User:Bovkaffe/Sandbox2

Heralds

Italy

This killer stains the very stone of our city with his presence! Surely, God will be displeased with us, should we fail to strike him down!

Constantinople

It is the duty of all loyal citizens to collaborate with the stewards of Byzantium, to bring them to a swift end!

There is a vile, infernal Assassin plague walking among us! Terror spreas throughout the city! The terror of madness and death!

Do not be deceived by these voices seeking to justify their acts! They are nothing but cold killers, reveling only in death!

Leonardo conversations

• Leonardo: Back for more designs, again?
• Leonardo: Bene. I will return shortly.
  Wait here. I will be back soon.

Leonardo produced a second Hidden Blade for Ezio.

• Ezio: I can kill double the guards.

Leonardo produced a climb leap glove for Ezio.

• Ezio: Now nothing will be out of my reach.

Leonardo produced a poison dart launcher for Ezio.

• Ezio: Just a small sting, and my enemies will fall.
• Leonardo: If you decide to buy something, look for the chalk outline on benches.

The Banker

• Leonardo: Ezio! I just hear the most wonderful news. Cesare's banker has been killed. It seems Cesare's battle funds are in shambles.
• Ezio: What a surprise.
• Leonardo: You did not have anything to do with this, did you?
• Ezio: Do you really want to know?
• Leonardo: On second thought, let's stick with the inventions.

Baron de Valois

• Leonardo: Ezio. The French are pulling out of Roma! The Baron Valois was found murdered within his own camp.
• Ezio: Could it have been an Assassin?
• Leonardo: There are rumors which favor such a theory.
• Ezio: Never listen to gossip, Leonardo. It could get you into trouble.
• Leonardo: Good advice.

Pietro

• Leonardo: Strange news, Ezio. Did you hear Pietro, Lucrezia's lover, fled the city after being poisoned by Micheletto at the Colosseum passion play?
• Ezio: No. But... was he saved by a hooded man?
• Leonardo: You daring figlio d'un cane (son of a bitch).
• Ezio: Shhh. I heard nothing, remember?

Papal turmoil

• Leonardo: Ezio. The papal apartments are in turmoil. Cesare is ill and the Pope, dead. It was your doing, was it not?
• Ezio: Leonardo, I swear to you, he did not die by my hand.
• Leonardo: This world gets stranger every day. I shall have to focus on my painting. I work on the small portrait of a woman. I am growing rather fond of it.
• Ezio: Do not let a beautiful girl distract you from constructing my designs.
• Leonardo: Have no worries. Women provide little distraction.

Leonardo put his hand on Ezio's back.

• Ezio: Wait, I don't get it.

Embarassed, Leonardo took his hand away.

Guards

1750s

Crime under control and not a Frenchman in sight.

AC Origins memories

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

Description

Bayek traveled to Giza to track down the Masked One known as the Hyena. First, he had to speak with the local informant, Mered.

Dialogue

Bayek found Mered at his stall in the Giza market.

• Mered: Welcome to Mered's Wares, traveler. Well? What do you think?
• Bayek: Junk.
• Mered: Be off, then.
• Bayek: Ah, I haven't finished.
• Mered: Are you blind? I've nothing left to show you.
• Bayek: But you've much to tell me. About the Hyena.
• Mered: Ah, funny. As it turns out, that happens to be the most expensive thing I'm offering.
• Bayek: Hm, funny indeed.
• Mered: Delivery upon payment.
  Do you have enough to barter with me?

Bayek paid Mered 100 Drachmas.

• Bayek: Here, your absurd fee. Now what can you tell me?
• Mered: The Hyena... is not her real name. Hahahaha! Easy, easy! A poor attempt at humor, I'm afraid. Her name is Khaliset.
• Bayek: Where can I find her?
• Mered: A favor. Some customers of mine took my horse after a dispute. Their camp lies in a quarry just south of here. Take my men, retrieve my horse, and I'll give you what you came for.
• Bayek: Agh, how you found yourself in Apollodorus' company escapes me.
• Mered: You'll get it for me... if Apollodorus wants my continued service...
  A favor for a favor. My mount, for the Hyena's location.
  Give my men a hand. They'll know exactly what to look for. It'll be easy.

