Line #26 Monster/TombRaider


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11	->''"He who removes the amulet shall once more release the dark power of Set. And Set sayeth: 'I am the shadow across the sun. I am the bringer of plagues. My wrath will consume all lands and shall be ceaseless.'"''
12	-->—'''Semerkhet''', on '''Set''', ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheLastRevelation The Last Revelation]]''
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14	[[Franchise/TombRaider In her search for various artifacts]], [[Characters/TombRaiderLaraCroft Lara Croft]] has explored many ancient sites, and through her [[AdventurerArchaeologist adventures]], she has faced many evil gods and horrific people who threatened the world. Here are [[CompleteMonster the worst]].
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16	![[Administrivia/SpoilersOff All spoilers are unmarked]]. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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20	[[folder: Original Timeline]]
21	* ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderI Tomb Raider (1996)]]'': [[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]].
22	* ''VideoGame/TombRaiderIII'': [[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 ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderIIITheLostArtifact The Lost Artifact]]'', where she steals the Hand of Rathmore and uses its highly volatile properties to experiment on people in an underwater facility.
23	* ''[[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 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.
24	* ''[[VideoGame/TombRaiderTheAngelOfDarkness The Angel of Darkness]]'':
25	** [[TheHeavy Pieter Van Eckhardt]] is the founder of "The Cabal" and a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld centuries-old]] alchemist, who desires to recreate the Nephilim to [[OmnicidalManiac bring the world to ruins]]. Becoming enemies with the ancient order of monks Lux Veritatis, Eckhardt swore 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 resurrecting 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. Hell-bent on unleashing Nephilim upon the world, Eckhardt believes that it is his destiny to "breed HellOnEarth".
26	** [[MadDoctor Kristina Boaz]] is the Head of Corrective and Remedial Surgery at the Strahov Psychiatric Institute in Prague and one of the members of the Cabal. Using her position, Boaz [[PlayingWithSyringes performed numerous brutal experiments]] on several people, reducing them to barely-sapient 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 [[FedToTheBeast feed innocent people to it]].
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30	* [[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.
31	* ''VideoGame/{{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]].
32	* ''ComicBook/{{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]].
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36	* ''VideoGame/TombRaider2013'' has the BigBadDuumvirate:
37	** [[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 possess. 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.
38	** [[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. While tracking down the survivors of Dr. Whitman's expedition, Mathias and his army attack Lara and Conrad Roth's helicopter hovering site, and ultimately throws an ax to kill Roth. 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.
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42	* ''ComicBook/TombRaider: [[ComicBook/TombRaiderTheSeries The Series]]'' (Creator/TopCowProductions):
43	** Issues #21-23 & #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.
44	** 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.
45	* ''[[Film/LaraCroftTombRaiderTheCradleOfLife The Cradle of Life]]'': [[BigBad Jonathan Reiss]] is a [[MadScientist brilliant scientist]] and Nobel Prize laureate who makes a living [[ArmsDealer designing and selling biological and chemical weapons to wealthy criminals from around the world]]. When he learns of the existence of PandorasBox and the plague it carries, he sells the disease to his clients under the pretense that it's merely a highly potent bioweapon, but in reality it will spread across the world, killing anyone without access to the antidote he plans to create and provide only to the wealthiest and most powerful. In his quest to find Pandora's Box Reiss is merciless, even threatening to [[WouldHurtAChild have a man's children]] infected with a deadly disease if he doesn't cooperate, and even as he dies he makes one last attempt to grab the Box.
46	* ''[[WesternAnimation/RevisionedTombRaiderAnimatedSeries Re/Visioned]]'''s "Keys to the Kingdom" three-parter: [[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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