Bayek trekked across the vast Egyptian desert to corner Rudjek in the famous Bent Pyramid of Sneferu. Bayek's first kill, the death of Rudjek brought on Anubis's apparent curse on the natron mines.
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Target menu
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I wanted to ask you something. Which is... what's your name? This article title is conjecture. Although the article subject is canon, no official name for it has been given. |
The target menu was an Animus interface that kept track of clues, interpersonal relationships, and biographies pertaining to the identities of various individuals that were being investigated or hunted by the session's historical subject. The menu has gone by different names during different sessions and Animus models.
Ezio session
Called Conspirators, the target menu of the Animus 2.0 during Desmond Miles's use of it tracked the members of the conspiracy that orchestrated the deaths of Ezio Auditore da Firenze's father and two brothers leading him to its leader, Rodrigo Borgia, Grand Master of the Roman Rite of the Templar Order.
Bayek session
Called Targets, the target menu of Layla Hassan's Animus HR-8 tracked the identities of the organization as the medjay Bayek of Siwa and his wife Aya of Alexandria hunted them in retaliation for the death of their son Khemu.
Medunamun was installed as Oracle of Siwa by Ptolemy. He oversaw the Temple of Amun, but his true interest appeared to be the vault beneath the temple. He brutalized the villagers in an effort to learn the vault's secrets. Bayek killed him in a fury.
Aya's first kill. While the Order in Alexandria, Aya came across Actaeon and verified her suspicions when she discovered one of the masks in his apartments. He died a horrible death while wearing the mask. His role in the Order of Ancients is clear, his role in the death of Khemu however, is nebulous.
He hunted down Aya, the killer of his friend Actaeon, in Alexandria. However, he met his end at her hands.
Royal Scribe to Ptolemy, Eudoros was one of the puppet-masters of the pharaoh. He met his death in Alexandria's opulent bathhouse thanks to Bayek's newly acquired hidden blade, although he did manage to exact limited vengeance: the loss of Bayek's ring finger. But was Eudoros in fact The Snake?
Taharqa was the mythical Scarab who haunted Sais and Letopolis. A great man who caused terrible pain in pursuit of a quest to build monuments that would outlive him. In his darkest moments, Bayek understood Taharqa all too well. The man had to die for the blood on his hands, but Bayek prays he hasn't simply carried on the cycle of vengeance.
After her daughter's death, Khaliset became obsessed with trying to resurrect her. With the help of The Order, she discovered an ancient tomb that she believed to possess the power to restore life. Far removed from reality and relentless in her approach, The Hyena's actions harmed every soul in Giza.
Hetepi's dark influence was felt throughout Memphis. Bayek chased him even through the realm of dreams. Hetepi was slain in Memphis's Great Temple, in sight of all the gods.
Berenike was an elder Greek statesperson and member of the Order of Ancients. A subtle and highly intelligent woman, she cultivated a public image of graceful benevolence while secretly manipulating political and legislative processes to bring about her vision of an enlightened Egypt. Behind the scenes she used Ptolemy soldiers and arena gladiators to enforce a web of ruthless oppression across the Faiyum.
Septimius was a loyal soldier in the Order of Ancients and was one of the conspirators who murdered Bayek's son Khemu. Bayek nearly killed the Gabianiani at the Battle of the Nile but was denied his revenge by Julius Caesar. After this betrayal and the terrible events at Siwa, Aya continues to hunt Septimius down, finally catching up with him in Rome. Septimius was unrepentant, believing that he did his duty to Rome and the order, and would be rewarded in the afterlife.
Pothinus was among the more restrained members of the Order of Ancients. He favored use of brutality only in the most extreme situations, Nonetheless, he presided over the events that lead to Khemu's death and ultimate responsibility remains largely in his hands. He met Anubis after an unfortunate elephant ride.
As a high-ranking member of the Order of Ancients Flavius was the murderer of Bayek and Aya's son Khemu. Consumed by madness and a bloodthirsty desire for power, he cut a bloody swath through the Roman province of Kyrenaika with the Oracle's Relic. When Bayek in turn took Flavius' life, the monster showed no remorse for the terrible things he had done. Cold and calculating to the end, he mocked Bayek and expounded the glory of Rome.
Kassandra session
The Kassandra session of Layla's upgrade Animus HR-8.5 was unique in that it kept track of multiple groups of individuals: Mercenaries, Cutlists which broke down further to members of the Cult of Kosmos and the Order of the Ancients, and during the simulation of the Underworld The Fallen.
Mercenaries
TBA
Cultists
Cult of Kosmos
- Ghost of Kosmos
| Bio | ||
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| Aspasia, daughter of the mighty Axiochos of Miletos, came to wealth and power in the most unlikely of ways: by falling in love. But even having dominion over Perikles and the hearts and minds of all Athenians would not be enough. Her ambition demanded more. To know all. To rule all. Anything less would not be good enough. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Nyx | Kill Nyx | The Ghost controls Athenian politics. |
| A great rift is dividing the people of Athens. Soon that rift must be healed. The world will fall under one rule - ours. Your many eyes must look within those city walls and snuff out those who would seek to oppose our rule. Let Athens be an example for the world. Share nothing you see with the Cult. What your eyes see, what your ears here, is for me alone to know. Kosmos does not just command it, he demands it. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Deimos | Defeat Deimos | The Ghost is a liar. |
| The other child of the bloodline has returned from the dead. Go to them and do as we've shown you. Bring them pain but never death; death of the bloodline is for Kosmos to give, and no one else. You will be manipulated. You will be tempted. Do not waver. Truth is weakness. Love is pain. Only in Kosmos can you find true glory and true peace. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Hydra | Kill the Hydra | The Ghost is a woman. |
| You have set fire to the waves, as Kosmos commanded, but soon peace will come. When it does, you must rise above your wayward ambition to be controller of the seas. Imagine the world Kosmos has shown me: None shall sail without sailing under you. You will own the seas, and I the land, as king and queen, ruling over the entire world. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Kleon | Kill Kleon | The Ghost planned the death of Perikles. |
| One day soon, Kosmos will demand this war's end. When that day comes, you shall be victor. I have gifted you Perikles. I have given you Athens. For these gifts, I ask only one thing in return - unite the Greek cities under one banner - mine - and raze all those who oppose you to the ground. To prove your worth, start with Mytilene. If you can convince the people of your city to massacre the Mytilenians, Kosmos will grant you infinite power. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Pausanias | Kill Pausanias | The Ghost controls both sides of the war. |
| One day soon, Kosmos will demand this war's end. When that day comes, you shall be victor. I have gifted you Megaris, Arkadia, and will gift you Boeotia. Soon, I will gift you Archidamos - the other child of the bloodline will believe him to be the Cultist King and tear him down. Let it happen. Enjoy the show. For these gifts, I ask only one thing in return - unite the Greek cities under one banner - mine - and raze all those who oppose you to the ground. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Exekias | Kill Exekias | The Ghost longs for freedom. |
| You and your heroes have been shackled to this dying war for too long. Soon Kosmos will bring us peace, and when he does, that peace will need enforcement. You will be the enforcer. The Sage Worshipper will be my spirit. The Sage Eye my sight. But you, you shall be my hand. Those who oppose my will, the will of Kosmos manifest, will be yours to punish. Take revenge for all you've suffered during these violent times. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Polemon | Kill Polemon | The Ghost is planning to herald in a new era. |
