History Monster / TombRaider

** [[ItsAllAboutMe Father Mathias]], upon being stranded on Yamatai island, tricks many of his fellow survivors into sailing off said island to prove that escaping by boat was impossible, [[LackOfEmpathy uncaring about their deaths]]. Forming the [[{{Cult}} Solarii Brotherhood]] based around the aforementioned Himiko, he only uses the Sun Queen to distract his followers while he tries to escape alone, showing no true loyalty to her or his cult; he has his initiates go through days or even weeks without food or water, with many driven to cannibalism. Callous to the deaths of his followers and allies alike, Mathias [[BadBoss kills one of his own]] for [[EvenEvilHasStandards objecting to his order to blow up a bridge some his men were on]], and leaves Dr. Whitman to his death after convincing him to betray the other survivors. He then attempts to sacrifice Samantha Nishimura to Himiko, knowing that this would free her and doom the entire world.

[[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] has explored many ancient sites in her search for various artifacts, and through her [[AdventurerArchaeologist adventures]], she has faced many evil gods and horrific people who threatened the world. Here are [[CompleteMonster the worst]].

%% NOTE 2: A CompleteMonster is an individual character, not a collective. Therefore a faction cannot be listed as one. %% A faction can attract Complete Monsters and can have them among its members, but cannot be one in and of itself.

-->--'''Semerkhet''', on '''Set''', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheLastRevelation The Last Revelation]]''

[[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] has explored many ancient sites in her search for various artifacts, and through her [[AdventureArchaeologist adventures]], she has faced many evil gods and horrific people who threatened the world. Here are [[CompleteMonster the worst]].

[[folder:Original Timeline]]

[[folder:Legend Timeline]]

* ''[[VideoGame/LaraCroftAndTheTempleOfOsiris Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris]]'': [[BigBad Set]] is once again depicted as the Egyptian GodOfEvil. [[DrivenByEnvy Jealous]] of his brother Osiris, Set killed him, and when Osiris's wife, Isis, brought him back long enough to conceive a son, Horus, Set killed him again and cut his body apart, scattering the pieces across the land. Taking control of Egypt, Set imprisoned Isis and Horus, but soon ventured into Duat in search of greater power, only to get lost there. Torturing a benevolent god, Khepri, and reducing him into his mindless slave, Set soon managed to find a trail back into the world, and when Lara Croft and Carter Bell released Isis and Horus and begin fighting him, Set enslaved and corrupted the souls of many innocent people in Duat to serve as his soldiers against them. Trying to unleash an endless rain and endless cold upon the world, Set desired to [[OmnicidalManiac devour all of creation]], until [[ItsAllAboutMe he alone will be the center of all things]].
* ''[[ComicBook/LaraCroftAndTheFrozenOmen Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen]]'', written by Corinna Bechko: The demon simply known as [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Unnameable]] was once a member of the ancient shadow walkers that lived on the Earth. Upon [[DemonicPossession possessing a human]], the Unnameable develops an intelligence and an ambition that motivates it to try and scour the Earth of all life to remake it as a hellish world of rock and fire populated solely by demons [[InTheirOwnImage in his likeness]]. Stopped by the Ice Age and putting pieces of himself into ivory statuettes, the Unnameable resurfaces, and, possessing a politician named Mr. Green, immediately begins corralling the pieces back to him, leading to the unwilling possession and death of many people. When nearly complete, the Unnameable scorches the surrounding area to a flaming crisp and [[ManOnFire burns alive the first man]] who tries to stop him in his crusade to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the planet]].

[[folder:Survivor Timeline]]

[[folder:Other Continuities (by release date)]]

** Issues #43-44--"Tower of Souls" arc: [[ImmortalityImmorality Ian O'Conner]] is a vile member of the O'Conner family. After his father died, he begins fighting for control of their castle, eventually [[SiblingMurder killing his priest brother]] on a holy altar. Discovering the existence of the Dolmen Emerald, the ancient artifact which gives the owner immortality in exchange for torture and pain, Ian starts [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] countless men, women and children to death. In the present, he uses his henchman to lure people into his castle as [[PoweredByAForsakenChild fuel]] for the Dolmen Emerald, and attempts to torture Lara Croft to death after capturing her.

