Awaken the Myth

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

Description

Kassandra returned to the ruins with the completed Sphinx medallion.

Dialogue

Kassandra returns to the Lair of the Sphinx.

• Kassandra: The statue. It's gone.

As she approaches the plinth where the statue used to sit, she noticed Gorgias lying dead near it. Kassandra inserts the medallion, but nothing happens. She quickly realized how it might work.

• Kassandra: It must only work at night. I should come back after dark.

Kassandra returned at night and inserted the medallion again. She takes a few steps back, unsure if it worked. Then suddenly, a light beam struck down the plinth like lightning. She looks away for a moment from the flash, but as she looks back, there the Sphinx appeared as if by landing.

Kassandra looks in awe as it relaxes and sits on its hind legs, smiling at her. Curious, she moves a little closer.

• Sphinx: Another challenger. I hope you're more resilient than the last one.
• Kassandra: By the gods! The statue came alive!

A snake appears beside the Sphinx's left leg - it seems to be its tail.

• Sphinx: I am no statue, child. If you cannot comprehend what stands before you, how are you to entertain me?

(If players choose "What are you?")

• Kassandra: What are you?
• Sphinx: The Sphinx. The guardian of truth and knowledge.

(If players choose "What are you doing here?")

• Kassandra: Why are you here?
• Sphinx: The gods sent me to protect something, and I've been its guardian ever since.

(If players choose "I'm not here to entertain you.")

• Kassandra: I - I came here for another reason.
• Sphinx: Oh? Then tell me, little one. Why are you here?

I've come to destroy you.I need your artifact.

• Kassandra: I've come to end you and take your power.
• Sphinx: Many before you have tried. All have failed.

The Sphinx's snake tail hisses.

• Kassandra: I won't.
• Sphinx: While it would amuse me to see you try, harming me will not give you what you seek. The only way to acquire the power I possess is to impress me with your mind.
• Kassandra: Sounds simple enough.
• Sphinx: If you are correct, I will surrender that which I guard. If you are wrong, I shall end you.

• Kassandra: You protect an object of great power. I have been asked to return it to where it belongs.
• Sphinx: A most noble of causes. Sadly I cannot grant your request.
• Kassandra: There's too much at stake. I won't leave without it.
• Sphinx: The power I guard is not for the weak-willed.
• Kassandra: I can resist.
• Sphinx: One must risk everything in the pursuit of knowledge. If you can answer my questions wisely, you will have proven yourself worthy.

(The Sphinx will ask any three riddles from a dozen different riddles.)

Riddle	Answer
What can run, but never walks; has a mouth, but never talks; has a head, but never weeps; has a bed, but never sleeps	A River
This thing all things devour: birds, beasts, trees, flowers; gnaws iron, bites steel; grind hard stones to meal; slays kings, ruins towns; and beats high mountains down.	Time
At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen.	The stars
What is large, yet never grows; has roots that cannot be seen; and is taller than trees?	A mountain
I create my lair with earthen string; and dispatch my prey with a biting sting.	Spider
Some try to hide, some try to cheat; but time will show, we always will meet. Try as you might to guess my name; I promise.	Death
Never resting, never still; moving slowly from hill to hill; it does not walk, run or trot; all is cool where it is not.	Sun
As small as your thumb, I am light in the air. You may hear me before you see me, but trust that I’m there.	A Humming Bird
What is always old and sometimes new; never sad, sometimes blue; never empty, but sometimes full; never pushes, always pulls?	The Moon
I’m alive, but without breath; I’m as cold in life as in death; I’m never thirsty, though I always drink.	A Fish
What can bring back the dead; make you cry, make you laugh, make you you; is born in an instant, yet lasts a lifetime?	A Memory
In spring I am gay in handsome array; in summer more clothing I wear; when colder it grows, I fling off my clothes; and in winter quite naked appear.	A Tree

(Regardless, the players can choose from three different, but relevant, answers for each riddle they get and the Sphinx will accept it, and she will only comment on Kassandra's choice. The players, however, must remember the answers they gave not necessarily in sequence.)

• Sphinx: You are an interesting one. Now, take what you have learned and touch the symbols that reflect your choices.

(If players touched the wrong symbols.)

• Sphinx: Like those who came before, you have failed.

All the surrounding symbols glowed intensely to power up the Sphinx's plinth. Kassandra tries to run away, but was shot by a beam of light from the plinth, killing her. (If players touched the correct symbols.) Kassandra goes back to the plinth to see what will happen next, but she was momentarily blinded by a flash of light from the Sphinx. As she looks back, the Sphinx is intensely glowing gold all over her except her face, which is in agony. The Sphinx reaches for Kassandra, but the glow died along with her. Kassandra stood in astonishment for a little while before squatting down behind its head and plucking a big feather. The feather glows brightly as it tries to control and take over her, but she tries to resist. Her eyes closed from the struggle, she was unaware of a hologram trying to, perhaps symbolically, grab her.

• Unknown: ...Outwit our oppressors, hide our truth within lies...

Kassandra resists triumphantly and the feather turned into the artifact she is looking for.

Outcome

Facing the Sphinx, Kassandra answered the creature's questions correctly and claimed the artifact.

Gallery

• 
  Gorgias dead
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  The ruins at night
• 
  Kassandra approaching the Sphinx
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  The Sphinx waiting for Kassandra's answers
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  Kassandra touching one of the images

References

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey