https://www.wikiraider.com/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Darth+Max 2026-06-23T08:46:12Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.27.1 https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Cleopatra%27s_Guards&diff=25966 2009-03-29T01:21:56Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox Enemies <br /> | Name = Cleopatra's Guards<br /> | Image = Cleoguardian.JPG<br /> | Occurrence = [[The Last Revelation]]<br /> | Type = <br /> | Classification = [[Demigod]]<br /> | Distinctiveness = <br /> | Weapons = sceptre<br /> | Weakness = <br /> }}<br /> '''Cleopatra's Guards''' are two [[demigods]] that Lara finds on the level [[Cleopatra's Palaces]]. When Lara sits on Cleopatra's throne, the two guardians emerge from both sides of the room. They guard the last pieces of the [[Armour of Horus]] and will attack Lara with their sceptres by throwing blue energy bolts or by rising their sceptres in a burst attack. Lara faces one guardian at the time.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Guardians can be difficult to kill, but there is no need for killing them at all.<br /> The best way to kill them is to crouch in front of them and shoot with the pistols, if you do it right, you shouldn't be hit by their bolts.<br /> <br /> You can also completely avoid them if you are fast enough to get the two pieces of the armour and exit through the hole.<br /> <br /> This are the first demigods you face in the game,and they bear resemblense to other [[demigods]] and also to [[Seth]].<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{more}}<br /> {{Tomb Raider 4 Enemies}}<br /> [[Category:The Last Revelation]]<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Cleopatra%27s_Guards&diff=25965 2009-03-29T01:21:23Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox Enemies <br /> | Name = Cleopatra's Guards<br /> | Image = Cleoguardian.JPG<br /> | Occurrence = [[The Last Revelation]]<br /> | Type = <br /> | Classification = [[Demigod]]<br /> | Distinctiveness = <br /> | Weapons = sceptre<br /> | Weakness = <br /> }}<br /> '''Cleopatra's Guards''' are two [[demigods]] that Lara finds on the level [[Cleopatra's Palaces]]. When Lara sits on Cleopatra's throne, the two guardians emerge from both sides of the room. They guard the last pieces of the [[Armour of Horus]] and will attack Lara with their sceptres by throwing blue energy bolts or by rising their sceptres in a burst attack. Lara faces one guardian at the time.<br /> <br /> <br /> The Guardians can be difficult to kill, but there is no need for killing them at all.<br /> The best way to kill them is to crouch in front of them and shoot with the pistols, if you do it right, you shouldn't be hit by their bolts.<br /> <br /> You can also completely avoid them if you are fast enough to get the two pieces of the armour and exit through the hole.<br /> <br /> This are the first demigods you face in the game,and they bear resemblense to the other [[demigods]] and also to [[Seth]].<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{more}}<br /> {{Tomb Raider 4 Enemies}}<br /> [[Category:The Last Revelation]]<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25964 2009-03-29T01:18:44Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the ruling structure that Atlantis was governed by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> She is an unlockable character in Tomb Raider Anniversary.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], held prisoner on [[Amanda]]'s boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about [[Helheim]] and [[Avalon]] being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting [[Jan Mayen Island]] to retrieve [[Thor's Hammer]], she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of [[Thailand]] to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the [[Jörmungandr Mechanism|Midgard Serpent]] to bring about the '[[The “Eric Lindström” posts |Seventh Age]].' She also claims that she killed [[Richard Croft|Lara's father]] in [[Thailand]] after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the Jörmungandr Mechanism, and then knocks Natla into the [[Eitr]] surrounding the device by throwing Thor's Hammer at her.<br /> <br /> ==After Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Beneath the Ashes story]] - see separate article<br /> <br /> Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppelganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.<br /> <br /> [[Lara's Shadow]]<br /> <br /> In the second cutscene of [[Lara's Shadow]], the [[Doppelganger]] comes across Natla in Helheim; Natla has suffered severe injuries, presumably from [[Thor's Hammer]] and from immersion in [[Eitr]]. Using the words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; Natla orders the Doppelganger to help her back to the pod device that the Doppelganger was created in. Natla instructs the Doppelganger to reactivate the pod and waits slumped inside, presumably waiting for some regeneration process to begin. She gives the Doppelganger some final orders, namely to kill Lara and then to commit suicide, the latter appearing to disconcert the Doppelganger somewhat. Four days later beneath the Croft Manor (see [[Beneath the Ashes]]) Lara somehow frees the Doppelganger from the control of the magic words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; and suggests that the newly independent Doppelganger should &quot;make Natla suffer&quot;. The Doppelganger returns to Helheim and turns Natla's pod device off. Natla falls to the ground, gets crushed underneath some rocks and finally is left lying in a pool of Eitr. When the Doppelganger approaches, Natla again orders her to help. However the Doppelganger thinks back to what Lara has told her - &quot;You are no longer a slave&quot; (we see a flashback) - and does not obey. Natla realizes she is in trouble and calls for the [[Thralls]] to save her, but they don't show up. Natla screams and presumably dies. We see a close-up of the Doppelganger's face: she smiles.<br /> &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> {{Template:Fan Opinion}}<br /> &lt;br&gt;<br /> From [[User:Darth Max|Darth Max]] ''Some fans believe that Natla is not dead yet, only buried. The [[Crystal Dynamics|producers]]' decision to have Natla perish at the hands of the Doppelganger and to place this event on an exclusive [[Xbox 360|Xbox 360 DLC]] has displeased some fans, who would rather believe that she'll return.''<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> *Even if not intended,there are similarities betwee [[Natla]] and the egyptian god [[Seth]],both of them have wings(Which both of them are able to hide,as shown when Natla is wearing business suit and when Seth is imprisoned),are able to cast fireballs,are immortal and have power over the dead.This could(as well as could not)imply that they are of the same species.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> Image:natlasinks.jpg|Natla's final appearance in a cutscene from [[Lara's Shadow]]. &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Seth&diff=25963 2009-03-29T01:15:38Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Seth.jpg|thumb|113px|right|Seth]]'''Seth''' (also '''Set''' or '''Sutekh''') is the Egyptian god of chaos and confusion. He is often depicted as a man with the head of a mysterious animal; sometimes interpreted as anteater. He made his appearance in [[The Last Revelation]] where Lara accidentally set him free when visiting his [[Tomb of Seth|tomb]]. At the end of the game he appears as immortal [[boss]] in the level [[Temple of Horus]].<br /> <br /> Seth is the son of Nut and the brother of [[Osiris]], [[Isis]] and Nephthys. It is said that Seth murdered his brother Osiris, causing a long, violent fight with his nephew [[Horus]] over who should be the earthly ruler. Finally other gods were called to judge and they decided that Horus should rule over the living.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> He mysteriously appeared in the temple of Horus, probably travelling in non-corporeal, accompanied by a swarm of locusts - as said in the prophecy - before assuming his God form as shown in the image. He is invincible, and Lara escaped the temple by dodging his attacks which consisted of energy missiles and beams. Once Lara climbed out of the temple, she used the [[Amulet of Horus]] to close a trap door and seal Seth within the temple for all time.<br /> <br /> [[Image:Seths attack.jpg|thumb|113px|left|Seth's bolts]] He shoots green bolts from his gauntlets, is able to fly and also attack Lara with some very harmful melee attacks such as bouncing or impaling, this attack can be a &quot;finalization&quot; like if Lara's health is too low and she suffers this attack; he will get Lara by her neck and shortly after release. He also has power over the dead and the mythological creatures, and can also possess beings, like he did with [[Werner von Croy]].<br /> <br /> <br /> Seth destroyed the [[Armour of Horus]], to stop [[Horus]] from being summoned by Lara who assembled the armour. The armour was destroyed but the Amulet of Horus was knocked into the surrounding water and retrieved by Lara.<br /> <br /> Seth can be playable in the Tomb Raider Level Editor. <br /> <br /> ==Related Quotes==<br /> * After destroying the statue of Horus<br /> :''My wicked cousin has once again returned to the stars. It is I who shall rule over this world once more. Come forth, kneel and bow before your god before he extinguishes your worthless life.''<br /> <br /> * Possessing Von Croy<br /> :''We have it, the ancient ceremonial tablet. Take it and prepare it and see if the Croft woman has arrived with our armour.''<br /> <br /> <br /> == Trivia ==<br /> <br /> * Seth is sometimes mistakenly for [[Horus]] by fans.<br /> <br /> *Even if not intended,there are similarities between Seth and [[Natla]],both of them have wings,are able to cast fireballs,are immortal and have power over the dead.This could(as well as could not)imply that they are of the same species.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider 4 Enemies}}<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Bosses]]<br /> [[Category:Egyptian Gods]]<br /> [[Category:The Last Revelation]]<br /> [[Category:History and Mythology]]<br /> [[de:Seth]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25524 2009-03-11T02:06:17Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the ruling structure that Atlantis was governed by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], held prisoner on [[Amanda]]'s boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about [[Helheim]] and [[Avalon]] being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting [[Jan Mayen Island]] to retrieve [[Thor's Hammer]], she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of [[Thailand]] to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the [[Jörmungandr Mechanism|Midgard Serpent]] to bring about the '[[The “Eric Lindström” posts |Seventh Age]].' She also claims that she killed [[Richard Croft|Lara's father]] in [[Thailand]] after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the Jörmungandr Mechanism, and then knocks Natla into the [[Eitr]] surrounding the device by throwing Thor's Hammer at her.<br /> <br /> ==After Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> ''[[Beneath the Ashes story]]''<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppelganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.''<br /> <br /> <br /> ''[[Lara's Shadow]]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:natlasinks.