Herakleion

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Herakleion (Greek: Ἡράκλειον), also known as Thonis (Θῶνις), was an ancient Egyptian city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, northeast of Alexandria and Kanopos.

In 48 BCE, the Medjay Bayek travelled to the city after having being sent by Cleopatra to assassinate Berenike, Hetepi, Khaliset and Taharqa, members of the Order of the Ancients. There, he was reunited with his wife Aya and Cleopatra, who dispatched him to investigate an assassination plot on her life after capturing an informant for the Ancients Livius.

Following the clues given by Livius, Bayek was able to thwart the assassination plot and uncover the Gabinianis as the ones responsible. When Bayek returned to Cleopatra, they were ambushed by Gabinianis led by Venator, an ally of the Ancients. With the combined efforts of Aya, Apollodorus and Bayek, they were able to eliminate Venator and quell the assassination attempt.

Trivia

Historically, Herakleion was not a nome and together with Kanopos, it was part of a Nome known as Menelaites.

Reference

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Assassin's Creed: Origins

Characters

Assassins	William Miles \| Bayek (Senu) • Aya • Phanos • Pasherenptah • Tahira • Phoxidas • Marcus Junius Brutus • Gaius Cassius Longinus • Kashta • Kawab • Maqwat • Osorkon • Paanchi • Shaqilat

Templars / Order of the Ancients	Juhani Otso Berg • Sofia Rikkin • Simon Hathaway \| Actaeon • Berenike • Eudoros • Flavius Metellus • Hetepi • Julius Caesar • Khaliset • Ktesos • Livius • Lucius Septimius • Medunamun • Pothinus • Rudjek • Taharqa • Ampelius • Ptahmose • Rufio • Tacito

Phylakes	Abar • Bane of Hathor • Half Horn • Ptolemy's Fist • Ra's Mercy • The Galatian • The Hill • The Iron Bull • The Iron Ram • The Outsider • The Stranger

Gladiators	The Axes • The Brothers (Diovicos • Viridovix) • The Duelist • The Guardians of Siwa (Bayek • Kensa) • The Hammer • Hilarus Maximus • The Hoplite • Kosey • Polymestor • The Seleucid • The Slaver • Wamukota

Mythical Beings	Egyptian Deities (Anubis • Sobek • Sekhmet • Apep) • Undead Pharaohs (Akhenaten • Ramesses II • Nefertiti • Tutankhamun) • Anubis Shadows ( Faithless One • Relentless One) • Lost Army of Cambyses

Others	Layla Hassan • Deanna Geary \| Apate • Apollodorus • Aristo • Benipe • Caesarion • Claridas • Cleopatra • Chenzira • Damastes • Diocles • Esiocles • Fenuku • Gennadios • Ghupa • Harkhuf • Hepzefa • Hotephres • Jeska • Khemu • Khenut • Menehet • Melitta • Phoebe • Pompey • Praxilla • Ptolemy XIII • Rabiah • Venator • Vitruvius • Zahra • Gamilat • Sutekh • Isidora • Merti • Tahemet \| Alexander the Great