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'''Ptahmose''' (died 38 BCE) was an [[Egypt]]ian official and member of the [[Order of the Ancients]] that operating under the cryptonym '''The Mason''', and who served [[Gaius Julius Rufio]] in the [[Sinai]], overseeing the city of [[Arsinoe]] in [[Egypt]].
'''Ptahmose''' (died 38 BCE) was an [[Egypt]]ian official and member of the [[Order of the Ancients]], operating under the cryptonym ''The Mason'', who served under [[Gaius Julius Rufio]] in the [[Sinai]], overseeing the city of [[Arsinoe]] in [[Egypt]].
 
 
 
 
 
 


==Biography==
==Biography==
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==Personality and characteristics==
==Personality and characteristics==
Ptahmose was an enterprising and pitiless man. He pushed his workers too hard, and when someone stepped out of line, they were made an example of. In fact, he showed barely more concern for the well-beings of his servants as he did his rebel prisoners, whom he instructed his guards to interrogate via torture.
Ptahmose was a cruel man. He pushed his workers too hard and made examples out of those who stepped out of line. He was not above ordering his guards to torture his prisoners for information.<ref name="The Setting Sun"/>


Despite being an Egyptian, Ptahmose felt no affection for his people or culture, and was willing to both demolish ancient Egyptian monuments to cannibalise the raw materials so that they could be used in the creation of Roman infrastructure, and sell sacred Egyptian artifacts to fund Roman war efforts.  
Despite being an Egyptian, Ptahmose was willing to pillage Egyptian monuments such as the Temple of Horus and Amenmesse's pyramid in order to fund the wars of Egypt and Rome while centralizing all riches in Alexandria and Rome.<ref name="The Setting Sun"/>


In his final moments, Ptahmose expressed fear and disbelief in [[Bayek]]'s advent, referring to him as "the blades of Thoth" and believing the former Medjay to be an avenging proxy of the gods that sought to punish him for his role in the desecration of hallowed Egyptian structures and artifacts. Despite his dismay, Ptahmose felt no remorse for his actions, insisting that the Order would last forever, as he told Bayek before his death at the [[Hidden Ones|Hidden One's]] hand.<ref name="THO">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – ''The Hidden Ones''</ref>
Ptahmose held on to the belief that the Order would last forever until his final moments, telling Bayek just before his death at the Hidden One's hands.<ref name="The Setting Sun"/>


== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
 
*Ptahmose's name, transliterated as ''ptḥ-ms'', means "Ptah is born". Ptah was the Egyptian god of craftsmanship and architecture.
* Ptahmose's name, transliterated as ''ptḥ-ms'', means "Ptah is born". Like other Egyptian members of the Order of the Ancients, his name is ironic, as Ptah was the Egyptian god of craftsmanship, architecture, artisanry and creation, and Ptahmose sought to destroy Egyptian buildings and monuments to repurpose the raw materials.
 
* Ptahmose's cryptonym was "The Mason", and the Egyptian god Ptah was the patron of masons and stoneworkers.  


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

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Ptahmose (died 38 BCE) was an Egyptian official and member of the Order of the Ancients, operating under the cryptonym The Mason, who served under Gaius Julius Rufio in the Sinai, overseeing the city of Arsinoe in Egypt.

Biography

In 38 BCE, Ptahmose was assassinated in his camp in Arsinoe by the Hidden One Bayek of Siwa, thus stopping his pillaging of Egyptian temples and monuments.[1]

Personality and characteristics

Ptahmose was a cruel man. He pushed his workers too hard and made examples out of those who stepped out of line. He was not above ordering his guards to torture his prisoners for information.[1]

Despite being an Egyptian, Ptahmose was willing to pillage Egyptian monuments such as the Temple of Horus and Amenmesse's pyramid in order to fund the wars of Egypt and Rome while centralizing all riches in Alexandria and Rome.[1]

Ptahmose held on to the belief that the Order would last forever until his final moments, telling Bayek just before his death at the Hidden One's hands.[1]

Trivia

  • Ptahmose's name, transliterated as ptḥ-ms, means "Ptah is born". Ptah was the Egyptian god of craftsmanship and architecture.

Gallery

Appearances

References