Blood in the Water (CotP)

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Blood in the Water was a visual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.

Description

With Tychon dead, Bayek discovers another is seeking the relic. He heads to Swenett in search of the ship belonging to the mysterious Lotus.

Dialogue

Bayek travelled south from Thebes to Swenett in Yebu Nome. There, he headed to the scribe's home and knocked on his door, receiving no response.

• Bayek: Place looks deserted, where could he have gone?

A man approached Bayek from behind.

• Atut: Ooh, and you are...?
• Bayek: Looking for the scribe.
• Atut: You and half of Yebu. But no one's seen him since yesterday.
• Bayek: I need to find him.
• Atut: Well are you not strong and masterfyl? But why would I know where he is, I am the only one who pays his wages.
• Bayek: (Grunts).
• Atut: Wait, wait. I can't bear to see anyone so crestfallen. Try the hunter's village. He has a taste for exotic meat, if you know what I mean.
• Bayek: No, no I don't.
• Atut: Hippo, silly! Or maybe he headed to the papyrus village for more paper?
• Bayek: Thank you, neb.
• Atut: No, thank you... neb. And if you do find him, tell him he's fired.

Bayek headed south out of Swenett, where he found the body of the scribe and a broken cart.

• Bayek: Signs of a struggle. This doesn't look good for the scribe, or the manifest.

Bayek investigated the body.

• Bayek: Bandits ambushed him. I need that manifest, they must have taken his belongings to their camp.

Bayek investigated the nearby military hideout. He eliminated the soldiers and recovered a scroll from one of them.

• Swenett Ship Manifest:
  Merchant felucca - "Amun's Bounty", carrying pelts and wine to Alexandria
  Merchant Ship - unmarked - docked south of Yebu - The Lotus?
  Merchant Felucca - "Pride of Sobek" - Grain, honey, wool
• Bayek: This is the Lotus' ship, says it docked south of Yebu. Hopefully it is still there.

Bayek headed to the south of Yebu Nome, where he found a trireme anchored in the area. He swam to the ship and found blood all over.

• Bayek: Looks like it has already been boarded.

Bayek boarded the ship and investigated a bunch of food sacks.

• Bayek: All this food will go to waste.

He investigated broken vases.

• Bayek: Pottery, very fine craftsmanship.

He investigated a cargo.

• Bayek: They left the precious cargo untouched, looking for information, not profit.

He investigated a bunch of relics.

• Bayek: Pieces of broken relics.

He investigated a body.

• Bayek: They tortured the sailors. For information?

He investigated blood trails at the edge of the trireme.

• Bayek: A lot of blood, someone dragged a body towards the edge of the deck. But where did it end up? In the water? A distraction maybe?

He completed his investigation.

• Bayek: There was a fight here. But someone dragged a body overboard to try and create a distraction. Did they make it to the shore?

Bayek spotted a blood trail in the waters and followed it, eventually reaching a shore where he found a group of people.

• Naked Man: That scallywag made off with my horse!

Bayek spoke to the naked man.

• Bayek: Someone stole your horse? Did they come from the ship?
• Naked Man: Yes! Some rust haired demon. Slithered from the river like an otter. Stole Ganymede and rode off towards the smuggler's village.
• Bayek: And your clothes...?
• Naked Man: A man can't even have a refreshing swim without thieves and vagabonds setting upon him. Now what am I supposed to do?
• Bayek: Pray to Sobek to return your robes.
• Man on shore: I am not sure that Lotus is innocent. But they can do what they want, no one would dare defy them.
• Bothered Woman: They run the relic smuggling ring in Yebu?
• Man on shore: Everyone is a thief and a lair, the smugglers, the soldiers, all lining their pockets with blood money.

Bayek headed to the smuggler village in the south and found the thief, revealed to be Sutekh.

• Bayek: Sutekh? Of course, how many more red-headed thieves are out there.
• Sutekh: Thief! I'm no thief, Bayek.
• Bayek: Your uncle's auction? That fisherman's horse?
• Sutekh: When you put it that way...
• Bayek: I know you were on the ship. Who owns it?
• Sutekh: Trouble dogs my every step. Am I responsible for those desecrators? Can I help it if one was my blood, another pays my wage?
• Bayek: The ship, Sutekh!
• Sutekh: Ah yes... Now that was an adventure!
  I was doing important work when we were boarded. Of course the crew panicked. Me, I was cool as a breeze at the Oasis. They were shouting for Merti to come out, but she was never on board.
• Bayek: Wait? The merchant woman?
• Sutekh: They searched the whole ship, killed anyone who got in their way. Until they found the captain. Dragged him out kicking and cursing. Killed his men in front of him until he told them where she was. I was the only survivor. Crocodiles below me, soldiers everywhere. I made my epic escape
• Bayek: By throwing a dead man in the water to distract the beasts.
  Now we have established your heroism, where is Merti?
• Sutekh: Probably at her villa west of Yebu, the House of the Blue Lotus. It's by the pretty waterfalls. I could come with you? Fight by your side?
• Bayek: I'll find her, and you keep out of trouble.
• Sutekh: Of course, of course. I wonder... how would someone become a smuggler? I'm asking for a friend...

Reference

• Assassin's Creed: Origins – The Curse of the Pharaohs