Guardian of the Talion
The Guardian of the Talion is a bird creature with yeti-like features you must fight at the climax of Ice Palace in Tomb Raider II.
When you fight him, you can either choose jumping around like mad, using grenades or the Uzis. However it is recommended, that you retreat to a depression, inside the temple or onto the roof of the temple from where you can take out the Guardian using pistols.
The creature seems to be a Garuda, a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology. The garuḍa are enemies to the nāga, a race of intelligent serpent- or dragon-like beings, whom they hunt. This has a relation with the Guardian of the Talion and the Dragon of Xian. The Garuda guards the Talion, which can open the way to the dagger, it means, the dragon.
The Guardian also appears in a different color in Tomb Raider II Gold.
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