Talk:Himiko (Survivor Timeline)/@comment-91.125.213.50-20160330153707

Wow, some of the comments are really flogging a dead horse. So Himiko in the game could be based on the real life one mentioned in the Chinese history. The reason for her being the main antagonist is that she planned to conquer the known world after the planned transference into Hoshi's body, which was disrupted when Hoshi committed suicide, thus trapping Himiko in the last priestess' body she had transferred her soul into. The body Lara discovers in the tomb is Himiko's actual corpse, hence the crown adorning the corpse's head. The various historical periods are mentioned because they fit in with the fact that over the centuries, various expeditions have discovered Yamatai, but thanks to the failed ritual, Himiko's wrath has ensured the demise of these expeditions and the other visitors to the island.

Sam just happened to be descended from the inhabitants of Yamatai, hence the reason for her kidnapping by Mathias and the Solarii. However, Himiko did at least leave the island as she had planned, but she has to share the host body with its owner. Oh, the irony of that. Hoshi and Sam, two women who were planned vessels and disrupted Himiko's plans with Lara Croft being the helping hand in the case of Sam.