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''Recently I have come across an old file of my father's that describes an artifact of great power. This artifact not only has the ability to create thralls, but etched into it is a word, that if spoken, gives you the power to control those horrible things. To find this artifact, I must return to my father's secret study lying under the remains of my family's estate.'' | ''Recently I have come across an old file of my father's that describes an artifact of great power. This artifact not only has the ability to create thralls, but etched into it is a word, that if spoken, gives you the power to control those horrible things. To find this artifact, I must return to my father's secret study lying under the remains of my family's estate.'' | ||
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| + | {{spoiler}}The story begins with Lara Croft back in her father's secret study in her burned down manor. She found a document that reveals an artifact that has a word engraved that controls the thralls set about. If spoken, the speaker will control the thralls and they will do whatever the speaker asks. Lara reads over the document again as Zip begins speaking. | ||
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| + | "Hey Lara, why don't you call it a night? Whatever you're looking for will still be there tomorrow." | ||
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| + | "I somehow doubt it," Lara sighed. "My father not only claimed this artifact creates thralls, but he used a word carved into it to control the damned things. It's hardly something he'd misplace...yet it's nowhere to be found." | ||
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| + | "Maybe he left it in Thailand," Zip theorized. What's the magic word?" | ||
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| + | Lara focused on the photograph of the artifact, trying to read the words engraved. "I can't make it out." She tossed the document on the desk with a sigh and paced the room. "Wherever did you put it?" She stopped however when she heard a noise and looked to her left to see a thrall emerging from the depths below the floor. Her eyes widened as she pulled out a handgun and shot it several times before it fell back from whence it came. | ||
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| + | "What the hell was that?!" Zip asked. | ||
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| + | "A rather big clue," Lara replied, walking over to where the thrall emerged. She peered over and saw ground below her, a big of a drop. Climbing down, she slid down a slope and landed on the floor. She looked around and saw that she was in a tomb of ancients beneath the ahses of her manor. | ||
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| + | After going through the underground puzzles and traps, Lara reaches the home of the artifact. It's the shape of a rectangular stone, glowing with the same luminous blue of Jormungandr's poison, Eitr. "Are you getting this, Zip?" she asked. | ||
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| + | "I've heard of turning water into wine, but slime is a new one," he remarked. | ||
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| + | Approaching the pedestal of which the artifact sat, she traced her fingers across the engravings, saying the word to herself. "Ohk eshivar." | ||
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| + | Suddenly, a thrall appears behind her ready to attack. Lara spins around and speaks the word, the undead creature stopping in its tracks. Lara's eyes dart behind it to see her doppelganger grinning maliciously. She finally caught up to her after Zip warned her of her not being dead during her adventure. The doppelganger sprints toward Lara with deadly intent. "Kill!" Lara orders the thrall. It turns around and attempts to attack the deadly facsimile of his master, but she runs right through him, scattering his bones about the room. | ||
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| + | Lara pulls out her guns and yells the word, the doppelganger instantly stopping in her tracks. Lara holstered her guns and circled her clone, the doppelganger's eyes following Lara. "You have to do whatever I ask now, correct?" The doppelganger nods once. The camera pans down the hallway of the artifact's home as we barely hear Lara's voice speak to the doppelganger. The camera turns back to the two of them as Lara picks up the artifact. "Make sure Natla suffers," she orders. The doppelganger smiles mischievously before turning and running out of the room. | ||
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| + | "You're letting her go? She killed Alister!" Zip said, wondering why Lara didn't kill her. | ||
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| + | Holding the artifact, Lara examined it one last time. "And now she's the instrument of his vengeance." | ||
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| + | The game ends there, leaving us with a million thoughts racing through our heads. It is unknown what Lara told the doppelganger before ordering her to make sure Natla suffers, but we do know the Atlantean is still alive, and somehow Lara knows. It's believed that we'll find out in [[Lara's Shadow]], released early March this year, and it's believed that half the game will involve trying to kill Lara and the other half going after Natla under Lara's orders. | ||
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| + | Time will tell.{{endspoiler}} | ||
==Outfits== | ==Outfits== | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 25 February 2009
Beneath the Ashes is an exclusive chapter of Tomb Raider Underworld for Xbox 360.