| Of all servants to Kosmos, none so wants the war to rage on as you. So let this be a warning: peace will be mine. This world will fall under one rule. If you stand opposed to me, you will be the first of many sacrifices I burn in Kosmos's honor. I will never earn your respect, so I will instead demand your submission. In the name of Kosmos. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| The Ghost's Whisper to Iokaste | Kill Iokaste | The Ghost uses faith in the gods to manipulate all. |
| This is a time of change, of death and rebirth, a time of genesis. All Kosmos has planned has lead to this moment. The people will need you in our new world. Answer their prayers. Guide them to Kosmos. In the coming times, their faith will enslave them, and you, Iokaste, will be their slaver. | ||
- The Chosen One
| Bio | ||
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| A god. A warrior. A hero for Kosmos. This was the image Deimos conveyed. Yet, behind the heroism was an aching pain from a lifetime of suffering. Flung from the cliffs of Mount Taygetos, raised and tortured by the Cult, forced to fight or die, the humanity in Deimos had died long ago. What remained was a weapon. A glorious, deadly weapon that even the Cult could not control. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Encounter at the Temple of Kosmos | Obtained at the Temple of Kosmos | PLACEHOLDER |
| In the depths of that strange gathering on that strange night, Kassandra was confronted by her lost brother. Now known only as "Deimos," the boy had grown into a man... a terrible, violent man. | ||
- Delian League
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| As was always the case with young men who were too pretty, too rich, or both, Brison lived as a weakling easily exploited by others. In the Cult, he saw an opportunity to change all that. He would be strong, feared, and respected. In exchange, his pledge to Kosmos was this: he would torture and kill every person who stood against the Cult. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Cultist Conversation | Obtained in Sanctuary of Kosmos | Phidias the sculptor is being targeted by the Cult. Continue your Odyssey. |
| Two Cultists plotted against Phidias, a famous Athenian sculptor. Kassandra set out to thwart the plot and save the man's life, hoping this would also reveal the identity of those plotting against him. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Scroll from Phidias's informer | Obtained ... | Brison is in hiding in a marble quarry on Salamis Island in Attika. |
| Mother, Please, as soon as you read this, leave Athens. Dark forces are plotting there. They're targeting artists, I think, and aside from Phidias you are the most well known. Father will refuse - if he does, leave him behind. I've already left, this time for our marble quarry in Salamis. I should be safe there, but do not follow me. If they find me, they'll find you, and I can't risk your life. Just know that what I did, I did for the glory of our family, and for the glory of the League. Write to me as soon as you are safely outside the walls, Brison | ||
| Bio | ||
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| Calculating and mysterious, everywhere and nowhere, none were as feared as Iobates of Lemnos and the bloodthirsty mercenaries fighting in his name. Under his careful planning, these rogues become a force for terror and oppression across the lands, and as mercenaries knew no borders, he was able to attack where other soldiers simply could not. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Mercenary's Instructions | Kill Mercenary | Iobates is the leader of the Hephaistos Islands. |
| Misthios, As always, your work has been spotless, methodical, perfect. Your shadow casts terror across these lands. I am general to a troop of guards, and we could use you. We accept only the deadliest and most obedient soldiers. After you finish your task, meet me in my fort on Lemnos Island. I will show you our training grounds nearby. They'd impress even you. Glory to the League. Iobates | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kleon made his fortune in anonymity until Kosmos called on him - Perikles was refusing to go to war, and peace would be profitable for no one. The Cult commanded Kleon to rile the masses, and force Perikles into battle. Despite Kleon's extreme efforts, he failed. Left with no alternative, Kleon took matters into his own hands and began his bloody, violent ascent to power. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Brison | Kill Brison | The Sage is involved in Athenian politics. |
| B., Your whimpering at the hands of the brutish Redblood M. was echoing in all corners of our shrine... Save that pain. Remember it. Let it fester. In my lands, rebellion brews. I want you fighting by my side one day, making any who rebel against me feel the pain you felt. Or worse. When we finally move on our plans in Athens, none will dare stand against us. The democracy will die, and I will rule again. Glory to the League. P. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage's Note to Kodros | Kill Kodros | The Sage is a demagogue. |
| Kodros, I've been paying attention to your means of recruitment, and I must say they are most excellent. Arena champions make cheap labor, it distracts the people with bloody entertainment, and their heroes become our heroes as well. We live in an era where the common people's voice can break a ruler. Having them believe you're one of them can make an ally of any fool. Glory to the League. K. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage's note to Rhexenor | Kill Rhexenor | The Sage is cultivating fear and anger in the masses. |
| Rhexenor, Enough incompetence - deal with Aristophanes or I'll chop off his head, then I'll chop off yours. He mocks me in his plays. Me! At a time when we need the masses afraid of Sparta, when we need them angry, he's writing comedies. Make the laughing fool cry. I'll help you one last time - I know one of Aristophanes's actors is enamored with some girl he's calling his muse. Find her. Glory to the League. K. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage's Note to Iobates | Kill Iobates | The Sage targets free thinkers. |
| Iobates, Our ranks swell as the world's greatest warriors join our cause, and I understand I have you to thank. They may not all adhere to the faith, but I always prefer soldiers who are motivated by simple pleasures, like money and standing. In a world of chaos, where free-thinking philosophers and artists are treated as kings, I have no need for troops who think for themselves. Those who do, die. Glory to the League. K. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| A crueler littte man than Kodros of Lesbos, there was none. Having been a fighter himself, he knew to stock his forces with prize fighters from the arenas and pits. Their glory would be his. Though he marched them out under the Delian League's banners, and though they were feared, none knew he offered their lives in battle as sacrifice to Kosmos. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Job Offer | Obtained ... | Kodros is the leader of the Petrified Islands. |
| Fighter, I offer you congratulations on your victory, but your deadly skills are being wasted in the pits. There are targets and prizes worthy of your strength. Interested? Come to my home on Lesbos Island. Join me in bringing glory to the League. Kodros. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| After generations of control and dominance, the Silver Islands' influence waned. Perikles led Athens to become a center of power. This was a change Padarkes the Cruel would not tolerate. The Cult gifted him a formidable army. With it, he would squash the brewing Delian rebellion, and pledge to the Cult to burn Athens to the ground. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Brison | Kill Brison | The Cultist is a Leader facing rebellion on Delos. Help people nearby. |
| B., Your whimpering at the hands of the brutish Redblood M. was echoing in all corners of our shrine... Save that pain. Remember it. Let it fester. In my lands, rebellion brews. I want you fighting by my side one day, making any who rebel against me feel the pain you felt. Or worse. When we finally move on our plans in Athens, none will dare stand against us. The democracy will die, and I will rule again. Glory to the League. P. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| From a sudden swing in a vote to go to war to a stubborn politician found dead in the streets, the scars the Cult left on democracy became unmistakable and feared by all. Those were the scars. Rhexenor was the blade. No matter how resilient Athenians were, his subtle hand would always usher their votes back to war, and to serve Kosmos's will. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
- Eyes of Kosmos
