Curse of the Sword Characters

Jane: Jane is an old friend of Lara's who works at an antiques museum in New York. When Lara goes to visit her at the museum, she and Jane witness an ancient sword stolen by a group of armed soldiers. While Lara goes to retrieve the sword, Jane remains behind at the museum. Jane is a young woman with short black hair and dark skin.

Madame Paveau: Madame Paveau is an evil magician who rose to power in the underworld of New Orleans using her Dark Magic and sacrificing humans. The underworld was a synonym to fear, and only with the powerful aid of a benevolent magician, people could stand up against her murderous control. After breaking into her mansion and burning it down, the evil magician was finally destroyed. Her body was shattered upon jagged precipices on the bottom off a nearby cliff. People believed to be finally safe from Madame Paveau and her devilish ways, but they weren't aware that one of her apprentices had survived. He performed an ancient rite by her broken body and captured her soul into a sacred container. The minion then began his search for a suitable body and the proper spells that would bring his master back to life. During a visit to an old friend, Jane, in a dark antiquities museum, Lara Croft witnesses the robbery of a powerful sword from the museum. In the confusion and chaos of the theft, Lara is cut by the sword. Her blood on the body makes hers the body that is needed for the ritual. The minion then sets after gathering the remaining objects to transfer Madame Paveau's soul into Lara's body. Lara succeeds in retrieving the sword and breaks it in two, preventing Paveau from ever resurrecting. Although she does not appear in the game as a person, Paveau plays an important role in the story and a portrait of her can be seen in a secret chamber in level "Docks".

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