Lara embarks on her first archaeological expedition aboard the Endurance, intending to find the lost kingdom of Yamatai. By her theory and against Whitman's advice, the crew sails into the treacherous Dragon's Triangle, where the ship is struck by a violent storm and sinks, stranding the survivors on a remote island inhabited by a cult called The Solarii brotherhood. They are pshycopatic fanatics that worship the Queen Himiko
