A Life's Dedication

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

Description

Kassandra met an adventurer in Boeotia who possessed a tablet dating from the Mycenaean period.

Dialogue

While in Boeotia, Kassandra came across pack of wolves attacking a man. After eliminating the beasts, she approached the individual.

• Eppie: By Zeus... I would have been a goner there if it wasn't for you.
• Kassandra: Lucky I came by.
• Eppie: Pleased to make your acquaintance. I'm Eppie. Well, Epizelos, but my friends call me Eppie. Not that I have "friends," necessarily.
• Kassandra: I'm Kassandra.
• Eppie: Charmed! You have the look of someone used to being out in the world.

You look capable.You shouldn't be out here alone.

• Kassandra: You look like you shouldn't be outside on your own. At all.
• Eppie: It can't be helped. I've been overcome with adventure.

• Eppie: I have in my possession a Mycenaean tablet that leads to a sacred burial site. I'm calling it the Cave of the Oracle.
• Kassandra: Good for you.

Kassandra turned around and prepared to leave.

• Eppie: Mycenaeans were known for their elaborate grave sites full of precious things.

Kassandra, hearing what Eppie had said, turned around.

• Kassandra: How precious?
• Eppie: Ancient jewelry, ceremonial swords and daggers. So, very precious. If you escort me, I'll show you.

(Accept – I'll come with you.)

• Kassandra: How can I turn down the promise of precious things?

Kassandra followed Eppie as they made their way to the Cave of the Oracle.

• Eppie: The Fates have delivered you onto my path, and thus we travel togethe.r
• Kassandra: The Fates have been known to have a sense of humor.
• Eppie: Happening upon you, hero, is fortuitous.
• Kassandra: Glad to hear it. So you dig through book roll?
• Eppie: No! Well, yes and no. I dig through dirt, too. I uncover our history. Sometimes... hopefully this time, it will uncover ancient wonders!
• Kassandra: Hate to break it to you, but clay pots and dirt aren't that wondrous to most.
• Eppie: I've dedicated my life to it. It's so much more than treasure to be looted.
• Kassandra: Is it though?
• Eppie: It's who we are! knowing where we come from tell us where we are headed.
• Kassandra: You educated people and your riddles.
• Eppie: Some people don't care about the past. They only want to steal something that will make them a few drachmae. Imagine that.
• Kassandra: Hard to believe.
• Eppie: My peers are no more than treasure hunters and art dealers.
• Kassandra: Well. You did mention precious jewels.
• Eppie: These ruins and relics are notoriously hard to find. I found this one through clever searching and deduction.
• Kassandra: Tell me more about it.
• Eppie: Mycenaeans held specific rituals. Some tales speak of objects made by the gods.
• Kassandra: Yes. The gods like to play their hand on occasion.
• Eppie: Think of this, misthios! How would you like to have had the gods help you in battle?
• Kassandra: A good warrior doesn't need any help from the gods or anyone else.
• Eppie: True. True. But think of what we might find there.
• Kassandra: You think we'll find something with this power?
• Eppie: See? Now are you interested?
• Kassandra: I certain am.

Kassandra and Eppie reached and entered the cave, coming upon a number of individuals worshipping inside.

• Eppie: What's this?
• Kassandra: Stay back.
• Eppie: They seem drawn to this place. I hadn't expected that.
• Kassandra: Does it have to do with—whatever that name was you said?
• Eppie: The Mycenaeans? I don't see how they could know. It must be related to Trophonios. I'll observe them and see what I can learn.
• Kassandra: Fine. I'll search further inside.
• Eppie: Wait! Take this stele piece. See if there are markings that match it.

Kassandra dwelled further inside and went under a small opening to a hidden cavern.

• Kassandra: Not much of a burial site. Mules are buried in higher places of honor.

Kassandra went further in, coming up across a locked door.

• Kassandra: The stele piece looks like it can be placed...

Kassandra took out the stele and put it near a circular lock, emitting a glow. This unlocked the door to a secret chamber.

• Kassandra: This is... unexpected.

Kassandra entered the chamber, exploring the contents within. Afterwards, she reached a room with a hole beneath and jumped down.

• Kassandra: Ah, this is more like it. Let's see what we have.

She came a cross a small statue on the ground near a pillar.