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Aside from profiting from both sides of the war, Elpenor served Kosmos in one way — destroying the chosen's bloodline. He did, after all, find Deimos' sibling on the dusty roads of Kephallonia, and rumours quickly spread that he was the mastermind behind what happened to the Wolf in Megaris. For a time, it seemed he'd accounted for everything and was unstoppable. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hermippos, son of Lysis and brother to Myrtilos, sought to undermine Athens' fragile democracy at every turn. He was a vile, impetuous man, using the theater to accuse Perikles of cowardice, and to coerce Athenian voters to demand war. Secretly, he was much the same, working from the shadows to force Athens to fight Sparta head on. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Lover's Letter to Hermippos | Obtained ... | Hermippos is near the Hephaistos temple in Athens. |
| Hermippos, my love… You said you'd come to my room last night. You said you'd be with me before I leave to treat our soldiers' wounds. And still I wait. My bed is cold without you. The soldiers are dull. Stupid. I long to hear your voice, your thoughts… They say you're spending your days politicizing in the Lame One's temple... but where do you spend your nights? Farewell, Your Love | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| There were those among us who had no sense of what was right or good. Take the man known only as The Master — a horrifying abomination in the shape of a man. He did not oversee his quarry or slave trade for financial wealth, but for the wealth of information that could be used by the Cult. Every merchant who traveled to him brought truth he could use and left with the lies he chose for them to believe. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Note Found in the Sanctuary of Kosmos | Obtained in the Sanctuary of Kosmos | A Cultist owns a quarry and a slave operation in Attika. Help people nearby. |
| On political unrest: M., formerly of the Vein, is a known Eye, and a terrifying one at that. Ruthless in his oppression. Cruel in his revenge. We must use him to our advantage. Attika is large, and its people are a problem - let him deal with them. From his control of the quarry and slave trade there, he will be our eyes and ears. In his place, we welcome E. to the Vein. His expertise in building deadly - and expensive - naval vessels will serve his Sage well. And Kosmos, of course. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Cult sought out what was old, looting tombs and ruins like petty grave robbers. Few knew what they were looking for. With the looting done, they tasked Midas of Argos with destroying all traces of these ancient sites from history. By day, he was known simply as a wealthy, if ruthless, banker. By night, everything Midas touched burned to fire. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Instructions for Midas | Obtained ... | Midas the Banker is in Argos. |
| My Eyes, Efforts by the Worshippers to resurrect the first true servant of Kosmos, Agamemnon, have failed. All traces of their dark rituals must be hidden by shadow. My eyes in Argos are led by a cunning little banker named Midas. He will clean their mess. The Eyes see all. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Eyes saw all, but were lead by a woman few had ever seen. As one would expect, "Nyx" was only one of countless names worn by The Shadow. With these came entire personalities, lives, and histories. The Cult needed a nobody, a faceless agent who could be anywhere, and The Shadow was that Agent. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sotera's many eyes saw all. Idle sailors trolling the sea, beggars meekly begging for coin — all might've been her agents. And all were deadly. Through this network, there was hardly a conversation that went unheard by her ears, or an opportunity that went unseen by her eyes. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter from the Sage of the Eyes of Kosmos | Obtained ... | Sotera is in her warehouse in Megaris. |
| Sotera's ships see all, circling Salamis like a hand around a throat. She has been instructed to call those ships home. I have secured her a warehouse in Megaris where they shall convene. There she waits. Open. Vulnerable. My Eyes see all. Your Sage | ||
- Gods of the Aegean Sea
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| After Asterion lost his parents to the Persian invasion, his wife to a tempest, his children, his friends, his shipmates... he no longer sailed for a love of the sea, but a desire to avenge their deaths. But how many dead were left to float in Asterion's wake? Hundreds? Thousands? And when would those dead rise up, avenge themselves, and pull him down to sleep with those he loved? | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hydra the Many-Headed caught the eye of Kosmos through sheer viciousness. Recruited to be a simple ship's captain, the young Hydra instead took command, slaughtering and sinking any who opposed. He united the Cult's fleets and its so-called "gods" of the Aegean, until those sailors who knew them knew to fear them more than Poseidon's wrathful tempests. This fear was Hydra's gift to Kosmos. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Asterion | Kill Asterion | The Sage is a ship captain. |
| Asterion, The Sage sailed ashore to see my ship. He was impressed. It's been rebuilt. Stronger. Faster. Even Poseidon is less deadly than I. We disembark from Melos tomorrow. What I long for is battle, a chance to crack open the hulls of my enemies. What I need is a reason... someone to make an example of. We are the waves. Sokos | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Young men of any nation were united in one way: they were driven by two goals. The first, to outlive their fathers. The second, to surpass them. Melanthos sought to achieve these goals at any cost, even if it meant sacrificing his own life for Kosmos. Of course, his preference was to sacrifice the lives of others. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Cult demanded many things, but mostly it demanded secrecy. To hide its deeds away, The Mytilenian Shark went to any length. Lucky for him that a great many things - weapons, writings, even the bodies of enemies - could be erased from history by hiding them at the bottom of the sea. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| All that was known of her was myth. Sailors told the tale of a captain killed by Erinyes and resurrected as an apparition known only as The Octopus. She commanded the elite guard of the Cult with a heavy hand and a mighty devotion. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Youthful and brash, Sokos was a remarkable young man. He commanded respect. Yet the self-proclaimed Protector of the Obsidian Islands sailed for one reason alone - to earn glory in the eyes of Kosmos. Any who stood in the way of the Cult's ambitions found themselves in Sokos's wake, sinking to the bottom of the sea. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Asterion | Kill Asterion | Weakening the Obsidian Islands will draw Sokos into a naval battle. |
| Asterion, The Sage sailed ashore to see my ship. He was impressed. It's been rebuilt. Stronger. Faster. Even Poseidon is less deadly than I. We disembark from Melos tomorrow. What I long for is battle, a chance to crack open the hulls of my enemies. What I need is a reason... someone to make an example of. We are the waves. Sokos | ||
- Heroes of the Cult
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sailing toward the shores of Pephka, screams could be heard. Softly at first, then louder. Then deafening. These were the sounds of men and women gasping for their last breaths in the fighting pits, before the Beast snuffed them out. His endless training in the name of Kosmos rendered him bored, but he couldn't know that a real challenger would soon meet him there and finish his reign as champion. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Declaration to the Heroes of the Cult | Obtained ... | Belos The Beast of Sparta is a champion in the Pephka Arena. |