The expansion will feature Lara in a quest for a powerful artifact hidden beneath Croft Manor by her father Richard Croft, set after the events of Underworld. The game resumes in her father's secret study where she found Thor's second gauntlet. Speaking with Zip via a communication headset, Lara ponders where her father could have hid it, believing it might be in that very room. However, a thrall climbs from beneath the study, startling Lara. Shooting it, it falls down to where it came, showing Lara that her journey lies deeper that she thinks - the artifact she's looking for is beneath the ashes of Croft Manor.
Beneath the Ashes adds on a few hours of new gameplay, along with six new outfits, new enemies, new puzzles, and new death defying traps. The downloadable content is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Story
Recently I have come across an old file of my father's that describes an artifact of great power. This artifact not only has the ability to create thralls, but etched into it is a word, that if spoken, gives you the power to control those horrible things. To find this artifact, I must return to my father's secret study lying under the remains of my family's estate.
Spoiler Warning:
This article reveals important elements of a work yet unpublished.
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"Hey Lara, why don't you call it a night? Whatever you're looking for will still be there tomorrow."
"I somehow doubt it," Lara sighed. "My father not only claimed this artifact creates thralls, but he used a word carved into it to control the damned things. It's hardly something he'd misplace...yet it's nowhere to be found."
"Maybe he left it in Thailand," Zip theorized. What's the magic word?"
Lara focused on the photograph of the artifact, trying to read the words engraved. "I can't make it out." She tossed the document on the desk with a sigh and paced the room. "Wherever did you put it?" She stopped however when she heard a noise and looked to her left to see a thrall emerging from the depths below the floor. Her eyes widened as she pulled out a handgun and shot it several times before it fell back from whence it came.
"What the hell was that?!" Zip asked.
"A rather big clue," Lara replied, walking over to where the thrall emerged. She peered over and saw ground below her, a big of a drop. Climbing down, she slid down a slope and landed on the floor. She looked around and saw that she was in a tomb of ancients beneath the ahses of her manor.
After going through the underground puzzles and traps, Lara reaches the home of the artifact. It's the shape of a rectangular stone, glowing with the same luminous blue of Jormungandr's poison, Eitr. "Are you getting this, Zip?" she asked.
"I've heard of turning water into wine, but slime is a new one," he remarked.
Approaching the pedestal of which the artifact sat, she traced her fingers across the engravings, saying the word to herself. "Ohk eshivar."
Suddenly, a thrall appears behind her ready to attack. Lara spins around and speaks the word, the undead creature stopping in its tracks. Lara's eyes dart behind it to see her doppelganger grinning maliciously. She finally caught up to her after Zip warned her of her not being dead during her adventure. The doppelganger sprints toward Lara with deadly intent. "Kill!" Lara orders the thrall. It turns around and attempts to attack the deadly facsimile of his master, but she runs right through him, scattering his bones about the room.
Lara pulls out her guns and yells the word, the doppelganger instantly stopping in her tracks. Lara holstered her guns and circled her clone, the doppelganger's eyes following Lara. "You have to do whatever I ask now, correct?" The doppelganger nods once. The camera pans down the hallway of the artifact's home as we barely hear Lara's voice speak to the doppelganger. The camera turns back to the two of them as Lara picks up the artifact. "Make sure Natla suffers," she orders. The doppelganger smiles mischievously before turning and running out of the room.
"You're letting her go? She killed Alister!" Zip said, wondering why Lara didn't kill her.
Holding the artifact, Lara examined it one last time. "And now she's the instrument of his vengeance."
The game ends there, leaving us with a million thoughts racing through our heads. It is unknown what Lara told the doppelganger before ordering her to make sure Natla suffers, but we do know the Atlantean is still alive, and somehow Lara knows. It's believed that we'll find out in Lara's Shadow, released early March this year, and it's believed that half the game will involve trying to kill Lara and the other half going after Natla under Lara's orders.
Time will tell.Template:Endspoiler
Outfits
- Casual
- Jungle Pants
- Classic Outfit (separate download)
- Blue Bikini
- Black and White Bikini
- Camouflage Bikini
- Casual Explorer
- Legend Outfit (separate download)
- Gold Bikini
- Red Drysuit (separate download)
- Grey Jungle Shorts
- Blue Wetsuit (separate download)
Separate Download: Outfits marked with the terms in parenthesis means in order to use those outfits, you must download them separately off of the Xbox Live Marketplace. They're free of charge, the drysuit and wetsuit are together, and the classic outfit and Legend outfit are together.