* [[VideoGame/TombRaiderI Original game]]: [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Jacqueline Natla]] was one of the three ruling leaders of {{Atlantis}} who, seeing them as weak, used the power of the Scion to warp countless innocents into feral mutants before being sealed away. Freed from a bomb test, Natla [[TreacherousQuestGiver tasks Lara Croft]] with recovering the Scion, while having one of her goons trail her and kill her. Acquiring all the pieces of the Scion, Natla uses an old Atlantean outpost as a breeding factory for mutants, intending on unleashing them on mankind. Viewing evolution as "in a rut", Natla's [[EvilutionaryBiologist ambitions]] reflect her megalomaniacal desire to [[TheSocialDarwinist cull who she deems as weak]].
* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' & ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderIIITheLostArtifact The Lost Artifact]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sophia Leigh]] is a [[VainSorceress obsessively vain woman]] who had obtained the Eye of Isis in [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian times]]. [[ImmortalityImmorality To remain immortal and youthful over the years]], Sophia would hire homeless people to work for her, later subjecting them to cruel experiments. The aftermath of the experiments would leave them [[AndIMustScream immortal but decaying]] in which Sophia would then dump them into the sewers of London and keep the best results for herself. Seemingly killed off, Sophia returns in ''The Lost Artifact'', where she steals the Hand of Rathmore and uses its highly volatile properties to experiment on people in an underwater facility.

* ''Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris'': [[BigBad Set]] is once again depicted as the Egyptian GodOfEvil. [[DrivenByEnvy Jealous]] of his brother Osiris, Set killed him, and when Osiris's wife, Isis, brought him back long enough to conceive a son, Horus, Set killed him again and cut his body apart, scattering the pieces across the land. Taking control of Egypt, Set imprisoned Isis and Horus, but soon ventured into Duat in search of greater power, only to get lost there. Torturing a benevolent god, Khepri, and reducing him into his mindless slave, Set soon managed to find a trail back into the world, and when Lara Croft and Carter Bell released Isis and Horus and begin fighting him, Set enslaved and corrupted the souls of many innocent people in Duat to serve as his soldiers against them. Trying to unleash an endless rain and endless cold upon the world, Set desired to [[OmnicidalManiac devour all of creation]], until [[ItsAllAboutMe he alone will be the center of all things]].
* ''[[ComicBook/TombRaider Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen]]'', by Corinna Bechko et al.: The demon simply known as [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Unnameable]] was once a member of the ancient shadow walkers that lived on the Earth. Upon [[DemonicPossession possessing a human]], the Unnameable develops an intelligence and an ambition that motivates it to try and scour the Earth of all life to remake it as a hellish world of rock and fire populated solely by demons [[InTheirOwnImage in his likeness]]. Stopped by the Ice Age and putting pieces of himself into ivory statuettes, the Unnameable resurfaces, and, possessing a politician named Mr. Green, immediately begins corralling the pieces back to him, leading to the unwilling possession and death of many people. When nearly complete, the Unnameable scorches the surrounding area to a flaming crisp and [[ManOnFire burns alive the first man]] who tries to stop him in his crusade to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the planet]].

* ''ComicBook/TombRaider: [[Creator/TopCowProductions The Series]]'':

* ''[[WesternAnimation/RevisionedTombRaiderAnimatedSeries Re/Visioned: Tomb Raider]]'''s 3-part premiere "Keys to the Kingdom": [[ArcVillain Osiris]] is one of the gods from Pleroma, who desired to be worshipped again. Taking over the body of recently deceased Zahir Zalat, Osiris started to put in motion his scheme of triggering a major religious war. [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulating]] Lara Croft and the group of the religious organization "The Cabal" into entering Pleroma, Osiris lured all the leaders of modern religions there and closed the portal, resulting in their souls being forever separated from their bodies. Tricking one religious group into finding the bodies to make it look like they killed them, Osiris thus triggers a religious war, which killed many people and brought chaos and destruction all over the city.

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* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'' & ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderIIITheLostArtifact The Lost Artifact]]'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Sophia Leigh]] is the head of [=SLinc=] and a woman [[VainSorceress obsessed with her vanity]]. Obtaining the Eye of Isis in [[UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain Victorian times]], Sophia would hire people to work for her, only to [[BadBoss have them cruelly experimented on]], eventually leaving them [[AndIMustScream rotting and immortal]], then dumping them into the sewers under London. Sophia would then use any successful results to apply to herself to keep herself young-looking and immortal. Sophia returns in ''The Lost Artifact'', having stolen the Hand of Rathmore and used its properties to mutate people in an underwater facility.

