Original Timeline

A timeline of events in Tomb Raider.

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A large meteorite falls into the jungles of Antarctica.

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One of the rulers of Atlantis, Natla, is imprisoned for abusing her powers of the Atlantean Scion. She is put in frozen hibernation beneath the desert of Los Alamos, New Mexico.

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The Egyptian god Set is outwitted by his nephew, Horus, and is imprisoned in a secret tomb at the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. It is said that Set will return seeking vengeance at the turn of a distant millennia.

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The Polynesians of Antarctica sculpt five artefacts out of meteorite material. Soon, mutations started occuring in their newborn and they fled Antarctica leaving the artefacts there.

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The monks of Tibet stand in the way of Chinese Emperor Qin Shihuang's conquests where they do batte at the Great Wall. The Emperor would be deafeated and the Dagger of Xian returned to it's resting place.

1573

Brother Herbert of St. Francis' Folly writes his prayer journal which mentions rumours of Tihocan's tomb and his piece of the Atlantean Scion being buried beneath their monastery.

1812

Paul Caulfield is born.

1834

Charles Darwin's expedition travel on the HMS Beagle around the world. At Antarctica, the five sailors discover four meteorite artefacts. Paul Caulfield is killed by a wolf and the remaining four travel around the world where the artefacts end up. India, Nevada, South Pacific and England.

1934

Winston Smith is born.

1940

Werner Von Croy is born.

1945

A German U-Boat submarine carrying the Spear of Destiny sinks.

A Newspaper featuring an Inuit warrior holding what appears to be the Mask of Tornarsuk is published.

Natla is freed from her imprisonment when a US bomb test explodes near her prison.

1949

Charles Kane is born.

1951

Pierre DuPont is born.

1954

Bram Patrick Dunstan is born.

1967

Larson Conway is born.

1968

Lara Croft is born.

1971

Lara Croft begins private tutoring.

1974

Zip is born.

1977

Lara Croft survives a plane crash in the Himalayas.

1979

Lara Croft enrols at Wimbledon High School. Here, her History teacher was Charles Kane.

1984

Lara Croft accompanies Professor Werner Von Croy on an expedition to Cambodia. Lara returns alone.

Lara Croft stowaways of Father Bram Patrick Dunstan's hired boat and travels to the Black Isle in Ireland.

1986

Lara Croft enrols at Swiss Finishing School.

1995

Lara Croft searches for the Philosopher's Stone in Rome where she is rivaled by Larson Conway and Pierre DuPont.

1996

Lara Croft is hired by Ms. 'Jacqueline' Natla of Natla Technologies to recover the Atlantean Scion.

Lara Croft recovers a couple jade statues of Egyptian goddess Bastet and puts a final end to Natla's mutants.

1997

Lara Croft searches for the Dagger of Xian where she is rivaled by the Fiamma Nera led by Marco Bartoli.

Lara Croft searches for the Mask of Tornarsuk in Alaska.

Lara Croft breaks into Von Croy Industries and steals the Iris.

1998

Lara Croft recovers the Infada Stone in India and is soon hired by Doctor Mark Willard of RX Tech to recover similar artefacts found in Nevada, South Pacific and London.

Lara Croft learns of a fifth meteorite artefact and goes in search of it across Scotland, England and France.

Lara Croft searches for the Spear of Destiny. She's not the only one. A Russian mafia led by Sergei Mikhailov has bribed the navy to use one of it's submarines to go in search of the Spear.

1999

Lara Croft is hired by The Times to continue Howard Carter's exhibition as new tunnels have been discovered in Tutankhamun's tomb.

Lara Croft recovers the Amulet of Horus and has released the Egyptian god Set. Lara is also rivaled by her former mentor Professor Werner Von Croy. Lara must use all her wit and skill to reimprison Set and save the world from Armageddon.

2000

Lara Croft is presumed dead and her closest friends, Winston Smith, Father Bram Patrick Dunstan and Charles Kane hold a memorial service for her where they remember Lara's past adventures. Meanwhile, Professor Werner Von Croy coordinates a dig at the Great Pyramid in Egypt to discover Lara's fate.