Timeline

The Tomb Raider Timeline

Story Timeline

• 12th Century

The Lux Veritatis, a secret society set out to suppress evil, are formed as off-shot of the Knights Templar. (relevance: The Angel of Darkness)

• 1400s

The Lux Veritatis hide the Obscura Paintings by having them painted over with religious imagery by Brother Obscura. The artist created secret copies of the paintings, the Obscura Engravings which hold clues to where the real painting was hidden. (relevance: The Angel of Darkness)

• 1445

The Lux Veritatis claim to have defeated the black Alchemist Pieter van Eckhardt. They lock him up in a prison for the next centuries. (relevance: The Angel of Darkness)

• 1547

The Croft family is granted the title and rights to Abbingdon, Surrey by King Edward VI. (relevance: Tomb Raider Legend)

• 1563

The head of the O'Connor family, who lived at Lotte Castle, Mulroony O'Connor died and the rest of his family turned against each other. (relevance: Comics, Tower of Souls)

• 1945

After 500 years of imprisonment Eckhardt can escape from the Lux Veritatis, taking one of the three Periapt Shards - the only weapons that can actually kill him - with him. (relevance: The Angel of Darkness)