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St. Francis' Folly
Tomb Raider
Section		Greece
Level No		5
Length (*)		Game Time: 35 minutes
Secrets		4
Location		Europe, Greece
Level Chronology:
Tomb of Qualopec	St. Francis' Folly		Colosseum

St. Francis' Folly is the fifth level of Tomb Raider 1 and the first of the Graeco/Roman levels.

Story

After her confrontation with Larson in Peru, Lara has doubts about the intentions of her employer, Jacqueline Natla. Lara breaks into the headquarters of Natla Technologies, where she finds the diary of Brother Herbert, a medieval monk who was relocated to the monastery of St. Francis' folly. Rumour amongst his brothers stated that the monastery was built on top of the ancient tomb of Tihocan, a legendary ruler of the lost continent of Atlantis. Buried along with Tihocan is his piece of the Scion, an Atlantean artefact with extraordinary power.

Lara travels to Greece to the monastery, which now lies in ruins. She finds Pierre's abandoned camp outside, complete with discarded food cans, and heads into the monastery. While exploring the monastery, Lara finds a passage to an ancient chamber. It lies in ruins, several floors have collapsed making the room several stories high. The chamber contains for shrines, on each to Atlas, Neptune, Thor and Damocles. In each of these rooms she finds a key. Lara proceeds carefully to the bottom of the room, scaring off Pierre along the way, and uses the keys to open the gate leading to the Colosseum.

Objectives

• Access the second part of the monastery.
• Collect the Thor, Damocles, Atlas and Neptune keys.
• Unlock the 4 barrier door leading to Colosseum.

Enemies

• Bats
• Crocodiles
• Gorillas
• Lions
• Pierre DuPont

Traps & Obstacles

• Collapsing tiles
• Four trap rooms: Thor, Damocles, Atlas and Neptune

Notes

See individual entries:

• Atlas
• Damocles
• Neptune
• Thor