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"Past, present, and future. Kneel to the Cultists of Kosmos."

―Exekias^[src]

Exekias the Legend (died c. 420s BCE) was a Boeotian mercenary and the Sage of the Heroes of the Cult branch of the Cult of Kosmos during the Peloponnesian War.

Biography

At some point during or before the Peloponnesian War, Exekias sent one his Adepts, Belos to fight in the Pephka Arena. After defeating several warriors, Exekias sent them to Belos who boasted of his need for a challenge.^[1]

At the height of the war, Exekias was hired by both Athens and Sparta to fight in the south. In a letter to Pallas, he ordered him to hold Achaia himself or die trying.^[2]

He was killed by the Spartan misthios Kassandra during her quest to destroy the Cult. Exekias was the top undefeated mercenary before encountering Kassandra, having been the oldest, and most successful one in said career, explaining his epithet, 'The Legend'.^[3]

Personality and traits

In Exekias' correspondences with his underlings his was shown to be blunt and to the point. On one occasion he sent Belos warriors to fight him, to give him a challenge as he had wished, although he had most likely counted on them killing him.^[1]

He also seemed unable to tolerate any sign of weakness, as shown when denying Pallas' need for help holding Achaia, ordering him to hold the region himself or die in the process.^[2]

Equipment and skills

Exekias wielded a large mace in combat, and wore a golden variant of the Brute's Helm. The mercenary also had a bear companion who fought beside him.^[3]

Trivia

It is also possible, through rigorous leveling, to find and kill Exekias before Elpenor. This can potentially make Exekias the player’s first cultist kill before even discovering the Cult of Kosmos.

Gallery

Exekias and his bear companion
Exekias upclose
Exekias full body

Appearances

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Cult of Kosmos clues: Sage Letter to Belos the Beast of Sparta
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Cult of Kosmos clues: Sage Letter to Pallas the Silencer
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – The Heroes of the Cult

Templars

Order of the Ancients

Notable members	Smenkhkare • Amorges • Flavius Metellus • Julius Caesar • Augustus • Arthur Pendragon • Yang Guozhong • An Lushan • Charlemagne • Qabiha • Isaac • Alfred the Great • Fulke

Notable allies and puppets	Darius I • Xerxes I • Alexander the Great • Qin Shi Huang • Ptolemy XIII • Cleopatra • Caligula • Emperor Xuanzong • Al-Mutawakkil • Basil I

Branches	Byzantine Empire • China (Golden Turtles • Yeluohe) • Egypt • England (Wardens of War • Wardens of Relics • Wardens of Faith • Wardens of Law • Wardens of Wealth) • Francia • Greece • Norway • Persia (Order of Hunters • Order of the Storm • Order of Dominion) • Roman Empire

Ranks	Magus \| Ra's Al-Af'a • Tha'abeen \| Grand Maegester • Maegester • Palatinus • Preost • Zealot

Affiliated groups	Achaemenid Empire • Cult of Kosmos (Peloponnesian League • Delian League • Followers of Ares) • Ptolemaic Kingdom • Roman Empire (Gabiniani) • Abbasid Caliphate (Turkic Army) • Martyrs of Agaunum • Snake-Eaters • House of Wessex • Carolingian Empire • Vikings (Wolf Clan) • Descendants of the Round Table

Other	Assassin-Templar War • Deities (Father of Understanding • Mother of Wisdom • Sacred Voice) • New World Order • Insignia • Order of the Ancients medallion

Templar Order

Notable Templars	Hugues de Payens • Robert de Sablé • Jacques de Molay • Rodrigo Borgia • Tomás de Torquemada • Cesare Borgia • Ahmet • Manuel Palaiologos • Zhang Yong • Nuno Caro • Kimura Yukari • Laureano de Torres y Ayala • Woodes Rogers • Reginald Birch • Haytham Kenway • Charles Lee • Shay Cormac • Madeleine de L'Isle • Élise de la Serre • François-Thomas Germain • William Sleeman • Crawford Starrick • Konstanze von Visler • Albert Bolden • Warren Vidic • Alan Rikkin • Daniel Cross • Juhani Otso Berg

