Tomb Raider IX (NCU Potential Project)

Tomb Raider IX is a Japanese potential project.
==Summary==
An expedition gone awry leaves a young Lara Croft stranded on an island, full of savage beasts, insane cultists, and the mystery of the Shamanistic Queen, Himiko. In a desperate fight for survival, Lara must uncover the truth in order to get home.
==Characters==
Japanese Voice 	English Voice 	Character 	Description
Yuko Kaida 	Camilla Luddington	Lara Croft 	Fresh out of university, the 21-year-old Lara joined the expedition to find Yamatai to start her career as an archaeologist. After being stranded, Lara is forced to adapt and overcome a series of perilous situations, molding her into a hardened survivor.
Hideyuki Tanaka 	Robin Atkin Downes	Conrad Roth 	The Captain of the Endurance. It was hinted he was a long-time friend of Lara's parents and acted as her new mentor after Werner Von Croy. He was killed by a tomahawk meant for Lara.
Asami Imai 	Chieko Hidaka 	Samantha Nishimura	A Japanese/Portuguese documentary filmmaker & Lara's best friend. She is a descendant of the Sun Queen, Himiko. She is kidnapped by Mathias, a long-time inhabitant of the island driven to insanity, who believes the only way to escape is by transferring Himiko's soul to a new vessel.
Daichi Endo 	Andy Hoff 	Alex Weiss 	The Endurance's ship technician and friend of Lara. It is hinted in his document that he may have a liking towards Lara, an interest that is further evident when he sacrifices himself on the Endurance after triggering an explosion to prevent the Solarii from pursuing Lara.
Yoko Soumi 	Tanya Alexander 	Joslin Reyes 	Mechanic of the Endurance. She is called Reyes by the Endurance crew. She has a 14 year old daughter named Alisha, who is later revealed to be Roth's, the evidence being in one of her documents. She cares deeply for Roth and generally likes Lara but feels she is too "Green" and is worried that her theories could get them hurt, as evidenced by few of her "documents" found on the island.
Yoshihiro Kanemitsu	Earl Baylon 	Jonah Maiava 	The cook of the Endurance. He is good friends with Lara, as seen by his fondness of calling her "Little Bird". Along with Sam, he believes Lara's claim about Himiko's curse on the island, preventing anyone from escaping.
Naoki Tatsuta 	James Walsh 	Angus Grimaldi 	The helmsman of the Endurance. He had worked alongside Roth and Lara's father for many years. He was killed in the Shantytown after aiding Lara in the defeat of a group of Solarii.
Ryuzaburo Otomo 	Robert Craighead 	Mathias 	Absolute leader of the Solarii Brotherhood. Has been stranded on the island for 31 years, leading to a loss of sanity. He desires to resurrect Yamatai's deceased leader, the Sun Queen, as a means of escaping the island. Responsible for the deaths of Conrad Roth and James Whitman. Killed by Lara at the climax.
? 	Arden Cho 	Himiko 	The ruler of Yamatai & the main antagonist. While she does not appear physically until the very end, she is the cause of the storms & the reason the Endurance Crew is stranded on the island. Except for the Endurance Crew, every inhabitant on the island serves Himiko whether it is the Solarii Brotherhood, the Storm Guard or the weather itself & Mathias claims that Himiko speaks through him and that he is her servant.
Satoshi Shimada 	Cooper Thornton 	James Whitman 	A television host of his own show called "Whitman's World", an archaeology show. He would do anything to get fame and fortune. He was once looked up upon by Lara, but her admiration slowly evolves to suspicion and distrust when he willingly surrenders to the Solarii.
? 	Kristof Konrad 	Vladimir 	A Russian member of the Solarii Brotherhood and the leader of the mount village round-up. He attacked Lara during the massacre of the survivors of the shipwrecked Endurance, but Lara fights back and, during an intense struggle, kills him with his own pistol. He was the first human Lara killed.
? 	Vladimir Kulich 	Nikolai 	Another Russian member of the Solarii Brotherhood. He was Vladimir's, Boris's, and Dmitri's brother or cousin. When Lara stops the ritual in the caves, Nikolai and Dmitri beat her up, saying she killed Vladmir. He takes some of her weapons and leads Lara out of the cave towards the caverns with another soldier. She knees him in the groin and takes back her bow, jumping down into the blood pool. Nikolai states that she must be dead, but he sends down Solarii to make sure. Lara next encounters him at the fortress. He attempts to mow her down with a turret, but Lara slides down a zip-line and kicks him in the face. He knocks her off the building and Lara finds a grenade launcher, which she shoots at him, and he is blown up.
? 	? 	Dmitri 	Dmitri is another Russian Solarii. He is one of the brothers or cousins of Nikolai, Vladimir, and Boris. Along with Nikolai, he beats Lara up in the caverns after she tries to stop the ritual and Dmitri takes her weapons. He is next seen at the palace, in the throne room. He is instructed to guard Sam with his life, but Lara shoots him in the back and he dies.
? 	? 	Boris 	Boris is also a Russian member of the Solarii. He towers over the rest of his "brothers" and can kill with his bare hands. He is related to Vladimir, Dmitri, and Nikolai in some way. Boris is first seen when Lara goes out to find Alex. He moves the cargo around the ship with ease and Lara has to engage him a mini-boss fight to move on. She will sink her axe into his head and he will die. Lara then takes his rope ascender.
