The Curse of the Pharaohs (memory)

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

Description

News of another artifact reaches Bayek, but landing in Thebes he finds a city ravaged by a terrible curse. The long-dead Pharaohs walk again.

Dialogue

Bayek visited a guide in Siwa, where he found a caravan guide.

• Caravan Lead: Headed to Thebes? It's a sand-scourged journey, but my caravan is fast!

Bayek accepted the offer and travelled to Thebes. While arriving in the city's harbor, he read the letter given to him by Amunet.

• Amunet: Bayek, I do not send you greetings, but a warning. Four years have passed since we laid the last to rest... but the creed spurs us ever onwards. I have captured a messenger bearing news of another artifact, this time in Upper Egypt. You must go at once. Give this parcel to Merti. She lives and runs her business near Luxor. She owes me a favor, not friendship. The rest must fall to you. Find this artifact no matter the cost. Let no one unleash its power on those we once swore to protect.

Upon arriving in the city, Bayek was greeted by a resident.

• Sutekh: Welcome, welcome to Thebes. You need a room? A bigger shield? A bodyguard?

Dust started gathering in one location, which Bayek noticed.

• Bayek: What is this?

An apparition of Nefertiti appeared, prompting the guards to arm themselves.

• Sutekh: The Pharaoh's Curse!

Sutekh and the Egyptians started fleeing the place. The soldiers attempted to attack the apparition.

• Bayek: As Ra lives! He landed a blow!

The apparition killed the soldiers. Bayek attacked the apparition.

• Bayek: You are nothing but a figment!
• Scared Woman: I honor the gods! She comes for me! I stole nothing! Why do the Pharaohs' punish us?
• Bayek: Return to the Duat! These people are innocent.
• Scared Woman: Amun protect me, Amun protect us alL!
• Terrified Woman: Sekhmet protect me. I only took a few drachma. There are worse than me. The abomination comes for us all. Amun has deserted us!
• Bayek: Who summoned you?

Bayek defeated the apparition, which disappeared shortly thereafter.

• Bayek: Someone has the artifact, is using it to summon the long dead. I must stop them before this curse murders all of Thebes. Amunet said her contact was near Luxor.

Bayek travelled to courtyard infront of Luxor, where he found Merti speaking to two residents, one of twhom he met earlier ago.

• Sutekh: Merti, you know what this curse has cost Thebes, cost me! I have no one left.
• Merti: Your uncle still lives, Sutekh. Perhaps he has work for you?
• Sutekh: That scorpion? He wouldn't give me a fig his monkey spat out.

Bayek approached them.

• Sutekh: Ah, you survived the curse! They will speak of you throughout Thebes.
• Bayek: Make sure no one speaks of me.
• Merti: Enough, Sutekh.
• Sutekh: Of course! No (cops) will hear of the man with death in his eye!

Bayek talked to Merti in private.

• Bayek: I was told you would help me. This is for you.

Bayek passed a package to Merti.

• Merti: What is this? Who gave this to you?
• Bayek: The woman you know as Aya.
• Merti: Very well. What do you want?
• Bayek: A rare artifact. I believe it's the cause of this curse.
• Merti: Could it be?... Rumors, whispers. A relic was stolen from an unknown Pharaoh's tomb. Some say this desecration called the curse down upon us.
• Bayek: I must find it.
• Merti: There is quite a black market here in Thebes, secret auctions, rare trades. Talk to the merchants near the docks, they'll know more. Tell Aya our deal is done. I'm headed south. The curse comes too close for comfort.
• Bayek: What if I have more questions?
• Merti: Then find Isidora, the God's Wife of Amun. She will understand this curse in a way I cannot.

Merti left the place along with the others. Sometime later, Bayek defeated Nefertiti in Aaru and Akhenaten in Aten, allowing them to rest their souls. He returned to Isidora in the Temple of Karnak, who was speaking to one of her servants.

