INTRODUCING
AMANDA EVERT
On
the outside, Amanda
Evert was a graduate student of
social anthropology; on the inside,
she was an intense chronicler of the
metaphysical. She believed wholeheartedly
that the common notion of reality
is nothing but a thin, drab layer
pulled over the infinite truth of
the soul.
She
studied every religious and mystical
system in the world, past and present,
and while still at university was
already something of an expert on
theology and mysticism. She had a
pet theory that fragments of a single,
long forgotten mystical belief system
exist within the rites and rituals
of shamanism, witchcraft and many
religions.
Her
dream was to rediscover this supreme
knowledge from the past and teach
it to people so they could gain spiritual
enlightenment. At the time it seemed
more like a youthful dalliance than
a true obsession; something Lara considered
harmless.
She
was undoubtedly comfortable with exploring
beyond the boundaries of scientific
inquiry, but she was also a brilliant
researcher who was still in touch
with the modern world. She was young,
a bit bookish, not too self-confident,
and a bit of a hippy.
Her
relationship with Lara is typified
by playful philosophical banter; they
disagreed, but they crossed intellectual
swords without becoming exasperated
or angry at the others' firm viewpoint.
Then
one day in Peru, while excavating
a tomb Lara believed contained the
last queen of Tiwanaku, her team of
graduate students breeched a new room
and all hell broke loose.
Lara
was the only one to return to the
surface, where the team's structural
engineer, Anaya Imanu, listened in
horror to Lara's story of how a malevolent
entity of some kind slaughtered everyone
in the tomb, except for Lara and Amanda.
But as the two tried to escape, Amanda
set off a trap that sealed the room,
brought down the roof, and drowned
Amanda.
When
players complete Tomb
Raider Legend, they will be able
to play through the game using the
Amanda model!
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