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|name = The Baker's Dilemma
| name = The Baker's Dilemma
|description = ''[[Teta]] the baker has asked Bayek to rescue her [[Sasobek|taster]], for without his services, she can bake no more cakes. He was taken prisoner by city guards near the [[Memphis]] garrison.''
| image = ACO The Baker's Dilemma 1.png
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
| description = ''[[Teta]] the baker has asked [[Bayek]] to rescue her [[Sasobek|taster]], for without his services, she can bake no more cakes. He was taken prisoner by city [[guard]]s near the [[Memphis]] [[Memphites Barracks|garrison]].''
|type = Side, Level 23
| appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''
|previous = [[Taimhotep's Song]]
| type = Side, Level 23
|next = [[Mortem Romanum]]
| previous = [[Mortem Romanum]]
|ancestor = [[Bayek]]
| next = [[A Dream of Ashes]]
|location = [[Memphis]], [[Egypt]]
| source = [[Bayek]]
|date = 48 BCE}}
| location = [[Memphis]], [[Ptolemaic Kingdom]]
| date = 48 BCE}}
'''The Baker's Dilemma''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Bayek]]'s genetic memories, relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the Portable [[Animus|Animus HR-8]].
'''The Baker's Dilemma''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Bayek]]'s genetic memories, relived by [[Layla Hassan]] through the Portable [[Animus|Animus HR-8]].
==Description==
==Description==
A local baker's [[Sasobek|taster]] has been imprisoned by the Ptolemies for non-payment of taxes.
A local [[Teta|baker]]'s [[Sasobek|taster]] has been imprisoned by the [[Ptolemy XIII|Ptolemies]] for non-payment of taxes.


==Dialogue==
==Dialogue==
Bayek travelled to one of the markets in [[Memphis]].
*'''Teta:''' ''Feastday breads! Fresh feastday breads!<br />Breads in all shapes and sizes! Bread in the shape of the {{Wiki|Pschent|Double Crown}}!<br />(whispers) I curse [[Ahmes]] the fruit-seller, eater of his own shit.<br />The finest bread in Memphis! Favorite bakery of [[Cleopatra]], the Queen!<br />(whispers) May the life and mind and memory of Ahmes the fruit-seller be forgotten.<br />Coriander-seed bread! Date bread! Two loaves for the price of one on feastdays!<br />(whispers) May the {{Wiki|Canopic jar#Use and design|liver and lungs and stomach}} of Ahmes the fruit-seller putrefy into ash.<br />Feastday breads! Buy a fresh loaf for your sweetheard!<br />(whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's {{Wiki|Ancient Egyptian conception of the soul#Ka (vital essence)|ka}} be deprived of nourishment in the grave.<br />Brighten your children's eyes with bread in the shape of a fish!<br />(whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's heart be eaten by—''
Bayek approached the baker.
*'''Teta:''' ''Hello, friend! Bread for your sweetheart?''
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 2.png|thumb|250px|Bayek agreeing to help find the taster]]
*'''Bayek:''' ''No, thank you. Why do you speak a curse under your breath?''
*'''Teta:''' ''The magician who sold it to me said I must recite it two hundred times a day. Since I cannot recite while I sleep, I do it while work. Though it is hard to get any baking done without my taster!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''What happened to your taster?''
*'''Teta:''' ''Gods blast the [[Ptolemaic dynasty|regime]]! They arrested him for not paying the tax on spices! And now I am out of cinnamon!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''Looks like you need more than a magician.''
Bayek set out to find Teta's taster.
*'''Bayek:''' ''The regime presses even a poor baker so hard? Helping her would be a strike against Ptolemy, however small. And her bread smells delicious.''
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 3.png|thumb|250px|Bayek following the carriage]]
With [[Senu]]'s help, Bayek found the man in a cage on a carriage, in transit.
*'''Bayek:''' ''Could that be the man the baker is looking for?''
He approached the carriage.
*'''Bayek:''' ''You are the taster?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Yes, I am he.''
Bayek rescued the man and carried him out of the cage.
*'''Bayek:''' ''Teta the baker asked me to bring you to her.''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''My beautiful Teta! Now I can see her face again before I die. I am weak with hunger and with love. Will you carry me to Teta?''
*'''Bayek:''' ''If I must.''
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 5.png|thumb|250px|Bayek carrying Sasobek back to Teta]]
Bayek carried Sasobek on his back.
*'''Bayek:''' ''Can you walk?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''I am too weak even to stand!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''Really?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''My strength comes from the beautiful Teta!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''Does she know you feel this way about her?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''I have not yet been brave enough to confess my love for her! Also, I am a wanted man.''
*'''Bayek:''' ''I can see that. You did not pay your taxes.''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''It has nothing to do with taxes! I'll tell you everything when we get back to Teta. Teta, beautiful Teta... Her face is like the [[sun]]! Teta, my love, I am coming to you!''
Bayek carried Sasobek to the market.
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Hurry! Not much further until I can see my love again!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''This man is heavy. Too good at his job, I suppose.''
Bayek carried Sasobek back to Teta.
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Teta!''
*'''Teta:''' ''You brought back my taster!''
Bayek put Sasobek down.
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 6.png|thumb|250px|Bayek learning of the attempt to poison Taimhotep]]
*'''Bayek:''' ''This man has something to tell you.''
*'''Teta:''' ''Well?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Teta, I love you!''
*'''Teta:''' ''What?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''And I uncovered a plot to poison the lady [[Taimhotep]], beloved of the [[Pasherenptah|High Priest]]!''
*'''Teta:''' ''What?!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''What?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Lady Taimhotep loves our cakes and bread. For five years, we have delivered them to the [[Temple of Ptah|Great Temple]]. But yesterday, I overheard a guard say that this week's cakes had been poisoned!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''Have they been delivered?''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''I... I don't know. They'd be in the [[Memphites Barracks|garrison]], if not.''
*'''Bayek:''' ''Then I will have to move quickly.''
Bayek turned to leave. Teta and Sasobek continued to converse.
*'''Teta:''' ''This... This is all too much for me.''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Would you like to sit down?''
*'''Teta:''' ''No! I need to think.''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Of course, love.''
*'''Teta:''' ''Hush!''
[[File:ACO The Baker's Dilemma 8.png|thumb|250px|Bayek finding the cakes]]
Bayek travelled to the Memphites Barracks, where the cakes were held. He discovered several stashes of cakes in the main hall.
*'''Bayek:''' ''A basket of cakes. I got here in time. Now to make sure they will not poison anyone.''
Bayek destroyed the baskets and headed to another room, where he discovered the rest of the baskets.
*'''Bayek:''' ''Another basket of cakes. These need to be destroyed too. I should check to see if there are any others.''
Bayek destroyed the baskets.
*'''Bayek:''' ''That is the last of the cakes. Taimhotep is safe now.''
If Bayek returns to the couple at the market.
*'''Bayek:''' ''I found the cakes and destroyed them.''
*'''Teta:''' ''The lady Taimhotep is safe.''
*'''Bayek:''' ''And what about you?''
*'''Teta:''' ''We will go to the High Priest and tell him of this plot. He is a kind man. He will understand we meant his wife no harm.''
*'''Sasobek:''' ''Medjay... This terrible situation has brought about one good result.''
*'''Teta:''' ''In the {{Wiki|Flooding of the Nile|Season of Flooding}}, we will be married!''
*'''Bayek:''' ''Happy news! May you both prosper.''
If Bayek approaches Ahmes.
*'''Man''' ''She sells bread, I sell fruit. There is no reason for competition. I have heard Teta cursing me, but so far my liver seems fine. I do not know why Teta hates me so much.''


