Why do people hate nathan drake

There's a rumor going around which suggests that Naughty Dog is going to bring him back in The Lost Legacy and I, for one, really hope that the rumor ends up being true.

Look, I get it, Neil Druckmann, who is the company's creative director, is a big time feminist, but he shouldn't let his politics interfere with common sense. At one point in the game, Nadine beats up both Drake brothers at the exact same time, which is completely ridiculous. I'm not saying that a woman who's a trained fighter can't beat up a man, but two at the same time?!

It's also ridiculous when you consider the fact that both Nate and Sam took out an entire gang by themselves with their fists during their stint in a Panamanian prison. So, they're no slouches when it comes to hand to hand combat either. I am, however, excited to see what they do with Nadine in The Lost Legacy , which should be coming out a little later this year. But please, Naughty Dog, no more of her beating up multiple peopl at the exact same time.

I'm cool with her taking out a man in a one on one fight, but not when she's out numbered. Also, for the record, I'd be annoyed if it was the other way around -- I'd have a huge issue with Nate beating up two females at the same time if they were both trained fighters.

I don't think it's possible for anyone to not love Elena. Sure, there are some problems with her character, like the fact that she's a broadcast journalist who's never shot a gun in her life, and then, outta nowhere, she knows how to handle every single firearm that she gets her hands on.

She also wanted Nate to stop treasure hunting in both Uncharted 2 and 3 , yet she encouraged him to take an illegal job in Uncharted 4.

But, despite all of the flaws with her character, she's very likable. When I first played Drake's Fortune , I actually didn't like her all that much. But, after a few hours, she began to grow on me, mostly because I was rooting for her and Nate to end up together, and thankfully they did.

Again, her character has some flaws, but what I like about her is that, out of all the characters in the game, she's the most human, as she's really the only one in the series who fully understands and considers the danger and the consequences that come with Nate and Sully's line of work. The creation of Sam Drake was so unnecessary, and honestly, it didn't make any sense.

Remember in Uncharted 3 when Marlowe gets a hold of Nate's file? She mentions his parents and she even knows that Drake isn't his real last name. So, it was a pretty in-depth file on Nate's life. Yet, Marlowe never mentioned that he had a brother. You would think that would be in there. The thing about Sam is, he's the least trustworthy good guy in the series. It didn't help that the first trailer for the game suggested that Sam was going to be a villain, which honestly, would've been a better role for him.

But instead, we're supposed to look at him as a good guy after he lies to his brother's face about how he escaped from prison and almost ends Nate's marriage because of his own selfish interests. Also, one point that I never hear brought up is, he told Nate that Hector Alcazar wanted half the treasure. So, what would've happened if Nate never found out the truth? Was Sam just gonna take the 50 percent for Alcazar, then take one third of what's remaining, which would be his cut with Nate and Sully?

In my opinion, the original script, which had Sam as the bad guy, probably would've been a heck of a lot better than the Uncharted 4 we ended up getting. I'm not saying that it's a bad game -- in fact, it's quite the opposite. It was my favorite game of But making Nate have a brother was so unnecessary. Unfortunately though, Naughty Dog nerfed it in subsequent games. Come to find out, she was saying it to the players as well. Unlike with Elena, there are very few flaws in her character. However, that doesn't mean that I think she should've ended up with Nate.

Do I like her more than Elena though? Yes I do. Boy, oh boy, where do I even start with this one? Naughty Dog definitely avoided this type of character with Nate. Countless times he has come near death, been beaten, shot and nearly dehydrated to death.

He often relies on his friends and comrades to pull him through, whether it's Elena, Sully or even Chloe, and it's abundantly clear that he isn't a super hero. We all need someone, we all need help from time to time. Even Nathan Drake. I think this enables us to understand that he is in fact human, he is vulnerable, and he is just like us Although, if he came asking me for help securing some sort of treasure, I'd probably have to pass on that adventure. Sorry Nate buddy. To my nostalgic excitement, Naughty Dog threw us a treat in the form of our favourite little bandicoot.

