Tomb Raider 30 days challenge
Day 3: Favorite character(s) besides Lara.
This time Iām going to be a bit more ācontroversialā, those who know me will understand why in a minute... sorry in advance, but I must be honest here.
First things firts: 1) KURTIS TRENT
As Laraās sidekick and partner in crime - and why not, in real life - he was truly fitting, I liked how Core wanted to originally put so much emphasis on his characterization but unfortunately they had to cut most of the things they planned for him due to time restraints. Still, it really shows that Kurtis was meant to be an important part of Laraās story, not just a mere random character making a volatile appareance only to then disappear forever. They had plans, even a spin-off game entirely dedicated to him. This speaks volumes.
2) NATLA (CORE DESIGN ERA)
One of the most carismatic characters beside Lara.
Laraās mentor that later turned out to be on of her main antagonists. The halo of mystery surrounding Werner and its involvment post The Last Revelation is what truly caught my interest for this character, maybe also due to the fact that we sadly never got the chance to find out the continuation of AOD and therefore many questions were left unanswered with regards of his backstory.
...To the sins of fortunes of Marco Bartoli!
What can I say? He turns into a freaking dragon. And I love dragons.
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Now sit back and prepare yourself for the (bad?) surprise on the last two favourite characters belonging to the TR universe...
Alright, long story short: If thereās one thing CD did right in their trilogy is a very badass female villain wearing dark clothes and sporting tattoos on her body. I just dig her style and the way sheās portayed, back in the days when I was into Legend (maybe I shall make a post about this to tell my teenage experience?) I remember being impressed with this brand new character and this sort of remained the same throughout the years to the point where I still believe sheās a good deal. Not in Underworld though, there were just something that felt a bit... off compared to Legend.
6) Cāmon now... credits where theyāre due, the DOPPELGANGER...
...is an enhanced version of Underworld Lara, and Iāve always kinda thought she was way better than every single Lara portayal CD has ever done. They got it right with a side character made to reflect some of Laraās traits... that actually resembled the original Lara much more. THE BRAID GUYS, and the reddish hair. That black outift was also extremely cool. Not just that, the attitude was also on point. A real tough ass with a constant resting bitch face.