** "The Trap--Path of the Tiger" arc (issues 21-23) & "Strange Flesh" arc (issues 29-30): [[AristocratsAreEvil Lord Vymes]] is a being of {{antimatter}} who is rumored to be an Asura, an evil lower god. Starting of as a stream of raw shapeless hunger, Vymes clawed his way to Earth and took the form of a human that [[ToServeMan he first devoured]]. Rising to nobility in human society, Vymes devoured and murdered countless people in the past and [[CreepySouvenir decorated his castle with their bones]]. After Lara Croft refused to have any deals with him, Vymes tried to kill her and captured her lover Tsang. Buying her Croft Manor, Vymes tried to trick her into finding him the Waters of Death and Life, threatening to eat Tsang, whom he imprisoned in his own flesh, while [[ILied fully intending on killing and devouring them both anyway]] as soon as Lara gave him what he wanted.
** "Tower of Souls" arc (issues 43-44): [[ImmortalityImmorality Ian O'Conner]] is a vile member of the O'Conner family. After his father died, he begins fighting for control of their castle, eventually [[SiblingMurder killing his priest brother]] on a holy altar. Discovering the existence of the Dolmen Emerald, the ancient artifact which gives the owner immortality in exchange for torture and pain, Ian starts [[ColdBloodedTorture torturing]] countless men, women and children to death. In the present, he uses his henchman to lure people into his castle as [[PoweredByAForsakenChild fuel]] for the Dolmen Emerald, and attempts to torture Lara Croft to death after capturing her.

[[caption-width-right:350:Lord Vymes]]

[[AC:Original Timeline]]

[[AC:Legend Timeline]]

[[AC:Survivor Timeline]]

[[AC:Other Continuities (by release date)]]

* [[ArchEnemy Jacqueline Natla]], even crueler than her original counterpart, is the true BigBad of this continuity. Originally part of the ruling council of Atlantis, Natla attempted a coup against her fellow rulers to become the sole authority, though was stopped and sealed away for her crime, she did manage to cause the destruction of Atlantis civilization. Freed by a nuclear test at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Natla [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary manipulates Lara]] into [[TreacherousQuestGiver helping her collect pieces of a powerful Atlantean device]]. Betraying and trying to kill Lara after she's completed her task, Natla intends to create an army of monsters with which to conquer the world. Returning in ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld Underworld]]'', Natla is revealed to be the mastermind behind [[VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend the actions of Amanda Evert]], and manipulates both her and Lara and sends a doppelgänger of Lara to her mansion, killing Lara's friend and setting the mansion ablaze in the process. When Lara tries to take revenge on Natla, the latter strings her along by promising to help her free her mother and orders the doppelgänger to kill Amanda, no longer seeing her as useful. Revealing Lara's mother to be dead and mockingly revealing she personally killed her father, Natla unveils her goal to be to release the Midgard Serpent to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy Earth]]. Even while dying, Natla spitefully orders the doppelgänger to kill Lara and then herself, bitter to the end.

* ''[[WesternAnimation/RevisionedTombRaiderAnimatedSeries Re/Visioned: Tomb Raider]]'': [[ArcVillain Osiris]], from the "Keys to the Kingdom" 3-part premiere, is one of the gods from Pleroma, who desired to be worshipped again. Taking over the body of recently deceased Zahir Zalat, Osiris started to put in motion his scheme of triggering a major religious war. [[ManipulativeBastard Manipulating]] Lara Croft and the group of the religious organization "The Cabal" into entering Pleroma, Osiris lured all the leaders of modern religions there and closed the portal, resulting in their souls being forever separated from their bodies. Tricking one religious group into finding the bodies to make it look like they killed them, Osiris thus triggers a religious war, which killed many people and brought chaos and destruction all over the city.