• Bayek: Nefertiti and Akhenaten are no more. I defeated them in the Duat.
• Isidora: You've seen the land of the dead, yet still live?
• Bayek: No. It was a trick of the mind. I walked through the field of reeds, felt the breeze against my skin, but I was never there. I doubt I ever will be.
• Isidora: Never doubt it. I do not need to know what you've done to know there is a way. I will help you find it.
• Bayek: The Aten. Akhenaten passed it to his successors. It could've been stolen from any of their tombs.
• Isidora: I hear Tychon's funeral is taking place soon. Did his ledger reveal anything else? He knew the tombs quite well.
• Bayek: No. Irsu, the bile that robbed Nefertiti's tomb, did say he was working with others, but... well.
• Isidora: What happened? Is he dead?

They heard footsteps.

• Isidora: Soldiers coming. Please, you should not be seen--

Bayek left Isidora alone.

• Isidora: ..here.

A group of soldiers came to the hall. Bayek eavedropped on the conversation on the edge of a wall.

• Captain: Priestess, a question. We've been investigating a ring of unsanctioned tomb robbers. Imagine my surprise when our prime suspect turns up dead. I know you had your... differences. So tell me, priestess, who killed Tychon?
• Isidora: Tychon? Was he not one of yours? A comrade of your Strategos? perhaps one of his allies grew tired of sharing the profits of the desecrated tombs. Did you find a dagger in his back? There are many who wished his death, how will you narrow your search?
• Captain: Steer clear of Tychon's funeral. Do a thorough search. See what she's hiding.

Isidora left the place. The soldiers searched the place.

• Soldier: You don't really think the God's Wife of Amun is involved do you? There's nothing here but prayer scrolls.
• Captain: She's neck deep, I know it. Find the evidence.
• Soldier: Look sharp. We can't return empty handed.

Bayek left Karnak.

• Bayek: A brazen thief such as Tychon will live in the richer part of Thebes. I should pay my respects to the dead.

Bayek travelled to Tychon's villa, where the the funeral commencing.

• Bayek: Their slavish mourning leaves me time to search his villa.

He found the villa to be heavily guarded.

• Bayek: The Strategos' men have already been through here. What did they miss?

Bayek investigated cushions on the ground.

• Bayek: Tychon made a fortune trading our history to Rome.

He investigated a charm hanging on the wall.

• Bayek: No charm could save him in the end.

He investigated a table of jars.

• Bayek: Desecration and thievery paid for his expensive tastes.

Bayek went up to the second floor and read a scroll on a table.

• Tychon, old friend:
  We are still friends are we not? So , believe me when I say this is not personal. We agreed to split the tombs and yet I find out your men have been seen scavenging in my territory? Perhaps the soldiers accompanying this letter can clear up any misunderstanding.
  Athames – Strategos of Yebu
• Bayek: The Strategos ordered his men to apprehend Tychon.

Bayek read another scroll.

• You bag of rancid cow dung!:
  Pay me the money you owe me or Osiris help me, I will slit your throat. I risked Athames' wrath to get you that latest haul. And quite a tidy lot it was. Gold, cerulean, even a sword made from Shards of the stars. Pay me, the Pharaohs come for liars and cheats.
  Irsu
• Bayek: Tychon and Irsu were working together.

He investigated a door beside the table.

• Bayek: Locked, I need another way in.

Bayek went out to the balcony and found a blockade to the room. he pulled out the blockade and entered.

• Bayek: Tychon's papers were undisturbed.

He investigated a box containing masks.

• Bayek: Treasures from the Pharaohs, quite a hoard.

He investigated a chest.

• Bayek: What is this?

Bayek opened the chest and took out a scrap of paper.

• Report on the Lotus:
  The ship, the one belonging to the Lotud you asked me to find it and I did. It last docked outside of Swenett and is carrying pelts and wine, nothing more. I got the captain drunk in Yebu and he mentioned the Lotus is looking for a relic, a special orb from the tombs. He knew nothinf more.
  Your servant Kleotis
• Bayek: Someone else is looking for the relic. So who are you, Lotus?
  The ship docked in Swenett. That's my next port of call. I should find the scribe's office, the manifest might tell who the ship belongs to.

Reference

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