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Defeated,Natla sinks in the Eitr pool]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ''Natla makes another full appearence in Lara's shadow,In the second cutscene the [[Doppelganger]] comes across Natla in Helheim; Natla has suffered severe injuries, presumably from [[Thor's Hammer]] and from immersion in [[Eitr]]. Using the words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; Natla orders the Doppelganger to help her back to the pod device that the Doppelganger was created in. Natla instructs the Doppelganger to reactivate the pod and waits slumped inside, presumably waiting for some regeneration process to begin.She succecfully returns power to the device,then Natla gives the doppelganger one last order,to kill Lara and then taker her own life,the doppelganger leaves as Natla's pod goes up.Four days later beneath the Croft manor it is shown what Lara told the doppelganger in Beneath the ashes,she had actually freed her from the control of Ohk Ehsivar under the condition to kill Natla.The Doppelganger returns to Helheim and turns Natla's pod device off. Natla falls to the ground, gets crushed underneath some rocks and finally is left lying in a pool of Eitr. When Doppelganger approaches her, Natla again orders her to help her using the words &quot;Ohk Eshivar&quot;. However the Doppelganger thinks back to what Lara has told her - &quot;You are no longer a slave&quot; (we see a flashback) - and does not help Natla. Natla realizes she is in trouble and calls for the Thralls to save her, but they don't show up. Natla screams and presumably dies. We see a close-up of the Doppelganger's face: she smiles.''<br /> <br /> ==Speculation==<br /> <br /> some fans believe that Natla is not dead yet,only buried.The Producer's decision to make Natla perish at the hands of the doppenganger and place this events on an exclusive DLC has displeased some fans,who rather believe she'll return.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25523 2009-03-11T02:04:32Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the ruling structure that Atlantis was governed by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], held prisoner on [[Amanda]]'s boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about [[Helheim]] and [[Avalon]] being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting [[Jan Mayen Island]] to retrieve [[Thor's Hammer]], she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of [[Thailand]] to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the [[Jörmungandr Mechanism|Midgard Serpent]] to bring about the '[[The “Eric Lindström” posts |Seventh Age]].' She also claims that she killed [[Richard Croft|Lara's father]] in [[Thailand]] after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the Jörmungandr Mechanism, and then knocks Natla into the [[Eitr]] surrounding the device by throwing Thor's Hammer at her.<br /> <br /> ==After Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> ''[[Beneath the Ashes story]]''<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppelganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.''<br /> <br /> <br /> ''[[Lara's Shadow]]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:natlasinks.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Defeated,Natla sinks in the Eitr pool]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ''In the second cutscene the [[Doppelganger]] comes across Natla in Helheim; Natla has suffered severe injuries, presumably from [[Thor's Hammer]] and from immersion in [[Eitr]]. Using the words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; Natla orders the Doppelganger to help her back to the pod device that the Doppelganger was created in. Natla instructs the Doppelganger to reactivate the pod and waits slumped inside, presumably waiting for some regeneration process to begin.She succecfully returns power to the device,then Natla gives the doppelganger one last order,to kill Lara and then taker her own life,the doppelganger leaves as Natla's pod goes up.Four days later beneath the Croft manor it is shown what Lara told the doppelganger in Beneath the ashes,she had actually freed her from the control of Ohk Ehsivar under the condition to kill Natla.The Doppelganger returns to Helheim and turns Natla's pod device off. Natla falls to the ground, gets crushed underneath some rocks and finally is left lying in a pool of Eitr. When Doppelganger approaches her, Natla again orders her to help her using the words &quot;Ohk Eshivar&quot;. However the Doppelganger thinks back to what Lara has told her - &quot;You are no longer a slave&quot; (we see a flashback) - and does not help Natla. Natla realizes she is in trouble and calls for the Thralls to save her, but they don't show up. Natla screams and presumably dies. We see a close-up of the Doppelganger's face: she smiles.''<br /> <br /> ==Speculation==<br /> <br /> some fans believe that Natla is not dead yet,only buried.The Producer's decision to make Natla perish at the hands of the doppenganger and place this events on an exclusive DLC has displeased some fans,who rather believe she'll return.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25522 2009-03-11T02:03:38Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the ruling structure that Atlantis was governed by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], held prisoner on [[Amanda]]'s boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about [[Helheim]] and [[Avalon]] being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting [[Jan Mayen Island]] to retrieve [[Thor's Hammer]], she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of [[Thailand]] to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the [[Jörmungandr Mechanism|Midgard Serpent]] to bring about the '[[The “Eric Lindström” posts |Seventh Age]].' She also claims that she killed [[Richard Croft|Lara's father]] in [[Thailand]] after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the Jörmungandr Mechanism, and then knocks Natla into the [[Eitr]] surrounding the device by throwing Thor's Hammer at her.<br /> <br /> ==After Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> ''[[Beneath the Ashes story]]''<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppelganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.''<br /> <br /> <br /> ''[[Lara's Shadow]]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:natlasinks.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Defeated,Natla sinks in the Eitr pool]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ''In the second cutscene the [[Doppelganger]] comes across Natla in Helheim; Natla has suffered severe injuries, presumably from [[Thor's Hammer]] and from immersion in [[Eitr]]. Using the words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; Natla orders the Doppelganger to help her back to the pod device that the Doppelganger was created in. Natla instructs the Doppelganger to reactivate the pod and waits slumped inside, presumably waiting for some regeneration process to begin.She succecfully returns power to the device,then Natla gives the doppelganger one last order,to kill Lara and then taker her own life,the doppelganger leaves as Natla's pod goes up.Four days later beneath the Croft manor it is shown what Lara told the doppelganger in Beneath the ashes,she had actually freed her from the control of Ohk Ehsivar under the condition to kill Natla.The Doppelganger returns to Helheim and turns Natla's pod device off. Natla falls to the ground, gets crushed underneath some rocks and finally is left lying in a pool of Eitr. When Doppelganger approaches her, Natla again orders her to help her using the words &quot;Ohk Eshivar&quot;. However the Doppelganger thinks back to what Lara has told her - &quot;You are no longer a slave&quot; (we see a flashback) - and does not help Natla. Natla realizes she is in trouble and calls for the Thralls to save her, but they don't show up. Natla screams and presumably dies. We see a close-up of the Doppelganger's face: she smiles.''<br /> <br /> ''Speculation''<br /> Some fans believe that Natla is not dead yet,only buried.The Producer's decision to make Natla perish at the hands of the doppenganger and place this events on an exclusive DLC has displeased some fans,who rather believe she'll return.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25521 2009-03-11T02:00:06Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the ruling structure that Atlantis was governed by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], held prisoner on [[Amanda]]'s boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about [[Helheim]] and [[Avalon]] being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting [[Jan Mayen Island]] to retrieve [[Thor's Hammer]], she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of [[Thailand]] to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the [[Jörmungandr Mechanism|Midgard Serpent]] to bring about the '[[The “Eric Lindström” posts |Seventh Age]].' She also claims that she killed [[Richard Croft|Lara's father]] in [[Thailand]] after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the Jörmungandr Mechanism, and then knocks Natla into the [[Eitr]] surrounding the device by throwing Thor's Hammer at her.<br /> <br /> ==After Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> ''[[Beneath the Ashes story]]''<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppelganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.''<br /> <br /> <br /> ''[[Lara's Shadow]]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:natlasinks.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Defeated,Natla sinks in the Eitr pool]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ''In the second cutscene the [[Doppelganger]] comes across Natla in Helheim; Natla has suffered severe injuries, presumably from [[Thor's Hammer]] and from immersion in [[Eitr]]. Using the words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; Natla orders the Doppelganger to help her back to the pod device that the Doppelganger was created in. Natla instructs the Doppelganger to reactivate the pod and waits slumped inside, presumably waiting for some regeneration process to begin.She succecfully returns power to the device,then Natla gives the doppelganger one last order,to kill Lara and then taker her own life,the doppelganger leaves as Natla's pod goes up.Four days later beneath the Croft manor it is shown what Lara told the doppelganger in Beneath the ashes,she had actually freed her from the control of Ohk Ehsivar under the condition to kill Natla.The Doppelganger returns to Helheim and turns Natla's pod device off. Natla falls to the ground, gets crushed underneath some rocks and finally is left lying in a pool of Eitr. When Doppelganger approaches her, Natla again orders her to help her using the words &quot;Ohk Eshivar&quot;. However the Doppelganger thinks back to what Lara has told her - &quot;You are no longer a slave&quot; (we see a flashback) - and does not help Natla. Natla realizes she is in trouble and calls for the Thralls to save her, but they don't show up. Natla screams and presumably dies. We see a close-up of the Doppelganger's face: she smiles.''<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25520 2009-03-11T01:59:19Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the ruling structure that Atlantis was governed by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], held prisoner on [[Amanda]]'s boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about [[Helheim]] and [[Avalon]] being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting [[Jan Mayen Island]] to retrieve [[Thor's Hammer]], she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of [[Thailand]] to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the [[Jörmungandr Mechanism|Midgard Serpent]] to bring about the '[[The “Eric Lindström” posts |Seventh Age]].' She also claims that she killed [[Richard Croft|Lara's father]] in [[Thailand]] after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the Jörmungandr Mechanism, and then knocks Natla into the [[Eitr]] surrounding the device by throwing Thor's Hammer at her.<br /> <br /> ==After Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> ''[[Beneath the Ashes story]]''<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppelganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ''[[Lara's Shadow]]''<br /> <br /> [[Image:natlasinks.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Defeated,Natla sinks in the Eitr pool]]<br /> <br /> <br /> ''In the second cutscene the [[Doppelganger]] comes across Natla in Helheim; Natla has suffered severe injuries, presumably from [[Thor's Hammer]] and from immersion in [[Eitr]]. Using the words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; Natla orders the Doppelganger to help her back to the pod device that the Doppelganger was created in. Natla instructs the Doppelganger to reactivate the pod and waits slumped inside, presumably waiting for some regeneration process to begin.She succecfully returns power to the device,then Natla gives the doppelganger one last order,to kill Lara and then taker her own life,the doppelganger leaves as Natla's pod goes up.Four days later beneath the Croft manor it is shown what Lara told the doppelganger in Beneath the ashes,she had actually freed her from the control of Ohk Ehsivar under the condition to kill Natla.The Doppelganger returns to Helheim and turns Natla's pod device off. Natla falls to the ground, gets crushed underneath some rocks and finally is left lying in a pool of Eitr. When Doppelganger approaches her, Natla again orders her to help her using the words &quot;Ohk Eshivar&quot;. However the Doppelganger thinks back to what Lara has told her - &quot;You are no longer a slave&quot; (we see a flashback) - and does not help Natla. Natla realizes she is in trouble and calls for the Thralls to save her, but they don't show up. Natla screams and presumably dies. We see a close-up of the Doppelganger's face: she smiles.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:natlasinks.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Defeated,Natla sinks in the Eitr pool]]<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=File:Natlasinks.jpg&diff=25519 2009-03-11T01:53:56Z