Notable allies and puppets	Richard I of England • Al Mualim • Pope Sixtus IV • Lucrezia Borgia • Sirus Favero • Jiajing Emperor • Ashikaga Yoshiaki • Akechi Mitsuhide • James Cook • Tsar Nicholas II • Adolf Hitler • Joseph Stalin • Margaret Thatcher • George W. Bush

Rites	Algeria • Austria • Byzantine Empire • Canada • Caribbean • China • Egypt • France • Germany • Greece • Italy • Japan • Levant • Libya • Louisiana • Mexico • Mongol Empire • Portugal • Russia • Spain • Sweden • Tunisia • United Kingdom (Lann Fala) • United States

Ranks	Black Cross • General of the Cross • Grand Master • Guardian • Master Templar • Templar leader • Inner Sanctum • Council of Elders

Paramilitary groups	Delta Team • Omega Team • Sigma Team (Abyss Walkers) • Taurus Team • Team Epsilon

Affiliated groups	Crusaders (Knights Hospitalier • Knights Teutonic) • Papal States • House of Borgia (Cento Occhi • Crows • Followers of Romulus) • Byzantines • Great Ming (Eight Tigers) • Ashikaga shogunate (Shimazu clan • Shinbakufu • Seta River Killers • Sanzoku Ippa) • Colonial empires (Portuguese • Spanish • British • French) • East India Company • Extremists (Cult of Baphomet • Cult of the Supreme Being • Jacobins) • Starrick Industries (Blighters) • Russian Empire • Nazi Germany (Wehrmacht) • United States (FBI • CIA • NASA) • Abstergo Industries (Abstergo Entertainment)

Other	Assassin-Templar War • Children of Cain • Eagle Vision • Father of Understanding • New World Order • Initiation • Templar insignia • Templar pin • Templar ring

Assassin's Creed: Odyssey

Characters

Assassins	Layla Hassan • Victoria Bibeau • Kiyoshi Takakura • Alannah Ryan • Harlan Cunningham \| Amunet \| Kassandra (Ikaros) • Darius

Cult of Kosmos	Aspasia • Deimos • Nyx (Elpenor • Sotera • The Master • Hermippos • Midas) • Polemon (Epiktetos • The Centaur of Euboea • The Chimera • The Silver Griffin • Machaon) • Kleon (Brison • Podarkes • Rhexenor • Iobates • Kodros) • Exekias (Pallas • Deianeira • Belos • Swordfish • Okytos) • Iokaste (Melite • Harpalos • Zoisme • Diona • Chrysis) • The Hydra (The Mytilenian Shark • Melanthos • The Octopus • Sokos • Asterion) • Pausanias (Skylax • The Monger • Lagos • Kallias • Silanos)

Templars / Order of the Ancients	Juhani Otso Berg \| Amorges • Pactyas (Akantha • Bubares • Echion • Konon • Phratagounè • Timosa • Order Elite) • Phila (Augos • Nestor • Megakreon • Sophos) • The Immortals • Gergis (Artazostre • Dimokrates • Pithias • Gaspar • Harpagos) \| Xerxes I

Isu	Aletheia \| Persephone • Hades • Poseidon • Hermes • Hekate • Atlas • Gadiros • Ampheres • Azaes • Neokles • Aita • Juno • Melitta • Xarios

Olympos Project	Cyclops (Brontes • Steropes • Arges) • Writhing Dread (Medusa • Ligeia) • Minotaur • Sphinx • Cerberos • Lycanthropes (Lyra) • Hekatonchires

Mercenaries	Kassandra the Eagle-Bearer • Exekias the Legend • Talos the Stone-Fist • Sosipatros the Archon's Servant • The Poisoner • The False Leonidas • Zetes the Retired • Hyrkanos the Cunning • Agis of the North • Theos the Stargazer • Gaia the Fist • Exadios the Backbreaker • Edonos the Charging Bull • Atos the Beast Caller • Hirpes the Sordid • Aias the Clean • Kephalon the Thinker • Proktos the Moon King • "Eagle Bearer" (Chikaros) • Polykaste the Jilted • Narkissos the Babbler • Nestor the Great • Testiklos the Nut • Harpina the Heavy Hitter • Iaeira the Overcomer • Damais the Indifferent • Astarte the Swamp • Nanno the Abakos • Okyllos the Successor • Thaleia the Talon Hand • Laches the Eternal • Abia the Shaded \| Cyclops of Kephallonia • The Poisoner of Athens • Testikles the Olympian • Deianeira the Boeotian Champion • Epiktetos the Forthcoming • Swordfish of Octopus Bay • The Monger of Korinthia • Achilles the Trojan War Hero • King Agamemnon of Mycenae • Herakles the Legendary • Perseus the Gorgon Slayer

