In the original Tomb Raider, Larson is a Texan former U.S. marine and a mercenary hired by the evil Jaqueline Natla to retrieve the missing pieces of an ancient artefact called the scion before the treasure hunter Lara Croft finds them. He is portraid as not being very intelligent and dresses in a red shirt and jeans. He is shot down by Lara during a gun fight in Natla's mines.