Dr. Mark Willard was a scientist at RX Tech and the main antagonist in Tomb Raider III. A member of the RX Tech team excavating sites in the Antarctic, Dr. Willard became enamored with the properties of a quartet of artifacts that a Polynesian tribe formerly inhabiting the area had fashioned from a meteorite located in its crater at the site. His interest in the artifacts led Dr. Willard to an encounter with explorer Lara Croft in India.