| I am the Beast of Sparta, not some common dog! I demand challenge. Years of training in the shit fighting pits, killing weakling after weakling... Pephka already trembles when I enter the Arena. I want to taste the blood of a god as they die under my foot. My time has come. The trap for the other child of the bloodline is set. I have dreamed of the day I would face them in battle. When all fall, we stand. Belos | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| In their time, the Champions of Boeotia inspired people across the nation. Songs were sung in their name. Now, the Champions were abominations who frightened and terrorized any who opposed them - even Boeotia's own people. At the center of that terror stood Deianeira, the fiercest fighter Kosmos had ever known. So long as she fought, Boeotia would stand. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Exekias the Legend fought under no one's banner, and so was able to go where no soldier or hero could. This afforded the Cult great flexibility: where there was struggle against their will, Exekias would appear, as if by coincidence. He drank and celebrated and sang songs with those who opposed Kosmos's will. And then, when the celebration settled, those people were never seen again. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brutal, brutish, horrible - these were the kindest words ever used to describe Okytos the Great. The truth was that he was much, much worse. How fitting, then, that he was tasked with training young mercenaries to become guards and soldiers for Kosmos. Those who did not meet his standards in baseness made fine sacrifices instead. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pallas served the Cult only to feed his lust for carnage. They called him the Silencer as a heinous joke - on the battlefield he brought cries of pain, of fear, of madness, of death. And when the battle was won, only Pallas's guttural laughter could be heard. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Demand for More Troops | Obtained ... | A Clue to a Cultist can be bought in Korinthia. |
| My troops need fresh meat! We need more after some defected. Malákes cowards all of them. Stole some supplies and set off in the night. They were overheard saying they're going to Korinthia to sell the goods on the black market. When all fall, we stand. P. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| A tale goes that the one known as Swordfish drank wine from the same cup, the hollowed out skull of his first sacrifice to Kosmos… the skull of his father. But time wore on the man as time wears on us all. After a life of malice, he sought to free himself of the Cult. He refused to meet them in Delphi, and never bowed to the one known as Deimos. Old habits, however dark, would prove hard to break. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
- Peloponnesian League
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Kallias grew to be a formidable Olympic champion, and from then, his victories became legendary. All in Olympia who knew him, loved him. None would have suspected he'd tamper with the Olympic results. No one but the Cult. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| This war made nations wealthy overnight, including Arkadia. Its grain fields kept Sparta's armies fed, making it a ripe target for the Cult. But Lagos, Arkadia's benevolent figurehead, was no ordinary Cultist. He longed for a world of peace in which he could raise his family... until his family disappeared from his home. He became a puppet leader, hoping obedience would return them to him safely. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| One did not need to see the Monger in the streets of Korinth to feel him there. His brutes had taken over. The city, once the richest and most prosperous port in all the Greek world, now wallowed in corruption. The Cult would use this thug, with a small mind and a firm grip, to do their bidding. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Cultist King of Sparta had infiltrated the highest position in the Peloponnese, and from that position the Cult sank these lands into war. Not since the Persian invasion had such suffering been felt, and yet the people loved him for it. This was his true power: with the Cult's support, he could send troops marching to Athens's walls, painting the world red, and the people would sing his praise. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage Letter to the Monger | Kill the Monger | The Sage wants Brasidas dead. |
| Redblood, The king has sent Brasidas to Korinthia. He has been a thorn in our side long enough. Send him back to Sparta on his shield. The true blood runs red. P. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Encoded scroll from the Cult's assassins | Obtained ... | The Sage is a Spartan king. |
| With Aspasia's aid, Kassandra decoded a scroll revealing the impossible: one of Sparta's two kings was a Cultist. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Peloponnesian symbol on Skylax's breastplate | Kill Skylax | The Sage is a person of great wealth. |
| Upon Skylax's breastplate was a mark of Peloponnesian royalty. This Cultist's Sage was clearly a man of great wealth. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Stentor | Defeat Stentor | The Sage plans to recruit Stentor to the Cult. |
| Stentor, Your work in Megaris has not gone unseen. For your final task, bring us victory in Boeotia - a task even the Wolf himself could not achieve. Then you will have earned your place among us as a Redblood. You are close. Do not waver. The true blood runs red. P. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage Letter to Kallias | Kill Kallias | The Sage is afraid to look weak within the Cult. |
| Redblood, The Olympic truce is hanging by a thread in these tormented times. We need to sever that thread. Now is the time to appear strong. Even within our own ranks, only strength commands fear. And only fear brings respect. I'm giving you this opportunity. Don't make me look weak for trusting you. The true blood runs red. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | Spare Lagos | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| For ages, Silanos searched out the origins of the bloodline, until he found it - Myrrine was ruling Naxos. As a gift for his discovery, the Cult "disposed" of the leader of Paros, Naxos's sister island, and gifted it to Silanos. To avoid suspicion, Silanos posed as an Athenian polemarch, plotting his next move: one day, he'd have Myrrine's island, and her head. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Skylax knew what others in the Peloponnesian League did not: where force failed, drachmae always won. In this way, with a massive fortune at his disposal, Skylax bribed the weaker puppet leaders in the League. For this service, Skylax prayed to Kosmos to return his lost children and wife to him. It was a prayer that would go unanswered. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
- The Silver Vein
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Centaur of Euboea pledged to Kosmos the wealth amassed from his copper trade. To trade in copper, however, one needed slaves. Many slaves. And so the cult sent the ships of lost souls to his mines... and to their doom. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage's Note to the Centaur | Obtained ... | The Centaur has a mine in Euboea. |
| Centaur, The job of the captains transporting slaves to your mines in Euboea is to scare them, not kill them. If one more arrives starved, sick, or dead, we'll cut off your captain's balls and feed them to you. Let the world be in MY debt. Your Sage | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Where some knew passion, or love, or warmth, The Chimera knew only cold calculation. The world was hers to exploit, and exploit it she did in the name of Kosmos. Her next target would be the artifacts hidden away in an ancient forge. Her slaves would unlock its hidden secrets, or face her wrath. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Epiktetos the Forthcoming's ship building taught him one lesson, if no other: waging a war is always more profitable than winning one. He stood to make a fortune from the tragedies of war... until Deimos made a bloody, horrifying example out of him at the Cult's mysterious gathering. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Machaon the Feared started simply enough - he sacrificed his wealth to Kosmos, but the god did not listen to Machaon's prayers. On a dark night, he sacrificed his only child. Then his servants. Nothing. So now, Machaon aimed to sacrifice all the Greek world. Kosmos would not be listening. A cunning spy in his midst, however, would be. | |||||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation | |||
| Letter to the Silver Griffin | Kill the Silver Griffin | A Clue to the Cultist was lost in a cove on Scavenger's Coast, in Achaia. | |||
| Silver Skin, Word is Deimos came to you to help your little problem - we need him. Klitos, a dockhand, stole plans from my office. He knows everything. How we're forcing the Athenians and Spartans into ship battles. How we're selling ships to both sides. He even knows the Sage's identity, and the fort he's in. Deimos has to find him and stop him before he tells anyone. Tell him Klitos was last seen heading to Shipwreck Cove in Achaia. Tell him to be fast. And brutal. Let the world be in your debt. M. | |||||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation | |||
| Dead Man's Note | Obtained in Shipwreck Cove | Machaon the Feared is in the Port of Patrai in Achaia. | |||