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Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25518 2009-03-11T01:53:25Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the ruling structure that Atlantis was governed by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], held prisoner on [[Amanda]]'s boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about [[Helheim]] and [[Avalon]] being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting [[Jan Mayen Island]] to retrieve [[Thor's Hammer]], she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of [[Thailand]] to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the [[Jörmungandr Mechanism|Midgard Serpent]] to bring about the '[[The “Eric Lindström” posts |Seventh Age]].' She also claims that she killed [[Richard Croft|Lara's father]] in [[Thailand]] after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the Jörmungandr Mechanism, and then knocks Natla into the [[Eitr]] surrounding the device by throwing Thor's Hammer at her.<br /> <br /> ==After Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> ''[[Beneath the Ashes story]]''<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppelganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.''<br /> <br /> ''[[Lara's Shadow]]''<br /> <br /> ''In the second cutscene the [[Doppelganger]] comes across Natla in Helheim; Natla has suffered severe injuries, presumably from [[Thor's Hammer]] and from immersion in [[Eitr]]. Using the words &quot;Ohk Ehsivar&quot; Natla orders the Doppelganger to help her back to the pod device that the Doppelganger was created in. Natla instructs the Doppelganger to reactivate the pod and waits slumped inside, presumably waiting for some regeneration process to begin. However later, in the final cutscene, the Doppelganger returns to Helheim and turns Natla's pod device off. Natla falls to the ground, gets crushed underneath some rocks and finally is left lying in a pool of Eitr. When Doppelganger approaches her, Natla again orders her to help her using the words &quot;Ohk Eshivar&quot;. However the Doppelganger thinks back to what Lara has told her - &quot;You are no longer a slave&quot; (we see a flashback) - and does not help Natla. Natla realizes she is in trouble and calls for the Thralls to save her, but they don't show up. Natla screams and presumably dies. We see a close-up of the Doppelganger's face: she smiles.''<br /> <br /> [[Image:natlasinks.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Defeated,Natla sinks in the Eitr pool]]<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25464 2009-03-08T21:39:05Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> &quot;Lara Croft,meet Jacqueline Natla,of Natla technologies&quot;<br /> <br /> -[[Larson]] introduces Natla<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in Tomb Raider: Underworld, held prisoner on Amanda's boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about Helheim and Avalon being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting Jan Mayen Island to retrieve Thor's hammer, she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of Thailand to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the Midgard Serpent to bring about the 'Seventh Age.' She also reveals that she killed Lara's father in Thailand after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the device and strike Natla with the thrown Thor's hammer, which causes an explosion that throws Natla into the eitr surrounding the mechanism as it collapses.<br /> <br /> ==After [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> This is covered by the [[Beneath the Ashes story]].<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppleganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;. What happens next in the Tomb Raider storyline may be revealed with the release of [[XBox|Lara's Shadow]], and it is possible that Natla may reappear.''<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25463 2009-03-08T21:38:36Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> &quot;Lara Croft,meet Jacqueline Natla,of Natla technologies&quot;-[[Larson]] introduces Natla<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> &quot;Lara Croft,meet Jacqueline Natla,of Natla technologies&quot;<br /> <br /> -[[Larson]] introduces Natla<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in Tomb Raider: Underworld, held prisoner on Amanda's boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about Helheim and Avalon being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting Jan Mayen Island to retrieve Thor's hammer, she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of Thailand to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the Midgard Serpent to bring about the 'Seventh Age.' She also reveals that she killed Lara's father in Thailand after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the device and strike Natla with the thrown Thor's hammer, which causes an explosion that throws Natla into the eitr surrounding the mechanism as it collapses.<br /> <br /> ==After [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> This is covered by the [[Beneath the Ashes story]].<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppleganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;. What happens next in the Tomb Raider storyline may be revealed with the release of [[XBox|Lara's Shadow]], and it is possible that Natla may reappear.''<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25462 2009-03-08T21:38:11Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> &quot;Lara Croft,meet Jacqueline Natla,of Natla technologies&quot;-[[Larson]] introduces Natla<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> &quot;Lara Croft,meet Jacqueline Natla,of Natla technologies&quot;<br /> -[[Larson]] introduces Natla<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in Tomb Raider: Underworld, held prisoner on Amanda's boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about Helheim and Avalon being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting Jan Mayen Island to retrieve Thor's hammer, she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of Thailand to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the Midgard Serpent to bring about the 'Seventh Age.' She also reveals that she killed Lara's father in Thailand after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the device and strike Natla with the thrown Thor's hammer, which causes an explosion that throws Natla into the eitr surrounding the mechanism as it collapses.<br /> <br /> ==After [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> This is covered by the [[Beneath the Ashes story]].<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppleganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;. What happens next in the Tomb Raider storyline may be revealed with the release of [[XBox|Lara's Shadow]], and it is possible that Natla may reappear.''<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25461 2009-03-08T21:31:11Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> &quot;Lara Croft,meet Jacqueline Natla,of Natla technologies&quot;-[[Larson]] introduces Natla<br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in Tomb Raider: Underworld, held prisoner on Amanda's boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about Helheim and Avalon being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting Jan Mayen Island to retrieve Thor's hammer, she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of Thailand to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the Midgard Serpent to bring about the 'Seventh Age.' She also reveals that she killed Lara's father in Thailand after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the device and strike Natla with the thrown Thor's hammer, which causes an explosion that throws Natla into the eitr surrounding the mechanism as it collapses.<br /> <br /> ==After [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]==<br /> <br /> {{spoiler}}<br /> <br /> This is covered by the [[Beneath the Ashes story]].<br /> <br /> ''Natla is not a character in [[Beneath the Ashes]]; however, it is suggested that she is still alive. In the final scene of [[Beneath the Ashes]], Lara has learned to control both the [[Thralls]] and the [[Doppelganger]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68]. After Lara establishes that the Doppleganger has to obey her, the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the Doppelganger. However when the camera returns Lara is saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;. As the Doppelganger leaves the room [[Zip]] says &quot;You're letting her go? She killed [[Alister]]!&quot;, and Lara replies &quot;And now, she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;. What happens next in the Tomb Raider storyline may be revealed with the release of [[XBox|Lara's Shadow]], and it is possible that Natla may reappear.''<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=25102 2009-02-24T21:12:47Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in [[Underworld]], considerably taller and prettier than in [[Anniversary]], which was made by a different design team [http://wikiraider.com/index.php/The_%E2%80%9CEric_Lindstr%C3%B6m%E2%80%9D_posts].]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in Tomb Raider: Underworld, held prisoner on Amanda's boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about Helheim and Avalon being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting Jan Mayen Island to retrieve Thor's hammer, she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of Thailand to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the Midgard Serpent to bring about the 'Seventh Age.' She also reveals that she killed Lara's father in Thailand after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the device and strike Natla with the thrown Thor's hammer, which causes an explosion that throws Natla into the eitr surrounding the mechanism as it collapses.<br /> <br /> ==After underworld==<br /> Natla is not present in Beneath the Ashes,however,it is stated that she is still alive.In the ending scene,Lara learns to control Thralls and also the Doppelganger,after asking her if she had to do whatever Lara says the camera shifts and it is not possible to hear what mission Lara gives the doppelganger,However when the camera shifts again Lara finishes saying &quot;Make sure Natla suffers&quot;.As the doppelganger leaves the room Zip says &quot;you're leting her go!?She killed Alister!&quot;,when Lara replies &quot;and now,she is an instrument of his vengeance&quot;.What happens next has not been shown it,however the answer is likely to come with Lara's shadow,and Natla is likely to reappear in the DLC.<br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]]).<br /> * Thought to be either [[Vicky Arnold]] or [[Susie Hamilton]] in [[Tomb Raider]] [reference to be added].