Buried Words

Buried Words was a virtual representation of one of Arno Dorian's genetic memories, relived by a Helix initiate through the Helix Navigator.

Description
Ridden with grief after Élise's death, Arno sought refuge in Franciade. There, he entered a tavern to meet with the Marquis de Sade.

Dialogue
As Arno continued walking forwards, he was stopped by two men. Arno was released. De Sade showed Arno a drawing of a royal crest. The patrons laughed. De Sade and Arno were given tankards of wine. De Sade threw a coin bearing the image of Louis XVI on the table. Arno then left the tavern. Arno found a group of men, and had them attack the guards in front of the basilica. He then infiltrated the basilica. Arno played the organ, distracting the guards away from the crypt entrance. He then entered the crypt. Arno examined the various tombs. Arno found the tomb of Louis IX, and opened it. Arno found the manuscript to be missing. A group of men entered the crypt. Arno hid behind a tomb. The captain held the soldier against a wall. The captain threw the soldier on the ground. The captain locked the soldier inside the crypt. The captain left. The soldier picked up a lantern. Arno revealed himself. The soldier ran, while Arno chased after him. The soldier fell into a pit, and died. Arno entered the pit and picked up the soldier's lantern. Arno took the soldier's map. Arno examined the map. Refilling his lantern on the way, Arno made his way through the catacombs. He eventually found a gate. Lighting two braziers with his lantern, Arno unlocked the gate. Continuing trough the catacombs, Arno climbed a well and reached ground level again. He then made his way to the abbey. Arno found the abbey library. Opening a desk drawer, he found the list. Arno took the list with him, before escaping the abbey.
 * Bartender: You! Not one more drop until your bill is paid.
 * De Sade: (Calm down.) He's with me.
 * Arno: I thought you were guillotined.
 * De Sade: What a dreadful thing to say to your rescuer. Did you receive my message?
 * Arno: If I do this, I want to leave France.
 * De Sade: I can procure you passage from Marseille on a ship to Egypt in four days.
 * Arno: You have a clue as to the location of the manuscript?
 * De Sade: Condorcet knew he was being hunted. He disappeared for two days before his arrest and he left this behind.
 * De Sade: His manuscript must be in Louis IX's tomb.
 * Bartender: The royal crypt? Oh, I must warn you, (sir.) The ghosts of the kings wander the caverns. When they corner their hapless victim, they place upon his brow a crown made of knives, penetrating the eyes, which leak like grapes crushed in the harvest-
 * De Sade: Still, far less frightening than being crowned the next king of France.
 * De Sade: Speaking of grapes, do your job.
 * Bartender: Yes, (sir.)
 * De Sade: Find the tomb marked with this crest and recover the manuscript. I'll meet you in three days time.
 * De Sade: To your health, Arno.
 * Arno: The royal crypt must be under the basilica.
 * Citizens: Did you see the soldiers? The town has fallen apart and now they are declaring martial law?
 * Arno: God has left the building.
 * Guard 1: When will we return to Paris?
 * Guard 2: Once IT is found.
 * Guard 1: The search is going on far too long.
 * Guard 2: It will be finished when the commandant says it is finished.
 * Arno: Now, where are you hiding, Louis?
 * Arno: Hmmm... Nothing here. Nothing. No, not here...
 * Arno: Simple as...
 * Rose: Where is it?
 * Arno: (Shit.)
 * Soldier: The temple door is nearby. Look at the map.
 * Rose: There is nothing here.
 * Rose: You've wasted my time with this fabrication.
 * Soldier: You call my honor into question!
 * Rose: Your honor as a soldier? Don't make me laugh.
 * Rose: You are free to break your contract. But I am also free. And I have savage tastes.
 * Soldier: I misspoke, (captain.) I heard there's a list of all the relics that were looted from the tomb. I can take you to them. A fine alternative to the temple.
 * Rose: That's not what I want. Look me in the eye when I'm speaking to you. Do you want what I want?
 * Soldier: Yes.
 * Rose: Good. Then we are in agreement.
 * Rose: Find the temple and you just might make it back alive.
 * Rose: Pleasure working with you.
 * Soldier: Help!
 * Soldier: Did I hear something? There must be a way out.
 * Soldier: Stay back, ghosts!
 * Soldier: Help! Stay back, spirit, stay back-
 * Arno: Requiescat in pace.
 * Arno: It makes no difference to you, does it? You're gone. (Thank you, sir.) Hmmmm...
 * Arno: The map. "Dom Poirier's list of stolen relics in the Abbey library." The manuscript must be on it.
 * Arno: Ah! A hidden entrance.
 * Guard 3: The new raiders led by the commandant, they're searching for something.
 * Guard 4: I don't know what the militia do these days.
 * Guard 3: Anything but fight.
 * Guard 5: So a monk, this Dom Poirier, kept records of everything taken from the crypts?
 * Guard 6: He watched the looters at work and traced them all. The man is so good, he is employed by the National Monument Commission.
 * Guard 5: I don't care who he works for, I want those records.
 * Guard 7: And the tombs?
 * Guard 8: About the time Saint-Denis was renamed Franciade, looters decided to get their hands on the royal jewels.
 * Guard 7: How do we restore order?
 * Guard 8: Pray for a new goverment.
 * Guard 7: I can't. I'll be arrested.
 * Guard 8: Haha.
 * Guard 9: What happened to the monk's treasure?
 * Guard 10: Commandeered by the state of course.
 * Guard 9: So we have it?
 * Guard 10: Not only that, but it's still in our camp. You did not hear that from me, obviously.
 * Arno: ''Dom Poirier's list. It reads: "Condorcet Manuscript". Located in the old red house, and then a name: "Léon".

Outcome
Accepting de Sade's task of finding Condorcet's manuscript, Arno recovered a list of artifacts, which that it was located in an old red house.

Reference

 * ''Assassin's Creed: Unity - Dead Kings