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Synopsis

In the two months since Rise of the Tomb Raider, Lara Croft and her friend Jonah Maiava have dedicated themselves to putting an end to the activities of the paramilitary organization Trinity. The two follow a cell in Cozumel, Mexico led by Pedro Dominguez, the head of the Trinity High Council. Slipping into nearby tombs being excavated by Trinity, Lara discovers a temple containing the dagger of Chak Chel and references to a hidden city. Murals adorning the walls allude to Ix Chel's silver box and warn of "the Purification," a Mayan apocalypse culminating in a permanent solar eclipse. Lara ignores the warnings and takes the dagger to prevent Trinity from acquiring it. Dominguez catches her and reveals that by taking the dagger, Lara triggered the purification. He takes the Dagger, intending to unite it with the Box to stop the Purification and use the power it gives him to remake the world in his image. Lara and Jonah escape a tsunami that destroys Cozumel and foreshadows the coming apocalypse. Despite growing tensions between them over his actions, Lara and Jonah pursue Dominguez to the Amazon. Their plane crashes in the Peruvian jungle during the second cataclysm – a huge storm – and the two head to Paititi, the hidden city depicted in the murals. Exploration of local tombs reveals that piercing the box with the dagger will grant the user the power of the god Kukulkan, which must be used to stop the purification. Lara witnesses the massacre of the Trinity soldiers by strange humanoid monsters later identified as the Yaaxil, the guardians of the Box. When Lara saves a boy named Etzli, she and Jonah are brought to Paititi by her mother Unuratu, queen of the city. Lara sees that Dominguez is the leader of a sect dedicated to Kukulkan and Unuratu reveals that he is her brother-in-law Amaru, who was taken by Trinity as a child and raised to perform the ritual and reshape the world in their image. Unuratu directs Lara to the box, but Lara discovers that it is missing. Believing the cult already possesses the Box, Lara and Unuratu attempt to steal it, but Unuratu is captured. Lara also meets the Yaaxil and their leader Crimson Fire. Lara infiltrates the sect's temple and overhears Amaru telling Unuratu that the Box was hidden by Andres Lopez, a missionary sent to Paititi by Trinity during the Spanish conquest of South America. Lara saves Unuratu and realizes that Amaru does not fully understand the ritual; rather than simply imbuing Kukulkan's power, the ritual sacrifices him to stop the purification. Unuratu is shot and killed by Commander Rourke, Amaru's second-in-command. Before dying, Unuratu implores Lara to complete the ritual but warns her not to let the Box influence her. Rourke attacks Lara and Jonah, who are separated as they leave Paititi to decipher the next clue. Thinking Jonas dead, Lara goes on a rampage that destroys an oil refinery and massacres everyone except Rourke, who escapes. She momentarily collapses when she finds Jonah alive, but he manages to calm her down and they decipher the location of the box. Driven mad by the Box, Lopez established a mission near Paititi where he trained acolytes to perform the ritual. Lara and Jonah find a secret catacomb beneath the mission leading to Lopez's tomb and the box. Amaru finds them and forces Lara to return the box. He admits that he ordered his father's death to prevent him from finding Paititi and revealing him to the world. Lara tries to persuade Amaru to use the ritual for the benefit of the world. He refuses, because the Purification will only affect Paititi. Amaru used his position at Trinity to manipulate them into preventing him. He lets Lara and Jonah escape the third cataclysm, a massive earthquake that causes a landslide and destroys the mission. Returning to Paititi, Lara and Jonah help the newly crowned Etzli lead an assault on an underground temple complex in central Paititi. They plan to disrupt Amaru's ceremony while avoiding the Fourth Cataclysm, a volcanic eruption threatening Paititi. Lara is forced to continue alone when Trinity cuts off Etzli's forces. She meets Yaaxil and Crimson Fire, convincing them to help her stop Amaru. Lara takes on the symbolic role of Ix Chel while Crimson Fire becomes Chak Chel. While the Yaaxil kill Rourke and the Trinity High Council, Lara reaches the top of the temple. She fails to stop Amaru from breaking through the box and absorbing Kukulkan's power as an eclipse blocks the sun. Lara dominates Amaru after a long battle; accepting defeat, he transfers Kukulkan's power to Lara as he dies. True to Unuratu's warning, she is tempted to use the Box to revive her parents, but lets Crimson Fire symbolically stab her, sacrificing Kukulkan's spirit and stopping the purification. Afterwards, Unuratu is buried and Jonah decides to take a vacation. Lara stays in Paititi to help Etzli restore the town to its former glory. A post-credits scene shows Lara planning her next adventure at Croft Manor, recognizing that her role is not to solve the world's mysteries, but to protect them.

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