| Machaon - Port of Patrai, Achaia. Order - 8 triremes for Sparta. 12 triremes for Athens. 6 merchant ships for the Eyes of Kosmos to surveil the ports of Salamis and Athens. 1 heavy trireme for the Shark. 3 black-sailed biremes for the Silver-Skinned C. Latest mission report: the Spartans of the Silver Islands fell for it, and sailed right into our trap. 3 Spartan ships destroyed. 2 Athenian ships destroyed. Both are expected to order more. On the other child of the bloodline: the Athenian blockade in Megaris was broken, as promised. This should be the start of a profitable relationship. |
PLACEHOLDER | ||||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Life's greatest tragedy was that one could know the world and do nothing to change it... A rule that applied to all but Polemon. The Wise was the true architect of the war between the Delians and the Peloponnese. The Cult's reason for the war was simple: control through chaos. Polemon's was simpler: he wanted wealth and would stoke the fires of this war until every Greek son had died in battle. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to the Chimera | Kill the Chimera | The Sage is known as wise. |
| Chimera, Kosmos and our Sage, the Illustrious Wise, are pleased. The slave rebellion in Attika's silver mine is stamped out, the bodies are due to be hung from posts, and we let the whole affair grow violent and bloody enough to send fear into the hearts of every peasant in the land. For this, we are to be rewarded. About time. I say we owe ourselves a good drink. Let the world be in your debt. Silver Griffin | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to the Silver Griffin | Kill the Silver Griffin | The Sage can be found in a Cult stronghold. |
| Silver Skin, Word is Deimos came to you to help your little problem - we need him. Klitos, a dockhand, stole plans from my office. He knows everything. How we're forcing the Athenians and Spartans into ship battles. How we're selling ships to both sides. He even knows the Sage's identity, and the fort he's in. Deimos has to find him and stop him before he tells anyone. Tell him Klitos was last seen heading to Shipwreck Cove in Achaia. Tell him to be fast. And brutal. Let the world be in your debt. M. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Under Kosmos there was a unique man known now as The Silver Griffin. Unique not for his cruelty, but for his ability to make others carry out his cruel will. Those who knew him said he considered himself a teacher, of all things. He taught control to slavers, and to slaves, he taught submission. His tool in both classes was the same - the fear of death. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to the Chimera | Kill the Chimera | Merchant ships near Salamis have ties to the Cultist. |
| Chimera, Kosmos and our Sage, the Illustrious Wise, are pleased. The slave rebellion in Attika's silver mine is stamped out, the bodies are due to be hung from posts, and we let the whole affair grow violent and bloody enough to send fear into the hearts of every peasant in the land. For this, we are to be rewarded. About time. I say we owe ourselves a good drink. Let the world be in your debt. Silver Griffin | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Slaver's Gift | Obtained ... | The Silver Griffin is on Prasonisia in the Silver Islands. |
| Overseer, For your help with our little slave problem, a gift. I collected this from Epiktetos's things after Deimos was done with him. A bit of a trophy, the way I might mount a lion's head on a spike. Take it. It's yours. I'd love to see you in it. Come to Prasonisia Island... alone. Let the world be in your debt. Silver Griffin | ||
- Worshippers of the Bloodline
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| In Chrysis's bedchamber was written "Hera's abomination." Although thought to be the writing of an angry worshipper, some say Chrysis wrote it herself, as a reminder of her role in serving Kosmos. She spent a lifetime abducting children, and raising them to be servants of the horrid Cult. A part of her did love those children once, though that part died long ago. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Conversation with a Cultist | Obtained in Sanctuary of Kosmos | The Cultist is responsible for raising Deimos. Continue your Odyssey. |
| Kassandra came to learn that Deimos, her sibling, was saved from Mount Taygetos that fateful night, only to then fall into the hands of the Cult. But who is controlling whom? The answers would reveal themselves in time. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| There was a certain seductive demeanor to Diona of Kythera. She was admired by all, or so the people said. And yet, something dark hid behind her inviting eyes and coy grin. With careful plotting, allies turned into enemies, and calm into chaos, if it suited the Cult's whims. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| In those dark days, none were safe from Kosmos's reach, even other cults. The Followers of Ares had become intoxicated by Harpalos's passionate preaching. He promised them blood and flesh to eat. In return, they would be his army of monsters. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Chrysis | Kill Chrysis | A Cultist is gathering Followers of Ares. |
| Worshipper, Hera guide your hand in gathering your devoted. Hiding in the tombs was a group of Followers of Ares. Their passion burns me. Their love is a crushing embrace. I am to them as the Chosen One is to me. I will bring my new Followers to be blessed by Worshipper D. before returning home to cleanse the lands of filth. The Seer will be pleased. Blood will last. H. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Follower's Note | Obtained ... | Harpalos is with his followers in a cave on Keos island. |
| Master Harpalos, Glory to you and death to your enemies under the great Ares, the Bloodstained, the Destroyer, the Stormer of Cities. Your words in the ruins touched our hearts, as if He Who Rallies Men was speaking to us through your mortal flesh. We will heed your call and head to the island of Keos, to the cave under the reclining lion. Pirates or not, blood is blood on the altar of Ares. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| Iokaste the Seer, the Gods' Breath, the Mystic Sage, held the world by its heart. It was Iokaste who fed the Oracle of Delphi her lies to tell. It was Iokaste who instructed Chrysis to abduct Deimos and raise the child as her own. Iokaste perverted every prayer, every religious rite, turning every act of worship into an offering for Kosmos. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Chrysis | Kill Chrysis | A Cultist mentioned "The Seer" in a letter to Chrysis. |
| Worshipper, Hera guide your hand in gathering your devoted. Hiding in the tombs was a group of Followers of Ares. Their passion burns me. Their love is a crushing embrace. I am to them as the Chosen One is to me. I will bring my new Followers to be blessed by Worshipper D. before returning home to cleanse the lands of filth. The Seer will be pleased. Blood will last. H. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Cultists' many goals allowed some to hide their true motivations. So it was with Melite, the cunning young Cultist who called no one place home. His teams of servants scoured the earth in search of the origins of Deimos's bloodline. That much was known. What he hid was that he intended to find the source and use it to harness the powers of the gods themselves. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Information on Melite's Whereabouts | Obtained ... | Melite resides in a villa in Kydonia. |
| In Pephka, Kassandra came to know that the Cultist named Melite resided in a villa in Kydonia. | ||
| Bio | ||
|---|---|---|
| What was known of Zoisme the Mad was only legend, told among the peasants and drunkards of Phokis. One went that she tied priests who opposed her to trees, then left them to be fed upon by her wolves. Another said that she slept in the dens of bears, emerging only to snatch pilgrims to the Oracle for supper. All these were sacrifices to Kosmos, whose appetite for flesh was never sated. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| PLACEHOLDER | PLACEHOLDER | The Cultist was hiding in a wolf den in Phokis. |
| PLACEHOLDER | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Zoisme's Journal | Obtained in Wolf Den, Phokis | Zoisme has a hideout in a bear cave in Malis. |
| Oh Kosmos, Lord of Lords, the blood will last. I will find the Great White Bear, the beast in the caves of Malis, so that I might be closer to you. I might hear your wailing from its gaping maw. I might feed the impious to your bloody teeth. I might hear them scream and beg. Show them no mercy, Great Suffering Lord. Show them the pain they show us. And blood will last. Zoisme | ||
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| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | Obtained ... | The Nation Treasure in Lokris Fort contains a Clue about the Cultist. |