During a very warm scene in Nate and Elena's home, he challenges Elena's high score on Crash Bandicoot. What made it even better for us is that it was playable! Countless hours of my childhood were lost in that game, as I'm sure was the same for many of you, especially running away from that boulder! As Nate plays the game, his frustrations at failing become evident, as was his excitement at the challenge, and these mirrored all the feelings we felt battling through the levels in years gone by.

Glad he loves him just as much as we did! Is it me or does it feel like sometimes you can't catch a break? Things seem to be going so well then It all comes crashing down. Well as much as it pains me to say it, we aren't the only ones! Just look at all of Nathan Drake's exploits. He survives Mercenaries He finds El Dorado He finds Shambhala He leaves home on a secret adventure Finds a treasure haul worth millions Once again, it proves that Drake really is one of us because despite his victories, things just seem to get worse and worse sometimes!

I mean this very morning, I went out in shorts to enjoy the sun and, just like that, it rained. I'm sure he would feel my pain just as I feel his. I guess it worked out okay for him in the end, so keep your fingers crossed guys and stay away from abandoned or long lost cities, okay? Something which I believe truly makes Nathan Drake one of us is his fear.

We all have fears in life. Whether they're irrational or very real ones, we face them. Naughty Dog achieved a state of emotional empathy with Nate in which we truly understood his fears, both physical and emotional ones.

For example, as the "Scare 'O' Meter" above suggests, Drake has faced some pretty fearsome foes, like the 'Slippery wet guys' who quite frankly scared the hell out of me when I first played through Uncharted and the 'Demon Sasquatch', which were so difficult to dispose of. As well as this, they portrayed his emotional fear at losing his loved ones and not achieving his goals. When Elena came close to death, the emotion he showed was incredible. We often use humour to cover up our pain and worry.

Although Sully's glorious moustache could well be Drake's hardest foe to date! One of Nate's best qualities is his humour. It brings out the best of the game during its darkest and most tense moments. Dark humour is one of the greatest types of humour, as it lightens the mood in any situation and helps to change the dynamic. Let me set the scene; Elena, Sully and Drake are deep in a dark cavern, with the imminent threat of private militia soldiers surrounding them.

Drake manages to find his prize, as he so often does, a skeleton with a book firmly grasped within its clutches. He was making it seem like the the skeleton had attacked him, before gradually laughing as Sully and Elena pooped their pants. Hey, it's definitely something many of us would do. You have to love scaring your close friends and family. Just be careful. Revenge is a dish best served cold. An unfortunate thing in life is that we will always be stabbed in the back by someone. Whether it's a colleague, a friend or a family member, it is always tough to be betrayed by someone you trust.

Nate knows this all too well from Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Drake is approached by an old accomplice, Harry Flynn, and asked to take on the task of hunting down the fabled Shambhala. Athough he already is weary about trusting Flynn, he decides the adventure is too good to pass on and teams up with him.

After several breakthroughs in the search for their goal, all tensions between the two seem to be forgotten, only for Flynn to stab Drake in the back when we least expected it.

It's all good Nate, we've got your back! Personally I loved this scene, despite how minuscule it is. It was another way in which Naughty Dog brought Nathan Drake to life and made him one of us! After being caught on one of his thieving excursions, Drake is locked up in a grotty jail cell for three months.

With a distinct lack of entertainment, a very angry Drake decided to mock the person who was the reason for his capture, Harry Flynn. This brings memories of being young and having childish arguments with siblings where they would say something and you would say it back in a mocking voice. All of their mother's possessions — including her archaeological works — were later sold by their father. The two spent the next few years in the orphanage, during which Nathan took interest in books and was taught Latin by the orphanage's nuns, all while learning free-running and climbing from Sam.

While growing up to dislike most of the orphanage staff such as Sister Catherine , he did become fond of Father Ryan Duffy , calling him "the only decent guy there". Eventually, Sam was kicked out of the orphanage due to criminal activities, before taking a job to support both himself and Nathan.

