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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

= Lara Croft: Tomb Raider                                                          = The following history pertains only to the major releases in the video game series. For info about the Tomb Raider movies, novels, comics, animated series, etc., please see the Links section below. This page contains spoilers. So if you haven't played all of the games, be warned.

Note that this timeline does not attempt to reconcile the contradictory biographies established by the series' two developers: Core Design (1996-2003) and Crystal Dynamics (2006-present). My Introduction to the Tomb Raider Series gives a brief overview of each game. For detailed plot summaries, visit WikiRaider and Wikipedia.

Lara Croft: Vital Statistics
Birth Date: February 14 Birthplace: Wimbledon, London, England Title: Countess of Abbingdon Residence: Croft Manor, Surrey, England Blood Type: AB- Height: 5' 9" / 1.75 m Weight: 130 pounds / 59 kilo Measurements: 34D-24-35 / 86-61-89 Hair Color: Brunette/Auburn Eye Color: Brown Marital Status: Single Parents: Richard Henshingly Croft, 10th Earl of Abbingdon (father); Amelia Croft, Countess of Abbingdon (mother), both deceased

Note: The information above comes from Lara's original 1996 biography, which has been revised several times over the years. She's now younger, shorter, has sort of grayish eyes, and her parentage is something of a mystery. Stay tuned for updates. ;)

Lara's History
February 14, 1968 – Lara Croft born Parkside Hospital, Wimbledon, London (original biography)[1]

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? 1992 - Lara Croft born. Location unknown. (Crystal 2013 Reboot)[1]

Ages 3-11 – Lara received instruction from a private tutor. (Core)[2]

Ages 3-6 – Lara attended Abbingdon Girls School (Crystal)[3]

Age 9 – Lara and her mother, Amelia, were involved in a plane crash in the Himalayas, after which Lara's mother vanished under mysterious circumstances. (Crystal)[3]

Ages 10-15 – Lara accompanied her father on various expeditions. (Crystal)[3]

Age 11 – Lara explored a haunted island off the coast of Ireland. (Black Isle levels TRC)[4]

Age 15 – Lara's father disappeared in Cambodia. (Crystal)[3]

Ages 11-16 – Lara attended Wimbledon High School for Girls. (Core)[2]

Age 16 – Lara accompanied Werner Von Croy to Angkor Wat, Cambodia, to retrieve the Iris. (TRLR)[2]

Age 16? – Lara infiltrated a Russian military base attempting to retrieve an artifact called the Spear of Destiny. (TRC)[5]

Ages 16-18 – Lara attended Gordonstoun Boarding School in Scotland.

Ages 18-21 – Lara attended an exclusive Swiss finishing school. (Core)[2]

Age 21 – On the way home from a skiing trip, Lara's chartered plane crashed in the Himalayas, leaving her the only survivor. After a 2-week trek through the wilderness, she returned to civilization a deeply changed person. She has since devoted her life to solitary exploration and adventure. (Core)[2]

Age 21? – Lara visited Rome in search of the Philosopher's Stone. (TRC)[6]

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Ages 18-21 – Lara attended college, where she became friends with Amanda Evert. During this time, Amanda was trapped at an archaeological dig site in Peru. Although her remains were never recovered, she was presumed dead. (TRL)[3]

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Age 21 – While searching for a legendary lost island off the coast of Japan, the vessel on which Lara is traveling is destroyed, leaving her shipwrecked. The young relic hunter becomes the hunted as she struggles to survive. (Crystal 2013 Reboot)[7]

? – After being disowned by her family, Lara inherited a mansion in Surrey from a great aunt. (Core)[8]

?? – Since Lara's father's body was never recovered, a family feud over the Croft title and lands ensued. Lara eventually won the legal battle but as a result is now estranged from her relatives. (Crystal)[9]

? – Lara's first globe-spanning adventure involved the search for a mysterious artifact called the Scion. (TR1/TRA) [6]

? – Lara returned to Egypt and Atlantis. (TRUB)

? – Lara hunted for the fabled Dagger of Xian. (TR2)

? – Lara visited Alaska to find the Mask of Tornarsuk. (TRGM)

? – Lara traveled the world in search of four artifacts forged from an ancient meteorite. (TR3)

? – After learning of the existence of a fifth meteorite artifact, Lara set out to recover it. (TRLA)

27 – Lara sneaked into Von Croy Industry headquarters to steal the Iris artifact from her old mentor. (TRC)[10]

31 – On another visit to Egypt, Lara accidentally released the entombed spirit of the evil god, Set, and had to re-imprison him in order to avert a worldwide cataclysm. At the end of this adventure, Lara was trapped in a collapsed temple and presumed dead. (TRLR)[11]

31 – Lara's friends gathered at Croft Manor to mourn her loss. Meanwhile, in Egypt, Werner Von Croy attempted to find Lara, dead or alive. (TRC)[5]

? – Werner Von Croy was murdered and Lara became a suspect. In order to clear her name, Lara sought to discover the real killer. In the process, she came up against a sinister cabal and joined forces with another young adventurer, Kurtis Trent, to foil the cabal's evil plot. (TRAOD)

?? – Lara searched for the fragments of a sword rumored to be King Arthur's weapon, Excalibur, in the hope that it would help her locate her mother, who disappeared when Lara was a child. Amanda Evert, an acquaintance from Lara's college days, who had also vanished under mysterious circumstances, reappeared. She was also searching for this legendary weapon, though for different reasons. (TRL)

?? – Lara continued to pursue the truth behind her mother's disappearance. Following leads left by her father, she sought a set of artifacts—the gauntlets, belt, and hammer belonging to the Norse god Thor—which Lara hoped would enable her to gain entrance to a mystical underworld where she believed her mother was imprisoned. (TRU)

?? – Lara returned to the ruins of Croft Manor (destroyed in TRU) to locate a powerful artifact her father had hidden there. She encountered the doppelgänger created by Natla (in TR1/TRA) and enlisted her to help finish Natla once and for all...perhaps. (BTA/LS)