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Tomb Raider begins with the tale of Atlantis, a once glorious continent governed by three rulers, Tihocan, Qualopec, and Natla. Atlantis was maintained through the power of a Great Pyramid, which was regulated by a "key" known as the Scion. Each ruler bore a third of the Scion, and they united their pieces in order to activate the Pyramid.

Natla abused her power by using the Pyramid to create mutated species, which she referred to as "a new breed"; but Tihocan and Qualopec considered her work an abomination. Her Scion piece was confiscated,  and she was sentenced to eternal imprisonment. Or so they thought. 

Coincidentally, at the same time that Tihocan hurled the confiscated Scion piece across the sky,  a meteorite crashed into Atlantis.  People were killed in its deadly impact, but ensuing tidal waves wreaked even greater devastation. For Atlantis, it was the beginning of the end.



Lara's adventure begins eons later in Calcutta. Natla, who had escaped her prison and was now CEO of Natla Technologies, sought to hire Lara. During a video conference, Natla told Lara of  an "age-old artifact of mystical powers, buried in the unfound tomb of Qualopec." Lara's interest was piqued by the mentioning of this
"little trinket",    as Natla called it.



The initial stage of Lara's search in Peru led her to what she thought was the Scion. She learned soon after that there were two missing pieces sealed away in unknown locations.This led her back to the Natla Technologies building for more information. After her unique entrance into the building, Lara ransacked an office and discovered an old, leather-bound book.  * In it, Lara reads of the tomb of Tihocan, one of the three legendary rulers of the lost continent, Atlantis. According to the book, the tomb lies beneath the ruins of a monastery that the writer--presumably a monk--refers to as "St. Francis' Folly." The book also reveals that with Tihocan lies his piece of the Scion...*

 


Now, Lara's journey will extend across Europe and land her in the bowels of the long-lost Atlantis. She must recover the pieces of the Scion before Natla can use them to regain her power. If Natla should succeed, the atrocities she would release upon the world would end life as we know it...

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