Qualopec was one of the three rulers of Atlantis (alongside Tihocan and Natla). After the attack which Natla set upon himself and Tihocan, his legs were disabled, from then towards his eventual death he moved around in a mechanical frame. After his death, Qualopec's piece of the Atlantean Scion rests along with him in his tomb in Peru. In Tomb Raider: Anniversary, Qualopec is brother to Natla whereas in the original, there was no indication that the rulers of Atlantis were related to each other.