==Outcome==
==Outcome==
Bayek helped the baker to rescue her taster. He discovered a plot to poison Taimhotep and was able to prevent it.
==Gallery==
<gallery position="center" widths="180" captionalign="center">
ACO The Baker's Dilemma 4.png|Bayek on the carriage carrying Sasobek
ACO The Baker's Dilemma 7.png|Bayek infiltrating the barracks
</gallery>
==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]]''


==Reference==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Origins]] ''
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Latest revision as of 02:40, 25 May 2026

The Baker's Dilemma was a virtual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.

Description[edit | edit source]

A local baker's taster has been imprisoned by the Ptolemies for non-payment of taxes.

Dialogue[edit | edit source]

Bayek travelled to one of the markets in Memphis.

  • Teta: Feastday breads! Fresh feastday breads!
    Breads in all shapes and sizes! Bread in the shape of the Double Crown!
    (whispers) I curse Ahmes the fruit-seller, eater of his own shit.
    The finest bread in Memphis! Favorite bakery of Cleopatra, the Queen!
    (whispers) May the life and mind and memory of Ahmes the fruit-seller be forgotten.
    Coriander-seed bread! Date bread! Two loaves for the price of one on feastdays!
    (whispers) May the liver and lungs and stomach of Ahmes the fruit-seller putrefy into ash.
    Feastday breads! Buy a fresh loaf for your sweetheard!
    (whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's ka be deprived of nourishment in the grave.
    Brighten your children's eyes with bread in the shape of a fish!
    (whispers) May Ahmes the fruit-seller's heart be eaten by—

Bayek approached the baker.