By , when Nathan was thirteen, he got in a fight one day with an older boy by the name of Edward after the latter teased him by grabbing one of his books and insulting his parentage, leading to Nathan being suspended from a retreat with the rest of the orphanage. After receiving a harsh lecture from Sister Catherine, Nathan noticed light signs by Sam and went to meet with him. Meeting up with Sam, Nathan followed his brother out the orphanage's limits, before being presented with a motorcycle Sam bought him as a gift, which he realized was Sam's way to apologize; Sam then revealed his intentions to leave for at least a year due to his new job, in order to get money to eventually discharge Nate from the orphan much to Nathan's shock and dismay as he was tired of his life in the orphanage.

Trying to cheer his younger brother up, Sam also revealed he tracked down their mother's possessions. The two then proceeded to plan on stealing them. Breaking into the house containing their mother's journal, the two are confronted by the mansion owner. The owner at first mistakes Nate and Sam as trespassers and calls the cops. However the tension eased as Samuel tells her that they were just looking for their mothers stuff. The owner apologizes to them for misunderstanding and reveals to them that she was a friend of their mom.

The boys engage in a wholesome conversation with the owner who reveals her name as Evelyn. Evelyn tells them that she and their mother were good friends and worked together and bonded over their love for history and social studies and archeology. Evelyn then reveals to the boys that she and their mom believed in a theory that sir Francis Drake had heirs.

During the conversation, the three notice that the police officers have arrived outside whom Evelyn called over a few minutes prior when she mistook the two as trespassers for a second.

Evelyn gives the boys their moms journals, believing "they could finish what she started. Nate and Sam panic not knowing what to do but as soon as they hear the police officers breaking the door open, the two escape out the window and try to escape the mansion area without the police officers noticing them. Unfortunately, the officers quickly spot them both and a chase ensues with Nate and Sam succesfully losing the cops and escape safely. After motorcycling through the cities alleyway outskirts, the two stop to take a break for a second and to catch their breaths.

Realizing they cannot go back to their previous lives, the two decided to honor their mother and her theory on Francis Drake's heirs by changing their names to Nathan and Samuel Drake. With this, the brothers decide to become treasure hunters.

By the time he was fifteen, a young Nate wounded up in Cartagena, Colombia in Sam was in prison somewhere leaving Nate alone to fend for himself. Nate decided to follow the man, stealthily tailing him up to a meet-up point with a blonde woman , before pick-pocketing his wallet. Much to Nate's surprise, the man noticed the theft and confronted the young Drake, forcing Nate to give him his wallet back but not before commenting on Nate's thieving skills.

Unbeknownst to the older thief, Nate took the copied key before giving back the wallet. By evening, Nate entered the closed museum but was soon confronted by both the man, Victor, and the blonde woman, revealed to be his employer, Katherine Marlowe. Refusing to give Marlowe the ring, Nate escaped her clutches and was pursued by her men , with Victor aiding in his escape before saving him from an agent holding the boy at gunpoint.

Later, at a bar, the man introduced himself as Victor Sullivan and treated Nate to a dinner. During their conversation, Nate introduced himself and explained his connection to Francis Drake and his ring, as well as possible secrets kept by Drake. Within a year of meeting Sully, Nate ended up in prison at the age of fifteen, although Sully had him released shortly thereafter. Sully also came to know Sam, but unlike with Nate the two didn't often see eye to eye.

Throughout both his adventures with Sully and his brother Sam, Nate became a capable shooter, climber, explorer, swimmer, and treasure hunter, gaining noteworthy reputation within the treasure hunting world. He would go on to meet and befriend several notable figures within the society, including the Indonesian pirate captain Eddy Raja , the British treasure hunter Harry Flynn , the American businessman Rafe Adler , and fellow American fortune hunter Jason Dante , all of whom would become rivals and eventual enemies to Drake.

Nate's close friendship with Eddy came to an end when Nate betrayed his friend and kept the entire reward for himself. While Eddy continued to hold grudge against him, Nate justified his betrayal due to Eddy having planned on double-crossing him beforehand. Nate and Jason Dante worked together on several adventures and jobs. On one occasion, Nate woke up to find himself naked within the Taj Mahal after taking a "scenic route" with Dante.

On another occasion, Nate recalls Dante crying as the two climbed on the mountain in Mason Varde. At some point during his career as a treasure hunter, Nate met Chloe Frazer , an Indian treasure hunter known for her beauty and skills. The two entered into a relationship, but eventually, Nate left her under unknown circumstances.

