- Basim: Tell me about Arib. Her words were as scripture to members of the Order.
- Fuladh: A gifted artist and poetess, Arib won her freedom through her skill. Tabid tells me she keeps a luxurious home in the Round City. Anything else?
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|name = The Head of the Snake | |name = The Head of the Snake | ||
|image = | |image = ACMir The Head of the Snake 10.png | ||
|description = | |description = | ||
|appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' | |appearance = ''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]'' | ||
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|fullsync = | |fullsync = | ||
|heroclass = | |heroclass = | ||
|previous = | |previous = [[The Return (Mirage)|The Return]] | ||
|next = [[The Fox and the Hunter]]<br>[[Judge and Executioner]]<br>[[The Servant and the Impostor]] | |next = [[Valley of Memory (memory)|Valley of Memory]] | ||
|concurrent =[[The Fox and the Hunter]]<br>[[Judge and Executioner]]<br>[[The Servant and the Impostor]] | |||
|source = [[Basim | |source = [[Basim ibn Ishaq]] | ||
|location = [[ | |location = [[Anbar]], [[Abbasid Caliphate]]<br>[[Baghdad]], Abbasid Caliphate | ||
|date = 860s | |date = 860s | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''The Head of the Snake''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Basim | '''The Head of the Snake''' was a virtual representation of one of [[Basim ibn Ishaq]]'s [[Genetic memory|genetic memories]] relived through the [[Animus]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''</ref> | ||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Basim | Basim met with [[Roshan]] to discuss their next steps in investigating the [[Order of the Ancients]]. | ||
==Dialogue== | ==Dialogue== | ||
[] | After returning to his [[Anbar]] [[Anbar Hideout|home]] to rest, Basim was plagued again by nightmares of the [[djinn]]. | ||
*'''Basim:''' (ragged breath) | *'''Basim:''' (ragged breath) | ||
[] | He woke up from his nightmare, finding [[Nehal]] by his side. | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''Easy, Basim. I am here.'' | *'''Nehal:''' ''Easy, Basim. I am here.'' | ||
[] | [[File:ACMir The Head of the Snake 2.png|thumb|250px|Nehal checking on Basim's troubled dreams]] | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''Basim, tamahhal (slow down).'' | Basim sat up and immediately stepped out of his bed. | ||
*'''Basim:''' '' | *'''Nehal:''' ''Basim, ''tamahhal'' (slow down).'' | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''Are they aware, your companions, that their hunter is hunted in his sleep?'' | *'''Basim:''' ''I cannot keep them waiting.'' | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''Are they aware, your [[Assassins|companions]], that their hunter is hunted in his sleep?'' | |||
*'''Basim:''' ''If it were in my sleep alone I could bear it. But it followed when I fled Anbar. Now it stalks me when I slay those I hunt.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''If it were in my sleep alone I could bear it. But it followed when I fled Anbar. Now it stalks me when I slay those I hunt.'' | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''The ones from the palace ... in the masks.'' | *'''Nehal:''' ''The ones from the [[Winter Palace, Anbar|palace]]... in the masks.'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''Four are dead at my hand. The last, the Head of the Snake, will join them soon.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Four are dead at my hand. The last, the [[Ra's Al-Af'a|Head of the Snake]], will join them soon.'' | ||
Basim headed to the door, only for Nehal to block his path. | |||
[[File:ACMir The Head of the Snake 4.png|thumb|250px|Nehal imploring Basim to consider an alternative to killing Order members]] | |||
