Memories Awoken

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Memories Awoken was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.5.

Description

TBA

Dialogue

Kassandra departed the lair of the Cult of Kosmos, making her way to Thermopylai to meet with Herodotos at the Lion of Leonidas.

• Kassandra: Thermopylai... They say you can't walk this battlefield without getting blood on your toes. This is where Leonidas was laid to rest. I wish I had known him.
• Herodotos: If you close your eyes, you can hear them. Their final war cries, before every last one of those brave Spartans perished. Their voices were silenced that day, but their story will be sung for an eternity.

(If players choose "Tell me why we're here.")

• Kassandra: You didn't bring me here to talk about dead Spartans. What's on your mind, Herodotos?
• Herodotos: The battle of Thermopylai still echoes in out hearts, but to stand here is to feel it in your bones.
• Kassandra: There's nothing here but ghosts. My concerns are with the living.
• Herodotos: Hold out your spear.
• Kassandra: My spear? What for?
• Herodotos: I need to know something.

Kassandra did as she was told, and at Herodotos's touch, memories flooded them both of the battle. In it, Leonidas was on the field of battle, watching his soldiers get cut down around him. One, Dienekes, is stabbed from behind. Leonidas ran to him, quickly avenging his death.

• Leonidas: Dienekes!

Leonidas took several arrows to his body, but refused to die, even after having to break off the tip of his spear. Falling to his knees, he looked to the rising sun, only for it to be blocked by a Persian soldier. Taking off his helm, the soldier revealed himself to be the traitor Spartan that had enabled Xerxes to claim victory. The soldier ran Leonidas through with his sword, but Leonidas stabbed him with the tip of the spear. Herodotos and Kassandra were then thrust back into the present, where Herodotos collapsed into her arms.

• Herodotos: Uh...
• Kassandra: Herodotos!
• Herodotos: I'm fine. I'm fine. The stories are true. This is the spear of Leonidas. The hero's blade.

(If players choose "Why was Sparta alone that day?")

• Kassandra: Where were Sparta's allies?
• Herodotos: The Spartans weren't alone in facing Xerxes and his hoards. Many from across the Greek world were armed and ready to fight alongside Leonidas and his three hundred. But when the mighty king looked into their eyes and saw fear, he sent them home.
• Kassandra: That sounds like madness, not bravery.
• Herodotos: It was foretold by the Pythia that Sparta would lose either its freedom or its king to the Persians. Leonidas made his choice.

(If players choose "What happened to Leonidas?")

• Kassandra: What happened to Leonidas after the battle?
• Herodotos: Xerxes was famous for honoring warriors who fought valiantly against the Persians. But Leonidas infuriated him so much, he cut off his head and impaled it on a pike. A bloody battle ensued, and his remains were reclaimed by the Spartans and buried here. Now, however, he rests where he belongs.
• Kassandra: In Sparta.

(If players choose "What happened to the traitor?")

• Kassandra: What happened to the traitor, Ephialtes?
• Herodotos: King Xerxes paid him well, but treachery breeds treachery. A contract was put on his head, and he died as he lived - a coward.

(If players choose "You knew the spear would do that.")

• Kassandra: You knew this would happen.
• Herodotos: I didn't know - but I did suspect. There is a place I'd convinced myself was a dream... until now. A peculiar structure on the island of Andros - mysterious shapes carved in stone. Like nothing I've ever seen.
• Kassandra: You want to sail to Andros so you can show me shapes?
• Herodotos: In my travels I heard whispers of an ancient civilization, a people who came... before. Your spear and that place are connected.

(If players choose "Who are the people who came before?")

• Kassandra: You mentioned a people that came before. Who were they?
• Herodotos: They were not gods, but they lived longer than any mortal and were far more intelligent. I've seen carvings, strange symbols that suggest it was this ancient civilization that created humankind... and provided them with fire.
• Kassandra: But Zeus blamed Prometheus.
• Herodotos: Yes. Well perhaps his eagle has been feasting on the wrong liver.

(If players choose "We sail to Andros.")

• Kassandra: The spear awakened to you, Herodotos. I trust you.
• Herodotos: You understand... I will do everything in my power to help you find your mother, I promise. But first we must sail to the island of Andros.
• Kassandra: I'll meet you at my ship.

Once aboard the Adrestia, Kassandra, Herodotos, and Barnabas got underway.