The trio used Rafe's wealth to bribe their way into a Panamanian prison, buying the services of a warden named Vargas to aid them in their search. During his time in prison, Nate fought against Gustavo , a fellow inmate, in order to let Vargas take him to a tower that was once used as the cell of Joseph Burnes , a shipmate of Avery's. Before exploring the tower for clues, Nate was confronted by Vargas, who learned of the trio's intentions and demanded a cut from the treasure. Nate eventually found a cross of Saint Dismas engraved with the words "Digna factis recipimus," but decided to falsely claim to Vargas that the cell was empty.

Back into the prison, Nate met up with Sam and Rafe to discuss his findings, eventually declaring that there is a St Dismas cathedral in Scotland, near Avery's last resting place. The trio was then ambushed by Gustavo and his friends, leading to a short-lived brawl quickly ended by Vargas and his fellow wardens. Nate, Sam, and Rafe made their way through the prison, but during the escape, Sam was shot in the torso as Nate attempted to hold, before falling through debris much to Nate's grief.

Convinced by the wealthy treasure hunter that his brother is deceased, Nate reluctantly followed Rafe out the prison, and the two escaped by water. Throughout the following months, the two continued to work together to find the treasure in Scotland, but eventually went their separate ways as Rafe's impatience grew in proportion to Nate's grief over his brother's apparent death.

In disbelief of Sam's death and unaware that he was actually alive, Nate tried to find his brother by various methods but the guards who locked him up indefinitely made sure he found leads confirming that his brother did indeed die during the escape, all in retaliation for Vargas' death. Nate was forced to accept the fact that his brother died and thus suppressed his memories of the prison incident, never mentioning him again. Nathan in the Uncharted comic.

Nate and Sully have been contacted by siblings Michael and Rose Ludlow to steal a book. Nate carries out the theft with Harry Flynn , and after narrowly escaping with their lives, Nate lets Flynn keep the gold that they stole with the book. Flynn leaves, and Nate becomes intrigued by the book, which is written in code. As they have time before the handover, Nate cracks the code and discovers that the book is, in fact, the journal of Sir Richard Byrd.

The journal describes how Byrd was hired by the Russians towards the end of World War II to hide the Amber Room — a treasure consisting of several polished amber panels. Byrd hid the Room in the underground city of Agartha , which he had discovered on an earlier flight to the Arctic. The coded coordinates of the entrance to Agartha were engraved on the Amber Seal , a panel from the Amber Room that Byrd had taken to prove that he'd had it.

However, the seal was lost in the war. Nate and Sully then meet with the Ludlows to hand over the journal. The pair take an interest in Nate's ancestry and let it slip that they plan to acquire the Amber Seal at an auction. Using Sully's underground contacts, they discover that the Amber Seal is being auctioned at Volkov Castle by its owner, Russian crime lord Mykola Rusnak. Nate and Sully plan to break in and steal it. While performing a recce of the castle, Nate narrowly escapes from Chloe Frazer , who attempts to kill him.

Nate is caught as he attempts to steal the seal during the auction, however, Chloe convinces Rusnak to let Nate go. After learning that the seal will not be sold until the next day, Nate and Sully return to the castle that night and break inside. While Sully remains outside, Nate enters the castle, where he runs into Chloe.

They agree to a brief truce and work together. Nate manages to get the coded coordinates off the seal before Chloe lifts it off its podium, triggering an alarm. As they escape, Chloe leaves the Seal with Nate as she flees. Upon exiting the castle, Nate is taken to a secure location by the Ludlows, who have also kidnapped Sully. The Ludlows reveal that they are descendants of Thomas Doughty - a friend of Francis Drake who was executed for treason on Drake's evidence - and they want revenge.

After getting Agartha's coordinates from Nate, they leave Nate and Sully to their fate at the hands of Rusnak. Despite Rusnak's attempts to extract the coordinates from them, the pair are rescued by Chloe, and the three agree to work together. Sully remarks that Nate is only allowing Chloe to help because Nate is attracted to her. As the trio attempt to take the Seal and journal back, the Ludlows take Chloe hostage and force Nate to fly them to Agartha, knowing that the coordinates Nate originally gave them were wrong.