*'''Nehal:''' ''Why slit its throat when you could loosen its tongue?'' | *'''Nehal:''' ''Why slit its throat when you could loosen its tongue?'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''What? Why would I...'' | *'''Basim:''' ''What? Why would I...'' | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''The jinni only struck in sleep. It never dogged you by the day until you reached into that chest. The masked ones prized what lay within, the ancient object that woke at your touch. They may hold more answers living than dead!'' | *'''Nehal:''' ''The jinni only struck in sleep. It never dogged you by the day until you reached into that chest. The masked ones prized what lay within, the [[Memory Seals|ancient object]] that woke at your touch. They may hold more answers living than dead!'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''I hunt my | *'''Basim:''' ''I hunt my enemies, I do not break bread with them. I took an [[The Creed|Oath]], Nehal.'' | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''How can you hunt when you are hounded? If you could walk the dark unburdened, you could better serve the light.'' | *'''Nehal:''' ''How can you hunt when you are hounded? If you could walk the dark unburdened, you could better serve the light.'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''I stay my blade from the flesh of the innocent. Not from the Order of the Ancients!'' | *'''Basim:''' ''I stay my blade from the flesh of the innocent. Not from the Order of the Ancients!'' | ||
*'''Nehal:''' ''If you will not ask your foes, then at least ask your friends what slept in that chest... and why they sought it.'' | *'''Nehal:''' ''If you will not ask your foes, then at least ask your friends what slept in that chest... and why they sought it.'' | ||
Basim refused to hear more and stepped out of the house. | |||
*'''Basim:''' ''My companions wait for me at the Harbiyah Bureau. Clear your mind, Basim. Focus on the task before you.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''My companions wait for me at the [[Harbiyah]] [[Harbiyah bureau|Bureau]]. Clear your mind, Basim. Focus on the task before you.'' | ||
[] | Basim left Anbar and returned to [[Baghdad]]. Upon his entering the Harbiyah bureau, a child called to him. | ||
*'''Dervis's Boy:''' As-salamu 'alaikum ''(Peace be upon you), Basim.'' | |||
Basim knelt down to be eye-level with the boy. | |||
*'''Dervis's Boy:''' ''Dervis has found something that might interest you. Meet him at the shop, as soon as possible.'' | |||
[[File:ACMir The Head of the Snake 6.png|thumb|250px|Basim meeting Roshan at the bureau]] | |||
The boy ran off. Feeling he still had plenty time to spare, Basim left for Darvis' shop, sparking a [[Valley of Memory (memory)|journey]] to the caliphate's edges at [[al-Ula]] in search of his father, [[Ishaq ibn Khalid]]. After finding and [[In the Vulture's Nest|reconciling]] with him, Basim rode back to Baghdad in post-haste. Re-entering the Harbiyah bureau, he was greeted by Roshan. | |||
*'''Roshan:''' ''You took your time.'' | *'''Roshan:''' ''You took your time.'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''Did you wait up, Master?'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Did you wait up, Master?'' | ||
*'''Roshan:''' ''I wait for no man. You look tired.'' | *'''Roshan:''' ''I wait for no man. You look tired.'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''Nothing a little adventure won't fix. What news?'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Nothing a little adventure won't fix. What news?'' | ||
*'''Roshan:''' ''Ali thinks the time is right to attack the palace. The 'Uyun (spies) are distracted and the people divided.'' | *'''Roshan:''' ''[[Ali ibn Muhammad|Ali]] thinks the time is right to attack the palace. The ''{{'}}Uyun'' (spies) are distracted and the people divided.'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''Divided how?'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Divided how?'' | ||
*'''Roshan:''' ''Some are claiming the new Caliph stole the throne from Abu 'Abdallah, son of Al-Mutawakkil. What do you know of him?'' | Roshan pointed to a map of Baghdad on the table. | ||
[[File:ACMir The Head of the Snake 8.png|thumb|250px|Basim suggesting to use the artifact against the Order]] | |||
*'''Roshan:''' ''Some are claiming the [[Al-Musta'in|new]] [[Caliph]] stole the throne from [[Al-Mu'tazz|Abu 'Abdallah]], son of [[Al-Mutawakkil]]. What do you know of him?'' | |||
*'''Basim:''' ''Little. He was there at the palace, the night his father... The night I reached into that chest. Master, have we learned anything more about the object within?'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Little. He was there at the palace, the night his father... The night I reached into that chest. Master, have we learned anything more about the object within?'' | ||
