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Lara Croft is a character of fiction created by Toby Gard appeared for the first time in 1996 with the exit of the first episode of the series of the video games Tomb Raider .

History

It was the first heroin of video games to appear in the magazines of mode. It also appears in a very great number of magazines to the very varied topics. One can quote It, The Face, the Point, the Platform, Capital,… Its success was such as it is regarded by the general public as the first nonmale main character in a video game (in the booklet Histoire of the video games in particular), whereas heroins like Samus Aran or Sonia Belmont existed already.

It was the subject of two film adaptations: Tomb Raider and the cradle of the life , where it was incarnated by Angelina Jolie. Third is in preparation. The scenario of this last will be in relation to that of the next play.

Karima Adebibe, an English young person of 21 years Moroccan origin, was used as model and incarnated Lara Croft to make the promotion of the last play Tomb Raider Legend .

Biography and description

Its character is an young woman Archéologue and adventurous, sporting and sexy. She is the girl of Lord Henshingly Croft, rich person missing Aristocrate English when she was 18 years old. Lara Croft was born the February 14th 1968 in Great Britain. It is pretty brown with the eyes chestnut, measuring 1,70 m for 55 kg and its measurements are edifying: 90D, 60,90. Its starting first name was to be Laura Cruz but the developers judged that the name made too American and not English enough. Its name was thus changed into Lara. In addition, the name “Croft” means in English “small farm”.

Lara Croft, girl of Lord Henshingly Croft, grew in the aristocratic medium. At the end of its studies, at the 21 years age, it seems already married with a destiny very traced, until the fateful day where its plane is crushed at the fine bottom of the Himalayan mountains. Lara is the only surviving one of this terrible accident. It must then face the dangers and the traps of a world of which in fact, it does not know anything. She wanders during two weeks whole before joining civilization, in fact a small village named Tokakeriby. This experiment entirely will upset the course of its life. It carries out that it does not support any more the world skimped and wedged British high society. She discovers that she is made to traverse the world as a recluse. She then will devote eight long years to the voyage. Eight years which will learn some to him long on ancient civilizations from the whole world. His/her parents will not be long in disinheriting this girl whom they do not recognize any more and which wastes their money. She then puts herself to write the accounts of her voyages to finance the following. After having discovered many archaeological treasures, it becomes even famous thanks to its guides of voyages and with its accounts. (account drawn from the play Tomb Raider 1)

New Biography drawn from the play Tomb Raider Legend: Lara Croft, girl of Lord Henshingly Croft, grows in an aristocratic medium. All was perfect until the day when Lara and its mother went on a journey by plane above the mountains of Nepal. Too many disturbances… the plane were crushed a few moments later. Lara and its mother being two the only surviving ones, they went in snow until finding a temple abandoned. They entered and sought wood to make fire when Lara saw a sword in a base. It took it but engaged a mechanism. His/her mother pushed Lara and put herself in front of the base which had now a green circle around him. She heard voices which said to him to put back the sword. She did it but disappeared at the same time. Lara felt guilty. When it was calmed, it decided to leave and go until finding a tribe which, by miracle, saved it. It turned over to England a few weeks later. One day, his/her father left to Kampuchea where it disappeared, him also: Lara was 18 years old and inherited the fortune of Croft. (To know the continuation, play Tomb Raider Legend)

Artefacts discovered

In the plays

In films

Others

Representing chosen by Eidos

Plays where it appears

Principal series

On Gameboy

Tographic appearances Cinema

With the actress Angelina Jolie in the role of Lara croft

  • 2001 : Lara Croft : Tomb Raider

  • 2002 : Lara Croft Tomb Raider the cradle of the life (The Cradle off Life)

Official sites

  • Official site
  • Tomb Raider Chronicles
  • Eidos Interactive
  • Core Design

Sites of Fans

  • Captain Alban
  • LaRaider
  • Lara' S Undermines
  • Croft Collection
  • Dreams Croft
  • Tombraiderfl

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