They fly to the Arctic. After the plane is damaged while landing in turbulence, the group find themselves in an underground cavern, surrounded by the remains of Byrd's camp. Sully is ordered to stay behind and fix the plane, while the rest advance.

They find the Amber Room, which is smashed and worthless. Angered, Micheal attempts to kill Nate, who escapes with Chloe into the city of Agartha. Michael and Rose catch them and in the standoff, they are ambushed by the Smoking Gods.

Escaping from the Smoking Gods, in the central cavern of Agartha, the group discover several flying machines, along with the Second Sun - a wall of shining diamonds.

Michael wants to get an army to stake a claim to Agartha, but Rose refuses and shoots him, before removing a single large diamond from the wall. This causes a breach and allows lava to begin flowing through, flooding the city.

Rose is incinerated. Nate and Chloe escape with Sully in the plane that they arrived in, although it is caught in the volcanic eruption and crashes into the sea. They wash up in an unknown tropical country and they take the opportunity to relax. While Sully chats up beautiful young women, Nate and Chloe spend the night together, and when Nate wakes up in the morning he finds a message from her - " See you around, cowboy.

No regrets. Nate and Sully meet at the dock the next morning, with Sully observing that they probably haven't seen the last of Chloe. In the meantime, he's got a job lined up for them in the States.

The two set off on a rusty boat - which was all Sully could afford as they didn't exactly walk away from Agartha with a lot of treasure. Nate points out that they did walk away - sometimes that's enough. Nate in Golden Abyss. At an unspecified time before Drake's Fortune , Nate has been hired as an expert by Jason Dante to investigate a dig site on a ridge in central Panama.

At the dig site, they encounter Marisa Chase , Dante's "partner," who, as a result of her distrust, had tailed them. Dante receives an erratic radio call from Roberto Guerro , the leader of a revolutionary army based in the surrounding forest, and leaves, while Chase helps Nate examine the dig site, both unimpressed that Dante had not informed them about Guerro's presence.

They find the remains of a group of Spanish conquistadors who were murdered - poisoned by forces unknown. The only clue to why the soldiers were killed is a grave marker carved with a symbol Nate recognizes as being of Visigoth origin. Chase reveals to Nate that she possesses an Amulet that Dante doesn't know about, and refuses to let Nate examine it unless he agrees to her offer of partnership. Before they can learn more they are interrupted by the arrival of Guerro's men.

As Chase refuses to use a gun, Nate kills them all and the two attempt to escape. It is revealed that Dante has been working with Guerro. Nate tries to escape by attacking the soldiers but is knocked unconscious.

Nate wakes up in a burning warehouse. Escaping, he finds himself in a shanty town that acts as Guerro's base and meets up with Chase. She explains she escaped Guerro after a brief interrogation and set the warehouse alight as a diversion. Nate decides to rescue Dante and escape, but Chase refuses to leave without her Amulet , so reluctantly Nate agrees to help her retrieve it. After defeating a number of Guerro's guards, they reach his office where they learn that Dante has already cut a deal with him, and given Guerro all the research he and Chase collected.

Nate and Chase retrieve the Amulet from Guerro's office and narrowly escape the compound while being shot at. Chase takes Nate to the house of Vincent Perez , her grandfather, and explains that he found the Amulet among the ruins on the ridge, and spent twenty years trying to figure out what it was. The year before, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, which made him desperate to solve the mystery. He contacted Dante, who was able to negotiate with Guerro for access to the site, but three months ago he disappeared, and Dante took over the excavation.

In Perez's study, Nate discovers a symbol from the grave marker on the cover of a book about the Sete Cidades, an obscure Christian religious order with roots stretching back to the Visigoths. Apparently they went on to find the seven cities of gold, and the Sete Cidades was an order dedicated to finding these cities.

Using Perez's research, Nate is able to translate the words written around the edge of the symbol, "The Sword of Stephen shall bear witness to our sacrifice in the Chamber of the Seven Fathers.