*'''Roshan:''' ''Why do you ask?'' | *'''Roshan:''' ''Why do you ask?'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''It seems a shame we know so little about something the Order prized so much. Should we not seek to know our enemies better, the better to defeat them?'' | *'''Basim:''' ''It seems a shame we know so little about something the Order prized so much. Should we not seek to know our enemies better, the better to defeat them?'' | ||
Fuladh entered the | [[Fuladh Al Haami|Fuladh]] entered the bureau. | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' '' | *'''Fuladh:''' Marhaban ''(Welcome), Basim! Have I interrupted?'' | ||
*'''Roshan:''' ''No. We must turn to the task at hand.'' | *'''Roshan:''' ''No. We must turn to the task at hand.'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Of course, Abu 'Abdallah. Rebekah tells me you have met his mother, Qabiha?'' | *'''Fuladh:''' ''Of course, Abu 'Abdallah. [[Rebekah]] tells me you have met his mother, [[Qabiha]]?'' | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''I did. I think she could be first among our foes. She, or Arib the Poet, or Muhammad the Governor. All three had ties to our enemies.'' | Basim took out a book detailing the information he collected, including portraits of the suspects. | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Muhammad ibn Tahir... His cousins govern the land on which Alamut sits.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''I did. I think she could be first among our foes. She, or [[Arib Al-Ma'muniyya|Arib]] the Poet, or [[Muhammad ibn Tahir|Muhammad]] the Governor. All three had ties to our enemies.'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Muhammad ibn Tahir... His cousins govern the land on which [[Alamut]] sits.'' | |||
*'''Roshan:''' ''Their protection is all that shields us from our enemies.'' | *'''Roshan:''' ''Their protection is all that shields us from our enemies.'' | ||
[[File:ACMir The Head of the Snake 12.png|thumb|250px|Basim vowing to unmask the Snake]] | |||
*'''Basim:''' ''I cut our enemy's legs beneath them, Master. Let me strike while their stumps are bloody. I will unmask them and learn their intent.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''I cut our enemy's legs beneath them, Master. Let me strike while their stumps are bloody. I will unmask them and learn their intent.'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Basim is right. We must act swiftly.'' | *'''Fuladh:''' ''Basim is right. We must act swiftly.'' | ||
*'''Roshan:''' ''Go to the Round City. Investigate all three, but take no further action. Report back to me atop the House of the Privy Seal.'' | Roshan nodded in agreement with both of them. | ||
*'''Roshan:''' ''Go to the [[Round City]]. Investigate all three, but take no further action. Report back to me atop the House of the Privy Seal.'' | |||
Basim nodded and prepared to leave. Before he left, he spoke to Fuladh. | |||
*'''Basim:''' ''Fuladh, my finder of facts, my fielder of questions.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Fuladh, my finder of facts, my fielder of questions.'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''How can I be of help, Basim?'' | *'''Fuladh:''' ''How can I be of help, Basim?'' | ||
[[File:ACMir The Head of the Snake 13.png|thumb|250px|Fuladh briefing Basim about his targets]] | |||
<tabber> | <tabber> | ||
|-|Ask about | |-|Ask about Arib= | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''Tell me about Arib. Her words were as scripture to members of the Order.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Tell me about Arib. Her words were as scripture to members of the Order.'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''A gifted artist and poetess, Arib won her freedom through her skill. Tabid tells me she keeps a luxurious home in the Round City. Anything else?'' | *'''Fuladh:''' ''A gifted artist and poetess, Arib won her freedom through her skill. [[Tabid Al-Nubi|Tabid]] tells me she keeps a luxurious home in the Round City. Anything else?'' | ||
|-|Ask about | |-|Ask about Qabiha= | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''What do you know of Qabiha? She had ties to the Treasurer.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''What do you know of Qabiha? She had ties to the [[Ning|Treasurer]].'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Born to slavery, Qabiha rose to become Al Mutawakkil's | *'''Fuladh:''' ''Born to [[slavery]], Qabiha rose to become Al-Mutawakkil's favorite concubine in the [[Harem]]. Yet her son was not made Caliph, leaving her future uncertain. Anything else?'' | ||