* ''Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris'': [[BigBad Set]] is once again depicted as the Egyptian GodOfEvil. [[DrivenByEnvy Jealous]] of his brother Osiris, Set killed him, and when Osiris's wife, Isis, brought him back long enough to conceive a son, Horus, Set killed him again and cut his body apart, scattering the pieces across the land. Taking control of Egypt, Set imprisoned Isis and Horus, but soon ventured into Duat in search of greater power, only to get lost there. Torturing a benevolent god, Khepri, and reducing him into his mindless slave, Set soon managed to find a trail back into the world, and when Lara Croft and Carter Bell released Isis and Horus and begin fighting him, Set enslaved and corrupted the souls of many innocent people in Duat to serve as his soldiers against them. Trying to unleash an endless rain and endless cold into the world, Set desired to [[OmnicidalManiac devour all of creation]], until [[ItsAllAboutMe he alone will be the center of all things]].

[[quoteright:350:[[VideoGame/TombRaider2013 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mathias1.jpg]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Pre-beta demo version of Mathias kidnapping Sam]]

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** [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Himiko]], the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Sun Queen of Yamatai]], extended her rule for centuries by [[BodySurf possessing numerous women]]. When her latest sacrifice kills herself, Himiko brings a curse upon Yamatai, resulting in all her subjects dying and her soldiers transformed into her immortal slaves. She would also create storms to entrap hundreds of people into her cursed island; among these people includes the below-mentioned Mathias who she convinces to bring Samantha "Sam" Nishimura for her to posses. Though seemingly gone, the [[ComicBook/TombRaider comic book series]] reveals that she has survived and inhabits Sam's body, [[DrivenToMadness driving her insane]]. With Sam being commissioned to an asylum, Himiko succeeds in obtaining full control of Sam's body, where she kills everyone there before escaping and brainwashing many men into servitude; she has one throw a grenade at a house full of innocent people because she thought Lara Croft was there. Himiko then heads back to Yamatai to reclaim her throne and the powers needed to spread her dark influence throughout the world.

* ''[[ComicBook/TombRaider Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen]]'', by Corinna Bechko et al.: The demon simply known as [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Unnameable]] was once a member of the ancient shadow walkers that lived on the Earth. Upon [[DemonicPossession possessing a human]], the Unnameable develops an intelligence and an ambition that motivates it to try and scour the Earth of all life to remake it as a hellish world of rock and fire populated solely by demons [[InTheirOwnImage in his likeness]]. Stopped by the Ice Age and putting pieces of himself into ivory statuettes, the Unnameable resurfaces, and, possessing a politician named Mr. Green, immediately begins corralling the pieces back to him, leading to the unwilling possession and death of many people. When nearly complete, the Unnameable scorches the surrounding area to a flaming crisp and [[ManOnFire burns alive the first man]] who tries to stop him in his crusade to take over the planet.

** [[ItsAllAboutMe Father Mathias]], upon being stranded on Yamatai island, tricks many of his fellow survivors into sailing off said island to prove that escaping by boat was impossible, uncaring about their deaths. Forming the [[{{Cult}} Solarii Brotherhood]] based around the aforementioned Himiko, he only uses the Sun Queen to distract his followers while he tries to escape alone, showing no true loyalty to her or his cult; he has his initiates go through days or even weeks without food or water, with many driven to cannibalism. Callous to the deaths of his followers and allies alike, Mathias [[BadBoss kills one of his own]] for objecting to his order to blow up a bridge some his men were on, and leaves Dr. Whitman to his death after convincing him to betray the other survivors. He then attempts to sacrifice Samantha Nishimura to Himiko, knowing that this would free her and doom the entire world.

** "The Trap--Path of the Tiger" arc (issues 21-23) & "Strange Flesh" arc (issues 29-30): [[AristocratsAreEvil Lord Vymes]] is a being of AntiMatter who is rumored to be an Asura, an evil lower god. Starting of as a stream of raw shapeless hunger, Vymes clawed his way to Earth and took the form of a human that [[ToServeMan he first devoured]]. Rising to nobility in human society, Vymes devoured and murdered countless people in the past and decorated his castle with their bones. After Lara Croft refused to have any deals with him, Vymes tried to kill her and captured her lover Tsang. Buying her Croft Manor, Vymes tried to trick her into finding him the Waters of Death and Life, threatening to eat Tsang, whom he imprisoned in his own flesh, while fully intending on killing and devouring them both anyway as soon as Lara gave him what he wanted.