  • Teta: Hello, friend! Bread for your sweetheart?
Bayek agreeing to help find the taster
  • Bayek: No, thank you. Why do you speak a curse under your breath?
  • Teta: The magician who sold it to me said I must recite it two hundred times a day. Since I cannot recite while I sleep, I do it while work. Though it is hard to get any baking done without my taster!
  • Bayek: What happened to your taster?
  • Teta: Gods blast the regime! They arrested him for not paying the tax on spices! And now I am out of cinnamon!
  • Bayek: Looks like you need more than a magician.

Bayek set out to find Teta's taster.

  • Bayek: The regime presses even a poor baker so hard? Helping her would be a strike against Ptolemy, however small. And her bread smells delicious.
Bayek following the carriage

With Senu's help, Bayek found the man in a cage on a carriage, in transit.

  • Bayek: Could that be the man the baker is looking for?

He approached the carriage.

  • Bayek: You are the taster?
  • Sasobek: Yes, I am he.

Bayek rescued the man and carried him out of the cage.

  • Bayek: Teta the baker asked me to bring you to her.
  • Sasobek: My beautiful Teta! Now I can see her face again before I die. I am weak with hunger and with love. Will you carry me to Teta?
  • Bayek: If I must.
Bayek carrying Sasobek back to Teta

Bayek carried Sasobek on his back.

  • Bayek: Can you walk?
  • Sasobek: I am too weak even to stand!
  • Bayek: Really?
  • Sasobek: My strength comes from the beautiful Teta!
  • Bayek: Does she know you feel this way about her?
  • Sasobek: I have not yet been brave enough to confess my love for her! Also, I am a wanted man.
  • Bayek: I can see that. You did not pay your taxes.
  • Sasobek: It has nothing to do with taxes! I'll tell you everything when we get back to Teta. Teta, beautiful Teta... Her face is like the sun! Teta, my love, I am coming to you!

Bayek carried Sasobek to the market.

  • Sasobek: Hurry! Not much further until I can see my love again!
  • Bayek: This man is heavy. Too good at his job, I suppose.

Bayek carried Sasobek back to Teta.

  • Sasobek: Teta!
  • Teta: You brought back my taster!

Bayek put Sasobek down.

Bayek learning of the attempt to poison Taimhotep
  • Bayek: This man has something to tell you.
  • Teta: Well?
  • Sasobek: Teta, I love you!
  • Teta: What?
  • Sasobek: And I uncovered a plot to poison the lady Taimhotep, beloved of the High Priest!
  • Teta: What?!
  • Bayek: What?
  • Sasobek: Lady Taimhotep loves our cakes and bread. For five years, we have delivered them to the Great Temple. But yesterday, I overheard a guard say that this week's cakes had been poisoned!
  • Bayek: Have they been delivered?
  • Sasobek: I... I don't know. They'd be in the garrison, if not.
  • Bayek: Then I will have to move quickly.

Bayek turned to leave. Teta and Sasobek continued to converse.

  • Teta: This... This is all too much for me.
  • Sasobek: Would you like to sit down?
  • Teta: No! I need to think.
  • Sasobek: Of course, love.
  • Teta: Hush!
Bayek finding the cakes

Bayek travelled to the Memphites Barracks, where the cakes were held. He discovered several stashes of cakes in the main hall.

  • Bayek: A basket of cakes. I got here in time. Now to make sure they will not poison anyone.

Bayek destroyed the baskets and headed to another room, where he discovered the rest of the baskets.

  • Bayek: Another basket of cakes. These need to be destroyed too. I should check to see if there are any others.

Bayek destroyed the baskets.

  • Bayek: That is the last of the cakes. Taimhotep is safe now.

If Bayek returns to the couple at the market.

  • Bayek: I found the cakes and destroyed them.
  • Teta: The lady Taimhotep is safe.
  • Bayek: And what about you?
  • Teta: We will go to the High Priest and tell him of this plot. He is a kind man. He will understand we meant his wife no harm.
  • Sasobek: Medjay... This terrible situation has brought about one good result.
  • Teta: In the Season of Flooding, we will be married!
  • Bayek: Happy news! May you both prosper.

If Bayek approaches Ahmes.

  • Man She sells bread, I sell fruit. There is no reason for competition. I have heard Teta cursing me, but so far my liver seems fine. I do not know why Teta hates me so much.

