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Three is also a number that has significance for a pretty much endless list of reasons in so many cultures. I don't think it's likely they were referencing Christianity there, three is just a very typical number. "Things happen in 3s" is a saying for a reason.
I just thought it was to suit the number of locations Lara visits before finding Atlantis, three tombs for three rulers (and pieces of scion). Peru has "Qualopec's tomb", Greece has "Tihocan's tomb", and I always wondered if Egypt was supposed to have Natla's tomb if she died... this is obviously excluding Atlantis, which is both mythical/fictional and Natla's horrifically botched attempt at reviving her civilisation. Last edited by Yeauxleaux; 09-07-17 at 21:55. |
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I am almost certain that Natla says this line in Underworld towards the end. "Ragnorok the seventh age is upon us!" This is the only time it is ever mentioned in the game and I wonder if it was yet another plot point abandoned, like Tihocan's empty tomb and how Excalibur magically disappears.
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2) When did Excalibur magically disappear? |
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10-07-17, 23:15 | #15 |
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Between the games...
I could see if maybe Lara hid it somewhere obscure to stop it getting into the wrong hands, it could be easily explained that way. But it wasn't explained, it literally wasn't even mentioned in Underworld IIRC. Considering how important it was in the Legend storyline, which Underworld is supposed to follow on from, yes that is a big deal. Same goes for the stone daises and time travelling (only briefly mentioned by Natla in TRU), and the myth of Avalon. I guess they just made Natla start gassing bout some "ragnarok" to tie into the Norse culture, which they were so desperate to explore in Underworld that they dropped everything else important to do it. Last edited by Yeauxleaux; 10-07-17 at 23:17. |
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But Excalibur DID appear in Underworld, when Lara escaped Helheim and she picks it up when she and Amanda return back to the Nepal Temple.
So, I guess Lara found 2 Excaliburs in LAU trilogy. |
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Because the artifact that Amelia Croft took into Helheim (and Lara and Amanda used to activate the Dais there) is not the artifact that Lara reconstructs in Legend. There is no "Excalibur" in the sense of a unique sword. They are just the keys to the Dais network, one of which that post-Atlantean civilization in England mistook for a sword. There are potentially many of these artifacts. Hence, Lara saying "if removing these artifacts brings you here" (Plural) in Underworld, and Eric Lindstrom's comment in his Q&A here that Lara now has two Excaliburs. Last edited by Ashnod; 10-07-17 at 23:24. |
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Still though that just makes it worse to me. It's like they finally re-introduced the themes they had made such a big deal of right at the end (random too, out of nowhere after a game of them not being there), as if it was an afterthought. I can almost see it being like the developers said "hey we've forgot to include this the entire game, let's shove it in here". |
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Just because there's more than one sword it doesn't change the fact that the one Lara had vanished. It also doesn't reconcile that CD still neglected to tie together all their plot points they'd been building up for two games. If literally the only point of introducing the time-travel portals and daises in TRL was to give Lara and Amanda an escape point, that's disappointing as ****. And I do hope I'm not coming off as some bitter hater, because I actually do like the LAU games. I think they're fun and have some pretty good points, Legend and Anniversary in particular were nicely designed. I just find the writing and continuity between the games sloppy. They're not coherent. Last edited by Yeauxleaux; 10-07-17 at 23:33. |
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10-07-17, 23:47 | #20 |
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Maybe Lara gave the sword in Legend to the British Museum? She does mention Alister to get there at the end of Legend.
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