Talk:Mathias/@comment-24755309-20151114182726/@comment-2038153-20170219055233

I can't really agree. While its clear that Mathias was likely being influenced by Himiko during his time on Yamatai we see clear signs that he was kind of a psycho even before Himiko started to mess with his brain.

In his very first document of the game he states that it was only a few days since the plane crashed and that he decided to let his fellow survivors die as he saw them as weak and stupid. And as he watched them die he talks about it with no signs of remorse or pity, being more interested in how the storm seemed to have a will of its own.

In the next document he talks about killing other survivors simply because they got in his way and only began recruiting once it was clear that he needed help. While he tries to convince Lara that they are not to different as Lara has killed several people in order to survive he is missing one key detail.

The Solarii had given Lara no choice in the matter they tried to kill her or worse every chance they got. Hell during one point when the Solarii offer up a truce to get out of the old palace before the Storm Guard kills them all, Lara is willing to listen only for the Solarii to try and kill her again.

And this is a direct result of Mathias putting them in a pit with no food where the water was mixed with blood and a gas that likely caused a great deal of brain damage. Leaving them down there for months for the express purpose of destroying their humanity so they would be able to kill anyone who got in their way.

While Himiko is the one responsible for causing all this death and misery she did not force Mathias to kill the the people who survived with him from the plane crash. She did not make torture the thousands of men and kill god knows how many women for her new vessel. From everything we see had likely figured out that destroying Himiko's body would stop the storms so he could have figured out a way to get into the palace and destroy her body and left the island that way.

But instead he choose seek out a new body for Himiko to inhabit knowing what she wanted and choose to serve her and let millions of innocent people die.

However, this is just my opinion and you are free to disagree with me.