Curse of the Sword Artifacts

Long ago, the Deep South was a place where the humid environment contributed to people's fear of the unknown. Heat, dampness, and ghostly apparitions permeated everyone's consciousness - their fear was overpowering.

A formidable dark magician, known as Madame Paveau, rose to power in this dark and steamy underworld. When she practiced her Dark Magic, many people lost members of their family to her human sacrifices.

Rebellion
With the powerful aid of a benevolent magician, the people rose up against the murderous control of Madame Paveau. They stormed her mansion and burned it to the ground. Although many of her rebels were killed, the evil magician was finally destroyed. Her body was tossed from a nearby cliff and shattered upon the jagged precipices below.

The Aftermath
The people believed they were finally safe from Madame Paveau and her devilish ways, but they were unaware that one of her minion priests had survived. He set upon the broken body of his master and performed an ancient rite. Once Madame's soul was captured into a sacred container, the priest began his search for a suitable body and the correct incantations that would bring his treacherous teacher back to life. Only by using the darkest of objects and the most secret of sayings would the priest be able to bring his plan to fruition.

Present Day
While visiting a museum of dark antiquities, Lara Croft is inadvertently thrust into the twisted story of Madame Paveau. Needing a powerful sword from the museum for their most important ritual, the priest and the dark magician's cult-followers steal it from under Lara's nose. In the confusion and chaos of the theft, our heroine is cut by the ancient sword and thus becomes the target of the evil priest. Lara's blood on the blade makes hers the body that is needed for the ritual. The priest must now gather the remaining objects needed to transfer the soul of Madame Paveau into the body of Lara Croft.

Help Lara stop the cult... and save her soul.