Mathias Vogel

Mathias
Occupation	Scavenger, calls himself "a teacher by trade"
Game(s)	Tomb Raider (2013)

Lara meets Mathias while looking for Sam from whom she became separated during or shortly after the Endurance's ship wreck.

At first he seems friendly, he shares his food and fire with Sam and claims to be "a teacher by trade" while calling the scavengers "those savages". But his friendliness is only a pretext to get more information from Sam and Lara. As soon as Lara wants to go and find Captain Roth he grabs Sam from behind holding a knife to her throat and kidnapping her. Lara is unable to help her friend as she gets stuck in a bear trap.

Mathias is a calm and calculating character. He seems somewhat intelligent, but nonetheless brutal. It is not clear what his interests in Sam are, but he mutters "we waited so long, we must be sure" when he grabs her, indicating some kind of mystery surrounding her.

When overhearing a conversation between two of the scavengers, Lara can learn that Mathias seems to be some kind of priest and is responsible for at least some of the ritualistic sacrifices.