• Kassandra: Hmm. This statue depicts a warrior.

She investigated a series of markings on a wall.

• Kassandra: The markings match Eppie's stone!

She investigated a chest and looted it, recovering a pair of boots.

• Kassandra: Eppie will want to see all of this.

Kassandra exited the chamber, returning to Eppie in the cave.

• Kassandra: We're in the right place. Unfortunately, my friend, it's been looted. All I found was this armor.
• Eppie: That is highly significant. The Mycenaeans were a warrior culture, you know. So this must be a warrior's tomb.
• Kassandra: Huh. Well, it's a decent piece. But where's the rest of it?
• Eppie: Hmm... That was only one part of the stele. If we find the others, I can decipher the text.
• Kassandra: Maybe that will reveal more armor. The rest of the stele you speak of could be anywhere.
• Eppie: If I can find clues for where to look, are you interested in finding the other stele pieces?

(Accept – I'll look for the others.)

• Kassandra: I'll look for the others.
• Eppie: Excellent! Now I need to see those markings. Let's go inside.

Eppie and Kassandra entered the chamber, approaching the wall with writings.

• Eppie: I didn't expect the stele keystone to actually be a key.
• Kassandra: I wonder what happens when all of them are in place.
• Eppie: Even with only part of the stele, I can start to decipher the writing.
• Kassandra: What does it say?
• Eppie: Um... I think that says, "of the gods."
• Kassandra: Really? To think, you were someone yelling for help not long ago.
• Eppie: Look at me now.
• Kassandra: I think you're going to need all of them, though.
• Eppie: According to this, it seems that the stele pieces have been deliberately seperated.
• Kassandra: Wait. I found one already. It caught my eye.
• Eppie: By Zeus, you're a natural at this. Did it also come with armor?
• Kassandra: Part of it.
• Eppie: There must be a piece of armor with each missing stele.
• Kassandra: But why?
• Eppie: This section here refers to a ritual.
• Kassandra: It doesn't explain why the armor was seperated and hidden with a stele piece.
• Eppie: Maybe that was part of the ritual? We need to find the other stele pieces. Are you ready?

(Accept – I'll go look.)

• Kassandra: If we found these, then we'll find the other stele pieces too. I'll go look.
• Eppie: Even with the full keystone in place, some of the meaning may be lost on us.
• Kassandra: I have faith in you.

Eppie looked at the writing again.

• Eppie: Oh! You won't believe what this section says... "Of the primordial gods..." Primordial!
• Kassandra: That's interesting.
• Eppie: That's ancient.
• Kassandra: it could just be a prater on behalf of the warrior.
• Eppie: That's what I thought, too. Until I read this part...

Eppie pointed to another section of the writings.

• Kassandra: There's more?
• Eppie: It mentions that the ritual will be activated.
• Kassandra: What ritual?
• Eppie: I have no idea. I'm presuming it means we need all of the steles in place before something happens.
• Kassandra: Do you have the location for the missing piece?
• Eppie: This text is hard to make sense of. It appears to be a warning. Be careful when you explore the Tomb of Orion.
• Kassandra: I'll be careful.

(If players choose "Why is the past important?")

• Kassandra: The dark ages has had its time. Why look backward?
• Eppie: There is truth and insight in looking backward. Take Homer for example, he often spoke of our past in his stories.
• Kassandra: Hmm. So digging through dirt and cobwebbed words is your ambition?
• Eppie: My role is to breathe life into the ancients.

(If players choose "What about your peers?")

• Kassandra: Do any of your peers support you in this?
• Eppie: None. My ways are too different for them.
• Kassandra: If you're right, you'll gain their respect after this.

(If players choose "What if nothing happens?")

• Kassandra: Do you worry that your expectations are too high? It may be a dead end.
• Eppie: How can it? The clues have proven me right thus far. The stele mentions a ritual that once performed, will activate something.
• Kassandra: What does that have to do with primordial gods?
• Eppie: I have no idea. When we have all of the stele pieces. we'll know.

(If players choose "Leave – Goodbye.")

• Kassandra: Time to go.

Outcome

Kassandra met an archeologist named Eppie, agreeing to help him locate and decipher a Mycenaean tomb. She later agreed to look for the other stele pieces to solve a mysterious writing on the wall, starting with the Tomb of Orion.

References

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey