NOTE: The lore in this chapter - and the following ones - is based on the script of Bloodline, the spin-off video game dedicated to Kurtis Trent that Richard Morton and other creators of Core Design had in mind. Thus, Marty Cruise, the reference to Lucifer, the details of Kurtis's past that are narrated here are not my creation but come from this original script. If you want to read the details, you can find out the lore of this unborn project on the @tomb-of-ash website.

Here’s my personal art project that i've been working on since last summer. It is created to go in tandem with TRAoD novelised sequels,written by my friend Jenni Milward. Here is the very first card of AoD Tarot Deck: "The Magician"!

Pieter Van Eckhardt "As above, so below":The Magician,also known as The Alchemist,is the first card of the numbered series in the Tarot Deck. It represents Will, Manifestation and making ideas happen in the real world.Magician is the conduit between spiritual and physical.

Renders from my old DeviantArt: Part 6:

TRAOD + Sequel Ideas + my Kurtis trent Cosplay when i was 18 🙈🙈

*sadtimes*

🔥✨ Maddalena from Lilith’s Scepter by @positivelyamazonian Maybe someone knows her ^v^’ 🙃 Here the link to the fanfiction :> https://meldelen.deviantart.com/gallery/32950792/Tomb-Raider-Lilith-s-Scepter

After reading Lilith’s Scepter...

… for like 657437 times…

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TR25 | Main Menu Series: “Rise of the Tomb Raider”

🎮 | Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015) 👨🏻‍💻 | Crystal Dynamics • Square Enix 🎹 | Bobby Tahouri

To conclude our celebrations of the sequel to the reboot, we're reliving the main menu of the game in Lara’s apartment. Like we’ve mentioned back in February, this was one of our goals for the 25th anniversary festivities in which we’ll be sharing more memorable and iconic moments from the saga throughout the year.

Previous Menus — Classics: TR, TRII, TRIII, TRIV, TRV, TRAoD — LAU: TRL, TRA, TRU — Reboot: TR2013

A round up of the events within the Tomb Raider universe that happened in 2020.

2020 was a quiet year for Tomb Raider when it came to games, however it was a good year for those who love to collect Tomb Raider goodies. Fans also helped to fill the gap between games, doing some very exciting things!

With 2021 being the 25th anniversary of the franchise, there were expectations of upcoming plans to be teased. The Tomb Raider Twitter began dropping some news, showing a preview of Weta Workshop's 'Anniversary' statue on July 25th. Weta then released a piece of concept art of the statue on October 25th. In addition to merchandise, Square Enix released a teaser trailer for an upcoming free-to-play mobile game called 'Tomb Raider Reloaded' on 23rd November, showcasing a more classical Lara and familiar themes from Tomb Raider 1. The trademark 'T.R.U.E' (Tomb Raider Ultimate Experience) frequently caused a frenzy throughout the year, hinting to possible remakes or remasters of past games but as of yet, nothing has come from it.

There were many a crossover as well. On February 16th, it was announced that Ubisoft’s ‘Rainbow Six Siege’ would receive a Lara Croft Tomb Raider elite skin for the character of Ash. Later in the month, the 26th of February, a Tomb Raider / Brawlhalla crossover was announced, where players could choose from either classic or reboot Lara and play on a Tomb Raider related map called 'Temple Ruins'. On May 12th, Tomb Raider outfits were released for the game 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons'. These were the 'Classic Lara Croft', 'Angel of Darkness' and 'Tomb Raider (2013)'. Also included was a piece of Lara Croft wall art.

Also on May 12th, a new Community Manager & Social Media Manager for the Tomb Raider brand was announced: @Rinoaaa, who helped in the creation of the Animal Crossing goodies. Sadly, the franchise lost Neal Boyd on 7th March. He was a level designer on Tomb Raider and the sequel Tomb Raider II. The community also lost Badassgamez's amazing Tomb Raider walkthroughs in December when he decided to step away from all forms of social media, removing his content from the Internet. Video gamer Steve of Warr presented fans with an interview he did with Core Design executive producer Adrian Smith. From this, he was given a disk that contained a 2000 E3 demo build of Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. These files were later put up for download on fansite Core-Design.

Various pieces of merchandise were released: ’Tomb Raider Omnibus Volume 2’ was available on the 1st of January. Royal Mail heavily featured Lara Croft in a selection of stamps and postcards that celebrated classic video games. The third Gaming Heads statue based on Lara Croft in ‘The Temple of Osiris’ released in the second quarter of the year whilst a fourth Gaming Heads statue was announced, featuring Lara as seen in 'Rise of the Tomb Raider'. The OST of 'Shadow of the Tomb Raider' was released on vinyl by Laced Records in February.

The Tomb Raider Suite is nearing its end, with the final items of KickStarter goodies - the deluxe tin CDs - finally shipping to fans in January. In November, Nathan McCree announced that the documentary was almost complete and almost ready for publishing, however, on the downside, the Coronavirus had forced Nathan to postpone the Paris concert at Le Grand Rex, originally scheduled for October 24th, and the 2 concerts in Australia.

The Coronavirus didn't halt the shipping of the ‘Tomb Raider: The Dark Angel Symphony' goodies, as 'Janice' worked hard throughout the year to make sure that everyone received their items. On February 14th, the Symphony was available to download on all major streaming and digital platforms. Two new clothing designs were released September 22nd on the Dark Angel store.

