Meteorite Artifacts

The meteorite artifacts are five objects carved from a meteorite that landed in Antarctica millions of years in the past. The artifacts were carved by members of a tribe of Polynesians who had found the meteorite. The five objects would ultimately come to be known as:


 * The Infada Stone
 * Element 115
 * The Ora Dagger
 * The Eye of Isis
 * The Hand of Rathmore

The Polynesians soon discovered mutations and deformities in their newborn, and so fled from the meteorite and abandoned the artifacts. In 1834 CE, four of the artifacts were rediscovered by sailors on Charles Darwin's expedition. They took the artifacts with them as they traveled across the world, and so the objects ended up in many disparate locations. Smythe lost the Ora Dagger on Kuru in the South Pacific islands when he was killed by the local indigenous Polynesians where it became property of the deity Puna. The Infada Stone ended up in India in the hands of the Infada tribe who placed it in a temple dedicated to Shiva. Element 115 ultimately made its way to Nevada, eventually being stashed inside Area 51. Stephen Barr, however, successfully returned to England carrying the Eye of Isis. From there, it came into the possession of Sophia Leigh. At some later point, the Hand of Rathmore was discovered and removed from Antarctica as well.

In 2022 CE, RX Tech discovered evidence of the Polynesian settlement in Antarctica, as well as the meteorite itself. Dr. Mark Willard became determined to collect the artifacts. Upon discovering that Lara Croft had acquired the Infada Stone, he hired her to procure the other three artifacts of which he was aware at the time. Lara succeeded in this, and brought the items to Antartica -- where she learned that Willard had plans to use the artifacts to jump start human evolution. Reminded of the terrible plans of Jacqueline Natla, Lara raced to stop Willard.

Unfortunately, when he activated the four artifacts with the meteorite, Willard was transformed into a terrible arachnid monstrosity. Lara managed to kill him in this form, and he reverted to his human form. Lara searched his body, only to discover that he had recently learned of a fifth artifact -- sending her on a quest to procure it as well. It seems, had he activated all five artifacts with the meteorite, he might have ascended into a higher being.