Lara Croft (Legend Timeline)


 * For Lara Croft in other continuities, see Lara Croft disambiguation page

"Well this is a tomb, I'll make them Feel at home."

- Lara Croft

Lara Croft is an English Archaeologist, and Tomb Raider, and Protaganist of Crystal Dynamics', Legend Timeline of Tomb Raider games.

Early Life
Lara Croft was born in Surrey's Parkside hospital to Lady Amelia Croft and the notorious archeologist Lord Richard Croft, the late Earl of Abbingdon. Between the ages of three and six, she attended the Abbingdon Girls School, where it quickly became clear that she was an exceptionally gifted child.

At the age of nine, Lara and her mother were in the Croft's private jet, over the Himalayas, when lightning struck the engines and caused the plane to crash land. Her mother and Lara were the only survivors at the time. When exploring a nearby temple, Lara inadvertently triggered a mysterious portal, to - as we later find out - the future, by touching a sword. Lara's mother, misunderstanding the person on the other side - Amanda Evert, who was, in the future, talking to Lara - pulled out the sword and vanished to supposedly Avalon. Lara, then alone, walked to Katmandu, to escape the horrors of the plane crash. When she arrived in Katmandu she went to the nearest bar and made a polite telephone call to her father asking if it would be convenient for him to come and pick her up.

After the loss of her mother, Lara received private tutoring, part of it from her father, who took her on some of his expeditions.

For six years following the plane crash, Lara rarely left her father's side, traveling around the world from one archeological dig site to another. During this period she was ostensibly given a standard education from private tutors, but it would probably be more accurate to say she was her father's full time apprentice. Lara suffered another tragic loss at the age of 17, when her father went missing, presumed dead.

When Lara was seventeen, her father went missing in Cambodia. Extensive searches by the authorities and Lara herself turned up human remains that could not definitively be identified. Since Lord Croft's body was not officially recovered, Lara could not directly inherit the Croft title and was thrust into a bitter family feud over control of the Abbingdon estates with her uncle Lord Errol Croft. Lara eventually won the legal battle, and took possession of her inheritance but at the cost of a deep rift in the Croft family that left her estranged from her living relatives.

Tomb Raider: Anniversary
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Tomb Raider: Legend
In 2006, Lara Croft is telephoned by Paraiso based friend Anaya who informs a Stone Dais has been discovered in Tiwanaku, Bolivia. Lara remembers to when she was nine years old following the plane crash she survived with her mother uncovered a Nepal Temple in the Himayalas containing an ornate Stone Dais accidentally activated by her which sucked in her mother and was consequently the day she vanished forever.

Lara comes across mercenaries patrolling the interior ruins of a few minor Tiwanaku Temples. Lara eventually comes to the central still in tact Tiwanaku Temple and enters to find within it the reported found Stone Dais.

There with is a man by the name of James Rutland who is accompanied by a handful of the mercenaries revealed to be his. James, in a conversation, shows Lara a piece of a sword and mentions her believed dead friend Amanda Evert.

Lara, following this, decides to go to Paraiso and to the dig site of which her, the believed dead Amanda and a group of confirmed dead college friends made a digsite at. Lara organizes for Anaya to meet her in Paraiso and the two rendezvous at the Statue in the Paraiso Market Place.

There James Rutland's Mercenaries show up and attack. Anaya takes off in her jeep and a handful of Rutland's pursue her. Lara catches up on a stolen motorcycle and eliminates the pursuers. Lara then boards Anaya's jeep and the two arrive at the dig site.

Lara recounts what happened to her, Amanda and their college friends at the dig site. Lara, then on present day, enters through a watery passage into the dig site and uncover what really happened. Upon discoering that Amanda may not have died, and the first Excalibur Fragment, Lara sets out to recover the rest of the fragments and stop Amanda and Rutlands Plans.

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Tomb Raider Underworld
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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
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Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
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Skills and Abilities
Lara is very Athletic, being trained in mountain climbing, gymnastics and is in peak physical condition.

Like the original Timeline, Lara is a very talented marksman. Lara's main weapons are her dual Pistols. However she is very capable of using, Shotguns, Assault Rifles, Submachine Guns and Spear Guns,

Personality
Although Lara is very serious about her job, it doesn't stop her from being quite sarcastic and quick with witty remarks. Lara is also quite reckless, often and intentionally "forgetting" safety equipment for mountain climbing.

Initially, Lara does not wish to kill anyone, and is saddened by the loss of human life, especially after killing Larson Conway, Her first Human kill. However as the timeline progressed, she becomes much more willing to kill in order to defend herself, and even takes on some vengeful tendencies.

Discoveries

 * Atlantean Scion
 * Excalibur, Lancelot's Shield and Ghalali Key (2006),
 * The King Arthur's tomb (2006),
 * Niflheim, the Norse Underworld (2008),
 * Helheim/Avalon (2008),
 * Thor's Gauntlets - Járngreipr (2008),
 * Thor's Belt - Megingjord (2008),
 * Thor's Hammer - Mjölnir (2008),
 * Eitr Stone (2008)

Portrayal
Keeley Hawes voiced Lara for the entire continuity Legend, Anniversary and Underworld along with Beneath the Ashes and Lara's Shadow, as well as the two spin off games, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris.

Models
Lara was portrayed by two models for marketing purposes.
 * Karima Adebibe 2006-2008
 * Alison Carroll -2008

Legend

 * Bolivia - Tiwanaku
 * Peru - Return to Paraíso
 * Japan - Meeting with Takamoto
 * Ghana - Pursuing James Rutland
 * Kazakhstan - Project Carbonek
 * England - King Arthur's Tomb?
 * Nepal - The Ghalali Key
 * Bolivia - The Looking Glass
 * Croft Manor

Anniversary

 * Croft Manor
 * Peru - Mountain Caves
 * Peru - City of Vilcabamba
 * Peru - The Lost Valley
 * Peru - Tomb of Qualopec
 * Greece - St. Francis Folly
 * Greece - The Coliseum
 * Greece - Midas's Palace
 * Greece - Tomb of Tihocan
 * Egypt - Temple of Khamoon
 * Egypt - Obelisk of Khamoon
 * Egypt - Sanctuary of the Scion
 * Lost City - Natla's Mines
 * Lost City - The Great Pyramid
 * Lost City - Final Conflict

Underworld

 * No Illusions
 * The Path to Avalon
 * Niflheim
 * The Norse Connection
 * God of Thunder
 * Realm of the Dead
 * The Remnants
 * Bhogavati
 * The Ancient World
 * Puppet No Longer
 * Protected by the Dead
 * The Unnamed Days
 * Xibalba
 * The Midgard Serpent
 * Land of the Dead
 * Gate of the Dead
 * Valhalla
 * Rituals Old
 * Helheim
 * Yggdrasil
 * Out of Time

DLC Levels

 * Beneath the Ashes
 * Lara's Shadow (Cameo)

Trivia
This version is a composite, of The Original Timeline and Top Cow's Comic Book timeline. Taking inspiration from both.