Core Design developers have mingled more with the community this year, whilst explaining details of Tomb Raider game development. Ash (from tomb-of-ash.com) hosted various livestreams that featured Peter Connelly, Andy Sandham, Tom Scutt, Jamie Morton and Murti Schofield, where the audience could ask questions and share stories whilst AJ of SurvivorReborn played Tomb Raider III, Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. Jonell Elliott joined Instagram in September and has been communicating with fans, even sitting down with Chris at Raidercast to provide the first interview concerning her role as Lara Croft and Tomb Raider.

Talking of Core Design, early in the year, Ash was given access to files relating to Core Design's ‘Tomb Raider 10th Anniversary Edition’. As well as publishing imagery of locations, characters and enemies, he asked the Tomb Raider community for help by creating a petition on 4th August for the permission of the legal release of Core Design’s ‘Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition’ assets. After hearing no response from Square Enix or Crystal Dynamics on the matter, he released the files via Archive.org on December 31st, where the community dived straight in to fix and explore the contents.

Fans have also been busy throughout the year. AOD modder Nakamichi had to step away from modding in August but he gave out the source code to his tools for others to continue his work. This enabled many others to come forward and port various characters into the game as Lara. 2020 also saw the breakthrough for modding in 'Tomb Raider' (2013) and 'Rise of the Tomb Raider', allowing players to change and customise Lara's model. Other fan projects that were ongoing throughout the year were: Giovanni Lucca's Tomb Raider III HD Remaster, Nicobass' Tomb Raider II remake and freakraider's TRAoD 1.5. Now of course these are just a few projects; fans have also produced artwork, 3D renders, cosplay imagery, music, videos, fiction and websites. 2020 has also been the year of Tomb Raider speedrunners and challenge players, where the aim of the game is to abide by certain conditions, be it using pistols only or playing the whole game in one sitting without using a medipack. The Tomb Raider Level Editor finally gained its own category on Twitch in January, separating its gameplay from Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation. Once again, the TRLE community at Lara's Level Base put together an Advent Calendar for builders and TRLE level players to enjoy throughout December.

One final note... Tomb Raider fans rallied together once again for another year of Extra Life, led by Stellalune, playing games on Twitch (not just Tomb Raider) to raise money for charity. They managed to raise $8,583, more than any previous year! And Tomb Raider Marathon VII managed to raise almost $5,000 within one year. Plus there have been some kind-hearted, generous fans out there, such as Nicolas Croft, that have ran giveaways, offering various Tomb Raider merchandise.

THE GOLDEN SEAL

I started reading The Golden Seal by @positivelyamazonian and I absolutely adore it! If you haven’t read it, please go read it, because it is everything I wanted from a TRAOD sequel.

(со страницы https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YvDixM16A0)

Before we begin, I owe you an apology. I haven't updated this fic for a year, basically because I'm now a mother… of twins! Which makes it exceedingly difficult to find time to write and complete what little I have left to finish this fanfic. However, I'll try to do it ASAP, because I hate unfinished projects, and I already have enough of these among my personal writings. At least I'll finish the fanfics. So, I'm sorry you had to wait for this, and thanks for being there, always.

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You don't have to justify or explain. Life happens. I've been unable to update my TRAOD fic sequel in months so I feel you. Just next time please tag her as Lara and Tomb Raider because I love so much see true Lara Croft art - Specially TRAOD Lara - in a reboot infested tag. And yours particularly. As I said, there's something special in the way you draw her. Please take care and stay awesome.                   

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And yes, it was me digging it up. Desperately seeking good and real TR art. Please, consider to share your wips too. Me and my followers will love them                   

All I can say is thank you very, very, very much for your kind words, for being so supporting and also for being loyal to these games. I’m glad to see that there’s still at least a tiny audience I can reach with creating art for my age-old (nearly 20 years now! Holy fork!) obsession.

I’m unsure about sharing my WIPs - it’s always a should-I-should-I-not situation, because you’re really exciting about what you’re working on and really wanna show it off but at the same time you kind of don’t wanna ruin the surprise yet... And maybe I am a little too optimistic saying this but I really really want to finish those particular drawings I have in mind (One I just like, but the other one is quite ambitious compared to my usual stuff so it would be a shame to completely abandon it). Until then, I’m kinda hesitant to share them, but I’d also hate it if nobody ever got to see them, so who knows...

But I have good news! You got me so motivated that I am actually working on something right now. It’s nearly finished so I shall post it very soon. Obviously TR-related, although not AoD (my absolute fave is another game and I just couldn’t help it), I hope you will like it anyway :)

Oh by the way, I have no idea why that one wasn’t tagged! I always tag my work, so that’s strange. I probably just forgot, or I don’t know (although tumblr being tumblr my drawings don’t always show up in the tags, which is bloody annoying).

I know what is coming............. more or less. I don’t remember everything but let’s do the bitter path again with The Amazon, The Warrior, The Wise, The Angel, The Impure, The Innocent, and The Hidden One.

Lilith’s Scepter by Meldelen

Artwork: Hydraballista (the drawing) and Michele Mouse (last one)