|-|Ask about Governor Muhammad= | |-|Ask about Governor Muhammad= | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''Tell me about the Governor. I saw him give orders to Wasif | *'''Basim:''' ''Tell me about the Governor. I saw him give orders to [[Wasif al-Turki]].'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''Muhammad is one of the Tahirids, powerful viceroys of the Caliphs in Persia. He governs all Baghdad from his seat at the Courts. Anything else?'' | *'''Fuladh:''' ''Muhammad is one of the [[Tahirids]], powerful viceroys of the Caliphs in [[Persia]]. He governs all Baghdad from his seat at the [[Mazalim Courts|Courts]]. Anything else?'' | ||
|-|Ask about the Round City= | |-|Ask about the Round City= | ||
*'''Basim:''' ''Where can I find our suspects?'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Where can I find our suspects?'' | ||
*'''Fuladh:''' ''All three live within the glorious Round City, the power center of the Abbasid Caliphate. Anything else?'' | *'''Fuladh:''' ''All three live within the glorious Round City, the power center of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]. Anything else?'' | ||
|-|That is all.= | |-|That is all.= | ||
*'''Basim:''' '' | *'''Basim:''' Shukran ''(Thank you), Fuladh.'' | ||
</tabber> | </tabber> | ||
Having obtained deeper details on his mission, Basim left the bureau. | |||
*'''Basim:''' ''Poet, politician, and concubine. I will soon know which one wears the mask.'' | *'''Basim:''' ''Poet, politician, and concubine. I will soon know which one wears the mask.'' | ||
==Outcome== | ==Outcome== | ||
Basim | Basim was tasked with investigating the three people suspected of being the head of the Order: the poetess Arib Al-Ma'muniyya, Governor Muhammad ibn Tahir, and the concubine Qabiha. | ||
==Gallery== | |||
<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center"> | |||
ACMir The Head of the Snake 1.png|Basim waking from his nightmare | |||
ACMir The Head of the Snake 3.png|Basim vowing to hunt down the last Order member | |||
ACMir The Head of the Snake 5.png|Nehal imploring Basim to seek answers from the Hidden Ones | |||
ACMir The Head of the Snake 7.png|A map of Baghdad | |||
ACMir The Head of the Snake 9.png|Fuladh arriving at the bureau | |||
ACMir The Head of the Snake 11.png|Roshan, Basim, and Fuladh discussing their suspects | |||
</gallery> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | |||
{{ACMirMemories}} | {{ACMirMemories}} | ||
[[Category:Memories of Basim | [[Category:Memories of Basim ibn Ishaq]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:10, 25 May 2026
The Head of the Snake was a virtual representation of one of Basim ibn Ishaq's genetic memories relived through the Animus.[1]
Description[edit | edit source]
Basim met with Roshan to discuss their next steps in investigating the Order of the Ancients.
Dialogue[edit | edit source]
After returning to his Anbar home to rest, Basim was plagued again by nightmares of the djinn.
- Basim: (ragged breath)
He woke up from his nightmare, finding Nehal by his side.
- Nehal: Easy, Basim. I am here.
Basim sat up and immediately stepped out of his bed.
- Nehal: Basim, tamahhal (slow down).
- Basim: I cannot keep them waiting.
- Nehal: Are they aware, your companions, that their hunter is hunted in his sleep?
- Basim: If it were in my sleep alone I could bear it. But it followed when I fled Anbar. Now it stalks me when I slay those I hunt.
- Nehal: The ones from the palace... in the masks.
- Basim: Four are dead at my hand. The last, the Head of the Snake, will join them soon.
Basim headed to the door, only for Nehal to block his path.
- Nehal: Why slit its throat when you could loosen its tongue?
- Basim: What? Why would I...
- Nehal: The jinni only struck in sleep. It never dogged you by the day until you reached into that chest. The masked ones prized what lay within, the ancient object that woke at your touch. They may hold more answers living than dead!
- Basim: I hunt my enemies, I do not break bread with them. I took an Oath, Nehal.
- Nehal: How can you hunt when you are hounded? If you could walk the dark unburdened, you could better serve the light.