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** [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Himiko]], the [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Sun Queen of Yamatai]], extended her rule for centuries by [[BodySurf possessing numerous women]]. When her latest sacrifice kills herself, Himiko brings a curse upon Yamatai, resulting in all her subjects dying and her soldiers transformed into her immortal slaves. She would also create storms to entrap hundreds of people into her cursed island; among these people includes the bellow-mentioned Mathias who she convinces to bring Samantha Nishimura for her to posses. Though seemingly gone, the [[ComicBook/TombRaider comic book series]] reveals that she has survived and inhabits Sam's body, [[DrivenToMadness driving her insane]]. With Sam being commissioned to an asylum, Himiko succeeds in obtaining full control of Sam's body, where she kills everyone there before escaping and brainwashing many men into servitude; she has one throw a grenade at a house full of innocent people because she thought Lara Croft was there. Himiko then heads back to Yamatai to reclaim her throne and the powers needed to spread her dark influence throughout the world.

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->''"I am the shadow across the sun. I am the bringer of plagues. My wrath will consume all lands and shall be ceaseless!"''
-->--'''Set''', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheLastRevelation The Last Revelation]]''

* ''[[WesternAnimation/RevisionedTombRaiderAnimatedSeries Re/Visioned: Tomb Raider]]'': [[ArcVillain Osiris]], from the "Keys to the Kingdom" 3-part premiere, is one of the gods from Pleroma, who desired to be worshipped again. Taking over the body of recently deceased Zahir Zalat, Osiris started to put in motion his scheme of triggering a major religious war. Manipulating Lara Croft and the group of the religious organization "The Cabal" into entering Pleroma, Osiris lured all the leaders of modern religions there and closed the portal, resulting in their souls being forever separated from their bodies. Tricking one religious group into finding the bodies to make it look like they killed them, Osiris thus triggers a religious war, which killed many people and brought chaos and destruction all over the city.

** "The Trap--Path of the Tiger" arc (issues 21-23) & "Strange Flesh" arc (issues 29-30): [[AristocratsAreEvil Lord Vymes]] is a being of Anti-Matter who is rumored to be an Asura, an evil lower god. Starting of as a stream of raw shapeless hunger, Vymes clawed his way to Earth and took the form of a human that [[ToServeMan he first devoured]]. Rising to nobility in human society, Vymes devoured and murdered countless people in the past and decorated his castle with their bones. After Lara Croft refused to have any deals with him, Vymes tried to kill her and captured her lover Tsang. Buying her Croft Manor, Vymes tried to trick her into finding him the Waters of Death and Life, threatening to eat Tsang, whom he imprisoned in his own flesh, while fully intending on killing and devouring them both anyway as soon as Lara gave him what he wanted.
** "Tower of Souls" arc (issues 43-44): [[ImmortalityImmorality Ian O'Conner]] is a vile member of the O'Conner family. After his father died, he begins fighting for control of their castle, eventually killing his priest brother on a holy altar. Discovering the existence of the Dolmen Emerald, the ancient artifact which gives the owner immortality in exchange for torture and pain, Ian starts torturing countless men, women and children to death. In the present, he uses his henchman to lure people into his castle as a fuel to the Dolmen Emerald, and attempts to torture Lara Croft to death after capturing her.

* ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheLastRevelation The Last Revelation]]'': [[BigBad Set]] is an Egyptian GodOfEvil and GodOfChaos, who swore vengeance upon the world when he was [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned]] by his nephew Horus. Upon getting released, Set uses his powers to release various monsters across the land and [[DemonicPossession possesses]] the body of Lara Croft's former mentor, Werner Von Croy. Leading his monsters to attack the city of Cairo, resulting in it turning into a [[CrapsackWorld lifeless warzone]] and its military getting slaughtered, Set tries to stop Lara Croft from thwarting his plans to "violate the Earth" and intends to spread his plagues across the world.