Bayek attacked the quarry, which proved to be a bandit hideout, with Mered's men.

• Bayek: This must be Mered's horse. He neglected to tell me his "customers" were bandits.

Bayek retrieved the horse and returned to Mered.

• Mered: Scavengers and swindlers! Visitors and deserters!
  You're back! Well, look at this!
• Bayek: You failed to mention it was in the possession of bandits.
• Mered: Slipped my mind! Hmm... good. Stronger than mine.
• Bayek: I thought you said it was yours...
• Mered: Ahem, yes! Yes, of course it is! You've done good by me, my friend.
• Bayek: Then you'll deliver as promised.
• Mered: My word is my word... but I've one more thing to ask of you.
• Bayek: Ack, I'm done with your games.
• Mered: All right... the Hyena lives in a cavern just over those hills. Day and night, she roams the desert, collecting silica. Precious tear drops of the gods. What has happened to those who have interfered is best left unsaid.

Bayek saw a vision of Khaliset wandering the desert with a group of hyenas. She held a lump of silica while standing in front of a pair of prisoners.

• Bayek: If I find you've led me on another futile chase, it won't be my words that hit your ears.
• Mered: A thousand promises. I have no reason to defy you. Don't die out there.

Mered laughed. Bayek then made his way to Khaliset's lair.

• Bayek: So this is the Hyena's lair. No sign of Khaliset, though. Mered was telling the truth. I need to figure out where she went.
• Prisoner: I do not want to die!
  Help! Help me! Please!
  Do not... do not let her take me!
  Please! Get me out!

Bayek released the prisoner.

• Prisoner: Mercy. Thank you, Medjay.
• Bayek: The Hyena. Where is she?
• Prisoner: I do not know. I am... I'm the only one left! She took the others away hours ago!
• Bayek: Took them where?
• Prisoner: She kills them! I know it! She... she... her hands. Oh, gods! Her hands are so bloody.
• Bayek: Peace, friend. You are free. I will deal with Khaliset.

The prisoner left.

• Bayek: Where is Khaliset taking captives? And why?

Bayek found a small encampent.

• Bayek: Someone has made this their home.

He found a letter to Khaliset.

• A Message to Khaliset: Khaliset,
  
  It has been long since we have heard from you. We had expected more relics by now. None of the previous items were of any use.
  I have sent on more drachmas for you, should you need to purchase any items from the markets. We prefer to cast suspicion elsewhere, until we can show our hand.
  If the silica is running dry as you claimed it has been, we will need to find a new location. We expect you to scout for one.
  Send your reply through our usual channels.
  
  The Snake.
• Bayek: A letter. The symbol of the Snake is on it.

Bayek found Khaliset's bedding.

• Bayek: This is where Khaliset slept, protected from sandstorms. The lotus flower of rebirth. She must have picked these for a reason.

Bayek noticed a caged hyena.

• Bayek: Now why would one of her loyal beasts be caged?

Inside the cage, Bayek moved a brick from the rear wall and found a drawing of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

• Bayek: Khufu's tomb. She has detailed every crevice. Ah, she has not finished. That is where I will find her. I will head to the pyramids.
• Khaliset's Drawing: A drawing of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, most likely made by Khaliset. She seems to have drawn attention to something beneath the tomb.

Bayek entered the Tomb of Khufu inside the pyramid.

• Khaliset: You! Who dares enter here, where silence has befallen her?
• Bayek: A Medjay who has treaded many dunes to find you. Hide if you must, Hyena, but this tomb will not protect you.
• Khaliset: I demand that you stop here. Turn back now, and I will excuse this intrusion.
• Bayek: Siwa was an intrusion.
• Khaliset: Be gone! Osiris cannot be disturbed!
• Bayek: This trap door, what is it protecting?
• Khaliset: Heathen! The wakeful one is asleep. Go no further, or I will drench these arid plains with your blood!

