The Heretic
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The Heretic was a visual representation of one of Bayek's genetic memories, relived by Layla Hassan through the Portable Animus HR-8.
Description
Isidora believes that consecrating his tomb to Amun will stop the Heretic Akhenaten. Bayek must find the golden statue stolen by the Greek official Tychon.
Dialogue
After speaking with Isidora, Bayek prepared to leave Karnak Isidora: Tychon conducts his business around Hatshepsut's Templ area.
- Bayek: Let's hope this thief keeps a records of his spoils.
Bayek left the temple and travelled across the Nile to the Theban Necropolis. He found Tychon travelling towards the temple complex and attacked him.
- Tychon: Curse be damned, that fool will get us all killed. Who sent you? That bastard Irsu? Or one of the others?
Bayek killed Tychon and his guards. On his body, Bayek recovered a blade and a ledger.
- Bayek: Some kind of code, about the artifacts they took from the Pharaoh's tombs. And this...
- Tychon's Ledger:
Collar made of gold, inlaid with turquoise, lapis lazuli, carnelian. Shows Horus or maybe Khonsu? Statues of Goddess Hathor and the god Amun - various
Serpent bracelet - gold
Golden Statue of Amun - stored in the Temple of Hatshepsut
Pectoral - Large scarab beetle riding on a sacred barque and flanked by the goddess Iset.
Bust of Nefertiti - bad copy - Bayek: Tycon hides all his stolen treasures at the Temple of hatshepsut.
Bayek travelled to Hatshepsut's temple. He climbed over an opening into a chamber full of treasure. He approached a statue of Amun and carved out powder, which he collected.
- Bayek: Hail to thee, maker of all, creator of existence, chief of the gods. Hail to thee, Amun-Ra, lord of all the thrones in the world.
Bayek bowed to the statue before leaving.
- Bayek: All the signs lead to bAkhenaten being buried with the great Pharaohs'.
Bayek travelled to the Valley of the Kings, where Akhenaten's tomb was located in. Bayek entered the tomb and navigated his around, eventually reaching the main chamber. He found the crypt to be empty.
- Bayek: Empty. I need to scatter the dust from Amun's statue somewhere else. I need to find more clues to the Aten.
Bayek found a portal and walked through it. He walked down the passage and found several servants of Anubis guarding the passagway.
- Anubis Warrior: You do not belong here. There is nothing her for one such as you.
Bayek killed the servants of Anubis. He continued on and dived under a pool of water, swimming through the chamber.
- Bayek: I promised to consecrate this tomb to Amun. I can start by defiling this vision of Akhenaten.
Bayek resurfaced and found himself in Aten, the manifestation of Akhenaten's vision of the afterlife.
- Bayek: The ceremony in the farmlands. Djehuty believed the statues contained Akhenaten's spirit. Maybe destroying them will release it?
He examined a statue of Akhenaten.
- Bayek: The rays of the Aten, they are pointing to the statues of the Heretic Pharaoh.
Bayek destroyed the relic replicas on the statue.
- Bayek: The false idols need to be destroyed.
Bayek travelled to the Royal Palace where one of the statues was located. He found it to be crawling with giant scorpions. He eliminated the scorpions and destroyed the relic. Next, he travelled to the Vault of the Aten, located below ground. Bayek dived in the waters, where he found an opening into the vault holding one of the statues. He swam into it and navigated his way through, later resurfacing to the vault. He destroyed the relic and then made his way to the Chambers of Reflection, where the next statue was located in. He destroyed the relic. Bayek travelled to the Wharf of the Aten, where the final statue was located in. He destroyed the statue. The Aten's ray shone onto Akhenaten's throne.
- Bayek: That is where it ends, at the temple.
Bayek travelled to Akhenaten's temple. He placed the dust he collected by a statue of Amun and shove it at Akhenaten's throne.
- Bayek: By Ra's light!
An apparition of Akhenaten manifested on the throne and attacked Bayek. Bayek defeated the apparation, which later crumbled. A vision of Akhenaten's life was shown, which showed him on his deathbed, with the relic placed on his body.
- Bayek: The great god dies.
A man took the relic away.
- Bayek: And the Aten is taken up by his successor.
The man went off with the relic.
- Bayek: Was he ever a god, or only a mortal?
Outcome
Bayek travelled to Akhenaten's tomb and his vision of the afterlife, where he defeated the spirit of the heretic pharaoh, thus putting him to rest.