* ''Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris'': [[BigBad Set]] is once again depicted as the Egyptian GodOfEvil. [[DrivenByEnvy Jealous]] of his brother Osiris, Set killed him, and when Osiris' wife, Isis, brought him back long enough to conceive a son, Horus, Set killed him again and cut his body apart, scattering the pieces across the land. Taking control of Egypt, Set imprisoned Isis and Horus, but soon ventured into Duat in search of greater power, only to get lost there. Torturing a benevolent god, Khepri, and reducing him into his mindless slave, Set soon managed to find a trail back into the world, and when Lara Croft and Carter Bell released Isis and Horus and begin fighting him, Set enslaved and corrupted the souls of many innocent people in Duat to serve as his soldiers against them. Trying to unleash an endless rain and endless cold into the world, Set desired to [[OmnicidalManiac devour all of creation]], until [[ItsAllAboutMe he alone will be the center of all things]].

* ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheLastRevelation The Last Revelation]]'': [[BigBad Set]] is a Egyptian GodOfEvil and chaos, who swore vengeance upon the world when he was [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned]] by his nephew Horus. Upon getting released, Set uses his powers to release various monsters across the land and [[DemonicPossession possesses]] the body of Lara Croft's former mentor, Werner Von Croy. Leading his monsters to attack the city of Cairo, resulting in it turning into a [[CrapsackWorld lifeless warzone]] and its military getting slaughtered, Set tries to stop Lara Croft from thwarting his plans to "violate the Earth" and intends to spread his plagues across the world.

* ''Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris'': [[BigBad Set]] is once again depicted as the Egyptian GodOfEvil. [[DrivenByEnvy Jealous]] of his brother Osiris, Set killed him, and when Osiris's wife, Isis, brought him back long enough to conceive a son, Horus, Set killed him again and cut his body apart, scattering the pieces across the land. Taking control of Egypt, Set imprisoned Isis and Horus, but soon ventured into Duat in search of greater power, only to get lost there. Torturing a benevolent god, Khepri, and reducing him into his mindless slave, Set soon managed to find a trail back into the world, and when Lara Croft and Carter Bell released Isis and Horus and begin fighting him, Set enslaved and corrupted the souls of many innocent people in Duat to serve as his soldiers against them. Trying to unleash an endless rain and endless cold into the world, Set desired to [[OmnicidalManiac devour all of creation]], until [[ItsAllAboutMe he alone will be the center of all things]].
* ''[[ComicBook/TombRaider Lara Croft and the Frozen Omen]]'', by Corinna Bechko et al.: The demon simply known as [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Unnameable]] was once a member of the ancient shadow walkers that lived on the Earth. Upon [[DemonicPossession possessing a human]], the Unnameable develops an intelligence and an ambition that motivates it to try and scour the Earth of all life to remake it as a hellish world of rock and fire populated solely by demons in his likeness. Stopped by the Ice Age and putting pieces of himself into ivory statuettes, the Unnameable resurfaces, and, possessing a politician named Mr. Green, immediately begins corralling the pieces back to him, leading to the unwilling possession and death of many people. When nearly complete, the Unnameable scorches the surrounding area to a flaming crisp and [[ManOnFire burns alive the first man]] who tries to stop him in his crusade to take over the planet.

* [[ArchEnemy Jacqueline Natla]], even crueler than her original counterpart, is the true BigBad of this continuity. Originally part of the ruling council of Atlantis, Natla attempted a coup against her fellow rulers to become the sole authority, though was stopped and sealed away for her crime, she did manage to cause the destruction of Atlantis civilization. Freed by a nuclear test at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Natla [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary manipulates Lara]] into [[TreacherousQuestGiver helping her collect pieces of a powerful Atlantean device]]. Betraying and trying to kill Lara after she's completed her task, Natla intends to create an army of monsters with which to conquer the world. Returning in ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld Underworld]]'', Natla is revealed to be the mastermind behind [[VideoGame/TombRaiderLegend the actions of Amanda Evert]], and manipulates both her and Lara and sends a doppelgänger of Lara to her mansion, killing Lara's friend and setting the mansion ablaze in the process. When Lara tries to take revenge on Natla, the latter strings her along by promising to help her free her mother and orders the doppelgänger to kill her boss, no longer seeing her as useful. Revealing Lara's mother to be dead and mockingly revealing she personally killed her father, Natla unveils her goal to be to release the Midgard Serpent to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy Earth]]. Even while dying, Natla spitefully orders the doppelgänger to kill Lara and then herself, bitter to the end.

