History Characters / RiseOfTheTombRaider

* GracefulLoser: After Lara [[spoiler:finds her mother's tomb thus proving her death and gaining ownership of the manor]], Atlas intermediately becomes more civil and offers her his services, after openly disregarding her in his first letter when he thought he had her at his mercy. It's possibly his only redeeming quality [[OhCrap...unless he thought Lara was going to sue him for harassment.]]

* MythologyGag: One of his letters recounts that Lara locked him in the freezer in a fit of pique; something the player could do in ''VideoGame/TombRaider2''

* WalkingSpoiler

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler He's the Prophet, kept alive by the Divine Source.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Mathias. [[spoiler:Jacob is also a false prophet who built a cult centered around him but he feels more responsible, is kinder to his people and is truly AFatherToHisMen. It's implied that he was once just like Mathias but has now reformed his ways]].

He was raised by Trinity and suffers from a Messiah Complex, which is encouraged by his manipulating sister, Ana. He takes part in the massacre of Jacob's people in the old Soviet facilities and surrounding valley, during his search for the Divine Source so he can cure his sister of an illness that is slowly killing her, and also lead an immortal army.

** [[spoiler: In the first game, there is a letter to Trinity from an Imperial Japanese soldier during World War II, suggesting that Trinity had been looking for Yamatai as well. It's confirmed in the comics.]]

* TheDragon: More or less her role in the game, compared to [[BigBad Konstantin]]. [[spoiler: Ironically, Ana has been manipulating and driving Konstantin towards this all their lives, thus also being the ManBehindTheMan]].

* BigBad: The primary antagonist of ''Rise of the Tomb Raider''.

The main antagonists in this game. A organization of fundamentalist religious zealots who deem Earth in it's current state as too corrupt and trying to "cleanse it" so that they may re-make it as they see fit.

The main antagonists in this game. A organization of fundamentalist Christian zealots who deem Earth in it's current state as too corrupt and trying to "cleanse it" so that they may re-make it as they see fit.

* AncientConspiracy: Said to have their hands in many an event in history, and as one document points out in the game, they take their orders from ''[[spoiler: the Vatican]]''.

** There's even one for Trinity itself. [[spoiler: ''[[CorruptChurch The Vatican]]'']].

* KnightTemplar: Almost literally, since they apparently were created by the Catholic Church sometime in the 10th century, [[spoiler: and they still take their orders from a secret leadership within the Vatican]].

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's the Prophet, kept alive by the Divine Source.

* FieryRedhead

* AristocratsAreAlwaysEvil: Has every single awful trait about them which Lara doesn't possess.

* DisproportionateRetribution: His hatred of Richard Croft is incredible and more or less entirely unjustified. It's also fairly inexplicable even by OldMoney AristocratsAreAlwaysEvil standards since Amelia didn't even marry outside of her social class as Richard's ''still'' aristocracy.

Nadia's grandfather.

Lara's mother, who died when she was very young.

Lara's uncle, and brother of Amelia Croft

* DirtyCoward: After Lara [[spoiler:finds her mother's tomb thus proving her death and gaining ownership of the manor]], Atlas inmediatly becomes more civil and offers her his services, after openly disregarding her in his first letter when he thought he had her at his mercy.

* LoopholeAbuse: Despite Lara being Richard and Amelia Croft's heir, Atlas used one of these in an attempt to seize control of Croft Manor and her inheritance. His claim to the house hinged on the fact that Amelia ''disappeared'' but was never actually pronounced dead. [[spoiler: Lara defeated the effort when she discovered her father secretly buried her mother in the family crypt beneath the mansion, thus proving Amelia was, indeed, dead, and establishing her as the rightful heir to Croft Manor.]]

* AgentMulder: Wholeheartedly believes the BabaYaga myth is real, [[spoiler:and is disappointed when [[AgentScully Lara]] [[DoingInTheWizard proves this instance false]]]].

* FinalBoss

* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler: The name Jacob in Christian means "deceive". Guess what Jacob is guilty of?]]

* {{Badass}}: The first person in the new franchise to match Lara herself, who when separated after meeting him is stunned by the carnage he causes off-screen and when they reunite he effortlessly defeats a knife-wielding Trinity mook unarmed.