Nate accepts Chase's earlier offer to be partners as they depart. Arriving at this location - Spanish ruins next to a large sinkhole - Nate and Chase enter catacombs at the bottom of the sinkhole and find the Chamber of the Seven Fathers, along with Perez's camp and his journal. The journal sheds more light on the Sete Cidades, specifically referring to Frair Marcos de Niza , a Spanish priest who was also a High Priest of the Sete Cidades, who was noted for claiming to have discovered the Seven Cities of Gold.

As it turned out, Marcos lied, and his seven cities were simply native American villages. While they are investigating, they are ambushed by Guerro's men, who had followed them. Nate kills them and insists they hurry it up. After solving a puzzle, Nate and Chase discover Esteban's tomb and find the body of Vincent Perez inside.

While Chase mourns for her grandfather, Nate takes the Sword of Stephen. Engraved upon the blade are symbols, which Nate takes charcoal rubbings of before he returns to Chase. He tells her that, when they find Quivira , it will be Perez's discovery, but she turns him down - it will be their discovery, as partners. They are interrupted by the arrival of Dante, who takes Chase hostage right before Guerro arrives in time to hear Dante insult him.

Guerro then calmly drops Dante off a balcony and forces Nate to hand over the Sword of Stephen while he leaves with Chase as a hostage. Dante regains consciousness, as the fall wasn't fatal, and he and Nate work together to escape the sinkhole that was rigged with Guerro's explosives. They kill a multitude of Guerro's men trying to save Chase before she is taken, but when they finally get out of the sinkhole, they are too late.

Dante vows to go hire his own army and go after Guerro while Nate seeks help from Victor Sullivan. Nate has assembled the charcoal rubbings of the symbols on the Sword of Stephen, revealing a map to the location of the Temple of the Serpents, which Friar Marcos stated: "guards the gateway to hell.

Along the way, Sully falls down a hole and injures his leg. He suggests that Nate should go on alone, while he steals a helicopter to be their getaway vehicle. Nate continues alone to the Temple of the Serpents, where he learns that Dante's mercenaries have Guerro trapped in the lower caverns. Nate descends to a large doorway at the base of the cave where Guerro's men have Chase captive.

They are setting up explosives on the supporting columns of the cavern. After Nate deals with them, Chase refuses to leave - Quivira is just behind the door. Nate realizes that her Amulet is, in fact, the key to Quivira, and uses it to open the combination lock on the door.

Beyond the doorway, they gain access to the Golden Abyss. This cavern has numerous enormous veins of gold all over its walls, and in the center is the Throne of Gold. Sitting on the Throne is the corpse of Esteban, impaled through the heart with the dagger of Marcos de Niza.

Esteban was a Sete Cidades offering, a sacrifice of blood to seal the gates of hell. A Geiger counter in Chase's pack indicates that the gold is radioactive. Dante arrives and reveals he knew about the treasure being radioactive and plans to strip-mine Quivira and litter the gold through the black market. Nate and Dante get into a fist-fight with Nate being the victor. Nate and Chase leave Dante by the Throne of Gold, and Chase detonates the bombs in the caverns to seal it. As she and Nate flee, the caverns begin to collapse, killing Dante and any of his mercenaries still in the cave system.

As they reach the exit, Guerro appears and fires an RPG into a stone column, causing it to collapse and fall onto Chase's leg. Guerro reloads the RPG and says he has only one cause left without his army: to die with honor.

Nate confronts Guerro and he is able to trick him into charging out onto a burning bridge, which collapses and plunges the General into the abyss. Nate returns to Chase and manages to lever the stone block off her leg before the two flee to the exit - where they find Sully waiting with his helicopter to winch them out.

They land to splint Chase's leg, and while Sully checks the chopper has enough gas to get them home, Nate reveals he saved Chase's Amulet.

She takes it, and hurls it into the jungle, stating that Marcos was right - it belongs in hell. Sully interrupts before the two can kiss, and as they head back to the helicopter he begins telling them his story about the nurses in Buenos Aires. Sully wants to help Luka's daughter and his god-daughter Jada find out who killed Luka and why.

Nate agrees to help and learns that before his death Luka worked on a secret project for weapons company Phoenix Innovations , supposedly on the trail of a lost treasure.