<br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> [http://k.1asphost.com/natlaspyramid/ Natla's Pyramid] fan site, founded 2000.<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natla's hat.jpg<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:Natlasvaulthead.jpg|Header for the first fan site devoted to Natla, ''Natla's Vault'' (no longer active), with artwork by Agnes Heyer.<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrerd1ca68<br /> <br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=25053 2009-02-20T21:48:38Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{edit}}<br /> {{more}}<br /> <br /> The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire(Similarity detected between Natla and Seth if ,infact, she can be considered a god).<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Seth]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Shiva]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only) - status:it is unknown if he really exists in Tomb Raider series<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Kali]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only) - Status:it is unknown if she really exists in Tomb Raider series<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigod]]s</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=25052 2009-02-20T21:48:02Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{edit}}<br /> {{more}}<br /> <br /> The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire(Similarity detected between Natla and Seth,if,infact sha can be considered a god).<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Seth]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Shiva]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only) - status:it is unknown if he really exists in Tomb Raider series<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Kali]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only) - Status:it is unknown if she really exists in Tomb Raider series<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigod]]s</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=25051 2009-02-20T21:46:17Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{edit}}<br /> {{more}}<br /> <br /> The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Seth]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Shiva]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only) - status:it is unknown if he really exists in Tomb Raider series<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Kali]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only) - Status:it is unknown if she really exists in Tomb Raider series<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigod]]s</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=25050 2009-02-20T21:45:07Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{edit}}<br /> {{more}}<br /> <br /> The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Seth]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> [[Shiva]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only,it is unknown if he really exists in Tomb Raider series)<br /> <br /> [[Kali]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underwordl(mentioned only,it is unknown if she really exists in Tomb Raider series)<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigod]]s</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Talk:Seth&diff=24941 2009-02-10T01:09:06Z

<p>Darth Max: New page: How can you play as Seth?</p> <hr /> <div>How can you play as Seth?</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=24940 2009-02-10T00:22:46Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> Natla's powers, at least in Continuity 2 ([[Crystal Dynamics]], [[Tomb Raider Anniversary|TRA]]), seem to include superstrength, supernatural firepower, the ability to fly and the ability to teleport. She can also apparently shapeshift and is able to change from human to [[Atlantean]] form. <br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. The boxes were thought to be an Easter egg. However, in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]] it is revealed that Amanda has a corporal relationship with Natla.<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's appearance in Underworld,considerably taller and prettier than Anniversary's]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in Tomb Raider: Underworld, held prisoner on Amanda's boat in a stasis capsule. Early in the game she tells Lara about Helheim and Avalon being one and the same and informs Lara that she needs Thor's relics to gain access. After visiting Jan Mayen Island to retrieve Thor's hammer, she sets off to the Andaman Sea on the coast of Thailand to find Amanda's ship again. Lara confronts and threatens to kill Natla, but is stopped when Natla explains that a ritual is also needed to open the gates of Helheim; a ritual that only Natla knows. Realising she has no choice if she wants to enter Helheim/Avalon, Lara then smashes the capsule open, allowing Natla to escape. After arriving at Avalon, Natla reveals that she was manipulating Lara to reach an ancient device called the Midgard Serpent to bring about the 'Seventh Age.' She also reveals that she killed Lara's father in Thailand after he betrayed her. Lara manages to destroy the device and strike Natla with the thrown Thor's hammer, which causes an explosion that throws Natla into the eitr surrounding the mechanism as it collapses. Natla is presumed dead at the conclusion of Underworld, though her definitive fate is unknown.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]])<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;''<br /> * Jacqueline Natla of Natla Technologies seems to be an early example of a character type popular in recent science fiction, a sinister female CEO of a sinister research multinational. Other examples include Catherine Weaver, the co-founder and current CEO of ZeiraCorp in ''Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Weaver#Television] and Nina Sharp, the shady co-owner of Massive Dynamic, a science and technology research organisation, in ''Fringe'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fringe_(TV_Series)].<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> <br /> [[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]<br /> <br /> [[Talk:Gods]]<br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:cu.jpg|Close Up (TRU)<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Talk:Jacqueline_Natla&diff=24939 2009-02-10T00:20:42Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>Are the details about Natla's role in Underworld confirmed yet? Is there a reference?<br /> <br /> We won't have to wait long to find out, but I just wondered how much of the new section is fan speculation ... [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] 10:03, 27 September 2008 (CEST)<br /> <br /> <br /> This article is very confusing at the moment. A fact is, that Lara meets Natla in the Mediterranean for the first time, as the Thailand intro screen addresses the subject of their meeting. <br /> --[[User:Tombraidergirl|tombraidergirl]] 14:17, 29 September 2008 (CEST)<br /> <br /> I think one picture of Natla's face(from the gallery) should be added in the underworld section of this article.<br /> <br /> There are several pictures of Underworld Natla in the Gallery. (For example http://wikiraider.com/index.php/Image:Cu.jpg ). Do feel free to add any extra pictures that you have to the gallery section. Thanks :). Ostercy, 7th February, 2009.<br /> <br /> Thanks,I'll do it right away!</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Talk:Gods&diff=24921 2009-02-08T01:45:34Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>why weren't natla,qualopec and tihocan(from my original article) allowed to be on this one if they have already been proven to be gods?<br /> <br /> I made some modifications<br /> cause I don't think Natla,Tihocan or qualopec should be removed from this article,as they are indeed gods<br /> so I hope you like<br /> <br /> Thanks for your contribution. I'm afraid that by any normal definition of &quot;gods&quot;, the Atlanteans do not count. Recent interviews with Eric Lindstrom ([[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]), who has worked closely with Toby Gard on the backstory of Tomb Raider, makes it clear that Natla is not immortal, and does not possess not magic powers. Her ability to fly, shoot fire balls and resist attacks by Lara are explained by Lindstrom as products of advance technology, not of divine power. You say that the Atlanteans have been &quot;proven to be gods&quot;. I'm prepared to consider any evidence that you have, but in the absence of that evidence I have removed them from this article. They are not &quot;gods&quot; in the dictionary definition of the word. Ostercy, 7th February, 2009.<br /> <br /> Thanks for your reply<br /> I meant that in underworld,Lara makes reference to Natla as a god.<br /> she says &quot;I need Thor's belt to get his hammer,and I need the hammer to kill a god&quot;,and also &quot;They are team of sorts now.Amanda and Natla,her pet atlantean god&quot; <br /> also they are refered as the god kings<br /> that's why I say that they are gods<br /> I think Lindstrom was refering to Natla in the first continuity(Tomb Raider 1)because there she indeed was mortal and her powers came from the atlantean tecnology<br /> In anniversary and underworld her wings come from her own body,and when she cast fireballs and perform other spells there is no sign of any tecnological &quot;device&quot; that would allow her to perform such a thing,implying that her powers are her own,unlike in Tomb Raider 1,in which she clearly have a granade launcher device attached to her hand<br /> and that is why I think they should be considered gods<br /> because there is a lot of ingame references to this<br /> Thankfully,Darth max<br /> <br /> It's probably worth reading what was written in the original Eric Lindstrom posts, if you can bear wading through them; they are mostly extremely boring, especially if you read the bits in between &quot;Eric's&quot; posts :). Eric was working on Underworld, not TR1, and the &quot;Eric&quot; in the posts was referring to Natla in Underworld when he made his remarks. As for taking what Lara has to say about Natla as a source of evidence, he also points out that not everything that Lara says should be taken literally - he cites as an example Lara's remark that she &quot;only plays for sport&quot; in TR1, and explains how that might not be literally true. As for the fireball launcher being attached to Natla's hand in TR1, even that is debatable, mostly due to the low quality of the graphics. I personally think that Natla fires fireballs from a launcher, but there are people who disagree. You may have a point about the Anniversary version of Natla, however, as Eric tells us that Anniversary was developed by a different team to Underworld. They perhaps toyed with the idea of making Natla &quot;magical&quot; for one game, but by Underworld this Disneyesque view had been ditched for the original conception as Natla as a technologically advanced being, as she was in TR1. Even if you believe that Natla has almost magical powers (which it seems that Eric does not), that does not make her a &quot;god&quot;. Ostercy, 7th February, 2009.<br /> <br /> alright then,lets leave this article only for real proven gods =).Anyway I still think that even if she isn't a god,her powers are her own and not tecnological(most of the atlantean's powers in the anniversary continuity seem rather magical than tecnological).But I guess even Lindstrom is confused about that =D</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Talk:Jacqueline_Natla&diff=24877 2009-02-07T13:38:10Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>Are the details about Natla's role in Underworld confirmed yet? Is there a reference?<br /> <br /> We won't have to wait long to find out, but I just wondered how much of the new section is fan speculation ... [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] 10:03, 27 September 2008 (CEST)<br /> <br /> <br /> This article is very confusing at the moment. A fact is, that Lara meets Natla in the Mediterranean for the first time, as the Thailand intro screen addresses the subject of their meeting. <br /> --[[User:Tombraidergirl|tombraidergirl]] 14:17, 29 September 2008 (CEST)<br /> <br /> I think one picture of Natla's face(from the gallery) should be added in the underworld section of this article.