| On military advancement, Lokris will be won the easy way - with bribes. Their leader is a weakling with a taste for gold and wine. Redblood S. committed both to keep the nation under Spartan rule until our plans change. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Cultist Attack on Naxos | Obtained in Naxos | Silanos, an Oligarch of Paros, is a Cultist. Continue your Odyssey. |
| Myrrine, the bold leader of Naxos island, was a marked target. The Cult's guards were involved in the plot, meaning a Cultist was behind it all. They were carrying pouches heavy with Paros coins that directly point toward Silanos, a rival oligarch of Paros. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Merchant's Information | Obtained in Sacntuary of Olympia | Kallias is in the Fort east of the Olympia sanctuary. |
| From a merchant, Kassandra learned an intriguing detail - Kallias, the hidden Cultist manipulating the Olympic games, had barricaded himself in a fort east of the Olympia sanctuary. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Symbol on Zoisme's mask | Kill Zoisme | The sage is a mystic. |
| Upon Zoisme's mask were engraved strange symbols of worship. Whatever foul god they invoked did not protect her from death. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage's letter to Melite | Kill Melite | The Sage is in Chios. |
| Melite, I demanded obedience, and you answered. The way you slaughtered those in the temple... I see myself in you. Few understand there is no sacred blood other than the Chosen Blood. Continue down this path, Worshipper, and you may one day replace me. With your sacrifice complete, we can now perform the ritual in Chios. Blood will last. I. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Diona | Kill Diona | Information on the Cult is in Pephka. Help people nearby. The Sage is investigating ancient ruins. |
| Worshipper, On The Sage's orders, I've arrived in Pephka. I am close. The ruins are here. I can feel their dark secrets singing to me... Imagine, the bloodline may have originated here. Soon, I will know for certain. By the time you read this, my temple, my old life, will be discovered. Only you can know the truth - I killed them. Every worshipper under me. They were of no use now. Forever, blood will last. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Harpalos | Kill Harpalos | There is a Cultist on Kythera island. Help people nearby. The Sage has been absent a long time. |
| Worshipper H. May the Chosen Blood guide you. The whispers say you are following the trail of the other child of the bloodline. Draw the bloodline to us. Come to Kythera - The Sage J. has been gone so long, and my gentle students yearn for a cruel hand. No hand is as cruel as yours. Worshipper Z., after she fed a priest to her wolves, was driven from Phokis. I cleansed her of her stains, and I can do the same for you. Blood will last. D. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Podarkes | Kill Podarkes | Fighting in the Arena will draw out the Cultist. The Sage is a war monger. |
| Blueblood, Your brother returned from another glorious battle, but the Fates won't smile on him forever. Forget honor. Forget glory. Do what I do - go to the arena, watch a fight, hire the winner. It's safe, cheap, and the mongrels even put on a show! Or take after Blueblood I. and hire a good mercenary. Might be more expensive, but trust me, it's almost fun watching them die in battle for drachmae. If our Sage had a son marching on the battlefield, he wouldn't be so quick to send us to war. Glory to the League. K. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Melanthos | The Cultist's ship was sunk on a ruin north of Thera. The Sage is described as having many heads. | |
| Melanthos, I sank the Shark's Head. She was a good ship. Now she's in the sea's belly north of Thera, crashed into a sunken ruin as the Sage ordered. Never did say why these structures needed to be destroyed. He's fiery, and likes his secrets. But you, you have the blood of a true leader. If you want the job of the Many-Headed Master, I'll sail under your banner. We are the waves. MS. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to the Octopus | The leader of Messara is the father of the Cultist. The Sage sails west. | |
| Octopus, My father's sending ships to join you in Anaphi - no reinforcements will reach Pephka. You have my word. My father has only one request… an answer to a question. Our Sage was last seen sailing west, and sailing alone. If anyone understands him, you do. Where is he going? And why? We are the waves. M. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter from a Rogue Cultist | A rogue Cultist is preparing for battle in Messara. Help people nearby. | |
| Servants of Mighty Kosmos, We once cried out for heroes of chaos. I answered the cry. How quickly you've all forgotten. And now, this is what it's come to. One came for my head on his way to Melos. Didn't get it, praise Kosmos. Send this new mystery warrior "Deimos" to Messara if you must. I won't be stopped. Kosmos will protect me. When all fall, we stand. S. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Okytos | The Leader of Boeotia has information on the Cultist. The Sage wields a mace. | |
| Okytos, Where did you find this idiot? The leader of Boeotia is a coward. I'm a fighter, not a doll. I'm here to battle. To kill. To fuck. A good life, a good death, and nothing more. Time to break out my baby - got a mace just like our Sage. Not as good at breaking heads, but sure does make them squirm. When all fall, we stand. D. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to the Master | An Attika Fort Polemarch knows the Cultist. Find him or continue your Odyssey. The Sage is in Attika. | |
| M., Soon will be time to act. My contact - a fort captain who feeds me information - says Attika will soon fall, and chaos will reign over this place. Our Sage has moved into place to prepare. These lands will be ours. Every coin flowing into the city - ours. We must work in the shadows to bend the light. Now, bite your tongue - no one must know who you truly are, or what we are planning. We must see, but go unseen. The Eyes sees all. H. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter to Sokos | The Octopus sails north of Krete near Anaphi. The Sage is young. | |
| Captain, Our young Sage demands we find Swordfish. Word is you're enjoying the carnage you've caused on the Obsidian Islands. So leave this manhunt to me. I heard he set sail south - maybe near Anaphi. That's were I'm headed. We are the fucking waves. The Octopus | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Leader's Note from his Son | Melanthos roams the waters west of Messara. | |
| Pater, We sunk a small fleet last night. Fire, blood in the water, glory. Then I saw it - fear and awe in my sailors' eyes. They are actually afraid of me. I finally understand, pater. Fear is control. You were right. One day, I will be the leader Messara, and the Messarans will know true fear. But first, I'm sailing west. We have enemies in these waters, and I intend to give you a gift... their heads. Melanthos | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sunken Goods | The Mytilenian Shark sails around the Southern Sporades. | |
| Kassandra uncovered a Clue in the wreckage of a sunken ship named the Shark's Head. Someone named the Mytilenian Shark was its captain. There was something more - a crest of a yellow-eyed snarling beast, the symbol of the Southern Sporades. Kassandra knew this is where she'd find her target. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Defector's Note | Pallas is the Spartan champion fighting in Achaia. | |
| This flag was white. Now it is stained with the blood of my brothers. My sons. I will fight for this "Kosmos" no more. Our hero, Pallas, is bloodthirsty. He doesn't fight for glory. He fights to cause pain. Someone stop him. Anyone. When he marches on Achaia, someone stand against him. I've tried. I failed... | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Leader's Note from Deianeira | Deianeira is a Boeotian Champion. | |
| You weakling. You coward. I was born a Champion of Boeotia. I don't need to prove it by dressing up like one. I don't parade through the streets. I don't wear feather hats. I kill. That's all I do. And if you send me another piece of armor to wear that makes me look like an idiot, the next person I kill is you. Deianeira | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Donation note | The Abantis Islands' leader Skylax is a member of the Cult. | |
| The gracious leader of the abantis Islands, Skylax, donated his personal fortune and a fine collection of wine to our war efforts here in Lokris. Today, and for every day forward, we pledge our allegiance to Lokris as our sister nation. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Cultist Expedition Notes | The Chimera is heading an expedition to Andros. | |