From what Luka told Jada before he died, the project has something to do with the ancient labyrinth on Crete, the source of the Minotaur legend, designed by Greek mythic figure Daedalus. They go to an exhibition on ancient labyrinths at a nearby museum to speak to an expert, Dr. Maynard P Cheney and arrive seconds after Cheney was stabbed to death.

A graduate student, Gretchen Welch , explains that Luka spoke to Cheney about an excavation in Egypt where her brother is a site manager before traveling out there. She confirms that Luka believed both labyrinths were designed by Daedalus and that Luka also believed there was a third. After they depart the museum, their attempt to search Luka's apartment is derailed when the entire building burns down.

Following an attempt on their lives immediately afterward, they leave America for the next step on the trail - the dig site in Egypt. In Egypt, a search of the hotel room where Luka stayed on his visit reveals his journal, concealed within an air conditioning unit. It confirms Luka's theories surrounding Daedalus and the Mistress of the Labyrinth and states that Tyr Henriksen is not interested in the first three labyrinths - he wants the treasure in the Fourth.

That night Nate, Sully, and Jada have dinner with Ian Welch , who agreed to meet them after the call from his sister, and he explains that Luka's theories are supported by evidence from the dig site, including references to alchemy, a mysterious honey , and how the Mistress of the Labyrinth received more tribute than all the other gods combined.

The dinner date is interrupted when Jada's stepmother, Olivia , arrives looking for her. She claims to be concerned for her and afraid of Henriksen, but Jada refuses to speak to her and marches out of the restaurant when Nate and Sully invite Olivia to talk. Nate follows and finds Jada being kidnapped by suited men. In the ensuing fight, men dressed in black hooded robes appear and kill the thugs, warning Jada to "go home".

In the confusion, Ian left having agreed to get them into the dig, and Olivia mysteriously disappeared. Nate, Sully, and Jada meet Ian the next day at the dig site — The Labyrinth of Sobek — and learn that Tyr Henriksen has taken over the funding of the dig and is being shown around.

They have time to examine the central chamber while Henriksen views the above-ground facilities, and while they do so Nate uncovers references to the Minotaur and a secret passage beneath the altar. Inside, they find a deformed human skeleton wearing a horned headdress, and three separate worship chambers each dedicated to different gods and decorated with ancient scripts. The chamber dedicated to Sobek is decorated with Egyptian hieroglyphics, while a chamber decorated in a Cretan script or Linear A is dedicated to Dionysus, obviously representing the labyrinth on Crete.

The third chamber, however, is decorated in a script Ian deduces to be an unknown variant of the Linear B script, and what he can translate reveals the chamber is dedicated to Poseidon, and the third labyrinth is on the island of Thera.

They are interrupted again by an attack by the hooded men, who kidnap Ian and drive the others back to the altar chamber, where Tyr Henriksen, Olivia and security guards await them.

Jada pretends to be glad to see Olivia and convinces them to let her go outside for some air, escorted by Nate and Sully. As soon as they leave the labyrinth, Nate, Sully, and Jada leave the dig and go straight to their car. They travel to the Santorini archipelago in the Aegean Sea, all that remains of Thera after a volcano on the island erupted. Using Luka's journal, they find the entrance to the third labyrinth beneath a medieval fortress, as well as the safe route towards the center.

Along the way, they find extensive damage to the labyrinth by the eruption and successive earthquakes, which has allowed the sea to flood some caves. At one point, they are forced to double back - and find that Henriksen, Olivia, and some thugs have been following them. Henriksen is shocked by their accusation that he murdered Luka, and reveals he thinks it may have been another warning to "go home. Henriksen is about to order Nate, Sully, and Jada to lead them to the center at gunpoint when they are again attacked by the hooded men.

This time, however, they kidnap Sully and drag him deeper into the labyrinth. Nate and Jada immediately pursue them, following them all the way to the central chamber, where they ultimately lose their quarry. Nate opens the secret door, hoping to find evidence of the Fourth Labyrinth.

Like in Egypt, there are worship chambers in the secret passage, although two of them have collapsed into a sea cave. However, while in Egypt there were only three chambers, here there are four.