• Barnabas: Welcome aboard the Adrestia, Herodotos! Will you be traveling with us?
• Herodotos: Only for a short trip. I have business to attend to in Athens.
• Kassandra: Herodotos is helping me find my mother.
• Barnabas: Seeking help from the gods has put Herodotos on your path, just as they put you on mine. They work in ways beyond our comprehension, and all we can do is follow their lead.
• Kassandra: You could be right. Herodotos and I share enemies, too.
• Barnabas: Like Elpenor?
• Kassandra: He is - was - part of a very powerful group called the Cult of Kosmos that controls the Greek world through the Oracle.
• Barnabas: Control the Oracle! Apollo would not allow that.
• Kassandra: Now they are looking for my mother. I need to find her before they do.
• Herodotos: And I believe they will hurt others who oppose their views along the way.
• Barnabas: By Hermes... The Oracle lost to corruption, and now this Cult? Do we know who leads them?
• Kassandra: I don't know for sure but... I think it might be my brother.
• Barnabas: Your brother?! By Zeus, your life is complicated.
• Kassandra: Tell me about it.
• Barnabas: But don't you worry! This Cult of Kosmos now has three new enemies. And one of them fights like Athena and shit thunder like Zeus! We'll bring the wrath of the gods down upon them.
• Herodotos: Is he always this positive?
• Kassandra: Always. That's why I like him.
• Barnabas: Poseidon carry us to Athens!
• Kassandra: First we need to go to Andros.
• Barnabas: To Andros, then!

As they approached the island, Kassandra and Herodotos entered into deep discussion about the spear.

• Herodotos: Kassandra, there's a question I've been meaning to ask you.
• Kassandra: Go on.
• Herodotos: Your spear. How did you find it?
• Kassandra: My mother told me that the Spartan army brought it back from the Battle of Thermopylai.
• Herodotos: Why bring it back to her?
• Kassandra: Leonidas was her father.
• Herodotos: Incredible... And it gives you visions. Perhaps it's trying to guide you? Show you a path?
• Kassandra: There's more. It helps me in battle.
• Herodotos: What do you mean?
• Kassandra: I can't really describe it... It's like I know what my opponent's next move will be, just before it happens.
• Herodotos: Fascinating... This is just extraordinary... We are approaching the island of Andros, Kassandra. Yes! Here we can see the tomb of the greatest Myrmidon, Achilles! I was more excited by the fact that Andros exports some of the most expensive marble in the world.
• Kassandra: Is this the place with the rumored ancient civilization ruins you were talking about?

Kassandra departed the ship, making her way to the shore to proceed to a seemingly impassable cleft in the rocks.

• Kassandra: How do I get inside? I wonder if...

She drew her spear, only to be taken back into memory of when she was young, hunting down a boar. The hunt was interrupted by her mother, who threw the spear tip at the animal.

• Young Kassandra: Who's there? Come out!
• Myrrine: Hesitation only hastens -
• Young Kassandra: - the grave. I know, mater.
• Myrrine: Your form is improving, your resolve is strong. But you're not taking action.
• Young Kassandra: I was going to!
• Myrrine: I know. But it's the moments in between that decide everything. Your turn.
• Young Kassandra: Leonidas's spear!
• Myrrine: You're old enough now. My father's spear holds a certain burden, but... you're ready.

Young Kassandra took a few practice swings.

• Young Kassandra: I felt something.
• Myrrine: Oh?
• Young Kassandra: The spear... it has magic.
• Myrrine: It carries with it a long line of power. A bloodline of incredible heroes - the same blood within you and me. And our family.
• Young Kassandra: All of us?
• Myrrine: Think of Leonidas. He had great courage. And he made a great sacrifice. You share in his blood and the strength he possessed. We are able to feel certain things happening around us. That is our family's gift. But not everyone understands that. Some recognize the power we bear, and want it only for themselves. They will try to take it from us.
• Young Kassandra: I won't let them.
• Myrrine: I know. You're a warrior. If we keep moving forward - always moving forward - we're untouchable. Storm's coming in.
• Young Kassandra: Then maybe we should move forward now.

The memories faded.

• Kassandra: Mater... I haven't forgotten you.

Kassandra held the spear out to the fissure, and the magic within forced open a set of concealed doors. She stepped inside, and the entry sealed shut behind her.

• Kassandra: By the gods... Who built all this? How does a place like this exist? How could I even explain this to someone like Markos? Something's glowing over there.

She entered into a lit chamber where a stone construct sat. A depression in its surface matched the spear, so she placed it inside. Unlocked, the stone revealed a series of symbols. Another slot seemed to fit the piece of the pyramid she took from Elpenor, so she placed that into it.

• Aletheia: Forge activated. Synchronizing retransmission chronicity... Contact engaged.

Layla Hassan awoke from the Animus, sitting up.

• Layla Hassan: Deimos... The Forge...
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: I knew I let you stay in the Animus too long. Your vitals are crashing.
• Layla Hassan: You don't understand. This confirms it, Kassandra didn't just have Isu technology, she had the means to improve it. Imagine how powerful the staff could be.
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: I admit, that could be an incredible find. But right now, I'm the doctor, and I take care of you. Now get some rest before you go back to Kassandra.

(If players choose "You're right. I'll take a break.")

