistic and realistic.

Roth considers himself married to the sea. He dreams of finding that one big score that will allow him to retire onto a large yacht and live out his days sailing wherever the winds will take him. If Lara is right about Yamatai and its significance, this will hopefully be his last job.

Trivia

 * Roth's weapons of choice are a pair of 1911 pistols, specifically the Remington 1911 R1 Enhanced. He passes them onto Lara after he dies. The pistols are symbolic of the older Tomb Raider Games.
 * He refers to them as "Old Friends," however, the Remington 1911 R1 series has only been on the market since 2010.


 * Roth is voiced by Robin Atkin Downes.
 * Ironically, Downes voices antagonists in the Uncharted Franchise, Namely Atoq Navarro in Uncharted: Drakes Fortune and Talbot in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. However he also served as the facial model for Tenzin, who is an ally in Uncharted 2. He has been confirmed to be involved in Uncharted 4 in some way.
 * Roth is also very similar to Victor Sullivan from the Uncharted Franchise: Both being mentors and father figures to the protagonist (in Sullivan's case, Nathan Drake), both have a habit of smoking and both are "only interested in the climax" (a term Nathan Drake uses to describe Sully's attitude of only being interested the payment/treasure.)
 * Roth's death on Yamatai, is considered fitting, as it is also the final resting place of his ship.
 * Roth is a smoker as revealed in Tomb Raider: The Beginning.
 * Roth could be considered the reboot timeline's equivalent to Werner Von Croy given his role as Lara's mentor, and father figure.