Love interests	Aikaterine • Alkibiades • Anais • Aspasia • Auxesia • Daphnae • Diona • Kosta • Kyra • Lykaon • Lykinos • Mikkos • Odessa • Roxana • Thaletas • Thyia • Timotheos • Xenia • Zopheras • "Eagle Bearer" • Natakas \| Adonis • Elpis

Others	Archidamos • Aristophanes • Artaxerxes I • Barnabas • Brasidas • Darius II • Demokritos • Elpidios • Euripides • Herodotos • Hippokrates • Iola • Markos • Myrrine • Nikolaos • Perikles • Phidias • Polykleitos • Praxilla • Pythagoras • Phoibe • Sargon • Sophokles • Sokrates • Thespis • Thrasymachos \| Leonidas • Dienekes • Kurush

Factions

Assassins (Layla Hassan's cell | Protectors of Persia) | Templars (Abstergo Industries • Sigma Team | Order of the Ancients) • Cult of Kosmos • Delian League • Peloponnesian League • Achaemenid Empire • Minor factions (Daughters of Artemis • Followers of Ares • The Dagger • Periklean Circle)

Locations

United Kingdom (London) | Egypt (Giza) | Isu Locations (Atlantis (Gateway to the Lost City) • Ancient Forge • Cave of Mt. Zas • Cave of the Forgotten Isle • Myson Cave • Nisyros • Sphinx Lair • Labyrinth of Lost Souls • Petrified Temple • Teichos of Herakles) • Greece • Aegean Sea (Andros) • Volcanic Islands (Thera • Anaphi • Nisyros) • Krete (Messara (Gortyn) • Pephka) • Kythera Island • Melos • Attika Peninsula (Attika (Athens • Dekelia • Lavrio • Port of Piraeus) • Boeotia (Lake Kopais • Mykalessos • Orchomenos • Thebes) • Megaris (Megara • Pagai)) • Forest Islands (Thasos • Abantis Islands (Euboea • Skyros) • Petrified Islands (Chios • Lesbos)) • Kephallonia Islands (Kephallonia (Sami) • Ithaka) • Korinthian Gulf • Peloponnese (Arkadia (Tegea) • Argolis (Argos • Epidauros) • Achaia (Dyme • Patrai • Pellene) • Elis • Korinthia (Korinth) • Lakonia (Sparta) • Messenia) • Pirate Islands (Keos (Koressia) • Seriphos • Lestris) • Paradise Islands (Delos • Mykonos • Naxos Island • Paros Island) • Southern Sporades (Samos • Kradia Isle • Kos) • Northern Greece (Lokris • Makedonia (Amphipolis • Potidaia) • Malis • Phokis (Kirrha)) • Afterlife (Elysium • Underworld)

Events

Search for the Staff of Hermes Trismegistus | Peloponnesian War (Battle of Amphipolis • Battle of Pylos) • Plague of Athens | Greco-Persian Wars (Battle of Thermopylae)

Terms and concepts

Achievements • Ainigmata Ostraka • Crafting • Customization • Currencies (Drachma • Orichalcum) • Dual-wielding • Eagle Vision • Engraving • Genetic memory • Helix Credits • Historical Locations • Leap of Faith • Memories • Message boards • Outfits • Photo Mode • Pieces of Eden (Artifact Fragment • Atlantis Artifacts • Pyramid • Spear of Leonidas • Staff of Hermes Trismegistus • Sword of Damokles) • Ships (Adrestia) • Skills • Social stealth • Story Creator Mode • Swimming • Viewpoints

Weapons and tools

Bows • Blunt weapons • Swords • Spears • Shields

DLC

The Blind King • Secrets of Greece • Legacy of the First Blade (Hunted • Shadow Heritage • Bloodline) • The Fate of Atlantis (Fields of Elysium • Torment of Hades • Judgment of Atlantis) • The Lost Tales of Greece • Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece

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