Bayek reached a room below the tomb containing ruins with a strange architecture.

• Bayek: What is this place? A tomb beneath a tomb...
  Is this where you hide, Hyena?

Inside the room, Bayek saw large spots of blood.

• Bayek: What gruesome madness happened here!? A dark place with a window to the gods. What kind of ritual is she performing?

Bayek inspected a corpse.

• Bayek: Still warm. And this ceremonial knife. This was a sacrifice.

Bayek inspected a set of symbols.

• Bayek: Hrm... Khaliset drew these symbols here. Was she trying to figure out their meaning?

Bayek inspected a set of offerings.

• Bayek: Offerings to Osiris. Protector of the dead.

Bayek inspected a sarcophagus.

• Bayek: This sarcophagus is decorated with goddesses of the mother. Strange symbols are marked all over it.
  I think I know what dark deeds Khaliset was after here.

In his mind, Bayek reconstructed the scene.

• Bayek: Khaliset was doing a ritual. She began by calling to Osiris with these offerings. She used a knife to sacrifice her captives. She collected their blood for some dark purpose. She was attempting to learn these strange symbols. She must have found them in this room. Once she knew the symbols, she carved them here. And ended the ritual with a final prayer over the sarcophagus. Khaliset must be trying to bring someone back to life. But just who is buried down here?

Bayek opened the sarcophagus, and saw the mummified corpse of a child.

• Bayek: Child...

Khaliset snuck up on Bayek with her hyenas.

• Khaliset: My child!
• Bayek: You lost your child?
• Khaliset: I haven't. Her rest is temporary. You have intervened in her reawakening.
• Bayek: And yet, you aligned yourself to the Order. Ravaged this tomb. Khaliset-
• Khaliset: Don't you dare say my name! My name does not merit your lips, you who have dishonored her! I am a good mother! Hiyaah!

Khaliset fired an arrow at Bayek, but missed. As he attempted to pursue her, she threw a smoke bomb.

• Khaliset: You are no match for me, desert scum!
  You are no different than any of the others who have come before you!
  Come! Fight me if you must. Then your blood will be part of my daughter's resurrection.
  I will bury you in the sand, fool.

Bayek left the tomb and confronted Khaliset outside the pyramid.

• Khaliset: Now, I will show you what happens to those who desecrate my daughter's tomb! Hiyaah!

Khaliset fired an arrow, but missed again.

• Khaliset: Hathor, protect me from this defiler.
• Bayek: I have come only for you, Hyena. The gods need not be involved.
• Khaliset: You have infringed upon Eshe's place of rest, trespasser. The gods are already involved. And so you will find the same fate as all other trespassers. Death by my hand.
• Bayek: You are in pursuit of the impossible, Khaliset. No measure of magic can bring our children back.
• Khaliset: My child will come back through the powers of Those Who Came Before.
• Bayek: Only the gods came before.
• Khaliset: Some came between the gods and us. It is their gift.
• Bayek:
• Khaliset: You cannot defeat me, Medjay! Come and face me!
  My heart bleeds without me Eshe by my side. Be thankful. Your blood will help bring her back.
• Bayek: Your daughter is dead, Khaliset. Nothing will return her. Nothing can.
• Khaliset: I will save my daughter no matter the cost. Enough of your pointless words!
• Bayek: Then heed my weapon instead, Hyena.
• Khaliset: Hahahahaha! This is who they send after me? The bugs on my beasts are fiercer!
• Bayek: You would be best to give yourself up, Khaliset. I know your pain.
• Khaliset: You know nothing of my pain!
• Bayek: No child would want this from their parent, Hyena!
• Khaliset: Do not speak of what my child wants!
  You fight like a man without passion!
• Bayek:
• Khaliset:
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