Father Mathias

"There are no heroes, only survivors."

- Father Mathias

Father Mathias is the leader of the Solarii Brotherhood who worships the Sun Queen and the secondary main antagonist of the 2013 reboot videogame Tomb Raider 2013.

Biography
Mathias has been stranded on Yamatai for years which is still unknown however, it is said he was stranded with other survivors until he tricked them into trying to escape with a makeshift raft which was easily destroyed however Mathias did this on purpose so he could better understand the supernatural occurrences of the island.

Over time more survivors were stranded on Yamatai, American, Russian and Japanese. Using his charisma, Mathias is able to rally people for his tribe which he names the Solarri Brotherhood however the people who refuse to join him he simply killed. The people who wish to join were forced to spend days and even months in the geothermal caverns, they either survived or were turned insane. Over time Mathias had 4 Russian lieutenants Dmitri, Nikolai, Vladimir and Boris.

Father Mathias comes across Sam, a surviving member of the shipwrecked Endurance, they come across Sam's closest friend Lara Croft. While Sam tells the story of Himiko who is also her ancestor, Lara falls asleep and when she wakes up Mathias kidnaps Sam.

Although he is not seen until later in the game, Mathias is mentioned by his Solarri brethren who refer him as Father Mathias. He is not seen in person until he ambushes Lara while she was trying to rescue Captain Jessop who is the only survivor of an attempted rescue from a plane. He describes Lara as a child and chastises her for being young and naive beofre destroying the bridge and murders Jessop before the Solarri Brotherhood can kill Lara the Oni which is a mythical force on Yamatia that protects the Sun Queen, attacks the Solarri and take Lara to the room where they keep the rest of their murdered victims.

The Solarri and Mathias are held up in a massive Japanese monastery as well is Sam. Lara fights through a Shantytown and finally makes her way their where she also discovers James Whitman who was another survivor. Sam pleads him to reconsider but Mathias is too determined to survive and leaves Sam with a guard which Lara kills with ease and allows Sam to escape.

While the temple begins to slowly burn to the ground Lara fights her way through more Solarri and one of the Russian lieutenants however she is easily able to kill them. While trying to exit Lara is once again ambushed by Mathias on a bridge, he commands the bridge to be burnt and when someone responds that their own men will die he simply shoots him without a second thought. Lara came close to being killed but Roth was able to call a chopper that saves Lara from a fiery death.

Trivia

 * He was voiced by Robert Craighead.