The Serpent's Lair

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The Serpent's Lair 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

With Elpenor successfully assassinated, Kassandra made her way back to Herodotos.

• Kassandra: So this is the "secret" chamber... They're not ones for subtlety, are they?

Herodotos awaited her outside the chamber, and together they walked to the entrance.

• Kassandra: So, this is it.
• Herodotos: Hidden chamber of the Cultists. Here, all along.
• Kassandra: I'm going inside. Keep my clothes for me?
• Herodotos: Best not to go in with your weapon either. I don't think they'll look too kindly on that.

Kassandra changed into the Cultists cloak and mask she retrieved from Elepnor's hideout.

• Kassandra: How do I look?
• Herodotos: Terrifying.
• Kassandra: Good.
• Herodotos: Find me once you've found out the truth in there. Keep your wits about you. Try not to do anything rash.
• Kassandra: Me? Rash?

Kassandra pushed open the doors, leaving Herodotos behind to descend into the lair.

• Kassandra: Who thought these ridiculous costumes were a good idea?

Once within the inner area, she was approached by another disguised Cultist.

• Cultist: You're late, very late! It's a good thing Deimos hasn't arrived yet.
• Kassandra: Sorry. It's my, er - first time.
• Cultist: A new recruit? Welcome, welcome.

(If players choose "Who are these people?")

• Kassandra: There's a lot of people here.
• Cultist: All share our common mind.
• Kassandra: Good.
• Cultist: We're here to evaluate the strides taken by the Cult since the last meeting. We haven't met for some, some time.
• Kassandra: Where did they come from?
• Cultist: The land across the seas. We assemble as a community. Here, there is no war - there are no sides.

(If players choose "Who is Deimos?")

• Kassandra: You mentioned someone. Deimos. Who is that?
• Cultist: You'll learn his name very, very quickly.
• Kassandra: He's our leader.
• Cultist: I'm sure he believes that, but no, he's our weapon. He's... difficult, but he does important work for us. I don't envy his position one bit.
• Kassandra: I'll go talk to the others. Thank you.
• Cultist: Yes, yes, before Deimos comes. Who knows if you'll get a word in after that.

Kassandra moved away to talk to other Cultists. One of them ran a knife blade across the palm of his hand, allowing the blood to drip on the altar in the center of the room.

• Cultist: It's only blood right now, but who knows. Deimos may ask for our hands next. Go on, go on, make your offering.

(If players choose "I will make the offering.")
Kassandra took the blade and cut herself in the same manner.

• Cultist: We just have to keep our sights on what the bloodline will do for us.
• Kassandra: The bloodline?
• Cultist: The mother, the father, the sister - you know, his kin. We need them. All of them.
• Kassandra: ...To use them.
• Cultist: That information is not for Deimos, of course. You know how volatile he is. He could rip through is easily.
• Kassandra: I'll be sure to keep it to myself.
• Cultist: As you should. Nor can he know we're about to capture his mother.

(If players choose "What would we do with the mother?")

• Kassandra: And do what with her?
• Cultist: I would loser my voice if I were you. Just know she will be put to... good use. Unless she's uncontrollable.

(If players choose "Where is the mother?")

• Kassandra: You know where she is?
• Cultist: No. But it won't be long until we do. I assure you. She's the Cult's next target.

(If players choose "Who is Deimos?")

• Kassandra: Tell me about Deimos.
• Cultist: He's shown us what we need to know. He's a machine, a weapon for the Cult. Someone that unstable can't be trusted with such... personal information.
• Kassandra: I have to go.
• Cultist: To our great ambition.
• Kassandra: ...To ambition.

She shook the Cultist's hand and went to find another she could glean information from.

• Kassandra: I'll need much more information to identify who these Cultists are.

As she walked through room, she overheard a conversation between two Cult members.

• Male Cultist: You're not listening! Forget the mother - she's useless.
• Female Cultist: I'm still not convinced.
• Male Cultist: You. We need another opinion on this. Why split resources searching for a woman we can't find? If we narrow our focus, Athens will be ours. Immediate threats have to be destroyed. Perikles has to be destroyed.
• Female Cultist: Not without the mother. We aren't strong enough without the mother.
• Male Cultist: Don't let Deimos hear that. If anything, we should be hunting the father.
• Female Cultist: We know who the mother is. Looking for the father would be a waste of resources.
• Male Cultist: What do you think? Hunt the Champion's mother or his father?

(If players choose "The mother.")

• Kassandra: ...The mother.
• Female Cultist: She's right.
• Male Cultist: Get your priorities straight. Before you know it, Perikles will shore up his defenses, and we will have lost our chance.
• Kassandra: Now if you'll excuse me.
• Female Cultist: I hear you perfectly well - you're just wrong. We need to look for the father now.

Kassandra bowed and took her leave. Making her way into a side tunnel, she discovered Cult letters.

• Kassandra: Letters to and from the Cult... Gods, they have a foothold in every part of the Greek world. We're in more danger than I thought.

Another side tunnel revealed a pair of Cultist.

• Cultist: Pull yourself together, malaka! You're a fucking pig before slaughter!
• Cultist: I'll do it, I swear! I'll kill him! Let me go!

The antagonizer noticed Kassandra watching.

