Amanda Evert

Amanda Evert (born October 25) is a character in Tomb Raider Legend and Tomb Raider: Underworld.

Background
In University, Amanda was Lara's best friend, she was a masters student in social anthropology. Amanda was a follower of metaphysical, convinced that the reality is a thin and dull over the infinity of the soul. Considered as an expert in theology and mysticism, she studied the religious systems of the world. One of her favorite theories was that fragments of a single belief existed in the rites and rituals of shamanism, witchcraft and many religions. Her dream was to discover that forgotten truth and disclose to people, so they could enriching themseleves spiritually.

At that time, it was more like a youthful passion rather than a true obsession, something that Lara considered harmless. She was undoubtedly made ​​to explore the limits of science, but she was also a brilliant researcher still in touch with nowadays world. She was young, a little nerd, fairly confident, a little hippie. His relationship with Lara was the mischief philosophical : they did not agree, but crossed sword without intellectual exasperate or irritate the perspective of the other.

Then one day in Peru, during the excavation of a tomb Lara believed that it contained the remains of the last queen of Tiwanaku, the team of students discovered a new room, and everything collapsed. Lara was the only one to come to the surface, where the engineer team, Anaya Imanu, heard the horrible story that Lara told her, about a malevolent entity who murdered everyone in the tomb, except for Lara and Amanda. But while both tried to escape, Amanda accidentally triggered a trap that sealed the room, destroyed the roof and caused her death.

Trivia

 * Amanda and Amanda in her winter outfit appear as costumes for Lara in Tomb Raider: Legend.
 * In Tomb Raider: Legend when Lara first meets James Rutland, Amanda can be seen sitting on the edge of the helicopter.
 * She was also Lara's rival in Tomb Raider: Legend.
 * In Tomb Raider: Underworld, a cut ending is still present on the Playstation 2 version because the developers of the Playstation 2 port forgot to remove it. The ending shows that Lara and Amanda were to escape together, however, Amanda tries to hit lara with a rock but Lara shoots amanda and leaves her in the snow, and she freezes to death. The ending was cut because the Developers decided the real ending ties up loose ends and shows Amanda and Lara make ammends.
 * Amanda is also a playable character in Legend, where she is unlocked as a costume. However, she still talks and moves like lara.
 * It is said that Amanda has a sister named Lisa, and two brothers named William and Stephen, but they are never mentioned throughout the series.

Navigational
Amanda Evert Аманда_Эверт