** "Tower of Souls" arc (issues 43-44): [[ImmortalityImmorality Ian O'Conner]] is a vile member of the O'Conner family. After his father died, he begins fighting for control of their castle, eventually killing his priest brother on a holy altar. Discovering the existence of the Dolmen Emerald, the ancient artifact which gives the owner immortality in exchange for torture and pain, Ian starts torturing countless men, women and children to death. In the present, he uses his henchman to lure people in to his castle as a fuel to the Dolmen Emerald, and attempts to torture Lara Croft to death after capturing her.

* [[ArchEnemy Jacqueline Natla]], even crueler than her original counterpart, is the True BigBad of this continuity.. Originally part of the ruling council of Atlantis, Natla attempted a coup against her fellow rulers to become the sole authority, though was stopped and sealed away for her crime, she did manage to cause the destruction of Atlantis civilization. Freed by a nuclear test at the end of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, Natla [[VideoGame/TombRaiderAnniversary manipulates Lara]] into helping her collect pieces of a powerful Atlantean device. Betraying and trying to kill Lara after she's completed her task, Natla intends to create an army of monsters with which to conquer the world. Returning in ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderUnderworld Underworld]]'', Natla revealed to be the mastermind behind actions of Amanda Evert in Tomb Raider: Legend and manipulates both her and Lara and sends a doppelganger of Lara to her mansion, killing Lara's friend and setting it ablaze in the process. When Lara tries to take revenge on Natla, she strings her along by promising to help her free her mother and orders the doppelganger to kill her boss, no longer seeing her as useful. Revealing Lara's mother to be dead and mockingly revealing she killed her father personally, Natla unveils her goal to be to release the Midgard Serpent to destroy humanity. Even while dying, Natla spitefully orders the doppelganger to kill Lara and then herself, bitter to the end.
* ''Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris'': Set is once again depicted as Egyptian GodOfEvil. Jealous of his brother, Osiris, Set killed him and when Osiris' wife, Isis, brought him back long enough to conceive a son, Horus, Set killed him again and cut his body apart, scattering them across the land. Taking control of Egypt, Set imprisoned Isis and Horus, but soon ventured into Duat in search of greater power, only to get lost there. Torturing a benevolent god, Khepri, and reducing him into his mindless slave, Set soon managed to find a trail back into the world and when Lara Croft and Carter Bell released Isis and Horus and begin fighting him, Set enslaved and corrupted the souls of many innocent people in Duat to serve as his soldiers against them. Trying to unleash an endless rain and endless cold into the world, Set desired to devour all of creation, until he alone will be the center of all things.

* ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheLastRevelation The Last Revelation]]'': Set is a Egyptian god of evil and chaos, who sweared vengeance upon the world, when he was imprisoned by his nephew Horus. Upon getting released, Set uses his powers to release various monsters across the land and posesses the body of Lara Croft's former mentor, Werner Von Croy. Leading his monsters to attack the city of Cairo, resulting in it turning into a lifeless warzone and its military getting slaughtered, Set tries to stop Lara Croft from thwarting his plans to "violate the Earth" and intends to spread his plagues across the world.

** Pieter Van Eckhardt is the founder of "The Cabal" and a centuries old alchemist, who desires to recreate the Nephilim to bring the world to ruins. Becoming enemies with the ancient order of monks Lux Veritatis, Eckhardt sweared to kill them all, after they imprisoned him for many years. Getting free, Eckhardt goes on a killing spree, killing numerous people to get their body parts, so he could use them for his experiments in ressurecting Nephilim. Burning an unlucky reporter alive and slaughtering Bouchard's gang, leaving one survivor in a BodyHorror situation, Eckhardt gets rid of most of his accomplices one by one, first by throwing one into a monstrous "pod" to be turned into a mindless monster, another by feeding him to said monster. Hellbent on unleashing Nephilim upon the world, Eckhardt believes that it is his destiny to "breed HellOnEarth".
** Kristina Boaz is the Head of Strahov Psychiatric Institute in Prague and one of the members of "the Cabal. Using her position, Boaz performed numerous brutal experiments on several people, reducing them to barely sentient broken "animals", who attack anything they see. After creating a Proto-Nephilim, when she was ordered to destroy it, Boaz decided to keep it to herself and feed innocent people to it.