Having witnessed the storm that forced the search plane to crash, Lara sends Sam to escape by land and tries to force the pilot to land as a second storm brews up, striking the helicopter and forcing them to crash. Aided by Whitman-who has managed to negotiate some degree of freedom with the Solarii-Lara returns to the palace to rescue Sam as Roth commandeers a helicopter to get them out. Lara narrowly escapes captivity once again and doubles back to help her friends, whose attempts to reach Sam have resulted in their capture. The ritual continues, but Sam is not harmed by the flames, which are extinguished by a great gust of wind, marking her as the rightful successor to the Sun Queen's throne. Lara interrupts the ritual in an attempt to save Sam, but she is overpowered by Mathias and his men. Lara is almost killed herself, until Roth intervenes with his support Lara is able to infiltrate the palace, where she witnesses Mathias putting Sam through the fire ritual. Grim overpowers them, killing himself in the process. Lara makes her way to the Solarii fortress, meeting up with Grim, only to be stopped when the Solarii threaten Grim's life if she proceeds. A terrified Sam manages to contact Lara and informs her that the Solarii intend to put her through the fire ritual, which will burn her to death if unsuccessful. Escaping again, Lara stumbles into a ritual chamber, where she learns that a "fire ritual" was used to choose the Sun Queen's successor as part of a ceremony called the "Ascension". Lara is saved by the intervention of strange samurai-like creatures-referred to by the islanders as ' Oni', demons in Japanese folklore-and taken to an ancient monastery in the mountains. Lara, who is closest to Sam's position, tries to rescue her, but is foiled by Mathias, who orders her killed. Lara is contacted by Alex and Reyes, who reveal that Sam has been kidnapped by the island's inhabitants, a violent cult known as the Solarii Brotherhood. Feeling responsible for the fate of the pilots, Lara is powerless to stop the island's inhabitants from killing them. Using Roth's equipment, Lara sets off for a communications relay at the very top of the mountain, in hopes of contacting the outside world and calling for aid.Īfter successfully hailing a plane that was searching for the Endurance and setting a signal fire for them to follow, Lara witnesses a fierce storm materialize out of the clear sky and strike the plane down, accompanied by a mysterious voice saying "No one leaves" in Japanese. Eventually, she locates an injured Roth in a nearby abandoned village. She fights off the remainder of the inhabitants as she desperately works her way up the mountainside to meet up with Roth. Vladimir attacks Lara, but she fights back and is forced to kill him to save her own life. Lara is separated from Whitman and tries to hide, but is found by Vladimir, one of the leaders of the inhabitants. When the survivors attempt an escape, the captors turn on them, hunting them down and killing them. Upon discovering a shrine erected in Himiko's name, they are captured by the islanders and taken to a settlement along with several other survivors of the Endurance wreck. As Lara and Whitman explore, they discover that the island's inhabitants are worshiping Himiko, confirming that the island is, in fact, Yamatai. When Lara finally reunites with the other survivors, she and Whitman decide to break off from the main party and search for Roth, who is still missing, while the rest of the group ( Reyes, Jonah, Alex, and Grim) set out to find Sam and Mathias. As Sam tells Mathias the legends of Himiko, Lara passes out when she wakes, Mathias and Sam are nowhere in sight. She eventually finds her friend Sam and a man called Mathias, who claims to be one of the passengers. As Lara tries to locate the other survivors, she finds more evidence that the island is inhabited, complete with strange carvings, dead bodies, and ritual sacrifices of animals. She manages to escape while her captor is killed as the cave collapses around them. Lara is separated from the others when she is captured by a scavenger and trapped in his cave home. The ship is struck by a violent storm and split in two, leaving the survivors stranded on an isolated island. By her suggestion and against James Whitman's advice, the expedition ventures into the Dragon's Triangle, east of Japan. The game begins with Lara setting out on her first expedition aboard the ship Endurance, with the intention of finding the lost kingdom of Yamatai. Armed only with raw instincts and the ability to push beyond the limits of human endurance, Lara must fight to unravel the dark history of a forgotten island to escape its relentless hold. A new intense and gritty origin story of Lara Croft and her ascent from a frightened young woman to a hardened survivor.
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