Hunting the Bow
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Hunting the Bow was a virtual representation of one of Kassandra's genetic memories stored in the Abstergo Cloud and relived by an Assassin hacker in 2023 through the Animus.
Description
On Delos, Kassandra eliminated Sparta's enemies and met an old friend.
Memory Animus Feedback System
- Eliminate your targets
Dialogue
Kassandra approached the Sanctuary of Apollo in Delos through the Terrace of the Lions.
- Kassandra: Delos. The faces change, but the war carries on. Now Sparta has asked me to take two of Athens' finest off the board. Time to find my targets.
She unsheathed the Sword of Damokles from her hip and mused about it.
Kassandra then entered the settlement and passed through its main markets, hearing the citizens talking about the war effort.
- Civilian 1: It's getting harder and harder to get the right goods in. I can barely break even.
- Civilian 2: Athens is on its knees. When Sparta wins the war, everything will go back to normal, you'll see.
- Civilian 1: You think? We used to do well under Athenian rule. But Sparta? We might all end up like those slaves of theirs. What are they called?
- Civilian 2: Helots. But I'm sure it won't come to that.
- Civilian 1: I hope you're right. For all our sakes.
Kassandra approached the Hestiatorion, where she found more civilians discussing the aggressiveness of the Athenians.
- Civilian 3: What happened to those supplies of yours? Weren't they in the warehouse by the dock?
- Civilian 4: A hoplite loaded them onto the boat and thanked me for my "contribution for the war effort". The audacity! And now they won't let me back in!
- Civilian 3: You should complain to the governor.
- Civilian 4: Oh, I intend to!
She then proceeded to quietly enter the Hestiatorion, where she spotted a small vessel guarded by a pair of Athenian hoplites.
- Kassandra: I would have come here on the Adrestia, but my mission needs discretion.
Kassandra stealthly assassinated the soldiers with her Hidden Blade and recovered a pair of throwing knives. She then climbed to the top of a nearby temple and gazed into the eagles that flew above her.
- Kassandra: I miss seeing Ikaros in the skies above.
Kassandra synchronized with the viewpoint on top of the temple and performed a Leap of Faith into a haystack in a courtyard below. She then dealt with the soldier that guarded the entrance to the docks, entering its heavily-guarded premises thereafter.
- Kassandra: Phaidos and Straton should be here, but the area is guarded by Athenian soldiers. I'll need to be careful.
Kassandra started with searching close to the warehouses, reaching a small courtyard with a vantage point over it. After she killed the hoplite on top of it, she eavesdropped on a conversation between a strategos and another hoplite.
- Strategos: No, admiral Phaidos does not need another bodyguard, he's quite safe aboard the Bellerophon. What I need is for you to keep watch here, in case anyone tries to help themselves to our supplies. Now go, attend to your duties.
- Kassandra: Interesting...
Spotting Phaidos' ship docked on close to a further pier, Kassandra continued through the camp until reaching a tent which harbored several supplies. On a table nearby, there was a note which she picked up and read.
- Kassandra: "We must be ready to sail with the morning tide. Come find me aboard the Bellerophon when all our supplies are accounted for." It is signed, "Phaidos".
Kassandra then approached the pier close to the Bellerophon and jumped into the water, swimming up to a ship that was connected by a wooden bridge to Phaidos' ship. Pulling an unaware soldier into the water, she boarded the vessel and caught sight of the admiral.
- Kassandra: Phaidos. After Aegospotami he's one of the few admirals Athens has left.
She traversed the bridge and heard the admiral talking with one of his bodyguards.
- Phaidos: The provisions for the voyage?
- Hoplite 1: All aboard, admiral. With a fair wind, the journey to Athens will not be long.
- Phaidos: A fair wind... it seems we have had little but ill winds of late. But you're right. This grain must reach the city, and we must see that it gets there safely.
- Hoplite 1: Poseidon is on our side.
- Phaidos: Let's hope so, because every Spartan ship between here and Attika wants to see us at the bottom of the sea. Now, enough talk. Be about your business.
- Hoplite 1: As you command.
Kassandra swiftly dealt with the bodyguards and assassinated Phaidos.
- Kassandra: One down, one to go.
She retruned to the docks and climbed another small temple, on top of which she eavesdropped on a hoplite talking to another.
- Hoplite 2: I think Straton is going to stay in that courtyard for the rest of the war. He never got his sea legs, and after Aegospotami, I don't think he ever will.
- Kassandra: Could be useful.
Kassandra looked to the courtyard and spotted Straton.
- Kassandra: Straton. The Athenian magistrate for Delos.
Kassandra dealt with the guards in the area and sneaked past the walled courtyard, reaching a large brazier close to sea that served as a beacon to ships. She read a note lying by a basket close to it.