One of the two is dedicated to Dionysus, while the other is dedicated to an unknown god and decorated in Chinese writing. Henriksen's group catches up with them, and while Olivia examines the chamber Nate agrees with Henriksen to settle their differences later.

She theorizes that all the treasure was moved there after Daedalus was chased off Crete, the priests abandoned the Labyrinth of Sobek and the volcano destroyed Thera. As the treasure was moved, the fourth chamber was built to honor the fourth god, although something stopped Daedalus adding four chambers to the other two labyrinths. The discussion is interrupted by a rumbling throughout the labyrinth, as the hooded men detonate explosives to collapse the medieval fortress over the entrance and trap them within.

Nate, however, realizes there is another way out and leads the others to the sea cave. He stows a radio and his clothes in a waterproof pack and swims out alone to find a safe path. Once he finds one leading out to the open ocean, he goes back and helps the others get out. Daedalus was a con-man, who would convince kings and priests to let him build the labyrinth as the ultimate treasury - only to steal the gold once it was safely placed in the center.

While the labyrinth on Thera was being built, a fourth ruler fell for the con and ordered the construction of another labyrinth in Yiajing, China - modern-day Nanjing. However, Daedalus died before construction of the fourth labyrinth was complete, so his nephew Talos took over the con and must have halted the addition of four chambers to earlier labyrinths. He altered the design of the fourth labyrinth and demanded an army of slaves to build it.

Olivia also reveals that a flower motif discovered in earlier labyrinths represents the extinct plant White Hellebore, but they don't know it's significance in relation to the labyrinths. Before they land, they discover that their co-pilot has been somehow brainwashed by the hooded men to kill both the pilot and himself, but Henriksen is able to land the plane safely and they are eventually released by Chinese police after the intervention of staff from the Norwegian and American embassies.

A call to one of Nate's contacts, Margaret Xin, reveals a likely location for the Fourth Labyrinth - the only place in Nanjing without underground transport tunnels is an ancient site where excavation has been banned by the Chinese government. Using Luka's journal, the photos from the worship chambers and the historical record, they find the entrance to the labyrinth and Nate deduces that the path to the center will be marked with tracks from dragging all the gold there.

Along the way, they find that the extinct White Hellebore is still alive and well within the labyrinth. In a cavern with a mural showing the Mistress of the Labyrinth offering seven slaves a chalice, Olivia plays her hand and reveals the mercenaries Henriksen hired have been loyal to her all along.

In the midst of an attack by the hooded men - or the Protectors of the Hidden Word - Nate, Jada, and Henriksen escape together, and Henriksen explains he's been researching the labyrinths for years. The White Hellebore is used to make a solution, the honey, that can render a man docile and obedient, but will sometimes trigger mutations when ingested - creating the Minotaurs. This honey was also known as the Hidden Word , and he thinks Daedalus used it to con workers into believing he was paying them in gold to reinforce the idea he was valuable to rulers.

The treasure Henriksen was searching for was the secret of the White Hellebore, to sell it to the highest bidder, while Olivia will probably use it to make rulers her puppets.

Nate, Jada, and Henriksen decide to continue to the center, each for their own reasons. As they close on the center, they come under attack from six Protectors, one of whom is immediately killed by Henriksen, revealing his identity as Ian Welch - brainwashed with the honey to protect the labyrinth. Nate is attacked by Sully, also brainwashed, and the two tumble into an underground river where they fight. Nate knocks Sully out and carries him to the bank while Jada and Henriksen deal with the other Protectors before carrying Sully further into the labyrinth, to the center.

Jada opens the secret passage - and the Minotaur charges out to attack. Olivia arrives and orders her mercenaries to fire upon it. At this point, Sully has woken up but remains disorientated, and Nate and Jada drag him into the secret passage.

There they find the last Mistress of the Labyrinth, ministering to a dying Minotaur. She orders her guards to attack, but Nate and Henriksen hold them off long enough for Olivia to kill the younger Minotaur and come to them.

She and her last few mercenaries kill the guards, only for the Mistress to attack and kill Henriksen before being shot herself.