==Plot Elements==
*Lara sets out on her first expedition aboard the ship Endurance, intending to find the lost kingdom of Yamatai. By her suggestion and against Whitman's advice, the expedition ventures into the Dragon's Triangle. The ship is struck by a violent storm and sinks, stranding the survivors on the isolated island.
*Lara is separated from the others and is forced to escape the cave of a deranged savage.
*As Lara locates the other survivors, she finds more evidence that the island is inhabited. She finds her friend Sam and a man called Mathias, who claims to be one of the passengers.
*As Sam tells Mathias the legends of Himiko, Lara passes out; when she wakes, Mathias and Sam are gone.
*When Lara reunites with the other survivors, Whitman decides to break off from the main party with Lara and search for Roth, who is still missing, while the rest of the group (Reyes, Jonah, Alex, and Grim) look for Sam and Mathias.
*As Lara and Whitman explore, they discover that the island's inhabitants are worshipping Himiko, confirming that the island is Yamatai. The two are captured by the islanders and taken to a settlement along with other survivors from the Endurance. When the survivors attempt an escape, the captors turn on them.
*Lara is separated from Whitman and is forced to kill one of her attackers. She locates an injured Roth, and using his equipment, she sets off for a communications relay at the very top of the mountain to contact the outside world and call for aid.
*After successfully hailing a plane searching for the Endurance and setting a signal fire for them to follow, Lara witnesses a fierce storm materialize and destroy the plane. Although the pilot successfully parachutes to safety, Lara is powerless to stop the island's inhabitants from killing him.
*Lara is contacted by Alex and Reyes, who reveal that Sam has been kidnapped by the island's inhabitants, a violent cult known as the Solarii Brotherhood.
*Lara, who is closest to Sam's position, tries to rescue her but is foiled by Mathias—revealed to be the leader of the Solarii—who orders her killed.
*Lara is saved by the intervention of a samurai dubbed "Oni" and taken to an ancient monastery in the mountains.
*Escaping again, Lara stumbles upon a ritual chamber, where she learns that a "fire ritual" was used to choose the Sun Queen's successor as part of a ceremony called the "Ascension".
*A terrified Sam manages to contact Lara and informs her that the Solarii intends to put her through the fire ritual, which will burn her to death if unsuccessful.
*Lara fights her way through the Solarii fortress with help from Grim, who is killed after the Solarii captures him.
*With Roth's help, Lara infiltrates the palace and witnesses Mathias putting Sam through the fire ritual.
*Lara tries to save Sam, but she is overpowered by Mathias and his men.
*Sam is not harmed by the flames, which are extinguished by a great wind, marking her as Himiko's rightful successor.
*Lara narrowly escapes captivity once again and doubles back to help her friends, whose attempts to reach Sam have resulted in their capture.
*Aided by Whitman—who managed to negotiate some degree of freedom with the Solarii—Lara returns to the palace to rescue Sam as Roth commandeers a helicopter to get them out.
*Having witnessed the storm that forced the search plane to crash, Lara sends Sam to escape by land and tries to force the pilot to land as a second storm brews up, striking the helicopter and forcing them to crash.
*Lara nearly dies, and Roth is fatally wounded by Mathias while saving her.
*Lara realizes that the storms are being magically generated to keep everyone trapped on the island.
*She meets up with the other survivors, who have evaded the Solarii long enough to secure a boat that can be repaired and used to escape. They are joined by Whitman, who claims to have escaped, though Lara suspects him of working with the cultists.
*Lara heads for the wreck of the Endurance to meet up with Alex, who had previously gone there to salvage the tools needed to repair the boat. She finds him trapped under the wreckage, but Alex forces her to flee from Solarii cultists and sacrifices himself so Lara can escape with the tools.
*Following the lead of a World War II-era Japanese military expedition researching the storms, Lara explores an ancient coastal tomb. She discovers the remains of the general of the Stormguard—the Oni defending the monastery—who had committed seppuku; in his final message, he reveals that Himiko's successor took her own life rather than receive her power, leaving Himiko's soul trapped in her body after death.
*Lara realizes that the "Ascension" is a ritual that transfers Himiko's soul into a new body, destroying the host's soul in the process.
*Himiko's spirit wants to escape its current body, and Mathias plans to offer Sam as a new host.
*Lara returns to the survivors to find that Whitman has betrayed them, abducting Sam and giving her to Mathias.
*Lara, Jonah, and Reyes give chase to the monastery, with Lara arriving just in time to see Whitman killed by the Oni.
*After fighting her way through the queen's guards, Lara arrives at the top of the monastery in time to see Mathias start the Ascension ritual. She works her way to Mathias, confronting Solarii and guards alike.
*Lara kills Mathias when she shoots him from the roof of the monastery using her signature dual-wield style, before destroying Himiko's remains to save Sam.
*With the storms dispersed, Lara, Sam, Reyes, and Jonah leave the island and are picked up by a cargo ship.
*As she and her friends sail home, Lara decides that there are many more myths to be found and resolves to uncover them, stating that she is not returning home just yet.
==Notes==
*Unofficially set within the Nintendo Cinematic Universe. 
**It will only become part of the NCU when the series is represented in Super Smash Bros.
*Based on Tomb Raider (2013).
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