Pop Culture References of Wizard101: Krokotopia / Selenopolis – Tomb Raiders

Tomb Raiders – Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Tomb_Raider_(Male)
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Creature:Tomb_Raider_(Female)
https://wiki.wizard101central.com/wiki/Quest:Icon,_I_Can%27t
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_Raider

Marleybonians raiding Sutekh’s tomb.

Thank you to Ashley D. for her help with this one.

Once your Wizard has access to Selenopolis and can begin experimenting with the Fusion of two schools of magic, you have the choice of picking a new school to associate with. If you choose Storm, your Wizard deals with Serge, the Storm tree in the Blended Grove. Serge sends your Wizard to find a Storm Icon Maximus Voltus.

Once your pet has collected the Galvanic Wisps, you go to the Tomb of Voltus and inadvertently wake up Sutekh Thunderscales. Sutekh senses something that offends him to his core. He feels them rooting around… looters. Grave Robbers. Sutekh invites you to vanquish them together.

After defeating the Tomb Raiders, Sutekh offers to help your wizard learn more about Blended magic.

Tomb Raider, known as Lara Croft: Tomb Raider from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an action-adventure video game series created by British video game developer Core Design. The franchise is currently owned by CDE Entertainment; it was formerly owned by Eidos Interactive, then by Square Enix Europe after Square Enix’s acquisition of Eidos in 2009 until Embracer Group purchased the intellectual property alongside Eidos in 2022. The franchise focuses on the fictional British archaeologist Lara Croft, who travels around the world searching for lost artefacts and infiltrating dangerous tombs and ruins. Gameplay generally focuses on exploration, solving puzzles, navigating hostile environments filled with traps, and fighting enemies. Additional media has been developed for the franchise in the form of film adaptations, comics and novels.

Lara Croft’s look through the years

Development of the first Tomb Raider video game began in 1994; it was released two years later. Its critical and commercial success prompted Core Design to develop a new game annually for the next four years, which put a strain on staff. The sixth game, Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, faced difficulties during development and was considered a failure at release. This prompted Eidos to switch development duties to Crystal Dynamics, which has been the series’ primary developer since. Other developers have contributed to spin-off titles and ports of mainline entries.

The Tomb Raider series had sold over 100 million units worldwide by 2024, while the entire franchise generated close to $1.2 billion in revenue by 2002. The series has received generally positive reviews from critics, and Lara Croft became one of the most recognizable video game characters, winning accolades and earning places on the Walk of Game and Guinness World Records.

Lara Croft from the first game, as played by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander

The character has starred in three films as of 2025; Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life (2003), and Tomb Raider (2018). Lara Croft has been voiced by five actresses in the video game series: Shelley Blond, Judith Gibbins, Jonell Elliott, Keeley Hawes, and Camilla Luddington. In other media, Croft was also voiced by Minnie Driver in the animated series and portrayed by Angelina Jolie and Alicia Vikander in feature films. Multiple models and body doubles have portrayed Croft in promotional material until the reboot in 2013. Eight different real-life models have portrayed her at promotional events.

The current list of all the (known) Krokotopia references can be found here.

Although I am well versed in Pop Culture references but I do not claim to have caught them all. Let me know your favorites in the comments and if I’ve missed one you caught, let me know so I can add it to the list.

Text for this article is excerpted from the linked wiki pages

Tomb Raiders image is Wizard101, and is copyright of KingsIsle Entertainment.

Lara Croft evolution image is borrowed from the r/gaming thread at Reddit

Lara Croft Triptych is borrowed from ew.com It is credited as EIDOS; Everett Collection; Graham Bartholomew/Warner Bros.

All Lara Croft images are copyright Eidos/Square Enix, Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft is also copyright Paramount Pictures, Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft is also copyright Warner Bros.

Image usage qualifies as fair use under US copyright law.

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