Outcome[edit | edit source]

Bayek helped the baker to rescue her taster. He discovered a plot to poison Taimhotep and was able to prevent it.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

  • Bayek on the carriage carrying Sasobek
    Bayek on the carriage carrying Sasobek
  • Bayek infiltrating the barracks
    Bayek infiltrating the barracks

References[edit | edit source]

Assassin's Creed: Origins memories
Main Quests
The Heron Assassination - Homecoming - The Oasis - The False Oracle - May Amun Walk Beside You - Aya - Gennadios the Phylakitai - End of the Snake - Egypt's Medjay - The Scarab's Sting - The Scarab's Lies - Pompeius Magnus - The Hyena - The Lizard's Mask - The Lizard's Face - The Crocodile's Scales - The Crocodile's Jaws - Way of the Gabiniani - Aya: Blade of the Goddess - The Battle of the Nile - The Aftermath - The Final Weighing - Last of the Medjay - Fall of an Empire, Rise of Another - Birth of the Creed
Side Quests
Special
A Gift from the Gods - Ambush At Sea - Incoming Threat - Here Comes a New Challenger - Lights Among the Dunes - Secrets of the First Pyramids - Trial of Anubis - Trial of Sehkmet - Trial of Sobek
Siwa
Gear Up - Family Reunion - Water Rats - Hideaway - Striking the Anvil - The Healer - Prisoners in the Temple - Bayek's Promise
Lake Mareotis
Hidden Tax - The Book of the Dead - Ambush in the Temple - Ulterior Votive - Lady of Slaughter - Birthright - Taste of her Sting
Alexandria
The Accidental Philosopher - The Last Bodyguard - Higher Education - Serapis Unites - A Tithe By Any Other Name - The Shifty Scribe - The Odyssey - Wrath of the Poets - Symposiasts - Phylakes' Prey - Phylakitai in the Eye - Cat's Cradle
Kanopos
Old Times - Wild Ride - Blue Hooligans - The Weasel - The Hungry River
Sap-Meh Nome
In Protest - Thick Skin - Fair Trade
Sapi-Res Nome
Conflicts of Interest - Smoke Over Water - All Eyes on Us - Lost Happiness - Abuse of Power - The Tax Master - The Ostrich - New Kid in Town - Worker's Lament - The Old Library
Giza
The Planetarium - Precious Bonds - What's Yours Is Mine
Memphis
A Dream of Ashes - Blood in the Water - Odor Most Foul - Children of the Streets - Taimhotep's Song - The Baker's Dilemma - Mortem Romanum
Saqqara Nome
Rites of Anubis - First Blood - When Night Falls - A Rebel Alliance
Faiyum
Murder in the Temple - Feeding Faiyum - Curse of Wadjet - Rebel Strike - The Bride - Sobek's Gold - Forging Siwa - The Sickness - Fires of Dionysias - Demons in the Desert
Faiyum Oasis
The Champion - The Man Beast - Sobek's Tears - The Jaws of Sobek - Bad Faith - Shadya's Rest - Fighting for Faiyum
Herakleion Nome
Recon Work - Loose Cargo - Reunion - Predator to Prey
Uab Nome
Seven Farmers
Atef-Pehu Nome
The Matriarch
Green Mountains
Unseeing Eyes - One Bad Apple - The Good Roman - Playing with Fire - Taking Liberty - Halo of the Huntress - Carpe Diem - Shadows of Apollo
Marmarica
His Secret Service
Kyrenaika
The Flea of Cyrene - The Lure of Glory - The Mousetrap - Founding Father - Pax Romana - Cat and Mouse - Absolute Power - Are You Not Entertained? - The Smugglers of Cyrene - Dead in the Water - My Brother for a Horse
Isolated Desert
Plight of the Rebels
Event Quests
Antique Trafficking - Bandit Raid - Control Nuisance - Gather Materials - Lost and Found - Missing Worker - Stolen Goods - Recover the Merchandise
The Hidden Ones
Main Quests
The Hidden Ones - The Land of Turquoise - Where the Slaves Die - The Walls of the Ruler - The Setting Sun - No Chains Too Thick - Sic Semper Tyrannis - The Greater Good
Side Quests
Klysma Nome
Rise of Shaqilat - Howls of the Dead - The Ballad of Si-Mut and Gertha - The Killer Shadow - Shadows of the Scarab
Madiama Nome
Respect Thy Brother
Arsinoe Nome
Shards from a Star
The Curse of the Pharaohs
Main Quests
The Curse of the Pharaohs - No Honor Amongst Thebes - The Lady of Grace - Cleansing Rite - Something Rotten - Soured Libations - Aten Rising - The Heretic - Blood in the Water - The King of Kings - A Pharaoh's Shadow - A Pharaoh's Heart and Name - A Pharaoh's Hemset - A Pharaoh's Ka
Side Quests
Thebes
The Theban Triad - Master of the Secret Things - Perchance to Dream
Theban Necropolis
Burnt Offerings - A Sister's Vow - Idol Hands - Drowned Tools - A Motherless Child - Unfair Trade
Thebes Nome
Crocodile Tears - National Treasures
Yebu Nome
Losers Weepers - Fish Out Of Water - Laid to Rest
Aaru
Love or Duty
Aten
Gods or Creed - The Cat - The Ibis - The Hawk
Heb Sed
Follower or Leader
Duat
Shield or Blade - A Necessary Evil - Khepri's Amulet - The God's Spark
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