INTRODUCING
KURTIS TRENT
Lara Croft has a partner
in crime who joins the British aristocrat
in her latest adventure The Angel
Of Darkness. His name is Kurtis
Trent, and he will become Core Design's
debut for a second playable character
in a Tomb Raider adventure. The
last remaining adept of an ancient
and mystical order called the Lux
Veritatis, Kurtis Trent will marry
muscle and brawn with Lara's buoyant
twin-pistolled approach to dispensing
anything or anyone that stands in
their way. Kurtis Trent will also
carry his own trademark weapon -
The Glaive, a razor sharp frisbee
that can be thrown at enemies or
maneuvered in flight by telekinetic
powers. If this dual-character inclusion
proves successful, Core Design will
entertain the idea of releasing
a spin-off videogame series starring
Trent.
Kurtis Trent, Ex Legionnaire
and adventurer, was born on June
26 1972 in Utah Salt Flats, USA.
When he was only three years old,
Kurtis was trained by his father
Konstantin as a Lux Veritatis initiate,
an ancient order now being ruthlessly
hunted down by Eckhardt and the
Cabal. At sixteen, Kurtis underwent
his most intense stage of his Lux
Veritatis initiation. Upon reaching
nineteen, he disappeared and joined
the Foreign Legion, changing his
name to Trent. He stayed hidden
within the Legion for five years
but was constantly assaulted by
bizarre events linked to the occult.
It is here he adopts the nickname
"Demon Hunter."
In 1996, Kurtis left
the Foreign Legion and began freelancing
with a variety of mercenary and
semi-legal agencies under the direction
of Marten Gunderson. He collects
word from his father, but never
sees him alive again. In 2001, Konstantin
is murdered by Eckhardt. Spurred
on by his death, Kurtis receives
two talismanic items, the Periapt
Shards and the terrifying Chirugai
blade - a discus-like glaive made
by the Ferilium. He then embarks
on a mission to overthrow Eckhardt.
Kurtis Trent crosses paths with
Lara Croft, British archeologist
and world renowned adventurer, and
they join forces in Prague to combat
the Cabal and Eckhardt.
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