| I've found it - in Andros rests the greatest, most ancient forge in the known world. I demand slaves, guards, ships, drachmae, and metal. In Kosmos's name, we shall build the greatest armory in the world. I set sail soon. Who sails with me? Let the world be in your debt. The Chimera | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage letter to the Mytilenian Shark | The Sage is near Messenia. | |
| Shark, The southern Sporades are yours. I'm sailing to the waters south of Messenia. Anyone who follows me will be sunk. You are the waves now. H. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Etching on Deianeira's Legplate | The typhoon symbol is a sign of the Sage. | |
| The Cultsit Deianeira had roughly etched the image of a typhoon inside her legplate. Perhaps a tribute to something she respected… or perhaps an image of her next victim. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage Letter to Pallas the Silencer | The Sage is a mercenary. | |
| Pallas, I will not join you in battle. I've been hired by both the Spartans and Athenians who are facing off in the south, so that's where I sail. You will hold Achaia alone, or you will die trying. This is our oath to Kosmos. When all fall, we stand. Your Sage | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Etchings on Hermippos's Gloves | Kill Hermippos | The Sage is named "Nyx." |
| Upon Hermippos's gloves, an etching was found. The word "Nyx." Was this an act of fealty, or provocation? | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Letter Written in Blood | Okytos the Great is stationed in a temple in Cape Sounion. | |
| Fledglings learning good. Cracked heads like eggs in battle last night. Head guts and blood spewed out. Was a pretty sight. The trick is to start with the eyes - stick your thumbs in slow. Feel your knuckles. After that, it's easy. Got us in a temple to Poseidon in Cape Sounion. Come for a visit to see the training. Bring heads. When all fall, we stand. Okytos | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Call for captains | Asterion is sailing in the sea around Andros. | |
| I have all the gods-forsaken ships I can handle. I need captains! We're setting off to the south seas of Argos. Send me your best, your sons, your daughters! The seas are calming, and the storm that follows will be brought by us. The world will hear our names and witness a new era of naval dominance. The days of the Hounds are upon us. We are the waves. Asterion | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage Letter to Midas | Kill Midas | The Sage is waiting in an agora. |
| Midas, Treasurer of the Eyes, I wait for news. I do not like waiting. Send your messenger to the Agora so that I might hear the sweet words - Agamemnon and all traces of his lineage have been destroyed. Do this, or prepare your burial. The Eyes see all. N. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Silver on the Centaur's waistband | Kill the Centaur | The Sage is a person of great wealth. |
| The Centaur's waistband was silver encrusted. These Cultists clearly knew great wealth. | ||
| Clue | Obtained | Interpretation |
| Sage Letter to Machaon the Feared | Kill Machaon | The Sage is in Achaia. |
| Machaon, There's a rodent in your midst. A man named Klitos. Find him. Kill him. Report to me in Achaia personally. You will be in my debt. P. | ||
N/A
- There's information about the Cultist in an Attika silver mine.
N/A
- Looting high-level mercenaries will reveal the Cultist.
N/A
- A Cultist profits from the ship trade.
The Sage is named "the Shadow."
The Sage is named "the Legend."
The Sage is a strong man.
Cut Gear
Mask of the Sea Gods
- Not so much hideous as horrifying, this mask strikes fear in all sailors who gaze upon it.
Mask of Kosmos
- What dark thoughts, and what evil deeds, are plotted behind this horrible mask?
Greaves of Kosmos
- Found on Hermippos, these greaves shimmer like the formless void between the sky and earth.
Armguards of Kosmos
- With their armguards stolen, the Eyes of Kosmos must not be watching closely enough.
Waistband of Kosmos
- What remains of Sotera now is simply this, and even that is too much.
Breastplate of Kosmos
- Elpenor won't be needing this breastplate anymore.
Breastplate of the Cult
- This armor saved the life of Okytos, a member of the Cult of Kosmos, more than once.
Mask of the Cult
- The Cult of Kosmos marks its loyal followers with this mask. They have been chosen.
Armguards of the Cult
- These gauntlets once belonged to Pallas, a member of the Cult of Kosmos.
Greaves of the Cult
- Bearing the symbol of the Cult, these once belonged to Deianeira.
Breastplate of the Delian League
- Brison himself wore this breastplate. How the mighty have fallen.
Waistband of the Cult
- Once worn by the mystery known only as Swordfish, this belt is heavier than most.
Mask of the Delian League
- It would come as a shock to no one that this mask comes from the Delian's most dastardly sort.
Greaves of the Delian League
- These greaves are worn by the fierce soldiers fighting for the Delian League.
Armguards of the Delian League
- Considering the strength of the aligned city-states, this armor must have strength to it too.
Waistband of the Delian League
- Pilfered from Iobates, this belt is the mark of those who would at once support and undermine the League.
Order of the Ancients
- Order of Hunters
Akantha liked men. They were useful and tragically easy to manipulate. As the faithful wife of Makedonia's Leader, she was almost untouchable. Her husband was the perfect cover behind which to weave a web of death and manipulation. Akantha's position gave her immunity to hunt down Tainted Ones, and that, to the Huntsman, made her very useful.
Bubares always had a gift for discovering the weaknesses in others. What could have been a curiosity, he turned into a career and then, through the Order, into a calling. The Huntsman saw his talent and gave him power to recruit the likeminded. With it all came a singular purpose: finding the Tainted Ones, discovering their weakness, and using it all against them.
No one noticed Echion. He was in all ways unexceptional. Then the Huntsman offered him a way to server an exceptional cause — help him find the Tainted Ones. Suddenly Echion's weakness became his power. People still didn't notice Echion, but now he noticed everything...
The Huntsman had the plan, and Ares the god of war had the means to achieve it. Konon understood the balance. It was his faith that determined his choice of weapon. A sword would have been deadlier, but his blunt polearm did more damage. The deaths were harder. That pleased Konon and, he thought, probably Ares as well.
After the first blow against his temple, he barely heard the roar and the screams. When consciousness returned, Pactyas opened his eyes to see a huge grey wolf over the last of his attackers, licking gore where once there had been a throat. Nature preserved Pactyas, chose him to be the Huntsman. So he became nature's defender. And few things offended nature more than the Tainted Ones.
Phratagounè preferred her animals to people. Animals didn't lie, they were loyal, and they didn't kill without reason. The trick was to give them a reason. That was Phratagounè's gift, and why the Huntsman put his animals in her care. He knew she would teach them loyalty, and that loyalty would teach them to trust him when he sent them to kill the Tainted Ones.
Few understood that the physician's art lent itself as naturally to talking lives as it did to saving them. Timosa, however, did understand. The Huntsman gave her the opportunity to use her art to reshape the world and wash it clean of the Tainted Ones. He showed her it wasn't the lives she saved that mattered, but the ones she didn't.
- Order of the Storm
Democracy made the Greek world weak, delivered it into the hands of charismatic fools who ruled the mob with gilded words, no matter how stupid the cause. So Augos fought back, striking from the shadows. But one blade would never be enough against the tide of mediocrity. Then she found the Order, or it found her - it was a sublime melding of purpose.
Megakreon despised talkers. He'd watched the Greek world consume itself with empty prattle, falling into endless debate and war. When an argumentative noble threw an arrogant final challenge at him, Megakreon answered with his sword. There had been no more debate after that. His superiors hadn't understood, and banished him. But the Tempest understood, and welcomed him into the Order.
Wind stinging his face and salt white on his beard, Nestor shouted his jubilation into the storm. Another vanquished opponent tipped and sank beneath the dark Aegean waves. Nestor had burned his youth marauding across the oceans of Greece. But with each victory he had felt less. Then the Tempest spoke to him of the glory of Greek warships, and the Order's plans. He was perhaps their easiest convert.
