Board Thread:Series general discussion/@comment-18014300-20170611010837/@comment-2112031-20170613084818

Sol Pacificus wrote:

Lacrossedeamon wrote: It could just be that he creates the Egyptian Branch, sorta like John de la Tour and Achilles with the Colonial Assassins or the Polo brothers in Venice and Constantinople. Amunet could be Bayek's first apprentice. Yeah, but then I feel like him being advertised as the first Assassin or presiding over the birth of the Brotherhood would be a huge overstatement. It's probably safe to say that he was responsible for some major restructuring of the Assassin Brotherhood during his time. It's similar to how modern Assassins often talk about Altaïr's accomplishment in a way as though he were their founder, even though they know he wasn't.

Bayek was probably honored by the pre-Altaïr Assassins in the same way that Altaïr himself was honored by the Brotherhood after his death. Bayek wasn't their founder, but his restructuring of the Brotherhood resulted in their continued survival in the centuries leading up to Altaïr's time.