James Rutland

Description
James Rutland is the son of Sen. Rutland. He appeared in Tomb Raider: Legend and was the main antagonist through out the whole entire game. He is from a very wealthy family as he is the son of a Senator and althougth he graduated from Harvard, he is not as intelligent as Amanda as he acts very brashly and quickly without thinking. He substitutes tactics for speed in his plans. Although he is very successful in getting what he wants as he is a energetic man with a lot of self-discipline not to mention he is a competent athlete.

Amanda Evert was working with Rutland to obtain Excalibur, they are in a relationship with each other and seem to make sure that neither one or the other must be harmed. He also had many hired Mercenaries working for him under his pay.

He is a very influent man as he is the only person that Amanda Evert trusts, she even loves him.

He always kept the blade piece on him at all times he even uses it as a fashion accessory, he arrogantly neglects the blade as if it was a useless object, although when he uses it in combat it greatly increases his agility, stamina and melee combat skills it even gives him the power to levitate and it it makes him more resistant to damage. {| class="infobox"
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Harvard Graduate

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He first appears in Bolivia and tried to obtain a certain artifact called excalibur. He saw Lara and was forced to flee. Lara having no idea that Amanda had been accompanying Rutland with his schemes she assumed that Amanda had survived. Before he left, he ordered his mercenaries to kill Lara and then when his Helicopter takes off he uses to try and kill Lara before he leaves with Amanda in The Helicopter.

In Ghana, where he personally decided to track down a piece of Excalibur himself, Lara managed to defeat his mercenaries until she caught up with him where he was trying to find The Ghalali Key used to bind Excalibur. After a little speech he proceeds to kill Lara with the blade of Excalibur and Grenades until he is defeated but left alive although Lara takes his Blade of Excalibur.

His helicopter briefly appeared in Nepal, where he attempted to track down the last piece of Excalibur but Lara manages to beat his Mercenaries to the piece of Excalibur.

In Bolivia Redux, where he attemped, with Amanda to coerce Lara to give him the now completed Excalibur. But in the attempt an outraged Lara uses Excalibur at James and Amanda wounding him in the process, then he orders his Mercenaries to kill Lara. When they are all killed he stumbles over to Amanda gravely wounded from the Excalibur attack and says to Amanda "See You..." and then collapses after, finally dead. This outrages Amanda and starts shouting at Lara about his death and Excalibur and then using the entity tries to kill Lara.

He is assumed dead but this is not certain, if he is dead, either his body was left to rot or Amanda could of taken his body to be properly buried.

He is the only main antagonist throughout the Tomb Raider series that Lara did not mean to kill.



Trivia

 * He will taunt you several times while you fight him in Ghana, he will make witty remarks which makes Lara assume that he is arrogant and naive.
 * Even though Rutland dosen't appear when you attack his henchmen, he will die after you defeat all of his henchmen.
 * His glasses never come off within the game.
 * The boxes with his equipment stashed in them on the Bolivia Redux level are supplied by Natla Industries which suggests that they were working together.
 * James Rutland is the only main antagonist throughout the entire Tomb Raider series that Lara did not mean to kill.

Quotes

 * "Hey, you have some too... Mine are bigger!" (Regarding their Grenades).
 * "We're done talking."
 * "History doesn't interest me."
 * Lara:" Tell me about that sword fragment you're so fond of waving about?" Rutland:"Huh, well I have been spending some time with it, and I've learned a couple of things... Let me show you."