All Phila wanted was for people to get out of her way. It wasn't their fault they were slower and weaker. She didn't blame them. But if they impeded her, their inadequacy became her problem. And that wouldn't end well for anyone.
Drachmae was power. To Sophos that truth was as obvious as the sun. The rich ruled, not emperors. Kings and paupers were all equally held to drachmae's necessity. The Order understood this, which is why the Tempest had come to him. She saw his wealth, and his gift for acquiring it. Sophos knew the Order was using him. What he thought they didn't know, was that he was using them.
- Order of Dominion
When Amorges stood against his friend Darius over the fate of Artaxerxes, he was fiercely certain. The first death he ordered, he was almost as sure. Then the next, and the next... The years since so stained by necessary death he no longer remembered it all. Now, at the end, certainty had abandoned him. Peace was maintained, perhaps, but Amorges was lost. And too weary to care.
Subversion could be messy. Whenever there were problems - and there were always problems - Artazostre was Amorges's solution. She fixed things, restoring order when the Order created chaos. She would never use those words out loud of course, but they often brought a secret smile to her face as she removed yet another inconvenient corpse or awkward piece of evidence.
The irony wasn't lost on Dimokrates - he relished it. He knew the truths by which nations were upheld, armies conquered, and kings ruled. They had become his most powerful weapons in serving the Order. With them he had destabilized governments, split families, and nurtured rebellions. The irony so delicious to Dimokrates was what the truths were... Secrets and lies.
Gaspar was born a slave, like so many before her. The First Civ had made humanity to serve them, but they weren't gods and weren't infallible. They'd mistakenly made humans tooo much like themselves. Gender, race, nation - studying the First Civ taught Gaspar all distinctions were meaningless. She knew that like her makers, she was destined to surpass them all.
The best victories were those won without fighting, and winning by persuasion was Gergis's gift. He could convince people to act against their own interests and think it was their idea. Amorges recognized his talent, bringing him into the Order as Persia's most respected diptlomat. After years of watching his beloved country strangled by thoughtless policy, Gergis was easy to convince.
When Amorges needed a trusted enforcer, he chose two. The Immortals were twin brothers so potent and similar in combat that many thought them one - a single, unbeatable warrior who could be in two places at once. Seemingly untouchable, wordless, and always masked, they became a fearful legend.
Pithias saw the man's battered mouth, his teeth uneven after the torturer's blows. As Amorges's foremost planner, he valued balance and order above all things. That he'd wandered into the wrong room wasn't important. That the man screamed when Pithias calmly took up a metal chisel and removed more teeth was similarly irrelevant. All that mattered was that the teeth were now even.
Fallen
Fallen Enforcers
The one known as the Poisoner was eventually stopped from killing Perikles's closest friends and from sending Athens into chaos. But the fear he seeded there would follow him into Tartaros itself, unless someone rose to stop him.
The Cyclops of Kephallonia never forgot who sent him to meet Hades. Deep in the bowels of the underworld, he plotted revenge, so that when he saw the Eagle Bearer again, he'd be ready.
Few Olympians could be considered abject failures in life and in death, but Testikles was one.
Fallen Cultists
Mercifully, the gods saw fit to liberate Boeotia from their “champion,” the sadistic warrior known as Deianeira, and her equally wicked cousin, Astra. Upon her tomb was etched: "If Boeotia has no use for her cruelty, perhaps Hades will.”
Epiktetos gained something on the night of his death, or so he thought. As his blood, and thoughts, and fears, sprayed from his head onto the artifact of Kosmos, he believed he absorbed its power and the power of Deimos, thus becoming immortal.
Those who cling too tightly to the past doom their own futures. So it was with Swordfish, who in Life, as in death, believed glory came through brute cruelty alone. This made him the perfect servant to Those Who Came Before.
It was said of the Monger, before his time in Korinth came to its bloody end, that he ruled the streets with a small mind and a firm grip. In this way, he was like most rulers of his time, or of any time, and when he was sent to Tartaros, he knew he would be among friends. Or so he thought.
Fallen Guardians
In the Trojan War, no warrior brought more glory than the great Achilles, and none fell so spectacularly. When Apollo guided Paris's arrow, the pair denied Achilles his glory, condemning him to the underworld. Perhaps by being a Guardian of the gates, he could finally redeem himself.
Legends present men favorably when we allow the men to write their own legends. So it was with King Agamemnon, who is remembered as gallant, but in life was little more than a thug with a good blade. This would prove to make him a great Guardian of the underworld's gate.
Held up for his strength, if not his intelligence, Herakles was the most revered of ancient heroes. As the poison from his own arrows eroded his flesh, he tore the tallest trees from their roots and built his funeral pyre. What Hades inherited then was his greatest Guardian and truest defender. A perfect warrior to defend the gates.
Before Herakles, no hero was more beloved than Perseus, on whose back the Mycenaean empire was built. Together with his wife Andromeda, he ruled over a prosperous land until his death. Now he would rise again, not as ruler, but as a Guardian of Tartaros's gates.
Eivor session
Grand Maegester Aelfred, The Father
Young Aelfred was just twenty-two years old when the title of The Father passed to him from his brother Aethelred, conffering a great responsibility which their father had introduced to the family.
A devout Christian since his youth, Aelfred rankled at the heathenish beliefs of the order he now commanded and concocted a grand plan that would rid him of that responsibility once and for all.
Warden of War
Maegester Gorm, The Keel
Gorm grew up under the heel and shadow of Kjotve the Cruel. His father passed down the rigor of The Order and taught Gorm the lessons of a harsh love: pain, humilation, endurance.
With the loss of his father, Gorm taughr himself pitless hatred.
Palatinus Kjotve, The Axe
Tough northern winters and seasons of raiding hardened Kjotve as it hardened many young Norse, but Kjotve always took extra pleasure in his kills.
A passing trader saw the potential in Kjotve and inducted him into the Order, making the young vikingr Norway's first Order member. His natural cruelty served him well as he sought to bring his family and clan wholly into the Order's fold.
Palatinus Leofgifu, The Scabbard
Leofgifu, known as The Scabbard, facilitates all of the Order's clandestine military activity in Grantebridgescire. She procures weapons and issues exceptional orders to select units. Orphaned by the plague, Leofgifu grew up as a bandit, and eventually sought work as a mercenary.
The Order too notice, as she proved herself as an adept fighter, and soon recruited her to the cause. As a valued mercenary, Leofgifu quickly insinuated herself into a position of command by distributing luxury goods and favors to fellow officers. In turn, these officers turn a blind eye to what they believe to be simple contraband but is in fact an amassing of powerful weapons meant for the Order.
Palatinus Hunta, The Baldric
Hunta, a gregarious drengr from Norway, fancies himself a bit of a skald. His impromptu poems endear him to Norse and Saxon alike, a quality that brought him to the attention of The Order, and he soon joined their ranks.
Recently, he has, in fact, married into a prosperous Saxon family whose members hold both military and financial clout. Hunta has begun using this familial power to grant small favors as a means of bring as many foot soldiers as he can under his influence.
He is a successful recruiter for the Order of Ancients and holds the rank of Palatinus.