Yamatai

Yamatai-koku (邪馬台国) or Yamaichi-koku (邪馬壹國) is the Sino-Japanese name of an ancient country in Wa (Japan). During the late Yayoi period (circa 300 BC – 300 AD). The Chinese historian Sanguo Zhi first recorded Yamatai as the domain of the shaman Queen Himiko. Generations of Japanese historians, linguists, and archeologists have debated where Yamatai is located. when Himiko died, her followers would transfer her soul to a different body each time the when the body dies off. However one high priestess refused to be the new life for the sun queen and left the island with her life. This caused the settlers to flee the island. Himiko became very upset because of the failed ritual. As her anger grew it caused a wave of storms that would guard the island so knowonee would ever escape. The next thousand years boats began to disappear mysteriously without a trace and they called this area the Dragon's Triangle. During World War II, the island was under Japanese military occupation. They allowed a Nazi scientific expedition to take place on the island. The scientists would learn how to use the power of the storms as a weapon, but their luck ran out when the Oni, warriors of Himiko, slaughtered them all

This is the island where the Tomb Raider 2013 events take place. The Endurance sails towards the Dragon's Triangle in search of Yamatai. However, due to a violent storm the ship splits in two, leaving the surviving crew members stranded on the island.