Lara's Journals (2013)

Lara's Journals, refer to special collectible Documents found in Tomb Raider. Each document is a piece of a journal or letter, written by Lara Croft There are ten total Documents in the game.

Shipwrecked
How do I start...? Okay. This is Lara Croft - an archeologist from The Endurance, shipwrecked on an island in the Dragon's Triangle - east of Japan.

This place is incredible. I've seen wrecks here that could date back centuries. We weren't the first and I know we're not alone. Something isn't right about this place.

If I don't get off this island, maybe someone will eventually find this.

Lara's Thoughts
How do I start...?

Nightmares
The thing about nightmares is sooner or later, you wake up. But there's no waking up from this place. Which means I'm really here, I'm really doing these things. No. Don't think about it, Lara. Not now. It won't help.

I don't know what's happened to the rest of the crew. I hope they're okay. They have to be. They have to be. I don't know what the hell is going on here, but all that matters is that Roth finds a way to get us home.

Lara's Thoughts
The thing about nightmares is sooner or later, you wake up.

Prepared for the Worst
Thank god for Roth's training. All those treks, all those climbs... It's as if he'd been preparing me for something like this all along.

It's clear that there are people living here. And they're organized. They're killing and recruiting, but why? It's like some kind of cult. But a cult of what? What do they want? What are they looking for?

Lara's Thoughts
''Thank god for Roth's training. All those treks, all those climbs...''

Unnatural Storms
I can't get it out of my head. A storm that came out of nowhere, out of a clear sky, and brought down a plane. It's not rational. You know it's not rational, Lara. There must be some explanation I... I just don't know what it is yet.

Lara's Thoughts
''It must be dehydration, delayed shock maybe. I can't really have seen that unnatural storm, can I?''

Ancient Guardians
Just when I thought things couldn't get worse. What were those things in the monastery? They were dressed like the Stormguard, and the sounds they made, almost... inhuman. Shit, just listen to yourself, Lara. You sound like dad.

It's like they're the remnants of some lost civilization. Okay, now I really sound like dad. All I know is they killed those men, and I have a feeling they wouldn't hesitate to kill me too.

But I can't think about this now. Sam's in trouble and I've got to get her back. She's counting on me..

Lara's Thoughts
''Just when I thought this island couldn't get any worse. What were those things in the monastery?''

No Escape
Madness. That's what this place is. Mathias thinks Himiko's spirit is keeping us here. That's not possible... it's not possible. But he's so beyond crazy that maybe he's come right back round to some kind of sane.

The helicopter isn't our way off. You know that, Lara - in your gut. I have to warn the others. If we board it, we're dead.

Lara's Thoughts
''Mathias thinks Himiko's spirit is keeping us here. That's not possible.''

Don't Think, Don't Feel
Tears won't bring me back, girl. That's what Roth would've said. I just can't believe he's gone, no more stories about my parents, no more mountain climbs. God, I wish they'd killed me instead.

But they didn't. I'm here, I'm alive and I'm certain that no boat or plane is going to get us off this island, at least not yet. I know the answer has something to do with Himiko and that monastery. I have to do something, I have to stop this.

Lara's Thoughts
''I know the answer has something to do with Himiko and that monastery. I have to do something, I have to stop this.''

The Promise
If I'm going to get to the ritual chamber in that monastery, we need to fix that boat. I don't know how I'm going to convince the others to take it inland, rather than off this island, but I have to find a way. Reyes won't be easy. She wants to get back to her daughter, and she's is [sic] pain over Roth. We all are.

I still don't know exactly why Mathias wanted Sam in the first place, but it doesn't matter. She's back with us now; she's safe.

Lara's Thoughts
I have to get Sam back, I made a promise and I'm not losing her too.

The Monastery
The prayer I found on that General talked about a soul in a decaying body being the cause of the storms. I know he must be talking about the last Sun Queen, but I don't understand what Himiko has to do with this. She was the first Queen. Somehow Mathias thinks Sam's connected. And that can't be good. Damn you Whitman! You'll do anything for a story.

I know the answer is inside that ritual chamber, but getting to it won't be easy. The Stormguard are devoted to guarding it. I know I have to do this, but I'm so scared of what I'm going to find in there.

Lara's Thoughts
''I know the answer is inside that ritual chamber, but getting to it won't be easy. I'm so scared of what I'm going to find in there.''

The Truth
I used to be so certain of the truth. But after what I've seen... what I've done, I don't know what to believe anymore.

This island has taken everything from me. I'm going to make sure I take as much in return. All its secrets. It owes me that. I have to find answers. I need to understand.

Lara's Thoughts
I used to be so certain of the truth.