Expedition 13 · Case File Nº 7 · Night of the 9th Dig

CLARA

The Deal in the Tent

An ambitious explorer. A priceless relic. One very persuasive way to settle a debt. She slipped into your camp after dark to steal it back — and your team caught her red-handed. Now she stands in your tent, flushed and breathless, ready to offer whatever it takes.

Tomb Raider Caught Negotiation Camp at Night Commission

▶ Play — Open the Tent Unlock the Full Gallery

Clara, caught in the reliquary tent by lamplight

Subject photographed at apprehension — 01:40

Detained Relic Recovered

Recovered Document

The Incident Report

Field Report — Expedition 13

At 01:40, sentries detained an intruder inside the reliquary tent. Subject identifies as CLARA — independent explorer, previously barred from three dig sites for unauthorized acquisition. The artifact, known in the ledger as the Sunken Queen's Heart, was found undamaged. Subject was unharmed, unrepentant, and curiously out of breath.

Subject requested a private audience with the expedition leader in order to negotiate the return of the relic. Request was granted. Campmates remain stationed outside the tent, by request — and for the entertainment of it. What follows is the official record of the negotiation.

— Ledger-keeper, Expedition 13. Hover the black bars. Some things were never meant to stay buried.

SubjectClara — "the Magpie of the Southern Ruins"

OccupationRelic acquisition, unlicensed

StatusDetained. Cooperative. Flushed.

Outstanding Debt48,000 gold sovereigns

Confiscated1 grappling hook, 2 empty canteens, questionable morals

Interactive Record

The Bargaining Table

The relic is worth 48,000 gold — and she has none of it. But Clara insists there are other ways to clear a ledger. Set your terms, round by round, and watch her work the debt down to zero.

Deal Struck

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Interactive Record

Brush the Dig Site

Everything Clara carried in from the ruins is buried under sand in the evidence yard. Run your cursor over the grid — or tap, if you're on the move — and brush it away to catalogue what she came for. All twenty squares. She's watching you do it.

Site cleared 00 / 20

Site fully cleared. Twenty finds catalogued — and one item still missing from the ledger: whatever happened after the lamp went out. That part isn't on display. It's playable →

Evidence Locker

Field Photographs

Clara — field photograph, plate I — Plate I — Subject, apprehended 01:40Expedition 13

Clara — field photograph, plate II — Plate II — Field search, submitted willinglyExpedition 13

Clara — field photograph, plate III — Plate III — Negotiation, mid-sessionExpedition 13

Clara — field photograph, plate IV — Plate IV — Terms accepted, lamp lowExpedition 13

Final Entry

The Rest of the Record

The ledger ends where the lamplight does. Everything after "deal struck" — every term she paid, every one she invented — is waiting on the other side.

▶ Play Clara Commission Your Own

Thank you ichigo for commissioning Clara.