- Kassandra: A note from Phaidos, the Athenian admiral. "At the first sign of enemy vessels, light the brazier. If we plan to show the Laconians that we still rule the seas, we cannot be taken by surprise."
After that, Kassandra returned to the area and climbed it, hearing a conversation between the magistrate and a subordinate.
- Hoplite 3: The ships will be here in the morning. We can move the grain then, and be away.
- Straton: Excellent. Sparta has long held the land, and now they rule the seas as well. Athens suffers already–if this shipment does not get to the city, the people will starve. Phaidos is ready to sail? The convoy will depend on his protection.
- Hoplite 3: The admiral is overseeing preparations for the voyage as we speak. He looks forward to you joining him.
- Straton: Good, good... Wait a moment. "Joining him"?
- Hoplite 3: Yes, eminence. He has reserved a place for you aboard the Bellerophon.
- Straton: He thinks I'm coming on the voyage?
- Hoplite 3: Of course. His vessel is the pride of the Aegean.
- Straton: And we've just lost a hundred and sixty other prides of the Aegean to the Spartans. It's incredibly dangerous out there! Look, just... just tell Phaidos I'm sick. Yes, I think I need to stay here on the island a little longer, until I feel ready to travel. (laugh) Yes. The convoy should go ahead without me. Now go. Convey the message.
- Hoplite 3: As you wish, eminence.
As Straton dismissed the hoplite, Kassandra assassinated the magistrate.
- Kassandra: It's done. Now to report in.
Her task completed, Kassandra left the docks and continued through a path close to the Grand Temple of Apollo, where she saw a note lying under a tent with seized goods.
- Kassandra: An order for the guards to be alert for Spartan agents on the island. I hope Kastor stays out of trouble.
She used a lift nearby to ascend to the temple premises above, where many people stood in worship to the god close to the Colossus of the Naxians.
- Kassandra: Prayers to Apollo. Ever the popular choice.
Kassandra continued her way around the temple, listening in on a conversation between townsfolk.
- Civilian 5: The tides are turning for the Athenians. Once our friends, now our masters, soon they will be gone altogether.
- Civilian 6: I doubt the Laconians will be better bedfellows.
- Civilian 5: Yes, a pity they did not wipe each other out completely, but there may yet be a bright future for Delos in all of this.
- Civilian 6: You are ever the optimist.
Kassandra reached the back end of the temple, spotting an elevated window on the back wall. She climbed to it and noticed that it lead to the temple's treasure room, where various relics were stored. She found a letter on a table.
- Kassandra: A note, maybe from a priest. "The Athenians have taken our treasures to fund their war, but they shall not have everything."
After searching the room for valuables, she faith-leapt into a pile of hay below the window and resumed her way to the other side of the settlement. At the base of the temple, close to the sanctuary's south exit, she heard two more civilians talking about Delos' situation.
- Civilian 7: I'm telling you, if the Spartans come here, we'll make a fortune.
- Civilian 8: What do you mean?
- Civilian 7: I've already sold "Achilles' sword pommel" to every Athenian soldier stationed here, and I've got three dozen more gathering dust in the warehouse. Some new customers are just what we need.
Kassandra then proceeded to approach the open courtyard close to the Sacred Lake, where two people complained about the Athenians' conduit.
- Civilian 9: I was on my way to the Temple of Artemis this morning, and a hoplite turned me away. He was quite rude.
- Civilian 10: What would soldiers want with a temple? Are they storing something in there?
- Civilian 9: I have no idea, but they are depriving me of my right to worship. I won't stand for it!
- Civilian 10: If I were you, I'd wait until they've gone. I'm sure Artemis won't mind.
Afterwards, she approached the house where her contact waited for her, hearing yet another set of comments by some civilians.
- Civilian 11: The Temple is closed–a soldier told me to "keep out and mind my own business". Can you believe that?
- Civilian 12: I think they're stockpiling provisions for a voyage, but they could have chosen a better place.
Outcome
Kassandra helped Kastor to eliminate the two Athenian commanders, halting the Athenian convoy. She met her friend Odessa and helped her to recover the Bow of Odysseus from the Vault of Odysseus beneath the Sanctuary of Apollo. Odessa later relinquished the bow to her.
References
Assassin's Creed: Nexus VR memories
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| Ezio Auditore da Firenze | |
| The Auditore Blade - Return to Monteriggioni - Monteriggioni Tunnels - Rizzo's Humiliations - The Final Humiliation - Cult of Hermes Reborn | |
| Kassandra | |
| Hunting the Bow - The Thirty Tyrants - The Informant - Battle of Munychia | |
| Ratonhnhaké:ton | |
| Daring Rescue - Siege of Boston - The Spymaster - Barton's Raid - A Greater Cause | |