</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Talk:Gods&diff=24876 2009-02-07T13:28:59Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>why weren't natla,qualopec and tihocan(from my original article) allowed to be on this one if they have already been proven to be gods?<br /> <br /> I made some modifications<br /> cause I don't think Natla,Tihocan or qualopec should be removed from this article,as they are indeed gods<br /> so I hope you like<br /> <br /> Thanks for your contribution. I'm afraid that by any normal definition of &quot;gods&quot;, the Atlanteans do not count. Recent interviews with Eric Lindstrom ([[The “Eric Lindström” posts]]), who has worked closely with Toby Gard on the backstory of Tomb Raider, makes it clear that Natla is not immortal, and does not possess not magic powers. Her ability to fly, shoot fire balls and resist attacks by Lara are explained by Lindstrom as products of advance technology, not of divine power. You say that the Atlanteans have been &quot;proven to be gods&quot;. I'm prepared to consider any evidence that you have, but in the absence of that evidence I have removed them from this article. They are not &quot;gods&quot; in the dictionary definition of the word. Ostercy, 7th February, 2009.<br /> <br /> Thanks for your reply<br /> I meant that in underworld,Lara makes reference to Natla as a god.<br /> she says &quot;I need Thor's belt to get his hammer,and I need the hammer to kill a god&quot;,and also &quot;They are team of sorts now.Amanda and Natla,her pet atlantean god&quot; <br /> also they are refered as the god kings<br /> that's why I say that they are gods<br /> I think Lindstrom was refering to Natla in the first continuity(Tomb Raider 1)because there she indeed was mortal and her powers came from the atlantean tecnology<br /> In anniversary and underworld her wings come from her own body,and when she cast fireballs and perform other spells there is no sign of any tecnological &quot;device&quot; that would allow her to perform such a thing,implying that her powers are her own,unlike in Tomb Raider 1,in which she clearly have a granade launcher device attached to her hand<br /> and that is why I think they should be considered gods<br /> because there is a lot of ingame references to this<br /> <br /> <br /> Thankfully,Darth max</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Thralls&diff=24860 2009-02-07T01:43:00Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox Enemies <br /> | Name = Thrall<br /> | Image = Zombie.jpg<br /> | Occurrence = [[Underworld]]<br /> -[[Xibalba]] -[[Valhalla]] -[[Helheim]] -[[Croft Manor]]<br /> | Type = Undead<br /> | Classification = Guardian<br /> | Distinctiveness = None<br /> | Weapons = Melee(depends upon the class of thrall)<br /> | Weakness = Using [[Thor's Hammer]] to kill them instantly, must be finished off before they rise again or a [[Sticky Grenade]] to blow them completely up.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> '''Thralls''' are enemies that Lara will encounter in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> Thralls are creatures born from the [[Eitr]], the fluid of life. According to Odin's script in [[Thailand]], they were taken to the Underworld to guard [[Thor]]'s artefacts.<br /> <br /> There are three kinds of Thrall: the standard human thrall (Viking or Mayan), the yeti thrall and the quadruped thrall. For example, when Lara retrieves Thor's Second Gauntlet in the [[Croft Manor]], two dog-shaped Thralls attack her &lt;ref&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCRgSZw05Fo&amp;feature=related&lt;/ref&gt;. <br /> <br /> Before Lara gets the Mjolnir, the only way to kill thralls is to shoot them until they fall and then finish them by jumping on them.<br /> <br /> The new expansion, [[Beneath the ashes]] ,will feature nastier and stronger forms o Thralls.<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Thrall 1.jpg|A Viking Thrall<br /> Image:Thrall 2.jpg|A Mayan Thrall<br /> Image:Thrall 3.jpg|A Yeti Thrall<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> In Helheim Lara discovers to her shock that [[Amelia Croft|Amelia]] has been turned into a Thrall. Amelia holds out her arms as if to hug Lara, but Lara empties both her pistols into Amelia, sending her back into the void.<br /> <br /> ==References== <br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Beneath_the_Ashes&diff=24859 2009-02-07T01:40:56Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>Beneath the ashes is an exclusive chapter of Underworld for Xbox 360 and is set for release on february 10.<br /> <br /> The expansion will feature Lara in a mini-quest(much like in the gold versions) for a powerfull artifact hidden beneath the croft manor by her father, [[Richard Croft]] and it is set after the events of Underworld.<br /> <br /> The game resumes in the room where Lara found Thor's second gauntlet,there she finds a pit with a passage to the manor's ancient dungeons,in wich resides lots of thralls and other secrets.<br /> <br /> The DLC will also feature new exclusive outfits,traps and enemies.</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Beneath_the_Ashes&diff=24858 2009-02-07T01:39:41Z

<p>Darth Max: New page: Beneath the ashes is an exclusive chapter of Underworld for Xbox 360 and is set for release on february 10. The expansion will feature Lara in a mini-quest(much like in the gold versions...</p> <hr /> <div>Beneath the ashes is an exclusive chapter of Underworld for Xbox 360 and is set for release on february 10.<br /> <br /> <br /> The expansion will feature Lara in a mini-quest(much like in the gold versions) for a powerfull artifact hidden beneath the croft manor by her father, [[Richard Croft]] and it is set after the events of Underworld.<br /> <br /> The game resumes in the room where Lara found Thor's second gauntlet,there she finds a pit with a passage to the manor's ancient dungeons,in wich resides lots of thralls and other secrets.<br /> <br /> The DLC will also feature new exclusive outfits,traps and enemies.</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Doppelg%C3%A4nger&diff=24857 2009-02-07T01:34:30Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox Enemies <br /> | Name = Atlantean Lara Copy<br /> | Image = Baconlara.jpg|300px<br /> | Occurrence = * [[Tomb Raider]] <br /> ** [[Atlantis]]<br /> * [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> ** [[Lost Island - The Great Pyramid]]<br /> * [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> ** [[Croft Manor]]<br /> ** Andaman Sea<br /> ** [[Arctic]]<br /> | Type = immortal enemy<br /> | Classification = [[Mutants]], [[Atlantean]]<br /> | Distinctiveness = This ''enemy'' cannot be killed by conventional means. It must be tricked to fall down a shaft hidden below a trapdoor.<br /> | Weapons = The creatures copies all of Lara's moves, so she is safe unless she attacks it.<br /> | Weakness = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Atlantean Lara Copy''' (also known as '''Doppelganger'''; and by fans often called '''Bacon Lara''' due to its looks) is an Atlantean copy of [[Lara Croft]] and can be seen as an ''immortal'' [[Enemy]].<br /> <br /> This copy is encountered in the [[Atlantis]] / [[Lost Island]] part of [[Tomb Raider]] / [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]. It has the red skinned, hairless appearance of all Atlantean &quot;mutants&quot;, but is noticeably female. It mimics Lara's movements exactly, like a mirror image. It is unaggressive, and cannot be killed by conventional means, as any damage done (caused by Lara shooting at it), is inflicted on Lara as well. So if the Doppelganger is killed this way, Lara dies too. Lara manages to outsmart the Atlantean by tricking it into a pit of lava covered by a trapdoor.<br /> <br /> In Tomb Raider, it seems to shoot bullets - although it has no guns, the same animations are used for it as for Lara. However in Tomb Raider Anniversary, it shoots fireballs (which still inflict damage equal to that caused by Lara's bullets).<br /> <br /> There are differences between Lara and the Atlantean copy; one is that Doppelganger/Bacon Lara does not have the equipment Lara does, like guns or backpack. More obviously it does not have hair, skin, clothing or shoes. <br /> TOMB RAIDER ANNIVERSARY BIOGRAPHY: &quot;A hideous creature with no skin, the doppelganger mysteriously shares the exact physical characteristics of Lara Croft. Possessing only the most basic primal instincts, the creature mimics the actions of its adversaries. Lacking conscience, reason, and any kind of soul, the doppelganger is at once both very dangerous and also quite vulnerable.&quot;<br /> &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==In Underworld==<br /> [[Image:11l7z1v.jpg|thumb|right|113px| Seen in the TR:U Teaser trailer]]<br /> <br /> In [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], Natla sends the doppelgänger to Lara's mansion under Amanda's orders to retrieve her [[Wraith Stone]]. By blowing up the vault, she sends Croft Manor into flames before shooting Zip in the leg. Waiting for Lara to get down to the main hall, she approaches her as she investigates the Tech Room. Copying Lara's moves, she turns and shoots Alister in the chest when he comes out of a room. Disarming and disabling Lara, she takes off and heads back to Amanda to give her the stone. Later, in the Andaman Sea, Lara is about to free Natla when Amanda stops her. The doppelgänger throws Amanda into the depths of the ship so Lara can free Natla, therefore allowing her to open the way to Helheim. In Helheim, the doppelgänger stops Lara from killing Natla. Ready to kill Lara, Amanda appears and uses the power of the Wraith Stone to throw the doppelgänger into the void of Jormungandr's poison, Eitr.<br /> <br /> Outfit:<br /> * Black fingerless gloves.<br /> * Turtle neck, pleather waistcoat with a swimsuit-like attachment at the bottom.<br /> * Low-rise, black pants, with zippers and rings.<br /> * Tall black boots.<br /> <br /> ==Lara's Shadow==<br /> In the exclusive X-box 360 DLC Lara's Shadow,it has been revealed the playable character will be the doppelganger(however not necessarely the same one found in underworld).It has been revealed that the doppelganger will have unique powers and abilities such as super speed and strenght.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Fan speculation==<br /> &lt;center&gt;{{Template:Fan Opinion}}&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> One possible explanation for the Doppleganger's existence is that it was a trap specifically designed by the Atlanteans and/or [[Natla]] to trick Lara into killing herself, or at least make it impossible for her to pass due to the placement of various switches and pressure pads around the room that the copy would operate by mirroring Lara's actions. However, given that Natla probably assumes that Lara has been killed after diving from the cliff outside the [[Sanctuary of the Scion]] and that the Atlanteans have never seen Lara before, it seems unlikely that the mutant would be hatched on the off chance that Lara would show up. Although the mutant mimics Lara's movements - maybe it has just hatched and is learning or &quot;programming&quot; itself by copying the first thing that it sees - it doesn't resemble Lara particularly in [[TR1]], and its encounter with Lara may just be an unfortunate accident.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Atlanteanlara.jpg|In [[Anniversary]]<br /> Image:Atlanteanlara2.jpg <br /> Image:Doppelganger arcticcircle.jpg|In [[Underworld]]<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> [[de:Atlantische Lara-Kopie]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Doppelg%C3%A4nger&diff=24856 2009-02-07T01:33:17Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{Infobox Enemies <br /> | Name = Atlantean Lara Copy<br /> | Image = Baconlara.jpg|300px<br /> | Occurrence = * [[Tomb Raider]] <br /> ** [[Atlantis]]<br /> * [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> ** [[Lost Island - The Great Pyramid]]<br /> * [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> ** [[Croft Manor]]<br /> ** Andaman Sea<br /> ** [[Arctic]]<br /> | Type = immortal enemy<br /> | Classification = [[Mutants]], [[Atlantean]]<br /> | Distinctiveness = This ''enemy'' cannot be killed by conventional means. It must be tricked to fall down a shaft hidden below a trapdoor.