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During 1945, something happened and one of the shards became seperated from the other two. It is a possibility this happened because of an event linked to World War II. Eckhardt was free and he escaped the pit which he has spent the last 500 years in pain. He vowed revenge against the Lux Veritatis and formed a secret organisation known as [[The Cabal]] based in his hometown of Prague. The Cabal was devoted to hunting down any members of the Lux Veritatis. Eckhardt also managed to obtain the Periapt shard that has been seperated from the other two which still remained in the possession of the Lux Veritatis. He hid the shard in his old laboratory, deep underground beneath [[The Strahov]], the HQ of the Cabal. | During 1945, something happened and one of the shards became seperated from the other two. It is a possibility this happened because of an event linked to World War II. Eckhardt was free and he escaped the pit which he has spent the last 500 years in pain. He vowed revenge against the Lux Veritatis and formed a secret organisation known as [[The Cabal]] based in his hometown of Prague. The Cabal was devoted to hunting down any members of the Lux Veritatis. Eckhardt also managed to obtain the Periapt shard that has been seperated from the other two which still remained in the possession of the Lux Veritatis. He hid the shard in his old laboratory, deep underground beneath [[The Strahov]], the HQ of the Cabal. | ||
| − | After he hid his shard, Eckhardt and the Cabal set out to reclaim the [[Five Obscura Paintings]], in order to accquire the Sanglyph. By the time Lara had become involved in the plot, the Cabal had already attained three of the five paintings. Eckhardt then hired [[Werner Von Croy]] to find the last two. Von Croy did learn of the location of the fouth painting beneath the Louvre, but he never informed Eckhardt, because by that time, Von Croy had learnt of the true, evil side of Eckhardt. Von Croy | + | After he hid his shard, Eckhardt and the Cabal set out to reclaim the [[Five Obscura Paintings]], in order to accquire the Sanglyph. By the time Lara had become involved in the plot, the Cabal had already attained three of the five paintings. Eckhardt then hired [[Werner Von Croy]] to find the last two. Von Croy did learn of the location of the fouth painting beneath the Louvre, but he never informed Eckhardt, because by that time, Von Croy had learnt of the true, evil side of Eckhardt. Although Von Croy was murdered, Eckhardt was not responsible. |
| − | + | Lara found the two remaining paintings which Eckhardt then reclaimed off her before retreating to his old laboratory under the Strahov. | |
| + | He then started to finish what he started 500 years ago....reviving the Nephilim race. The Cabal had retreived the last Nephilim specimen from Turkey: a Nephilim body which has been nicknamed [[The Sleeper]]. To revive the sleeper Eckhardt needs body parts, which he harvested from the victims he killed using his glove. | ||
Revision as of 20:07, 15 May 2006
Pieter Van Eckhardt is the main villain in Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness. He was a 15th Century evil alchemist who created a powerful weapon called the Sanglyph. To keep the Sanglyph safe, Eckhardt split it into five pieces and hid a piece behind a painting, depicting evil images.
Eckhardt grew ever more evil and powerful through alchemy. He eventually prepared to ressurect an extinct cross-angelic race known as the Nephilim. He believed that using the Nephilim he would gain power over the world. Because of his intentions, an order called the Lux Veritatis was born to stop Eckhardt. The Lux Veritatis accquired the Periapt Shards, ancient weapons of light that were used to make the Nephilim race extinct in biblical times. The three shards were used against Eckhardt who became trapped in a state of paralysis. The Lux Veritatis led by Brother Obscura sealed Eckhardt in a deep pit and he was left there for 500 years. The seal on Eckhardt would only last if the three Periapt shards remained combined. Brother Obscura then confiscated the five paintings that contained the pieces of the Sanglyph. He painted religious images over the evil ones and hid each painting seperately at hidden locations throughout the land.
During 1945, something happened and one of the shards became seperated from the other two. It is a possibility this happened because of an event linked to World War II. Eckhardt was free and he escaped the pit which he has spent the last 500 years in pain. He vowed revenge against the Lux Veritatis and formed a secret organisation known as The Cabal based in his hometown of Prague. The Cabal was devoted to hunting down any members of the Lux Veritatis. Eckhardt also managed to obtain the Periapt shard that has been seperated from the other two which still remained in the possession of the Lux Veritatis. He hid the shard in his old laboratory, deep underground beneath The Strahov, the HQ of the Cabal.
After he hid his shard, Eckhardt and the Cabal set out to reclaim the Five Obscura Paintings, in order to accquire the Sanglyph. By the time Lara had become involved in the plot, the Cabal had already attained three of the five paintings. Eckhardt then hired Werner Von Croy to find the last two. Von Croy did learn of the location of the fouth painting beneath the Louvre, but he never informed Eckhardt, because by that time, Von Croy had learnt of the true, evil side of Eckhardt. Although Von Croy was murdered, Eckhardt was not responsible.
Lara found the two remaining paintings which Eckhardt then reclaimed off her before retreating to his old laboratory under the Strahov. He then started to finish what he started 500 years ago....reviving the Nephilim race. The Cabal had retreived the last Nephilim specimen from Turkey: a Nephilim body which has been nicknamed The Sleeper. To revive the sleeper Eckhardt needs body parts, which he harvested from the victims he killed using his glove.
In revenge for 500 years of pain, I swore an oath of malice against my Lux Veritatis jailors. Over the decades I hunted them down. None escaped. And all tasted the agony I had endured in the pit. But the cursed Shards they had used to bind me vanished beyond my reach. I must own them and render them safe. Wherever they lie, I will have the Shards, as well as the Obscura Paintings. Never again will mortals be armed against me and my sacred quest. Nothing will stop me closing on the last Obscura Painting. Lara Croft is a minor distraction. Nothing more. And as for the Lux Veritatis whelp dogging my steps, what can he achieve acting alone, like a single maggot on a corpse.
To revive the sleeper Eckhardt needs body parts from the victims he killed. With his Glove, he harvests those essences necessary for the Sleeper's awakening.
The Black Alchemist, Eckhardt, made a pact with the Nephilim in ancient Turkey. In return for using his alchemic skills to help the Nephilim he would live forever.
