archaeologist-adventurer lara croft is approached by larson, who is working for the wealthy businesswoman jacqueline natla. natla hires lara to find a mysterious artefact known as the scion () in the tomb of qualopec—a ruler of atlantis—within the mountains of peru. after recovering the scion from qualopec's tomb, lara is confronted by larson, who reveals that she is holding a piece of the artefact and natla has sent pierre dupont to retrieve the other pieces. breaking into natla's offices to find out pierre's whereabouts, lara discovers a medieval monk's journal revealing that the next scion piece is buried beneath an ancient monastery of st. francis' folly.