<br /> | Weapons = The creatures copies all of Lara's moves, so she is safe unless she attacks it.<br /> | Weakness = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> <br /> '''Atlantean Lara Copy''' (also known as '''Doppelganger'''; and by fans often called '''Bacon Lara''' due to its looks) is an Atlantean copy of [[Lara Croft]] and can be seen as an ''immortal'' [[Enemy]].<br /> <br /> This copy is encountered in the [[Atlantis]] / [[Lost Island]] part of [[Tomb Raider]] / [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]. It has the red skinned, hairless appearance of all Atlantean &quot;mutants&quot;, but is noticeably female. It mimics Lara's movements exactly, like a mirror image. It is unaggressive, and cannot be killed by conventional means, as any damage done (caused by Lara shooting at it), is inflicted on Lara as well. So if the Doppelganger is killed this way, Lara dies too. Lara manages to outsmart the Atlantean by tricking it into a pit of lava covered by a trapdoor.<br /> <br /> In Tomb Raider, it seems to shoot bullets - although it has no guns, the same animations are used for it as for Lara. However in Tomb Raider Anniversary, it shoots fireballs (which still inflict damage equal to that caused by Lara's bullets).<br /> <br /> There are differences between Lara and the Atlantean copy; one is that Doppelganger/Bacon Lara does not have the equipment Lara does, like guns or backpack. More obviously it does not have hair, skin, clothing or shoes. <br /> TOMB RAIDER ANNIVERSARY BIOGRAPHY: &quot;A hideous creature with no skin, the doppelganger mysteriously shares the exact physical characteristics of Lara Croft. Possessing only the most basic primal instincts, the creature mimics the actions of its adversaries. Lacking conscience, reason, and any kind of soul, the doppelganger is at once both very dangerous and also quite vulnerable.&quot;<br /> &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> <br /> ==In Underworld==<br /> [[Image:11l7z1v.jpg|thumb|right|113px| Seen in the TR:U Teaser trailer]]<br /> <br /> In [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], Natla sends the doppelgänger to Lara's mansion under Amanda's orders to retrieve her [[Wraith Stone]]. By blowing up the vault, she sends Croft Manor into flames before shooting Zip in the leg. Waiting for Lara to get down to the main hall, she approaches her as she investigates the Tech Room. Copying Lara's moves, she turns and shoots Alister in the chest when he comes out of a room. Disarming and disabling Lara, she takes off and heads back to Amanda to give her the stone. Later, in the Andaman Sea, Lara is about to free Natla when Amanda stops her. The doppelgänger throws Amanda into the depths of the ship so Lara can free Natla, therefore allowing her to open the way to Helheim. In Helheim, the doppelgänger stops Lara from killing Natla. Ready to kill Lara, Amanda appears and uses the power of the Wraith Stone to throw the doppelgänger into the void of Jormungandr's poison, Eitr.<br /> <br /> ==Lara's Shadow==<br /> In the exclusive X-box 360 DLC Lara's Shadow,it has been revealed the playable character will be the doppelganger(however not necessarely the same one found in underworld).It has been revealed that the doppelganger will have unique powers and abilities such as super speed and strenght.<br /> <br /> Outfit:<br /> * Black fingerless gloves.<br /> * Turtle neck, pleather waistcoat with a swimsuit-like attachment at the bottom.<br /> * Low-rise, black pants, with zippers and rings.<br /> * Tall black boots.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Fan speculation==<br /> &lt;center&gt;{{Template:Fan Opinion}}&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br&gt;<br /> One possible explanation for the Doppleganger's existence is that it was a trap specifically designed by the Atlanteans and/or [[Natla]] to trick Lara into killing herself, or at least make it impossible for her to pass due to the placement of various switches and pressure pads around the room that the copy would operate by mirroring Lara's actions. However, given that Natla probably assumes that Lara has been killed after diving from the cliff outside the [[Sanctuary of the Scion]] and that the Atlanteans have never seen Lara before, it seems unlikely that the mutant would be hatched on the off chance that Lara would show up. Although the mutant mimics Lara's movements - maybe it has just hatched and is learning or &quot;programming&quot; itself by copying the first thing that it sees - it doesn't resemble Lara particularly in [[TR1]], and its encounter with Lara may just be an unfortunate accident.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Atlanteanlara.jpg|In [[Anniversary]]<br /> Image:Atlanteanlara2.jpg <br /> Image:Doppelganger arcticcircle.jpg|In [[Underworld]]<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> [[de:Atlantische Lara-Kopie]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Talk:Gods&diff=24855 2009-02-07T01:29:21Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>why weren't natla,qualopec and tihocan(from my original article) allowed to be on this one if they have already been proven to be gods?<br /> <br /> I made some modifications<br /> cause I don't think Natla,Tihocan or qualopec should be removed from this article,as they are indeed gods<br /> so I hope you like</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=24854 2009-02-07T01:27:11Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{edit}}<br /> {{more}}<br /> <br /> The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Natla]] (ficticional game mythology) - Tomb Raider/Anniversary/Underworld - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Tihocan]] (ficticional game mythology) - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Qualopec]] (ficticional game mythology) - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Seth]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] (real mythology) - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigod]]s</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Talk:Gods&diff=24853 2009-02-07T01:23:53Z

<p>Darth Max: New page: why weren't natla,qualopec and tihocan(from my original article) allowed to be on this one if they have already been proven to be gods?</p> <hr /> <div>why weren't natla,qualopec and tihocan(from my original article) allowed to be on this one if they have already been proven to be gods?</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=24778 2009-02-05T21:37:44Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Jacqueline Natla]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary/Underworld - Status:Unknown(presumed dead)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Seth]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Tihocan]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Qualopec]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigod]]s</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=24777 2009-02-05T21:36:55Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Jacqueline Natla]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary/Underworld - Status:Unknown(presumed dead)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Seth]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Tihocan]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Qualopec]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[demigods]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=24776 2009-02-05T21:36:35Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Jacqueline Natla]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary/Underworld - Status:Unknown(presumed dead)<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Seth]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Tihocan]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Qualopec]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigods]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=24775 2009-02-05T21:36:13Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Jacqueline Natla]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary/Underworld - Status:Unknown(presumed dead)<br /> [[Seth]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Horus]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Tihocan]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Qualopec]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Thor]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Odin]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigods]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Gods&diff=24774 2009-02-05T21:35:41Z

<p>Darth Max: New page: The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games. Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means...</p> <hr /> <div>The gods are the main villains of some Tomb Raider Games.<br /> Gods are beings of extreme power,wich varies from god to god.They all share one distinctiveness,they are all immortal by any means in Lara's arsenal.Some of them share also some other characteristics such as wings and the power to cast fire.<br /> <br /> The following list shows the gods that appear,or at least are mentioned troughout the Tomb Raider series.<br /> <br /> [[Jacqueline Natla]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary/Underworld - Status:Unknown(presumed dead)<br /> [[Seth]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Imprisoned<br /> [[Horus]] - Tomb Raider The last revelation - Status:Unknown<br /> [[Tihocan]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> [[Qualopec]] - Tomb Raider/Anniversary - Status:Presumed dead<br /> [[Thor]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> [[Odin]] - Tomb Raider Underworld(Mentioned only) - Status:Unknown<br /> <br /> Some other characters that appear are [[Demigods]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Thor%27s_Belt&diff=24107 2009-01-11T22:35:12Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>The '''Thor's Belt''' (also called '''Megingjord''') is another artifact sought after by Lara in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> In Mythology,the belt doubles Thor's already mighty strenght,in the game it actually powers the two gauntlets.<br /> <br /> Following her father's map,Lara travels to southern Mexico to find the Belt,there she discovers a secret passage to the Mayan underworld,Xibalba where the belt is carefully hidden and protected by the dead. <br /> <br /> Like the other gauntlets,most of the artifact fall apart,leaving only the original piece intact,wich Lara places on her own,imediatly powering the gauntlets. <br /> <br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> [[Category:Artefacts]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Thor%27s_Gauntlets&diff=24106 2009-01-11T22:29:41Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{spoiler}}<br /> '''Thor's Gauntlets''' are one of the artifacts collected by Lara in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]. She comes across the first one in the [[Mediterranean]] level, after fighting the [[Kraken]]. <br /> <br /> Legend has it that [[Thor]] needed the gauntlet, along with a [[Thor's Belt|mythical belt]] to wield his hammer [[Mjolnir]].&lt;ref&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor#Mjolnir&lt;/ref&gt; When she first finds the gauntlet, Lara notices that it looks a bit like an ordinary glove. However after she touches it, the glove falls apart, leaving only a small piece intact.&lt;ref&gt;Tomb Raider Underworld Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ5ncY8oHdI&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The first gauntlet is found by Lara in Niflheim,where it is stolen by a mercenary but shortly after recovered,the second gauntlet was originally in Thailand,but was recovered by Richard Croft and taken safely to a secret room in the Croft manor.