Himiko

Sun Queen Himiko
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	The Sun Queen and ruler of Yamatai
Game(s)	Tomb Raider (2013)

Himiko (also Sun Queen) is a character in Tomb Raider (2013)

She was a Japanese shaman queen. A temple on the mysterious island Yamatai, where Lara Croft and the crew of the Endurance get stranded on in the Tomb Raider Reboot, was built in her name.

Characterization

Himiko of Yamatai is the kind of ruler who is both feared and prayed for. A Chinese Ambassador describes Himiko in the following way:

She is unlike any woman I have ever encountered. Beautiful, yet inscrutable; calculating, even. - - When I met her alone, I came to realize that she is not at all what she seems. I was sent by my lord to spy on her... to assess the strenght of her armies. But now I feel she is the one assessing me. - - I cannot deny a powerful feeling that the Sun Queen should not be trifled with.

In-game information

Hoshi eventually learns the truth about the Sun Queen: "A twisted evil beyond imagining lives within the Sun Queen. An evil that hungers for more than just the land and seas of Yamatai."

Historical Precedent

Himiko or Pimiko was the obscure shaman queen of the kingdom of Yamatai-koku in ancient Japan. She supposedly ruled some time around 170-250 CE. Her Name is mentioned in historical Chinese documents, so it is possible she was a historical figure. She supposedly ended a time of warfare among the people and united them under her rule using some kind of magic. After her death the realm fell back into chaos.

See also

• Hoshi

• Priestesses of the Sun

• Stormguard General

Gallery

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  Object model of Himiko

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  Face of Himiko