A merchant had a daughter, who was known as Vasilisa the Beautiful. When the girl was eight years old, her mother died. On her deathbed, she gave Vasilisa a tiny wooden doll with instructions to give it a little to eat and a little to drink if she were in need, and then it would help her. As soon as her mother died, Vasilisa gave it a little to drink and a little to eat, and it comforted her.After a time, her father remarried; the new wife was a woman with two daughters. Vasilisa’s stepmother was very cruel to her, but with the help of the doll, she was able to perform all the tasks imposed on her. When young men came wooing, the stepmother rejected them all because it was not proper for the younger to marry before the older, and none of the suitors wished to marry Vasilisa’s stepsisters.One day the merchant had to embark on a journey. His wife sold the house and moved them all to a gloomy hut by the forest. One day she gave each of the girls a task and put out all the fires except a single candle. Her older daughter then put out the candle, whereupon they sent Vasilisa to fetch light from Baba Yaga’s hut.

Vasilisa the Beautiful at the Hut of Baba Yaga, by Ivan Bilibin

Also check out our Lara’s Diary Project where Lara studies the myth of Baba Yaga in preparation for her upcoming adventure; the Rise of the Tomb Raider DLC – Baba Yaga: Temple of the Witch.

Starring the original Lara Croft voice actress Shelley Blond [Tomb Raider (1996), Peep Show]

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Starring the original Lara Croft voice actress Shelley Blond [Tomb Raider (1996), Peep Show] and featuring incredible artwork by Inna Vjuzhanina!

Bulgarian Subtitles by Tomb Raider Passion

German Subtitles by Lara’s Generation

Croatian Subtitles by Tomb Raider Empire 

Rise of the Tomb Raider and Baba Yaga Temple of the Witch out now on Xbox 360 and Xbox One and PC.

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New cover photo for our FACEBOOK PAGE! 

Signed by

Noah Hughes – Creative Director at Crystal Dynamics

 Jill de Jong – official Lara Croft lookalike model (Tomb Raider 6)

John Stafford – lead narrative designer (Rise of the Tomb Raider)

Earl Baylon – the voice of Jonah in Tomb Raider (2013) and Rise of the Tomb Raider

Rhianna Pratchett – writer (Tomb Raider 2013 and Rise of the Tomb Raider)

Peter Connelly – composer (Tomb Raider 4-6)

Shelley Blond – Lara’s voice in Tomb Raider (1996)

Andy Sandham – level designer and writer (Tomb Raider 3-5)

Brian Horton – Game Director at Crystal Dynamics

Darrell Gallagher – head of Square Enix studios in North America, and Europe

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Lara Croft: Relic Run. 3 stars in every location!

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It adds the iconic Area 51 outfit (in 5 variations) and a Santa costume!

Here’s a full list of changes:

• – New Christmas Santa outfit
• – New Area 51 outfit with bonus starting ammo
• – New gold weapon options
• – Improved Supply Drop 
• – opens as soon as Supply Drop is ready
• – Improved Head Start 
• – now auto-collects gems, clues & power-ups
• – Russian language Support 

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Some of you know that Square Enix Montreal took home the best mobile game of 2015 award for Lara Croft Go! at Video Games Awards.

Lara Croft Relic Run won a similar appraisal from Google Play Store

Congratulations Square Enix! Well deserved! 

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Lara’s Journal, Page 3.

Lara writes a journal of her latest adventure in the Rise of the Tomb Raider. See other pages.

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I’ve decided to start writing Lara’s journal of her latest adventure. I’m using Lara’s journal replica from the collectors edition. Stay tuned for more entries! Will be avoiding posting spoilers!

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