<br /> <br /> When activated,the glove adquires the exact shape of the person's hand,making it impossible for anyone else to use it.Natla claims that even killing the person who activate it won't unbind the artifact. <br /> <br /> However in the game,the gauntlets seem to work more as insulated gloves to the hammer's powers,rather than sustainig its weight,as Lara can easly host it in her backpack,proving it is not so heavy.<br /> <br /> Lara uses them several times in the game to move heavy objects,some of the entrances and exits of temples Lara visits can only be moved with the gauntlets.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Thorgauntlet1.jpg|200px|thumb|left|in ancient glove form]]<br /> [[Image:Thor gauntlet4.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Thor's Gauntlet]]<br /> [[Image:Thor gauntlet5.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Gauntlet activated]]<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Artefacts]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> [[de: Thors Handschuh]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Thor%27s_Gauntlets&diff=24105 2009-01-11T22:25:42Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{spoiler}}<br /> '''Thor's Gauntlets''' are one of the artifacts collected by Lara in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]. She comes across the first one in the [[Mediterranean]] level, after fighting the [[Kraken]]. <br /> <br /> Legend has it that [[Thor]] needed the gauntlet, along with a [[Thor's Belt|mythical belt]] to wield his hammer [[Mjölnir]].&lt;ref&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor#Mjolnir&lt;/ref&gt; When she first finds the gauntlet, Lara notices that it looks a bit like an ordinary glove. However after she touches it, the glove falls apart, leaving only a small piece intact.&lt;ref&gt;Tomb Raider Underworld Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ5ncY8oHdI&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> When activated,the glove adquires the exact shape of the person's hand,making it impossible for anyone else to use it.Natla claims that even killing the person who activate it won't unbind the artifact. <br /> <br /> However in the game,the gauntlets seem to work more as insulated gloves to the hammer's powers,rather than sustainig its weight,as Lara can easly host it in her backpack,proving it is not so heavy.<br /> <br /> Lara uses them several times in the game to move heavy objects,some of the entrances and exits of temples Lara visits can only be moved with the gauntlets.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Thorgauntlet1.jpg|200px|thumb|left|in ancient glove form]]<br /> [[Image:Thor gauntlet4.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Thor's Gauntlet]]<br /> [[Image:Thor gauntlet5.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Gauntlet activated]]<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Artefacts]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> [[de: Thors Handschuh]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Thor%27s_Gauntlets&diff=24104 2009-01-11T22:23:51Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>{{spoiler}}<br /> '''Thor's Gauntlets''' are one of the artifacts collected by Lara in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]. She comes across the first one in the [[Mediterranean]] level, after fighting the [[Kraken]]. <br /> <br /> Legend has it that [[Thor]] needed the gauntlet, along with a [[Thor's Belt|mythical belt]] to wield his hammer [[Mjölnir]].&lt;ref&gt;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor#Mjolnir&lt;/ref&gt; When she first finds the gauntlet, Lara notices that it looks a bit like an ordinary glove. However after she touches it, the glove falls apart, leaving only a small piece intact.&lt;ref&gt;Tomb Raider Underworld Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ5ncY8oHdI&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> When she place it in her hands, four retractable pieces connect around her hand and activate the glove. After finding it, Lara is knocked down by a mercenary who then steals the artifact. Lara follows him to a cargo ship resting on the Mediterranean, where she runs into two of her previous nemesis. Lara gets the gauntlet back and heads to Thailand and learns that there's another gauntlet, and her father hid it under her manor in England. <br /> <br /> However in the game,the gauntlets seem to work more as insulated gloves to the hammer's powers,rather than sustainig its weight,as Lara can easly host it in her backpack,proving it is not so heavy.<br /> <br /> Lara uses them several times in the game to move heavy objects,some of the entrances and exits of temples Lara visits can only be moved with the gauntlets.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Thorgauntlet1.jpg|200px|thumb|left|in ancient glove form]]<br /> [[Image:Thor gauntlet4.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Thor's Gauntlet]]<br /> [[Image:Thor gauntlet5.jpg|200px|thumb|left|The Gauntlet activated]]<br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Artefacts]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> [[de: Thors Handschuh]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Thor%27s_Hammer&diff=24103 2009-01-11T22:18:53Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:thorshammer.jpg|thumb|219px|right|&quot;Mjolnir - Slayer of giants and the Midgard Serpent&quot;]]<br /> '''Thor's Hammer''', called '''Mjolnir''' (also '''Mjölnir''' or '''Mjöllnir''') is a powerful weapon belonging to the Norse god [[Thor]]. Legend holds that he who wields the hammer has the power to smash mountains into valleys and the strength to destroy even the gods. For more than a thousand years it has existed only as a myth, until Lara sets out to find it.<br /> <br /> To wield it, Thor needed a special pair of [[Thor's Gauntlet|iron gauntlets]] that made him strong enough for its weight and a belt that doubled his godlike strenght.Lara finds the first gauntlet in the Mediterranean,the second one was located on Thailand,but was taken by Richard Croft to England,The belt was in southern mexico and the hammer in Jan Mayen Island.<br /> <br /> Lara's main objective with the hammer is to use it as a key to Helheim,later in the game she goes force Natla to tell her where Helheim is and then finish her off with the hammer,however it had to wait as only the gods such as herself knew the rituals to open helheim.<br /> <br /> In the end,Lara throws the hammer onto Natla,causing her and the hammer to fall off from the ledge into the blue Eitr river.<br /> [[Image:tat.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Tactical information about the Mjolnir from the official game guide]]<br /> <br /> A giant representation of Thor's Hammer is seen in the original [[Tomb Raider]], in [[St. Francis Folly]], in a room dedicated to Thor. (In the remake, [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]] this room is dedicated to the Greek god [[Hephaestus]].) The hammer can and, in order to complete the level, must be brought down by Lara. She needs to stand on a square below till it creaks and comes falling down. Upon hitting the square Lara stood on, it will make two movable stone blocks appear.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> &lt;references/&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Underworld]]<br /> [[Category:Artefacts]]<br /> [[de:Thors Hammer]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=J%C3%B6rmungandr&diff=24102 2009-01-11T22:15:10Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:JormungandrMechanism.jpg|thumb|300px]]<br /> <br /> The '''Jörmungandr Mechanism''', which appears at the end of [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], is a device associated with the Midgard Serpent and whose activation can bring about Ragnarok, the Norse end of the world. Its builders and purpose are unclear. Fan speculation has attributed the creation of the Mechanism to either: (a) [[Atlantis|Atlanteans]], (b) a pre-Atlantean race, or (c) [[Thor]], and the generally accepted role for the Mechanism is that it is some sort of deterrent Doomsday device.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent==<br /> <br /> In Norse mythology Jörmungandr ['jœrmuŋgandr], alternately referred to as the Midgard Serpent (Midgardsormr) or World Serpent, is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and the god Loki[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr]. According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki's three children, Fenrisúlfr, Hel and Jörmungandr. He tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so big that he was able to surround the Earth and grasp his own tail. Jörmungandr's arch enemy is the god [[Thor]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:History and Mythology]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=J%C3%B6rmungandr&diff=24101 2009-01-11T22:14:52Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:JormungandrMechanism.jpg|thumb|300px]The Midgard Serpent is destroyed]<br /> <br /> The '''Jörmungandr Mechanism''', which appears at the end of [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], is a device associated with the Midgard Serpent and whose activation can bring about Ragnarok, the Norse end of the world. Its builders and purpose are unclear. Fan speculation has attributed the creation of the Mechanism to either: (a) [[Atlantis|Atlanteans]], (b) a pre-Atlantean race, or (c) [[Thor]], and the generally accepted role for the Mechanism is that it is some sort of deterrent Doomsday device.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent==<br /> <br /> In Norse mythology Jörmungandr ['jœrmuŋgandr], alternately referred to as the Midgard Serpent (Midgardsormr) or World Serpent, is a sea serpent, the middle child of the giantess Angrboða and the god Loki[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B6rmungandr]. According to the Prose Edda, Odin took Loki's three children, Fenrisúlfr, Hel and Jörmungandr. He tossed Jörmungandr into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so big that he was able to surround the Earth and grasp his own tail. Jörmungandr's arch enemy is the god [[Thor]].<br /> <br /> [[Category:History and Mythology]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=23863 2008-12-23T21:40:34Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> ==Powers and Abilities==<br /> <br /> In Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld,Natla is capable of creating and manipulating fire(she uses this ability as her main weapon),teleporting,casting spells,flying(due to her wings),superhuman strenght and also seems capable of shape shifting(Human to atlantean),however this hasn't been shown in explicity so far,imortality and she also seems to have telekinetic abilities as she is able to stabilize the midgard serpent without much effort or the use of her hands.She is one of the few beings(or even the only one alive)that knows how to perform the rituals to open the first seals of Helheim.Natla's only weaknesses seem to be Mjolnir,however this was untested as Lara only hit Natla directly at the end of the game,and it was not shown if she survived or not.<br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. These have led to speculations if there might be connections between Natla and the storyline of Legend; something hopefully revealed in Tomb Raider Underworld. <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{edit}}<br /> <br /> [[Image:cu.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla explains to Lara what happend to Amelia]]<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]. Through manipulation of Lara and [[Amanda]], Natla opens the gates of Helheim. In Helheim, after Lara finds that [[Amelia Croft|her mother]] has been turned into a [[Thralls|Thrall]], Natla claims that she killed [[Richard Croft]] because he betrayed her in [[Thailand]]. She leaves Lara's [[doppelganger|Doppleganger]] to kill Lara, who is saved by Amanda. Lara proceeds to the next set of chambers, where she finds the [[Jőrmungandr Mechanism]], a huge device that Natla plans use to create catastrophic volcanic explosions on the planet's surface. Natla attempts to kill Lara as the latter attempts to disable the Mechanism. Natla lands and attempts to stabilize the device but is prevented by Lara, who throws the [[Mjolnir]] causing Natla to fall, presumably into the [[Eitr]] pool.