Spirit Walker
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Writer: James Bonny
Pencils: Wilson Tortosa Colours: Tyson Wengler Lettering: Dreamer Design’s Robin Spehar, Dennis Heisler and Mark Roslan Cover Art: Adam Hughes, Greg Land, Jay Leisten, Justin Ponsor Release: June, July 2004 Original Price: US $2.99 | CAN $4.60 Issue # in Set: 41, 42 |
Lara Croft is trying to enjoy her holiday after the ordeal in New Guinea but an ‘enemy’ helicopter interrupts. Lara prepares to fight, only to discover that a Mr Aulgood wishes to make her acquaintance; he wants her to search for an artefact known as the Spirit Walker.
Allies:
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Wally MacAlister
Lara Croft first met Wally in a pub in Adelaide, on her first trip to Australia when she was 20 years old. She saw him as a big brother. Together, they have explored the Great Barrier Reef, the Outback and climbed the Red Rock. Lara called him while in Hawaii and asked him to bring weapons and equipment for when they are to meet at Sydney airport. He aided her in breaking into Aulgood Industries to see what J. Bradley Aulgood wanted with the artefact, the Spirit Walker. After he was shot in the leg, Lara agreed to leave him behind and once her business was finished, she and Wally would return with the Aborigine, John Dawn to celebrate the return of the amulet, Spirit Walker. |
Artefacts:
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The Spirit Walker
An ancient Aborigine artefact said to be five thousand years old, which allows the bearer to swap bodies with another person. Both people need to have an open wound for the power to transfer. It was stolen by Captain James Cardiff in 1793 to be taken back to England however, on the voyage, a violent storm caused the HMS Griffin to crash on a rocky New Zealand coast. After the crew turned against him, he hid the Spirit Walker before he was killed. It was found once again after Lara Croft used the journal of the first mate, Daniel Sweetman. She was hired by J. Bradley Aulgood to collect it in good faith that he would return it back to the Aborigine people however as she found it, his mercenaries, Hollister, Mr Gearing and Mr Fields turned against her and they took it and met up with J. Bradley Aulgood in Sydney, Australia. Aulgood tried to use the power to swap bodies with his young nephew, Jason Aulgood so that he could live a while longer, however, Lara and her friend Wally MacAlister broke into Aulgood Industries and reversed the spell, then giving the item back to John Dawn, the Aborigine captive where he hid it, where no man was to find it again. |
Baddies:
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J. Bradley Aulgood
One of the wealthiest men on earth and the head of Aulgood Industries. Lara Croft first meets him when he interrupts her holiday. When they reach his manor in Honolulu, Aulgood tells her that he had business deals with her father. He also explains that he ended up in a wheelchair after a priest shot him, thinking that he was evil reincarnated. He has one surviving relative, Jason Aulgood. He asks Lara to search for the Spirit Walker for he wants to return it back to the Aborigine people as a gesture of goodwill. Lara later discovers that this is not the case as he tries to use it to swap bodies with his young nephew, so that he could have a young and healthy body. |
Enemies:
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Hollister
J. Bradley Aulgood's right hand man and has worked for him for over a decade. Aulgood sent him along with Lara Croft and his two operatives, Mr Fields and Mr Gearing to search for the Aborigine artefact, the Spirit Walker. As soon as Lara found it, he and the rest of Aulgood's men turn on her, stealing the artefact from her and leaving her to die. He was surprised to hear that Lara was still alive when she broke into Aulgood Industries in Sydney, Australia. He helped Aulgood to swap bodies with his nephew Jason Aulgood but Lara killed him. |
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Mr Gearing
(? - 2004) He was one of three operatives for J. Bradley Aulgood. He was killed when he and Mr Fields tried to stop Lara Croft from breaking into Aulgood Industries in Sydney, Australia. |
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Mr Fields
(? - 2004) He was one of three operatives for J. Bradley Aulgood. He was killed when he and Mr Gearing tried to stop Lara Croft from breaking into Aulgood Industries in Sydney, Australia. |
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Mr Bartlett
(? - 2004) One of J.Bradley Aulgood's mercenaries but Lara kills him when she breaks into Aulgood Industries in Sydney, Australia to stop the misuse of the Spirit Walker by J.Bradley Aulgood. |
Location:
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USA – Hawaii – Maui
USA – Hawaii - Honolulu |
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New Zealand – Dunedin
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Australia - Sydney
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Other Characters:
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Jason Aulgood
J.Bradley Aulgood's nephew and only surviving relative and Aulgood keeps him close for evil reasons; J.Bradley Aulgood tries to swap bodies with him to remain youthful. It is successful until Lara reverses the power of the Spirit Walker. |
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Captain John Cardiff
(? - 1793) James Cardiff was captain of the HMS Griffin. In 1793, he was ordered to find and bring back the Aborigine artefact - the Spirit Walker - to England, however the ship crashed into the coast of New Zealand and his crew blamed him and the artefact for the disaster. Before he was killed by his crew, he hid the Spirit Walker. He was beaten to death and then strung up and left to rot. |
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Daniel Sweetman
The first mate on the HMS Griffin. He had written a journal that had helped Lara Croft to find the Spirit Walker. |
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Hongi
(? - 2004) Lara meets him in New Zealand to aid in the search of the Spirit Walker but he is shot dead when Hollister and other Aulgood operatives, Mr Fields and Mr Gearing turn traitor. |
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John Dawn
He and his relative had been captured by J.Bradley Aulgood in Aulgood Industries in Sydney, Australia as he was an Aborigine and was able to cast spells using the Spirit Walker. When Lara Croft broke into Aulgood Industries, she freed them. She handed the Spirit Walker back to him and he returned it to their people. |
Vehicles:
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Lara's Yacht
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Weapons:
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Lara's Pistols
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