- Basim: I stay my blade from the flesh of the innocent. Not from the Order of the Ancients!
- Nehal: If you will not ask your foes, then at least ask your friends what slept in that chest... and why they sought it.
Basim refused to hear more and stepped out of the house.
- Basim: My companions wait for me at the Harbiyah Bureau. Clear your mind, Basim. Focus on the task before you.
Basim left Anbar and returned to Baghdad. Upon his entering the Harbiyah bureau, a child called to him.
- Dervis's Boy: As-salamu 'alaikum (Peace be upon you), Basim.
Basim knelt down to be eye-level with the boy.
- Dervis's Boy: Dervis has found something that might interest you. Meet him at the shop, as soon as possible.
The boy ran off. Feeling he still had plenty time to spare, Basim left for Darvis' shop, sparking a journey to the caliphate's edges at al-Ula in search of his father, Ishaq ibn Khalid. After finding and reconciling with him, Basim rode back to Baghdad in post-haste. Re-entering the Harbiyah bureau, he was greeted by Roshan.
- Roshan: You took your time.
- Basim: Did you wait up, Master?
- Roshan: I wait for no man. You look tired.
- Basim: Nothing a little adventure won't fix. What news?
- Roshan: Ali thinks the time is right to attack the palace. The 'Uyun (spies) are distracted and the people divided.
- Basim: Divided how?
Roshan pointed to a map of Baghdad on the table.
- Roshan: Some are claiming the new Caliph stole the throne from Abu 'Abdallah, son of Al-Mutawakkil. What do you know of him?
- Basim: Little. He was there at the palace, the night his father... The night I reached into that chest. Master, have we learned anything more about the object within?
- Roshan: Why do you ask?
- Basim: It seems a shame we know so little about something the Order prized so much. Should we not seek to know our enemies better, the better to defeat them?
Fuladh entered the bureau.
- Fuladh: Marhaban (Welcome), Basim! Have I interrupted?
- Roshan: No. We must turn to the task at hand.
- Fuladh: Of course, Abu 'Abdallah. Rebekah tells me you have met his mother, Qabiha?
Basim took out a book detailing the information he collected, including portraits of the suspects.
- Basim: I did. I think she could be first among our foes. She, or Arib the Poet, or Muhammad the Governor. All three had ties to our enemies.
- Fuladh: Muhammad ibn Tahir... His cousins govern the land on which Alamut sits.
- Roshan: Their protection is all that shields us from our enemies.
- Basim: I cut our enemy's legs beneath them, Master. Let me strike while their stumps are bloody. I will unmask them and learn their intent.
- Fuladh: Basim is right. We must act swiftly.
Roshan nodded in agreement with both of them.
- Roshan: Go to the Round City. Investigate all three, but take no further action. Report back to me atop the House of the Privy Seal.
Basim nodded and prepared to leave. Before he left, he spoke to Fuladh.
- Basim: Fuladh, my finder of facts, my fielder of questions.
- Fuladh: How can I be of help, Basim?
- Basim: Tell me about the Governor. I saw him give orders to Wasif al-Turki.
- Fuladh: Muhammad is one of the Tahirids, powerful viceroys of the Caliphs in Persia. He governs all Baghdad from his seat at the Courts. Anything else?
- Basim: Where can I find our suspects?
- Fuladh: All three live within the glorious Round City, the power center of the Abbasid Caliphate. Anything else?
- Basim: Shukran (Thank you), Fuladh.
Having obtained deeper details on his mission, Basim left the bureau.
- Basim: Poet, politician, and concubine. I will soon know which one wears the mask.
Outcome[edit | edit source]
Basim was tasked with investigating the three people suspected of being the head of the Order: the poetess Arib Al-Ma'muniyya, Governor Muhammad ibn Tahir, and the concubine Qabiha.
Gallery[edit | edit source]
-
Basim waking from his nightmare -
Basim vowing to hunt down the last Order member -
Nehal imploring Basim to seek answers from the Hidden Ones -
A map of Baghdad -
Fuladh arriving at the bureau -
Roshan, Basim, and Fuladh discussing their suspects