• Layla Hassan: If you insist. But only because I've got work to do on the outside.
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: Please, just clear your head. The last thing we need is a cell leader suffering from the bleeding effect and spearing us because we're Hittites of Thracians.
• Layla Hassan: I won't. But Thracians throw great parties.
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: Don't forget, we're a team. We'll back you up until you're ^(sic) finished your investigation.
• Layla Hassan: I know. Kiyoshi secured the lost yesterday and he's keeping an eye out. Alannah's on call doing historical research.
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: And I'm here to talk if you're feeling any confusion from the Animus.
• Layla Hassan: Always the therapist.

(If players choose "What do you think of the mission so far?")

• Layla Hassan: So Doctor, how do you feel now that we're closer than ever to the staff?
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: I believe this staff is important. But the Templars and Assassins have found Staves of Eden before. Nikolai Tesla blew one up in Russia, if I remember correctly?
• Layla Hassan: This is different. If what I saw in Egypt is true, this staff doesn't control minds... it controls physics. Time. Imagine rewriting the rules of the universe.
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: The spear you found is right here, and it's not doing anything.
• Layla Hassan: The spear's attached to a bloodline. Leonidas, Kassandra, and Deimos... I mean Alexios. They were intimately connected to it.
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: Are you sure you can use the Staff of Hermes, then?
• Layla Hassan: No. But if the Templars get it, they won't stop until they find someone who can.

(If players choose "What do you think of the new Animus?")

• Layla Hassan: So, what do you think of my new Animus?
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: You mean, OUR new Animus? That's Abstergo equipment.
• Layla Hassan: Which I've modified to within a millimeter of its digital life. It's an Animus console prototype, Brahman variant, with the I/O capacities pushed to their max. Ultra-portable, with more calculating power than NASA and CERN combined.

(If players choose "That's enough for now.")

• Layla Hassan: I'll go stretch my legs. Too bad we don't have access to the Abstergo gym anymore, eh?
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: Membership cost too much.
• Layla Hassan: I should check my e-mail.

Layla sat at the computer,

• Alannah Ryan: Fascinating... Layla! Can you believe we're meeting Herodotos himself?
• Layla Hassan: I can. He sure does talk a lot.
• Alannah Ryan: Is there anything I can help you with?

(If players choose "What can you tell me about the book?")

• Layla Hassan: So, does what I'm seeing as Kassandra match your research? I had to tweak the Animus to use what we have of the book as reference.
• Alannah Ryan: That "book" is a lost work by Herodotos. He basically invented the concept of recording history. And other figures are matching up, too. Kleon, Perikles... The chance to see the past firsthand is why I joined the Assassins.
• Layla Hassan: Most people would talk about justice or leaping across rooftops, but history's cool, too.
• Alannah Ryan: I've loved history since my grandpa told me stories about his grandpa back in Ireland. He was an adventurer and sailor. So I'm continuing the family tradition. I feel so lucky!
• Layla Hassan: You make your own luck, remember?
• Alannah Ryan: Why do people keep telling me that?

(If players choose "What do you know about Herodotos?")

• Layla Hassan: So I've met Herodotos, but I don't know much about him.
• Alannah Ryan: He's brilliant! His Histories are considered the foremost textbook of classical Greece. People have made their careers analyzing his words for some new perspective. To see him in his own world, walking in the polis and... Sorry... but he's kind of a hero of mine.
• Layla Hassan: You can fangirl all you want.

(If players choose "That's enough for now.")

• Layla Hassan: I'll leave you to your work.
• Alannah Ryan: If you need anything, just let me know.

Layla picked up a radio to check in with Kiyoshi.

• Layla Hassan: How's it going out there?
• Kiyoshi Takakura: Well. No threats in view.
• Layla Hassan: I'm glad we could work together again.
• Kiyoshi Takakura: I believe our working methods are compatible.

(If players choose "Why are you so short with me?")

• Layla Hassan: Are you still upset about our last run-in with Abstergo? I'm sorry, I didn't realize those hills in Quebec were so steep. But hey, you and your Yakuza reflexes saved us! Sorry, EX-Yakuza.
• Kiyoshi Takakura: We're all alive, and our injuries have healed. That's what matters.

(If players choose "What do you think we should do next?")

• Layla Hassan: Of course, I'll return to the Animus, then follow the trail Herodotos left to find the staff. But there's so many possibilities, so many choices. There's no way to know which ones are right. You used to run part of the Japanese Brotherhood - what would you do?
• Kiyoshi Takakura: Take things one step at a time. Observe, then act. Or kill everyone and search their pockets for answers. You decide.

(If players choose "I'll leave you to it.")

• Layla Hassan: Thanks for watching our backs Kiyoshi. I'll leave you to your work.
• Kiyoshi Takakura: I'll report in if Abstergo drops by.

Layla made her way back to the Animus.

• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: Are you sure you want to go back into the Animus right now? I get the impression you'll be there a long time.
• Layla Hassan: Yes, I'm ready to go back to Kassandra.
• Dr. Victoria Bibeau: All right, I'll be watching your back.

Outcome

TBA

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey