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Anaya
Anaya is a civil engineer working in impoverished areas of South America.
She's an old friend of Lara;s dating back to their days at university, and she was
with Lara during the tragedy near Segou. She has since led a distinguished
career of her own, routinely crossing paths with Lara.
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James W.Rutland Jr.
James Rutland Jr. grew up in a bubble of enormous wealth and privilege.
He went to West Point and managed to graduate on his own merits, barely.
As hard as it was, he's glad for it, because it gave him a sense of self-discipline
and strength thata he finds useful now that he's free of the military. He's
a charismatic man accustomed to getting whatever he wants, however, this time
the object of his desire is also sought by Lara Croft
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Zip.
Zip is the tech guy of Lara's tema, responsible for providing technical
and logistical support for Lara's endeavors worldwide - he's the guy in
the server room at Lara's mansion, and Lara's constant remote companion
via radio headset. a wisecracking guy who's part ultra-techno-geek and part
street savvy. He used to be over-the-top, but a few years in prison toned him
down a notch and increased his resentment towards all things establishment.
A former computer hacker, he works with lara for the challenge amd the trill
of it. He's personally loyal to Lara, and it really is the most fun he can
have without getting arrested.
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Alister Fletcher.
Allister is Lara's research assistant, providing another mind filled with arcane
historical information, someone to bounce ideas off of, and provide quick
additional research wile Lara's in the field. He's in thes to test his theories,
uncover secrets no one else can, and because it's the only place his eccentric
knowledge is really useful. Alister is tense and prickly, and takes himself much
to seriously.
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Shogo Takamoto.
Shogo Takamotot is a Yakuza Kamicho (boss) who loves ancient weapons. In addition to being a powerfull
figure in the japanese mob, he also became a fixture in the antiquities underground, frustrating
collectors and adventures alike by mixing forgeries with authentic items. Despite his untrustwothy
reputation, he continues to be a player due to his ability to ferret out what people really want and dangle
it befor them, such that their desires overpower their better judgement. His most recent encounter with
Lara left a very bad taste in his mouth, but he has been unwilling to risk seeking revenge, because the likely
failure of the attempt would mean an enormous loss of face.
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Toru Nishimura.
Toru Nishimura was once a daring investigative reporter who has crossed paths with Lara more
then once on dangerous investigations. He's now a wealthy media mogul, good humored and comfortable,
but he still has a taste for adventure and risk, and he is alwasy glad to see Lara whenever her latest
adventure brings her to town. He's a little more cautious now, through - he's got responsibilities and
obligations, some of them a bit unsavory - and as such, he needs to have good relations with the
Japanese mafia.
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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 undoutably 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.
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