<br /> <br /> <br /> Natla's final fate remains unknown at the end of the game. There is a good deal of fan speculation that there is a connection between [[Atlantis]], the Norse civilization and the [[Helheim|Norse Underworld]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]])<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;'' <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:cu.jpg|Close Up (TRU)<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Natla&diff=23862 2008-12-23T21:37:35Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>[[Image:Tr1screen912387.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Jacqueline Natla, as seen in [[Tomb Raider|Tomb Raider 1]] and [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]]]'''Jacqueline Natla''' is a character from the original [[Tomb Raider]] (and its remake [[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), making her return in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Jacqueline Natla's background==<br /> <br /> Natla was one of the three legendary [[Atlantean Rulers|Rulers of Atlantis]], along with [[Tihocan]] and [[Qualopec]]. Together they created the [[Scion]], a device of immeasurable power. This device was split into three parts, one for each of the rulers, representing the democracy that Atlantis lived by.<br /> <br /> Natla abused this power, however, using the Scion to experiment in genetic engineering and create a new, improved race of Atlanteans. When they learned of this, Tihocan and Qualopec sentenced Natla to eternal imprisonment, freezing her and then burying her in present day New Mexico.<br /> <br /> During World War II, the U.S. began testing nuclear weapons in Los Alamos, New Mexico. One of these tests happened to detonate very near to Natla's prison, freeing her from her eternal punishment.<br /> <br /> Natla adopted the guise of Jacqueline Natla and founded Natla Technologies, a very successful company which gave her considerable financial backing. With the rest of her people long dead, there was no one to stand in the way of her experiments, and she began to research the whereabouts of the Scion.<br /> <br /> ==Powers and Abilities==<br /> <br /> In Tomb Raider Anniversary and Tomb Raider Underworld,Natla is capable of creating and manipulating fire(she uses this ability as her main weapon),teleporting,casting spells,flying(due to her wings),superhuman strenght and also seems capable of shape shifting(Human to atlantean),however this hasn't been shown in explicity so far,imortality and she also seems to have telekinetic abilities as she is able to stabilize the midgard serpent without much effort or the use of her hands.She is one of the few beings(or even the only one alive)that knows how to perform the rituals to open the first seals of Helheim.Natla's only weaknesses seem to be Mjolnir,however this was untested as Lara only hit Natla directly at the end of the game,and it was not shown if she survived or not.<br /> <br /> In the original game ([[Tomb Raider|TR1]], Continuity 1) it is suggested that her wings are a mutant that she wears on her shoulders, and that her ability to shoot fireballs is due to a mutant attached or grafted to her forearm. There is no hint in [[Tomb Raider|TR1]] that she has the ability to shapeshift or teleport, or that she has superstrength or is immortal. It is arguable that the conversion of Natla from human to superhuman in the style of a DC or Marvel Comics or Disney villianness, demonstrates the move from a British ([[Core Design]]) to an American ([[Crystal Dynamics]]) aesthetic.<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider &amp; Tomb Raider Anniversary==<br /> <br /> In the Tomb Raider / Anniversary storyline she hired [[Lara Croft]] to travel to [[Peru]] to uncover Qualopec's third of an artefact called the [[Scion]], but underestimated both Lara's ability and her moral solidarity. When [[Larson Conway|Larson]], one of Natla's employees, revealed to Lara that there was more going on than she originally thought, Lara took up the trail of the Scion, unwilling to blindly hand over such a powerful artefact. <br /> <br /> Lara travelled from Peru to [[Greece]], and then to an ancient city in Egypt collecting the three pieces of the Scion before Natla could. However, Natla caught up with Lara on a cliff side in Egypt and stole the completed Scion from her. Natla travelled to the great pyramid, an ancient Atlantean construction, to finally complete her experimentation.<br /> <br /> Lara infiltrates the great pyramid and finds the control room at the top of an enormous chasm. With Natla's experiments almost complete, Lara shoots the Scion to prevent the ability to create Natla's hideous monsters. Natla jumps on Lara, in an attempt to prevent her from shooting the Scion, but apparently falling to her death far below.<br /> [[Image:atnatla.jpg|thumb|219px|right|Natla's Atlantean form]]<br /> <br /> However, Natla is not defeated, she reappears in a final showdown with Lara, this time revealing her true Atlantean heritage. She sports red wings and blasts fire balls at Lara. When she is sufficiently injured she plays dead, lulling Lara into a false sense of security, but will then keep fighting until she is finally ''killed''.<br /> <br /> ===Unlockable biography===<br /> <br /> Collect 41 artifacts in [[Anniversary]] and the following biography is unlocked:<br /> * ''Jacqueline Natla is the owner and CEO of Natla Technologies, one of the world's largest electronics companies. She is the holder of several key computer hardware patents, and her research and development is one of the industry's most secretive and prolific innovators. Little is known about Miss Natla's private life other than she never gives interviews and rarely makes public appearances. Colleagues and business rivals alike say she is intimidatingly intelligent and a demanding perfectionist.''<br /> <br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Legend==<br /> <br /> [[Image:Natlaindustriescrates.jpg|right|thumb|150px|right|Natla Industries crates]]<br /> During the final level of [[Tomb Raider Legend]], [[Bolivia - The Looking Glass]] crates can be seen with the [[Natla Technologies|Natla Industries]] logo. These have led to speculations if there might be connections between Natla and the storyline of Legend; something hopefully revealed in Tomb Raider Underworld. <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Tomb Raider Underworld==<br /> <br /> {{edit}}<br /> <br /> Jacqueline Natla returns in [[Tomb Raider Underworld]]. Through manipulation of Lara and [[Amanda]], Natla opens the gates of Helheim. In Helheim, after Lara finds that [[Amelia Croft|her mother]] has been turned into a [[Thralls|Thrall]], Natla claims that she killed [[Richard Croft]] because he betrayed her in [[Thailand]]. She leaves Lara's [[doppelganger|Doppleganger]] to kill Lara, who is saved by Amanda. Lara proceeds to the next set of chambers, where she finds the [[Jőrmungandr Mechanism]], a huge device that Natla plans use to create catastrophic volcanic explosions on the planet's surface. Natla attempts to kill Lara as the latter attempts to disable the Mechanism. Natla lands and attempts to stabilize the device but is prevented by Lara, who throws the [[Mjolnir]] causing Natla to fall, presumably into the [[Eitr]] pool.<br /> <br /> Natla's final fate remains unknown at the end of the game. There is a good deal of fan speculation that there is a connection between [[Atlantis]], the Norse civilization and the [[Helheim|Norse Underworld]].<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Voices==<br /> <br /> * Grey DeLisle[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_DeLisle] ([[Tomb Raider Anniversary]]), ([[Tomb Raider Underworld]])<br /> <br /> <br /> ==Miscellaneous facts==<br /> <br /> * A &quot;scorched Natla&quot; outfit is unlockable in [[Anniversary]].<br /> * Natla has featured in a number of Tomb Raider [[fan fiction]] stories, including &quot;GM&quot; and &quot;The Dead&quot; by [[User:Ostercy|Ostercy]] and &quot;An Eye For An Eye&quot; by Dr. Amazing, the latter being the winning entry in a Natla story writing competition, The Second Village of Tokakeriby TR Story Competition, 2002 [http://www.geocities.com/ostercy/secondsub.html]<br /> * The Aramaic word &quot;natla&quot; (נטלא) means &quot;the vessel used for washing hands&quot;. Another possible etymology of &quot;natla&quot; says it derives from &quot;נטל &quot; and should be viewed literally as &quot;that which is lifted&quot; or &quot;that which is taken&quot;. (S. Fränkel, &quot;Aramäische Fremdwörter im Arabischen,&quot; p. 65, and On Semitic Words in Greek and Latin W. Muss-Arnolt Transactions of the American Philological Association Vol. 23, (1892), pp. 35-156)<br /> * There are some similarities between Natla and Ayesha, immortal anti-heroine of Rider Haggard's novel ''She'' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_(novel)]. To quote [http://www.wikipedia.com Wikipedia]; ''In the original novel, Ayesha is to a great extent selfish and amoral, caring very little for the feelings or even the lives of others so long as she gets what she wants. However, it is evident that, in the course of writing the novel, Haggard moved away from a purer conception of feminine evil. Indeed, one sees the process of transition fossilized in this sentence from the chapter entitled “Ayesha Unveils” - &quot;I have heard of the beauty of celestial beings, now I saw it; only this beauty, with all its awful loveliness and purity, was evil — at least, at the time, it struck me as evil.&quot;'' <br /> <br /> <br /> ==Gallery==<br /> <br /> &lt;gallery&gt;<br /> Image:Natlatr1.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TR1)<br /> Image:Natlatra.jpg|Jacqueline Natla (TRA)<br /> Image:ConceptNatla2.jpg|TRA Natla concept art, by Paul Sullivan [http://www.pencilprimate.com/gallery.html]<br /> Image:Natla_tube.jpg|Jacqueline Natla talking to Lara in the holding area of the [[Natla's Ship|cargo ship]] in the [[Mediterranean]] level (TRU).<br /> Image:800x600 prop.jpg|Jacqueline Natla reborn (TRU)<br /> Image:cu.jpg|Close Up (TRU)<br /> &lt;/gallery&gt;<br /> <br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> <br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> {{Tomb Raider Enemies}}<br /> <br /> &lt;br clear=&quot;all&quot; /&gt;<br /> [[Category:Enemies]]<br /> [[Category:Characters]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Anniversary]]<br /> <br /> [[de:Jacqueline Natla]]</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Helheim&diff=23768 2008-12-17T22:35:49Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>Helheim, the Norse Underworld, is actually Xibalba and Avalon. Natla tells this to Lara in the Mediterranean level of [[Tomb Raider Underworld]], and that no one can enter without [[Thor's Hammer]].<br /> <br /> Helheim is where Lara's mother actually is. In one of the gameplay trailers, Lara tells Zip what she heard from Natla; &quot;Helheim, Zip. Various myths use different names, but they all apply to the same remnants of the ancient world&quot;.<br /> <br /> The final level of Tomb Raider Underworld takes place there,where it houses the Midgard serpent.</div>

Darth Max https://www.wikiraider.com/index.php?title=Xibalba&diff=23767 2008-12-17T22:34:15Z

<p>Darth Max: </p> <hr /> <div>'''Xibalba''',roughtly translated as &quot;The place of fear&quot;,is the mayan land of the dead.<br /> <br /> The Mayan calendar only had 360 days and they belived that each year when the five unnamed days arrived,gates to the underworld would open.<br /> <br /> In the game,this is show to be true,as Lara needs to solve two puzzles involving the mayan calendar to open the entrance to Xibalba.<br /> <br /> There she finds several trap rooms and Thralls,she also have first contact with the eitr fluid.<br /> <br /> In the depths of Xibalba lays a symbolic sanctuary representing the battle of Thor and Jormungandr,Lara has to solve this puzzle to get Thor's belt. <br /> ==Enemies==<br /> <br /> * [[Human-Sized Spider]]<br /> * [[Thralls]]<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Category:Locations]]<br /> [[Category:Tomb Raider Underworld]]</div>

Darth Max