• Cultist: You like to watch, you sick fuck? You're not just going to watch. You're going to teach this little insolent shit a lesson.

(If players choose "What did he do?")

• Kassandra: ...Does her deserve it?
• Cultist: Doesn't fucking matter, does it? What I say goes! No questions asked!
• Cultist: I-I couldn't do it! But I'm not scared! Not anymore!
• Cultist: If you can't kill a fucking artist, what are you gonna do when I tell you to kill a fucking archon?
• Cultist: I will, I will! I'll kill Phidias!

(If players choose "I don't know...")

• Kassandra: I...
• Cultist: Show him what happens to cowards! They get fuckin' burned!

(If players choose "You do it.")

• Kassandra: No. He's yours.
• Cultist: You don't know what the fuck fun is. More for me.

He burned his fellow Cultist with a glowing iron from the fire.

• Cultist: Fuck with me, and there's plenty more where that came from!

Kassandra made her way back into the central chamber, where she felt a pull from the golden pyramid. On the way, one of the Cultists can be heard screaming at someone, perhaps the Oracle.

• Cultist: You. Someone was spotted going into your house. Guards were found dead outside. Tell me who you talked to, or I'll break your pretty face.

Kassandra placed the shard she retrieved from Elpenor into the pyramid, drawing the attention of a nearby cultist.

• Cultist: Ah, you had the last piece. Now it is ready. Every time I see it, it calls to me and sings. Of power. Does it call to you like it calls to me?

(If players choose "I want to touch it.")

• Kassandra: It does.

As she reached out her hand, the Cultist slapped it away.

• Cultist: What are you doing? Have you lost your mind?
• Kassandra: I - no.
• Cultist: My great warrior hasn't even arrived yet! Gather yourself and hold your tongue, fool. Show respect for the bloodline.

At that moment, Deimos strode into the chamber with Elpenor's head. Enraged, he kicked over a flaming brazier. He threw the head to the Cultists.

• Deimos: Elpenor is dead. One of you is a traitor! The Artifact will expose them.

He took a Cultist by the collar, throwing him to the ground before the pyramid.

• Deimos: You!!! Everyone will be tested. You. First.

Forcing his hand on the pyramid did nothing to the Cultist.

• Deimos: Go.

He pushed another Cultist forward.

• Deimos: You.

The result was the same.

• Deimos: Go.

He then singled out Kassandra, motioning she approach.

• Deimos: You.

Undergoing the test, memories of her childhood played through her mind. Deimos slowly turned to her.

• Kassandra: Alexios.
• Deimos: Who are you? Go.

Deimos then continued the tests on other Cultists as Kassandra walked away. The next Cultist had his head smashed into the pyramid, then Deimos stood over him, punching him. A sliver of the pyramid landed at Kassandra's feet, and she scooped it up.

• Deimos: The traitor is dead!

She exited the lair, returning to a waiting Herodotos.

• Herodotos: You're alive!

(If players choose "The Cult is after my mother.")

• Kassandra: They know me. My family. They want my mother dead.
• Herodotos: I see. It's worse than I thought.
• Kassandra: There's more. They have a weapon.
• Herodotos: What... kind?
• Kassandra: A soldier. Stronger and more ferocious than any I've ever seen. Herodotos, it's my brother.
• Herodotos: We need to get to Athens.
• Kassandra: Athens? We need to find my mother. My clothes. Spear.
• Herodotos: Of course.
• Kassandra: My spear!

After Kassandra is dressed, she continued her conversation with Herodotos.

• Kassandra: The Cult of Kosmos call my brother Deimos. He used an artifact to see my memories.
• Herodotos: Kassandra, the man I serve. We must tell him what's happened before it's too late. You've heard the name Perikles before?

(If players choose "Perikles is a great general.")

• Kassandra: Perikles is the great general leading the Delian League against the Spartans. They say he's ruthless.
• Herodotos: We aren't leading the League against anyone! Perikles is a man of peace. The war was thrust upon him... upon us all.
• Kassandra: A general who doesn't want war? Not likely.
• Herodotos: Save your doubts. He is working to end this war. We all are. If there are forces colluding against him, he must be warned. We have to go.

(If players choose "I'm only worried about my mother.")

• Kassandra: To Athens?! They're hunting my family. My mother. I have to find her.
• Herodotos: You carry the blade of Leonidas. Act like it! If Perikles doesn't put an end to this war, we're all as good as dead - including your mother.
• Kassandra: Fuck your war! The Cultists are exterminating my family!
• Herodotos: You have a duty to the Greek world. We both do. Perikles must be warned.
• Kassandra: She is my mother. What would you have me do?
• Herodotos: If there is one place where we can find information about your mother, it is in Athens.
• Kassandra: How?
• Herodotos: Perikles surrounds himself with the brightest minds in Athens, which is to say anywhere. In Athens you can fulfill your duty to your family. But before we go... I need you to meet me at the Lion of Leonidas, at Thermopylai.
• Kassandra: Leonidas... Why?
• Herodotos: There's something I need to know. Something that may help us take down this Cult, and save your mother.
• Kassandra: You've proven I can trust you, but let's make it quick, Herodotos. First Thermopylai, then we go to Athens.

Outcome

TBA

Gallery

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  Kassandra disguised as a Cultist

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey